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Contest News – 10 January 2021
Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. Today, the 10th, the Datamodes AFS contest runs from 1300 to 1700UTC. The SSB AFS contest takes place on Saturday from […]
Propagation News – 10 January 2021
We start by welcoming in 2021, and here’s hoping that it proves to be more fruitful than 2020 in terms of HF propagation. We’ve started the New Year with zero sunspots and a solar flux index back in the mid-70s on Thursday the 7th. The STEREO Ahead spacecraft is not showing anything of note around […]
Sir Colin Dollery, G3GAF, 12 December 2020
It is with great sadness that I report the death of my father, Sir Colin Dollery, G3GAF on the 12th of December 2020 at the age of 89. Colin first started in amateur radio as a teenager in Lincoln with homebrew equipment and a long wire antenna in the field next door. His license lapsed […]
Jim Wheeldon, M0JHW, 26th December 2020
Jim Wheeldon, M0JHW is a sad loss to his family, friends and fellow OPs, and members of Lincolnshire RAYNET, of which he was County Controller. Jim suffered a major stroke, and passed away on the 26th December. He was a dependable stalwart character who fulfilled an active role within the RAYNET organisation for as long […]
Tony Hobbs, G30JX, 30th December 2020
I write to you with sad news regarding Tony Hobbs, G30JX. Tony sadly passed away on the 30th of December 2020 at the age of 101. He had been resident at Thameside Care Home, West Molesey since August 2020 where he received the utmost of care and attention from a most professional team of carers. […]
Mike Lunt, G8ALD, 5th January 2021
It’s with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of the South Lancs Amateur Radio Club chairman Mike Lunt, G8ALD. He passed on 5 January 2021 after battling illness for some time. Mike was born in 1943, and was licensed since 1967. He was ex Royal Signals, Home Office Director of […]
