Archive for April, 2015

RSGB Train the Trainers Days

| April 24, 2015

RSGB Train the Trainers Days days are for you if you are delivering training for the amateur examinations and do not already have a professional educational background. The purpose is to give you some insights in how to prepare and deliver your material, to improve the learning skills of your class and hopefully inject some fun […]

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Rallies and Events News – 26 April 2015

| April 24, 2015

Today, the 26th, the Cambridge Repeater Group Rally will take place in Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton, CB22 6RN. Doors open at 10am, with traders gaining access from 7am. Admission is £2 and there will be a bring-and-buy and RSGB bookstall. More information from Lawrence, M0LCM on 07941 972 724. Next weekend on the […]

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Special Events News – 26 April 2015

| April 24, 2015

The Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club will be airing the Club callsign MN0VFW/P Sunday, the 26th, from Navan Fort, Armagh, Northern Ireland. They will be active on HF SSB and 2m FM from the club’s exhibition trailer that will be parked up in the visitors’ centre car park. Visitors are welcome. Members of Barry Amateur Radio […]

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DX News – 26 April 2015

| April 24, 2015

Mark, M0TVV will be operating holiday portable from 2 to 14 May as EA5/M0TVV on the 10, 20 and 40 metre bands QRP portable. This will be his first time operating outside the United Kingdom under his new Full licence and he hopes to be able to be on the air as often as possible […]

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Contest News – 26 April 2015

| April 24, 2015

The 24 hours of the SP DX RTTY Contest ends today at 1200UTC Sunday, the 26th. Non-SP stations can work anyone and there are multiples for DXCC entities and continents worked. The exchange is signal report and serial number with SP stations sending their Province code. The BARTG Sprint 75 runs for four hours this […]

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Propagation News – 26 April 2015

| April 24, 2015

Last week we said that the NOAA prediction was for a solar flux index of up to 135, but we thought this was pessimistic. We were proved right as the SFI soared to 154 on the 21st. However conditions remained very unsettled with the Kp index hitting four at times and with many M-class solar […]

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