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DX News – 30 October 2016
Francois, F6AJL will be on the air from the West African country of Benin using TY5AA until the 30th of November. He will operate all bands between 80m to 10m. QSLs go via his home callsign. Chas NK8O is in Tanzania with the callsign 5H3DX until the 12th of November. He will operate mainly CW […]
Special Event News – 30 October 2016
GB4MTR will be on the air between the 1st and 28th of November, mostly Tuesday and Friday evening and weekends, to mark the 60th anniversary of the amateur 4m band. The station will be run by Selim, M0XTA and other members of the Harlow & District Amateur Radio Society. Bands of operation will be from […]
Contest News – 30 October 2016
This weekend is one of the big contests, the CQ World Wide DX SSB. Its 48 hour run ends at 2359UTC on the 30th. It’s SSB only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and Zone, which is 14 for the UK. On Tuesday the 144MHz UK Activity Contest runs from […]
Propagation News – 30 October 2016
Last week was characterised by low sunspot activity, but very unsettled geomagnetic conditions. The solar flux index was in the mid to high 70s, but the K index was five or six for days on end, and even peaked at seven. This was high enough for automatic visible aurora e-mail warnings to be sent out […]
60m for Luxembourg
Since 10 October 2016, the new WRC15 60m band has been released for amateur radio use in Luxembourg. The update to the national frequency plan allows the use from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz on a secondary basis with an effective radiated power of 15W. The Luxembourg LX0HF CW beacon presently operates on 5205.25kHz.
Fire at SAQ, Grimeton
A fire in early October at the SAQ Alexanderson alternator long wave antenna is under investigation by the Grimeton World Heritage Foundation, which owns and manages the station in Grimeton, Sweden. The fire—attributed to arcing—was quickly extinguished. Fortunately, no injuries occurred. The Foundation said that it could take a while to determine the extent of […]
