Archive for July, 2015
Rallies and Events News – 5 July 2015
Sunday, 5 July the British Vintage Wireless Society Swapmeet and Auction takes place at the Royal Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon SN4 8EN. Doors open at 10am and the auction starts at around 1pm. Details from Mike Barker on 01380 860 787. Also Sunday, the 19th Red Rose QRP Festival is being […]
Special Events News – 5 July 2015
Thorpe Camp Museum ARG is holding a Military Radio Week from 11 to 19 July. They will be using GB4TCM and MX0TCM for the event. Clubs and individuals are invited to use military radios to make contact with the stations if possible. For information contact Anthony, M0HAZ on 07956 654 481. Special event station UE40SA is on […]
DX News – 5 July 2015
Paul, HB9ARY will be QRV as 3B8HC from 9 to 25 July. Activity will be holiday style on 80 to six metres using mainly CW. QSL via NI5DX. Giuseppe, IK2YDJ is QRV as 5Z4/IK2YDJ from Rongo, Kenya until 20 July. Activity is on 40 to six metres. QSL to home call. Tony, ZL2AGY plans to […]
Contest News – 5 July 2015
VHF National Field Day completes its 24 hour run at 14.00UTC today, Sunday. Bands in use are 50MHz to 1296MHz and all modes can be used. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Sunday, the third 2m Backpackers contest takes place from 11.00 to 15.00UTC. Using all modes in the 144MHz band […]
Propagation News – 5 July 2015
As predicted, this week the sun has been more settled. The solar flux index has been around the 100 mark and the Kp index has not risen above three. Nevertheless, we are still in the summer HF doldrums and apart from sporadic E openings on the higher HF bands conditions remain fairly lacklustre. The optimum […]
News for England Midlands – 5 July 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Lincoln Short Wave Club is taking part in VHF NFD today and the UKAC on Tuesday. Wednesday sees shack activities and G5FZ on the air. The club net is on Thursday on 145.325MHz from 8pm. Next Saturday sees the regular surgery plus G5FZ […]
