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Special Event News – 12 November 2017
As part of the church’s annual festival remembering St Hilda, the Special Event Station GB5SH will again be run from St Hilda’s Church, Hartlepool TS24 0DA on Saturday, 18 November and Sunday, 19 November. Operation is expected to be on 80 and 40m bands, with some operation on 2m. GB1BSW will now take place on […]
Contest News – 12 November 2017
The WAE DX RTTY contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 12th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Monday the Autumn Series data leg will take place between 1900 and 2030UTC. Using the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial […]
Propagation News – 12 November 2017
As forecast, last week saw auroral conditions and the Kp-index rise to six as the result of incoming solar material from yet another coronal hole. The Aurora Borealis was even visible from northern England and Scotland. Coronal holes are lower-energy areas on the Sun with open magnetic field lines that allow tonnes of material to […]
Contest opinions sought by IARU
IARU Region 1 has a new contest working group that is responsible for organising future Region 1 contests. They want to know the opinion of the contester or the contest teams who send their log to the robot or to the national contest manager. They also want to hear from those who just give away […]
10GHz beacon back on the air
The GB3LEX 10GHz beacon situated in Leicestershire was returned to service on 15 October 2017. It is running at its licensed power using a new PA that became available thanks to the late G4HUP. Reports would be appreciated via leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk, via the DX cluster, or on Beacon Spot.
Want to host Train the Trainers?
The RSGB is looking for inquiries from clubs interested in hosting Train the Trainers during 2018. There are currently four slots available, spread over the year. We would be particularly interested in hearing from clubs in areas not yet served by an event. These include, for example, the North Wales and Flint area, the Midlands […]
