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DX News – 18 December 2016
Matt, VK1MA will be active holiday style as VK9NM from Norfolk Island, IOTA reference OC-005, from 19 to 26 December. QSL via Logbook of The World and eQSL only. The Holy Land DX Group will be active as 4X07W from around 0700UTC on 23 December until noon on the 24th. They will operate SSB and […]
Special Event News – 18 December 2016
The Liechtenstein Radio Amateur Society, AFVL has been celebrating its 30th anniversary during 2016. The special event station HB0AFVL is available on the air until the end of December and contacts can be confirmed by a special QSL card.
Contest News -18 December 2016
The Stew Perry Top Band Challenge runs for 24 hours until 1500UTC today, the 18th. Using CW only on the 180m band the exchange is your four character locator. On Tuesday, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Finally, a […]
Propagation News – 18 December 2016
This week we have a slightly different approach to the HF propagation news. We want to help you and your family contact Santa’s elves in Lapland, Finland. The station OF9X is once again on the air this Christmas from Santa Claus Land in the Arctic Circle. Twelve elves are operating OF9X, which stands for ‘Old-Father-Nine-Christmas’, […]
Amateur radio exam developments
It has long been an aim of both the Radio Communications Foundation (RCF) and now the RSGB’s Examinations Standards Committee to be able to provide online amateur radio examinations. The current exam system EMAS has proved to be an extremely reliable system since it was first introduced in July 2013. However, a decision was made […]
GB16YOTA operating news
The special call sign GB16YOTA is on the air to introduce and promote amateur radio to young people. It will be operated from a variety of clubs and organisations throughout December. On Sunday the 10th, the CDXC will be putting the call sign on the air, on the 13th it’s with Otley ARS, from the […]
