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Contest News – 14 August 2016
The Worked All Europe (WAE) DX CW Contest ends it 48 hour run at 2359UTC today, the 14th. Europe works non-Europe only in this event, so, propagation permitting, there’ a lot of DX working. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, the 14th, the UK Microwave Groups […]
Propagation News – 14 August 2016
Last week the solar flux index climbed as NOAA had predicted, hitting 95 by Thursday evening. This was largely due to a new large crop of sunspots on the sun’s surface. These will rotate across the sun over the next few days and, as long as they don’t fade away, they should help the solar […]
Belarus gets 60m band
Amateurs in Belarus now have access to the new WRC15 60m allocation. Their band is from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz with a maximum power of 50 watts. Class A, the top level licence holders, may use SSB, CW and digital modes.
Dayton Hamvention moves venue
Hara Arena, home of the Dayton Hamvention, is due to close shortly. Hamvention managers have announced that the event will be moving to the Greene County Fairgrounds and Event Center in Xenia, Ohio. It’s about 16 miles east of central Dayton. More details at www.hamvention.org.
Also in GB2RS this week…
Since the first Sunday in June there has been an addition to the GB2RS broadcast schedule. Reg, G8VHI, in Nuneaton, now reads the news at 2030UTC on 145.525MHz. He has a very good VHF location and should be audible over a large part of the West and East Midlands. His best report to date is […]
New Ofcom licensing portal update
Ofcom System Maintenance Updates The online licensing system is used for Business Radio and Maritime licences in addition to amateur radio. Occasional updates for these functions and other issues may require the system to be offline (typically at weekends) for maintenance/updates. Update (GB2RS): 3 -Feb-2017 Ofcom updated its licensing system for radio amateurs on 30 […]
