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GB2RS NEWS
Sunday 13th June 2010
The news headlines
• Special Event Station for National Hamfest
• IOTA contest DXpedition to rare North Atlantic island group
• BBC World Service to feature radio curator Gerry Wells
Plans are progressing well for the National Hamfest on 1 and 2 October
at the Newark & Notts Showground. To mark the National Hamfest and Ham
Week UK, Lincoln Short Wave Club will be getting on the air. A special
station is being set up at Newark Showground in the days running up to
this year’s National Hamfest, through the weekend and then off-site for
Ham Week UK. HF bands and 2m will be used. The 2m operation will
probably be suspended during the show as activity within the showground
is likely to be heavy. The station will QSL with an attractive card with
the National Hamfest Logo as its front.
Icom UK is to sponsor a DXpedition to the Flannan Islands as part of the
IOTA Contest. The MS0INT team are trying to activate the remote North
Atlantic island group of the Flannans, 20 miles north west of the Outer
Hebrides. Icom UK have loaned two IC-7000 transceivers to the team for
use at the station. As one of the rarest prefixes in Europe, EU-118, it
has only been claimed by 31.9% of participants in the IOTA programme so
the team will have their work cut out. The MS0INT DXpedition team will
try to be on the air from Friday 18 June until Monday 21 June. There
will be two 24 hour stations operating on all bands from 160-10 metres
on both SSB and CW. They will be situated on the highest point of the
island Eilean Mòr, some 88 metres above sea level.
Gerald Wells, known as Gerry, is the curator of the British Vintage
Wireless and Television Museum in Dulwich, London, which was features in
the December 2008 RadCom. His museum is not open to the general public,
but guided tours are available by appointment. Dan Shepherd has recently
finished making a radio documentary about Gerry for the BBC World
Service. The programme will be broadcast at 9am BST on 20 August,
although it is worth checking the BBC World Service website nearer the
date as the schedule can change.
Flight Refuelling ARS is operating a special event station at Kingston
Lacy House, Wimborne in Dorset on 11 and 12 September as part of the
National Trust open day. The National Trust administration has asked if
other radio clubs in the UK are likely to have a special event station
at other NT sites for their open days. As this is good advertising for
amateur radio, perhaps clubs in the UK could think about this and get in
touch with their National Trust regional coordinator.
Castles And Stately Homes On The Air in Northern Ireland will have a
major activation on 16 July. Bobby, MI0RYL has obtained permission to
activate both the Stormont Parliament Buildings and Stormont Castle
within the Stormont estate in Belfast. To commemorate this activation, a
special QSL card will be issued to any contacts that are made.
Propagation permitting, they hope to cover many bands and modes
throughout the day to allow as many people as possible the opportunity
to make contact. The station should be up and running by 10am with the
castle activation number GI022 and WAB No J37.
There is an update on the GB3GJ repeater group website for those
interested in the activities of the Jersey repeater. Check out their
website at www.radioclubs.net/gb3gj.
On 27 May an agreement on the lease of the Russian part of the Saimaa
Canal zone to Finland was signed by the Prime Ministers of the Republic
of Finland and the Russian Federation. The new 50 year agreement
supersedes the initial lease of 1963 which is due to expire in 2013. The
new lease no longer includes Malyj Vysotskij Island, the present R1MV
DXCC entity. The coming into effect of the agreement is subject to
ratification by the parliament of Finland and the Russian duma later
this year.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
The 9th Junction 28 QRP Rally will take place today, 13 June, at
Alfreton Leisure Centre, Church Street, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 7AH.
The venue is just 10 minutes from junction 18 of the M1 and the A38.
Doors open at 10am and there will be trade stands, a Bring & Buy and
special interest groups. More details from Russell Bradley, G0OKD on
01773-783658.
Also today is the East Suffolk Wireless Revival, also known as the
Ipswich Radio Rally. It takes place from 9.30 at the Orwell Crossing
lorry park on the A14 eastbound at Nacton, Ipswich, IP10 0DD.
Attractions include a car boot sale, bring and buy, special interest
groups and the GB4SWR HF station. Food is available, parking is easy and
talk in is on S22. Contact John, G3XDY on 07710 044858 or Steve, M1ACB
on 07711 329624.
Next Sunday, 20 June, sees the Newbury Radio Rally and Boot Sale at
Newbury Showground, next to M4 junction 13. There will be a big display
area of amateur radio stations, exhibitions, special groups, clubs and
societies. Talk in is on S22, car parking is free and admission is £2.
Details from rally@nadars.org.uk.
Now for the news of special events
Today, 13 June, Friskney & East Linconshire Communications Club is
running a station at Friskney Show. The event is at The Friskney Hall &
Playing Fields, Church Road, Friskney, near Boston PE22 8RD. MX0LFC will
be on the air from 9am to 4pm and visitors are welcome. The show is a
real family event and has been very popular the last couple of years and
generally finishes with a fly over by Lancaster, Spitfire or Dakota
aircraft.
Special event station ZS10WCS will be on the air until 12 July to
celebrate the 2010 Football World Cup being held in South Africa. The
call will be used by members of various South African Radio League
affiliated clubs. QSL with a self addressed envelope and one
International Reply Coupon to PO Box 1721, Strubensvallei, 1735, South
Africa.
One of the most iconic UK special event callsigns, GB2GP, Gilwell Park,
the headquarters of the Scout Association, will be heard on Air during
the weekend of 19 and 20 of June. A team of 9 UK Radio Scouters from all
over the south of England will be running not only the station but also
lots of different radio activities. These include Radio Orienteering for
the Beaver and Cub Fundays at Gilwell Park over the weekend. Over 5,000
Beavers and Cubs aged 5 - 10½ from all over the UK are expected at the
event. They hope to be running on all the usual HF and VHF frequencies
as well as EchoLink. They should be found at or around the Scout
frequencies, the most common of which are 3.690MHz, 7.090MHz and
14.290MHz.
The British Amateur Radio and Teledata Group 50th anniversary
celebrations with GB50ATG are nearing the end. For the month of June,
GB50ATG will be used by Graeme Castleton, G6CSY. Graeme will be using
several data modes so look out for him on all bands, 80 to 10 metres.
GB50ATG finishes on 30 June, so if you need the call for the BARTG
Golden Jubilee Award, you have very little time left. GB50ATG has been
very active in most of the RTTY contests during the year, mostly by John
Barber, GW4SKA, the BARTG Contest organiser. Special QSL cards will be
available as will the Golden Jubilee Certificates and, hopefully, some
plaques as well.
Chorley and District Amateur Radio Society will be putting on special
event station GB0AH from Astley Hall Museum, Astley Park, Chorley on
Sunday 20 June, from 9.30am to 6.30pm. This is celebrating International
Museums on the Air and they will be active on HF & 2 metres.
Jack, G3PWK will be operating GB70AAF for the Anniversary Airborne
Forces) on 22, 26 & 27 June.
And now the HF DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources.
Tom, PF4T will be active again as 8Q7TB from Embudu, Maldives, IOTA
AS-013, until 25 June. He will operate SSB, RTTY and BPSK31 on 40 and 20
metres, but he will also give 10, 15 and 17 metres a try. QSL via PF4T,
direct or bureau.
The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency has authorised the use
of PX8L from Sao Luis from 16 to 18 June from IOTA reference SA-016.
QSLs via PY7ZY. The website for the expedition is at www.px8j.com
Max, IZ4JMA will be active as SV5/IZ4JMA from the island of Karpathos in
the Dodecanese, is IOTA EU-001, until 20 June. He will operate holiday
style on 80 to 6 metres using all modes.
Crisna, IZ3GWJ says he will be active again as UT/IZ3GWJ from Ternopil
in the Ukraine until 19 June. He plans to concentrate on 6 metres SSB.
Now the contest news
Today, Sunday 13 June, is another busy day for contesters. The WAB 6m
phone contest takes place between 0900 and 1500UTC. The exchange is
signal report, serial number and WAB square. Please note that this is
not a ‘points per km’ event. Multipliers are WAB squares and DXCC
countries. On the same day there’s the PW 2m QRP contest from 0900 to
1600UTC. The power limit is 3 watts and multipliers are locator squares.
The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Finally the
second 144MHz backpackers contest takes place between 1100 and 1500UTC.
The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
Today, Sunday 13 June is a busy day on 2m. The PW 2m QRP contest runs
from 0900 until 1600 UTC, all modes. The RSGB 144MHz Backpackers contest
also takes place today, between 1100 and 1500UTC. Operation is also all
mode. The exchange for both contests is RST, serial number and locator.
On Tuesday 15 June it's the UHF UKAC, operating all modes on the 23cm
and 13cm bands from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is RST, serial number
and locator.
Wednesday June 16 sees the RSGB 80m Club Championships CW leg from 1900
to 2030UTC. The exchange is RST and serial number.
The 50MHz Trophy contest takes place from 1400UTC on 18 June until the
same time on 20 June. Operation is all mode; RST and serial number form
the exchange.
Now the solar factual data for the period from the 31st of May to the
6th of June, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on the 7th of June.
The solar disc had sunspots visible every day, however, no solar flares
occurred and solar activity remained at very low levels. Solar flux
levels declined from 75 units on the 3rd to 68 by the 6th. The average
was 72 units. The 90 day solar flux average on the 6th was 78 units,
that’s the same level as last week. X-ray flux levels showed little
variation and averaged A4.7 units. Geomagnetic activity was mostly
unsettled; this was due to the continuing effects of a large coronal
hole. Only the 2nd and the 5th were quiet days with an Ap index of 6
units on both days. The average was Ap 11 units. Solar wind data from
the ACE spacecraft saw solar wind speeds decline from 650 kilometres per
second on the 31st to 400 by the 6th. Particle densities were low every
day. Bz varied around minus 7 and plus 6 nanoTeslas on most days.
Slightly less variations took place on the quieter days.
HF MUFs were depressed by several MHz due to the increase in geomagnetic
activity. However, it also brought aurora at 50, 70 and 144MHz on
several days. There was sporadic-E openings every day¸ including 50MHz
openings to the Middle East and the Caribbean. Several openings were up
to 144MHz form the UK.
And now the solar forecast.
For now anyway, the rise from sunspot minimum seems to have slowed. The
sudden surge in activity around the start of the year is over. This is
to be expected as solar cycles tend to rise erratically rather than in a
linear manner. Activity will increase again but with no signs of any
increase in solar activity this week, solar activity will again be very
low again. Solar flux levels should be in the 70’s for most of the week.
Geomagnetic activity is expected to be mostly quiet throughout. MUFs
during daylight hours at equal latitudes should be about 19MHz for the
south and 16MHz for the north. Darkness hour lows should be around
11MHz. Paths this week to Australia should have a maximum usable
frequency with a 50 per cent success rate of about 19MHz. The optimum
working frequency with a 90 per cent success rate will be around 14MHz.
The best time to try this path will be between 0600 and 1000 hours.
Sporadic-E should take place most days with opening up to 144MHz during
the larger events.
And that’s all for this week from the propagation team.
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Trev,
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