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DX News – 15 September 2019
The Latvian team on Nauru between 16 to 25 September will be signing C21WW instead of C21W. Tina, HB0/DL5YL and Fred, HB0/DL5YM will be active from Masescha, Liechtenstein from 20 September to 5 October. They will operate CW, plus RTTY during the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest and maybe some SSB on the 160 to […]
Special Events News – 15 September 2019
Thames Amateur Radio Club will operate GB2MFM this Sunday, the 15th, to raise awareness of military sites, particularly in Essex and Kent. GB2MFM will be at a WWII pill box at Wat Tyler Country Park, near Basildon. This month marks the centenary of radio in the Cambridge area. As well as a celebration day to […]
Contest News – 15 September 2019
It’s a very busy time for contests this weekend. The WAE DX SSB contest runs for 48 hours this weekend ending at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 15th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. EU stations only work non-EU stations. The UK Microwave Group contest runs from […]
Propagation News – 15 September 2019
It was a quiet week, geomagnetically speaking, with the Kp index generally not rising above two. But a lack of sunspots didn’t help HF propagation, which was decidedly uninspiring. There were some highlights though, mostly on FT8. Columbia was decoded on Wednesday evening on 15 metres at a time when CW and SSB users might […]
British success in FoxO competition
Tuesday was the first race in the European Radio O Championships in Slovenia. This race was the FoxO competition, where the hidden transmitters are roughly indicated by a circle on the map. The competitor has to orienteer to the area of the circle and then use radio direction finding to locate the hidden transmitter. There […]
New exam sample questions released
As promised last week, the RSGB has just released documents with sample questions for every syllabus item in the Foundation and Intermediate exams. These new resources will provide additional help to tutors and candidates as they prepare for the exams under Syllabus 2019. The Society has also published a sample optical marking sheet to demonstrate […]
