The ARRL 10m Contest started at 0000UTC yesterday, 13 December, and ends at 2359UTC today, 14 December. Using CW and phone on the 10m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. American and Canadian stations also send their state or province code. Tomorrow, Monday 15 December, the RSGB FT4 Contest runs from 2000 […]
We had a bit of everything last week including increased Kp indices, a high solar flux, an X-class solar flare and coronal mass ejections. The solar flux index hit a maximum of 220 on Thursday 4 December. This brought good HF conditions until Sunday 7 December. The index declined to 169 on Thursday 11 December, […]
Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Please note the change of venue. The club now meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars. Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 […]
A small group of mainly disabled amateurs unable to get to other clubs because of distance, timing or accessibility meets on Fridays in Darlington between 10am and 12 noon at the coffee morning at Haughton le Skerne Methodist Chapel DL1 2DD. It is hoped that this group may be able to form a new club serving Darlington in […]
VER20251212, Version entity is Guam, KH2 Download: [ CTY-3539 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: RI1ANI is in ITU zone 69, not ITU zone 67 RI1ANI is in CQ zone 39, not CQ zone 38 … Continue reading →
Version entity is Guam, KH2 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 26350 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 26516 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: RI1ANI is Antarctica, CE9 in CQ Zone 39, ITU Zone 69 AM65OJE … Continue reading →
Version entity is Guam, KH2 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: RI1ANI is in ITU zone 69, not ITU zone 67 RI1ANI is in CQ zone 39, not CQ zone 38 AM65OJE is Spain, EA HC8M/5 is Ecuador, HC JD1/JF1ZIU and JF1ZIU/JD1 are … Continue reading →
Version entity is Martinique, FM Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,715 Callsigns: 34,161 Managers: 108,375 Addresses: 14,493 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes Callsigns AM65OJE during 1-15 December 2025 is Spain, EA EA1FTV during 10-11 December … Continue reading →
An image of the Giotto spacecraft during construction (Source: ESA)
Many thanks to SRAA contributor William Parmley, who found several cassette tapes with off-air recordings he made in the 1980s. Here are Bill’s notes for this recording:
BBC transmission live during the encounter of the Giotto space probe with Haley’s Comet, March 13, 1986. (43:45)
Comet Halley at Giotto spacecraft's closest approach (Source: ESA)
