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Contest News – 11 January 2015
Today, the 11th, it is the 80m CW AFS contest. This runs from 1400 to 1800UTC and the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday, the 13th, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator. On 17th […]
Propagation News – 11 January 2015
As is usual this time of year we start with a retrospective look at 2014, and it looks like we passed the peak of Sunspot Cycle 24 in the spring. The peak solar flux index (SFI) for the cycle occurred on 23 October 2014 with 227, although there were plenty of other times when it […]
Ofcom Licence Variation Proposals
As you will be aware, Ofcom is required to give all licensed radio amateurs notice that it intends to vary licences in line with its decisions following last year’s consultation. That process has now begun and letters are being sent out. It has been brought to the RSGB’s attention that some amateurs have received a […]
Tony Wadsworth, G3NPF, 11 December 2014
It is with much sadness that I have to report the passing of Tony (A C) Wadsworth C.Eng MIET, G3NPF. Tony died suddenly at home of heart failure on the evening of Thursday 11th December aged 74. Tony had been suffering severe heart problems for the last 18 months after a major heart attack and […]
Roger Johnson, GW4UJT, 27 December 2014
Roger Johnson, GW4UJT suffered a second heart attack on Saturday 27th December 2014, which he did not survive. He was a long standing and valued member of Porthmadog And District Amateur Radio Society and also the Midlands Amateur Radio Society. He leaves his wife, Audrey. Tribute by Bob, MW0RHD
Derek Stanley Babbage, G4CI, 2 December 2014
Derek Stanley Babbage, G4CI, passed away peacefully on 2nd December 2014. He is survived by his wife Joan and their two children Ian and Susan. He was born in Wimbledon and attended Tiffins school in Kingston and subsequently took a degree course in radio engineering at the Regent Street Polytechnic, now the University of Westminster. […]
