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Rallies and Events News – 20 March 2016

| March 18, 2016

Sunday, the 20th, the 31st Wythall RC Rally will take place at the Wythall Radio Club HQ, Wythall Park, Silver St, Wythall B47 6LZ. The venue has car parking as well as disabled facilities. Doors open at 9.30/10am and admission is £3.50. There will be trade stands as well as a licensed bar and catering […]

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DX News – 20 March 2016

| March 18, 2016

Herbert, DK2BR is operating holiday style from Con Son Island, Vietnam, until 26 March with the call sign 3W2BR. This is IOTA reference AS-130. He will be on the 10 to 40m bands using SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Send QSL cards direct to his home call sign. Hiro, JA6WFM, will be active in Tonga as […]

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Special Event News – 20 March 2016

| March 18, 2016

Between 26 March and 22 April, Harlow and District Amateur Radio Society will be activating GB0HAF from Hunsdon Airfield for RAFARS Airfields on the Air. Operation will be on HF and 2m and on various days. More details available on qrz.com or from Colin, by email to g0mgu@hotmail.co.uk Special event stations in Russia will be […]

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Contest News – 20 March 2016

| March 18, 2016

The 24 hours of the Russian DX Contest ends at 1200UTC today, the 20th. There are numerous entry categories, for single- and multi-band, single- and multi-mode, multi-op, various power levels, clubs, and so on. An interesting aspect of this event is the possibility of submitting two single-band entries, for example 15m and 80m. Work everyone […]

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Propagation News – 20 March 2016

| March 18, 2016

This week has seen continued geomagnetic storms, thanks to a high-speed solar wind stream flowing from a geo-effective coronal hole on the sun’s surface. As we predicted, last weekend was reasonably settled, but then it all went pear shaped. The K-index hit five on Tuesday night, and five again on Wednesday night, this time remaining […]

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News for England Midlands – 20 March 2016

| March 18, 2016

Sunday, the 20th, Midland Amateur Radio Society has a visit to the Wythall Radio Rally and on Wednesday there is a general meeting with the shack on the air and training classes. Details from Norman, G8BHE, on 07808 078 003. Sunday, the 20th, South Birmingham Radio Society Club has a stand at the Wythall Rally. […]

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