Archive for January, 2016
Contest committees terms of reference
Following details of the RSGB Contest Committee restructuring and vacancies announced last week, the Board have approved terms of reference for the three new contest committees. Find out more on the new contest committees’ websites; Contest Support Committee HF Contest Committee VHF Contest Committees
Rallies and Events News – 24 January 2016
There are no rallies in the diary for this weekend. On the 31st of January the Horncastle Winter Rally will take place at Horncastle Youth Centre, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6DZ. The venue is all on one level and doors open at 10.30am. Admission is £1.50. There will be refreshments available, including hot bacon butties. Details […]
Special Events News – 24 January 2016
GX0MWT and GB2LBD will be among the stations active for RNLI SOS Radio Weekend today. Check out the website www.sosradioweek.org.uk for the full listing. On the 22nd and 23rd, there will be a commemoration of Francis Bacon, born in 1561, and Robert Boyle, born in 1627. MX0YHA and MX0PHX will be on the air and […]
DX News – 24 January 2016
The VP8STI team has been on the air from Southern Thule Island with three stations since arriving on the 17th. The 14-member team will activate South Sandwich, AN-009 and South Georgia, AN-007, over the course of their adventure. South Sandwich is the number 3 most-wanted DXCC entity, while South Georgia is the 8th most-wanted, according […]
Contest News – 24 January 2016
The first UK/EI DX CW contest of the year ends its 24 hours run at 12 noon today, the 24th. It is CW-only on the five contest bands from 80 to 10 metres. There are multi-op and single-op categories and the exchange is a serial and your district code. You’ll need to know your own […]
Propagation News – 24 January 2016
We’ve had yet another week with unsettled geomagnetic conditions. This time the Kp index hit five on Wednesday, and even six on Thursday, caused by a plasma emission from the Sun with a prolonged southward-facing Bz field. This was a shame as the field had been very settled on Monday, with a Kp index of […]
