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DX News – 12 November 2017
Tom, KC0W will be active as 3W9CW from Vietnam between 17 and 30 November. He will operate CW and FT8 on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via his home call sign, direct only, and logsearch on Club Log. He does not use Logbook of The World. Harald, DF2WO will be active again as 9X2AW […]
Special Event News – 12 November 2017
As part of the church’s annual festival remembering St Hilda, the Special Event Station GB5SH will again be run from St Hilda’s Church, Hartlepool TS24 0DA on Saturday, 18 November and Sunday, 19 November. Operation is expected to be on 80 and 40m bands, with some operation on 2m. GB1BSW will now take place on […]
Contest News – 12 November 2017
The WAE DX RTTY contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 12th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Monday the Autumn Series data leg will take place between 1900 and 2030UTC. Using the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial […]
Propagation News – 12 November 2017
As forecast, last week saw auroral conditions and the Kp-index rise to six as the result of incoming solar material from yet another coronal hole. The Aurora Borealis was even visible from northern England and Scotland. Coronal holes are lower-energy areas on the Sun with open magnetic field lines that allow tonnes of material to […]
Keith Pollard, G4KGP, 28th July 2017
Keith Pollard, G4KGP died suddenly on Friday the 28th of July 2017, shortly after the club net. Keith was a long-term member of the RSGB, a contributor to RadCom and everybody’s ‘go-to’ Elmer for anything electronic. Keith was a member of the club at British Aerospace in Hatfield, an honorary member of the Welwyn Hatfield […]
Beverley Moorecroft, G4UDY, 1st August 2017
Beverley Moorecroft, G4UDY, passed away peacefully on the 1st of August 2017. Bev was a Royal Marine of 34 years Service and a Corps Shot, an avid amateur radio enthusiast, a husband, father and grandad. Loved and respected by many.
