Archive for 2019
DX News – 20 October 2019
Yosuke, JJ1DQR will be active as 3W9QR from Da Nang in Vietnam from 23 October to 1 November. QSL via JJ1DQR. Geri, DK8KW will be active as 3W9KW from Hanoi in Vietnam until 26 October. He will operate QRP CW and possibly SSB, depending on conditions. QSL via DK8KW. A group will be active as […]
Special Events News – 20 October 2019
This Sunday, 20 October, Hartlepool ARC will be running Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) special event station GB0TVS on behalf of Tees Valley Scouts. The station will operate from the Hartlepool Scout Centre, Brierton Lane, just off the A689. Activity will be on HF, VHF and UHF, and all visitors will be welcome. This Sunday, […]
Contest News – 20 October 2019
The Worked All Germany contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC this Sunday, the 20th. Using CW and SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number, with German stations also sending DOK. This Sunday, 20 October, the 50MHz AFS contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using […]
Propagation News – 20 October 2019
The solar minimum continued last week with zero sunspots being recorded. The good news was that geomagnetic conditions were quite settled with a maximum Kp index of three recorded. Most of the week it was between zero and two, which meant that the HF bands were performing to seasonal averages. rsgb.org/propquest shows that maximum usable […]
News for England Midlands – 20 October 2019
We start with clubs that have more than one event this week. This Sunday, Solihull Amateur Radio Society is running JOTA station GB0NSS for 1st Solihull Scouts. Thursday sees the net from 8pm, on or around 145.450MHz FM. Details from Stu, G4KUR, via email to solihullradioclub@gmail.com. This Sunday, Stourbridge and District Amateur Radio Society is […]
News for England North – 20 October 2019
We start with advance notice that the Scottish Microwave Round Table will take place in Burntisland in Fife on Saturday, 2 November. The programme includes talks by Martin Hall, GM8IEM Constructing A 13cm Home Station Around the Kuhne MKU23 G4 Transverter; Heather Lomond, M0HMO Beginning With GNU SDR, and Mark Hughes, GM4ISM Microwave EME. Other attractions include a construction […]
