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Rallies and Events News – 2 July 2017
The Barford Norfolk Radio Rally is on Sunday, 2 July, at Barford Village Hall and Green, Barford, Norwich NR9 4AB. Talk-in is on S22 and car parking is free. Doors open at 8am for traders and 9am for visitors. There will be trade stands, a car boot sale, a bring-and-buy, raffle, repeater group representatives and […]
DX News – 2 July 2017
Gil, 4F2KWT will be active as 4G1L from Palawan Island, IOTA reference OC-128, between 7 and 9 July. He will operate CW and RTTY on the 30 and 20m bands. QSL via his home call sign. John, G4IRN will be operating holiday-style from the Maldive Islands until 6 July. He plans to use 100 watts […]
Special Events News – 2 July 2017
Dennis, G7AGZ will operate GB6BEN on the 50, 145 and 433MHz bands as he climbs Ben Nevis in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care around 8 July onwards. See QRZ.com for full details. QSL via the bureau and eQSL, with SWL reports welcome. Durham and District ARS is participating as one of the bonus stations in […]
Contest News – 2 July 2017
The RSGB VHF National Field Day ends its 24 hour run at 1400UTC on Sunday, the 2nd, using the 50 to 1296MHz bands. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Sunday, 2 July, the third 2m Backpackers contest runs from 1100 to 1500UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is […]
Propagation News – 2 July 2017
This week NASA confirmed that we are heading for solar minimum, with the low point expected in 2019-2020. It also said that this may bring more long-lived coronal hole activity. This should come as no surprise to radio amateurs as we have been reporting near-minimum solar flux index levels and the ongoing effects of coronal […]
Consultation on VHF-UHF UKAC scoring schemes 2017
The consultation on VHF-UHF UK Activity Contest future scoring schemes is now available (25-page/3.1MB PDF). Online voting on this consultation will be available between 29 July and 20 August. RSGB Members who are active VHF/UHF contesters are encouraged to read the consultation document and vote. Briefing note from the UKAC workshop on 3 June 2017
