GB2RS
Also in GB2RS this week…
SOS Radio Week in January saw many stations on the air raising money for the RNLI. If you worked one of the stations, don’t forget to apply for the Worked SOS Radio Week award. Full details can be found on the website, www.sosradioweek.org.uk. Over £16,000 has been raised to date and the RNLI have asked […]
Rallies and Events News – 23 March 2014
There are no rallies taking place over the weekend of 29 or 30 March. But the following weekend has several in the diary. On 6 April, the 51st Northern Amateur Radio Societies Association Exhibition will be held in the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre, Blackpool FY2 9AA. Doors open at 10.30am, or 15 minutes earlier for […]
Special Events News – 23 March 2014
Worcester Radio Amateur Association will put GB1PER on the air on 29 and 30 March for the annual Airfields on the Air operation. This will take place on the grounds of the former Royal Air Force base at Perdiswell where the Kings Flight was based during the Second World War. GB1PER will be on the […]
DX News – 23 March 2014
N5JC and N5JR will be active stroke HH2 from Haiti, NA-096, between 25 March and 1 April. Activity will be on the 6 to 160m bands with a focus on CW, RTTY and the 30, 17 and 12m bands. QSL both callsigns via N5JR direct, via the bureau or electronically using Logbook of the World. […]
Contest News – 23 March 2014
On Tuesday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Tuesday the SHF UK Activity contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using the 2.3 to 10GHz bands and all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. […]
Propagation News – 23 March 2014
Despite a large number of sunspot groups visible, up to nine on some days, solar activity was only at low levels with numerous C class solar flares taking place every day. On the 20th the only M class solar flare took place; this occurred from a new sunspot group that had just rotated into view. […]
