Archive for October, 2023
Rallies and Events News – 29 October 2023
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society Surplus Equipment Sale will take place on Saturday 4 November. The venue will be Cwmduad Community Hall. The doors will open at 8am for sellers. Visitors are welcome from 10am. There will be a £2 entry fee per person and light refreshments will be available. For more information, contact Andy, GW0JLX […]
Special Events News – 29 October 2023
Tom, VK2WN will be active as AX37EUDXF until the 30 November to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the European DX Foundation. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL and Club Log’s OQRS. On the 10 October 1923 the BBC, then the British Broadcasting Company, opened its seventh transmitter and based it in Aberdeen. Using the […]
DX News – 29 October 2023
Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as HQ9A from Roatan Island, NA-057, Honduras until 31 October, including an entry in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest. Outside of the contest, he will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via his home call. He plans to upload his log to Logbook of […]
Contest News – 29 October 2023
The CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest started at 0000UTC on Saturday 28 October and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 29 October. Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. The UK is in Zone 14. On Wednesday 1 November, the Silent Key […]
Propagation News – 29 October 2023
It was not a good week for the ionosphere with the Solar Flux Index, or SFI, falling to less than 130, plus some disturbed geomagnetic conditions as well. On Wednesday the 24 October, the SFI fell to 121, while the following day the Kp index hit 4.33 thanks to a coronal mass ejection from a […]
News for England Midlands – 29 October 2023
From November 2023, meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesdays of the month starting at 8pm at the Bainbridge Hall, Bolsover, S44 6PX. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 7 November. Vin, G4KSY, 01246 827135 Bromsgrove and District Amateur Radio Club meets every Friday from 8pm. […]
