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The RSGB’s popular Tonight @ 8 webinar series takes a break in August 2024, but there are two great presentations lined up for the start of the autumn programme. On Monday, 2 September, Brian Coleman, G4NNS will give an update on the Meteor Beacon Project. The following month, on Monday, 7 October, there’s a chance […]
Rallies and Events News – 4 August 2024
Part 1 of the British Amateur Television Club Convention for Amateur TV 2024, also known as CAT 24, is taking place today, the 4 August, from 10am to 4pm. The venue is Midland Air Museum, Rowley Road, Coventry, CV3 4FR. The Convention provides opportunities for amateurs to meet, take part in show-and-tell activities, use test […]
Special Events News – 4 August 2024
International Cat Day is taking place on Thursday 8 August. To celebrate this, GB4CAT will be on the air from West Sussex from Thursday afternoon until the following Sunday evening. Activity will be on the HF bands, mainly on the 40m band, but the higher bands as well if they are open. As cats are […]
DX News – 4 August 2024
Tom, W1EAT, is active as W1EAT/VK4 from Hamilton Island, OC-160, until tomorrow the 5 August. He is operating QRP on the 20m band only. QSL via Logbook of the World or directly to Tom’s home call. Pierre, VK3KTB is active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island, NA-008, until the […]
Contest News – 4 August 2024
Today, the 4 August, the 432MHz Low Power Contest runs from 0800 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and two-letter postcode. On Tuesday 6 August, the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1855UTC. Using FM on the 2m band, the exchange is […]
Propagation News – 4 August 2024
We had another week of high solar flux but unsettled geomagnetic indices. The solar flux index, or SFI, was above 200 from the 27 July onwards. There was a worry that multiple coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, might push the Kp index up during the week. In the end, the Kp index didn’t rise above […]
