Archive for 2020
DX News – 12 January 2020
Sergey, RX3AMY will be active as 8Q7MA from the Maldives until 23 January. This is a holiday-style operation and he will be mainly on 40 and 20m SSB. Jean, FG8NY, will be active with the special call sign TO10CWO from Saint Claude, Basse Terre Island in Guadeloupe, IOTA reference NA-102, between 17 and 31 January. […]
Special Events News – 12 January 2020
John, M0XIG will operate GB200FN until 3 February to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. QSL direct to M0XIG. The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group is celebrating its diamond anniversary. Members of the Group will be active as GB60ATG until June 2020. More information at bartg.org.uk.
Contest News – 12 January 2020
This Sunday, the 12th, the Datamodes AFS takes place from 1300 to 1700UTC. Using the 3.5 and 7MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC, using FM only. It is followed by the all-mode 432MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to […]
Propagation News – 12 January 2020
Having predicted in last week’s broadcast that there would be no geomagnetic disturbances, we did in fact have two periods with an elevated Kp index this week. The first occurred on 5 January, when the Kp index hit four. This was due to the impact of the solar wind. The Kp index rose again to […]
News for England Midlands – 12 January 2020
We start with a reminder that all UK amateurs are required to revalidate their licence with Ofcom at least every five years. If it has been a while since you did that, go to www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence or email spectrum.licensing@ofcom.org.uk. The process doesn’t take very long. Now for clubs that have more than one event this week. […]
News for England North – 12 January 2020
We start with clubs that have more than one event this week. South Manchester Radio and Computer Club has a net today and next Sunday from 10.30am on 3,637kHz SSB. On Tuesday there’s a net from 8pm around 145.475MHz and Thursday sees a technical Q & A session. Details from Ron, G3SVW, on 01619 693 […]
