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Rallies and Events News – 11 October 2015
Today, the 11th, is the final day of the RSGB Convention at Kent’s Hill Conference Centre, Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ. The principal sponsor for the event is Martin Lynch & Sons, to whom the Society would like to pass on their thanks. Full details at www.rsgb.org/convention Also today, the 11th, the Hack Green Bunker Rally […]
Special Event News – 11 October 2015
West Kent ARS will run a JOTA station from 12 noon to 4pm on the 17th supporting the 4th Sevenoaks Scout group. They will have HF and VHF stations from postcode TN14 5BX in Sevenoaks. GB2COS will be operating a JOTA station from the 16th to the 18th of October from the Cestrian Scout Group […]
DX News – 11 October 2015
The TX3X Chesterfield Island DXpedition will continue until the 12th of October. The 12-member TX3X team hopes to log 80,000 to 100,000 contacts before they leave the island. Chesterfield Island is number 21 on ClubLog’s DXCC Most Wanted List. John, W5JON will be spending a month at his retirement home on St Kitts in the […]
Contest News – 11 October 2015
On Tuesday, the 13th, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday it’s the CW leg of the 80m Club Sprint running from 1900 to 2000UTC. The exchange is simply the serial number and your name. […]
Propagation News – 11 October 2015
The sun severely disrupted the HF bands again this week. A high-speed solar wind stream with a south-facing Bz magnetic component continued to interact strongly with the Earth’s geomagnetic field. Strong, G3 level geomagnetic storming was observed at high latitudes and the K index hit seven on Wednesday evening. There were long periods on Wednesday […]
