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Also in GB2RS this week…
Following the success of KW Days earlier in the year, it’s back again. The first weekend of January, the 3rd and 4th, marks the anniversary of Britain’s most successful amateur radio manufacturing company in 1956. Collectors, ex-employees, clubs and friends of KW will be active on AM on the VMARS channels and SSB throughout the […]
Rallies and Events News – 28 December 2014
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week. The first rallies of the New Year are on 18 January when the Hatherleigh Rally will open in Devon at 10am and the Red Rose Winter Rally will open at 11am in Manchester. More details will be in 2015. The latest list […]
Special Events News – 28 December 2014
The Santa Claus stations, OH9SCL for Santa Claus Land and OF9X for Old Father Nine Xmas are on the air. Principal radio activity will be over the weekends after Christmas around 25kHz from the band edges and the SSB pole position is at 14.225MHz. The My DX Summit website will feature OH9SCL and OF9X on […]
DX News – 28 December 2014
KK6BT will be activating Raivavae Island, OC-114, in the Austral Islands group. He plans to be on the air from 5 to 11 January operating exclusively SSB, using the 10 to 40m bands, including WARC bands. K4KGG will be active stroke VP9 from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, NA-005, between 31 December and 5 January. Operations will […]
Contest News – 28 December 2014
For anyone wanting a good excuse to disappear into the shack, the Christmas Cumulatives are still taking place for 2 hours a day until the 29th. 6m, 4m, 2m and 70cm are in use each day, so band hopping is essential if you want to do well. Operations take place from 1400 to 1600UTC each […]
Propagation News – 28 December 2014
Due to the festive break this week’s HF forecast is being prepared earlier than normal, which makes it harder to predict solar conditions. What we can say is that the sun is likely to remain very active, with a high probability of solar flares and attendant coronal mass ejections. This week NOAA predicts the solar […]
