Archive for August, 2015
Lighthouse weekend coming up
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend takes place next weekend on 15 and 16 August. Stations will be on the air from all over the world and will give amateurs that chance to work some unusual stations. Visit www.illw.net for more information.
Rallies and Events News – 16 August 2015
G4CLD had a table at the Flight Refuelling amateur radio rally last weekend in Dorset. He sold a Mandol vertical antenna at the end of the rally, but unfortunately the buyer left the top section behind. Without this the antenna will not work. If this is your antenna, please contact G4CLD via the details on […]
Special Events News – 16 August 2015
Stockton and District ARS is activating GB6HPL on 16 August from The Heugh Gun Battery, Hartlepool, which is lighthouse number 188. Operation will be on 40m, 20m, 10m and 2m. Members of South Tyneside Amateur Radio Society will be operating from Souter lighthouse this weekend as part of the celebrations for the Lighthouses and Lightships […]
DX News – 16 August 2015
Jim, G3RTE, Phil, G3SWH and Matt, MJ0ASP will be QRV from the Island of Cezembre, off St Malo, as F/G6AY/P between 16 and 19 August. This is IOTA reference EU-157. They plan to have two 100 watt stations with vertical antennas on 30 to 10 metres, CW only. Cezembre is one of Europe’s rarest islands […]
Contest News – 16 August 2015
Sunday, 16 August, the UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC. It is on the 24 and 47GHz bands, all modes, and the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number […]
Propagation News – 16 August 2015
Long-range HF propagation showed signs of picking up this week. Whether this was due to the slow change to better autumnal propagation, or from having a short period of fairly settled geomagnetic conditions, is debatable. The settled conditions didn’t last long though as the Kp index was up to four on Thursday due to plasma […]
