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DX News – 24 November 2019
The Radio Club of Sevran will be active as 6W7PCT from Senegal until 25 November. A team of four will operate CW, SSB and digital modes with three stations, including activity during the CW WW DX CW Contest. QSL for this is via Club Log’s OQRS, or via the bureau to F5KKD, or direct to […]
Contest News – 24 November 2019
The CQWW DX CW ends its 48 hours run at 2359 this Sunday, the 24th. This CW-only event uses all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is signal report and zone, which is 14 for the UK. On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1930 to 2230UTC. Using all modes […]
Propagation News – 24 November 2019
The predicted poor geomagnetic conditions forecast for late on the 16th didn’t amount to much. In the event, the Kp index rose to three before settling back down again quite quickly. The Sun remained spotless all week again as we get close to the minimum. As such, HF propagation was relatively poor all week. Daytime […]
WRC-19 Day-20: And Finally!
Friday, 22 November saw WRC-19 conclude its month long biggest ever conference. Many of the 3,300 delegates had started to travel home even before the release of the ‘Provisional Final Acts’ and closing ceremony. The ITU website has released the provisional acts as a huge 567-page PDF document – a tribute to the hardworking editorial […]
WRC-19 Day-19: 50 MHz Approved!
WRC-19 has approved an allocation in the 50 MHz band for amateurs in Region 1 at its morning plenary in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday 21 November 2019. The decision comes after more than three weeks of strenuous negotiations to reconcile widely disparate views of Region 1 administrations. The result is a dramatic improvement in […]
