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Rallies and Events News – 13 October 2019
This Sunday, the 13th, is the final day of the RSGB 2019 Convention at Kent’s Hill Park training and conference centre, Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ—see rsgb.org/convention. This Sunday, the 13th, the Hornsea Amateur Radio Rally will be held in the Floral Hall, Hornsea HU18 1NQ. Doors open at 10am. Admission is £2, with under 14s […]
DX News – 13 October 2019
Members of the CAN-AM DXpedition Group will be active as TX7T from the Marquesas Islands, IOTA reference OC-027, until 17 November. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 in Fox and Hound mode on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL via M0URX’s OQRS and Logbook of The World. Rene, DL2JRM will be active as […]
Special Events News – 13 October 2019
Hartlepool ARC will be running Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) special event station GB0TVS on behalf of Tees Valley Scouts on 19 and 20 October. The station will operate from the Hartlepool Scout Centre, Brierton Lane, just off the A689. Activity will be on HF, VHF and UHF, and all visitors will be welcome. GB1NHS […]
Contest News – 13 October 2019
The Oceania DX CW contest ends its 24 hour run at 0800UTC this Sunday, the 13th. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. This Sunday, the 13th, the IRTS 40m Counties Contest runs from 1200 to 1400UTC using CW and SSB, the exchange is signal report and […]
Propagation News – 13 October 2019
We had a mixed bag of HF propagation over the last seven days, although Monday saw maximum usable frequencies over a 3,000km path climb above 21MHz. Conditions were less good on Thursday morning, mainly due to an elevated Kp index, which reached four thanks to an enhanced solar wind with a south-facing Bz component. There […]
Devon school to contact ISS
Bampton School in East Devon will make their contact with the International Space Station on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 at 13.51. They will be operating as GB4BPS and contacting NA1SS on the station, speaking to Drew Morgan, KI5AAA. The downlink signals on 145.800MHz FM will be audible in many parts of Europe.
