Archive for December, 2021
DX News – 12 December 2021
Ferdy, HB9DSP has had to postpone his December trip to Kenya and now plans to be active as 5Z4/HB9DSP around mid-January. DJ6TF and DL7BO have also had to postpone their December trip to Zimbabwe and now plan to be active as Z21A and Z22O in early February. Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsigns […]
Special Events News – 12 December 2021
Today, the 12th of December, is the 120th anniversary of the very first wireless signals across the Atlantic by Marconi. Ofcom has licensed a number of special event stations to mark the event. Chelmsford ARS has been granted GB120MT, licenced up to New Year’s day. Special event station GB1002ZE will be operated by Crocodile Rock […]
Contest News – 12 December 2021
When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. December is a quiet month for contests, indeed there are no RSGB HF contests at all this month. The ARRL 10m contest runs for 48 hours ending at 2359UTC today, the 12th. Using CW and phone, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 12 December 2021
The predicted elevated Kp index that we talked about last week didn’t amount to much at the end of the day. The solar wind remained reasonably calm and the Kp index only peaked at three. This rapidly fell to one by Tuesday and stayed at one or two for the rest of the week. Solar […]
News for England Midlands – 12 December 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 social […]
News for England North – 12 December 2021
The Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society meets every Wednesday night at the club shack in Mill Road, Ballasalla from 7.30pm with talk-in on GB3IM-C. On Tuesday, there is a meeting at the Sea Cadet Unit, Tromode Road, Douglas from 7.30pm. Nets are on Sundays on 3.715MHz at 9.30am and 10pm and on the GB3IM […]
