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Rallies and Events News – 8 August 2021
Before travelling to any rally or event, please check the event’s website as there may be alterations or cancellations due to the current restrictions. As previously publicised, the Flight Refuelling Hamfest that was originally scheduled for today, the 8th, is cancelled. The Cockenzie & Port Seton Mini Rally scheduled for the 13th of August is […]
DX News – 8 August 2021
Bruno, IW5BBV will be active as CN2BBV while touring Morocco until the 30th of August. He will operate SSB mainly on the 40 and 20m bands. QSL via his home callsign. Frans, DJ0TP will be active as TK/DJ0TP from Corsica, IOTA reference EU-014, until the 14th of September. QSL via Logbook of The World, or […]
Special Events News – 8 August 2021
Today, 8th of August, Welland Valley ARS will be running GB5HAW from the Harborough At War event at the Market Harborough Show Ground LE16 7QB. Coventry ARS is running two special event stations until May 2022 to celebrate Coventry being the City of Culture. GB1COC & GB8CCC will be running most days, with GB8CCC passing […]
Contest News – 8 August 2021
With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe. August is the month of the traditional summer holiday so there are no RSGB HF contests this month. The Machine Generated Modes contest ends its 24 hour run at 1400UTC today, […]
Propagation News – 8 August 2021
The last week looked like we were back at solar minimum again! With the solar flux declining to 71, and the sunspot number at 14 on Thursday, it hardly looks like things are improving. This was coupled with news from NASA that they have revised their projections for Solar Cycle 25. NASA heliophysicists at the […]
John Buckingham, G4BCS, August 2021
Where to start? Describing John’s amateur radio activities presents a challenge. John was a larger than life character, and I suppose it is fair to say that his radio activities were also larger than life. When faced with this challenge I decided to contact some members of the Bedford Radio Club who might have memories […]