Archive for January, 2019
GB2RS News Script for 20 January 2019
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Rallies and Events News – 20 January 2019
The Horncastle Amateur Radio and Electronics rally is on 27 January. It takes place at the Horncastle Youth Centre, Cagthorpe Buildings, Willow Row, Harncastle LN9 6DZ. Doors open at 10am and entry is £2. Traders tables are £5 per 6′ table. There is free parking at the venue. The usual traders will be there and […]
DX News – 20 January 2019
KB8YRX will be active as 8P9CA from Barbados, IOTA reference NA-021, until 4 February. He will operate mainly FT8 on the 20m band. QSL via Logbook of The World or via his home call sign. Saty, JE1JKL will be on the air as 9M6NA from Labuan Island, OC-133, East Malaysia between 24 and 28 January. […]
Special Events News – 20 January 2019
Worthing and District ARC will be running a special event station to commemorate its 70th anniversary this weekend using call sign GB5WOR. The station will be on the air on all HF bands, plus possibly 2m and 70cm. Further details from the club website.
Contest News – 20 January 2019
On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1930 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 2.3 to 10GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend from 2200UTC on the 25th to 2200UTC on the 27th, the CQ WorldWide 160m DX contest takes place. Using CW only the exchange […]
Propagation News – 20 January 2019
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, the Sun remained spotless this past week with a solar flux index stuck firmly around the 70 mark. Geomagnetic conditions were mostly settled with a maximum planetary K-index of four, although on average it was usually much lower than this, around one or two. Many are […]
