Archive for 2012
GB2RS News for Sunday, 11 November 2012
Norway gets new allocations The Norwegian P & T Authority has made changes to the Norwegian amateur licence regulations. The major changes are that permission has been given to use 472 to 479kHz with a maximum 1W EIRP. The former permission to use 493 to 510kHz has been stopped. Permission has been given to use […]
Rallies and Events
Today, 11 November, the West London Radio & Electronics Show, otherwise known as the Kempton Rally, will be held at Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames TW16 5AQ. There is free car parking and the doors open at 10am. Visitors will find trade stands, a Bring & Buy, special interest groups as […]
Special Events
GB4WLR will be on air today, 11 November, as part of the Remembrance Sunday commemorations. A World War One locomotive is expected to be in steam on the West Lancashire Light Railway at Hesketh Bank. The locomotive served behind the front lines during WW1 and is named Joffre. Also taking place that day is the […]
DX News
JH1AJT will be on the air from Bhutan until 15 November as A5A. He will be active on all bands between 10 and 40m using various modes. QSL via home callsign. Frank Pulfer, HB9BXU and a team of Swiss amateurs will activate the island of Aitutaki, IOTA OC-083, from 12 to 30 November. This island […]
Contest News
The WAE DX RTTY Contest finishes at 2359 tonight, 11 November. It should keep the RTTY parts of the HF bands buzzing. Everybody can work everybody on RTTY. In WAE events reports of a previously conducted contest QSOs can add significantly to your total score, so it’s well worth investigating in advance of the event […]
Propagation News
And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 2nd to the 8th of November compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on Friday the 9th of November. Solar activity was mostly very low but increased to low on the 5th when a single C class solar flare took place, and moderate on the […]
