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DX News – 16 April 2017
Tynemouth Amateur Radio Club is away on another IOTA trip, this time to the Isle Of Mull, EU-008, between the 21st and the 28th of April. They will be operating as GS0NWM on the 10 to 80m bands using most modes with four HF stations. In addition they will have a VHF/UHF station. Full details […]
Special Events News – 16 April 2017
Mid Ulster ARC is taking part in International Marconi Day on the 22nd from Navan Fort, 81 Kilrea Road, Armagh BT60 4LD between 8am and 5pm. The Kerry Amateur Radio Group will participate as an Award Station in International Marconi Day on the 22nd from the site of the former Marconi Station at Ballybunnion, Co. […]
Contest News – 16 April 2017
The Worked All Britain Data Contests takes place today, the 16th of April, on the 3.5, 7.0 and 14MHz bands. There are two separate contests one for RTTY and one for PSK. Each contest is split into two parts to get optimum conditions on all three bands. The RTTY contest is from 1200 to 1400 […]
Propagation News – 16 April 2017
Last week was a mixed bag again in terms of HF propagation. While the solar flux index was stuck in the mid 70s, geomagnetic disturbances due to coronal hole effects made their mark. The K index hit four on Tuesday and brought a pre-auroral enhancement. With the critical frequency over the UK almost reaching 7MHz, […]
April 22nd is Marconi Day
Dozens of official award stations have registered to take part in the 2017 International Marconi Day event, this year being held on 22 April. All contacts counting toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF with registered stations, but other participating stations do not need to be registered to claim awards. The event is […]
New PSK31 software for blind amateurs
A free, new Windows program called Accessible Digipan has been released. It allows blind hams to operate PSK31. The download includes the application, audio tutorials, detailed written guides, and additional helpful resources, plus DigiPan PSK31 and PSK63 software. ARRL member Richard, KK6MRH, and Jim, WA0PSS, both blind, developed the program. The app will work with […]
