Archive for April, 2022
YOTA summer camp in Croatia
The 2022 Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) summer camp will be held in Croatia not far from the capital city of Zagreb. The Croatian Amateur Radio Association will be hosting the event, which will take place from 6-13 August 2022. This is a chance in a lifetime for young RSGB Members to represent their country […]
Special Events News – 1 May 2022
GB0SCW will be on the air from Stone Cross Windmill, East Sussex, from 10am to 5pm, next Saturday and Sunday. Using SSB on the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands, they also plan activities on 2m and 70cm. There may also be some HF operations in the evenings from a car parked in the windmill grounds. […]
Contest News – 1 May 2022
The UK EI Contest Club DX contest runs for 24 hours until 1200UTC this Sunday, 1 May. Using CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note that EI and GI stations also send their district code. This Sunday, 1 May, the UK […]
Propagation News – 1 May 2022
A week of high solar flux indices brought good openings on the higher bands. With the SFI consistently above 140 all week—at the time of writing—there have been reports of 10 metre openings well into the evening. As Ian Goodier on the 10m UK Net Facebook group reported: “Tonight on 10m you could mistake the […]
News for England Midlands – 1 May 2022
Burton Amateur Radio Club has open nets on 145.575MHz at 10am on Sundays and 8pm on Thursdays. There is slow CW training on 14.055MHz at 11am on Monday. On Wednesday there’s a club night at 7.30pm. Barry, M0ISZ, 01283 540570 Kettering & District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 10am on Sundays. On […]
News for England North – 1 May 2022
Bury Radio Society has nets on Sundays at 6pm and Thursdays at 8pm, beginning on 144.550FM. All are welcome. On Tuesday there is a talk and demonstration on the Restoration of a vintage Eddystone 640 receiver. Lynda, G6QA, email specky@talktalk.net Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has its CQ and brew open net most afternoons from […]
