Archive for September, 2019
Rallies and Events News – 8 September 2019
Next Saturday, the 14th, the Fog on the Tyne Rally will take place at Whitehall Road Methodist Church Hall, Bensham, Gateshead NE8 4LH. Doors open at 10.30am. Entrance is £1.50 and includes an entry for the raffle. There will be a bring-and-buy, junk stall, RSGB book stand and many traders. Car parking is available. Enrolment […]
DX News – 8 September 2019
Chip, KB1QU will be active as 9G5QU from Ghana from 8 to 21 September. In his spare time he will operate CW, FT8, FT4 and some SSB on the 40, 30 and 20m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World, or direct to N4GNR. Francesco, IV3TMM will be active as 9U3TMM from Burundi until 17 […]
Special Events News – 8 September 2019
During the month of September, Dutch special event stations PA75PARA, PA75BTF and PA75OMG will be on the air to commemorate the 75 years since British, American and Polish airborne forces tried to capture the river bridges at Arnhem and Nijmegen. PA75OMG will be active from 12 to 22 September. Thames Amateur Radio Club will operate […]
Contest News – 8 September 2019
It’s a very busy time for contests. The RSGB SSB Field Day and the IARU Region 1 Field Day end their 24 hour run at 1300UTC this Sunday, the 8th. Both use the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands and the exchange is signal report and serial number. The 144MHz Trophy contest ends its 24 hour […]
Propagation News – 8 September 2019
Our prediction last week that there would be a major geomagnetic storm turned out to be correct, although we got the timing a little wrong. The solar material from a coronal hole actually hit the Earth in the early hours of Saturday morning, rather than later that day, sending the three-hourly Kp index up to […]
News for England Midlands – 8 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 this Sunday and next Sunday. Also this Sunday, and Tuesday and next Sunday there’s a net on 3.77MHz from 10.30am. Details from Duncan, M0OTG, via email to duncanjames@supanet.com. Wythall Radio Club […]
