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DX News – 17 December 2017
John, N9MDH will be in Togo as 5V7JE until the end of May. Main activity will be digimodes on the WARC bands. Volker, DJ8VW will be active as 5P8VW from Romo Island, IOTA reference EU-125, until 23 December. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the 160 to 6m bands. QSLs are preferred via […]
Special Event News – 17 December 2017
The main special event station news is GB17YOTA, for Youngsters on the Air month. This call sign will be aired by clubs up and down the country during the month of December. This Sunday, the 17th, will see Durham and District ARS operating the call sign. This is followed from the 20th to the 22nd […]
Contest News – 17 December 2017
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon continues. There are no set operating times, just work as many locator squares as you can. You can upload your log as many times as you like, while you build your score. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the […]
Propagation News – 17 December 2017
Last week, the solar flux index nudged into the low 70s, although the Sun remained spotless. The enhanced solar wind from a coronal hole pushed the K-index to four, and it remained around three for long periods during the week. So these were far from ideal conditions for F2 layer DX on the higher bands, […]
News for England Midlands – 17 December 2017
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Burton Amateur Radio Club has its net this Sunday, Thursday and next Sunday on 145.575MHz from 7.30pm. On Wednesday there’s a shack night. Contact Mike Lewis, M0XMX, on 0785 068 5961. Wythall Radio Club has its regular net at 8pm this Sunday and next Sunday […]
News for England North – 17 December 2017
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Denby Dale Radio Club has its net via GB3HD from 10.30am this Sunday and next Sunday. On Wednesday it’s the Christmas party. Details from Darran, G0BWB, on 0797 442 3227. On Tuesday Stockport Radio Society is holding its AGM and social evening on Tuesday. Friday […]
