| |
G4TNU > NEWS 06.10.24 01:31l 263 Lines 12750 Bytes #999 (0) @ EU
BID : 50722G4TNU
Read: GUEST
Subj: RSGB Main News - 06 Oct 2024
Path: IZ3LSV<I0OJJ<GB7CIP<GB7CIP<GB7CIP
Sent: 241006/0026Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO $:50722G4TNU
T:From: G4TNU@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO <g4tnu@gb7ipf.ampr.org>
T:Newsgroups: ampr.news.europe
T:Message-Id: <E1_1540700_G4TNU@gb7ipf.ampr.org>
GB2RS Main News for Sunday the 6th of October
The news headlines:
* The deadline for advance tickets for the RSGB 2024 Convention
is tomorrow, Monday the 7th of October
* The RSGB is interested in what you did for National Coding
Week
* The RSGB's next Tonight<at>8 webinar will take place
tomorrow, the 7th of October
The theme for this year's RSGB Convention is "Your Convention, your
way" and the Society is providing a range of activities and
presentations as well as different ways to get involved. There is
still just time to buy your tickets in advance, but hurry as advance
sales for attending the Convention or the dinners closes tomorrow,
Monday the 7th of October. You will be able to buy a Convention
ticket on the door but not at the discounted rate that is available
now. At the event there will be a varied programme of presentations
regardless of your amateur radio interests or experience, as well as
practical workshops and Morse competency tests. You'll also find a
room full of special interest groups to chat to who could inspire you
to try something new! If you're unable to travel to the Convention, a
small number of presentations will be livestreamed and will be
available on the RSGB YouTube channel without the need to
pre-register. The RSGB has released two ‘Convention Chat' videos
recently and will be releasing two more over the coming week, so find
out what others think of the Convention and see who you might bump
into in the bar! For full programme details, speaker information and
to book in advance, go to the RSGB Convention web pages at
rsgb.org/convention
Did you take part in National Coding Week this year? The RSGB had
nine activities to inspire you to take part, including two new
worksheets developed by the Society's Outreach Team. Whether you took
part by yourself, at a club night, or with friends and family, the
RSGB would love to hear from you. To be included in the RadCom
December feature on National Coding Week please send a short summary
of your activity, along with any photos, to radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk by
the 17th of October. The worksheets will remain on the RSGB website
for people to try, so if you would still like to have a go head over
to rsgb.org/coding and get involved.
The next RSGB Tonight<at>8 live webinar is tomorrow, Monday the 7th
of October. Ian White, GM3SEK will present ‘Aircraft Scatter, the
Hitch-Hikers Guide'. Aircraft scatter is about bouncing VHF and UHF
radio signals off high-flying aircraft – effectively ‘hitching a
ride' with someone else's plane to extend your everyday working range
up to 800km. It may sound rather technical, but with some
explanations from Ian, aircraft scatter might soon feel very easy.
During the talk, Ian will consider how aircraft scatter actually
works, and if it's so useful, why haven't we heard more about it?
Join the webinar live at 8pm on the RSGB YouTube channel or special
BATC channel. Find out more about this and other webinars on the RSGB
website via rsgb.org/webinars
grid.radio is a web application born out of the frustration that
Rose, 2E0RXO and many others experienced during spontaneous, often
unplanned, Parks on the Air activations. During busy moments, someone
would inevitably ask for a Worked All Britain square or another
reference that she wasn't prepared for. There wasn't a single, simple
resource to quickly gather this information with a fast-loading,
modern interface. Many websites would spend more time loading
advertisements than displaying the necessary information, delaying
communication and increasing the pending pile-up. After several
months of facing the same issue and finding herself still unprepared,
Rose, a Computer Science graduate, decided to solve the problem with
code. She created a fast, free web app that can be installed on the
home screen of any phone or tablet or accessed on a desktop computer
for pre-activation planning. You can also share links so others can
easily find out where you are operating from. Once installed, the app
will even work without a data connection. Development is ongoing,
with feedback from all amateur radio operators welcomed via the
contact details on Rose's QRZ.com page. To learn more about this
useful web app visit grid.radio
Please send details of all your news and events to
radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk The deadline for submissions is 10am on
Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week.
And now for details of rallies and events
The 49th Welsh Radio Rally is taking place today, the 6th, at
Llanwern High School, Hartridge Farm Road in Newport. Traders can
gain access from 7am and the doors are open for visitors from 9.30am.
The entrance fee is GBP 3 per person and free parking is available.
For more information email Mike Rackham, GW4JKV via
welshradiorally<at>gmail.com or phone 07976 368 250.
The Dartmoor Autumn Radio Rally will take place on Sunday the 13th of
October. The event will be held at Yelverton War Memorial Hall, Meavy
Lane, Yelverton in Devon. There will be the usual bring-and-buy area,
trader stands, refreshments and free parking available. The doors
will be open at 10am and admission will be GBP 2.50. For more
information visit dartmoorradioclub.uk or email 2e0rph<at>gmail.com
Hornsea Amateur Radio Club Rally will also take place on Sunday the
13th of October. The venue will be Driffield Showground in East
Yorkshire. The doors will be open from 10am. For more details visit
hornseaarc.com or contact Les, 2E0LBJ on 01377 252 293.
Now the Special Event news
Special callsign PH80LIB will be in use from various locations until
the 10th of November to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the
liberation of southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944. Activity
will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL
via the Bureau. See QRZ.com for more information.
OR100LGE is the special callsign in use by members of the Liege
[LEE-AYZH] Radio Club, ON5VL to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The
station is active until the end of the year on the 160 to 6m bands
using CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL or via
ON6YH. QSOs will also be uploaded to Club Log.
Now the DX news
Michal [MITCHELL], OM2DX is active as TO2DX from Reunion Island,
AF-016, until tomorrow the 7th of October. He is operating CW, RTTY
and FT8 on the 60 to 10m bands. QSL via OM2DX. QSOs will be uploaded
to Club Log and Logbook of the World.
Gunter, DK2WH is active again as V51WH, and V55Y in contests from
Namibia until the 12th of November. He operates SSB, FT8 and some CW
on the 160 to 10m bands. QSL via DK2WH.
Now the contest news
The Oceania DX SSB Contest started at 0600UTC on Saturday the 5th and
ends at 0600UTC today, Sunday the 6th of October. Using SSB on the
160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is
signal report and serial number.
The RSGB October 432MHz to 245GHz Contest started at 1400UTC on
Saturday the 5th and ends at 1400UTC today, Sunday the 6th of
October. Using all modes on 432MHz to 245GHz frequencies, the
exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
The IARU 432MHz to 245GHz Contest started at 1400UTC on Saturday the
5th and ends at 1400UTC today, Sunday the 6th of October. Using all
modes on 432MHz to 245GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report,
serial number and locator.
Today, the 6th, the UK Microwave Group 24 to 76GHz Contest runs from
0900 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 24 to 76GHz frequencies, the
exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
On Monday the 7th, the RSGB Autumn Series CW Contest runs from 1900
to 2030UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report
and serial number.
On Tuesday the 8th, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from
1800 to 1855UTC. Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal
report, serial number and locator.
Also on Tuesday the 8th, the RSGB 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs
from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange
is signal report, serial number and locator.
On Tuesday the 8th, the IRTS 80m Evening Counties Contest runs from
1900 to 2000UTC. Using CW and SSB on the 80m band, the exchange is
signal report and serial number. EI and GI stations also send their
county code.
On Wednesday the 9th, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity four-hour Contest
runs from 1700 to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange
is report and four-character locator. Also on Wednesday the 9th, the
RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity two-hour Contest runs from 1900 to 2100UTC.
Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is report and four-character
locator. Stations entering the four-hour contest may also enter the
two-hour contest.
On Thursday the 10th, the RSGB 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from
1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is
signal report, serial number and locator.
The Oceania DX CW Contest starts at 0600UTC on Saturday the 12th and
ends at 0600UTC on Sunday the 13th of October. Using CW on the 160 to
10m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.
Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO
on Thursday the 3rd of October 2024
In the first week of October, the 10m band began to show what it is
capable of. With a solar flux index in the high 200s and calm
geomagnetic conditions, DX was plentiful.
Nick, VK9DX on Norfolk Island was audible on SSB all morning on
Wednesday the 2nd and only wanted to work G stations. This made him
popular in the UK, but less so in other countries!
Vlad, 5H1WX, on Mafia Island, Tanzania, was another strong signal on
the morning of the third. Meanwhile, the 3D2V Rotuma Island
DXpedition near Fiji on the 10m band using FT4 was another catch for
many people.
The Kp index managed to remain low for the first half of the week,
but there were warnings that a coronal mass ejection, which was
attributed to the X7.1 solar flare on the 1st of October, might upset
things later in the week.
With a good spread of sunspots, mainly in the Sun's southern
hemisphere, there could be more flares over the coming days.
Scott Mcintosh, the solar physicist who predicted a busier than
average Cycle 25, has now questioned whether we are past solar
maximum. The fact that there are now fewer sunspots in the Northern
hemisphere suggests that we may be past the peak, but only time will
tell.
Meanwhile, NOAA predicts the solar flux index may decline towards the
200 mark next week. The Kp index is predicted to go to 4 this
weekend. With four of the ten active sunspot groups now classed as
growing, we may expect further solar activity and geomagnetic
disturbances over the next seven days.
And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO
The brief period of high pressure that arrived towards the end of the
previous week is currently being nudged away to the east into Europe.
The coming week is dominated by very unsettled conditions with a
succession of deep lows near or crossing the country and there's even
one that contains the remnants of an old hurricane.
The result is that next week will provide copious amounts of wet and
windy weather, so no Tropo for us, but there may be several areas of
heavy rain for a try at rain scatter on the GHz bands.
We hope you have all checked out your antennas after last week's
reminder since the winds may be quite testing for some areas.
The solar conditions have been stirred up recently by several flares
so, as usual, keep an autumn watch out for auroras.
Lastly, there are plenty of meteor scatter opportunities aside from
any random meteor activity. Try investigating one of the many meteor
websites to see the full list of options.
For EME operators, Moon declination is at its minimum on Wednesday.
So, it is a good week for checking out systems before the Sun also
gets too low in the sky to make sensible Sun noise measurements over
the winter. Path losses are still high but starting to fall.
If you're fortunate to have a clear low horizon you'll make some
contacts, but with peak Moon elevation only eight degrees on
Wednesday, you'll be lucky! 144MHz sky noise in general is high to
moderate for the rest of the week.
And that's all from the propagation team this week.
And that's the end of the main news for this week prepared by the
Radio Society of Great Britain. Items for inclusion in subsequent
bulletins can be emailed to radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk to arrive by
10:00 on the Thursday before transmission.
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
