Archive for September, 2016
UK Space Agency at RSGB Convention
The UK Space Agency’s Astronaut Flight Education Programme Support Manager Susan Buckle will be giving a presentation at the RSGB 2016 Convention on Saturday, 8 October 2016. Along with Ciaran Morgan, M0XTD she will talk about the 10 UK ARISS amateur radio school contacts with astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS during his Principia mission on the […]
Rallies and Events News – 18 September 2016
The 28th Great Northern Hamfest takes place on Sunday, 18 September, at Barnsley Premier Leisure Complex, Queen’s Road, Barnsley, S71 1AN. The venue has easy access for disabled visitors and the Hamfest is in one large hall. Doors open at 10am and traders have access from 7.30am. Admission is £3.50, while children under 14 accompanied […]
DX News – 18 September 2016
Dieter, DK4QT, Thomas, DL6TK, Kalle, DM3BJ and a few others starting will be on Madeira from 19 to 28 Septemer active as CT9/call sign. They plan to operate on the 10 to 80m bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. They also plan to be in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest, which is taking place on […]
Special Event News – 18 September 2016
Enigma Reloaded 2016 takes place until 1 October. The main goal of the event is to promote amateur activity as possible all over the world, celebrating the history of the Enigma cipher machine and its crucial role in World War II. From 17 to 30 September, stations registered as Activator stations will be on the […]
Contest News – 18 September 2016
On Sunday the 18th, the 2nd 70MHz contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also Sunday the 18th, this time from 1700 to 2100UTC, the BARTG Sprint 75 takes place. Using RTTY only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 18 September 2016
The solar flux index followed the NOAA prediction this week, declining to 85 by Thursday. Geomagnetic conditions were regrettably not as settled as we would have liked, with the K-index hitting three at times thanks to a continued high speed solar wind stream from a coronal hole. Luckily, no Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed […]
