Archive for 2016
Special Event News – 9 October 2016
Poole Radio Society celebrates its 40th anniversary in October. GB40PRS will be on air during the month at locations in and around Poole. Until the 10th it will operate from Norden Railway Station. Then it moves to Poole Museum for the 11th and 13th. GB16IYL will be on the air until 10 October for the […]
Contest News – 9 October 2016
Ending its 24 hour run at 0800 on Sunday the 9th, the Oceania DX CW contest uses the 1.8 to 28MHz bands and the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Sunday the 9th, the ON Contest runs from 0600 to 0900UTC. Using CW on the 3.5MHz band the exchange is signal report and […]
Propagation News – 9 October 2016
Last week the solar flux index didn’t behave as predicted and rose to 99 by Thursday. This was mainly due to the appearance of large sunspot groups 2598 and 2599. There were no major solar flares, only minor C-class events, but unsettled geomagnetic conditions continued thanks to ongoing coronal hole activity. The K-index hit four […]
News for England Midlands – 9 October 2016
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Wythall Radio Club has its net on 145.225MHz or GB3WL from 8pm today and next Sunday. Monday sees the Intermediate course, and on Tuesday there’s a Morse class and committee meeting. On Friday there’s the regular nibbles night in the shack. Details from Chris, G0EYO, […]
News for England North – 9 October 2016
We start with an advance announcement by Humber Fortress DX ARC that they will be running an Advanced course open to all starting on 7 November at Cottingham Road Baptist Church, Hull and leading to an exam on 15 May 2017. For more details contact Bob Lane, M0RWL, via email to rwlane@rwlane.karoo.co.uk. Angel of the […]
News for Northern Ireland – 9 October 2016
On Tuesday Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Group is having a talk on the Colossus machine. Doors open at 7.40pm and there will be refreshments. Details from Elizabeth Forde, via email to elizabethforde64@yahoo.com.
