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Rallies and Events News – 23 September 2018

| September 21, 2018

On 28 and 29 September the National Hamfest is at the Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 2NY. The venue has free car parking and has disabled facilities. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy, car boot area, flea market, special interest groups and a huge RSGB book stall. There will […]

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DX News – 23 September 2018

| September 21, 2018

Chris, VE6CMV will be active in the CQWW RTTY contest on 28 and 29 September as VO2VC, which CQ zone two, Labrador. He will be operating in the low power, single op, on 20m only using a delta loop antenna and 100W. Outside of the contest he will be active from 27 September to 4 […]

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Special Events News – 23 September 2018

| September 21, 2018

Celebrating 100 years of the RAF, GB100RAF will be operating from the Air Defence Radar Museum at RAF Neatshead in Norfolk this Sunday, the 23rd. QSL cards require an SAE only to RAFARS, RAF Cosford, WV7 3EX. North Bristol ARC has been invited by Avon Valley Railway to set up a two stations on the […]

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Contest News – 23 September 2018

| September 21, 2018

Over this weekend the UK and EI Contest Club Contest DX ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 23rd. Using SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and district code. This Sunday, the 23rd, the Practical Wireless 70MHz contest runs from 1200 to 1600UTC. Using […]

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Propagation News – 23 September 2018

| September 21, 2018

First, the sunspot reported a few weeks ago as possibly being from the new sunspot cycle 25 was in fact from cycle 24. Although it had a reverse magnetic polarity signature than other cycle 24 spots, scientists now say that its low solar latitude means it was not from the new cycle. Scientists are also […]

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News for England Midlands – 23 September 2018

| September 21, 2018

We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net on 145.575MHz this Sunday and next Sunday at 10am, and also on Thursday at 8pm. Wednesday sees their club night. Contact Rob, G6EIH on 0781 214 6333. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has its net this […]

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