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DX News – 4 September 2016
Bob, VK2BOB, will work from Samoa, OC-097 as 5W0BOB between 10 and 17 September. Listen for him on the 20 and 40m bands using mainly SSB. His log will be uploaded to Club Log and QSL instructions are on QRZ.com. Gordon, K7TRB, will use the call sign 7P8VA from Maseru in Lesotho between now and […]
Special Event News – 4 September 2016
GB75ACO—that’s Air Cadet Organisation—will be operating at Stalham ATC Squadron, Norfolk, until 18 September. They are celebrating 75 years of the Air Training Corps. Primary activity will be on 40m, with some local 2m and 60m. Special QSL cards will be available and details are on QRZ.com. GB0APS will be on the air on Sunday, […]
Contest News – 4 September 2016
SSB Field Day takes place for 24 hours over this weekend ending at 1300UTC on Sunday the 4th. Like its CW counterpart, this contest has Open and Restricted sections, although the antenna limitations are different, so please check the rules beforehand. It runs on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and […]
Propagation News – 4 September 2016
This week brought a glimpse of better things to come. Andy, M0NKR reports he worked VP6J Pitcairn Island on 12 metres and the maximum useable frequency was often above 21MHz earlier in the week. The downside was, as predicted, periods of unsettled geomagnetic conditions, with the K-index hitting four at times and even six on […]
Italian hams aid earthquake response
Following the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck central Italy on 24 August, Italian radio amateurs are active in the emergency response. Please keep 7060kHz clear, along with other Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies in the 80 and 40m bands for emergency communications within Italy. No external assistance is required at this time. The Italian radio […]
60m and 630m for Latvian hams
Latvian amateurs have two new bands following the introduction of their new amateur radio licence on 9 August. Access has been allowed to the new WRC15 60m, or 5MHz, allocation from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz with a power of 15W EIRP. 472 to 479kHz in the 630m band has also become available with a power of […]
