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Rallies and Events News – 30 November 2014
The final rallies of the year are on 6th and 7th December. The South Lancs Winter Rally will take place on 6 December at the Bickershaw Labour Club, Bickershaw Lane, Bickershaw, Wigan WN2 5TE. Doors open at 9am for visitors, with traders having access from 7.30am. Admission is £2 and there will be trade stands […]
Special Events News – 30 November 2014
From the 5th to 9th December, the RAF Amateur Radio Society will be operating VP8RAF/100 and VP8FIR/100 from Falkland Islands to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Falklands in WW1. Details can be found at www.rafars.org In the UK the Royal Navy ARS are also putting on an special event station on 8th […]
DX News – 30 November 2014
W8GEX and W8CAA will be active as C6ADX and C6AYL respectively, from the Island of Exuma, NA-001, until 3rd December. Listen out for them on the 10 to 160m bands using SSB and RTTY. QSL to their home callsigns. K9EL will once again be operational stroke FS from St Martin, NA-105, until 2nd December. Activity […]
Contest News – 30 November 2014
One of the last big contests of the year, the CW World Wide DX contest, ends at 2359 today, the 30th, after running for 48 hours. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. Some rarely activated countries will be on the air. The exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, which is 14 […]
Propagation News – 30 November 2014
The sun remained peppered with smaller sunspots this week, driving the solar flux index to a peak of 169. This kept the ham bands humming, with the maximum useable frequency easily above 28MHz on many paths during the daytime. Night-time highs reached 10MHz at times on longer paths, but 7MHz and 3.5MHz have both been […]
New Youth Committee Chairman
The RSGB is pleased to announce that Michael Jones, 2E0MLJ has been appointed to be the first chair of the new Youth Committee. He is 17 and received his amateur radio training at Callington Community College with Callington ARS by Keith Harris, G1FMU. He is now studying Forensic Science and Criminal Psychology at City College […]
