Archive for 2015
Rallies and Events News – 4 October
Sunday, 4 October the British Vintage Wireless Society Audiojumble takes place at The Angel Leisure Centre, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1SF. Doors are open from 10.30am to 4.30pm. See www.audiojumble.co.uk for details. Also Sunday, the 4th, the Blackwood ARS Rally will be held in Rougemount School, Newport NP20 8QB. Talk in will be on 145.550MHz and […]
Special Events News – 4 October 2015
Houghton-le-Spring ARC is running GB6HF to celebrate Houghton Feast 2015 during the evening of Tuesday, 6 October. The station will be located at the Dubmire Royal British Legion Club, Fence Houses.
DX News – 4 October 2015
N7QT and N7BX will operate from Manihiki Island, OC-014, in the North Cook Islands until 27 October. The callsign will be E51MQT and activity will be on all bands 10m to 160m. QSLs go via N7BX. Ulrich, DL2AH will be on the air as NH0/DL2AH from Rota Island, OC-086, in the Mariana Islands until 16 […]
Contest News – 4 October 2015
There are coinciding VHF and microwave events this weekend. Running for 24 hours and ending at 1400UTC today, the 4th, the 432MHz-248GHz Contest is where the serious microwavers will be found. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The IARU event also runs at exactly the same time with the same frequency bands […]
Propagation News – 4 October 2015
Better autumnal HF conditions continued this week with more settled geomagnetic conditions and a healthy solar flux index that reached 131 on Thursday. However, the solar proton flux increased slightly that day, which may have caused some problems. During such an event, the Earth can be showered with highly-energetic solar particles. When these protons arrive […]
News for England Midlands – 4 October 2015
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Sutton Coldfield Amateur Radio Society has its 6m open net on 50.135MHz from 8.30pm tonight and next Sunday. Monday sees an open net on 145.250MHz from 7.30pm. Contact Robert Bird, by email to spirit.guide@hotmail.co.uk. Coventry Amateur Radio Society has its club net on […]
