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DX News – 18 September 2016
Dieter, DK4QT, Thomas, DL6TK, Kalle, DM3BJ and a few others starting will be on Madeira from 19 to 28 Septemer active as CT9/call sign. They plan to operate on the 10 to 80m bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. They also plan to be in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest, which is taking place on […]
Special Event News – 18 September 2016
Enigma Reloaded 2016 takes place until 1 October. The main goal of the event is to promote amateur activity as possible all over the world, celebrating the history of the Enigma cipher machine and its crucial role in World War II. From 17 to 30 September, stations registered as Activator stations will be on the […]
Contest News – 18 September 2016
On Sunday the 18th, the 2nd 70MHz contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also Sunday the 18th, this time from 1700 to 2100UTC, the BARTG Sprint 75 takes place. Using RTTY only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 18 September 2016
The solar flux index followed the NOAA prediction this week, declining to 85 by Thursday. Geomagnetic conditions were regrettably not as settled as we would have liked, with the K-index hitting three at times thanks to a continued high speed solar wind stream from a coronal hole. Luckily, no Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed […]
British ARDF gold medal
Eight British competitors attended the ARDF World Championships in Bulgaria in the name of the RSGB. The National Anthem sounded at the award ceremony for day two of the championships. David Williams, M3WDD took the gold medal in the men’s 50-year-plus age group sprint race. This is only the second gold medal won at a […]
Apply for ISS schools contacts
Following on from the successful ARISS contacts carried out during the Tim Peake Principia mission to the International Space Station, schools from across Europe are being invited to submit applications to be part of the ARISS programme for September 2017 to January 2018. As so clearly demonstrated by the UK contacts, schools extensively benefit from […]
