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DX News – 17 October 2021

| October 15, 2021

John, W2GD will be active as P40W from Aruba, SA-036, between the 18th and 25th of October. QSL via Logbook of The World, or direct only to N2MM. A team will be active as 3DA0WW from Eswatini, or Swaziland, until the 26th of October. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 using Fox & […]

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Special Events News – 17 October 2021

| October 15, 2021

From the 25th of October, British Railways ARS members Mark, G1PIE and Pam, 2E1HQY will be operating GB0LMR as part of the 55th anniversary year. Operations will be from Preston in Lancashire and 40m will be the main band. More information available on the website. From the 6th of October through to the 2nd of […]

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Contest News – 17 October 2021

| October 15, 2021

When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. This weekend, the Worked All Germany contest ends its 24-hour run at 1500UTC today, the 17th. Using SSB and CW on the contest bands between 3.5 and 28MHz, the exchange is signal report and serial number. German stations […]

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Propagation News – 17 October 2021

| October 15, 2021

Last week saw a mixed bag in terms of HF propagation with good conditions at times, but horrendous conditions mid week after a coronal mass ejection saw the Kp index shoot up to six. Matter from the CME, which was accompanied by an M1.6 solar flare on the 9th of October, hit the Earth in […]

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News for England Midlands – 17 October 2021

| October 15, 2021

Burton Amateur Radio Club meets on Wednesday at 7.30pm. There are nets on 145.575MHz at 10am on Sundays and Thursdays at 8pm. Monday sees slow CW training from 11am on 14.055MHz. Barry, M0ISZ, 01283 540570. Kettering & District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 10am on Sundays. On Tuesday there is a meeting […]

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News for England North – 17 October 2021

| October 15, 2021

Angel of the North Amateur Radio Club in partnership with Tyneside Amateur Radio Society meets every Monday from 7pm in Whitehall Road Methodist Church Hall. Please ring both bells for entry. Zoom club meetings have moved to Tuesday nights. Nancy, G7UUR 0799 076 0920. The Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society meets weekly at the […]

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