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VHF Activity- Tue 1136 UTC: 144MHz band closed in Europe...DXrobot propagation update
- Tue 1128 UTC: 70MHz band closed in Europe!DXrobot propagation update
- Tue 1025 UTC: 144 MHz Eskip in Europe is over, but MUF is still high!DXrobot propagation update
- Tue 1136 UTC: 144MHz band closed in Europe...
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- New service to replace AROSFollowing an extensive review of the Amateur Radio Observation Service, AROS, the RSGB has decided to create a new service to provide guidance to operators who experience misuse of the amateur bands by others. This service will be known as the Operating Advisory Service, or OAS, and will replace AROS. The change will come into effect […]
- Ham-designed comms support cave rescueThe dramatic rescue of twelve young footballers and their coach from a cave in Thailand was facilitated, in part, by communications technology developed by British radio amateur John Hey, G3TDZ. Ordinary radio signals don’t penetrate the solid rock surrounding caves, but very low frequency signals can do. Around the turn of the Millennium John designed […]
- International Youth at Sea beginsA new cultural exchange-based radio activity, International Youth at Sea, has been organised by the Finnish Lighthouse Society, the Amateur Radio League of Finland, the OH-DX-Foundation and DX University. The first team will activate Market Reef Lighthouse as OJ0C, from the 21st to the 28th of July. The 2018 youth team members are Nuuti, OH1UBO; […]
- Also in GB2RS this week…The American Radio Relay League, ARRL, is beginning a process with the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, to try and keep non amateur radio satellites from using amateur band frequencies. The ARRL is working to protect amateur radio frequencies against exploitation by commercial entities. However, there are also ongoing discussions to try and define what constitutes […]
- GB2RS News Script for 15 July 2018Please click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 15 July 2018
- New service to replace AROS
- Latest DX News
- MM3T Bute Island. From DXNews.comGM0ELP will be active as MM3T from Bute Island, IOTA EU-123, in RSGB IOTA Contest, 28 - 29 July 2018.
- 7V9A Rachgoun Island. From DXNews.com7V9A Team will be active from Habibas Islands, IOTA AF - 094, 17 - 21 July 2018.
- 8Q7IP Hulhumale Island Maldive Islands. From DXNews.comGabor, HA3JB will be active as 8Q7IP from Maldive Islands, IOTA AS - 013, 19 - 30 September 2018.
- MM3T Bute Island. From DXNews.com
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