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Happy New Year from RSGB

Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:47 AM PST
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The news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our
newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would
like to remind every one that the deadline for news items is 10am on
Thursday mornings and we welcome your news every week. Please send all
information to []

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GB2RS 5MHz time change

Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:44 AM PST
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Due to ongoing propagation changes, the team of 5MHz GB2RS newsreaders has
decided to revise the time of the Sunday afternoon GB2RS News bulletin in
order to try and optimise reception conditions. The new transmission time
will be 1500UTC. Please note that this is UTC and not local time, which is
to cater for seasonal []

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Act now to get elected

Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:42 AM PST
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This is the time of year when we call for volunteers to step forward for
election at the RSGB AGM, which will take place at the Angel Hotel in
Cardiff on 22 April 2017. In 2017 the RSGB will be looking to appoint one
elected Board Director, one nominated Board Director and five Regional
Managers. []

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Also in GB2RS this week..

Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:34 AM PST
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On Friday, 27 January there is a free-to-attend, invitation-only, event at
the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S
4BS, entitled The Evolution Of Television From Baird To The Digital Age. It
is a series of talks in ‘celebration’ of the first public demonstration of
television in January 1926 at 22 Frith []

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Upgrade TQSL to v2.0 for LoTW

Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:30 AM PST
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As of 1400UTC on 15 January, the ARRL’s Logbook of The World will no longer
accept contacts that have been digitally signed by versions of TQSL earlier
than version 2.0. Users of earlier versions are encouraged to upgrade as
soon as possible, as older TQSL versions contain uncorrected defects and
display inaccurate error messages. The []