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Rallies and Events News – 27 November 2016
We are not aware of any rallies taking place today. The final rallies in the 2016 diary take place next weekend, 3 and 4 December. The South Lancs Winter Rally is on Saturday, 3 December at Bickershaw Labour Club, Bickershaw Lane, Bickershaw, Wigan WN2 5TE. The venue has disabled facilities and car parking on site. […]
DX News – 27 November 2017
Alan, K0AV will operate as ZD8V from Ascension Island, IOTA reference AF-003, until 1 December. Activity will be mainly on CW and QSLs go via the home call. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. Tim, NL8F and Paula, NX1P will be on Norfolk Island, OC-005 until 3 December. They will use the […]
Special Event News – 27 November 2017
Members of ARRL Headquarters staff will be on the air as W1T from 28 November to 4 December, in honour of Mark Twain’s 181st birthday. On the 30 November, Twain’s actual birthday, the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut has granted permission for a special event station to be set up in the […]
Contest News – 27 November 2016
The CQWW DX CW Contest takes place for the entire 48 hours of this weekend, the 26th and 27th. It will undoubtedly keep the HF bands busy, although declining solar activity will probably mean patchy and short-lived propagation on 10m. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, which […]
Propagation News – 27 November 2016
This week NOAA, and us, got the HF propagation prediction wrong. The figures suggested that last weekend would be unsettled geomagnetically, but in fact conditions were actually much better. The K-index did eventually rise, but not until late Tuesday evening. The prediction for this weekend, as you either read or hear this report, remains uncertain […]
News for England Midlands – 27 November 2017
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Worksop Amateur Radio Society is helping Bassetlaw Scouts with their Electronics Badge Day today. The Intermediate course continues this evening and next Sunday. On Tuesday there’s a club night plus the UKAC, and Thursday sees a technical night with construction, Morse training, radio operation and […]
