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Rallies and Events News – 8 July 2018
The Stockport Radio Society Rally takes place today, the 8th, at Walthew House, 112 Shaw Heath, Stockport SK2 6SQ. Car parking is available around the venue and a talk-in station will be on the air. Doors open at 10am, with disabled visitors gaining access at 9.30am. Entry is £2. There will be trade stands, special […]
DX News – 8 July 2018
Manfred, DL5FAB will be active as FY/DL5FAB/P from French Guiana until the 13th of July, operating on HF with CW and FT8. He is planning also to operate from one of the Salute Islands, IOTA reference SA-020. QSL via bureau or eQSL. Bruce, 3W3B will be active as XW4XR from Laos from the 11th to […]
Special Events News – 8 July 2018
FIFA Football World Cup marathon station MB18FIFA will be on the air on Thursday from the Aberwystwyth and District Radio Society. The station will be on the HF, 6m, 4m and 2m bands, and also working via satellites. On Saturday, the 300th anniversary of the Founding of New Orleans will be marked by N30, operating […]
Contest News – 8 July 2018
The RSGB VHF National Field Day is in progress. Running from 1400UTC on Saturday to 1400UTC on Sunday, all modes can be used on all bands between 50MHz and 1.3GHz. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today also sees the 3rd 2m Backpackers contest, running from 1100UTC to 1500UTC, overlapping the last […]
Propagation News – 8 July 2018
The 2018 Baker Island DXpedition has now concluded. As we said last week, the path from the UK to the Pacific is a difficult one, but plenty of UK amateurs did manage to make a contact with KH7Z. Twenty and seventeen metres did indeed prove to be the best bands, but on the whole it […]
News for England Midlands – 8 July 2018
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net today and next Sunday from 10am on 145.575MHz. On Wednesday there’s a club night and Thursday sees an open net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Contact Rob McCracken, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Lincoln Short Wave […]
