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Rallies and Events News – 19 May 2019
This Sunday, 19 May, the Dunstable Downs National Amateur Radio Car Boot Sale takes place at Stockwood Park, Luton LU1 4BQ—more details at ddrcbootsale.org. On 26 May, the Durham District ARS Radio Rally takes place at Bowburn Community Association, Durham Road, Bowburn, Co. Durham DH6 5AT. Doors open 10.10am to 2.30pm, with disabled visitors gaining […]
DX News – 19 May 2019
Juha, OH5CW and the OH5C group will be active as OG0C from Kokar, in the Aland Islands, IOTA reference EU-002, between 22 and 28 May. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and MSK144 on the 160 to 2m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World, via the bureau, or direct to OH5CW; logsearch on […]
Special Events News – 19 May 2019
W7K celebrates the redefinition of the SI unit kelvin, which will take place on 20 May. This station will be operated from one of the most accurate temperature standards laboratories in the world, at American Fork, Utah. Times of operation will be 0000UTC to 2359UTC. The station will operate on both HF and VHF. For […]
Contest News – 19 May 2019
The 144MHz May Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1400UTC this Sunday, the 19th. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. This Sunday, the 19th, the 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 1100 to 1500UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also this […]
Propagation News – 19 May 2019
Last week saw the Kp index rise to seven on Tuesday, thanks to an enhanced solar wind stream containing a sharply south-pointing Bz. This is the direction of the interplanetary magnetic field and south-pointing means it was more likely to couple with the Earth’s magnetic field. This was due to a number of filament eruptions […]
Restricted NRC access – advance notice
Advance notice that RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will have restricted access for visiting radio amateurs wishing to operate the station, GB3RS on 6 June, 17 July and 7 August 2019. On 6 June, the NRC will be running a special event station, GB2DAY to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day and on 17 […]
