The WAE DX RTTY contest runs for 48 hours this weekend, ending at 2359UTC on the 10th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is just your signal report and serial number. On Monday the 80m Autumn Series Data contest takes place from 2000 to 2130UTC. Using data modes only on the 3.5MHz […]
We had a more settled week, geomagnetically speaking. The Sun was a lot calmer, with a lack of coronal holes and fast solar wind to disrupt the ionosphere. We also had a sign again that Solar Cycle 25 is on its way. A tiny sunspot, numbered 2750 and belonging to Cycle 25, appeared in the […]
Meet the team of young RSGB Members who will be heading out to the Netherlands (from 12 to 15 December) for the 2019 YOTA Winter camp.
UPDATE 18.34 – 08.11.2019 We are pleased to announce the RSGB Shop is back online and ready to take orders. We are currently using the URL rsgbstore.uk for the Shop—please only use the links on the website main menu while we update the rest of the site. If you do not get to the Shop […]
Wednesday saw some encouraging signs for two key items – Wireless Power (WPT-EV) and 50 MHz. First up was the re-work on the short AI-9.1.6 WPT-EV report that had been asked for by the Plenary. Significant background effort had been made to hone a couple of paragraphs for Committee-6 (COM6) to consider. This had a […]
There will be a server reboot for essential maintenance from 14.00 to 14.30 this afternoon, which will result in temporary unavailability of RSGB Membership Services Other services on the website will be unaffected. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
A somewhat difficult start to the day’s proceedings began with another AI-10 Proposal being introduced for WRC-23 – protecting RNSS (Galileo etc) from secondary amateur usage in the 23cm band. From an amateur viewpoint this is more complex and unwelcome as a top level WRC item, than as a local CEPT work item (which has […]
Investigations into this issue have continued by our service provider this evening but the issue is still effecting the server in question. Again, our apologies for any inconvenience caused by the problem. ———————– We are experiencing intermittent connectivity on some of our web services. These services are being affected— RSGB Shop Live news feeds Some […]
Week-2 started with both 50MHz and other items – inc a new arrival from afar. 50 MHz resumed after the weekend session. Discussions resumed in the sub-working group, trying to create a delicate balance between various potential allocations for amateurs; and appropriate protection criteria for other incumbent services such as mobile or broadcasting. A very […]
This is a system test, please disregard!
