Archive for November, 2016
Also in GB2RS this week…
On the 27th of November, the largest amateur radio event in Portugal will take place in Lisbon. You need to be able to speak Portuguese to learn more from the ARVM website, but if you are holidaying in the area, it could be worth checking out. www.arvm.org/fr16.htm ARISS Milestones, a video of a presentation by […]
Rallies and Events News – 13 November 2016
We have no traditional rallies in the diary for this weekend, the 12th and 13th November. On the 19th, the Rochdale & District ARS Traditional Radio Rally takes place at St Vincent de Paul’s, Caldershaw Road, off Edenfield Rd, Norden, Rochdale OL12 7QR. Talk-In will be on S22 and the doors are open from 10.30am […]
DX News – 13 November 2016
The 6V1IS team will be active until the 19th of November from Dakar. They will be operating /P from Ngor and Goree Islands which are IOTA AF-45 using all HF bands, including WARC and 6m using all modes. More information can be found at www.qrz.com/db/6v1is/ Eric, F6ICX is on the air as 5R8IC from Saint […]
Special Event News – 13 November 2016
Two special event stations will be on the air to commemorate an historic broadcast made in 1914 from The Eifel Tower, by Frank Wright, the founder of Northampton Club to pupils in Bugbrooke School. A listening station, run by Northampton Radio club, will be at Bugbrooke County Primary School. F5KTR will transmit from Paris, operated […]
Contest News – 13 November 2016
The WAE DX RTTY contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC today, the 13th. Using the 2.5 to 29MHz bands the exchange is the signal report and serial number. Between 1000 and 1400UTC today, the 13th, the UK Microwave group Low Band contest will be on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, Using all modes […]
Propagation News – 13 November 2016
Last week saw DX being worked on HF as more-settled geomagnetic conditions allowed the ionosphere to strengthen. There were reports of US stations being worked on 40m before midnight, and DX contacts on 20m, 17m and 15m across the globe. The solar flux index remained in the high 70s, and the geomagnetic K index remained […]
