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Final set of GB16YOTA activations

Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:49 AM PST
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The special callsign GB16YOTA is on the air to introduce and promote
amateur radio to young people. It will be operated from a variety of clubs
and organisations throughout December. On the 28th and 29th Leicester Radio
Club will be operating the callsign and on the 30th it will go on the air
from the []

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New GB2RS broadcast in FreeDV

Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:47 AM PST
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RSGB GB2RS news is now also broadcast in FreeDV. The transmission starts at
8.50am on 3.640MHz ± QRM followed at 9am by the news. The post-news net is
from 9.30 to 10am. The initial launch is by Matthew Phillips, G6WPJ in
Suffolk JO01jx. FreeDV is a new mode for sending voice over HF and VHF []

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Seasons Greetings from the GB2RS team

Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:45 AM PST
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This is the final GB2RS news reading for 2016 and we start with seasonal
greetings to all Newsreaders and listeners, both over the air and via the
internet recordings, and not forgetting viewers of the ATV broadcast, which
is available via several repeaters and kindly streamed via the BATC.TV
website. We would like to take []

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Also in GB2RS this week

Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:37 AM PST
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The German telecoms regulator, BNetzA, has enabled access to the new WRC-15
60m amateur allocation to all German Class A licensees as of the 20th of
December. The allocation is from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz on a Secondary basis
with a maximum power of 15W EIRP and a maximum bandwidth of 2.7kHz. All
modes are permitted []

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Rallies and Events - 25 December 2016

Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:24 AM PST
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If you have any rally or event information for 2017 that you’d like to
appear in future editions of GB2RS News, in RadCom and on the RSGB website,
please email full details to as soon as possible. The
first rally of the New Year in the diary is the Red Rose Winter Rally on []