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Rallies and Events News – 18 February 2018
The Radioactive Rally will take place this Sunday, 18 February, at Nantwich Civic Hall, Cheshire CW5 5DG. There is free car parking and the doors open at 10.30am. There will be a bring-and-buy, as well as traders and an RSGB book stall. A raffle ticket is included with the entrance programme, and additional tickets can […]
DX News – 18 February 2018
Members of Sandringham School Amateur Radio Club, led by Headmaster Alan, G4DJX, are in The Gambia operating as C5DX, with the visit ending on the 18th. Students have run a couple of pile ups at the time of writing and are doing well. QSLs go to G4DJX and logs will be uploaded to Logbook of […]
Special Event News – 18 February 2018
The 5th Paddock Wood Guides will taking part in GirlGuiding London and South East England’s Impact Big Sleepover on the 24 and 25 February near Sittingbourne, Kent. A special event station will operate on the 25th, GB5PWG for Paddock Wood Guides. GB4UKG, representing UK Guiding, will be on the air from Abermule School, Montgomery, Wales […]
Contest News – 18 February 2018
The ARRL International DX Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 18th. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and TX power. US stations will also send their state, and Canadian stations their province. On Tuesday, the IRTS 80m Counties Contest takes place from […]
Propagation News – 18 February 2018
Sunspot group 2699 threw a surprise last week when it unleashed a C-class solar flare and a coronal mass ejection. While we have got used to having coronal hole activity, CMEs have been less prevalent over the last few months. The CME and a coronal hole solar wind stream were predicted to reach Earth by […]
Derek Benham, G3YJP, 7th January 2018
Derek Benham, G3YJP had various interests including astronomy and amateur radio. I recall chilly nights with him on the roof of a bike shed at Letchworth Grammar School in the 1960s along with other members of the school astronomy club. We had our reflecting telescope there. Derek & I studied together for the Radio Amateurs’ […]
