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DX News – 16 December 2018
Elvira, IV3FSG is active as E44YL from Palestine until 18 December. She will operate SSB, RTYY and FT8. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS or via IK3GES. Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima, IOTA reference AS-031, from 17 December to 2 January. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on the 160 to […]
Special Events News – 16 December 2018
Several NASA amateur radio clubs will mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8 between 21 and 27 December. Apollo 8 was launched on 21 December 1968, and splashed down six days later on the 27th. It was the first manned spacecraft to leave low-Earth orbit, orbit the moon, and return safely. Special event operation will […]
Contest News – 16 December 2018
The second machine generated mode, or MGM Contest on the six and 2m bands takes place this weekend, ending its 24 hour run at 1400UTC on Sunday, 16 December. This is the second in the series of this brand new concept contest dedicated to machine generated modes. The first leg in April was well received […]
Propagation News – 16 December 2018
As we are approaching Christmas we have a festive twist to the HF propagation report this week. Firstly though, this week saw a lack of sunspots with the solar flux index around 70. Geomagnetic conditions were better than they have been though due to lack of coronal holes, with the K-index being two, one or […]
Live ISS contact from UK school
An amateur radio contact with the International Space Station, facilitated by ARISS, is planned for Friday, 14 December 2018. The contact with Kenilworth school is scheduled for 1255UTC and will be streamed from around noon at live.ariss.org.
Turkey gets 60m and 6m
Turkey’s telecom regulator, BTK, in a government gazette notice on 29 November 2018, released two new amateur radio allocations. They are the new WRC-15 60m band, at 15W, plus an all mode 6m allocation of 50 to 52MHz, with a power limit of 75W.
