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Rallies and Events News – 20 November 2016
Today, the 20th, the 39th CATS Radio & Electronics Bazaar will be held in the Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1ES. This is a new venue. Doors will open from 10am to 2pm. Admission is £1.50 and includes a tea or coffee. There will be traders, a Bring & Buy and a […]
DX News – 20 November 2016
Tom, PA3TG, is operating as 5N/PA3TG from Nigeria until the 25th of November. He plans to be on 20m SSB and CW and on 30m CW in the evenings. QSL to his home callsign. Felix, DL5XL will be returning to the German Antarctic Research Base Neumayer 3 this month and will be there until next […]
Special Events News – 20 November 2016
As part of the church’s annual festival remembering St Hilda, the Special Event Station GB5SH will operate from St Hilda’s Church, Hartlepool TS24 0DA, today, the 20th of November. Operation is expected to be on the 40 and 80m bands and, to a lesser extent, on 2m. Omani amateur radio operators can sign their A4 […]
Contest News – 20 November 2016
The Essex CW Club Annual Activity Week ends today, the 20th of November. This is a friendly non-contest style event to encourage CW operators old and new. The minimum exchange is non-members give RST and name with members adding their membership number. Full details of preferred frequencies and awards can be found on the Essex […]
Propagation News – 20 November 2016
Last week, the solar flux index hovered around the 80 mark, with average sunspot counts reaching their lowest level in five years. With sunspot minimum predicted to be some time in 2018 or 2019, this is a taste of what we can expect for the time being. But it wasn’t all bad news, as geomagnetic […]
Changes on 60m in Portugal
Jose, CT1EEB reports from Portugal on changes to the 60m allocation in that country. These include some of the existing channels, plus the new WRC15 allocation. The new 60m band licence allows 5371.5kHz and 5403.5kHz A1A and J3E and 5351.5kHz to 5366.5kHz using A1A and J3E.
