Archive for September, 2016
RSGB Construction Competition 2016
The annual RSGB Construction Competition is to encourage home construction, experimentation, design and innovation. Any Member of the RSGB, or group of Members, is eligible to enter. The closing date for entries is 30 September 2016 and judging will take place at the RSGB Convention. This year the competition is being sponsored by Martin Lynch […]
Rallies and Events News – 11 September 2016
Sunday the 11th sees the Torbay Communications Fair at Newton Abbot Racecourse, Devon TQ12 3AF. The event is indoors and doors open at 10am with disabled visitors gaining access half an hour earlier. Admission is £2. There is plenty of car parking on-site. There will be a bring-and-buy, an RSGB book stall and on-site catering. […]
DX News – 11 September 2016
Listen for Marcel, PD5MVH, working as PD5MVH/p from Ameland Island, IOTA reference EU-038, until 17 September. He will use the 40, 20 and 10m bands, using CW, SSB and JT65. Send QSL cards to his home call sign, direct or via the Bureau. Uli, DL2AH is active from Pitcairn Island, OC-044, using the call sign […]
Special Event News – 11 September 2016
GB75ACO—that’s Air Cadet Organisation—will be operating at Stalham ATC Squadron, Norfolk, until 18 September. They are celebrating 75 years of the Air Training Corps. Primary activity will be on 40m, with some local 2m and 60m. Special QSL cards will be available and details are on QRZ.com. Enigma Reloaded 2016 takes place from 17 September […]
Contest News – 11 September 2016
The WAE DX SSB contest ends its 48 hours run at 2359UTC on Sunday the 11th. Using SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note that European stations work non-European stations only. On Sunday the 11th, from 0900 to 1700UTC, the UK Microwave Group’s contest is on […]
Propagation News – 11 September 2016
Last weekend saw very unsettled geomagnetic conditions due a large coronal hole across the sun’s equator. This impacted SSB Field Day, with the K-index being pushed as high as four and five, sparking visible auroras at high latitudes and depressed maximum usable frequencies. The solar flux index hung tantalisingly close to 100 during the week, […]
