Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site for Saturday 3 December 2016
 

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Sandringham kicks off GB16YOTA

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:40 AM PST
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Sandringham School in St Albans activated the special callsign GB16YOTA for
the first time on the first of December. Over 100 students visited the
station and a number of young licensees operated during the event. Although
conditions were poor and copy was difficult in many cases, they made 97
contacts in 24 countries across the []

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RAIBC seeks readers

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:26 AM PST
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RAIBC, the charity working for radio amateurs with disabilities, produces
spoken word recordings of many publications. These include equipment
manuals, radio magazines such as RadCom, licence documents, and much more.
All recordings are made by volunteers. Only ordinary computer equipment is
used, and all that is required is enthusiasm and a clear speaking voice. If
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Shake-up for RSGB contests

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:10 AM PST
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Starting in the New Year, some significant changes are being made to RSGB
contests. This is as a result of the Presidential Review of Contesting and
detailed consultation with the contest community. A summary of the changes
is in the January edition of RadCom, which should start arriving with RSGB
Members from Wednesday onwards. The []

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Also in GB2RS this week

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:02 AM PST
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In the December RadCom Club Calendar, some club calendar information had
events for January accidentally mixed in. Unfortunately this was not
noticed until after the magazine had been printed, and we apologise for the
error. The GB2RS local news in December should not be affected, as it is
extracted from our database in a different []