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Special Events News 22 September 2013
2E0NKF will be on the air for Railways on the Air from Middleton Railway, Leeds, on 22 September from 10am to 5pm.A QSL card is available. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the inception of RAF Fylingdales, GB50FY, will be on the air for until 30 September. Operating on the 20, 30, 40, 80 and […]
DX News 22 September 2013
Nick, G3RWF will once again be active as 5X1NH from the University of the Mountains of the Moon in Fort Portal, Western Uganda and, occasionally, from the capital, Kampala, between 24 September and 16 November. He is expected to join/meet with Alan, G3XAQ/5X1XA, later and both operators will travel to Rwanda to be active as […]
Contest News 22 September 2013
Today, Sunday 22nd, the Practical Wireless 4m Contest runs for four hours, 1200 to 1600UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Later today, the 22nd, from 1700 to 2100UTC, the BARTG Sprint 75 contest takes place. All activity is on 75 baud RTTY on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. […]
Propagation News 22 September 2013
For the most part, last week followed the pattern of recent weeks. Solar activity mostly continued to be low or very low. However, C-class flares were reported on the 18th and 19th. Few sunspot groups were visible and those that were had little impact on propagation. Several coronal mass ejections were reported but none proved […]
ARDF Success in Poland
The 19th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships have been taking place in Poland during this last week. UK radio amateurs will be delighted to learn that Robert Vickers won the M70 sprint race with Bob Titterington, G3ORY coming in 3rd. . That’s two podium places for the UK. In the fiercely competitive M40 Foxoring race, […]
RSGB Construction Competition
A reminder to constructors, designers and programmers that the closing date of the end of September for registering an entry for the RSGB Construction Competition, is fast approaching. Entries don’t have to be complex or innovative, and help will be available to write up your project if it is selected for publication in RadCom. We […]
