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We have no more rallies or events listed for 2019.

Nobu, JA0JHQ will be active as T88PB from Koror in Palau, IOTA reference OC-009, from 6 to 8 December. He will concentrate on 160m CW and FT8. QSL via Logbook of The World or direct to JA0JHQ. Antonio, EA5RM will be in Ecuador from 2 December to 5 January. He plans to operate in his […]

We have no details of any special event stations this week.

The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon begins on Sunday, 1 December and runs until the end of January. There are no specific operating modes or periods. Just work as many locator squares as you can on the 50MHz band. On Tuesday the 144MHz Machine Generated Mode Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC with the […]

Last week’s CQ Worldwide CW event proved that a contest can really generate activity on the HF bands, despite poor propagation. Despite lukewarm predictions during this period near sunspot minimum, there was plenty of DX to be had, despite a solar flux index of only around 70, and zero sunspots. HF bands as high as […]

We start with an announcement by Bury Radio Society that they will be running training courses for all three licence levels in 2020. The Foundation course starts in January, the Intermediate in March and the Full course commences in July. All courses will take place at a dedicated training facility. For more information contact Peter, […]

No news items have been received for Northern Ireland this week.

We start with clubs that have more than one event this week. Burnham Beeches Radio Club has its net this Sunday and next Sunday from 10.30am on 145.500MHz. On Monday it’s the Christmas event. Contact Greg, G4EBY, via email to ebytronics@gmail.com. Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Monday from 8pm on […]

North Bristol Amateur Radio Club has its net this Sunday and next Sunday from 8pm via GB3AC. Wednesday sees an open net from 8pm via GB3AC. On Friday there’s a general meeting and committee meeting, then on Saturday there’s an open net from 8pm via GB3BS. Details from Mat, G7FBD, via email to g7fbd@gb3bs.com. Cornish […]

Newport Amateur Radio Society has a net this Sunday and next Sunday on 3.705MHz from 10am. Tuesday sees a net on 144.700MHz from 8pm and on Thursday it’s shack clean-up time. Details from Ross, GW3NWS, on 01633 880 146. On Monday Dragon Amateur Radio Club is having a talk on Saunders Roe by David Mills […]