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2017-06-24 07:20:26 UTC
Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site
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Maintenance takes SAQ off the air
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:15 AM PDT
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There will be no Alexanderson Day over-the-air VLF transmission on 2 July
2017 from SAQ, the Alexanderson alternator station in Sweden. SAQ
periodically schedules transmissions with the nearly century-old behemoth
that operates on 17.2kHz from the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station.
SAQ said the event was cancelled due to ongoing maintenance work at the
site. []
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Asteroid named after radio amateur
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:12 AM PDT
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The International Astronomical Union has named a celestial body after a
radio amateur. Space physicist and radio amateur Asta Pellinen Wannberg,
SM3UHV, is a professor at the Department of Physics at Umeå University. She
has made a ground-breaking effort to use scattering radar when studying
meteors that are activated when small particles penetrate the atmosphere.
The []
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Can you help out with YOTA?
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:10 AM PDT
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There’s just six weeks to go before the RSGB host the IARU Region 1
Youngsters on the Air activity week. Activities during the week will
include Summits on the Air, ARDF, construction, and operating a special
event station—amongst many other topics. We are still looking for
volunteers from RSGB affiliated clubs to help with various []
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What would you ask an astronaut?
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:07 AM PDT
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YOTA teams across the world have been invited to submit questions for the
planned contact with the International Space Station during YOTA 2017.
Linking with the theme of the amateur radio event, questions should focus
on communications, which can include amateur radio, mobile phones, data
links, satellites, etc. YOTA team members have been asked to []
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New exam standards committee chair
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:05 AM PDT
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The RSGB is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Anthony Kent,
G8PBH, as Chair of the RSGB Examinations Standards Committee. Tony obtained
his call sign, G8PBH, in 1978 and has been active on the bands continuously
since. His interests in that time have included home construction, mobile
and portable operation and, most recently, DX []
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Maintenance takes SAQ off the air
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:15 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RadioSocietyOfGreatBritain-MainSite/~3/qXcVCAnejOM/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
There will be no Alexanderson Day over-the-air VLF transmission on 2 July
2017 from SAQ, the Alexanderson alternator station in Sweden. SAQ
periodically schedules transmissions with the nearly century-old behemoth
that operates on 17.2kHz from the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station.
SAQ said the event was cancelled due to ongoing maintenance work at the
site. []
///////////////////////////////////////////
Asteroid named after radio amateur
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:12 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RadioSocietyOfGreatBritain-MainSite/~3/6yDxeSNwxgk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The International Astronomical Union has named a celestial body after a
radio amateur. Space physicist and radio amateur Asta Pellinen Wannberg,
SM3UHV, is a professor at the Department of Physics at Umeå University. She
has made a ground-breaking effort to use scattering radar when studying
meteors that are activated when small particles penetrate the atmosphere.
The []
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Can you help out with YOTA?
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:10 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RadioSocietyOfGreatBritain-MainSite/~3/2aWuBJOxkTs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
There’s just six weeks to go before the RSGB host the IARU Region 1
Youngsters on the Air activity week. Activities during the week will
include Summits on the Air, ARDF, construction, and operating a special
event station—amongst many other topics. We are still looking for
volunteers from RSGB affiliated clubs to help with various []
///////////////////////////////////////////
What would you ask an astronaut?
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:07 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RadioSocietyOfGreatBritain-MainSite/~3/QYhHsDw1bQg/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
YOTA teams across the world have been invited to submit questions for the
planned contact with the International Space Station during YOTA 2017.
Linking with the theme of the amateur radio event, questions should focus
on communications, which can include amateur radio, mobile phones, data
links, satellites, etc. YOTA team members have been asked to []
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New exam standards committee chair
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:05 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RadioSocietyOfGreatBritain-MainSite/~3/ZLMdIi0qNdU/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The RSGB is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Anthony Kent,
G8PBH, as Chair of the RSGB Examinations Standards Committee. Tony obtained
his call sign, G8PBH, in 1978 and has been active on the bands continuously
since. His interests in that time have included home construction, mobile
and portable operation and, most recently, DX []