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Special Events News – 9 November 2014
Worksop Amateur Radio Society will be operating GB0CIN promoting BBC Children in Need. The event will be running from 8am Friday 14 November, non-stop for 36 hours through to 8pm on Saturday 15 November. On the Friday evening there will be a variety of fundraising events being held at the clubhouse, 59/61 West Street, Worksop, […]
DX News – 9 November 2014
DL7DF will be on holiday in Senegal until 13 November, operating slash 6W. Operations are on the 10 to 160m bands using CW, SBB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via DL7DF, direct or by the DARC Bureau. RV3MA will be operational from Morocco as CN2MA until 1 December. QSL via UA2FM. K5KUA be on the […]
Contest News – 9 November 2014
The WAE DX RTTY ends at 23.59 today, 9 November, after being on the air for 48 hours. It’s the last of this year’s WAE series. Everyone can work everyone. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number. Tuesday the 11th sees the 432MHz UK Activity Contest running from […]
Propagation News – 9 November 2014
The sun remains peppered with sunspots, although they are all relatively small. A larger group, number 2205, appeared around the limb last Wednesday and will be Earth-facing this week. This could be the source of more solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Solar wind stream enhancements contributed to elevated geomagnetic activity at high latitudes last […]
Extra 1MHz on 2m now active for experimenters
Friday, 31 October marked the start of the 146 to 147MHz experiment in the UK. The band is only available to UK Full licensees, via a Notice of Variation You can apply for your NoV via the RSGB website. The additional spectrum has been made available on a temporary basis to encourage amateurs to experiment […]
Confusion over Cornish K prefix
The RSGB has received a significant number of enquiries expressing confusion and concern about the unexpected allocation of the secondary prefix “K” for Cornwall. As a result, the Board has written to Ofcom asking them to review their decision and consult on the changes that they are proposing.
