Archive for April, 2026
Special Events News – 5 April 2026
Godalming Museum in Surrey is hosting special event station GB2MGY on Saturday, 11 April from 11am to 2pm. The station is operating to celebrate the birthday of Jack Phillips, one of the Morse operators on the Titanic. Visitors to the museum can learn Morse code and send a message to earn a certificate. Find out […]
DX News – 5 April 2026
The Ramsbury Amateur Radio DX Group will be active as GB1RY during the first two weekends in April from the disused USAAF Ramsbury for Airfields on the Air. The team will be operating using CW, FT8 and SSB on the 40 to 10m bands. Paul, WA4PAW is active as C6APS from Great Abaco, A-080, in […]
Contest News – 5 April 2026
The SP DX CW and SSB Contest started at 1500UTC yesterday, 4 April, and ends at 1500UTC today, 5 April. Using CW and SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Polish stations also send their province code. Today, 5 April, The UK Microwave […]
Propagation News – 5 April 2026
Over the last week we have had a fair sprinkling of sunspots, along with some enormous coronal holes, including one almost rectangular hole. Coronal holes are lower energy areas on the Sun with open magnetic field lines, allowing solar plasma to flow out. Geomagnetic conditions have mainly been settled, with the Kp index hitting a […]
News for England Midlands – 5 April 2026
Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The club meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 868 221 for more information. On Mondays […]
News for England North – 5 April 2026
The OPS-2m-NW Net is a regular VHF simplex net for licensed amateur radio operators across North West England, organised and run by the M0KKN Club. The net takes place fortnightly on 145.500MHz at 7.30pm. Operators are asked to QSY as directed by the net controller. All licence levels are welcome to join in. On Thursday, […]
