Archive for January, 2025
Rallies and Events News – 12 January 2025
The Lincoln Shortwave Club Winter Radio Rally is taking place on the 26 January at The Festival Hall, Caistor Road in Market Rasen. The doors open at 10am and admission is £3. Hot refreshments and ample free car parking will be available. The cost for a table is £10. To book, please contact Steve Burke, […]
Special Events News – 12 January 2025
The South African Radio League, or SARL, is enjoying its 100th anniversary in 2025. To celebrate the occasion, the SARL Centenary Marathon QSO Party began at 0000UTC on the 1 January and will run until 2359UTC on the 31 December 2025. Throughout the year, the League, with the aid of its members and associated clubs, […]
DX News – 12 January 2025
Thierry, TK1CX is active in Cameroon until February 2025. In his spare time, he is QRV as TJ/TK1CX on the 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m bands. He operates mainly using FT8 with a solar power supply. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL or via EA5ZD. Don, KW7R is active as V73KW from the […]
Contest News – 12 January 2025
Today, the 12 January, the RSGB Affiliated Societies 80 and 40m Datamodes Contest runs from 1300 to 1700UTC. Using PSK63 and RTTY on the 80 and 40m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday 14 January, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. Using FM on the […]
Propagation News – 12 January 2025
First, let’s take a look at last week’s solar activity. As predicted, the solar flux index declined to the 160s. We had one X-class solar flare on the 4 January and there have been 11 M-class flares since then. The net result was that the ionosphere was unsettled from the 4 to the 6 January […]
Tonight@8: The GB2RS News service
The RSGB’s first Tonight@8 webinar of 2025 will stream live on Monday, 6 January. The presentation gives you a behind-the-scenes insight into the RSGB’s GB2RS News service, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The team of presenters includes GB2RS News Manager Steve Richards, G4HPE and RadCom Managing Editor Ed O’Neill, M0TZX who explain […]
