Archive for October, 2019
Rallies and Events News – 27 October 2019
There are no rallies in the diary for the weekend 26 and 27 October. Next Sunday, 3 November, the Bushvalley ARC Rally takes place at Limavady Football Club, Rathmore Road, Limavady BT49 0DF. Doors open 11am and admission is £3. Plymouth Radio Club would like to inform people that this year’s rally, planned for November, […]
DX News – 27 October 2019
Members of Radio Club Melipulli will be active as XR7PNAA from the Alerce Andino National Park between 1 and 3 November. QSL via CE7RCM. CN44MS will be active between 1 and 12 November from Tan-Tan, Morocco. QSL via RW6HS. Martin, OK1FZM and his wife Lenka, OK1WZM will be active holiday style as S79ZM from the […]
Special Events News – 27 October 2019
The NHS Emergency Care Improvement Support Team led by Paul, G1SMP will be attending the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park on 28 October to launch a new annual special event aimed at recognising the lifesaving role of community first responders. The team, along with NRC volunteers, will be operating two call signs, GB1NHS […]
Contest News – 27 October 2019
This weekend it’s the CQ World Wide DX SSB contest. It ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC on Sunday, the 27th. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and your zone, which is 14 for UK stations. On Wednesday the UK EI Contest Club 80m contest runs from 2000 […]
Propagation News – 27 October 2019
The solar disturbance predicted in the last report, which was due to hit Earth last weekend, didn’t amount to anything. However, the large coronal hole that has just completed its 27 day transit around the Sun’s surface certainly did. The ACE spacecraft shows that the solar wind speed increased rapidly on the morning of Thursday, […]
News for England Midlands – 27 October 2019
We start with an announcement by Solihull ARS of a new activity award they are running during the winter months. It starts Sunday, 27 October, the day we put our clocks back to GMT. Called The Midlands Inter-Club GMT Award, it is an attempt to reverse the current decline in local on-air activity, primarily on […]
