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GB2RS NEWS for Sunday 28th March 2010
The news headlines
* German cable operators encouraged to improve their system
* Post Grad students studying for Foundation Exam at Plymouth Uni
* Call for lecturers at the National Hamfest
The Cologne Administrative Court has rejected an action brought by a
German cable company against the auction of 800MHz for wireless networks
saying that if the cable operator was afraid of interference they could
take action to improve their cable system. The Deutscher Amateur Radio
Club views the ruling positively since it will encourage cable operators
to upgrade leaky cable systems. As well as stopping the pickup of any
800MHz transmissions it should also reduce the interference that leaky
cable systems cause to radio amateurs.
The Mathematics department of the University of Plymouth is teaching a
Physics Enhancement Course to post graduate students who will become
teachers after their physics training. As part of this training, twelve
graduates are doing a radio communication awareness session in order to
get a Foundation License.
This awareness session will be an amateur radio Foundation Course run by
the Plymouth Training Team at the University, which is affiliated to the
Plymouth Radio Club. Hopefully, when these graduates are teaching
physics in schools, the seeds of amateur radio will be sown amongst the
future generation. Details of courses run by the Plymouth Training Team
can be found on the website www.radioclubs.net/plymradiotraining
The National Hamfest organisers are calling for volunteers to deliver
short lectures at the National Hamfest in Newark on 1 and 2 October.
Anyone interested in participating should contact the Hamfest Chairman,
Jonathan Whiting, by e-mail to jonathang6jut<at>googlemail.com.
Radio Sweden will end its medium and short wave broadcasts on 31 October
in favour of web services because they believe it is the best use of
resources and in line with international trends. The English-language
service is to continue on the web and on national broadcasts. The
Russian output will be available on the web, as is the German service
now.
Solihull Amateur Radio Society will be running a training course for the
Foundation licence during April and May at the Shirley Centre, Stratford
Road, Shirley, Solihull. The course is open to all and suitable for
young people of around 12 plus through to those of pensionable years.
The sessions will include classroom tuition and hands-on radio
operation. More details can be obtained from the course coordinator
Roger Hancock, G4BBT, on 0121 743 7277
Jersey repeater GB3GJ could be on the air by the end of May. The
original site at Westmount fell through late in 2009 but a new site on
the Jersey
Electricity Companies building has been found. The repeater group is now
putting together the ancillary items needed. Anyone who can lend their
time and assistance will be gratefully received. If you think you can
help please e-mail mj0rzd<at>robluscombe.com.
Jim, M0JHW is organising another amateur radio get-together and field
day on 3 and 4 April. It's at the usual venue of the Sports and social
club, Harlaxton, near Grantham, which is postcode NG32 1HX. There will
be amateur radio operations that visitors can join as well as plenty of
tea and coffee. A barbecue is planned for Saturday afternoon.
The Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society will be activating Airfields
On The Air on the weekend 3 and 4 April. All amateur radio stations are
eligible to receive a certificate if they work 5 AOTA stations or more.
It is intended to make this an annual event on the first weekend of
April. Stations will be located at present day or former RAF Airfields
or other establishments. If you wish to activate any location or have
any queries relating to AOTA please contact Vince, G4DQP, QTHR or look
up details on QRZ.com.
Bolsover Amateur Radio Society has an introduction to six meters by Don,
G4KXW on their website, www.g4rsb.org.uk. They are encouraging amateurs
to visit the site and have a go at 50MHz.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
Today, Sunday 28 March, from 9.30am to 4pm, the Pembrokeshire Radio
Society is holding its annual Bring & Buy sale. Admission is œ1 and
includes a free cup of tea or coffee. Tables are still available.
Contact Elwyn, GW0GUY on 01437 760026.
Also today, 28 March, the South Gloucestershire Rally takes place at the
Avon Scouts Activity Centre, Woodhouse Park, Almondsbury BS32 4LX, which
is about 1.5 miles from the M4/M5 junction. Doors open at 9.30am for
disabled visitors and 10am for other visitors. Entry is œ2 and no dogs
except assistance dogs are permitted. There will be trade stands, a flea
market and a car boot sale. Contact Peter Cabban, G4OST on 01454 612689.
The Spring Militaria, Electronics & Radio Amateur Hangar Sale takes
place
today, 28 March, at Hack Green secret Nuclear Bunker, Nantwich, Cheshire
CW5 8AP. Doors open at 10am and entry is œ2.50. Contact Rod Siebert,
01270 623353.
Now for the news of special events
GB0AOA will be on the air from the Isle of Man for Airfields on the Air
on 1 April. On the same day, listen out for GB0BME from the Bancraft
Mill Engine in Barnoldswick.
The weekend of 3 and 4 April sees two stations taking to the air from
Grantham. GB0HDX will be on the air for Harlaxton Delta Xray and GB0GRA
will be on the air for Grantham Radio Amateurs.
Preston Amateur Radio Society is running GX3KUE/P from the 400 year old
Bank Hall at Bretherton near Preston on 4 April. Bank Hall appeared on
the BBC programme Restoration. The club will be on 40 or 80m depending
on band conditions.
Over the Easter weekend of 3 to 5 April, Marches ARS will be running
GB2CAM from Chirk Airfield. The station celebrates the opening of the
Chirk Airfield Museum for the 2010 season. The Chirk Airfield and Museum
is a family run aviation facility located approximately half way between
Oswestry and Wrexham adjacent to the A5. They plan to be active on HF
from 80 to 10m, although the actual bands used will depending on
propagation conditions as well as 6m, 2m and 70cm. Further details from
Dave, MW0AYM on 01691 777242.
GB0LAD will be on the air for the United Nations' International Landmine
Awareness Day on 4 April. Operating from the Carpetbaggers Aviation
Museum, the station will be using the 80 to 20m bands using SSB, CW and
Digimodes.
And now the HF DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources.
DL7AFS and DL7ZG will sign V21ZG from Antigua until 2 April. They will
concentrate on RTTY, PSK31/63 and SSB.
Four amateur radio operators, JD1BNM, JD1BNJ, JD1BNQ and JD1BNK will
activate Chichi-jima Island, which is IOTA reference AS-031 between 28
March and 12 April. The team will be active in CW, SSB and RTTY on 160
through to 6m. The QSL manager for all calls will be K8AQM.
An international team will be operating as 3W6C from Con Co Island,
Vietnam, which is IOTA reference AS-185, from 10 to 18 April. Plans are
to run four stations 24/7 for two weeks with a goal of 60,000 QSOs.
The YI9PSE DXpedition will operate from the Kurdistan area in Northern
Iraq from 3 to 11 April. This looks like being a big effort.
Now the contest news
On 30 March the 70MHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 2000 to
2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number
and locator.
The ever-challenging RoPoCo 1 is on 4 April. What has often been
challenging in the past is finding enough people to work in the second
hour of what was a 2-hour event, so this year it has been reduced to 90
minutes in duration. RoPoCo isn't the busiest of events, but what it's
all about is logging accuracy, because full postcodes are exchanged.
Times are 0700 to 0830UTC and it's a CW event on 3.5MHz with the
exchange being the signal report and postcode received.
Also on 4 April, the 1st 70MHz Contest takes place, although it is a
little early in the year for there to be a substantial possibility of
any Sporadic-E propagation. The contest takes place between 0900 and
1200UTC using all modes and the exchange is signal report, serial number
and locator.
On Monday 5 April the 80m Club Championships CW leg takes place. Times
are 1900 to 2030UTC and the exchange is signal report and serial number.
Internationally, there are two 24-hour contests on 3 and 4 April. The EA
RTTY event is the first. Single-ops can make a single band or all-band
entry, but multi-op stations can only make an all-band entry. From 1600
to 1600UTC, the bands are 3.5 to 28MHz and the exchange is signal report
and serial number, with EA stations sending their Province code.
If RTTY isn't your thing, maybe the SP DX CW and SSB Contest will be
more
appealing. There are numerous categories, mainly for single ops. Timings
are 1500 to 1500 using CW and SSB, the exchange is signal report and
serial number. SP stations also send their Province code.
The 144MHz UK Activity Contest takes place between 1900 and 2130UTC on 6
April. All modes may be used and the exchange is signal report, serial
number and locator.
Now the solar factual data for the period from the 15th to the 21st of
March, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on the 22nd of March.
First the latest news on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is the
latest spacecraft to study the Sun in detail that we have never seen
before. After a series of engine burns the SDO has now reached
geosynchronous orbit. Data will be available after a series of
activities that include powering up the Ka-band transmitter, opening the
instrument doors, and configuring the instruments to start science
observations. All of the EVE subsystems are now turned on and all are
doing very well. We can expect to see the first images after the middle
of April. We wish the SDO team continued success with the mission.
The solar disc had spots visible every day. However, solar activity
remained at very low levels. Solar flux levels varied little day to day
and averaged 85 units. The 90 day solar flux average on the 21st was 82
units, that's the same level as last week. X-ray flux levels averaged
A4.7 units and varied little.
Geomagnetic activity was quiet everyday and the average was 5 units. The
Ap index on the 21st was only 2 units. Solar wind data from the ACE
spacecraft saw solar wind speeds vary between 320 and 460 kilometres per
second. Particle densities were low everyday except for a brief increase
to 15 particles per cubic centimetre during the morning of the 16th. Bz
varied no more than minus 7 and plus 8 nanoTeslas during the period.
And finally the solar forecast. This week the quiet side of the Sun is
expected to be looking our way. Solar activity should be very low to
low.
Solar flux levels are expected to be in the 80's for most of the week.
Geomagnetic activity should be quiet everyday. MUFs during daylight
hours at equal latitudes should be around 24MHz for the south and 21MHz
for the north.
Darkness hour lows should be about 9MHz. Paths this week to South Africa
should have a maximum usable frequency with a 50 per cent success rate
of
around 29MHz. The optimum working frequency with a 90 per cent success
rate will be about 23MHz. The best time to try this path will be between
1000 and 1600 Zulu.
And that's all for this week from the propagation team.
also for this main news bulletin.
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