Archive for September, 2017
GB2RS News Script for 24 September 2017
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Rallies and Events News – 24 September 2017
The Pencoed ARC Table Top Sale is this Sunday, the 24th, at Pencoed Rugby Football Club, The Verlands, Felindre Road, Pencoed CF35 5PB. Doors open at 10am for the public and entry is £2. Refreshments, including hot food, will be available. Details from Madeline Roberts on 01639 767 056. The National Hamfest takes place this […]
DX News – 24 September 2017
Hal, JR4OZR will be active as A35W from Tongatapu, IOTA reference OC-049, Tonga until 26 September. He will operate RTTY and FT8, and will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest. QSL via JJ2VLY and Logbook of The World or logsearch on Club Log. JA3KIO as T88XA and JA3JND as T88ON will be active […]
Special Event News – 24 September 2017
Stations for Railways on the Air will be active this weekend including Coventry ARS from the Coventry Model railway club with GB6CMR. Loughton and Epping Forest ARS will be activating GB2RGM at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey, although public access is not permitted to the site. Riviera ARC will operate GB4BCR from Babbacombe […]
Contest News – 24 September 2017
The CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest ends its 48 hours at 2359UTC on the 24th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and zone, which is 14 for the UK. Today, the 24th, the UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes on the 5.7 and […]
Propagation News – 24 September 2017
Last week saw sunspot numbers decline, but geomagnetic conditions become more settled. This, plus the fact we are heading into autumn, resulted in better HF conditions, with 21MHz opening to DX for short periods. The CS3B Madeira and 4X6TU Israel beacons on 21.150MHz were both audible at times and Jim, G3YLA reports working S01WS in […]
