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Rallies and Events News – 5 March 2023

The Exeter Radio and Electronics Rally is taking place on Sunday, 5 March. The venue for the event will be America Hall, De la Rue Way, Pinhoe, Exeter EX4 8PW. The doors will open at 10.30am for everyone and 10.15am for disabled visitors. Admission is £3. Entry for under-16s is free. There will be trade […]
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Special Events News – 5 March 2023

Special callsign HG200AN will be active until 15 March to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Petöfi Sándor, one of Hungary’s most famous poets. QSL via Logbook of the World and Club Log’s OQRS. Members of the Grassroots Amateur Radio Club in Newfoundland, Canada will be active as VO1TAP until Tuesday, 18 March. […]
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DX News – 5 March 2023

Gopan, M0XUU and Ram, VU2JXN will be active from the Andaman Islands, AS-001, until the end of Sunday, 5 March. Operating will be focussed on the higher HF bands from 20 to 10m using CW and QO-100. For more details visit QRZ.com. Philippe, F1DUZ will be active as FG4KH from Guadeloupe, NA-102, until 8 March, […]
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Contest News – 5 March 2023

This Sunday, 5 March, the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also this Sunday, the Worked all Britain 3.5MHz Contest runs from 1800 to 2200UTC. Using CW and SSB, the exchange is […]
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2022 – a year in numbers

As we all adjusted to more normal levels of activity after the restrictions of Covid, we were delighted that during 2022, radio amateurs and clubs started meeting more frequently and enjoying amateur radio together. The April RadCom will show in detail the work of the committees and other specialist volunteers, but here we bring you […]
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2023 HAMChallenge

We are looking for your ideas! We are inviting you to take part in one of the HAMChallenges: Amateur Radio is about fun, radio communications, technology, experimentation, self-training, and friendship. Do you have a mind-blowing idea you would like to share …
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PTT Voice Mirrors (Part 2): Circa 1970’s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Frequency: various

Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Your receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Mode: Single Side Band

Notes: Part 2 of 3
Point to point stations were commonly found on shortwave in the 1970's outside of the normal SWBC bands. They could often be heard transmitting a repeating test message so a receiving station could tune them in prior to conducting radiotelephone traffic.

1.  Radio Telephone Circuit, Godthaab, Greenland

2.  PTT, Papeete, Tahiti

3.  AFA, USAF Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA

4.  AFI,  USAF McClellan AFB Sacramento, CA, USA

5.  Imperial Board of Telecommunications of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

6.  Radiografica Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica

7.  International Radio Telephone Service, Havana, Cuba

8.  France Cables and Radio Company, Douala, Cameroon

9.  French Telecommunications Service, Noumea, New Caledonia

10.  AEZ, U.S. Army, Asmara, Ethiopia

11.  French Telecommunications Service, Fort de France, Martinique

12.  CUW, USAF Aerospace Communications Complex, Lajes AFB, Azores

13.  Malgache Republic International Telecommunications Company,

        Tananarive, Madagascar

14.  French Telecommunications Service, Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe

15.  France Cables and Radio Company, Niamey, Niger

16.  French Telecommunications Service, St. Pierre et Miquelon

17.  France Cables and Radio Company, Monrovia, Liberia

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DX4WIN.CTY #23.8 – 27 February 2023

Version entity is United States of America, K Entities:      402 Prefixes:    4,666 Callsigns:  31,043 Managers:   96,535 Addresses:  13,405 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Australia, VK CQ Zone is 59, not 55 Prefixes Callsigns AA1AB … Continue reading →
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N3FJP – 27 February 2023

Version entity is Eritrea, E3 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 23782 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 23933 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: BG9XD/2 is China, BY in CQ Zone 24, ITU Zone 44 FO/AC4LN/M … Continue reading →

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