Archive for 2019
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 […]
News for England North – 27 October 2019
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Bury Radio Club has a net this Sunday and next Sunday from 6pm on 144.550MHz. Tuesday sees the club HF station night. For details, see buryradiosociety.org.uk. Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has its net this Sunday and next Sunday from 11am on 1.940MHz LSB. Saturday […]
News for Northern Ireland – 27 October 2019
No news items have been received for Northern Ireland this week.
News for Scotland – 27 October 2019
The Scottish Microwave Round Table will take place in Burntisland in Fife next Saturday, 2 November. The programme includes talks by Sam Jewell, G4DDK Icom IC9700: How Does It Measure up as a VHF DX Transceiver?; Martin Hall, GM8IEM Constructing a 13cm Home Station Around the Kuhne MKU23 G4 Transverter; Heather Lomond, M0HMO Beginning with […]
