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2m crosses the Atlantic

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 07:21 AM PDT
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An historic contact was made on Sunday, 16 June 2019, when the Atlantic was
spanned for the first time on 144MHz. D41CV on Cape Verde Islands off the
coast of Africa managed to work FG8OJ in Guadeloupe on 144.174MHz using
FT8. The distance was 3,867km. This was bettered on the 18th with QSOs
between Cape []

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SAQ transmission next weekend

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 07:19 AM PDT
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The annual SAQ VLF transmission on Alexanderson Day on 17.2kHz from the
Alexanderson Alternator will take place Sunday, 30 June 2019. Two
transmissions are scheduled. Tuning will start at 0830UTC for the message
at 0900UTC, then 1130UTC for the transmission at 1200UTC. Both transmission
events will be broadcasted live on YouTube. QSL reports to SAQ []

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Update on 144MHz and 23cm threats

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 07:07 AM PDT
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The IARU was represented this week at the meeting of CEPT Project Team
A—one of the groups leading WRC-19 preparations—which finished in Prague on
Friday, 21 June 2019. Of particular interest were discussions on two
proposed agenda items for WRC-23, concerning the sharing of the
1240-1300MHz band with the Galileo satellite navigation system and the []

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Also in GB2RS this week

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 06:55 AM PDT
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A newly-digitised classic film of the 25th Anniversary Congress of the IARU
is now on the RSGB YouTube channel. Taking place in 1950, the Congress was
attended by many well-known amateurs from around the world. The silent film
also includes some marvellously authentic street scenes—and some decidedly
odd motor vehicles. In the Film Archive on []

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Historic IARU congress film now on website

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 06:43 AM PDT
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A newly-digitised classic film of the 25th Anniversary Congress of the IARU
is now on the RSGB YouTube channel. Taking place in 1950, the Congress was
attended by many well-known amateurs from around the world. The silent film
also includes some marvellously authentic street scenes—and some decidedly
odd motor vehicles. In the Film Archive on []