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DX News – 8 November 2015
Toshi, JA8BMK, is active as 4W/JA8BMK from Timor Leste, OC-148, until 9 November working 80 and 40 metres, using mainly CW. QSL via JA8BMK direct only. S79C will be active as from Coetivy Island—AF119, new one for IOTA—in the Seychelles from 15 to 23 November. The team will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40 […]
Contest News – 8 November 2015
The International Police Association Radio Club organises the IPARC Contest, which takes place on 7 and 8 November. It’s SSB on the 8th from 0600 to 1000UTC and 1400 to 1800UTC, the same times as the CW section the previous day. The exchange is signal report and serial number for the mode you are working. […]
Propagation News – 8 November 2015
This week saw a perfect example of how the sun affects HF propagation. As we predicted last week, a high-speed solar wind stream hit the earth on Tuesday. This pushed the K-index to five as the incoming plasma had a south-facing Bz field that enabled it to more easily couple to the Earth’s magnetic field. […]
WRC-15 – Day-3
Mainly a day of frustrations for all concerned, but slow progress was made with Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz). The proposal from CITEL, representing a number of American States, was reduced to align with the CEPT proposal for 100 kHz, while the Arab Spectrum Management Group also agreed Group also agreed to increase their proposal […]
WRC-15 – Initial Sessions, inc. 5 MHz
As expected Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz) provoked much discussion and little progress was made. A total of 16 proposals and one information paper were introduced and every paper not containing a No Change (NOC) proposal was objected to by a certain administration. At the end of the second meeting session it was decided that […]
WRC-15 Day 1+2 – Colin sets the Scene…
WRC-15 has started. Colin Thomas G3PSM is attending as part of the UK Delegation. IARU observers are also present and are under no illusions regarding the challenge ahead. The conference opened on Monday Nov-2 and will run until Nov-27. Overall 3,800 delegates, an increase of 1,000 over WRC-12, representing 162 administrations and 136 organisations are registered […]
