Archive for October, 2015
Special Event News – 18 October 2015
MX0PHX will be on air today, the 18th, from the October Steam Party at Draycott-in-the Clay, Staffordshire. Subject to conditions, they will be operating on 40m and 2m for much of the day. JOTA stations on the air today include GB2COS from the Cestrian Scout Group HQ at Vicars Cross, Chester CH3 5LP and GB5HDS, […]
DX News – 18 October 2015
A 12-man German team will operate as V73D from Majuro in the Marshall Islands until the 28th of October. They will have four stations on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY. The IOTA reference is OC-029 and QSLs should go via Club Log OQRS. A multi-national team will sign D4D from Boa Vista in the […]
Contest News – 18 October 2015
The World All German contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC today, the 18th. You can use CW or SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, although single operator stations can enter CW-only or mixed mode. Working German stations only, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity […]
Propagation News – 18 October 2015
We’ve had another week of unsettled HF conditions. Geomagnetic storming was observed on Monday at high latitudes as a high-speed solar wind stream, flowing from a geo-effective coronal hole, caused problems. By Wednesday the Kp index peaked at five and the bands were left noisy with only fairly local European stations audible on 40-20m. The […]
News for England Midlands – 18 October 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Coventry Amateur Radio Society has its club net on Monday from 8pm on 145.375MHz and/or 7.16MHz ±QRM. On Friday there’s a radio workshop. Contact John, G8SEQ, on 07958 777 363. Gloucester Amateur Radio & Electronics Society is holding a general discussion on Monday. […]
News for England North – 18 October 2015
We start with an advance notice of a Digital Radio User Guidelines session to be staged on 7 November by the UKFM Group (Western). The meeting will take place at the Warrington ARC and will include user friendly advice and hands on equipment, plus a question and answer session. For more information, or to reserve […]
