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Also in GB2RS this week…
The number of instances of interference from VDSL has increased over the last couple of years in the UK. To help amateurs to detect interference from VDSL the RSGB has drawn up a leaflet, the 15th in a series of EMC leaflets that the RSGB EMC Committee has produced. The leaflet has been uploaded to […]
Rallies and Events – 10 July 2016
On Sunday, 10 July, the Cornish Radio Amateur Club Rally takes place from 10.30am to 5pm, with admittance costing £2. The venue is Penair School, Truro, Cornwall TR1 1TN. There is plenty of car parking and the venue also has disabled facilities. There will be a bring-and-buy sale, an RSGB book stall, special interest groups […]
DX News – 10 July 2016
Antonio, EA5RM will be active as CP1XRM from Bolivia until early August. He will be on the HF bands running 100W to a vertical and using solar power. QSL to his home call. Anna, W6NN and Rich, KE1B will be on the air as 8P6NN and 8P6MM from Barbados, respectively, until 21 July. Barbados is […]
Special Events News – 10 July 2016
Loughton and Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society is operating GB0IS for Theydon Bois Donkey Derby today. Next Sunday they will be working as GB100NWA for North Weald Airfield Community Day, celebrating the airfield’s 100th anniversary. Coventry Amateur Radio Society is putting GB4BLC on the air on Tuesday for Bramcote Open Day at Gamecock Barracks. Pontefract […]
Contest News – 10 July 2016
This weekend, the IARU HF championships ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 10th. Using CW and SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and ITU Zone, which for the UK is 27. The UK has an HQ team entering, GR2HQ, and you can help by working […]
Propagation News – 10 July 2016
We got the forecast for last weekend about right. Plasma from a coronal hole hit the Earth late on Saturday, pushing the K-index to four. The solar flux index, however, has remained doggedly in the 70s. DX has been possible on HF though. After a request for information last week Peter, M0RYB said he was […]
