Archive for October, 2021
DX News – 31 October 2021
Remo, HB9SHD will be active as 8Q7RM from the Maldives, IOTA reference AS- 013, throughout November. He will operate mainly FT8, with some SSB and slow CW, on the 6 to 40m bands. QSL via his home call either direct or via the bureau, Club Log’s OQRS and Logbook of the World. Richard, NN2T and […]
Special Events News – 31 October 2021
Until the 2nd of November, West of Scotland ARS will be running special event station GB4GDS, celebrating 90 years of the Guide Dog Association. More information about the station can be found on the website. OQ05PHI is the special callsign for the UBA Section de Philippeville to celebrate its 5th anniversary. It will be active until […]
Contest News – 31 October 2021
When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. The 48-hour CQ World Wide DX SSB contest ends at 2359UTC today, the 31st, using the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands. The exchange is signal report and your Zone, 14 for the UK. On Monday the data leg […]
Propagation News – 31 October 2021
Well, we had another topsy-turvy week, with the sunspot number going from a lowly 10 to a much more impressive 91. We started last week with a virtually spotless solar surface, but this week the Sun is peppered with spots, with five active regions in place on Thursday. The net result is the maximum usable […]
News for England Midlands – 31 October 2021
Burton Amateur Radio Club meets on Wednesday at 7.30pm. There are nets on 145.575MHz at 10am on Sundays and Thursdays at 8pm. Monday sees slow CW training from 11am on 14.055MHz. Barry, M0ISZ, 01283 540570 Kettering & District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 10am on Sundays. On Tuesday there is a meeting […]
News for England North – 31 October 2021
The Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society meets weekly at the club shack in Ballasalla where members are demonstrating new equipment. There is a net on Sunday on 3.715MHz at 9.30am and 10pm plus a net on the GB3IM repeater network after the 11am GB2RS news. Wakefield & District Radio Society runs the 2E0IPC Memorial […]
