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Special Events News – 16 February 2014
This weekend there will be stations operating for Thinking Day on the Air using special GB100 callsigns celebrating 100 years of the Brownies. Amongst those operating will be GB100EDG for Easingwold District Guides, GB100LB for Llandovery Brownies, GB100WB with Wingerworth Brownies and GB100SWD for Scarborough West Division Brownies. Keep a listen out for these stations […]
DX News – 16 February 2014
A team will be activating the Azores until 3 March including the ARRL DX Contest, both CW and SSB, and the CQ 160m SSB Contest. A variety of callsigns will be used such as CR2A and CR2X in contests, and CU2KG and CU2KH otherwise. W5JON, who also holds the call V47JA, will be on the […]
Contest News – 16 February 2014
The ARRL International DX Contest ends at 2359 tonight, 16 January having run for a full 48 hours. Work the USA contiguous 48 States and Canada only, giving a signal report and your transmit power. US/Canadian stations give a signal report and their State/Province code. This is the CW leg of the event. On Tuesday […]
Propagation News – 16 February 2014
Solar activity was moderate to high, with multiple M-class flares an almost daily occurrence, in addition to numerous C-class flares. However, although a number of coronal mass ejections were reported none of them proved to have a substantial Earth-directed component. As predicted, the solar flux declined, from 178 on the 7th to 167 on the […]
Centenary Challenge Certificates
The Centenary Challenge finished at the end of 2013. Downloadable certificates are now available, free of charge, for all Amateurs who worked 16 Regions/Bands or more as recorded on the online leaderboard. Go to www.rsgb.org/leaderboardcert to claim your certificate.
Centenary Award and Centenary Challenge Winners
The Centenary Award and Centenary Challenge were created to stimulate operating throughout the Centenary year and introduce amateurs to some of the RSGB operating awards. Particular congratulations go to the winners of the special Commemorative Plaques that will awarded, at the AGM, to those who achieved the highest overall scores in the Centenary Award submitted […]
