Archive for February, 2017
Rallies and Events News – 12 February 2017
The Harwell ARS Radio and Electronics Rally takes place on Sunday, 12 February at Didcot Leisure Centre, Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AY. Talk-in will be available using G3PIA on 145.550MHz. There is free parking nearby, with disabled parking next to the leisure centre. Doors open at 10am. Admission is £3, with children under 12 free. […]
DX News – 12 February 2017
Pista, HA5AO returns to Lesotho until 26 February. He will reactivate his 7P8EUDXF call sign that he aired last October. This is a spare time operation and QSLs should go via OQRS to HA5AO. Michael, DF8AN will operate as CE0Y/DF8AN from Easter Island, IOTA reference SA-001, until 17 February. He will be on CW and […]
Special Events News – 12 February 2017
The 14 February marks the 95th anniversary of the start of the UK’s first ever regular, advertised broadcast radio station, 2MT, which came live from Writtle in Essex. A team from Chelmsford ARS will be making operating GB952MT from the 12th to the 14th to mark this occasion. Details are on QRZ.com. Until 19 February, […]
Contest News – 12 February 2017
The CQ WW WPX RTTY contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC on Sunday, the 12th. It takes place on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is just the serial number. The PACC contest ends its 24 hour runs at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 12th. Using CW and SSB on the 1.8 to […]
Propagation News – 12 February 2017
Last week, the hoped-for settled geomagnetic conditions materialised, but could have been better. After Monday, the K-index settled down to one or two for the rest of the week. HF conditions have been variable, rather than outstanding. There have been some 15 metre openings at times, but 20 and 17 metres have been more consistent. […]
News for England Midlands – 12 February 2016
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Wythall Radio Club has its net on 145.225MHz or GB3WL from 8pm tonight and next Sunday. On Tuesday there’s a committee meeting and Friday sees the regular nibbles night in the shack. Details from Chris, G0EYO, on 07710 412 819. Coventry Amateur Radio Society has […]
