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Saturday, June 8, 2019

Late opening to North America on 28 MHz - Fri 7th June 2019

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After a pretty dismal start, Friday the 7th of June 2019 turned out in the end to be an interesting day for propagation on 28 MHz . The m...
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Friday, June 7, 2019

Video : High performance 70cms transverter by G4DDK

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This video from the 2018 RSGB Convention shows Sam Jewell G4DDK describing his high performance 432 MHz transverter. Description :   G4...

Good conditions on 28 MHz - Thurs 6th June 2019

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Thursday the 6th of June 2019 was pretty good in terms of Sporadic-E conditions on 28 MHz with plenty of strong signals on the band. The ...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Conditions on 28 MHz - Wed 5th June 2019

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After a poor few days, conditions on 28 MHz are beginning to pick up again. Wednesday the 5th of June 2019 was certainly better than previou...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

RSGB Cricket World Cup Radio Marathon 2019

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The RSGB are currently holding a Radio Marathon in association with the 2019 Cricket World Cup Championships which are being held in Engl...

100th Anniversary of RCA Coastal Station in the USA

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Back on the 23rd of May 2019, I came across this special event station on CW on 14 MHz... WA1WCC/100RC Not the easiest call sign to sen...

Conditions on 28 MHz - Tues 4th June 2019

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Tuesday the 4th of June 2019 was marginally better than the previous day on 28 MHz but the pickings were still slim. The map below shows t...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Poor conditions on 28 MHz - Mon 3rd June 2019

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Monday the 3rd of June 2019 was pretty dire on 28 MHz with just weak signals on the band. The 'opening' in the morning was really w...
Monday, June 3, 2019

Junkers F-13 Award

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The Junkers F-13 was the first all-metal passenger aircraft and its first flight was on the 25th of June 1919. To commemorate the 100th...

Delta Loop antenna for 40 MHz

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Phil EI9KP has very kindly sent on details of the Delta Loop antenna that he built for the new 40 MHz / 8-metre band. The Delta Loop is a...
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Opening to South America on 28 MHz... Sun 2nd June 2019

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I wasn't around for a lot of Sunday the 2nd of June 2019 but I did have the radio on monitoring the FT8 frequency on 28 MHz. When I w...
Sunday, June 2, 2019

Conditions on 28 MHz - Sat 1st June 2019

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Saturday the 1st of June 2019 was reasonably quiet on 28 MHz with lots of weak FT8 signals on the band. It seems as if each day at the momen...
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Conditions on 28 MHz - Fri 31st May 2019

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Conditions on 28 MHz on Friday the 31st of May 2019 were certainly down on previous days. It was one of those days where there a lot of ver...

Spanish URE 70th Anniversary Award - April 1 to June 9, 2019

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On April 1st 2019, the national society for radio amateurs in Spain (URE - Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles) celebrated its 70th anniv...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Another opening to North America on 28 MHz... Thurs 30th May 2019

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Thursday the 30th of May 2019 was a bit more subdued on 28 MHz with several quiet patches during the day. Despite that it did open to Indone...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Danish OZ7IGY 40 MHz beacon back on air... May 2019

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Back in March of 2019, I had a post up about how OZ7IGY in Denmark was off-air for the foreseeable future. Well now it is back on again...

Opening to North America on 28 MHz... Wed 29th May 2019

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The 28 MHz finally opened to North America on Wednesday the 29th of May 2019 . It was only two signals but at least it was an opening! We sh...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

First Sporadic-E crossband contacts made from Ireland on 40 MHz...Sat 25th May 2019

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Following on from news of the inter-EI activity on 40 MHz last weekend, here is a report of the first crossband contacts made on the 8-metr...
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Conditions on 28 MHz - Tues 28th May 2019

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Tuesday the 28th of May 2019 was similar to previous days on 28 MHz with plenty of Sporadic-E signals on the band. What was notable was tha...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Inter-EI activity begins on 40 MHz...

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In April of 2018, Irish (EI) radio amateurs gained access to much of the low VHF spectrum including 40 MHz. Some short distance contacts wer...