Archive for 2019
Rallies and Events News – 31 March 2019
Today, the 31st, the first British Amateur Television Club Regional Convention takes place in Bristol. It will be hosted by North Bristol ARC at SHE7 building, Braemar Crescent, Filton, Bristol BS7 0TD. Doors open from 10am to 4pm. There will be a full day of talks & demonstrations, with a test bench available for visitors’ […]
DX News – 31 March 2019
Dagmar, DM7PQ / E51NPQ and Rainer, DL1AUZ / E51AUZ will be active holiday-style from Rarotonga, IOTA reference OC-013, in the South Cooks from 2-11 April. They will operate CW only. Darek, SP3DX will be active as 8Q7DM from Lankanfinolhu Island in the Maldives, AS-013, from the 1st to the 7th of April. Activities will be […]
Special Events News – 31 March 2019
The Windmill Amateur Radio DX Group will put GB1RY on the air on the 6th and 7th of April. Operating from RAF Ramsbury near Marlborough in Wiltshire, they are taking part in Airfields on the Air. Many other stations are expected to take part in the event, for which you will find full details at […]
Contest News – 31 March 2019
This weekend sees the CQWW WPX SSB contest that started at 0000UTC on Saturday and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday. This SSB-only event uses all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Monday it’s the RSGB 80m CW Club Championships. Running from 1900 to 2030UTC on […]
Propagation News – 31 March 2019
Last week the predicted increased Kp index from a coronal hole didn’t amount to much. The coronal mass ejection from the Sun a few days earlier wasn’t quite Earth-facing so we dodged the bullet. Other than that, conditions have been quite settled with a maximum Kp index of three caused by an enhanced solar wind. […]
News for England Midlands – 31 March 2019
We start with advance news from Lincoln Short-Wave Club that John Dunthorne from the Cleethorpes Astronomical Society will be giving a talk on 50 years from Apollo and Spaceship earth on Wednesday the 10th April. All are welcome to attend, for 7.30pm prompt at the Village Hall, Aisthorpe. For more information contact Pam Rose, G4STO, […]
