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Special Events News – 9 July 2017
Dennis, G7AGZ will operate GB6BEN on the 50, 145 and 433MHz bands as he climbs Ben Nevis in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care around 8 July onwards. See QRZ.com for full details. QSL via the bureau and eQSL, with SWL reports welcome. GB0IS will be on the air as part of a meet-and-greet at the […]
Contest News – 9 July 2017
The IARU HF Championships ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 9th. It’s SSB only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and ITU zone, which for the UK is 27. On Tuesday there are two contests on 432MHz. The first is the FM Activity Contest at 1800 […]
Propagation News – 9 July 2017
Earlier last week the sun’s surface looked clear. There were no sunspots at all and the solar flux index remained in the low 70s. However, settled geomagnetic conditions helped make up for this with the K-index often at zero. Daytime D-layer absorption didn’t really help with the summer HF doldrums, but there were highlights in […]
New places at YOTA 2017
Two countries are no longer able to send representatives to the RSGB IARU Youth On The Air 2017 event. There are six places to fill, and all countries involved are being invited to nominate additional team members. If you’re a young radio amateur in the UK aged 15-25, are free from 5-12 August 2017, and […]
Hongkongers celebrate with VR20 prefix
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s reunification with China, Hong Kong licensed radio amateurs are being allowed to use the special prefix VR20 on a voluntary basis from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Youngsters to launch eclipse balloon
The two daughters of Winston, KI7CSK, Rebecca and Kimberley, are planning to launch a new high-altitude Balloon mission with APRS tracking for the North American solar eclipse on 21 August 2017. The sisters will be working alongside other citizen scientists in a campaign called the Eclipse Ballooning Project, which will be gathering high-altitude data during […]
