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DX News – 18 March 2018
The Tifariti Gang is on the air as TN5R from the Republic of the Congo until Monday. Activity is from Top Band to 10 metres on SSB, CW and RTTY. See dxfriends.com/tn5r for logsearch, OQRS and more. Mike, OE6MBG plans to be active holiday style as FG/OE6MBG from Guadeloupe, IOTA reference NA-102, until 20 March. […]
Special Event News – 18 March 2018
Special Event Station news for April did not arrive in time to be included in the printed edition of RadCom, but the information can be found on the RSGB website. M0TRJ will be operating GB60OT until next Sunday as part of the Radio Amateur Old Timers’ Association diamond jubilee celebrations. QSL via the bureau or […]
Contest News – 18 March 2018
The Russian DX Contest concludes at 1200UTC this Sunday. Using CW and SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Russian stations also send their oblast code. The BARTG HF RTTY Contest is running this weekend, ending at 0200UTC on Monday the 19th. Using the 3.5 to […]
Propagation News – 18 March 2018
The Commonwealth Contest, held last weekend, proved an ideal opportunity for UK stations to work some choice DX without the massive pile-ups you might get in other contests. Despite a large, elongated coronal hole on the Sun triggering a geomagnetic storm on the night of the ninth, there was still HF DX to be had, […]
Changes to Scotland GB2RS readings
Due to antenna damage at the station of GB2RS news reader Jon, GM3JIJ in Stornoway, the news will be read by Jim, GM4NTL from Dumfries at 12.30pm on 3.640MHz each Sunday until the antenna repairs are completed. We thank Jim for stepping in to cover this news reading and hope that Jon can swiftly repair […]
RAYNET active in extreme weather
RAYNET groups around the country were activated during the heavy snowfall last weekend. Cardiff and District RAYNET were called in to assist with the transportation of key personnel, such as community care workers, as well as assisting stranded motorists to reach safety. Lothian and Fife RAYNET groups provided a communications net for the local 4×4 […]
