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DX News – 22 November 2015
Yuriy, N2TTA, will once again be active as NP2P from the US Virgin Islands during the CQWW DX CW Contest on 28 and 29 November as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via Logbook of the World. During the same contest, Al, WP3C, will be active as NP4A from Puerto Rico as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/ High-Power entry. […]
Contest News – 22 November 2015
The final session of this year’s UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest using the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands is on Sunday, the 22nd. It’s shorter in duration than the others in the series, because the organisers want portables to be able to pack up and vacate remote hilltop sites before it gets dark. Running […]
Propagation News – 22 November 2015
This week has been a bit of a mixed bag in terms of HF propagation. The early part of the week saw reasonable openings on 18 and 21MHz, although a continuous K-index of around three due to the high speed solar wind stream, took its toll. The VK9WA Willis Island DXpedition was even audible on […]
WRC-15 – Day-14
Progress seems to be getting slower and slower… Agenda Item 1.12 (10 GHz): Discussions grind on with political issues continuing, which do not affect our allocations at 10 GHz. This could result in a No Change (NOC) situation in this frequency band and could be considered a success should this occur. Future Agenda Items: These […]
WRC-15 – Day-13, A New Band…
Lucky 13! – for the amateur service, as Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz) passed the final two readings without any comment whatsoever. Although the 15kHz that has been agreed at ITU level is a very small international allocation, this is the first new allocation to the amateur services at HF since the WARC of 1979. […]
WRC-15 – Day-12
Future Items: The revised 50-54 MHz proposal for a possible future agenda item received its reading and agreement in Working Group 6B with the U.S. reserving its position. This means that the proposal moves up a level to Committee 6 but is still a long way from being accepted as a future agenda item. There […]
