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| March 18, 2022

Now in its 20th year, SOS Radio Week celebrates the work of the volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), National Coastwatch Institution and, in 2022, the many independent lifeboat and rescue organisations around our coasts. SOS Radio Week 2022 starts at 0000UTC on 1 May 2022 and concludes at 2359UTC on 31 May […]

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Rallies and Events News – 20 March 2022

| March 18, 2022

The Callington ARS Rally takes place on the 27th of March. It will be held in Callington Town Hall. A date for your diary next. The National Hamfest will take place on the 14th and 15th of October at the Newark Showground NG24 2NY. Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible […]

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DX News – 20 March 2022

| March 18, 2022

Gianpi, IK1TTD will be active as 3A/IK1TTD from Monaco between the 25th and 27th of March. Main activity will be during the CQ WorldWide WPX SSB Contest. QSL via his home call, direct or via the bureau. Helmut, DF7EE will be active again as CT9/DF7EE from Madeira, AF- 014, from the 22nd of March until […]

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Contest News – 20 March 2022

| March 18, 2022

This weekend the BARTG HF RTTY Contest ends its 48-hour run at 0159UTC on the 21st. Using the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is serial number and time in UTC. The all-mode SHF UK Activity Contest takes place on Tuesday between 1930 and 2230UTC. Using the 1.2 […]

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Special Events News – 20 March 2022

| March 18, 2022

Celebrating twenty years of the Summits on the Air programme, GB20SOTA will be active from a Welsh SOTA summit until the 26th of March. QSL via the bureau, or direct to M1EYP. Frans, PC2F will be active as PF01MAX until the 20th of November, over the twenty-two Grand Prix weekends of this year’s FIA Formula […]

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Propagation News – 20 March 2022

| March 18, 2022

Well, what a mixed week of solar activity we have just had. Last week, we forecast that we could expect unsettled geomagnetic conditions over the last weekend, but we didn’t expect to see the Kp index hit six. Sunday the 13th saw ground-based magnetometers hit hard with at least 15 hours of unsettled conditions, when […]

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