Archive for June, 2018
GB2RS News Script for 3 June 2018
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Rallies and Events News – 3 June 2018
This Sunday, the Spalding DARS annual rally takes place. It is at a new venue, Holbeach Community Sports Academy, Pennyhill Lane, Holbeach PE12 7PR. There is easy access off the A17, a large area for boot traders, and a modern hall for indoor traders. Doors open 9.30am, with admittance £2.50. There’s a car boot sale, […]
DX News – 3 June 2018
Craig, VK5CE, will be active as VK5CE/6 from 4 to 7 June from East Lewis Island, which is IOTA reference OC-199. Then, from 8 to 11 June he will be on Direction Island, OC-140. QSL and other information is on QRZ.com. K4D will be on the air from Dog Island, NA-085, until 9 June, as […]
Special Events News – 3 June 2018
Special event station YB50AR will be active throughout June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia, (ORARI)—Indonesia’s IARU Member Society. In addition to the HQ station, another 32 special call signs will be active from the ORARI subdivisions over the same period. All will have the YB50 prefix. Information on the ORARI Golden Anniversary Awards will […]
Contest News – 3 June 2018
The UK Microwave Group Low Bands contest takes place this Sunday from 1000UTC to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The RSGB CW National Field Day ends its 24-hour run at 1500UTC this Sunday. Using CW only on all the HF […]
Propagation News – 3 June 2018
A large coronal hole on the Sun didn’t affect the HF bands earlier in the last week as its associated high-speed solar wind stream hadn’t had time to reach Earth. However, this was probably the quiet before the geomagnetic storm as the solar material was predicted to reach us at around 450-500km per second sometime […]
