Archive for 2020
GB2RS News Script for 16 February 2020
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Rallies and Events News – 16 February 2020
This Sunday, the 16th, the RadioActive Rally will be held at Nantwich Civic Hall, Cheshire, CW5 5DG. There is free car parking and doors open at 10.30am. There will be a bring-and-buy, as well as traders and an RSGB book stall. A single raffle ticket is included with the entrance programme—additional tickets are available. Catering […]
DX News – 16 February 2020
Chas, NK8O will be active as 5H3DX from Zinga in Tanzania between 16 February and 16 March. In his spare time, he will operate CW, PSK31, FT8 and possibly SSB on the 40 to 10m bands. QSL via NK8O direct only, see qrz.com for instructions, Logbook of The World and eQSL. Hiro, JG1SXP will be […]
Special Events News – 16 February 2020
Members of the Bruneck section of the ARI, the Italian national society, will be using II3BIA until 23 February to celebrate the Biathlon World Championships in Italy. Operations will be on all bands between 160 and 10m as well as 2m and 70cm using CW, SSB, digital modes and QO-100 satellite. QSL via IN3ZWF, by […]
Contest News – 16 February 2020
This weekend the ARRL International DX Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 16th. Using CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and transmit power, with US stations also sending their state and Canadians their province. On Monday the first FT4 contest runs from 2000 […]
Propagation News – 16 February 2020
Last week saw reasonably-settled HF conditions after the effects of a geomagnetic disturbance passed. But the Sun remained spotless again with a solar flux index of about 70-72 all week. Wednesday’s 80m Club Championship contest left many amateurs feeling disappointed and with fairly empty logs after the critical frequency let them down. At the start […]