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Contest News – 6 December 2015
The ARRL 160m contest runs until 1600UTC on Sunday, the 6th, concluding its 48 hour session. It is CW-only and the exchange is your signal report. US and Canadian stations will also send their ARRL or RAC section details. Also Sunday, the 6th, the 144MHz AFS contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes […]
Propagation News – 6 December 2015
Last weekend saw reasonably settled conditions for the CQ Worldwide contest, with DX to be had on all the upper HF bands. However, 10 metres was a little lacklustre this year due to the lower solar flux index compared with 2014. Twenty and 15 metres proved to be the ‘money bands’ as the flux dipped […]
Peter B Dodd, G3LDO, 17 November 2015
It is with deep regret that the Society announces the passing of former RadCom Technical Editor, book author and Antennas columnist Peter B Dodd, G3LDO, on 17 November 2015. He was 83 years old. Peter was first involved in amateur radio in the mid 1950s and he held several callsigns around the world including VQ4HX, […]
WRC-15 final news
The 2015 ITU World Radio Conference in Geneva has concluded. Following earlier success at 5MHz, the conference has agreed to include a future agenda item for the next conference, in 2019, which will consider harmonising the 50MHz band in Region 1. Several other agenda items that might have affected the amateur services have also concluded […]
K Regional Identifier for Cornwall
Ofcom has agreed that the special regional secondary locator, K, may be used between 1 January and 31 December 2016 inclusive by the holder of any amateur radio licence with a main station address in Cornwall, subject to the licensee obtaining a valid Notice of Variation. It may only be used when the radio equipment […]
G15YOTA to tour the country
During December, 14 groups from schools, universities and local clubs will activate callsign G15YOTA and its regional variations. Many of the operators will be experiencing amateur radio for the first time, a fantastic opportunity for licensed youngsters get on the air. If you hear the station, please give them a call. Durham and District Amateur […]
