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Rallies and Events News – 8 October 2017
On Sunday, the 8th, the 44th Blackwood ARS rally will be held at Rougemont School, Newport, Gwent NP20 6QB. There is free parking on-site, including disabled spaces. Doors open at 10am and entry is £2.50. There will be trade stands, special interest groups, an RSGB book stall and a bring-and-buy. A raffle will be held. […]
DX News – 8 October 2017
Jose, EA5IDQ will be active as S9CQ from Sao Tome, IOTA reference AF-023, from 12 to 21 October. He will operate SSB and RTTY on the 80 to 6m bands. QSL via his home call, either direct, via the bureau or Logbook of The World. Craig, VK5CE will be active as VK5CE/8 from North Island, […]
Special Event News – 8 October 2017
Members of the Scarborough Amateur Radio Society will again be attending the North Yorkshire Moors Railway annual World War II weekend at Pickering. This year the event is on the 13, 14 and 15 October. All are welcome to come along to the marquee in the station yard, where period radio equipment will be on […]
Contest News – 8 October 2017
The Oceania DX SSB contest ends at 0800UTC on Sunday, the 8th. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The 432MHz to 245GHz contest ends at 1400UTC on Sunday, the 8th. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The IARU 432MHz to 245GHz […]
Propagation News – 8 October 2017
Last week saw sunspot activity remain fairly stable, with the solar flux index hovering in the upper 80s. There were no solar flares and so no associated coronal mass ejections either. On the whole, geomagnetic conditions were a little more settled than they have been of late and other than a K-index of four on […]
IARU Conference report now online
The Report for the 24th Region 1 IARU General Conference, held in Landshut Germany from 16 to 23 September 2017, is available on the Region 1 website. The papers for C3, C4, C5 and C7 are also available in zipped format on this page.
