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DX News – 19 May 2013
7Z1HL will be active from Saudi Arabia until 31 May as HZ1FOC. He is active on the various HF bands. QSL only via Heribert Lennertz, HZ1FOC, PO Box 85661, Riyadh 11612, Saudi Arabia. OD5SK is currently active from Jordan as JY8KS. He is reported to be on the HF bands only. QSL via IZ8CLM. WB8BZK/VE3 […]
Contest News – 19 May 2013
Today, 19 May, the 144MHz May Contest runs until 1400UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. Today, Sunday 19th, the first 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 1000 to 1500UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On 21 May, the 1.3GHz UK Activity […]
Propagation – 19 May 2013
And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 10th to Thursday the 16th of May compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on Friday the 17th of May. With the aid of the STEREO Behind spacecraft that allows us to see sunspot regions many days before they are seen from earth, we saw […]
GB2RS News for Sunday, 19 May 2013
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GB100RSGB call sign
References to this GB call sign in RadCom, on the DX Cluster and elsewhere are unfortunate typos or errors. The GB prefix is used as a prefix for UK Â Special Event Stations and has not been issued for use with the G100RSGB, GD100RSGB, etc, Centenary stations, which are operated under a special arrangement with Ofcom.
Edward “Ted” C Lark, G3CWC, 30 April 2013
Edward “Ted” C Lark, G3CWC passed away on 30 April 2013 at the age of 85. Ted was one of the pioneers of the then-“new-fangled” mode of SSB. Tribute by D E Johnson, G3MPN
