Archive for March, 2018
Rallies and Events News – 11 March 2018
This Sunday, 11 March, the Dover Radio Club Rally will be held in Whitfield Village Hall, Sandwich Road, Manley Close, Whitfield CT16 3LY. There will be a talk-in station. Doors open from 10am and entry is £2. The auction starts at 12.30pm. Catering is available on-site. Details from Aaron Coote, 2E0FQR on 0771 465 4267. […]
DX News – 11 March 2018
Hartwig, DL7BC will be active again as FY/DL7BC/P from French Guiana until 26 March. Dom, M1KTA will be active as C6AKT from Eleuthera Island, NA-001, in the Bahamas until 17 March. He will operate QRP CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via Club Log OQRS, Logbook of The World or via […]
Special Event News – 11 March 2018
The Radio Amateur Old Timers’ Association (RAOTA) will be operating GB60OT during 2018 as a part of its diamond jubilee celebrations. GB60OT will be active from 17 to 25 March operated by Simon, M0TRJ. GB0WM will be on the air from Woolsthorpe Manor as part of British Science Week on 17 and 18 March. Woolsthorpe […]
Contest News – 11 March 2018
The Commonwealth Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1000UTC this Sunday, the 11th. It’s CW only on the 3.5 to 29MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number, with HQ stations also sending the letters HQ. This Sunday, the 11th, the 2nd 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all […]
Propagation News – 11 March 2018
Quieter geomagnetic conditions helped improve HF propagation this week. At times the K-index was actually zero, thanks to a respite from the continual coronal holes on the Sun that have caused disruption. The solar flux index continued to hover around the high 60s due to a lack of visible sunspots. Despite this there was plenty […]
News for England Midlands – 11 March 2018
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has a club net on 145.575MHz at 10am this Sunday and next Sunday. On Wednesday there’s a shack night and Thursday sees a club net on 145.575MHz from 7.30pm. Details from Mike Lewis, M0XMX on 0785 068 5961. Cheltenham […]
