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Special Event News – 16 October 2016
As mentioned earlier there will be many JOTA stations on the air this weekend so please don’t hesitate to give them a call if you hear them. Special event radio ON4CLM is marking the anniversary of the Canadian Liberation March. This was a 33km march by Canadian troops to liberate the town of Knokke in […]
Contest News – 16 October 2016
The Worked All Germany contest is ending its 24 hour run at 1500UTC today. Using CW and SSB, on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number. German stations will also send DOK. On Sunday the 16th the RoLo CW contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using CW only on […]
Propagation News – 16 October 2016
The solar flux hovered around the 100 mark and, as predicted, HF propagation showed a big improvement earlier in the week thanks to more settled geomagnetic conditions. There were many reports of DX being worked from the UK including H40GC in Temotu, Solomon Islands, and T31T in Central Kiribati. The Kp-index was in the range […]
Emergency nets for Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew has already has caused devastation in Haiti, Cuba and Bahamas as it moved northward through the Caribbean. It is now battering the southern US states. Emergency nets are operating on 3.950, 7.252, 7.268 and 14.325MHz. Amateurs are requested to listen carefully before operating on frequencies which may be in use for emergency communications […]
YOTA Month deadline extended
We often hear that young people are our future and we just need a good reason to bring amateur radio to their attention. The Tim Peake ARISS contacts resulted in a number of new school radio clubs starting up and hosting a YOTA station could do the same. December is YOTA Month across Europe and […]
New propagation video released
The RSGB Propagation Studies Committee has released a new 19-minute video presentation for clubs entitled Radio Propagation—VHF and Higher. Written by RadCom microwave columnist John, G4BAO and narrated by Propagation Studies Committee chairman Steve, G0KYA, the presentation looks at the physics behind different VHF, UHF and microwave propagation modes. It looks at tropospheric enhancements and […]
