Archive for October, 2014
Rallies and Events News – 2 November 2014
The Chelmsford Ideas Festival runs until 2 November. Amongst the highlights is a talk by Professor Marconi, the grandson of Marconi. Jim, 2E0RMI and Pete, M0PSX gave presentations in the Ideas Hub on The World of Amateur Radio from 10am to 4pm on Friday 31 October. There are no rallies taking place this weekend in […]
Special Events News – 2 November 2014
Look out for OL90OK from 1st to 15th November to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first amateur radio contact in Czech Republic, which took place on 8th November 1924. Also keep an ear open for special event station IY1IEY that will be on the air between 1st November and 31st December to commemorate the […]
DX News – 2 November 2014
9M2SE will be on the air from Pangkor Island, IOTA reference AS-072, on 8 and 9 November, operating SSB and CW on the 10 to 40m bands. They will be using two 100 watt transceivers, two 3-element Yagis for 10 and 15m, a vertical for 20m and a junior G5RV for the 10 and 40m […]
Contest News – 2 November 2014
On Tuesday the 144MHZ UK Activity Contest takes place from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator. On Saturday the 8th the Club Calls contest runs from 2000 to 2300UTC. Using SSB on the 80m band the exchange is signal report, serial number and club […]
Propagation News – 2 November 2014
Giant sunspot region 2192 has now disappeared around the back of the sun and luckily it didn’t produce any major coronal mass ejections to upset HF conditions while it was visible. The region was, however, the source of numerous solar flares over the past two weeks, which caused a number of sudden ionospheric disturbances or […]
News for England Midlands – 2 November 2014
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Wythall Radio Club has its club net on 145.225MHz at 8pm tonight and next Sunday. The Advanced course continues on Monday. The Tuesday Morse class is at 7.45pm followed by preparation for Club Calls and 144MHz UK Activity Contests. The regular nibbles night is in […]
