Archive for November, 2013

Rallies and Events News 24 November 2013

| November 22, 2013

The CATS Radio and Electronics Bazaar will be held in the 1st Coulsdon Scout HQ, r/o Council Car Park, Lion Green Road, Coulsdon, Surrey today, 24 November. Doors open at 10am and admission is £1. There will be a B and B as well as catering facilities. Details by e-mail from Glenn, G4FVL at chairman@catsradio.org. […]

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Special Events 24 November 2013

| November 22, 2013

Phoenix Radio Group and Mansfield and District ARS are putting GB2OIL on the air today, 24 November, to commemorate the opening of the first commercial deep well oilfield in the UK at Dukes Wood, Eakring in Nottinghamshire in 1943. Operation is planned for 7.165MHz throughout the event and on 14.265MHz or 18.165MHz if conditions permit. […]

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DX News 24 November 2013

| November 22, 2013

JF1CCH and JA1FUF will be on the air from West Kiribati, OC-017, between 28 November and 4 December. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Their callsigns and QSL info will be announced nearer the event. A number of European amateurs will travel to the Ivory Coast and sign […]

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Contest News 24 November 2013

| November 22, 2013

Today the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CQ World Wide DX CW contest ends at 2359 today, 24 November, having run for 48 hours. It invariably keeps the CW portions […]

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Propagation News 24 November 2013

| November 22, 2013

Several large and active sunspot regions were visible but through the week one by one they rotated off the solar disc and out of view. Only two new sunspot regions were numbered during the period. Solar activity reached high levels on the 19th due to the only X class solar flare to take place. M […]

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England Midlands 24 November 2013

| November 22, 2013

We start with clubs that have several events this week. Wythall Radio Club is holding its holding club net on 145.225MHz from 8pm today and next Sunday. On Monday there’s a curry night at Monsoon and the Advanced course continues from 8pm. Tuesday sees a Morse class from 7.45pm, followed at 8.30pm by a video […]

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