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DX News – 18 February 2018
Members of Sandringham School Amateur Radio Club, led by Headmaster Alan, G4DJX, are in The Gambia operating as C5DX, with the visit ending on the 18th. Students have run a couple of pile ups at the time of writing and are doing well. QSLs go to G4DJX and logs will be uploaded to Logbook of […]
Special Event News – 18 February 2018
The 5th Paddock Wood Guides will taking part in GirlGuiding London and South East England’s Impact Big Sleepover on the 24 and 25 February near Sittingbourne, Kent. A special event station will operate on the 25th, GB5PWG for Paddock Wood Guides. GB4UKG, representing UK Guiding, will be on the air from Abermule School, Montgomery, Wales […]
Contest News – 18 February 2018
The ARRL International DX Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 18th. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and TX power. US stations will also send their state, and Canadian stations their province. On Tuesday, the IRTS 80m Counties Contest takes place from […]
Propagation News – 18 February 2018
Sunspot group 2699 threw a surprise last week when it unleashed a C-class solar flare and a coronal mass ejection. While we have got used to having coronal hole activity, CMEs have been less prevalent over the last few months. The CME and a coronal hole solar wind stream were predicted to reach Earth by […]
Gordon Adams, G3LEQ, SK
Sad news to start this week. Gordon Adams, G3LEQ passed away quietly last week. Gordon had held many posts within amateur radio including serving his fellow amateurs as the GB2RS News Service Manager for many years. He was also the RSGB Spectrum Director and a prime mover of the 5MHz experiment when that started. He […]
Four countries add 5MHz band
Lots of news this week for the 5MHz band. Following extensive discussions with their regulator, Czech amateurs can access both the new WRC-15 60m amateur secondary allocation of 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz and their existing 12 60m channels. The WRC-15 allocation is available on an individual permit basis, with a maximum power of 15W EIRP. The […]
