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DX News – 10 September 2017
The 7163 Group will be active as HD8M from Isabela Island in the Galapagos, IOTA reference SA-004, between 14 and 21 September. Activity is planned for the 160 to six metre bands using CW, SSB and digital modes, primarily FT8. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, direct to WB2REM with an SASE or via the bureau through […]
Special Event News – 10 September 2010
Rugby ARTS will operate GB0RRS until 22 September to celebrate the historic Rugby Radio Station, which operated from 1926 to 2007 at a site near Hillmorton, Rugby. On 16 and 17 September Chatham Historic Dockyard will again be hosting their 1940s weekend. During the event Brian, G0TAR and some Medway ARTS members will be operating […]
Contest News – 10 September 2017
The WAE DX SSB contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC on Sunday, the 10th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note EU stations only work non-EU stations. On Monday the 80m Autumn Series runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using SSB on the 3.5MHz bands the […]
Propagation News – 10 September 2017
Last week the Sun caught every one out. While NOAA predicted the solar flux index would be in the mid-70s, the sudden appearance of a large number of sunspots pushed it up to 183 on Tuesday, although it had calmed down to 122 by Wednesday. This had a major impact on the bands, with openings […]
Ralph Lee, G4GRV, January 2017
Ralph Lee, G4GRV, passed away in January 2017 aged 93. He was active – mostly on HF – Â from when he passed his RAE in 1977, but on his retirement in the late 1980s other interests took over. Ralph encouraged me to take up the hobby, and I passed the RAE in 1978 thanks to […]
Report VDSL interference NOW
For three years the RSGB EMC Committee has been investigating the problems of interference from VDSL broadband on the HF amateur bands and lobbying for action to reduce the problem. It has a lot of historic data, but both Ofcom and Openreach contend that 150 reports from 50,000 amateurs are not indicative of a major […]
