Archive for March, 2014
Rallies and Events News – 30 March 2014
On 6 April, the 51st Northern Amateur Radio Societies Association Exhibition will be held in the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre, Blackpool FY2 9AA. Doors open at 10.30am, or 15 minutes earlier for disabled visitors. There will be trade stands, a Bring and Buy, special interest groups and an RSGB bookstall. Details from Dave, M0OBW on […]
Special Events News – 30 March 2014
Worcester Radio Amateur Association will put GB1PER on the air today, 30 March, for the annual Airfields on the Air operation. This will take place in the grounds of the former Royal Air Force base at Perdiswell, from where the Kings Flight was based during the Second World War. GB1PER will be on the HF […]
DX News – 30 March 2014
N7QT, AB1UH, W4VAB and N7UN will be operational as 5J0X from San Andres Island, NA-033, between 2 and 14 April. Their activity will be primarily holiday style on the 10 to 80m bands using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL direct to N7QT. A large group of operators will be active as DA0HEL from Helgoland Island, […]
Contest News – 30 March 2014
The SSB leg of CQWW WPX ends at 2359 today, the 30th. Everybody works everybody, exchanging a report and serial number. Expect the contesting bands between 1.8 and 28MHz to be heaving and some large serial numbers to be exchanged. On Tuesday the 144MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes […]
Propagation News – 30 March 2014
Solar activity was low throughout the week. C-class solar flares were reported every day, but there was only one smallish M-class flare. The solar flux began the period at 153 units, rose slightly, and then returned to 145, averaging 153. The 90-day average on the 27th stood at 159—two points up on the week. A […]
England Midlands – 30 March 2014
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Wythall Radio Club is taking part in the CQ WPX SSB Contest today and has its club net on 145.225MHz at 8pm tonight and next Sunday. Monday sees a curry night at the Monsoon from 6.30pm. On Tuesday there’s a Morse class at 7.45, plus […]
