Archive for September, 2012
Japan launches plasma-powered amateur radio satellite
AMSAT-UK – The Japanese amateur radio satellite PROITERES was launched Sunday, September 9 from the Satish Dhawan space centre in India
GB2RS Headlines 9 September 2012
ARDF World Championships this week The RSGB ARDF World Championships team flies out to Serbia on Monday 10 September. All nine of the UK competitors are self funded. UK ARDF events using the IARU rules have been run by the RSGB since 2002. In contrast, most eastern European nations have been pursuing this radio sport […]
Contest News
Today, 9 September, the second 70MHz contest takes place from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Finishing at 2359 today, the 9th, the WAE DX SSB contest has been taking place. European stations can only work non European stations for this contest. Using all contest bands […]
DX News
Lance, W7GJ will conduct a 6m EME DXpedition to Niue on from 7 to 21 September. QSL direct to his home callsign. Further information, including details on the QSO procedure that he uses is at www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Niue2012.htm. From 7 to 21 September, Bob, ZL1RS will be active as E6RS on 2m EME. QSL via his home […]
Special Events
It is planned that GB2OWM will be on the air at the Orkney Wireless Museum at Kiln Corner, Kirkwall between Thursday 6 September and Wednesday 12 September during the 22nd Orkney International Science Festival. Listen out for the station between 2 and 4.30pm on weekdays and Sunday afternoons and on Saturday morning between 10am and […]
Propagation News
And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 31st of August to Thursday the 6th of September, compiled by Neil Clarke on Friday the 7th of September. Considering there were two large and magnetically complex groups visible, they both remained relatively quiet and only produced numerous C class solar flares except […]
