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Rallies and Events News – 28 July 2019
This Sunday, the 28th, the Wiltshire Radio Rally and Electronics Fair takes place at Kington Langley Village Hall and Playing Fields, Church Road, Kington Langley, Chippenham SN15 5NJ. Doors open from 9am to 1pm, with disabled visitors gaining access at 8.30am. Admission is £2. There is a car boot sale, flea market and trade stands. […]
DX News – 28 July 2019
SP3PS will be active as C5SP from The Gambia until 5 August. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the 20 to 6m bands. QSL via his home call sign. Sebastien, F8BDQ will be active as IS0/F8BDQ the main island of Sardinia, IOTA reference EU-024, until 6 August. QSL via his home call sign, direct […]
Special Events News – 28 July 2019
Arrowe Jamboree 2019 is a weekend camp celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the 3rd World Scout Jamboree held at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Wirral ARS will put GB2APJ on the air from Helsby High School this Sunday, 28 July, using most bands and modes from 3.5MHz through to 5.6GHz.
Contest News – 28 July 2019
The big contest this weekend is the Islands On the Air (IOTA), contest. It runs for 24 hours until 1200UTC this Sunday, the 28th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and IOTA reference. This Sunday, the 28th, the UK Microwave group contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. […]
Propagation News – 28 July 2019
Last week HF was once again dominated by sporadic E openings. On Wednesday FT8 contacts were being made across Europe on 28MHz, from Finland in the north to Spain in the south. It was a similar story on Thursday with S9 signals from the Balearic Islands to Norway. As we head towards August it is […]
Keeping the spectrum clean
The radio communications consultancy LS telcom held its 24th annual spectrum summit on 3 July 2019 and invited the IARU to participate in a panel session, Keeping the Spectrum Clean. The IARU was represented by Barry Lewis, G4SJH, who is the RSGB Microwave Manager. He summarised the impact of the increase in man-made noise observed […]
