Archive for 2019
DX News – 24 February 2019
George, W2AIV will be on holiday in Belize as V31GF until 2 March. He will be on the 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands using SSB but will also try some slow CW. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World. Willy, ON4AVT will be active as 6W7/ON4AVT from Senegal until 30 March. He […]
Special Events News – 24 February 2019
H31A is being used to commemorate 500 years of the foundation of Panama City, Panama. The station will be on the air at various times until 15 August. They will be operating on the 80 to 10m bands, particularly using digital modes, RTTY, PSK31 and FT8, and some SSB. For more information, please refer to […]
Contest News – 24 February 2019
This Sunday, the 24th, the First 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CW World Wide 160m DX contest ends its 48 hour run at 2200UTC this Sunday, the 24th. Using SSB on the 1.8MHz band only, the exchange is signal […]
Propagation News – 24 February 2019
The Sun played ball this week and matched our predictions. The Kp index soared to four on Thursday, the 21st, thanks to ongoing coronal hole activity, but it was otherwise settled. There had been good conditions earlier in the week. The ARRL International DX Contest gave people contacts into nearly all the US states over […]
News for England Midlands – 24 February 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net from 10am on 145.575MHz this Sunday. Wednesday sees an open club night and on Thursday there’s an open net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Details from Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has its […]
News for England North – 24 February 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Denby Dale Radio Club has its net via GB3HD from 10.30am this Sunday and next Sunday. On Wednesday there’s a committee meeting and Thursday sees the RSGB 80m CC CW. Contact Darran, G0BWB, on 0797 442 3227. Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has its Top […]
