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Rallies and Events News – 1 March 2020
This Sunday, 1 March, the Exeter Radio and Electronics Rally will be held in America Hall, De la Rue Way, Pinhoe, Exeter EX4 8PW. Doors open at 10.30am, 10.15am for disabled visitors, and admission £2 with under 16s free. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy and catering is available on-site. Details from Pete, G3ZVI […]
DX News – 1 March 2018
Rudi, DK7PE will be active as CP6/DK7PE from Santa Cruz, Bolivia until 6 March. He will operate CW with a focus on the low bands. QSL via his home call, direct or via the bureau. Yuri, R2DY, Pavel, R2DX and Eugene, RW3FB will be active as EX0QR from the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in […]
Special Events News – 1 March 2020
We have received no details of special event stations operating this week.
Contest News – 1 March 2020
On Monday, the 80 Club Championships take place between 2000 and 2130UTC using datamodes only. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC, using FM only. It is immediately followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange […]
Propagation News – 1 March 2020
Interest in the VP8PJ DXpedition to the South Orkney Islands remains high. The team has now been on the island for one week and many UK amateurs have worked them. At the moment, it looks like beams and linears are the norm for a reliable contact, although they have been heard in the UK on […]
New distance record on the 122GHz band
Using low power silicon chips with barely a milliwatt, an astonishing new world record of 139km has been achieved on the 122GHz millimetre wave amateur band. The distance record set in the California mountains is particularly notable as this frequency suffers from severe atmospheric losses due to an oxygen molecular resonance that add to significant […]
