Archive for February, 2016
DX News – 21 February 2016
Masato, JA0RQV will be active as 6Y5/JA0RQV mainly from his hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, NA-097, starting on the 21st of February until the 17th of April. Activity will be mostly on the weekend and spare time. He will work on the 10 to 160m bands using CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO using ORQS or […]
Contest News – 21 February 2016
The ARRL International DX 48-hour contest is coming to a close tonight. Work the USA, contiguous 48 States, and Canada only, giving them a signal report and your transmit power. US/Canadian stations give a signal report and their state/province code. This is the CW leg of the event; the SSB leg takes place next month. […]
Propagation News – 21 February 2016
This week has been a mixed bag in terms of HF performance. At times 10 metres has been open, with the 7P8C DXpedition to Lesotho putting in an appearance on the band for hours on Monday and Tuesday. But the high-speed solar wind is never far away and played havoc with geomagnetic conditions later on […]
News for England Midlands – 21 February 2016
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Worksop Amateur Radio Society has a Young Persons’ Foundation course plus an Advanced course tonight and next Sunday. There’s a club night on Tuesday with participation in the UKAC. Thursday sees a technical night with construction, CW tuition and radio operation. Contact Paul, […]
News for England North – 21 February 2016
On Monday Angel of the North Amateur Radio Club is having a demonstration of Fusion radios by Ian O’Donnell, M0IOD. Contact Nancy Bone, G7UUR, on 01914 770 036. On Monday Bolton Wireless Club Bolton is having a talk on Mountain Rescue by Steven Fletcher. For details, send an email to boltonwireless@gmail.com. On Monday Sheffield Amateur […]
Northern Ireland – 21 February 2016
No news items have been received for Northern Ireland this week.
