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Special Event News – 1 November 2015
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of becoming a member of the Council of Europe on 9 November 1995, The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club, TP2CE, in cooperation with the Amateur Radio Operators of Macedonia, will put Z38CE on the air between 7 and 13 November. QSL via F5LGF.
DX News – 1 November 2015
Felix, DL5XL, will once again be active as DP1POL from the German Neumayer Antarctic Station III between November 2015 and February 2016. Activity will be on all HF bands using mainly CW and possibly some SSB and digital modes. QSL via DL1ZBO or Logbook of the World. Marcus, DL1MH, is expected to be active as […]
Contest News – 1 November 2015
On Tuesday the 144MHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Wednesday sees the UK EI CC take place from 2000 to 2100UTC. This is the SSB leg using the 80m band. The exchange is your four letter […]
Propagation News – 1 November 2015
It has been another week with great HF conditions. Last weekend gave many people the chance to work DX on 10 metres in the CQ Worldwide contest. The solar flux index stayed above 110 and geomagnetic conditions were generally quiet, especially compared with the problems we had with high speed solar wind streams last month. […]
UK returns to GMT
Did you remember to change your clock last night? In the UK, the clocks reverted to Greenwich Mean Time, or UTC, at 2am this morning. The Youth Hostels Amateur Radio Group is commemorating the start of Greenwich Mean Time today, the 25th, from Mount St Bernard Abbey in Charnwood Forest, with the callsign GB0GMT. The […]
RSGB fees unchanged again
Despite the increasing strain on operational finances, the RSGB Board has announced that the cost of Society Membership will be unchanged in 2016, the sixth year in a row that this has been achieved. It has also proved possible to maintain examination fees at the same level as previous years. Further details of all charges […]
