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Rallies and Events News – 5 June 2016
This weekend, 4 and 5 June, the Sussex Electronics and Radio Fair takes place at Eastbourne Sports Park, Cross Levels Way, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2UF. The venue has free car parking as well as camping and caravanning on site and there are disabled facilities. A talk-in station will be in operation as well as […]
DX News – 5 June 2016
On the air until 15 June, Kevin, K6TOP will be in the British Virgin Islands, IOTA reference NA-023, with the call sign VP2V/K6TOP. Find him on the 10 to 40m bands working CW in his spare time. Send QSLs via Logbook of the World. John, 2M0JMN, is in the Cayman Islands, NA-016, operating as ZF2MN […]
Special Events News – 5 June 2016
Radio amateurs of the ARI Fidenza group will operate a radio station located close to the keel of the yacht Elettra, Marconi’s floating laboratory. Using the callsign IY4EC, the station will be on the air Sunday, the 5th, as part of the Museum Ships event. Chertsey Radio Club has the extended use of GB9LIZ until […]
Contest News – 5 June 2016
The CW National Field Day ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC on Sunday, the 5th, on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number. The South East Asia NETwork Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the 5th. The SEANET area encompasses CQ Zones 22, 24, 25, […]
Propagation News – 5 June 2016
The solar flux index declined further this week to the mid-80s. A quick look at an image of the Sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory on solarham.net shows why. On Thursday two sunspot groups were rotating out of sight on the Sun’s limb, leaving a pretty blank disk. As a result NOAA predicts the solar […]
RSGB Convention news
If you weren’t able to visit the RSGB Convention in 2015, some of the lectures were recorded and are being made available to Members via the RSGB website. In 2016, the Convention is looking forward to welcoming Jeff, VY2ZM/K1ZM, who lives with his wife Miriam on Prince Edward Island. He is both a well-known contester […]
