Archive for 2018
Convention SDR lecture now online
The RSGB has released another 2017 Convention presentation into its video portal. In his presentation SDR—The Station of the Future, John Linford, G3WGV looks at what software-defined radio offers us as radio amateurs and what our stations might look like in a few years’ time. SDR is as much a disruptive technology as were the […]
Rallies and Events News – 10 June 2018
This Sunday, the 10th, sees the East Suffolk Wireless Revival, also known as the Ipswich Radio Rally, at Kirton Recreation Ground, Back Road, Kirton IP10 0PW. The site is just off the A14 and there is free car parking. Doors open at 9.30am and entry is £2. There will be trade stands, car boot sale, bring-and-buy, […]
DX News – 10 June 2018
MD/ON6KX is on the air from the Isle of Man, IOTA reference EU-116, marking the TT Races. He will also be activating Snaefell, GD-001. See QRZ.com for more information. Pasi, OH3WS will be active as OJ0W from Market Reef, EU-053, until the 16th He will operate on HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via his […]
Special Events News – 10 June 2018
Next weekend sees Museums on the Air, with somewhere in the region of 50 stations active in the UK and around the world. A list of registered stations can be found at www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/stations.htm and examples include GB4GLM from Gloucester Life Museum, GB2MOF from the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, GB3PIT at the Lancashire mining Museum […]
Contest News – 10 June 2018
The IARU ATV contest ends its run at 1800 this Sunday. Using all forms of TV on all bands above 400MHz, the exchange is P-grade, serial number, your chosen four digit on-screen code, and your locator. Participation in this one can be relatively quiet so if you have any ATV gear it’s well worth digging […]
Propagation News – 10 June 2018
Despite poor geomagnetic conditions, HF propagation for last weekend’s National Field Day was actually better than we forecast. Norfolk Amateur Radio Club even managed to contact New Zealand via the F layer on 40 metres. NFD was no doubt helped by sporadic E, which gave good propagation to Europe on most bands. Speaking of sporadic […]
