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DX News – 28 September 2014
DJ7RJ and DJ2CW will be operating stroke as FR from Reunion Island starting 30 September. Activity will be on the 10 to 160m bands using CW and SSB with two operators on the air until 8 October but with single handed operation thereafter until 30 October. QSL via each operator’s home callsign. PY2WAS will be […]
Contest News – 28 September 2014
There are three contests on the final weekend of the month. First is the CQWW DX RTTY Contest, which runs for 48 hours ending at 23.59 today, the 28th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and Zone. The zone for the UK is 14. The UK Microwave Group Cumulatives take […]
Propagation News – 28 September 2014
Numerous sunspot regions were visible everyday, some were large and complex, but for what ever reason failed to produce any significant solar flares. Saying that, a M2 class solar flare took place on the 23rd, otherwise solar activity was at low levels with only a small number of C class solar flares taking place everyday. […]
IARU Region 1 Conference Report
RSGB Delegates this week attended the 23rd International Amateur Radio Union General Conference in Bulgaria. National societies from 43 countries covering Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Africa sent representatives to agree and coordinate activity to secure the future of amateur radio. Real progress was made at the meeting on a number of topics that are of […]
G3BJ New IARU R1 President
Don Beattie, G3BJ, former President of the RSGB, has been elected as IARU Region 1 President at the Conference in Bulgaria today. Further details to follow.
RSGB IOTA – The Future
Islands on the Air (IOTA) celebrated its 50th anniversary as a premier DX programme in July 2014, under the care of the RSGB and the IOTA manager, Roger Balister G3KMA. The last fifty years has seen the programme grow to 2,500 active island chasers and approximately 15,000 more casual participants. It is perhaps second in […]
