Archive for 2017
Rallies and Events News – 28 May 2017
Today, the 28th, the Durham & District ARS Radio Rally takes place at Bowburn Community Centre, County Durham, DH6 5AT. The venture has disabled facilities and car parking on site. Doors are open from 10.30am to 2.30pm, with disabled visitors gaining access from 10.15am. Admission is £2. There will be trade stands, Bring & Buy, […]
DX News – 28 May 2017
Thomas, OZ1AA is active as 5Z4/OZ1AA from Kenya until the 15th of June. He plans to visit Lamu Island, IOTA reference AF-040 until the 29th. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS and Logbook of The World, or via OZ1ACB. Jean-Pierre, F6CTF will be active as TX5X from the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands in French […]
Special Event News – 28 May 2017
GB1SCW will be on the air from Shoreham National Coastwatch Institute Lookout on the 3rd and 4th of June. The location is near Shoreham Beach car park, postcode BN43 5HY. Operation will be between 11am and 4pm in the Lookout compound. Try your hand at Morse and explore amateur radio. Due to its beach location […]
Contest News – 28 May 2017
The CQWW WPX CW contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC today, the 28th. CW is the only mode to use, with activity on all contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. RST and serial number forms the exchange. Today, the 28th, sees two contests on higher bands. From 0600UTC to 1800UTC the UKuG contest […]
Propagation News – 28 May 2017
Last week’s forecast of unsettled geomagnetic conditions at the beginning of the week and more settled conditions later was fairly accurate. The K index at high latitudes rose to five on Monday, but settled down to two and three by Thursday. At middle latitudes it was very settled after Wednesday. The solar flux index was […]
News for England Midlands – 28 May 2017
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has a net from 10am around 145.575MHz today 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 a […]
