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DX News – 23 December 2018
Between 25 and 29 December, 4X19HNY will transmit from Jerusalem, 4X2XMAS from Capernaum, 4X3XMAS from Caesarea and 4X9XMAS from Latrun. QSL via Logbook of The World and eQSL only. Chie, 7L3PFH will be active as KH0TG from Tinian, Mariana Islands, OC-086, from 26 December to 1 January. She will operate CW and SSB on the […]
Special Events News – 23 December 2018
The Canadian National Parks and Historic Sites on the Air scheme launches on 1 January 2019—visit cnpota.ca for details of activations and how to participate.
Contest News – 23 December 2018
A large number of contests and activity parties take place over the next two weeks. Details here will be brief and those taking part should check the rules for details. The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon runs until 31 January using all modes on the 50MHz band. Between 26 and 29 December the Christmas […]
Propagation News – 23 December 2018
As this report has to take you up until Sunday, 6 January 2019 we can’t guarantee complete accuracy, but we’ll try to predict conditions for the Christmas period. The solar flux index is pretty easy as it looks like it will remain at or near sunspot minimum-like conditions. The SFI will be in the range […]
Diversity in amateur radio
‘But that’s not real radio!’ It’s not a new cry directed at FT8, DMR or Network Radio, but much older than that and often made whenever someone practices a version of amateur radio different from theirs. I suspect there were similar cries when SSB was first introduced, and before that AM by the CW diehards. […]
RSGB HQ Christmas closure dates
RSGB HQ will be closed for the Christmas and New Year period. Our offices close on Friday, 21 December 2018 at 16.30, and are open again for business as usual on Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 08.30. In the meantime, if you need information about amateur radio, exams or RadCom you’ll find lots of information […]
