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Contest News – 9 February 2020
The CQ WW WPX Party ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 9th. It’s RTTY only on the 3.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number. The PACC Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC this Sunday, the 9th. Using CW and SSB on the 1.8 to […]
Propagation News – 9 February 2020
After sunspot group 2757 rotated out of view the Sun remained spotless with a solar flux index around 70. We had periods of geomagnetic disruption thanks to the effects of coronal holes, the worst seeing the Kp index hit four on Thursday morning. These storms resulted in visible aurora being reported at higher latitudes. Monday […]
New IARU Region 1 website live
Earlier this week the new IARU website went live, with new material added. Also live is the new IARU Region 1 website at its normal address of iaru-r1.org. Please take a moment to explore the new Region 1 site and also remember that if you link to that site from your own website, you will […]
RSGB operating awards QSL checking service
The RSGB is now offering a QSL card checking service for RSGB award applicants. When submitting your award application, you will have the option to request a QSL card check. The RSGB Awards Manager will arrange for your cards to be checked in person—please do not send cards to RSGB HQ. Did you know that […]
NRC radio room GB3RS maintenance closure
Due to essential maintenance, the radio room at the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park will be closed to visitors on Tuesday, 11 February 2020. While the NRC itself will remain open to visitors, it means the station GB3RS will be off-air and unavailable for visiting radio amateurs to operate. We apologise for […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
On 30 January 2020 at 1400UTC, AMSAT Argentina deployed a WSPR/APRS drifting buoy on the South Atlantic seas. The WSPR beacon will run 900mW on 14095.6kHz with the call sign LU7AA. The APRS beacon, call sign LU7AA-11, will initially be on Argentina’s APRS frequency of 144.930MHz but will change frequency to 145.825MHz so that it […]
