Last week was dominated by extensive sporadic E openings that made 10 metres sound like 20 metres on a good day. The openings were steady and stable, with lots of stations around Europe being very workable. These openings extended to multi-hop as well, with Chris, VO1CH being heard on 10m FT8 at 1240UTC on Monday, […]
South Normanton, Alfreton and District Amateur Radio Club has daily nets on 145.450MHz from 2pm. Tuesday sees a net from 6.45pm around 145.475MHz. For details, email snadarcsec@gmail.com. Lincoln Short Wave Club has daily Fusion nets, starting at 2pm on GB3LM then QSYing to a clear frequency. Tuesday sees the club net from 9.30am on GB3LM. […]
The Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society has a net around 3.715MHz from 9.30am every Sunday followed by a net on the GB3IM repeater network from 11.30am following the GB2RS News. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak all club meetings have been cancelled until further notice. However, every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm there is a net […]
On Tuesday Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club has a Zoom talk on QO-100 by Dom, M0BLF. For details, email muarc.secretary@yahoo.co.uk. West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club says meetings will resume when it is safe. Social isolation does not mean you have to be lonely: we are at an advantage as our knowledge and skills allow us to […]
Bedford and District Amateur Radio Club runs a daily net from 2pm around 3.748MHz. Saturday, Sunday and Thursday see the DX net from 2.30pm around 14.329MHz. Monday to Saturday see a Zoom meeting from 10.30am accompanying a net around 3.748MHz or 7.068MHz. Monday sees a net from 7pm around 3.748MHz or 7.068MHz. Tuesday sees a […]
Torbay Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sundays on 14.270MHz at 9.30am, and on 145.575MHz from 12 noon. Monday’s nets are 3.663MHz from 10.30am, 1.982MHz from 8pm and 50.155MHz from 8.30pm. Wednesday sees nets on 14.270MHz from 9.30am and 3.663MHz from 10.30am. Saturday’s net is on 3.663MHz from 10am. Details from Kerry, M0KRE, on 0772 […]
Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society has a net on Sundays from noon around 3.703MHz. Friday sees a net from 7pm on 144.575MHz FM. Live streams of both nets can be found at www.mw0mwz.co.uk/liveshack.php and everyone is welcome to drop in to say hello. Details from Rob, MW0CVT, via email to mw0cvt@sky.com. Carmarthen Amateur Radio […]
The RSGB’s national campaign ‘Get on the air to care’ in partnership with the NHS has received more media coverage this week, including two BBC radio interviews with local radio clubs and a video message from the NHS. Thank you to everyone who is showing their support by getting on the air, caring for other […]
The RSGB Contest Committee is running a second Hope QSO Party event, starting on Monday, 18 May 2020. The rules can be found on the Committee web pages—please note there are two rule changes for this second event. The calendar is at rsgbcc.org/hf.
A new beta version of the WSJT-X software suite has been released. It includes the first updates since last autumn to the popular FT8 and FT4 protocols. Installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are available from the WSJT-X Development Group. Go to candidate release WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc1. The WSJT-X Development Group request those using the […]
