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Rallies and Events News – 23 August 2015
Today, the 23rd, the Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society annual radio rally will be held at Princethorpe College, Princethorpe, Rugby CV23 9PX. Entry is £3, and the doors are open from 10am to 4pm. Sellers have access from 8.30am. Details from Tony, G0OLS on 07759 684 411. The Milton Keynes ARS Rally will take place on […]
Special Events News – 23 August 2015
Cray Valley Radio Society will be operating GB150CM today, the 23rd at Crossness Museum, The Old Works, Thames Water STW, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London. SE2 9AQ. Open from 10.30am to 4pm, admission to the Museum is £6. GB2BB will be operated at the RAF Bradwell Bay Memorial Flypast on the 27th of August. Operation […]
DX News – 23 August 2015
Jim, G3RTE, Phil, G3SWH and Matt, MJ0ASP will be QRV as F/G6AY/p from Cezembre Island, IOTA reference EU-157, on from the 26th to 28th of August. They will operate CW only on 30 to 10 metres during their daylight hours only. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau. Volker, DL1ZB will be active as SV5/DL1ZB from […]
Contest News – 23 August 2015
The UKSMG Summer Marathon is now over, and the closing date for entries was set at the 17th of August. However, as there were a few technical issues uploading logs earlier this year, the submission closing date has been extended to Friday the 4th of September. Details are on the uksmg.org website. On Tuesday two […]
Propagation News – 23 August 2015
HF propagation conditions were very bad earlier this week. The culprit was a high-speed solar wind stream from coronal holes on the sun. The solar wind often exceeded 500 kilometres per second and had a south-facing Bz field at times. This meant that it more easily coupled with the Earth’s magnetic field – and plasma […]
Alan Boswell, G3NOQ, 5 August 2015
Alan Boswell, G3NOQ was one of the RSGB’s most respected Members. Until his death on 5th August 2015 he was an active member of the RadCom technical panel. He had particular skill in vetting articles on antenna matters. I knew Alan well from our joint involvement with the IEE (now the IET), where we met at […]
