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DX News – 5 March 2023
Gopan, M0XUU and Ram, VU2JXN will be active from the Andaman Islands, AS-001, until the end of Sunday, 5 March. Operating will be focussed on the higher HF bands from 20 to 10m using CW and QO-100. For more details visit QRZ.com. Philippe, F1DUZ will be active as FG4KH from Guadeloupe, NA-102, until 8 March, […]
Contest News – 5 March 2023
This Sunday, 5 March, the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also this Sunday, the Worked all Britain 3.5MHz Contest runs from 1800 to 2200UTC. Using CW and SSB, the exchange is […]
Propagation News – 5 March 2023
The auroral event last week was probably the strongest we’ve had in this solar cycle. There were widespread visible aurora reports from the UK on Sunday, 26 February. The Kp index eventually hit seven at 0900UTC on February, the 27th, sparking widespread visible aurora alerts all over the UK for Tuesday evening as well. The […]
Tony Laurence, G3GGI – 19 April 2018
As a young lad Tony had an obsession with radio communication. He attended The Wireless College in Colwyn Bay, then joined the Signals Corps. While in the Signals he was stationed in Austria at Thalerhof Airfield, Graz, where he monitored and intercepted post war Russian transmissions. Next he spent some time as Radio Officer on […]
Stuart Constable, M0CHW – February 2023
Many in the East Sussex area will recognise the callsign of Stuart M0CHW, an active amateur in the area for decades. Stuart passed away peacefully in his sleep in February. Following his early retirement from the Police Service, Stuart embraced radio as a hobby and, in true amateur spirit, spent much of his time increasing […]
2022 – a year in numbers
As we all adjusted to more normal levels of activity after the restrictions of Covid, we were delighted that during 2022, radio amateurs and clubs started meeting more frequently and enjoying amateur radio together. The April RadCom will show in detail the work of the committees and other specialist volunteers, but here we bring you […]
