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Contest News – 5 November 2017
Ending its 24 hour run at 1400UTC this Sunday, the 5th, the Marconi CW contest takes place. Using the 144MHz band only, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 200UTC. It is followed by the 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to […]
Propagation News – 5 November 2017
Last week saw more settled geomagnetic conditions and, although there were few sunspots, the ionosphere was able to offer DX contacts. The CQ Worldwide Contest saw 15 metres and even 10 metres providing openings at times. With the solar flux in the low 70s it was the seasonal upturn, due to change in ionospheric chemistry, […]
Results of the VDSL interference survey
The EMC Committee would like to thank all 1,200 radio amateurs who took part in the VDSL RFI survey. The results have been analysed and were presented at the RSGB 2017 Convention. You can see a pdf of the PowerPoint presentation or watch the video of EMC Chair John Rogers, M0JAV presenting the findings at the […]
Check you’re back on GMT
On Sunday, 29 October 2017, at 2am, the UK reverts to Greenwich Mean Time, or UTC, by going back one hour to 1am. This marks the official end of British summertime. The mornings will also be lighter, however the evenings will be darker but better for AM DX. Sunday, 25 March 2018 is when the […]
New IOTA website live
The new Islands on the Air website and the software system that will run the IOTA programme in the future are now fully up and running. Users will be redirected from the old site to the new one and can log in using their existing credentials. Go to www.iota-world.org to learn more about the programme.
Fox-1 satellite launches soon
The next AMSAT satellite Fox-1 is scheduled to launch on 10 November 2017 at 0947UTC. It will carry a FM transponder with an uplink on 435.250MHz with a 67.0Hz CTCSS and a downlink on 145.960MHz. It will launch on a Delta II vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
