Archive for December, 2018
Rallies and Events News – 9 December 2018
Members of the British Vintage Wireless Society are holding a swapmeet and auction this Sunday, 9 December, at Royal Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 8EN. Doors open at 10am and the auction starts at around 1pm. More details of BVWS membership can be found at bvws.org.uk. We have no rallies […]
DX News – 9 December 2018
Cezar, VE3LYC and Adrian, KO8SCA are scheduled to operate as TX0M from the new IOTA, Morane Atoll, OC-297, until 10 December. They will then change to TX0A from Maria Est Atoll, OC-113, from 12 to 16 December. Tom, N9EAW will be active holiday style as HQ9T from Roatan Island, NA-057, in Honduras, until 18 December. […]
Special Events News – 9 December 2018
4O18YOTA is on the air from Montenegro during December for Youngsters On The Air (YOTA). QSL via OQRS. E71YOTA is also operating during December as part of YOTA from Bosnia-Herzegovina. QSL via OQRS. ES9YOTA, in Estonia, is another station that will get young people on the amateur bands. QSL via OQRS. Members of the Ethiopian […]
Contest News – 9 December 2018
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon began on 1 December and runs until the end of January. There are no specific operating periods. Just work as many locator squares as you can, when you can, using any mode on the 50MHz band. The ARRL 10m Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this […]
Propagation News – 9 December 2018
We had a new sunspot group, Region 2729, appear this week, although it is a member of the weakening Solar Cycle 24. The region formed fairly quickly in the sun’s southwest quadrant and at the time of writing was producing only very minor B-Class solar flares. It is unlikely to do too much for the […]
News for England Midlands – 9 December 2018
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has a net from 10am on 145.575MHz this Sunday and next Sunday. Wednesday sees an open club night and on Thursday there’s a net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Details from Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Wythall Radio Club has its […]
