Archive for January, 2018
Rallies and Events News – 28 January 2018
On 27 January the Horncastle Radio Rally will take place at Banovallum School, Mareham Road Entrance LN9 6DA. Entry will be £2. The venue is indoors, on one level, with all the usual attractions including bacon butties. There is free car parking on-site. Details from Tony, G3ZPU, on 01507 527 835. The Canvey Radio Rally […]
DX News – 28 January 2018
Johannes, PA5X and Gerben, PG5M are going to activate Ibu Island, of the Cabo Delgado District group, IOTA reference AF-061 from 28 January until 5 February as C8X and C81G. Operations will be on 80 to 10m, including 60m, on CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL for C81G via PG5M or ClubLog, C8X via PA5X. Jean-Pierre, […]
Special Event News – 28 January 2018
The fifth and final Robin Hood VHF Award activity in January will take place on Sunday, 28 January, with MX0YHA located in North Yorkshire, SD94 and MX0PHX located in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, SK41. Activities will be on 2m FM between 10.30am and 4pm. Further Robin Hood Award special activities are planned for late February. More […]
Contest News – 28 January 2018
The CQ WW 160m DX Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2200UTC on the 28th. Using CW only on the 1.8MHz band, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, with US stations sending their state and Canadian stations sending their province. Remember that D region absorption will render the band pretty much useless […]
Propagation News – 28 January 2018
News last week that the Republic of Kosovo (Z6) has been added to the DXCC list of current entities meant that QSOs with the new prefix were in demand. With Z60A on the air from Pristina until 4 February, there has been a sudden interest in propagation paths to the country! VOACAP Online shows that […]
News for England Midlands – 28 January 2018
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Wythall Radio Club has its net at 8pm this Sunday and next Sunday on 145.225MHz or GB3WL. On Tuesday there’s a Morse class then a talk on radio astronomy. Details from Chris, G0EYO, on 0771 041 2819. On Monday Leicester Radio Society is […]
