Archive for April, 2019
DX News – 7 April 2019
John, W5JON will be on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, IOTA reference NA-104, throughout April. He will activate his V47JA callsign on all bands from 160 to 6m on SSB and FT8. QSL directly to his home call. A group of Dutch operators will sign HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein until the 13th of April. The […]
Special Events News – 7 April 2019
The Windmill Amateur Radio DX Group will put GB1RY on the air today, the 7th of April. Operating from RAF Ramsbury near Marlborough in Wiltshire, they are taking part in Airfields on the Air over the weekend. Details are at www.rafars.org/rafaota/ Special event station OL75CLAY will be active from the 12th of April to the […]
Contest News – 7 April 2019
The 24 hour SP DX contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC today, the 7th. Using CW or SSB on 1.8 to 28MHz, the exchange is signal report and serial number. SP stations also send their Province code. Today, the 7th, the First 70MHz contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on […]
Propagation News – 7 April 2019
Last week saw more of the same as we head towards solar minimum, which is now expected to be some time in 2020. There was a slight increase in the solar flux index later in the week as a new embryonic sunspot appeared on the visible disk. A group of three solar coronal holes threatened […]
News for England Midlands – 7 April 2019
We start with news from clubs with more than one event this week. Hereford Amateur Radio Society has nets from 10.30am on 3.77MHz today, Thursday and next Sunday. Contact Duncan, M0OTG, via email to duncanjames@supanet.com. Wythall Radio Club has its net today and next Sunday from 8pm on GB3WL or 145.225MHz. On Tuesday there’s a […]
News for England North – 7 April 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 Sunday also a net around 70.450MHz from 8pm. Details from Peter, G3UCA, via email to g3uca@blueyonder.co.uk. Denby Dale Radio Club has its net via GB3HD from 10.30am […]
