Archive for 2015
Special Event News – 7 June 2015
Sunday, 7 June, Coventry ARS, supported by Coventry Gliding Club, will take part in Youth Aviation Day at the Gliding Centre, Husbands Bosworth LE17 6JJ. This will include special event station GB4YAD. It will be a fun packed day promoting various youth activities including amateur radio. The Riverway Amateur Radio Society, in Stafford, will be […]
DX News – 7 June 2015
Sigi, DL7DF along with DJ6TF, DK1BT and DL7UFR, will operate as OX/homecall from Greenland until 12 June. They will operate all bands from 6 to 160m using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Nobby, G0VJG will sign 8Q7CQ from the Maldives, IOTA AS-103, until 18 June. While he will be on the HF bands, he will […]
Contest News – 7 June 2015
This weekend is the CW National Field Day, running until 1500UTC today, the 7 June. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The South East Asia Network Contest takes place for 24 hours this weekend, ending at 2359UTC today. If you’re not busy taking part in one of […]
Propagation News – 7 July 2015
We are now truly into the summer propagation season in the northern hemisphere, which is characterised by lower maximum usable frequencies during the day, compared with winter, but higher MUFs at night. Solar activity has continued to be low, with a solar flux index of around 100. There have been no major flares of note […]
News for England Midlands – 7 June 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Coventry Amateur Radio Society is operating GB6CGC or GB4YAD today for the Youth Aviation Day at the Gliding Centre, Husbands Bosworth LE17 6JJ. The club net is on Monday from 8pm on 145.375MHz and/or 7.16MHz plus or minus QRM. Friday sees the start […]
News for England North – 7 June 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Mexborough and District Amateur Radio Society is having a kit building evening on Tuesday, followed by kit testing on Friday. Contact Darrell, G0FUO, on 07887 423 221. Stockport Radio Society is holding a course tutors’ meeting on Tuesday. Thursday sees a club net. […]
