Archive for April, 2018
Vote now in RSGB elections
Have you voted yet in the RSGB elections? If not, please take a few minutes to go to rsgb.org/agm and make sure your voice is heard. There are four Board candidates and you can see their personal statements on the AGM web pages. The deadline for receipt of votes is 23.59 on Thursday, 19 April […]
Rallies and Events News – 15 April 2018
On Sunday, 15 April the West London Radio and Electronics Show takes place at Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5AQ. There will be a talk-in station and on-site car parking is free. Doors open at 10am, with disabled visitors gaining access 10 minutes earlier. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy, RSGB […]
DX News – 15 April 2018
Bodo, DF8DX will be active as DU1WQY/1 from Palawan Island in the Philippines which counts as OC-128 for Islands on the Air from the 15 to 18 April. Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active as E51BCP from Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands from 15 to 20 April. Apparently, he also plans some SOTA activity on […]
Special Events News – 15 April 2018
Special Event Station news for April did not arrive in time to be included in the printed edition of RadCom, but the information can be found on the RSGB website. A number of stations involved in International Marconi Day will be active on the bands next weekend. Details of the stations registered can be found […]
Contest News – 15 April 2018
The First 50MHz Contest takes place this Sunday morning, 15 April, from 0900 to 1200 UTC. Exchange signal reports, a serial number, your six figure locator and the first two letters of your postcode. All modes can be used, but most activity will be on single sideband. The Worked All Britain Data Contest takes place […]
Propagation News – 15 April 2018
The predicted unsettled geomagnetic conditions arrived on Tuesday and continued with the K-index hitting five on Wednesday. This was due an elongated coronal hole on the Sun, with the escaping plasma causing the solar wind to pick up in both speed and density. The wind peaked at more than 550 kilometres per second and widespread […]
