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18 January 2020
Welcome to new member VA3GKY RCSCC
Quinte
HMS Collingwood celebrates 80th birthday
HMS QE's new CO takes charge
HMS Scott honours HMS Antelope in the Falklands
HMS Forth takes up her role as Falkland Islands patrol ship
RN to start unmanned mine hunting and surveying ops
INORC 2019 Results on Contests page 2
DX News from
ARRL
VP8 licence holders must revalidate their calls
US amateurs complain of QRM from marijuana grow lights
AMSAT-DL announces a new QO-100 down-converter V3d
Special call DL35SDR will be active during 2020 from Munich area to
reflect 35 years of SDR
Water drop antenna lens directs radio wave energy through its curved shape
11 January 2020
The 2020 CQ DX Marathon runs for the
whole of 2020
Latest
(free) IARU Monitoring System Newsletter shows coordinator plagued by LED
QRM
DX News from ARRL
IET Wiring Regulations changes affect syllabus
Grey line propagation
The 'Day of YLs' contest 2020 will be held on 24/25th May
Latest TAPR (FREE) Newsletter
with details of TangerineSDR
National Museum of the RN are
looking to raise £5m to create a Royal Marines Museum inside the Dockyard
From Sea Dart to Sea Viper - area air defence for the RN
Submariners gather at Gosport to mark the closure of the Submarine Escape
Training Tank
The 2020s will change the world submarine balance
What it's like to operate a warship in the crowded and dangerous Strait of
Hormuz
RN marks 20 years since LGBT ban lifted
RN remembers legendary Norway raid 80 years on
4 January 2020
Happy New Year to all members and
visitors
For VK Members - Graeme has been calling CQ RNARS net each Wednesday evening at 0930Z on 7020Khz. Keep a listen out
Ofcom has released a list of available, allocated, reserved and forbidden
callsigns
DX
News from ARRL
Essex Ham's
FREE online Foundation courses have re-started using the 2019 syllabus
New Submarine Escape, Rescue, Abandonment and Survival (SMERAS) training facility due to be open at HMNB Clyde
(Faslane) this year
HMS QE
New Year Resolutions for 2020
2-minute video capturing the global impact of the RN in 2019
Irish Navy ships laid up because
of personnel retention crisis across Irish Defence Forces
31 December 2019
There's a new site for
veterans on the Links page. It's funded by the Armed Forces Covenant
DX News from ARRL
Europe 1 on Long Wave closes tonight
RN & RM honours in New Year's Honours List - including our Patron
Big
goffa
A review of the RN in 2019
Replacing the RN's Harpoon anti-ship missile
Report in The Times that 1SL is
planning to remove 5 Rear Admiral posts and reduce the 400 staff at NCHQ by up to 50%
"No
Captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the
enemy"
Unwelcome stowaways
New
RN Strategic Studies Centre opened in Portsmouth
17 December 2019
We are still looking for
volunteers to run GB8OCO in the HQ Shack during December. Names to
G3ZDF
Just a reminder that the RNARS Yahoo group has moved to
groups.io
TX Factor episode 25 released
IARU R1 VHF-UHF-microwave FREE Newsletter available for download
Watch the weekly space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW(The
Space Weather Woman)
DX News from ARRL
Christianity on the Air will be active over the Xmas period with calls
such as 4X2XMAS
Impress
your friends by pointing out the International Space Station as it passes
over
Commissioning day for HMS PoW
F-35 takes off from HMS QE while it's alongside in Pompey
World's oldest Xmas pud on display in Naval Museum
Earlier days when lots of subs around
HMS QE & HMS PoW alongside each other
2 December 2019
Listen out for GB19YOTA from the HQ Shack on Tuesday 3 Dec from 18.00 to late
Using
the Raspberry Pi for portable operation
Falkland Islands gain access to 4m band and
60m
Latest CQ-DATV magazine available for free download
WSJT-X
v2.1.2 released
BT OpenReach VDSL has caused RF pollution - according to Ofcom analysis
DX News from ARRL
RN Operational Honours awards
355 Ship
USN Fleet No Longer Viable
25 November 2019
More countries in Europe, Africa & Middle East gain access to 50 MHz
RN starts royal palace guard duties today
Army wants to balance manpower cuts with RN mothballing or leasing to USN
1 new aircraft carrier
23 November 2019
Ham Radio Day aboard RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach on 14 December
Big news for the 6M band
DX
News from ARRL
New version of
SDR-Console released (V3.0.17)
Autumn 2019 edition of BBC Monitoring's
FREE magazine Monitor is now available
New items added to For Sale or Wanted
page, property of G3UAZ (SK)
Monument to RN Diving & Mine Warfare personnel to be unveiled at Gunwharf
Quays
HMS
PoW is slightly longer, wider, heavier and faster than her sister ship HMS
QE
16 November 2019
HMS PoW arrives in Portsmouth today around 14.00
Volunteers needed
to operate GB8OCO in the HQ Shack during December commemorating 80th
anniversary of the commissioning of HMS Collingwood. Names to Joe
G3ZDF
DX News
from ARRL
The RNARS Yahoo Group has now moved to
groups.io/RNARS
GB19YOTA
will be operated by a group of Sea Cadets from HQ Shack on 3 December
between 18.00 and 23.59
Monitoring your neighbourhood vehicle traffic with passive radar
New Amateur Radio organisation for those that enjoy or use CW
MOD signs contract with Babcock to build 5 Type 31 frigates
RN
will return to palace guard duties from 25 Nov
5 November 2019
RNARS Xmas lunch in the Crofton
13.00 10 December, names and deposits to Chairman
HMS Collingwood 80th
anniversary special call GB8OCO for December - looking for volunteers to
operate from HQ Shack. Names to Joe G3ZDF
Welcome back David
G6XJZ
TX Factor at the HamFest in Newark. Look out for Alan M6LFM and our
Chairman David M0SLL
Latest issue of FREE 5MHz Newsletter now available for download
DX News from ARRL
ABC news report
from nuclear powered USN submarine
HMS PoW likely to arrive in
Portsmouth early December
HMS QE documentary Sunday evenings at 20.00 on BBC2
28 October 2019
Golden Oldies DJs reunite at Radio Luxembourg's London HQ for unveiling of
blue plaque
The Grid Square Award
G3BZU ranking in RSGB HF SSB Field Day
Hackspace (free) magazine antenna construction article and lots more
DX News from ARRL
RSGB looking for clubs to host 'Train the Trainer' days
Did you miss the latest TV programme about HMS QE?
Happy 355th
Birthday to the Royal Marines
HMS QE will deploy in 2021 with 2 destroyers, 2 frigates, a nuclear sub
and support vessels
HMS
Dragon now has a swimming pool
Minister tells 1st Sea Lord to make warship availability a priority
21 October 2019
Welcome to new member Scott of
Radio User
Trafalgar Day today
DX News from ARRL
Australian Maritime Safety Authority looks to end HF monitoring for
maritime distress & safety
New proposal
from RSGB VHF Manager G4SWX for a Beginner's Licence
New jetty completed in Portsmouth
Dockyard for HMS PoW
Why the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers operate VSTOL aircraft
14 October 2019
Welcome to new members Ross G4DTD,
Jonathan GD0BFN & John VK6FAAW
Latest ICQ Podcast
DX News from ARRL
Raspberry Pi remote radio setup reviewed
HMS PoW notches up more milestones on sea trials
UK's F-35Bs have landed on HMS QE for the first time
2019 AGM
Awards on the SpecialNotices page
12 October 2019
AGM today in HMS Collingwood
Photos from the AGM now in PhotoAlbums
7 October 2019
RNARS PROFILE IN RADIO USER MAGAZINE
For your information, fellow members, Radio User Magazine's October edition contains a 3 page profile of our Society (p23). Current feedback about it is very encouraging. It is a unique opportunity to be given such exposure in a national publication. Our grateful thanks to the Editor, Georg Wiessala
3 October 2019
Welcome to new members Rosemary
(SWL), Paul M0PPD & Martin G3ZXZ
DX News from ARRL
Comparisons of AirSpy HF+, Discovery, RSP1 and other SDRs
RN begins initiative to maintain ASW edge
Virtual tour of RRS Sir David
Attenborough
HMS PoW hits top speed in sea trials
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