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DX News – 1 December 2019
Nobu, JA0JHQ will be active as T88PB from Koror in Palau, IOTA reference OC-009, from 6 to 8 December. He will concentrate on 160m CW and FT8. QSL via Logbook of The World or direct to JA0JHQ. Antonio, EA5RM will be in Ecuador from 2 December to 5 January. He plans to operate in his […]
Contest News – 1 December 2019
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon begins on Sunday, 1 December and runs until the end of January. There are no specific operating modes or periods. Just work as many locator squares as you can on the 50MHz band. On Tuesday the 144MHz Machine Generated Mode Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC with the […]
Propagation News – 1 December 2019
Last week’s CQ Worldwide CW event proved that a contest can really generate activity on the HF bands, despite poor propagation. Despite lukewarm predictions during this period near sunspot minimum, there was plenty of DX to be had, despite a solar flux index of only around 70, and zero sunspots. HF bands as high as […]
Big news for 6m band
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) has concluded in Egypt. The 3,300 delegates considered many aspects of radio including several that will affect our hobby. Perhaps the biggest news is that the conference has approved an allocation in the 50MHz band for amateurs in Region 1. The Amateur Service now has a baseline Secondary allocation […]
RSGB Board responsibilities change
Recent appointments to the Board have given the RSGB an opportunity to redistribute responsibilities and activities. These are now grouped across four teams, assisted by a support team. Each team comprises several Committees, Honorary Officers and other groups with a related purpose. For further information about the teams see the RSGB Board web page.
