Archive for 2019
GB2RS News Script for 7 April 2019
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Rallies and Events News – 7 April 2019
Today, the 7th, the Cambridge Repeater Group Rally takes place at Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Cambridge CB22 6RN. There will be a talk-in station and car parking is free. Doors open 9.30am and entry is £2. There will be traders, a Bring & Buy and an RSGB bookstall. A burger van has been booked […]
DX News – 7 April 2019
John, W5JON will be on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, IOTA reference NA-104, throughout April. He will activate his V47JA callsign on all bands from 160 to 6m on SSB and FT8. QSL directly to his home call. A group of Dutch operators will sign HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein until the 13th of April. The […]
Special Events News – 7 April 2019
The Windmill Amateur Radio DX Group will put GB1RY on the air today, the 7th of April. Operating from RAF Ramsbury near Marlborough in Wiltshire, they are taking part in Airfields on the Air over the weekend. Details are at www.rafars.org/rafaota/ Special event station OL75CLAY will be active from the 12th of April to the […]
Contest News – 7 April 2019
The 24 hour SP DX contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC today, the 7th. Using CW or SSB on 1.8 to 28MHz, the exchange is signal report and serial number. SP stations also send their Province code. Today, the 7th, the First 70MHz contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on […]
Propagation News – 7 April 2019
Last week saw more of the same as we head towards solar minimum, which is now expected to be some time in 2020. There was a slight increase in the solar flux index later in the week as a new embryonic sunspot appeared on the visible disk. A group of three solar coronal holes threatened […]
