GB2RS
Surprise activity from North Korea
The world’s most-wanted entity, North Korea, was briefly on the air on 20 December. Polish DXer Dom Gryzb, 3Z9DX worked several hundred stations as P5/3Z9DX on 20, 15 and 10m. He reported very high noise levels in Pyongyang, from where he ran 100W to a vertical just above ground level. The site was amid many […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The Irish regulator ComReg is considering additional spectrum allocations to the amateur services in the bands 30 to 49MHz and 52 to 70.5MHz. The intention is to facilitate propagation beacons, digital amateur television repeaters and to align current allocations with those in the European Common Allocation Table. During December, groups from schools, universities and local […]
Special Event News – 27 December 2015
To celebrate the 90th Anniversary of IARU the Radio Club of Haiti will be using HH90IARU until 31 December. The QSL Manager is W3HNK. Brian, G8GMU, supported by Coventry ARS, is putting GB4BLC on the air from 1 to 10 January for Bedworth Lions Club Awareness Month. This is to mark the work of Bedworth […]
DX News – 27 December 2015
Brian, GW4DVB will be active as V25GB from Antigua, NA-100 from 6 to 14 January. He will have a KX3 with 100 watts into a 10m vertical and M0CVO multiband dipole. He plans to operate SSB only on the 40 to 6m bands. QSL to his home call sign. Ravi, M0XUU will be holidaying in […]
Contest News – 27 December 2015
The Marathon from the UK Six Metre Group ends on 31 January. There is no contest exchange, however the normal QSO data must be recorded. The scoring is one point per unique four digit locator worked. Logs are submitted via the UKSMG website in ADIF format. The Christmas Cumulatives end on Tuesday, the 29th. Activity […]
