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Good morning. It's Sunday the 31st of March and here is the GB2RS news
broadcast, prepared by the RSGB and intended for all radio amateurs and
short-wave listeners.

The Radiocommunications Agency and SSL presented the first of the new
"M" series callsigns at a ceremony in Bristol yesterday, Saturday the
30th of March. M0AAA was issued to the Reading Novices' Amateur Aerial
Association, with the licence being presented to club members Paul
Sayer, G0VKT, and Ben Clarkson, G7WHO. Ben, aged 14, recently upgraded
from his Novice callsign 2E1DHA, and is an active member of the Reading
and District Amateur Radio Club. The first "M" series Class B callsign,
M1AAA, was presented to Ian Oliver.

The Reading and District Amateur Radio Club will be activating M0AAA and
MX0AAA from Zero hundred hours BST on Monday the 1st of April. The
station will be active for much of the first week of April and a special
QSL card will be available for the first one thousand contacts. For
further details contact Peter Swynford, G0PUB, whose address is correct
in the RSGB Call Book, or call him on 01734 617388.

An RSGB Regional Open Forum meeting will take place on the 26th of May
at Rivenhall Village Hall, Church Road, Rivenhall, Witham, in Essex.
RSGB President Peter Sheppard, G4EJP; Executive Vice-President Ian Kyle,
GI8AYZ; and Zonal Council member Fred Stewart, G0CSF, will be attending,
as well as RSGB Liaison Officers and a representative from the Datacomms
Committee. Further details can be obtained from Fred Stewart, G0CSF,
whose address is correct in the latest RSGB Call Book.

RSGB President Peter Sheppard, G4EJP, will be the guest of honour at the
first meeting of the newly-formed Louth Repeater and Packet Group at
7.30pm on Tuesday the 2nd of April. The meeting will take place at the
Greyhound Public House at Upgate, Louth, and all are welcome. The group
was formed to help support the 70 centimetre repeater GB3LC, and to plan
to apply for a 24 centimetre and 3 centimetre TV repeater and packet
node. For further details contact Roger, G4IPE, on 01507 602220.

A new GB2RS news broadcast starts next Sunday, the 7th of April,
covering the Telford area. The newsreader will be G3JKX, and the
broadcast will be at 1200 via the GB3TF 70 centimetre FM repeater on
channel RB8. Reports will be welcomed by the newsreader.

"Kidlink '96" takes place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th of May. Schools are invited to put on stations so that
youngsters, especially those between the ages of 10 and 15, can use
amateur radio to communicate with their peers in this country and
overseas. For further details, contact Peter Daly, G0GTE, on 01438
724991.

A new RSGB Liaison Officer has been appointed for Counties Londonderry
and Tyrone. He is John Crichton, GI4YWT, whose address is correct in the
RSGB Call Book.

Groups intending to take part in the RSGB's National Field Day contest
on the 1st and 2nd of June are reminded that they must register, by
sending details of the site to be used, by the 9th of April at the
latest. Send the details to David Hill, G4IQM, whose address is correct
in the RSGB Call Book. Please enclose an SAE if contest stationery or an
acknowledgement of entry is required. Listeners to this broadcast are
asked to remind their Club Secretaries of the 9th of April deadline. For
further details see page 4 of the RSGB Contesting Guide, which was
published in the September 1995 RadCom, or call David Hill, G4IQM, on
01293 882641 weekends or evenings.

Now some items of HF DX news from the weekly RSGB DX News Sheet, which
is edited by Chris Page, G4BUE:

>From Saint Helena, Andy Chadwick, G4ZVJ, plans activity as ZD7WJ from
the 29th of March until the 12th of April, CW only. Check around 1827,
3503, 7003, 10107, 14027, 18077, 21027, 24897 and 28027 kHz, listening
up. Andy goes on to Ascension Island, where he will be active as ZD8VJ,
on the 16th of April.

>From Sri Lanka, HB9BRM is signing 4S7BRM from now until the 17th of
April. Activity is on all bands, SSB, Amtor and Pactor.

And from Cyprus, DL8KWS is signing 5B4/DL8KWS from now until the 10th of
April.

Next the Rally News:

The Magnum Radio and Computer Rally takes place at the Magnum Leisure
Centre, Harbourside, Irvine, Strathclyde, today Sunday the 31st of
March. The event features the usual traders, an RSGB book stall and
membership information stand, and Morse tests on demand. Doors open at
11.00 am.

The Thames Valley Electronics Rally takes place at Kempton Park
Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames, in Middlesex today,
Sunday the 31st. The event features retailers, antenna and accessory
suppliers and a bring and buy stall. Doors open at 10.30 am.

Next Sunday, the 7th of April, the Feltham and Hounslow Sea Cadets
Computer and Radio Rally takes place at the Feltham and Hounslow Sea
Cadet Corps, 2 Popular Way, Feltham, in Middlesex. Talk-in will be
provided on 2 metres channel S22, and for further details ring 01784
456486.

Now for the HF contest news:

The CQ WPX SSB Contest is taking place this weekend. It started at zero
hundred UTC on Saturday and continues until 2400 UTC tonight. This
contest is on all bands from 1.8 to 28 MHz, with the exception of the
three "WARC" bands. All stations can work any other station, and the
multiplier is the sum of all the different prefixes contacted.

The first of five sessions in the RSGB Slow Speed Cumulative Contest
takes place tomorrow evening, Monday the 1st of April, from 1900 until
2030 UTC. Send CW no faster than 12 words per minute - and never faster
than the other station is sending - between 3540 and 3580 kHz. Novices
are particularly encouraged to take part part. The second session is
next Tuesday, the 9th of April. The rules are in last September's
RadCom.

Next weekend, the 6th and 7th of April, the SP DX contest takes place
from 1500UTC Saturday for 24 hours. Brief rules are on page 21 of the
April RadCom.

And next Sunday, the 7th of April, the first RSGB Ropoco Contest takes
place from 0700 to 0900 UTC. The rules are in last September's RadCom.

Next some VHF contest news:

The first of three sessions in the RSGB 144MHz SSB Fixed Station
Cumulative Contest takes place on Tuesday the 2nd of April, from 1900
until 2100 UTC. The second session is on Wednesday the 10th of April and
the rules are in last September's RadCom.

And the RSGB 1.3 and 2.3 GHz Fixed station contests take place next
Sunday, the 7th of April, between 1700 and 2100 UTC. The rules are in
the September RadCom.

And now the solar factual data compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS:

The period from the 18th to the 24th of March saw solar activity
increase to low levels. The geomagnetic field was up to "active" levels.
Sunspot numbers declined to zero by the 20th as one small sunspot group
disappeared, but on the 21st another group appeared and by the 23rd
sunspot numbers were up to 24. The mean was 12. Solar flux levels
averaged 71 units but were up to 74 units on the 22nd. Several small B
class solar flares took place on the 22nd. On the 23rd, solar activity
increased to low levels by virtue of a single C1 solar flare. Electron
fluence levels increased from a high level to a very high level by the
23rd. X-Ray flux levels increased from A1 units to A1.6 units on the
23rd, with an average of A1.1 units. The 90-day solar flux average on
the 24th was 73 units, the same as last week.

Geomagnetic activity was mostly "unsettled", but did increase to
"active" levels on the 21st with an Ap index of 22 units. The average
was Ap 13 units. The following data covers the period from the 12th to
the 18th of March. The aa indices, as supplied by the British Geological
Survey, started at "active" levels with 40 nanoTeslas on the 13th, but
then remained at "unsettled" levels. The average was 22 nanoTeslas.

I'll repeat the figures: spots - 12, flux - 71, Ap - 13, X-Ray flux -
A1.1.

Now the ionospheric data for Central France:

The F2 daytime critical frequencies, as reported by Meudon for the
period from the 15th to the 21st of March, saw levels around 6.4MHz each
day except on the 21st, when they increased to 7.4MHz. The average was
6.5MHz. The darkness hour lows declined from 3.1MHz on the 17th to
2.3MHz by the 19th, with an average of 2.8MHz. The daytime highs took
place between 1100 and 1800 hours with the darkness hour lows at 0500
hours every day except on the 18th, at 2100 hours. Two hours of
blanketing E took place at daybreak on the 18th.

I'll repeat the figures: highs - 6.5MHz, lows - 2.8MHz.

And lastly the solar forecast:

This week the quieter side of the sun is expected to be looking our way,
and even though there may be days when sunspots are visible, solar
activity is expected to remain at very low levels. Solar flux levels are
expected to be around the 70 mark. Geomagnetic activity is expected to
be at "quiet" levels right up to next weekend when conditions may
increase to "active" levels. Ionospheric MUFs during daylight hours are
expected to be about 18MHz for the south and 15MHz for the north, but
levels may be slightly higher some days. The darkness hour lows may show
signs of improvement now the nights are becoming shorter and shorter.
Also the daytime highs are expected to take place in the evening period
now that the seasonal effects are taking place.

And that's the end of the solar information.

Finally in the main news, SSL has informed the Society that as of last
Wednesday morning, the latest callsigns allocated were in the G0 X-Ray
Bravo and G7 Whisky Lima series, and Novice calls in the 2 0 Alfa
November and 2 1 Echo Victor series.

Next, the local news.


NEWS FOR THE SOUTH EAST


Meetings for Monday the 1st of April:

Basingstoke Amateur Radio Club has a Constructor's Competition. Details
from G4ODM on 01256 26050.

Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society has an on-the-air evening.
For further details contact John, G1WQQ on 01787 460947.

Surrey Radio Contact Club has its Annual General Meeting. For further
details contact G4WAY on 0181 689 7089.


Meetings for Tuesday the 2nd of April:

Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society gathers for a talk on Antarctica by
Professor Barclay, G3HTF. Telephone [phone] for more details.

Chichester and District Amateur Radio Club has its Annual General
Meeting. For details telephone [phone].

Dacorum Amateur Radio Transmitting Society has its Annual General
Meeting. Telephone [phone] for further details.


Meetings for Wednesday the 3rd of April:

Aylesbury Vale Radio Society meets for a talk on operating techniques by
Ivan, G3KLT. For further details contact G3KLT on 01296 437720.

Fareham and District Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk entitled
'Restoration and Exhibits' by the Collingwood Group. For further
information contact Andrew, G0AMS on 01329 235397.

Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club screens a video by G8VEH
entitled '1985 Revisited'. For details telephone [phone].


Meeting for Thursday the 4th of April:

Horsham Amateur Radio Club has a Home-brew evening. For further details
telephone [phone] during office hours.


Meetings for Friday the 5th of April:

East Kent Radio Society has an on-the-air evening. Telephone 01227
742288 for more details.

Maidstone YMCA Amateur Radio Society has a shack and antenna maintenance
evening. Details from Graham, G4AXD on 01622 729462.



NEWS FOR THE SOUTH WEST


Meeting for Sunday the 31st of March:

Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society has a surplus equipment auction.
For more details telephone [phone].


Meetings for Monday the 1st of April:

Weston-Super-Mare Radio Society has an Extraordinary General Meeting
followed by a talk by Taunton's RLO. Details from Graham, G8WAR on 0934
415700.

Wincanton Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk by Mike, G7SDD on '6m
Equipment Design'. Details from Tim, G6RCT on 01963 31788.


Meeting for Tuesday the 2nd of April:

West Somerset Amateur Radio Club has its Annual General Meeting and a
construction contest. Details from Alan, G7RSU on 01643 707207.


Meetings for Wednesday the 3rd of April:

South Bristol Amateur Radio Club has an on-the-air evening. Telephone
01275 834282 for further information.

Trowbridge and District Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk entitled
'Whys and Wherefores of the Cubical Quad Antenna' by G0DAB. For details
contact Ian, G0GRI on 01225 864698 during evening hours.


Meetings for Thursday the 4th of April:

Bristol Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk on 'Distribution Boxes'.
Telephone [phone] for details.

Cornish Radio Amateur Club has its Annual General Meeting. Details from
Robin, G0MYR on 01209 820118.

Yeovil Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk by G3FFH entitled
'Adjudication of the Annual Constructor's Contest'. Contact Cedric,
G4JBL who is QTHR or telephone [phone].


Meeting for Friday the 5th of April:

Taunton and District Amateur Radio Club has a 'Questions and Answers'
session. Telephone [phone] for details.



NEWS FOR EAST ANGLIA


Meeting for Tuesday the 2nd of April:

Leiston Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk on 'Microwaves' by Sam,
G4DDK. Contact Dave, G6FS on 01728 832924 for more details.


Meetings for Wednesday the 3rd of April:

Ipswich Radio Club meets for a talk entitled 'The Police Helicopter' by
Inspector Mike Walker. For further details contact Andy, G7SMN on 01473
212891.

Norfolk Amateur Radio Club has its Annual General Meeting. For details
contact G4EOL on 01603 789792.


Meeting for Thursday the 4th of April:

Yarmouth Radio Club has an Extraordinary General Meeting. More details
from G3NHU on 01493 721173.



NEWS FOR THE MIDLANDS


Meetings for Monday the 1st of April:

Leicester Radio Society meets for a talk about its history by Frank,
G4PDZ. Telephone [phone] for more details.

Maxpak has its Annual General Meeting. For further details contact
Edward Loach on 01902 741877.

Stourbridge and District Amateur Radio Society has an on-the-air
evening. For further details contact Gordon, G0TZV on 01384 395206.


Meetings for Wednesday the 3rd of April:

Derby and District Amateur Radio Society pays a visit to the new Fire
Service Headquarters. Further details from Richard, G3VGW on 01773
852475.

Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club has a nostalgia night.
Telephone [phone] for more details.


Meeting for Thursday the 4th of April:

Stoke-on-Trent Amateur Radio Society has a junk sale. For details
contact Ian, G8MVV whose address is correct in the RSGB Call Book.



NEWS FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND


Great Lumley Amateur Radio and Electronics Society now has a new
secretary - Nancy Bone, G7UUR. The club meets every Wednesday night. For
more details telephone [phone].

Meetings for Monday the 1st of April:

Barnsley and District Amateur Radio Club has a surplus equipment sale.
Contact Ernie, G4LUE on 01226 716339 for more details.

Isle of Man Radio Society meets for a talk by Dave, GD4HOZ on the 'Past,
Present and Future of Isle of Man Repeaters'. For details phone 01624
842786.

Mansfield Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk on new radio receivers
by Richard Hillier. For details contact David, G0RDP on 01623 631931.

South Normanton and District Amateur Radio Club has a quiz night. For
further details telephone [phone].


Meetings for Tuesday the 2nd of April:

Eccles and District Amateur Radio Society gathers for a discussion about
the HF NFD contest. Details from G8KRG on 0161 773 7899.

Liverpool and District Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by G0WRE.
Telephone [phone] for more details.

Manchester and District Amateur Radio Society has an on-the-air evening.
For further details contact G0VJZ on 0161 338 4412.

Wakefield and District Radio Society has a quiz. Details from G3WWF on
0113 282 5519.

Warrington Amateur Radio Society gathers for a talk entitled 'the
Internet Revisited' by David, G7TLT. Details from John, G0RPG on 01925
762722.


Meetings for Wednesday the 3rd of April:

Hornsea Amateur Radio Club meets for a debate entitled 'Compulsory
Membership? Never!' Telephone [phone] for more details.

Mid Cheshire Amateur Radio Society has an on-the-air evening. For more
details telephone [phone].

Wirral and District Amateur Radio Club has a ten pin bowling evening.
Contact Bob, G4NCI on 0151 606 8989 for more details.


Meeting for Thursday the 4th of April:

Keighley Amateur Radio Society gathers for the 'Latest Talk by Mr
Dougherty'. Further details from Kath, G0RLO on 01274 496222.


Meeting for Friday the 5th of April:

Goole Radio and Electronics Society has a contest planning evening. For
further details telephone [phone].



NEWS FOR WALES


Meeting for Monday the 1st of April:

Dragon Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk entitled 'Something
Different' by Stewart, GW0ETF. For details telephone [phone].


Meeting for Wednesday the 3rd of April:

Conwy Valley Amateur Radio Club has an evening of members' past and
present construction efforts. Details from GW6PMC on 01745 855068.


Meeting for Thursday the 4th of April:

Meirion Amateur Radio Society gathers for two talks: 'Planning for NFD
96' plus 'Communications for the Cader Race'. Contact Maurice, GW3GKZ on
01341 422447 for more details.



NEWS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND


Meeting for Friday the 5th of April:

Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society hosts a talk by Practical
Wireless editor Rob Mannion, G3XFD. Details from Harry, GI4JTF on 01232
422762.

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