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Special Event News – 20 December 2015
Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, will again put his 600m Experimental Station WG2XFQ on the air on for a Christmas Eve commemorative transmission. WG2XFQ will transmit on 486kHz from Forest, Virginia, to mark the 109th anniversary of Reginald Fessenden’s first audio transmission. Justin will conduct a run-up to this year’s event starting at around midday Eastern Time […]
DX News – 20 December 2015
Aaron, VA1AXC is back on Sable Island, NA-063, until the end of January signing CY0/VA1AXC. He will be on the air during his spare time and his QSL Manager is JE1LET. For those interested in working stations located in the Antarctic there is a new operator at the Bharati Research Station. He is VU3BPZ and […]
Contest News – 20 December 2015
The 6m 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 take place from Saturday the […]
Propagation News – 20 December 2015
The smoothed sunspot number for December is 46.1. This time last year it was 63.7, which shows how we are sliding down solar cycle 24. Coronal mass ejections and coronal holes continue to cause problems at times, with the K-index hitting five on Tuesday the 15th. As the incoming plasma hits the earth you can […]
Tim Peake launch coverage
On 15 December at 1100UTC, British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake will be launched on his mission to the International Space Station. It will be televised on BBC1 and streamed live on bbc.co.uk so that every one can have the chance to watch this historic event. During his stay on the ISS, he plans […]
RAYNET active in flooding
RAYNET groups in the north of England and Scotland were active during last weekend’s flooding incidents. In Lancashire, Central Lancs group were called out on Saturday at 10.35am and the other two groups put on standby, Ribble Valley RAYNET having already been called out. Operators were on the ground and sent to attend Control, the […]
