Archive for December, 2013

Special Events News 22 December 2013

| December 20, 2013

3 January 2014 is the official opening of Bedworth Lions Awareness Month and GB4BLC will be on the air from 11am. Further information for this event can be obtained from G8GMU QTHR or 07801 862 686. SOS Radio Week 2014 will take place between 25 January and 2 February. Stations wishing to take part in […]

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DX News 22 December 2013

| December 20, 2013

Alan Doyle, G0FAU will be in Accra, Ghana using the callsign 9G5AD from 9 January 2014 for an initial period of 3 weeks. He will be operating a 100W Kenwood TS-570S with a Pro Whip antenna or a Carolina Windom for 20 metres. Felix, DL5XL will be working at the German Antarctic station Neumayer III […]

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Contest News 22 December 2013

| December 20, 2013

The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon continues over the Christmas period, ending on 31 January 2014. It’s a 100% locator square chase, with no points for individual QSOs, but as well as normal QSOs you can claim the squares worked in other 6m contests over the period. The exchange is signal report and locator. […]

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Propagation News 22 December 2013

| December 20, 2013

During the period several new sunspot regions appeared but none were capable of producing anything stronger than small C class solar flares, which had no effect on propagation. However, with less than an hour to go before the end of the period an impulsive M3 class solar flare took place from a region that is […]

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England Midlands 22 December 2013

| December 20, 2013

This week’s broadcast contains news of events until Sunday 12 January, because of the Christmas break. Wythall Radio Club has its club net on 145.225MHz at 8pm today and each Sunday. On Monday there’s a curry night at the Monsoon. Tuesday at 8pm sees the start of the Christmas Contest. The regular Shack Social is […]

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England North 22 December 2013

| December 20, 2013

This week’s broadcast contains news of events until Sunday 12 January, because of the Christmas break. Angel of the North Amateur Radio Club is on the air on Monday December 23rd and 30th, plus Monday 6th January. Contact Nancy Bone, G7UUR, on 01914 770 036. Sheffield Amateur Radio Club is having an informal evening on […]

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