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December 2024 – Strategic priorities update

Strategy: Four major events The RSGB has just completed four major events of strategic importance. This marathon of planning and execution, one of which was…

RadCom December 2024, Vol. 100, No. 12

Season’s greetings from the RSGB To read this edition, tap or click cover image Regulars Advertisers’ index 85 Antennas, Steve Ireland, VK6VZ/G3ZZD and Kevin Smith,…

Encourage youngsters to get on the air in December

Youngsters on the Air month is fast approaching and the RSGB would love you to take part in this annual event. Special call sign GB24YOTA…

International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2024

Join Us in Celebrating the Program for Disabled Radio Amateurs (PDRA) on International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Hosting special operating activities or nets that…

2 December – Basic modelling and antennas for portable HF by Tim Hier, G5TIM

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RadCom December feature on National Coding Week

Did you take part in National Coding Week this year? The RSGB had nine activities to inspire you to take part, including two new worksheets…

Routine availability of paper exams ends 31 December 2024

Currently 97 percent of amateur radio licence examinations are sat online using the TestReach platform, either at home under remote supervision, or in a club…

Routine availability of paper exams to end on 31 December 2024

Currently 97% of amateur radio licence examinations are sat online using the TestReach platform, either at home under remote supervision or in a club setting….

IARUMS R1 Newsletter December 2023

The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter December 2023 is now available.Click on the link to read it! New feature! From this issue of the IARU Monitoring…

December YOTA Month is here!

Every year, for the entire month of December, several youngsters under 26 become active with their national YOTA callsigns. This will continue in the 11th…

Promote the International Day of Persons with Disabilities — December 3rd

We invite your member society to participate and to promote the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd. This day is a global…

IARUMS R1 Newsletter December 2022

The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter December 2022 is now available.Click on the link to read it! …

December YOTA Month | 10th DYM Activity 2022

Press Releaseby International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 — Youth Working Group Erding, Germany — Tuesday, 04.10. 2022 The entire month of December, several youngsters…

IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter December 2021

The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter December 2021 is now available.Cilck on the link to read it! …

YOTA Contest Final Scores + Next Round 30th December 2021

Press Releaseby International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 – Youth Working Group Erding, Germany – Thursday, 23.12.2021 The second YOTA Contest already took place in…

ISS SSTV Transmission Set for Late December
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ISS SSTV Transmission Set for Late December

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team will support Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions from the International Space Station (ISS), December 26…

Ham radio satellite XW-3 (CAS-9) to launch December 25
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Ham radio satellite XW-3 (CAS-9) to launch December 25

The CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) satellite carrying a 145/435 amateur radio linear transponder has been installed on the CZ-4C Y39 launch vehicle at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center,…

UPCOMING: December YOTA Month 2021

Press Release by Youngsters On The AirYouth Working GroupInternational Amateur Radio UnionRegion 1 Wednesday, 24.11.2021 December YOTA Month – DYM Activity 2021 The entire month…

Bob Fontana, AK3Y, Wins the December 2020 QST Cover Plaque Award
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Bob Fontana, AK3Y, Wins the December 2020 QST Cover Plaque Award

The winning article for the December 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “The Tuna Tin S — A Bare-Bones Synthesized QRPp Transmitter,” by Bob Fontana, AK3Y.  The QST Cover Plaque…

Geomagnetic Storm Watches Are in Effect through December 11
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Geomagnetic Storm Watches Are in Effect through December 11

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) reports that geomagnetic storm watches are in effect through December 11, due to the effects of a direct coronal mass ejection (CME) collision…

Launch Window for AMSAT’s RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E Opens on December 19
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Launch Window for AMSAT’s RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E Opens on December 19

The launch that will carry AMSAT’s RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E CubeSat into orbit will likely take place later this month. Virgin Orbit has announced that the…

December is YOTA Month
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December is YOTA Month

The month of December has been designated as YOTA month. The annual initiative sponsored by Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) initially focused on International Amateur…

Solar Minimum Most Likely Occurred in December 2019
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Solar Minimum Most Likely Occurred in December 2019

Sunspot Index and Long-Term Solar Observations (SILSO) in Belgium said this month that the minimum between Solar Cycles 24 and 25 “most probably” took place…

ANS-363 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for December 29
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ANS-363 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for December 29

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-363 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS…

ISS SSTV December 28 until January 1
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ISS SSTV December 28 until January 1

Russian cosmonauts are expected to activate Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station from Saturday, December 28…