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23 September 2020
RSGB
to introduce remote invigilation for Full exam
TV set knocks out Openreach broadband
Day of the YL's memorial Contest (7 - 8 November)
SolderSmoke podcast 225 now available
HMS QE has embarked 2 squadrons of F-35Bs in preparation for major
exercise
Ex-HMS Hermes on her final journey to the shipbreaker's yard
18 September 2020
DX News from
ARRL
Latest space weather from the Space Weather Woman
Denby Dale club talks available on YouTube
RF pollution from electric vehicle wireless chargers
Setting up a Raspberry Pi with an RTL dongle for amateur radio use
The next Free Foundation online training course starts on 20 September
Solar panels can cause interference - despite preventive measures
UK Six Metre Group AGM Sunday 27 September by
videoconferencing
First Sea Lord launches Mayflower Autonomous Ship
Follow Mayflower on this web feed
Plans unveiled for cold war museum in Plymouth
RN's autumn programme has begun
Story of ITV's drama about the RN
that sank without trace
New
book published on British Naval Intelligence through the 20th century
UK to invest in logistics hub in
Duqm, Oman to facilitate RN deployments to Indian Ocean and beyond
The cruise missile threat to the UK
7 September 2020
Latest RSGB 2020 Convention information and arrangements
DX News from ARRL
This year's Digital Communications Conference will be streamed live on
YouTube
Security & Defence Review - rumour mill
10 more USMC F-35Bs due
shortly at RAF Marham
Former
Royal Yacht voted top UK visitor attraction
Photo tour of Stonehouse barracks
which is due to close in 2027
Ukrainian SU-27 fighter returns to base carrying a road sign
26 August 2020
Calling all ex-WE branch
members who may have served in 'Colingrad'. Stories/dits/memories
needed for HMS Collingwood 80th anniversary commemorative book to be
published later in the year.
Welcome to new member Martins M0PAM
and welcome back to Steve G3MII
RN's newest ship ready for action in record time
D-Day landing craft completes final journey to D-Day Museum in Southsea
Appledore shipyard comes back from
the dead - again
Renewed call for Fleet Solid Support ships to be built in Britain
Data, submarine cables and the Defence Review
The next free foundation online training course will start on 6th
September
RSGB 2020 Convention will be streaming online
DX News from ARRL
Watch & listen to an explanation of how the new Online Amateur Radio Club
operates
18 August 2020
Welcome back Ray M6HOU
GB80BOB (Battle of Britain) will be operating from the homes of RAFARS Members during the month of Sept 2020. QSL Cards via the RAFARS BUREAU ONLY with SAE to Andrew 2E0NDZ QTHr
RN's drone experts ready to deploy on warships
RN officers and ratings make history at unique parade
Visitors get to see Victory's bottom for the first time
HMS Enterprise deploys to Beiruit in UK's support for Lebanon
UK and Belgium agree to collaborate on Protector drones
New £5 coin marks 75th anniversary of end of WWII
Inside a torpedo tube onboard USS
Toledo
What the ultimate submarine could look like in 20 years
New book by 'Sharkey' Ward
November Kempton Rally Cancelled
Ep. 26 of the TX Factor now available
DX News from ARRL
New 8M & 5M bands added to PSK Reporter site
IARU Monitoring System Newsletter now available
5 August 2020
Welcome to our new Secretary Martin
M0EHL and our new QSL Manager Pete G4GSA
AGM 2019 Minutes uploaded
Learn
all about SDR and how to make use of WebSDRs as well
Shazam style signal identification for Android
RSGB Facebook
group for M7s and returning licensees
'No more practicals for the Intermediate assessment', says RSGB
DX News from ARRL
U3A Amateur Radio Meeting
VKs no longer have to change their callsign when they upgrade or move area
RN's commitment to drone technology for future operations
Debate on whether the UK carrier Force is headed for the South China Sea
New book on the modern destroyer
just published, Tribals, Battles & Darings
23 July 2020
Welcome to new member Roger M0TJK
Our RNARS Nets need your
participation, get involved, have a listen, make a call.
Construction of the final unit of first type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow has
started
The Naval dimensions of the ISC 'Russia' report
The Radio Amateur Society of Australia have made their popular magazine QTC directly available as a free downloadable PDF
New video looks at the Icom IC-705 SDR QRP transceiver
2020 National Hamfest cancelled
UK Intermediate Training videos available online
DX News from ARRL
RN GPs train at sea
Navy drone team support commando fliers on exercise
Good news, 2% pay rise for all armed forces personnel, bad news, no
increase in MOD budget
RN's Devonport nuclear submarine support facilities upgraded
Video of UK F-35 jets
operating from HMS QE in the North Sea
USN launches investigation into
fire onboard USS Bonhomme Richard
RN amphibious warfare capability in flux
10 July 2020
Welcome to new members Pete
G4CJX and Mike G7LIL
80th anniversary of the only Naval Battle of Britain VC winner
Social worker trial on HMS PoW proves a success
RSGB extends remote
invigilation to Intermediate exams
DX News from ARRL
IARU Monitoring Service (aka 'Intruder Watch')Free Newsletter now
available
Software Defined Radio Academy goes virtual
Ian M0LIH has been
streaming his activities with GB3RN through QO-100 / Es'Hail-2 Satellite
on YouTube. Check for RNARS
Big radio switch-off is delayed until 2032 - FM and AM stations saved
CW Training program
HMS Defender, Diamond, Kent & Richmond to escort UK Carrier Strike Group
in May 2021
1 July 2020
Welcome to new members Brian M0SSN and
Rob 2E0YXS
If anyone served with Derek(SK) G4EZZ/F4VQE could you
contact G3ZDF please?
Details of virtual RNARS AGM in the Summer issue of the
Newsletter
Register for
FREE online Foundation Course
SolderSmoke podcast
223 now available for download
New book "Backing Bletchley-The Codebreaking Outstations from Eastcote to GCHQ"
mentions some interesting work by amateurs
RSGB
running live interactive webinars Tuesday evenings at 20.00 on YouTube and
BATC
DX
News from ARRL
New commando uniform for Royal Marines
..and here's the
promotional video of the new uniform
Major James Fuller RM has received the rare honour of an American
decoration for his service in Afghanistan
Armed Forces Week for the RN around the world
Review of the carrier strike force by the National Audit Office
Promotional video of Chatham Dockyard
FOST changes the name but not the initials
Warship building in the pandemic - progress on the Type 26 frigates
24 June 2020
This year's AGM will be a 'virtual'
one. Details to follow
GB100RS will be active between 28 June and
end October to celebrate 100 years of Royal Signals ARS
G3CRS/A and
GM3BZU/A are still operating. Keep a listen out for them
DX News from ARRL
BBC Broadcasters Net meets at 09.00 on 3.700MHz SSB on Tuesday mornings and welcomes fellow broadcasters, engineers and Film industry retired and current
New book on Portishead Radio published by Larry G4HLN. Available
on Amazon
RN launches latest smart crewless boat for general duties
12 June 2020
Welcome to new member Dave G4YBO
GB100RCS
will be active on 28 June to commemorate the Royal Signals Centenary Day
Free
Foundation Online Training Course starts on June 21
DX News from ARRL
GKA -
"Portishead Radio - A Friendly Voice on Many a Dark Night" new
book
IARU Region 1 monitoring system newsletter now available
RN's Caribbean task group assembles ahead of huricane season
First landing of operational F-35Bs on board HMS QE
2 June 2020
Welcome to new member Bob M7RWW
RSGB introduces new booking system for online Foundation exam that people
can take in their own homes
Video of IARU-R2 'Satellite Communications 101' workshop
The joy of QRP operating
RSGB confirms National Field Day has been cancelled
DX News from ARRL
YouTube GNU radio tutorials for Windows 10
Digital voice for VHF Marine Band?
HMS QE one step closer to maiden operational deployment
HMS Forth honours 1982 Falkland heroes
Rolls Royce MTU engines selected for Type 31 frigates
Video of HMS Endurance and her
helicopters operating in the Antarctic
Maritime and Coastguard Agency plans to add drones to air fleet
In focus - the RN's Sampson radar
HMS Sultan adapting methods to train naval engineers using social
distancing and technology
New PWO badge discussion
19 May 2020
REMINDER: Online quiz tonight Tuesday
- details on Facebook, GROUPS.IO and Twitter feed
DX News from ARRL
FREE IARU-R1 Monitoring Newsletter now available for download
The special call II2EMCA will be
active from 1-7-20 to the end of the year
May
2020 RadCom available free
of charge as part of the RSGB Get on the Air to Care campaign
RN's commemoration of VE Day
Latest issue of Naval Warfare available for online reading
1 May 2020
Reminder: We are looking for articles
for the Newsletter. Please send to David M0SLL
DX News from the
ARRL
Listen
out for GB4VVV until 11 May
Special VE Day and VJ Day commemorations
The next FREE online amateur radio Foundation course starts on May 3
Netherlands special event calls in May to commemorate end of WW II
Listen out for GB75VED in May run by RAFARS to commemorate end of WW II
Ofcom have released a database of allocated callsigns
RN trials underwater gliders that can aid submarine hunters
HMS QE has sailed for operational training
RM Commandos are running mobile virus test centres in the South West
China has commissioned 2 more
ballistic missile submarines
Sailors begin returning to USS
Theodore Roosevelt after quarantine period on Guam
CO of HMS Trenchant relieved of
command after investigation
Upgrading the RN's nuclear sub support facilities in Devonport
The last TON class minesweeper
left afloat in the world likely to be scrapped
New
sophisticated German fuel-cell powered submarine
23 April 2020
Latest 5MHz Newsletter is available for FREE download
Welcome back
Tom EI3ER and to new member Chris M0TXB
Details of Marc G0TOC funeral
are on the RNARS Facebook page
Japanese amateurs have new privileges including FT8 on 160m and 80m
Solar panel installations in Switzerland cause RF interference
DX News from
ARRL
Video of Japanese Morse Code talk by Norman G3CSG (SK)
VDSL interference reporting
The latest IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Newsletter is available for
FREE download
Plymouth Naval Base helps produce masks for local NHS
New Patrol Ship HMS Forth makes first visit to South Georgia
HMS QE will sail from Portsmouth next week allowing time for her whole
crew to be tested for Covid-19
Russia's deep-sea submarines and a deadly fire
Gosport residents complain of the noise from HMS PoW running her diesel
generators alongside
US firm to trial new robot water taxis in Plymouth this summer
10 April 2020
Welcome to new members Andy M7XRN &
Mik IZ2FME
Free evaluation report on SDRs for small satellites
DX
News from ARRL
RSGB website has a
wealth of information and help about EMC
Introduction to new Morse Code course on
YouTube
Special Australian call - VI2020STAYATHOME
Saturday 18
April is World Amateur Radio Day
HMS Audacious arrives at her new home HMNB Clyde
HMS Richmond proves new engines for the rest of the fleet
RN Medical staff are supporting the NHS on the frontline
HMS Tamar makes her Portsmouth debut. She is 4th of 5 new OPV
French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle heading back to Toulon with
40 suspected cases of Covid-19 on board
First of new generation bow
mounted sonar fitted to HMS Portland
Young girl fishing
catches submarine
20 March 2020
Divers
and mine warfare memorial unveiled in Portsmouth
HMS Defender returns from 7-month deployment
Last wartime destroyer captain dies aged 105
New upconverter to bring SDR devices down to HF band frequencies
RSGB has cancelled all future exam bookings until further notice
DX News from
ARRL
USN is preparing its 2 hospital ships to fight coronavirus-19
Watch The Cruel Sea on BBC iPlayer
Congratulations to
Cathy, now M0WVL
18 March 2020
The Spring 2020 Newsletter has now
been sent to all members. If you don't receive your copy please
contact Joe G3ZDF
13 March 2020
DX News from
ARRL
BERU/RSGB Commonwealth contest this weekend
Kempton Park
Rally has been postponed to 15 November
YouTube tutorial on receiving weather images from NOAA satellites
Latest space weather forecast from
the Space Weather woman
Groundbreaking trials of RN/RM unmanned equipment in Norway
Former First Sea Lord (our Patron) honoured at graduation
Trials of RN's new anti-ship missile Sea Venom
Second P-8A Poseidon
Maritime Patrol Aircraft arrives in the UK
Type 45 Destroyer availability improving
Towards a silent frigate - Type 26 propulsion system in focus
Cut away drawing of trans-Atlantic narcotic-smuggling submarine
2 March 2020
60m band now authorised in France
Free IARU Monitoring Newsletter for Jan 2020 now available
DX News from
ARRL
The February Eclectic Tech from the ARRL podcast is now available
The Winter issue of the International DX Association newsletter is now
available for download
Ofcom has stopped issuing short Full Calls
The latest
Space Weather forecast from the Space Weather Woman
New QO-100 bandplan announced
HMS Tamar handed over
Submariners' children challenged to design new monument
Russia stages first ship-launched hypersonic missile test
The Submarine Memorial appeal
The future of the RN attack submarines
Another episode of
Warship: Life at sea tonight on Channel5 at 21.00
Inside Russia's next generation attack submarine
HMS Bristol to be scrapped as too expensive to maintain
13 February 2020
Mobile phone with a
rotary dial
DX News from
ARRL
'Shazam' style signal identification
Web-based logbook using your browser
The Engineering Edge podcast
HMS PoW to visit Liverpool
Submariners are the RN's master caterers
TACTICOS - the RN's new Combat Management System
Forces TV reports on the work of the RN's Fishery Protection squadron
Follow more goings-on on board HMS
Duncan, Monday evenings 21.00 Channel5
Timeline for delivering carrier strike
Perspectives on the different cultures of the military and the civil
service
Should the RN buy warships 'off the shelf'?
More about the Type 31 frigate
3 February 2020
In the latest ICQPodcast a discussion
about whether the NanoVNA is any good
RSGB Operating Awards QSL checking service
RSGB has released another batch of videos of 2019 Convention lectures
AMSAT has deployed a WSPR/APRS buoy
in the South Atlantic
HM
Submarine Otus will be taking part in the Museum Ships Weekend with the
call DM3G
DX News from
ARRL
HMS Collingwood Open Day will be on 6 June this year
Jets fly from RN carriers in UK waters for first time in 10 years
RAF's first P-8A Poseidon arrives in Scotland this week
1SL has announced the RN will be significantly reducing the size of Navy
Command HQ
BBC article about
'The Goldfish Club'
The greatest risk to national security you've never heard of
RN has ordered 5 Mantas T12s - unmanned surface surveillance vessels
MOD does not yet know how or if it will replace RN's largest hydrographic
ship HMS Scott
Review of 2020 Strategic Defence Review and its impact on the RN
26 January 2020
Welcome to new members Cathy
2E0WVL, Steve 2E0WDR and Pat M0AAC
Latest TX Factor (Ep
25) looks at the weather, linking repeaters without the Internet and the
latest Elecraft gear
If you want to apply to be an RSGB Board Director the deadline is 31
January
Spanish amateurs can now apply for short format calls
DX News from
ARRL
Latest FREE Hackspace magazine features MS0SCZ
Space
weather from the Space Weather Woman
Some videos for amateurs looking at 'The Small Garden' problem
Look out for special calls OX80HM & OZ80HM until 16 April celebrating 80th
birthday of Danish Queen
AmateurLogic.TV Ep. 139 looks at a free remote desktop solution, Vara
WinLink and RPi4
HMS QE sails for Lightning jet trials in UK waters
Restoration of Liverpool memorial to WW2 seafarers
Norwegian Navy corvettes, transit speed 47 knots, max soeed 60 knots
Snapshot of RN Surface Escorts
Revolutionary AI warship contracts announced
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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