Archive for April, 2018
DX News – 22 April 2018
Brian, GW4DVB, should be active from Palm Island in the Grenadines as J88PI until 29 April. This is NA-025 for Islands on the Air (IOTA). Cezar, VE3LYC and Bernhard, DL2GAC plan to be active as H44R from Mbanika Island in the Solomon Islands from 22 to 25 April. This is OC-168 for IOTA. Cezar will […]
Special Event News – 22 April 2018
GB4AMT will be active using CW on the HF bands from 20 April to 17 May to remember HMS Amethyst—details on QRZ.com. GB4TDY will be active from Low Bentham, North Yorkshire on “as many bands as possible” between 27 and 30 April to celebrate the third Tour de Yorkshire cycle race. Details are on QRZ.com. […]
Contest News – 22 April 2018
The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group’s Sprint 75 Contest takes place from 1700 to 2100 UTC this Sunday on the 3.5MHz to 28MHz bands. All activity is on 75 bauds RTTY and the contest exchange is a serial number only. On Tuesday, 24 April the RSGB SHF UK Activity Contest takes place from 1830 to […]
Propagation News – 22 April 2018
The Sun remained spotless this week, other than the hint of a new sunspot coming around its limb as this report was being written. The solar flux index reflected this, sitting around the high 60s, although it did reach 71 on Thursday morning. Geomagnetic conditions were quiet at the beginning of the week, but a […]
International Marconi Day
International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24 hour amateur radio event that is held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi on 25 April 1874. The event is usually held on the Saturday closest to Marconi’s birthday and this year it will be held on 21 April 2018 from 0000UTC to 2359UTC. Registered stations […]
FIFA World Cup Marathon
The RSGB has agreed to participate in the FIFA World Cup Marathon which is being organised by the Union of Radio Amateur of Russia (RRC). The Marathon is set to run from 1 June 2018 to 15 July 2018. There will be two call signs available for use on a rotation basis: GB18FWC, for stations […]
