Archive for July, 2017

Rallies and Events News – 9 July 2017

| July 7, 2017

This weekend, the 2017 Microwave Round Table will be held at Finningley ARS, The Hurst Communications Centre, Belton Road, Sandtoft, Doncaster DN8 5SX. The two day event will have presentations, demos, test lab, and buildathon of a nanowave optical transceiver. Updates are on www.g0ghk.com and www.facebook.com/g0ghk. On the 9th, the Cornish Radio Amateur Club Rally […]

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DX News – 9 July 2017

| July 7, 2017

Geoff, ZL3GA will visit Vanuatu in the Pacific, IOTA reference OC-035, until 13 July. He will be using YJ0GA and operating holiday style. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World and also to Club Log. Weather permitting, Gert and Jan will be active MM/ON4GS and MM/OS5A respectively from Hirta, the largest island in […]

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Special Events News – 9 July 2017

| July 7, 2017

Dennis, G7AGZ will operate GB6BEN on the 50, 145 and 433MHz bands as he climbs Ben Nevis in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care around 8 July onwards. See QRZ.com for full details. QSL via the bureau and eQSL, with SWL reports welcome. GB0IS will be on the air as part of a meet-and-greet at the […]

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Contest News – 9 July 2017

| July 7, 2017

The IARU HF Championships ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 9th. It’s SSB only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and ITU zone, which for the UK is 27. On Tuesday there are two contests on 432MHz. The first is the FM Activity Contest at 1800 […]

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Propagation News – 9 July 2017

| July 7, 2017

Earlier last week the sun’s surface looked clear. There were no sunspots at all and the solar flux index remained in the low 70s. However, settled geomagnetic conditions helped make up for this with the K-index often at zero. Daytime D-layer absorption didn’t really help with the summer HF doldrums, but there were highlights in […]

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News for England Midlands – 9 July 2017

| July 7, 2017

We start with clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has a net from 10am around 145.575MHz on Sunday and next Sunday. On Wednesday there’s a club night and Thursday sees a club net from 8pm around 145.575MHz. Contact Mike Lewis, 2E0EZG, via email to info@Burton-ARC.co.uk. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has […]

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