Archive for May, 2026
Special Events News – 17 May 2026
The Cornish Radio Amateur Club is active from Pendennis Point in Cornwall until the end of May with special event callsign GB1SOS in support of SOS Radio month. Look out for activity each Sunday on the 40 and 20m bands using SSB. Special event station SP100CVO is active to mark the 100th anniversary of the […]
DX News – 17 May 2026
Harald, DF2WO is active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso until Tuesday, 19 May. He operates using CW, SSB and FT modes on various HF bands and via the QO-100 satellite. QSL via OQRS. Pascal, F8NQV is active as CN2NQV from Morocco until 11 July. The station has been spotted recently on the 20, 17 […]
Contest News – 17 May 2026
The RSGB 144MHz May Contest started at 1400UTC yesterday, 16 May, and ends at 1400UTC today, 17 May. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. UK stations also send their postcode. Today, 17 May, the RSGB 1st 144MHz Backpackers Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC. Using […]
Propagation News – 17 May 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 14 May We hate to start the report on a negative note but we are about to experience unsettled geomagnetic conditions over the next few days. The culprit is a large coronal hole on the Sun, which rotated into an Earth-facing position on Thursday, 14 May. This large […]
News for England Midlands – 17 May 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 – 17 May 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 […]
