Archive for June, 2014
Also in GB2RS this week…
On Monday, 9 June, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was shown equipment developed in 2012 by Dave Akerman, M0RPI. The Raspberry Pi payload he developed transmitted slow scan digital video on 434MHz from a high altitude balloon that achieved an altitude of over 30km and had a radio range of up to 700km. For the […]
Rallies and Events News – 15 June 2014
The 27th Newbury Radio Rally takes place today, 15 June, at the Newbury Showground, next to M4 J13. Car parking is free and entry is £2.50. Gates open at 9am. There will be a huge radio, electronics and computing boot sale including a demonstration marquee with displays of amateur radio on air, air traffic radar, […]
Special Events News – 15 June 2014
Several local club members will be running a special event station from Thurnham Castle in Kent today, 15 June, using the callsign GB4TCK. Crawley ARC will be activating a station from the Gatwick Aviation Museum on 15th, 21st and 22nd June using the 10 to 80m bands. On 21 June, Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society will […]
DX News – 15 June 2014
ZL1GWE will be active as 5WZ1JM from Savaii, Samoa until 23 June. He’s reported to be operating on the 10 to 40m bands using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. JA3IUY will be active as AH0CI from the Saipan Rental Shack in the Northern Mariana Islands, OC-086, on 21 and 22 June. Operations […]
Contest News – 15 June 2014
The RSGB 2m Backpacker contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Practical Wireless 2m Low Power Contest runs for 7 hours today, the 15th, ending at 1600UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also today, the 15th, the SHF UK Activity Contest runs […]
Propagation News – 15 June 2014
Several large sunspot regions appeared and some were complex enough to produce large solar flares. Solar activity started the period at moderate levels on the 6th when a M1 class solar flare occurred. Later, on the 10th and the 11th activity increased to high when a single X class solar flare took place on both […]
