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RSGB Convention news

Posted: 27 May 2016 07:33 AM PDT
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If you weren’t able to visit the RSGB Convention in 2015, some of the
lectures were recorded and are being made available to Members via the RSGB
website. In 2016, the Convention is looking forward to welcoming Jeff,
VY2ZM/K1ZM, who lives with his wife Miriam on Prince Edward Island. He is
both a well-known contester []

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Transatlantic VHF digital beacon

Posted: 27 May 2016 07:29 AM PDT
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On 19 May, antennas were erected and the VHF SDR turned on to inaugurate
the VO1FN/b Transatlantic VHF Digital Beacon Receiver Site. This is a joint
project sponsored in part by the Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs,
Baccalieu Amateur Radio Club and the Upper Trinity Amateur Radio Club. The
VHF Digital Receive site is now []

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Also in GB2RS this week

Posted: 27 May 2016 07:20 AM PDT
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An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for Jeff,
KD5TVQ with participants at a school in Ontario, Canada. The event is
scheduled for Monday, 30 May at approximately 1901UTC. The contact will be
a telebridge contact operated by IK1SLD in northern Italy. The downlink
signals should be audible over parts of Europe. Interested []

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Yearbook deadline approaching

Posted: 27 May 2016 07:13 AM PDT
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Affiliated amateur radio clubs need to be getting information together for
the next RSGB Yearbook and should recently have received a letter to this
effect. Information such as contact details, meeting places and examination
information is being collected. The deadline for submitting information on
the club is 6 June.