Archive for September, 2018
Rallies and Events News – 30 September 2018
This Sunday, the 30th, the Pencoed ARC Table Top Sale takes place at Pencoed Rugby Football Club, The Verlands, Felindre Road, Pencoed CF35 5PB. Tables are £10 each, on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open 8am for sellers, 9.30 for buyers. Admission is £2. Hot and cold drinks are available, with hot food available in the […]
DX News – 30 September 2018
A large team of operators from Albania, Austria and Slovenia will be active as ZA5V from Lake Shkodra, JN92RD, on 1 to 12 October. They will be using six and 2m EME as well as activity on the 80 to 10m bands using all modes. QSL via OE6FNG. Fabien, F4GYM will operate as F4GYM/p from […]
Special Events News – 30 September 2018
The RNIB, now known as the Royal National Institute of Blind People, was founded on 16 October 1868. As part of the celebration of their 150th anniversary, Terry Robinson, GM3WUX will run a special event call sign GR150NIB from 1 to 28 October 2018. Activity is planned on SSB and CW across all HF bands […]
Contest News – 30 September 2018
The CQWW DX RTTY contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 30th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is RST and zone, which for the UK is 14. This Sunday, the 30th, the UK Microwave Groups contest runs from 0600 to1800UTC on the 5.7 and 10GHz bands. The […]
Propagation News – 30 September 2018
At the risk of sounding very samey, the solar flux index remained at around 67-68 with zero sunspots this week, and just a few points off what we can expect at absolute solar minimum. As predicted, geomagnetic conditions were relatively poor at the beginning of the week, but did improve slightly later on, although the […]
News for England Midlands – 30 September 2018
Regular GB2RS newsreader Reg Woolley, G8VHI is looking for an additional newsreader to help when he is unavailable due to his work shift pattern. His newsreading covers the Midlands area and he uses both 2m and 70cm. If you are interested, please drop an email to gb2rs@rsgb.org.uk. Now for news from clubs that have several […]
