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DX News – 17 January 2016
Jean-Paul, HB9ARY will be active from Mauritius, IOTA reference AF-049, as 3B8HC from the 23rd of January to the 8th of February. He will work holiday style on the 6 to 80m bands, but focus most heavily on 80m. His main mode will be SSB, but he will also work some slow CW. Send QSLs […]
Contest News – 17 January 2016
The RSGB Board is seeking chairpersons for the new VHF Contest Committee, HF Contest Committee and Contest Support Committee. Applicants must be experienced contesters with a commitment to jointly drive a successful RSGB contesting programme. More information is contained in the February edition of RadCom. Further details can be obtained from the RSGB General Manager […]
Propagation News – 17 January 2016
We’ve had another week of disturbed geomagnetic conditions, with the K index hitting four at times. This was due to an ongoing high-speed solar wind stream from a coronal hole on the sun. As we predicted, the solar flux index remained in the range 100-110, bringing lacklustre HF performance at times. Next week looks like […]
Kenneth Street, GM3ENJ, December 2015
Kenneth Street, GM3ENJ, passed away in December 2015 at the age of 91. He was an engineer and inventor at the forefront of the microelectronics revolution in avionics and defence. He was a rare breed of engineer, who had deep expertise in a whole range of engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electronic and radio engineering. He […]
Peter Blakeborough, G3PYB, 8 January 2016
It is with great sadness that we heard that, following a heart attack on Boxing Day, Peter Blakeborough, G3PYB passed away at about 2pm on January 8th 2016. Peter was President of the British Amateur Television Club. He was also an active ATV operator, always experimenting with new technologies and helping and encouraging others […]
Students speak to Tim Peake in space
History made as Sandringham School pupils make amateur radio call to British astronaut Tim Peake The contact took a short while to happen but then every one in the room could hear Tim Peake from the ISS replying to the call from Year 10 pupil Jessica Leigh, M6LPJ. Other pupils lined up to ask their […]
