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Rallies and Events News – 23 September 2018
On 28 and 29 September the National Hamfest is at the Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 2NY. The venue has free car parking and has disabled facilities. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy, car boot area, flea market, special interest groups and a huge RSGB book stall. There will […]
DX News – 23 September 2018
Chris, VE6CMV will be active in the CQWW RTTY contest on 28 and 29 September as VO2VC, which CQ zone two, Labrador. He will be operating in the low power, single op, on 20m only using a delta loop antenna and 100W. Outside of the contest he will be active from 27 September to 4 […]
Special Events News – 23 September 2018
Celebrating 100 years of the RAF, GB100RAF will be operating from the Air Defence Radar Museum at RAF Neatshead in Norfolk this Sunday, the 23rd. QSL cards require an SAE only to RAFARS, RAF Cosford, WV7 3EX. North Bristol ARC has been invited by Avon Valley Railway to set up a two stations on the […]
Contest News – 23 September 2018
Over this weekend the UK and EI Contest Club Contest DX ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 23rd. Using SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and district code. This Sunday, the 23rd, the Practical Wireless 70MHz contest runs from 1200 to 1600UTC. Using […]
Propagation News – 23 September 2018
First, the sunspot reported a few weeks ago as possibly being from the new sunspot cycle 25 was in fact from cycle 24. Although it had a reverse magnetic polarity signature than other cycle 24 spots, scientists now say that its low solar latitude means it was not from the new cycle. Scientists are also […]
Graham Parry, G7OSR, 29 August 2018
Graham was involved in amateur radio most of his life, enhanced by his time in the RAF, passing his Radio Amateur Exam in the early seventies and obtaining his call sign G7OSR. Graham was a long standing member of the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Club, serving in many capacities and helping with events. He was […]
