Archive for 2021

Special Events News – 4 July 2021

| July 2, 2021

Coventry ARS is running two special event stations until May 2022 to celebrate Coventry being the City of Culture. GB1COC and GB8CCC will be running most days, with GB8CCC passing between members of the club. Dates and times will vary.

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Contest News – 4 July 2021

| July 2, 2021

With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe This weekend is the RSGB VHF National Field Day. It runs for 24 hours until 1400UTC on Sunday, the 4th. Using all modes on the 50MHz to 1.3GHz bands, the exchange […]

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Propagation News – 4 July 2021

| July 2, 2021

Well, NOAA certainly got the sunspot predictions wrong last week. It said that the solar flux index would be in the range 76 to 78 with a maximum Kp index of two. As it turned out, the SFI ended up way higher than this, peaking at 94 on Thursday. Active sunspot regions 2835 and 2836 […]

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News for England Midlands – 4 July 2021

| July 2, 2021

Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Sundays from 10am on 145.575MHz FM. Monday sees CW training from 11am on 14.055MHz. On Wednesday, there is a club night at the Stapenhill Institute from 7.30pm. Thursday sees an open net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Barry, M0ISZ, 01283 540 570. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has […]

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News for England North – 4 July 2021

| July 2, 2021

Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society is meeting in the club shack at 7pm on Wednesday, including talk-in on GB3IM from 6.40pm. The open nets on Sundays continue on 3.715MHz at 9.30am and 10pm, plus a net on the GB3IM repeater network after the GB2RS news at 11am. Club news and events are on iomars.im, […]

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News for Northern Ireland – 4 July 2021

| July 2, 2021

Antrim and District Amateur Radio Club activates GB2CW on Tuesdays from 7pm on 145.250MHz FM. All are welcome to call in. There are voice nets on Friday and Saturday on 2m from 7pm. For details, email mi0wwb@btinternet.com. Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Tuesdays from 8.30pm on 145.300MHz FM. For details, email […]

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