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GB2RS News Script for 11 August 2019
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Rallies and Events News – 11 August 2019
This Sunday, the 11th, sees the Flight Refuelling ARS Hamfest take place at Cobham Sports and Social Club Ground, Merley, near Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3DA. A talk-in station will be on S22. There is car parking on-site and doors are open from 10am to 4.30pm. Admission is £4, which includes parking. There will be trade […]
DX News – 11 August 2019
A group of mainly German amateurs will activate TO5M from the St Pierre and Miquelon Islands, IOTA reference NA-032, until 18 August. They will be on all bands from 160 to 6m on SSB, CW and FT8. QSL via Club Log OQRS. A team of ZS operators will activate Robben Island, AF-064, from 15 to […]
Special Events News – 11 August 2019
Advance notice now for British Inland Waterways on the Air 2019. This annual event takes place over the August bank holiday—24 to 26 August. The event is open to all amateurs who are boaters, cyclists or who otherwise use the canals, rivers, towpaths or riverbanks for work or recreation. Many clubs and individual amateurs who […]
Contest News – 11 August 2019
Just a reminder that August is the month of the traditional summer holiday, so there are no RSGB HF contests this month. This Sunday, the 11th, the 5th 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1400 to 1600UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The WAE DX CW contest runs for […]
Propagation News – 11 August 2019
Matter from a solar coronal hole hit the Earth last week as predicted. However, we got the date wrong, as it actually impacted us on Monday and not Sunday, as it was moving slightly slower than we thought. This sent the Kp index up to five as the Earth’s geomagnetic field was disturbed and where […]
