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Special Event News – 13 December 2015
ANZAC centenary commemorations end with VI4ANZAC on the air until 20 December commemorating the work of the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train. A QSL card will be available.
DX News – 13 December 2015
Magnus, SM6WET is going to the South Cook Islands. Using the call sign E51WET he will be on Rarotonga Island, OC-013, from 14 to 17 December. From 17 December to 4 January he will be on Aitutaki Atoll, OC-083. He will activate all bands from 160 to 6m as circumstances allow on SSB, CW, RTTY […]
Contest News – 13 December 2015
The ARRL 10m contest runs until 2359UTC today, the 13th, ending the 48 hour run. Using CW and phone only on the 28MHz band the exchange is signal report and serial number. Additionally, US stations will send their state code and Canadian stations their province code. The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon contest runs […]
Propagation News – 13 December 2015
This has been another week with an elevated solar wind stream from coronal holes. This had a negative effect on the geomagnetic field, which reached storm levels at times again with visible aurora at higher latitudes. The solar wind often had a south-facing magnetic Bz component, which meant it coupled more easily with the earth’s […]
Ofcom-RSGB Forum – 3 December 2015
AROS/Ofcom interface It was noted that Improved joint working arrangements had been agreed. AROS had acquired a new VHF direction finding capability Ofcom had been active in removing non-compliant equipment from the UK market Ofcom, in conjunction with the police, had successfully resolved a complaint about poor operating practice Ofcom had followed up complaints about […]
Over 500 amateur licences revoked
All UK amateurs are required to revalidate their licence at least once every five years. Ofcom have now revoked around 530 licences that have not been revalidated. The notice of revocation, and list of the call signs affected, has been published on the Ofcom website. Some 15,000 licenses remain un-revalidated and Ofcom say these will […]
