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Special Events News 11 May 2014
Dengie Hundred ARS will be active on the HF bands, mainly 40m and 2m, with GB0SMA for the annual Stow Maries Vintage Fly-In today, 11 May, from 10am until 6pm each day. More information on QRZ.com Farnborough and District Radio Society will be operating their Mills on the Air Station, GB2EM, from Elstead Mill, Surrey […]
DX News 11 May 2014
JA1SVP and JR1GSE will be on the air from Palau, IOTA reference OC-009, as T88FA and T88TH respectively between 16 and 19 May. QSL each operator via their home callsign. ZS6AYU will be on the air from Botswana as A25GF between 16 and 18 May. Activity will be holiday style on 10 to 40 metres […]
Contest News 11 May 2014
Today, Sunday, 11 May, the 70MHz CW contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. Tuesday is the 432MHz UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesdays the data leg of the 80m club […]
Propagation News 11 May 2014
Every day a new sunspot region appeared, some small, some much larger and complex. Solar activity was low until a M1 class solar flare took on the 6th and the 7th, which increased activity to moderate. Meanwhile, at the opposite side of the Sun a large sunspot region was rotating into view and on the […]
New training resources list on RSGB website
The RSGB website now has a new webpage designed to provide a comprehensive list of useful training resources for both trainers and students. It can be found at www.rsgb.org/main/clubs-training/training-resources. Anyone wishing to add further links or material should contact Steve Hartley, G0FUW by e-mail to tec.chairman@rsgb.org.uk.
Two amateurs to activate 27 Scottish Islands
Alex, G0DHZ, will team up with Andre, GM3VLB to spend three weeks activating Scottish Islands. Their list consists of around 27 separate islands and they will get to as many as possible in the three weeks. Operations will be on SSB and CW with 14257kHz as a regular spot for SSB. QSLs for GM3VLB should […]
