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Contest News – 20 November 2016
The Essex CW Club Annual Activity Week ends today, the 20th of November. This is a friendly non-contest style event to encourage CW operators old and new. The minimum exchange is non-members give RST and name with members adding their membership number. Full details of preferred frequencies and awards can be found on the Essex […]
Propagation News – 20 November 2016
Last week, the solar flux index hovered around the 80 mark, with average sunspot counts reaching their lowest level in five years. With sunspot minimum predicted to be some time in 2018 or 2019, this is a taste of what we can expect for the time being. But it wasn’t all bad news, as geomagnetic […]
Dr George Skea, MW0GUK, November 2016
It is with deep regret that the Cwmbran ADARS has to announce the passing of Dr George Skea, MW0GUK, who passed away in November. Our thoughts are with his family – Bev, his wife, Rhe and Jamie his daughter and future son in law. George was an active member of our club and heavily into […]
Denis H Clements, RS14170, 16th August 2016
Denis H Clements, RS14170, passed away on the 16th of August 2016. He was very proud of his RSGB Membership, having joined in 1946. Â In his last few years Den spent more time on his iPad than a radio set, but remained a great fan of radio. Denis was an electrical engineer all his life. […]
John Welsh, G0NVZ, 5 November 2016
It is with deep regret that we learned of the death of John Welsh, G0NVZ, on Saturday 5 November 2016. In his own words, John was born “a long time ago”, progressed to building crystal sets at age 10 and then studied physics at college. He progressed to valve receivers, valve transmitters, tape recorders, hi-fi […]
Changes on 60m in Portugal
Jose, CT1EEB reports from Portugal on changes to the 60m allocation in that country. These include some of the existing channels, plus the new WRC15 allocation. The new 60m band licence allows 5371.5kHz and 5403.5kHz A1A and J3E and 5351.5kHz to 5366.5kHz using A1A and J3E.
