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DX News – 19 January 2020
Roland, F8EN will be active as FR/F8EN from Reunion Island, IOTA reference AF-016, from 23 January to 18 February. He will operate CW only on the HF bands. QSL via F6AJA either direct or via the bureau. Janusz, SP9FIH will be active from Norfolk Island, OC-005 until 12 April. He will use the call sign […]
Special Events News – 19 January 2020
Members of the Russian Robinson Club will operate the special event station R200ANT to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica. The station will be on the air until 31 March. Listeners are asked to note that the event station is located in Russia and not Antarctica.
Contest News – 19 January 2020
On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend, the CQ 160m DX contest runs from 2200UTC on the 24th to 2200UTC on the 26th. It’s CW only on the 1.8MHz band and the exchange is signal report […]
Propagation News – 19 January 2020
We had another pretty uneventful week with zero sunspots, but no major geomagnetic disturbances. The K-index rose to three on Thursday morning due to the effects of the solar wind, but the ionosphere was otherwise calm geomagnetically. We said last week that there had been some winter sporadic E, which had livened up 10 metres. […]
First Tunisian licences in six decades
The IARU reports that the first three authorisations to operate have been issued to three Tunisian amateurs. These are the first amateur permits issued since 1956. 3V8HB, 3V8MN and 3V1MB will soon be on the air from their homes, rather than being restricted to operating from a club station. Issuing individual authorisations to operate is […]
Intruder watcher DK2OM retires
After many years’ involvement in monitoring intruders on the amateur bands, Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, decided to retire at the end of 2019. His work stretching back over 30 years—first with DARC and since 2005 for IARU Region 1—has been recognised with an IARU Diamond Award. Region 1 Vice-Coordinator Peter, HB9CET will take up the role […]
