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Rallies and Events News – 6 October 2024
The 49th Welsh Radio Rally is taking place today, the 6 October, at Llanwern High School, Hartridge Farm Road in Newport. Traders can gain access from 7am and the doors are open for visitors from 9.30am. The entrance fee is £3 per person and free parking is available. For more information email Mike Rackham, GW4JKV […]
Special Events News – 6 October 2024
Special callsign PH80LIB will be in use from various locations until the 10 November to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944. Activity will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via the Bureau. See QRZ.com for more information. OR100LGE […]
DX News – 6 October 2024
Michal, OM2DX is active as TO2DX from Reunion Island, AF-016, until tomorrow the 7 October. He is operating CW, RTTY and FT8 on the 60 to 10m bands. QSL via OM2DX. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and Logbook of the World. Gunter, DK2WH is active again as V51WH, and V55Y in contests from […]
Contest News – 6 October 2024
The Oceania DX SSB Contest started at 0600UTC on Saturday 5 October and ends at 0600UTC today, Sunday 6 October. Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The RSGB October 432MHz to 245GHz Contest started at 1400UTC on Saturday 5 October and […]
Propagation News – 6 October 2024
In the first week of October, the 10m band began to show what it is capable of. With a solar flux index in the high 200s and calm geomagnetic conditions, DX was plentiful. Nick, VK9DX on Norfolk Island was audible on SSB all morning on Wednesday 2 October and only wanted to work G stations. […]
RSGB 2024 Convention: still time to book
With just two weeks until the RSGB Convention, this year’s event is the place to go if you are interested in anything and everything to do with amateur radio. There will be a host of expert speakers presenting on topics ranging from sporadic E, and how to use AI to write amateur radio applications, to […]
