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Special Events News – 9 August 2015
GB2VJ will be on the air from 8 August to 4 September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VJ Day. Details are at www.essexcw.org.uk. Leicester Radio Society will be operating GB2VJD from Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QJ to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VJ Day on 14 and 15 August. It’s a ground floor venue […]
DX News – 9 August 2015
The annual Bogong High Plains Winter mini-expedition will once again head up to the Victorian Alps in Australia from 11 to 14 August. The team will be led by M0CYT/VK3SN and VK3GT and will utilise ultra-light weight solar powered QRP gear to operate on all bands from 80m to 70cm. They will be back country […]
Contest News – 9 August 2015
The Worked All Europe, WAE contest ends its 48 hour operation at 2359 today, the 9th. Europe works non-Europe only in this contest, so there tends to be a lot of DX working. Using CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday, the 432MHz UK […]
Propagation News – 9 August 2015
Further complaints about poor HF conditions were heard this week as the summer doldrums continued, not helped by a less than brilliant solar flux index of about 105. Having said that, the sun is showing more activity with a sprinkling of spots. Geomagnetic conditions were on the whole settled this week, at least until Thursday […]
Hoax Ofcom email – UPDATE
Please be aware of the following updated message from Ofcom IT regarding a hoax email from the Ofcom Spectrum Licensing email address. We will let you have an update when it is available. Some people have received an email that appears to have come from Ofcom spectrum licensing. The email has not been sent by […]
Respond now to contest consultation
Amateurs interested in contesting have the opportunity to comment on the 2015 Contest Rules Consultation White paper, but time is running out. Your comments must be received by 7 August. The White Paper (4-page/91.8KB PDF) is available from the RSGB Contest Committee website and contains details of how to submit your comments.
