Archive for November, 2014
Special Events News – 30 November 2014
From the 5th to 9th December, the RAF Amateur Radio Society will be operating VP8RAF/100 and VP8FIR/100 from Falkland Islands to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Falklands in WW1. Details can be found at www.rafars.org In the UK the Royal Navy ARS are also putting on an special event station on 8th […]
DX News – 30 November 2014
W8GEX and W8CAA will be active as C6ADX and C6AYL respectively, from the Island of Exuma, NA-001, until 3rd December. Listen out for them on the 10 to 160m bands using SSB and RTTY. QSL to their home callsigns. K9EL will once again be operational stroke FS from St Martin, NA-105, until 2nd December. Activity […]
Contest News – 30 November 2014
One of the last big contests of the year, the CW World Wide DX contest, ends at 2359 today, the 30th, after running for 48 hours. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. Some rarely activated countries will be on the air. The exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, which is 14 […]
Propagation News – 30 November 2014
The sun remained peppered with smaller sunspots this week, driving the solar flux index to a peak of 169. This kept the ham bands humming, with the maximum useable frequency easily above 28MHz on many paths during the daytime. Night-time highs reached 10MHz at times on longer paths, but 7MHz and 3.5MHz have both been […]
News for England Midlands – 30 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. The Advanced course continues on Monday with a mock exam. The Tuesday Morse class is at 7.45pm followed by preparation for the Christmas Contest. The regular nibbles night is in the shack from […]
News for Northern Ireland – 30 November 2014
No news items have been received for Northern Ireland this week.
