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DX News – 1 May 2022

| April 29, 2022

Renato, PY8WW will be active as HK0/PY8WW from San Andres Island, NA-033, between 7  and 12 May. He plans to operate on the six to 40m bands. QSL via his home call. Hitoshi, JR0UIU will be active as JR0UIU/0 0 from Awa Island, AS-206, until 3 May. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and […]

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YOTA summer camp in Croatia

| April 29, 2022
YOTA summer camp in Croatia

The 2022 Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) summer camp will be held in Croatia not far from the capital city of Zagreb. The Croatian Amateur Radio Association will be hosting the event, which will take place from 6-13 August 2022. This is a chance in a lifetime for young RSGB Members to represent their country […]

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Special Events News – 1 May 2022

| April 29, 2022

GB0SCW will be on the air from Stone Cross Windmill, East Sussex, from 10am to 5pm, next Saturday and Sunday. Using SSB on the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands, they also plan activities on 2m and 70cm. There may also be some HF operations in the evenings from a car parked in the windmill grounds. […]

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Contest News – 1 May 2022

| April 29, 2022

The UK EI Contest Club DX contest runs for 24 hours until 1200UTC this Sunday, 1 May. Using CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note that EI and GI stations also send their district code. This Sunday, 1 May, the UK […]

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Propagation News – 1 May 2022

| April 29, 2022

A week of high solar flux indices brought good openings on the higher bands. With the SFI consistently above 140 all week—at the time of writing—there have been reports of 10 metre openings well into the evening. As Ian Goodier on the 10m UK Net Facebook group reported: “Tonight on 10m you could mistake the […]

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Roger Western, G3SXW, 24th April 2022

| April 26, 2022

We were saddened to learn of the passing of our very dear friend and fellow ham, Roger Western G3SXW. Roger had been a stalwart member of the Echelford Amateur Radio Society for some considerable time.  He was well known for his prowess as a first class morse operator and particularly for his DXpeditions, for which […]

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