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DX News 3 November 2013
Two Japanese stations will be operating from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam early in November. First from 1-9 November look for XV2CNH operated by JA6CNH. Then from 2-8 November XV2NHL will be operated by JA3NHL. QSLs in both cases go via the home calls. Members of the Uruguay DX Group will be on the […]
Contest News 3 November
On VHF, the Marconi CW Contest takes place this weekend. There are 6- and 24-hour sections for Open and Single-operator Fixed entries. This is the final VHF CW Championship event of the year. Running from 1400UTC on the 2nd until 1400UTC on the 3rd, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The International […]
Propagation News 3 November 2013
Solar activity continued at high levels, with four X class solar flares taking place, two on the 25th, one on the 28th and one on the 29th. Also seventeen M class flares occurred along with numerous C class solar flares, making this one of the most active weeks of this sunspot cycle. In total 23 […]
4,300km on 144MHz Sporadic E
Liviu Babi, YO4FNG gave a presentation to the RSGB Convention in October 2013 about VHF DXing in Romania and his world record breaking 144MHz Sporadic E contact with EA8AVI at almost 4,300km. Liviu’s presentation was made possible thanks to sponsorship from Steve G4BWG at The Radio Company. Apologies about the problem with the room lighting […]
G100RSGB video from Region 13
This six minute video shows how six of us put on G100RSGB from the contest QTH of Nick, G4FAL in Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire on 1 October 2013. In the 24 hours we were active, we made 3,393 QSOs across nine bands and with over 100 DXCC countries. We think this may be a G100RSGB record for […]
Amateur Radio Licence Review
Important changes are being considered for the UK amateur radio licence terms and conditions. The RSGB, working in consultation with Ofcom, is running a series of discussions on the RSGB website where any amateur can contribute and help shape the future of amateur radio. Three new discussion topics have just been launched, looking at Airborne […]
