Archive for August, 2018
Rallies and Events News – 5 August 2018
Today, the 5th, the King’s Lynn ARC Great Eastern Radio Rally takes place at Gaywood Community Centre, Gayton Road, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. PE30 4DZ. There will be talk-in on 145.550MHz and car parking is free. Doors open at 9am, with admission £2. There will be trade stands and a Bring & Buy. There are amateur […]
DX News – 5 August 2018
Dariusz, SP9DLM will be active as 4S7DMG from Kalkudah, Sri Lanka, IOTA reference AS-003, from the 6th to the 14th of August. He will be on 40, 20, 15 and 10m. QSL via home call. Alfredo Caviedes, will be active as HC1HC/8 from Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, IOTA SA-004 from the 7th to the […]
Special Events News – 5 August 2018
Today and Monday, Martello Tower Group continues operating GB5RC, celebrating five decades of offshore broadcasting. Operating from MV Ross Revenge, the home of Radio Caroline since 1983, activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 10m, SSB and various datamodes. Contact Keith, G6NHU, via email to g6nhu@me.com. Deep Space Exploration Society will be operating […]
Contest News – 5 August 2018
The UK Six Metre Group Summer Marathon ends today, and participants have until Monday the 13th to upload logs. The 432MHz Low Power contest runs from 0800UTC to 1200UTC today, the 8th. The exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. On Tuesday the 144MHz FMAC and UKAC take place. Use FM only on […]
Propagation News – 5 August 2018
The solar flux index stayed around the 70 mark last week, although a new tiny sunspot did become visible on Tuesday. Unfortunately this had little real effect on the SFI, although it did push the sunspot number to 11. This can be misleading due to the way sunspot numbers are calculated. You score 10 for […]
News for England Midlands – 5 August 2018
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has on open net today and next Sunday from 10am on 145.575MHz. On Wednesday there’s a club night, and Thursday sees an open net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Contact Rob McCracken, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Also today, Rugby […]
