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Special Events News – 24 November 2024
Special event callsign 9Y20TATT is active until the 29 November 2024 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society. All amateurs are invited to make contact. Limited edition QSL cards will be available, and certificates can be requested by amateurs […]
DX News – 24 November 2024
HC5CW and HC2AP are active as HC5CW/8 and HD8CW from San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Islands until the 28 November. The IOTA reference is SA-004. They will operate on the HF bands, CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO or OQRS. The FW7AA Team is active from Wallis Island until the 29 November 2024. […]
Contest News – 24 November 2024
The CQ World Wide DX CW Contest started at 0000UTC on Saturday 23 November and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 24 November. Using CW on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. The UK is in Zone 14. On Tuesday 26 November, the RSGB SHF […]
Propagation News – 24 November 2024
We’ve had yet another week of relatively calm geomagnetic conditions. The solar flux index has been in the 160s and despite having 14 M-class solar flares over seven days, we haven’t had any coronal mass ejections to contend with. As a result, the daytime maximum usable frequency, or MUF, over a 3,000km path has been […]
RSGB VHF Contest Committee survey
The RSGB VHF Contest Committee is currently planning the rules for the 2025 VHF contests. Following some discussion at the RSGB Convention, the committee members have some questions on which they would appreciate feedback from contestants, with particular topics focused around VHF Field Day and the Back Packers events. You can find the survey online […]
Pamela Rose, G4STO – 11 November 2024
Pam Rose – Late Secretary of Lincoln Short Wave Club, died on 11 November 2024 after a long illness. She had been a member of the Lincoln Short Wave Club since the late 1970s. I met her 25 years ago when I joined the LSWC. Pam was remarkable. Not only in her professional approach to […]
