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Special Events News – 6 September 2026
Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society will be running special event station GB1PPF on Saturday, 12 September from 9.30am until 4pm. The station will be located at St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Lane, Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire PE28 9JS. Listen for activity on the HF, VHF and UHF bands. Special event station GB0SXW will be on the […]
DX News – 6 September 2026
Gunter, DK2WH is active as V51WH and V55Y from Namibia until 10 October. He is operating using FT8, SSB, RTTY and some CW on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL via Gunter’s home call, directly or via the Bureau.
Contest News – 6 September 2026
RSGB SSB Field Day, IARU Region 1 Field Day and IRTS SSB Field Day started at 1300UTC yesterday,5 September, and ends at 1300UTC today, 6 September. Using all modes on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The RSGB 144MHz Trophy Contest started at 1400UTC yesterday, […]
Propagation News – 6 September 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 3 September 2026. Solar activity has continued to decline, leaving us with a solar flux index around 100. The upside is we haven’t had any solar flares and associated coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, to contend with. Over the last week, we had only one M-class flare and […]
Join Tonight@8 to learn about World Space Week
Don’t forget that the RSGB Tonight@8 webinar series is back Monday 7 September. Join RSGB Board Director Patrick Wood, 2E0IFB live for a presentation on amateur radio and the future of satellite communication. You’ll also be able to hear how you can get involved with World Space Week, which takes place from 4-10 October. The […]
Host an ARISS Intl contact
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station programme is an opportunity for educational organisations to host an amateur radio contact with a crew member on board the International Space Station. The window to submit an application is now open and ends on 23 October 2026. This is for a contact to take place between […]
