Archive for 2015
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Rallies and Events News – 18 October 2015
Today, the 18th, the Galashiels & District ARS radio and computer rally takes place in the Volunteer Hall, St Johns Street, Galashiels TD1 3JX. Doors open at 11.30am, with disabled visitors gaining access 15 minutes earlier. There will be trade stands, a Bring & Buy and refreshments. Holsworthy Amateur Radio Rally takes place today in […]
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 […]
