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Rallies and Events News – 10 December 2017
We have no rallies in the diary before Christmas. But, on 29 December, the Yeovil Amateur Radio Club Table Top Rally will take place at Sparkford Village Hall, Church Road, Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7JN.
DX News – 10 December 2017
Lester, W8YCM is on the air until January 2018 as 6Y6Y from Westmoreland Parish at Negril, Jamaica, IOTA reference NA-097. Activity is holiday style on various HF bands. QSL direct to home call. Elvira, IV3FSG is on the air as E44YL from Bethlehem until 18 December. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB, […]
Special Event News – 10 December 2017
The main special event station news is GB17YOTA, for Youngsters on the Air month. This call sign will be aired by clubs up and down the country during the month of December. This Sunday, the 10th, sees Mid-Ulster ARC operating it. The King’s School Radio Club in Ottery St Mary, Devon takes up the mantle […]
Contest News – 10 December 2017
This weekend’s ARRL 10m contest ends its run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 10th. Using CW and phone only, the exchange is signal report and serial number. American and Canadian stations will also exchange their state or province code. On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2000UTC. It is immediately followed […]
Propagation News – 10 December 2017
Last week, the effects of the high-speed solar wind from another coronal hole saw the K-index climb to five on Tuesday and remain relatively high throughout Wednesday and Thursday. The ionosphere took a hit and daytime maximum usable frequencies struggled to exceed 18MHz at times. By Thursday, conditions were starting to improve a little, but […]
SSTV from ISS this week
ARISS has announced that the MAI-75 slow-scan TV system in the Russian Service Module of the International Space Station will be on the air, starting on 5 December 2017 at around 1500UTC and continuing until 6 December 2017 at 0900UTC. Test images will be transmitted on 145.800MHz FM and should be available worldwide. SSTV activity […]
