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Contest News – 22 June 2014
The 50MHz trophy Contest ends its 24 hour operation at 1400UTC today, the 22nd. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The All Asian DX Contest finishes at 2359UTC today, having run for 48 hours. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, exchange RST and your age, although YL ops may […]
Propagation News – 22 June 2014
Solar activity started at moderate levels when a single M class solar flare took place on the first four days of the period, however, from then the active sunspot regions rotated out of view. From the 17th, solar activity was low. In total 52 C class solar flares took place. Solar flux levels declined from […]
Ken Wheatley, G3BBR, 14 June 2014
I am sorry to have to pass on the sad news that Ken Wheatley, G3BBR passed away on 14 June 2014, just three days after his 90th birthday. He had been suffering from ill-health for some time and was being cared for in Acorn Court Nursing Home in Merstham. Ken had not been active on […]
Licence revalidation figures
Ofcom have advised the RSGB that 22,000 of the 83,000 licences on their database have yet to be revalidated, including 206 club licences. By the end of this month, all licence holders who have yet to revalidate will have been contacted by Ofcom. If you have not revalidated yet, now is the time to do […]
International Museums Weekend in full flow
International Museums Weekends stations are on the air both this weekend, the 14th and 15th, and next weekend the 21st and 22nd June. More details about the event can be found at www.radio-amateur-events.org, including a list of the stations registered. An award certificate can be obtained for five and 20 stations worked or 10 heard […]
Noise Measurement Campaign on the RSGB website
The Noise Measurement Campaign, started in August 2013, now has a dedicated webpage on the RSGB website www.rsgb.org/hfnoise. The Campaign is an attempt to monitor the HF background noise and to display the results for different locations around the country. Anyone can submit measurements. The project is aimed at making people more aware of their […]
