Archive for 2015

DX News – 6 December 2015

| December 4, 2015

Martin, W8AKS will be active as 8P9EZ from Barbados, IOTA reference NA-021, from 5 to 12 December. He will operate on 40m to 10m and logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World. Haru, JA1XGI will operate from the South Cook Islands as E51XGI from 3 to 10 December. Operation will be on all […]

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Contest News – 6 December 2015

| December 4, 2015

The ARRL 160m contest runs until 1600UTC on Sunday, the 6th, concluding its 48 hour session. It is CW-only and the exchange is your signal report. US and Canadian stations will also send their ARRL or RAC section details. Also Sunday, the 6th, the 144MHz AFS contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes […]

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Propagation News – 6 December 2015

| December 4, 2015

Last weekend saw reasonably settled conditions for the CQ Worldwide contest, with DX to be had on all the upper HF bands. However, 10 metres was a little lacklustre this year due to the lower solar flux index compared with 2014. Twenty and 15 metres proved to be the ‘money bands’ as the flux dipped […]

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News for England Midlands – 6 December 2015

| December 4, 2015

We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Worksop Amateur Radio Society is on the air from 8am and continues its Intermediate course today. On Tuesday there’s a club night and the UKAC, whilst Wednesday sees VHF and UHF activities from 8pm. Thursday has a technical and construction evening, and Saturday […]

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News for England North – 6 December 2015

| December 4, 2015

Stockport Radio Society is holding an Advanced exam at 6pm on Monday. Thursday sees a club net. Contact Heather Stanley, M6HNS, 07506 904 422, info@g8srs.co.uk Halifax and District Amateur Radio Society has an open net on Wednesday on 145.400MHz from 7.30pm. Thursday sees a joint net with RAFARS on 145.350MHz from 7pm. Contact Martin, M0GQB, […]

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News from Northern Ireland – 6 December 2015

| December 4, 2015

No news items have been received for Northern Ireland this week.

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