Archive for April, 2026
DX News – 12 April 2026
Suvarna, VU3OPT is active as 3B9N from Rodrigues Island, AF-017, until Wednesday, 20 May. He operates using CW and has been spotted on the 20, 15 and 10m bands. Visit 9n7ga.com for more information. Herman, YB3GIH is operating as 3X/YB3GIH from Boffa in Guinea until June. He operates using SSB on the 20 and 15m […]
Contest News – 12 April 2026
RSGB FT4 International Activity Day started at 1200UTC yesterday, 11 April, and ends at 1200UTC today, 12 April. Using FT4 on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report. Tomorrow, 13 April, the RSGB 80m Club Championship runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, the […]
Propagation News – 12 April 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 9 April, 2026. After a pretty stormy run-up to Easter, from a geomagnetic disturbance point of view, the Sun has been quieter. In fact, the Kp index has been below 3 all week. Unfortunately, the solar flux index has also declined, standing at 108 on Thursday, 9 April. The […]
News for England Midlands – 12 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 – 12 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. Barnsley and […]
New RSGB Intruder Watch Coordinator
The RSGB had announced that Vaughan Ravenscroft, M0VRR has stepped down as its Intruder Watch Coordinator. Ian Suart, GM4AUP has taken on this role, in addition to being the OAS Coordinator. The RSGB Monitoring System, more popularly known as Intruder Watch, forms part of the IARU Monitoring System. It submits reports of non-amateur transmissions heard on […]
