Archive for February, 2023
Rallies and Events News – 19 February 2023
West Manchester Radio Club’s Red Rose Rally will take place on Sunday 26 February. The event will be held at St. Joseph’s Hall, Leigh, WN7 2PJ. Free parking, café services and a raffle are among the attractions on offer. For further information visit the website The Lagan Valley Amateur Radio Society is holding its annual […]
Special Events News – 19 February 2023
Special event stations, 7Z3FD, 8Z3FD and HZ3FD are operating in celebration of Saudi Arabia’s Founding Day. The stations will be active until the 22 February. QSL via HZ1SAR. The logs will be uploaded to Club Log. The United Nations Global Service Centre Amateur Radio Club will be active as 4U13FEB until the 28 February. The station […]
DX News – 19 February 2023
Peter, G4HSO will be active as S79/G4HSO from the Seychelles until 21 February. He will be operating CW and VarAC only. QSL via Logbook of the World. Bob, W7YAQ and Al, K7AR will be active as YJ0A from Efate, OC-035, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Their visit will include operating in the CQ WPX RTTY […]
Contest News – 19 February 2023
The ARRL International DX Contest ends its 48-hour run today, the 19 February, at 2359UTC. CW will be used on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted. For stations outside of the USA and Canada, the exchange is signal report and transmission power. American stations send a signal report and their State. Canadian […]
Propagation News – 19 February 2023
Last week was interesting as we had an X-class solar flare, and a significant geomagnetic disturbance, as well as good HF conditions at times. An impulsive X1.1 solar flare was observed around active region 3217 in the southeast quadrant of the Sun at 1548UTC on the 11 February. The flare did not appear eruptive, so […]
News for England Midlands – 19 February 2023
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 7.30pm every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Go to the website for the meeting link. Ham Radio Network has a talk on the theme of An Evening with… on Monday. See the website for […]
