News
Special Events News – 9 March 2014
West Tyrone ARC is taking part in the St Patrick’s Day celebrations on Monday 17 March, running GB1SPD. They will be situated on the top floor of the Strule Arts Centre in the town centre, operating on HF, VHF/UHF, Echolink and digital modes, between 11am and 5pm. Visitors are welcome.
DX News – 9 March 2014
John, GM0KTO is travelling with his wife Rosemary to The Gambia from 12 to 26 March. He has renewed his Gambian visitor’s amateur radio licence and will be operating from Bijilo as C5/G0KTO, using an Icom IC-706 Mk II and a selection of wire antennas for HF. 9J2T will be on the air from Zambia […]
Contest News – 9 March 2014
The Commonwealth contest ends 1000UTC today, 9 March. It’s CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands and the exchange is signal report and serial number, with HQ stations also sending the letters HQ. The 70MHz Cumulative contest takes place today, 9 March, from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, […]
Propagation News – 9 March 2014
Thirteen sunspot groups were visible on the 28th but this had declined to nine by the 6th. Some of these groups were complex enough to produce the occasional M class solar flares, except on the 4th and the 6th when solar activity was low with only C class solar flares taking place. Solar flux levels […]
ATV transmissions from ISS
The ham video transmitter was installed in the Columbus module of the International Space Station on 6 March at approximately 10.00 UTC. The transmitter was powered on briefly and all control LEDs were nominal. The first Commissioning step is planned for 8 March. Using call sign OR4ISS, crew will power on the ham video transmitter […]
GB2RS News Script – 2 March 2014
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 2 March 2014. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 2 March 2014 (8-page/59.5KB Word document)
