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DX News – 9 July 2023
Pierre, VK3KTB will be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island, NA-008, until 12 July. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS. Rag, LB3RE will be active on the 40 to 6m bands as DU1/LB3RE from Luzon Island, OC-042, until the 18 July. QSL via Logbook of the World, Club Log, or […]
Contest News – 9 July 2023
Today, Sunday 9 July, the UK Microwave Group 24, 47 and 76GHz Contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 24, 47 and 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The IARU HF Championship ends its 24-hour run at 1200UTC today, Sunday 9 July. Using CW and SSB on […]
Propagation News – 9 July 2023
NOAA’s prediction that the Solar Flux Index, or SFI, would decline last week didn’t come to fruition. In fact, the SFI stayed in the 160s and 170s until Thursday, when it declined to 155. The Sun produced more than 160 sunspots in June, the highest monthly number in more than two decades. This has led […]
Coronation activities come to an end
Radio amateurs are reminded that the special call sign GB23C, used to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, stopped being available for use on Friday 30 June. The availability of special call signs GB23BAA to GB23BZZ, used for Beaconnect events, also ended at the same time. The optional ‘R’ Coronation regional secondary […]
Tonight @ 8 – Receiving Antennas are Different
The next RSGB Tonight @ 8 live webinar takes place at 20.00 on Monday, 3 July 2023, with Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ presenting Receiving Antennas are Different. Eric—who has written numerous amateur radio and electronics articles over the past 30 years—says that almost every ham radio station can benefit from a separate receiving antenna. Effective […]
High-altitude balloon launch
The team from hi-impact, based on the Wirral, is planning another high-altitude balloon launch. This time, working alongside staff and pupils from West Kirby School and College, they will launch a high-altitude balloon at 11am on 11 July 2023 from their usual location in Cilcewydd, near Welshpool in Wales. They will be running a HABduino […]
