Archive for May, 2025
DX News – 11 May 2025
Roberto, IW7DEC will be active as PJ2/IW7DEC from Curacao, IOTA reference SA-099, until Wednesday 14 May. He’ll be active on 40m to 20m, FT8 and SSB. QSL available via his home call and Logbook of the World. Yuris, YL2GM continues to be active as ZS8W from Prince Edward and Marion Island, IOTA reference AF-021, until […]
Contest News – 11 May 2025
Today, Sunday 11 May, the UK Microwave Group Millimetre-wave Contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 24, 47 and 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Sunday 11 May, the 70MHz CW Contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using CW on the 4m band, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 11 May 2025
Active region 4079 turned out to be not quite so bad as we had predicted. The sunspot was large, about ten times the width of our Earth, so we expected it to be more active. It was regions 4081 and 4082 that produced most of the flare activity last week. Two filament eruptions also occurred […]
RSGB HQ Team and RSGB volunteers to attend Dayton Hamvention
Members of the RSGB HQ Team and RSGB volunteers will be attending the Dayton Hamvention between 16-18 May. Held at the Greene County Fairground in Xenia, Ohio, USA, the event is one of the world’s largest amateur radio gatherings and attracts radio amateurs from around the world. If you are attending, make sure you pop along […]
Don’t miss the next Tonight@8 webinar on 12 May
Don’t forget that the next RSGB Tonight@8 webinar is on Monday 12 May. Dr Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF and RSGB Propagation Studies Committee member Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL will present “Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation: Space Weather We Can Do Together”. The talk will cover some of the key findings of recent HamSCI research, what’s next for […]
News for England Midlands – 11 May 2025
Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month at the Bainbridge Hall, Bolsover, S44 6PX, from 8pm. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 20 May. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars. Contact Richard, G0RRZ on […]
