Archive for June, 2013
Special Events News – 23 June 2013
On 26 June 1913, Barrow Wireless Association in NW England received a transmitting licence from the Post Office, the fifth English club to do so. Furness Amateur Radio Society, as a successor to that association, is celebrating this centenary with a series of events and on-air activities. Ofcom have been approached for a special callsign […]
DX News – 23 June 2013
W6JKV will be active as V31IV from San Pedro in Belize until 1 July. Operations will be on the 6 to 80m bands and he will probably focus on 6 meters CW. QSL via his home callsign. DL4SDW will be active stroke HI3 from the Dominican Republic until 26 July. Operations will be limited to […]
Contest News – 23 June 2013
Today, 23 June, the 50MHz CW Contest ends at 1200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also today, 23 June, the 4th 70MHz Cumulative finishes at 1600UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Marconi Memorial HF Contest is organised by the Italian national society RAI […]
Propagation News – 23 June 2013
And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 14th to Thursday the 20th of June compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on Friday the 21st of June. Solar activity was low everyday with only a small number of C class solar flares taking place each day. Up to seven sunspot groups were […]
England Midlands 23 June 2013
Today, Sunday 23 June, Lincoln Short-Wave Club will take part in Museum on the Air from East Kirkby. On Tuesday it is the 50MHz UK Activity Contest from the shack at 8pm and Wednesday there’s a talk on the work of the RAIBC at 8.15pm. On Thursday there’s a Club net on 145.375MHz at 8pmand […]
WRC-18 Agenda Item
The detailed agenda for ITU World Radiocommunication Conference WRC-18 is to be agreed at WRC-15. As part of the preparation for WRC-15 possible agenda items for WRC-18 need to be considered. This week the Society has submitted its proposal to Ofcom. This will be considered, along with proposals from its other spectrum stakeholders to select […]
