Archive for March, 2019
DX News – 31 March 2019
Dagmar, DM7PQ / E51NPQ and Rainer, DL1AUZ / E51AUZ will be active holiday-style from Rarotonga, IOTA reference OC-013, in the South Cooks from 2-11 April. They will operate CW only. Darek, SP3DX will be active as 8Q7DM from Lankanfinolhu Island in the Maldives, AS-013, from the 1st to the 7th of April. Activities will be […]
Special Events News – 31 March 2019
The Windmill Amateur Radio DX Group will put GB1RY on the air on the 6th and 7th of April. Operating from RAF Ramsbury near Marlborough in Wiltshire, they are taking part in Airfields on the Air. Many other stations are expected to take part in the event, for which you will find full details at […]
Contest News – 31 March 2019
This weekend sees the CQWW WPX SSB contest that started at 0000UTC on Saturday and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday. This SSB-only event uses all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Monday it’s the RSGB 80m CW Club Championships. Running from 1900 to 2030UTC on […]
Propagation News – 31 March 2019
Last week the predicted increased Kp index from a coronal hole didn’t amount to much. The coronal mass ejection from the Sun a few days earlier wasn’t quite Earth-facing so we dodged the bullet. Other than that, conditions have been quite settled with a maximum Kp index of three caused by an enhanced solar wind. […]
News for England Midlands – 31 March 2019
We start with advance news from Lincoln Short-Wave Club that John Dunthorne from the Cleethorpes Astronomical Society will be giving a talk on 50 years from Apollo and Spaceship earth on Wednesday the 10th April. All are welcome to attend, for 7.30pm prompt at the Village Hall, Aisthorpe. For more information contact Pam Rose, G4STO, […]
News for England North – 31 March 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has its net on 1.940MHz LSB from 11am today and next Sunday. Next Saturday sees the monthly club meeting from 11am. Details from Peter, G3UCA, via email to g3uca@blueyonder.co.uk. Denby Dale Radio Club has its net via GB3HD from 10.30am […]
