Archive for August, 2019
DX News – 1 September 2019
Laurent, F8BBL will be active as TK19IOTA between 6 and 22 September. He plans to operate from IOTA groups EU-014, which is the main island of Corsica, EU-100, which is Cerbicales, EU-104, which is Sanguinaires and EU-164, which is Lavezzi. He operates mainly CW. QSL via F8BBL either direct or via the bureau and Logbook […]
Special Events News – 1 September 2019
This Sunday, 1 September, the Radio Club of Binche will activate ON44WAR to commemorate the sacrifice of the Belgian Resistance in WWII, especially those of the Refuge B 40 in Waudrez. On the hour, for 30 minutes, a Whaddon MK VII Paraset will be used to make CW transmissions on the 7MHz band. The following […]
Contest News – 1 September 2019
The UK and Ireland Contest Club DX contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC this Sunday, 1 September. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and district code. On Monday the Pioneer FT4 Series runs from 1900 to 2000UTC, using FT4 only on the 3.5MHz band. The […]
Propagation News – 1 September 2019
The past week was characterised by a low solar flux index and relatively-calm geomagnetic conditions. There were reports of numerous sporadic E openings this week that livened up the 10m band. On Thursday these spread from Serbia through to Germany, Finland and Norway and were probably caused by a strong jet stream, which can be […]
News for England Midlands – 1 September 2019
We start with news from clubs with more than one event this week. Hereford Amateur Radio Society has a net from 11am on 145.4375MHz today and next Sunday. Today, Tuesday and next Sunday there’s a net on 3.77MHz from 10.30am. Friday sees a homebrew show & tell evening. Details from Duncan, M0OTG, via email to […]
News for England North – 1 September 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Oldham Radio Club has a multi-mode digital net from 9.30am today and next Sunday. Monday sees a C4FM simplex net from 7.30pm on 144.6125MHz and on Wednesday there’s a 2m FM net from 8pm. The club night is on Thursday. Details from Mike, M1CVL, on […]
