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Special Event News – 27 September 2015
Today, 27 September, Harlow and District ARS will be using GB0EOR to activate Epping and Ongar Railway for Railways on the Air. They will be active on the 40, 20 and 2m bands from the railway station at North Weald. Many other special event call signs will also be on the air for the same […]
DX News – 27 September 2015
DU3JH and DU3LA will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest as DX3R from Subic Bay, which is IOTA reference OC-042. QSL via Logbook of The World only as no paper cards will be printed for this operation. Moto, JA1GZV will be on the air as TX7A from Moorea in French Polynesia until the […]
Contest News – 27 September 2015
The CQWW RTTY DX contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC today, the 27th. All contest bands from 2.5 to 28MHz are in use, RTTY only, and the exchange is RST plus Zone, which is 14 for the UK. The UK Microwave Group contest is on the 5.7 and 10GHz bands from 0600 to […]
Propagation News – 27 September 2015
Starting on a happier note, it has been good to see the HF bands becoming more active this week as we head into autumn. With a solar flux index of around 105, fifteen metres has been showing promise with the YV5B beacon in Venezula and 4U1UN beacon in New York romping in on 21.150MHz during […]
Amateur Radio Survey 2015
In 2012 the RSGB Board published its strategic goals and next year will review their relevance once again. As part of the previous review the Society conducted a survey of the UK amateur radio community in 2010. As this data is now five years old, we are repeating the survey. The questions are largely the […]
Stan Shackleford, G2HAX, 5th April 2015
Stan Shackleford, G2HAX died on 5 April 2015 aged 96 and was the last surviving pre-war member of the Reading & District Amateur Radio Club (RADARC)Â and was the last of the early members of the Club in its founding year of 1934. He lived all his life in the same small semi-detached house in […]
