Archive for August, 2015
Special Events News – 23 August 2015
Cray Valley Radio Society will be operating GB150CM today, the 23rd at Crossness Museum, The Old Works, Thames Water STW, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London. SE2 9AQ. Open from 10.30am to 4pm, admission to the Museum is £6. GB2BB will be operated at the RAF Bradwell Bay Memorial Flypast on the 27th of August. Operation […]
DX News – 23 August 2015
Jim, G3RTE, Phil, G3SWH and Matt, MJ0ASP will be QRV as F/G6AY/p from Cezembre Island, IOTA reference EU-157, on from the 26th to 28th of August. They will operate CW only on 30 to 10 metres during their daylight hours only. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau. Volker, DL1ZB will be active as SV5/DL1ZB from […]
Contest News – 23 August 2015
The UKSMG Summer Marathon is now over, and the closing date for entries was set at the 17th of August. However, as there were a few technical issues uploading logs earlier this year, the submission closing date has been extended to Friday the 4th of September. Details are on the uksmg.org website. On Tuesday two […]
Propagation News – 23 August 2015
HF propagation conditions were very bad earlier this week. The culprit was a high-speed solar wind stream from coronal holes on the sun. The solar wind often exceeded 500 kilometres per second and had a south-facing Bz field at times. This meant that it more easily coupled with the Earth’s magnetic field – and plasma […]
News for England Midlands – 23 August 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Midland Amateur Radio Society is at the Rugby ATS rally today. Wednesday sees an open meeting, training classes and the shack on the air. Details from Norman, G8BHE, on 07808 078 003. Sutton Coldfield Amateur Radio Society has its 6m open net on […]
News for England North – 23 August 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. South Manchester Radio and Computer Club has its technical forum on Monday. Thursday sees a talk on space weather terminology by Ron, G3SVW. Details from Ron, G3SVW, on 01619 693 999. Otley Amateur Radio Society is taking part in the 6m UKAC on […]
