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There is a great programme of live webinars lined up early 2024. We begin on Monday, 15 January with an update on the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC 2026) which is going to take place in the UK. Chairman and Project Manager Mark Haynes, M0DXR, and other members of the WRTC 2026 team, will join […]
Rallies and Events News – 26 November 2023
The Bishop Auckland Radio Amateur Club Rally will take place on Sunday 3 December. The event will be held at Spennymoor Leisure Centre, High Street, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DB. The doors open at 10.30am for visitors, with disabled access from 10am. For more information, contact bdingle@hotmail.co.uk Mid Devon Amateur Radio and Computer Fair will […]
Special Events News – 26 November 2023
LA100K is the special callsign in use by the Akademisk Radioklubb, LA1K to celebrate the 100th anniversary since its foundation. Based in Trondheim, it is the oldest amateur radio club in Norway. The special callsign will be in use until the 31 December. The Turkish Radio Amateurs Association is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the […]
DX News – 26 November 2023
Tom, VK2WN will be active as AX37EUDXF until the 30 November to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the European DX Foundation. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL or Club Log’s OQRS. He does not use the bureau. Take, JI3DST will be active from the Miyako Islands, AS-079, until the 19 December. He will be operating […]
Contest News – 26 November 2023
The CQ World Wide DX CW Contest started at 0000UTC on Saturday 25 November. It ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 26 November. Using CW on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and CQ zone. The UK is in zone 14. On Monday 27 November, the RSGB FT4 […]
Propagation News – 26 November 2023
What a difference a week makes! Last week the solar flux index was at 118 but, by Thursday the 23 November, it had climbed up to 190 with the Sun’s surface covered in spots with up to nine groups showing. The maximum useable frequency over a 3,000km path was estimated at more than 40MHz at […]