Archive for December, 2019
DX News – 15 December 2019
Tony, 3D2AG expects to be active as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma, IOTA reference OC-060, starting around 17 December and continuing until mid-January 2020. He plans to operate CW, RTTY, FT8 and SSB on the 160 to 6m bands. He will have no internet access while on the island. QSL direct to 3D2AG or Club Log’s OQRS […]
Special Events News – 15 December 2019
CN19JIM will be active on 21 and 22 December from Imlil in the High Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The call sign’s suffix translates to International Mountain Day. QSL via RW6HS. DL250BTHVN will be active from Bonn on 16 and 17 December 2020, helping mark Beethoven Anniversary Year.
Contest News – 15 December 2019
The second Machine Generated Mode contest ends its 24 hours at 1400UTC this Sunday, the 15th. Using the 50 and 144MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and your four character locator. The ARRL 10m contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 15th. The exchange is signal report and serial number, […]
Propagation News – 15 December 2019
This week NOAA and NASA produced their latest forecast for the upcoming solar cycle. It predicts that we will be at solar minimum in April 2020, plus or minus six months. We should therefore begin to see a slow rise in new cycle sunspots towards the end of 2020. It says the next cycle is […]
News for England Midlands – 15 December 2019
We start with clubs that have more than one event this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has a net on 145.575MHz from 10am this Sunday and next Sunday. There’s a club night on Wednesday, and Thursday sees an open net from 8pm on 145.575MHz. Details from Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Cheltenham Amateur Radio […]
News for England North – 15 December 2019
We start with clubs that have more than one event this week. Bury Radio Club has a net this Sunday and next Sunday from 6pm on 144.550MHz. Tuesday sees the AGM. Bury Radio Society is also now taking applications for their next Intermediate and Full training courses. The 12 week Intermediate course will start in […]
