Archive for December, 2020
DX News – 20 December 2020
Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/4 from Otsu Island, IOTA reference AS-117, on the 25th and 26th of December. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40, 30 and 20m bands. QSL via home call.
Contest News – 20 December 2020
Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. As per tradition, December is a quiet month for traditional contests, with no RSGB HF contests, but do look out for […]
Propagation News – 20 December 2020
We’ve had another week of lacklustre sunspot activity. The solar flux index has been pegged at around 82, caused by the two tiny sunspots in active region 2793. Having said that, a lack of coronal hole activity has meant that geomagnetic conditions have been settled, with a maximum Kp index of two, but more often […]
News for England Midlands – 20 December 2020
Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Sundays from 10am on 145.575MHz FM. Monday sees a slow CW exercise from 11am on 14.055MHz. On Wednesday there’s an open net on 145.575MHz from 7.30pm. Thursday sees an open net from 8pm on 145.575MHz and on Friday – Christmas Day – there’s an open net […]
News for England North – 20 December 2020
Denby Dale ARS has daily nets on 145.575MHz from 9.30am. Sundays see a net via GB3HD from 10.30am. Members and supporters are running special event stations to welcome the new year from the end of December. They will be using callsigns GBxHNY. Details from Gerald, G3SDY, on 01484 602 905. Otley Amateur Radio Society has […]
News for Northern Ireland – 20 December 2020
The Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club Tuesday Night Lectures take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays. All are welcome. For further information and the Zoom link, email Dave, 2I0SJV via dcparkinson@icloud.com
