Archive for May, 2019
DX News – 2 June 2019
Sven, HB9DXB expects to be active as XV9DXB from Nha Trang in Vietnam, starting around 2 June. Plans are to operate SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20 and 10 metres. QSL via EB7DX. Audie, DU1ZDR and Gazelle, DU1ZDQ will be active as DZ1A from Kalanggaman Island, IOTA reference OC-129, on 3 June. They will […]
Special Events News – 2 June 2019
GB0RBW will be active this weekend from the Bath and West Show near Shepton Mallet. Organised by Mid-Somerset ARC, with support from Yeovil and South Bristol clubs, the station will be on the air from 9am to 6pm each day. The Marconi museum ship, Elettra, which was Marconi’s moving laboratory, will be on the air […]
Contest News – 2 June 2019
This weekend will see the lower parts of the bands very busy for the RSGB CW National Field Day, which is part of the IARU Region 1 Field Day. Ending its 24 hour run at 1500UTC this Sunday, the 2nd, it’s CW-only on all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is RST […]
Propagation News – 2 June 2019
A couple of small Earth-facing coronal holes were the source of an elevated solar wind stream that pushed the Kp index to four on Wednesday. Otherwise solar conditions were generally quite flat last week. This helped sporadic E production, which saw 10 metres come alive, with the band sounding more like 20 metres on a […]
News for England Midlands – 2 June 2019
We start with news from clubs with more than one event this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net from 10am on 145.575MHz today and next Sunday. On Wednesday there’s an open club night. Thursday sees an open net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Details from Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Cheltenham Amateur […]
News for England North – 2 June 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has nets today and next Sunday on 1.940MHz LSB from 11am. Details from Peter, G3UCA, via email to g3uca@blueyonder.co.uk. Oldham Radio Club has a multi mode digital net from 9.30am today and next Sunday. On Monday there’s a C4FM simplex […]
