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Rallies and Events News – 29 October 2017
There are no rallies in the diary for this weekend, the 28th and 29th. On 5 November the West London Radio and Electronics Show, also known as the Kempton Rally, will take place at Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5AQ. There will be a talk-in station, and on-site car parking is free. […]
DX News – 29 October 2017
Two Canadian amateurs will operate as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island, IOTA reference NA-008, until 10 November. Jean-Paul, HB9ARY will be active as 3B8HC from Mauritius Island, AF-049, between 4 and 18 November. He will operate SSB and slow CW on 80-10 metres, with a focus on 80m. QSL […]
Special Event News – 29 October 2017
Hull is the UK’s City of Culture throughout 2017. Hull and District Amateur Radio Society has had the special event call sign GB17HCC on the air regularly and over 500 QSOs have been made so far. QSLs received via the RSGB Bureau will be replied to once all QSLs have been received.
Contest News – 29 October 2017
This weekend from 0000UTC on the 28th to 2359UTC on the 29th, the CQ World Wide DX SSB contest takes place. Using all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz, the exchange is signal report and zone, which for the UK is 14. On Wednesday, the UK EI Counties Contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC. […]
Propagation News – 29 October 2017
Last week was once again a mixed bag, with good HF openings at times, and depressed maximum usable frequencies (MUF) at others. Quieter geomagnetic conditions on Sunday and Monday saw good openings up to and including 28MHz. But the arrival of solar material from a coronal hole on Tuesday saw much more unsettled conditions. An […]
New NoVs for 146-146MHz
All current 146 to 147MHz band Notices of Variation expire on Tuesday, 31 October 2017. Ofcom has agreed that the band will be made available for another year. However, to continue to use the frequencies you must obtain a new NoV. These are available, free of charge, from the RSGB website at rsgb.org/nov.
