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Rallies and Events News – 12 November 2023
The Rochdale and District Amateur Radio Society Winter Rally will take place on Saturday 18 November. The venue will be St Vincent de Paul’s Hall, Norden, Rochdale, Lancs, OL12 7QR. The doors open from 10am and entry will be £3. The usual traders, caterers and plenty of free parking will be available. All proceeds from […]
Special Events News – 12 November 2023
Special callsign HB8DELOY is in use by members of the Swiss Air Force Museum’s Radio Club, HB4FR, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy, 8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO in November 1923. Listen for activity until the 31 December. QSL via HB9ACA, preferably via the bureau. RAF […]
DX News – 12 November 2023
Ken, LA7GIA and Shani, HA5DDX are active as 7O8AD and 7O8AE respectively, from Socotra Island, AF-028, in Yemen until the 16 November. The team plans to have up to three stations working on the 160 to 10m bands and will operate using SSB, CW and FT8. QSL via OQRS and Logbook of the World. A […]
Contest News – 12 November 2023
The Worked All Europe DX RTTY Contest started at 0000UTC on Saturday 11 November and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 12 November. Using RTTY only on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, the 12 November, the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs […]
Propagation News – 12 November 2023
Last week was characterised by very unsettled geomagnetic conditions which took their toll on the high-frequency bands. The Kp index hit seven on the 5 November, sparking visible aurora all over the UK. This also caused auroral conditions on the bands with many people commenting on the auroral flutter on the lower HF bands and […]
RSGB Board key messages and proceedings
The RSGB Board met on Friday 13 October at the Convention. The key messages from that meeting were: Ian Suart, GM4AUP has been accepted by the IARU as a representative on the IARU Working Group on Operating Practice Finance – the Board was pleased that the deficit was still below budget and this was anticipated […]
