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Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site for Saturday 13 February 2016
Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site
/////////////////////////////////////////// First school ham TV ISS link Posted: 12 Feb 2016 08:00 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email The UK ARISS team achieved a world first at the Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth on Thursday, by receiving live ATV video from the ISS during the contact. Using the HamTV transmitter, which has recently been commissioned on board the ISS, Tim Peake was the first astronaut to use this equipment during a two [] /////////////////////////////////////////// Thinking Day next weekend Posted: 12 Feb 2016 07:55 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email World Thinking Day will take place on 20 and 21 February. This is when members of Girlguiding use amateur radio to try to contact other members throughout the world as part of the celebrations of their founders’ birthdays. For further details and to add your station to the list of participants go to www.guides-on-the-air.co.uk or [] /////////////////////////////////////////// New 472kHz distance record set Posted: 12 Feb 2016 07:51 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email Tuesday, 9 February saw a new record set for the longest DX on the new 600m band. WSPR was used by Phil Dwyer, VK3ELV and Laurence Howell, KL7L, the latter operating as WE2XPQ. The contact, from Victoria in Australia to Alaska in the USA, is the first ever between VK3 and KL7 on the 472kHz [] /////////////////////////////////////////// Latest RSGB Band Plans finalised Posted: 12 Feb 2016 07:48 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email The latest RSGB Band Plans have now been finalised. They cover all 29 UK amateur bands from 136kHz to 250GHz, including the special 146MHz band that is only available by Notice of Variation to Full licence holders. The Band Plans are available at www.rsgb.org/bandplans. They also appear in the March edition of RadCom, which should [] /////////////////////////////////////////// New digital voice gateway goes live Posted: 12 Feb 2016 07:47 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email Stuart, M0SGS has been given granted an NoV to operate a Simplex Fusion C4FM Digital Voice Gateway, call sign MB6ILE, on 431.075MHz. The gateway is located in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, and serves the Leeds and Bradford area. Transmission is via a 70cm folded dipole at about 630ft ASL with a five watt output. The system [] |
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