Archive for August, 2018
Rallies and Events News – 2 September 2018
This Sunday, the 2nd, the annual Telford HamFest takes place at Enginuity in Coalbrookdale, Telford TF8 7DQ. Numerous trader and exhibitor stands are booked and there will be a variety of presentations from guest speakers in the Darby Boardroom. There will be an RSGB book stand. Doors open 10am, admission is £4.50, with accompanied under […]
DX News – 2 September 2018
Hans, PA3HGT will be active as 3B8/PA3HGT from Mauritius, IOTA reference AF-049, between 4 and 24 September. He will operate SSB and possibly some digital modes on the 40, 20 and 10m bands. QSL via his home call sign, either direct or via the bureau. Claudio, HB9OAU will be on the air as SV5/HB9OAU from […]
Special Events News – 2 September 2018
This Sunday, 2 September, the Radio Club of Binche will operate as ON44WAR to commemorate the Belgian Resistance during WWII. Activity will be from 0700 to 1100UTC. CW transmissions on 7MHz from a paraset will take place on the hour for 30 minutes, followed by SSB. QSL via ON7RY, direct, bureau or eQSL. This Sunday, […]
Contest News – 2 September 2018
This Sunday, 2 September, the RSGB’s SSB Field Day ends its 24 hours run at 1300UTC. Using SSB only on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Also ending its 24 hour run this Sunday, this time at 1400UTC, is the 144MHz Trophy. Using all modes, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 2 September 2018
Just after we filed the propagation report last Friday we heard that a new large sunspot had just appeared. This pushed the solar flux index to 72, but more interesting was the fact that it appeared to have a reverse magnetic polarity to the rest of the spots in solar cycle 24. This means it […]
News for England Midlands – 2 September 2018
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net on 145.575MHz this Sunday and next Sunday at 10am, and also on Thursday at 8pm. Wednesday sees their club night. Contact Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has its net this […]
