The UK and Ireland Contest Club DX SSB Contest starts at 1200UTC on Saturday, 31 August and runs until 1200UTC on Sunday, 1 September. Using SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. UK and Ireland stations also send their district code. The Worked […]
We had a good week for HF propagation, at least until we had a Kp index of 5.67 on Wednesday, the 28th. This was caused by the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field moving into a south-pointing position. Luckily, it didn’t last long and geomagnetic conditions were back to normal by Thursday. The solar […]
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Another busy day at the YOTA summer camp in Prague! Today started with a lecture on SDR, with an emphasis on the evolution of radio hardware and implementation of software. After this we were told about the polar expedition of the airship Italia, which crashed on the jagged icecaps of the Arctic Ocean in 1928. […]
Hello from sunny Prague! This is the first of my daily blogs during the YOTA 2024 Summer Camp. Today, we had a really busy first day, so let’s get straight into it. We started off with a quick icebreaker to introduce everyone’s teams, before heading to the morning session of presentations. The first was all […]
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National Hamfest – 27 and 28 September 2024 To read this edition, tap or click cover image Regulars Advertisers’ index 85 Antennas, Steve Ireland, VK6VZ/G3ZZD and Kevin Smith, VK6LW/VK6T/G4EHF 18 ATV, Dave Crump, G8GKQ 16 Contest Calendar, Ian Pawson, G0FCT 29 Contesting, Chris Tran, GM3WOJ 70 GHz bands, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO 58 HF, Daimon […]
14/08/2024 09:09 We are aware of an intermittent connectivity issues affecting parts of the RSGB main website this morning, which may result in some content not displaying as normal. We are currently monitoring the situation and liaising with our third party hosting service, and apologize for any inconvenience. We will update this post with any […]
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