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GB2RS News Script for 6 March 2022
Posted: 04 Mar 2022 08:34 AM PST
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RSGB statement: the Russian Federation and Belarus
Posted: 04 Mar 2022 07:49 AM PST
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2022/03/04/rsgb-statement-the-russian-federation-and-belarus/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The normal stance of amateur radio is that it is apolitical. However, it is clear that recent actions by the Russian Federation and their military have crossed a line and the RSGB cannot in this instance remain neutral. The
policy of the RSGB is that we will follow the actions of the mainstream sporting bodies []
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RSGB AGM online
Posted: 04 Mar 2022 07:48 AM PST
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2022/03/04/rsgb-agm-online/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The RSGB Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 23 April 2022 will, once
again, be held online. Members will be able to submit questions in advance
for RSGB Board Directors to answer. We will announce the recipients of the
RSGB annual awards and trophies, as well as the winners of the Construction Competition. The RSGB President []
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QO-100 emergency comms exercise
Posted: 04 Mar 2022 07:46 AM PST
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2022/03/04/qo-100-emergency-comm-exercise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
On 26 February 2022, 22 stations representing 14 countries around IARU
Region 1 took part in a short notice exercise using the facilities of the geostationary satellite QO-100. This was the first of a number of smaller exercises, tests and meetings to be held by IARU Region 1 throughout the
year, building on the earlier []
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Also in GB2RS this week
Posted: 04 Mar 2022 07:44 AM PST
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2022/03/04/also-in-gb2rs-this-week-351/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The RSGB has agreed to fund a 50MHz beacon specifically to study meteor
events above the UK. Unlike conventional propagation beacons, this will
beam vertically up using circular polarisation. The 50MHz band is
particularly suitable for observing meteors by radio as they create an
ionised trail strongly reflective to radio at that frequency while they []
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