We are pleased to announce the March 2024 edition of RadCom Basics is now available on the RSGB website In this edition,...
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In 1982, a World’s Fair was held in Knoxville Tennessee. Dubbed the “Energy Exposition”, there was a full six months...
CQ Communications, Inc. has suspended publication of its CQ magazine according to a message sent from Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU....
Following four weeks of deliberations, the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference concluded in Dubai on Friday 15 December with the signing of the ‘Provisional...
Thursday December-14 saw the conclusion of detailed WRC-23 business in order to prepare for the signing of the ‘Provisional Final...
Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from Earth, is sending back a repetitive jumble of 1s and 0s that...
The fourth and final week of WRC-23 (Dec 11-15) is crucial for agreeing late items and the future agenda. Prior...
The end of the third week of the WRC-23 World Radiocommunication Conference saw plenary approval of a new footnote to the 23cm...
Week 3 of WRC-23 has started with an increase in meetings and effort associated with WRC-27/31 proposals, quite a few...
The third week of the WRC-23 World Radiocommunication Conference has seen the approval of a new footnote to the 23cm amateur band...
WRC-23 has reached the halfway point, including progress on 23cm, but then included a raft of meetings over the weekend...
Meetings continued on Tuesday and Wednesday on various items including 23cm, Radar Sounders and Space weather. Chairing the long and...
Week-2 of WRC-23 started with a 9am meeting of the AI-9.1b, 23cm topic, followed by 40-50MHz radar sounders. The latest...
WRC-23 finished its first week with all current agenda items underway and an early discussion on new ones for WRC27/31....
Wednesday (Day-3) saw the start of the discussions on Agenda-Item 9.1b – regarding Radio Navigation Satellites and Amateur Radio in...
WRC23 Day-2 saw the conference structure launch working groups and subgroups, as individual agenda items got underway and documents introduced....
Monday November 20 saw a hugely well attended opening ceremony, speeches and initial plenaries as WRC-23 got underway. Around 3500+...
