Archive for October, 2024
Special Events News – 27 October 2024
George, MM0JNL is active as GB0GTS until the 18 November to raise awareness of homeless military veterans in association with The Great Tommy Sleepout organised by The Royal British Legion Industries. The station will be operating on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB. There may also be some activity on the 2m band. George […]
DX News – 27 October 2024
A team of operators is active as YJ0VV from Efate, OC-035, Vanuatu until the 29 October. The team is operating SSB, CW and digital modes on the 160 to 6m bands with two high-power stations and a selection of seven antennas. QSL via K4NHW directly or via the Bureau. QSOs will be uploaded to Club […]
Contest News – 27 October 2024
The CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest started at 0000UTC on Saturday 26 October and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 27 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. Tomorrow, the 28 October, the RSGB FT4 […]
Propagation News – 27 October 2024
Last week’s solar conditions couldn’t have been much better. We had a week of high solar flux indices, relatively calm geomagnetic conditions and, other than an X-class solar flare, not much else to report. The solar flare originated from active region 3869 and reached a strong X3.3 in the early hours of 24 October. This […]
News for England Midlands – 27 October 2024
Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place every other Tuesday starting at 8pm at the Bainbridge Hall, Bolsover, S44 6PX. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 29 October. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars Bromsgrove and District Amateur Radio Club meets every Friday […]