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Special Events News – 17 February 2019
Members of Radio Club F6KMB will be active as TM6C until 24 March during the traditional Dunkirk Carnival. QSL via F6KMB.
Contest News – 17 February 2019
The ARRL International DX contest ends its 48 hour run at 2459UTC this Sunday, the 17th. Using CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and transmit power. American and Canadian stations will also send their state or province details. On Tuesday, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 […]
Propagation News – 17 February 2019
We had another spotless week as the Sun continued its decline into solar minimum. Geomagnetic conditions were varied with the beginning of week seeing the Kp index hitting one and two. But this didn’t last due to ongoing coronal hole activity, which saw the Kp index climb to three and four by Wednesday, the 13th, […]
New IOTA first activation
A new Islands on the Air (IOTA) island, Inakari Island, EU192, is being activated by a small international team for the first time. It will be on the air until Monday, 11 February 2019 at 0600UTC. Kataja/Inakari Island was added to the official IOTA list last year. Martti, OH2BH; Nigel, G3TXF; Niko, OH2GEK and Gerben, […]
Cambridgeshire Train the Trainers
A Train the Trainers course is being organised and hosted by Huntingdon Amateur Radio Society for 30 March 2019. It will take place in Buckden, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. If you wish to reserve a place then please contact the organiser, David Howlett, by email to secretary@hunts-hams.co.uk. He will be able to give you further details […]
Next weekend it’s Thinking Day on the Air
Thinking Day on the Air takes place next weekend, 16 and 17 February 2019. A list of known stations is displayed on the website. Currently, as well as UK stations, Guides and Scouts are taking part from Canada, USA, and the Netherlands. Please send in station details via the website or to lizowl@gmail.com. If you […]
