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DX News – 7 July 2013
Rico, G6RFL and Martyn, G4SSG will be active as F/G6RFL/P on the 6m band using SSB, CW and BPSK 31 at 5000ft in IN92OX from 14 to 16 August. They will be using a 5 element Yagi, Datong automatic RF speech processor and Icom IC-7000 with 100 watts. Operation will also be on 17 and […]
Contest News – 7 July 2013
The RSGB Centenary VHF National Field Day ends at 1400UTC today. Operating on all modes on 50-1296MHz, the exchange is RST plus serial number and locator. There is a special Centenary award available, see www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2013/CentenaryAwards.shtml for details. On 9 July, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the […]
Propagation News – 7 July 2013
And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 28th of June to Thursday the 4th of July compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on Friday the 5th of July. Midway through the period, the first of a couple of large complex regions rotated into view. As a result solar activity increased to […]
RSGB celebrates its Centenary
Friday 5 July marks the Centenary of the Radio Society of Great Britain and to celebrate, a weekend of events is planned. In the first minute of Friday, V series Notices of Variation – that’s GV, MV and 2V – become valid. To use this prefix you must first get a Notice of Variation, which […]
Indian amateurs provide flood relief communications
The recent severe flooding in northern India has resulted in communication links being affected when they are most needed. Members of the Indian National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad have been providing emergency communication facilities in the worst-affected areas of Uttarakhand state, North India. Reported operating frequencies include 7.073MHz and 14.160MHz and callsigns in use […]
First Samoan resident gets 5MHz permit
Visitors to Samoa have been able to obtain permission to operate on 5MHz since 2011, but this facility has not been available to residents until now. After discussions with the Samoan telecoms regulator, Atsuo Sakuma, 5W1SA has been granted permission to operate from 5.250 to 5.450MHz with a power limit of 100W. Atsuo says that […]
