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Special Events News – 29 June 2014
Riviera ARC will be running GB8AFD on 29 June for National Armed Forces Day. The plan is, weather permitting, to run datamodes on HF. They may also be active on 2m FM. Causeway Coast and Glens ARC will be holding an on the air event from 1 to 7 July to help raise funds for […]
DX News – 29 June 2014
F5LMJ will be operational as TO5MJ from Guadeloupe, IOTA reference NA-102, between 7 and 17 July. Activity will be on the 10 to 40m bands using CW, SSB and the digital modes. Paper QSLs go via his home callsign or electronically using Logbook of the World. DO3MY will be operational as 6V1W from Senegal from […]
Contest News – 29 June 2014
This weekend, several contests are scheduled. The first is the UK Microwave group’s contest on the 5.7, 10 and 24GHz bands. It runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. From 0900 to 1200UTC it’s the 50MHz CW contest. The exchange is signal report, serial number […]
Propagation News – 29 June 2014
By the 24th only three sunspot regions were visible and these were only producing the occasional C-class solar flares most day. In fact, on the 22nd and the 25th solar activity declined to very low levels when no C class solar flares took place. In total 10 C class solar flares took place during the […]
Key ARRL speaker at AMSAT-UK Colloquium
QST magazine Editor and ARRL Publications Manager Steve Ford, WB8IMY will be giving a presentation to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, which takes place at the Holiday Inn in Guildford on Saturday on 26 July. Steve will talk about the satellite operations at the ARRL Headquarters station in Connecticut. The Colloquium is open to all […]
Schedule announced for 2m transatlantic attempt
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society’s Brendan Trophy for the first two-way transatlantic amateur communication has gone unclaimed for years. A determined effort is being made this summer by the Brendan Quest team in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Using 750W to a 30 metre long 43-element Yagi at 6 to 8.5m above ground level, the VC1T team […]
