Archive for May, 2019
DX News – 19 May 2019
Juha, OH5CW and the OH5C group will be active as OG0C from Kokar, in the Aland Islands, IOTA reference EU-002, between 22 and 28 May. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and MSK144 on the 160 to 2m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World, via the bureau, or direct to OH5CW; logsearch on […]
Special Events News – 19 May 2019
W7K celebrates the redefinition of the SI unit kelvin, which will take place on 20 May. This station will be operated from one of the most accurate temperature standards laboratories in the world, at American Fork, Utah. Times of operation will be 0000UTC to 2359UTC. The station will operate on both HF and VHF. For […]
Contest News – 19 May 2019
The 144MHz May Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1400UTC this Sunday, the 19th. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. This Sunday, the 19th, the 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 1100 to 1500UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also this […]
Propagation News – 19 May 2019
Last week saw the Kp index rise to seven on Tuesday, thanks to an enhanced solar wind stream containing a sharply south-pointing Bz. This is the direction of the interplanetary magnetic field and south-pointing means it was more likely to couple with the Earth’s magnetic field. This was due to a number of filament eruptions […]
News for England Midlands – 19 May 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 this Sunday and next Sunday. Wednesday sees an open club night. Details from Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Hereford Amateur Radio Society has nets from 10.30am on 3.77MHz and […]
News for England North – 19 May 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has nets this Sunday 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 this Sunday and next Sunday. Wednesday sees a 2m […]
