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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 14th November 2010
The news headlines
RSGB Board Election 2010 declared invalid
RAIBC put Advanced licence material on disk
RSGB Museum Surplus Equipment proving popular
Governance of the RSGB is regulated by the Memorandum and Articles of
Association of the Society, or M&A, a copy of which may be found on
the Members' only section of the website. An irregularity has been
identified in the nomination of the two candidates standing for
election as nationally elected members of the Board. Unfortunately,
it was not noticed until after RadCom had gone to press that both
candidates shared two nominators. This is not in accordance with the
M&A and therefore the candidates were not properly nominated. The
Board has considered its options under the M&A and has determined
that the only course of action open to it is to declare the election
for nationally elected members of the Board invalid. Given other
requirements of the M&A, the Board will now co-opt both candidates as
Board members for a twelve month period until the next election late
in 2011, when the candidates may stand for election again. The
Society very much regrets this error, but believes that the best
interests of the membership are served by acting as set out above.
The regional election for Region 4 is unaffected and closes at midday
on 2 December.
The RAIBC audio reading team has updated the Advanced Licence Course
talking book to the 2010 copy of the Advanced Manual. The disks are
produced with the permission of RSGB for the use of anyone with
visual impairments, text reading difficulties or disabilities that
restrict the ability to read printed material. The discs are
available post free for the use of visually impaired and dyslectic
students. All they ask in return is a small donation to RAIBC funds
to cover the cost of the disk, packing and to further the work for
amateurs with disabilities. The RAIBC have a expert team with
experience of assisting amateurs with disabilities. If you require
any help in a personal capacity or as an instructor please contact
the RAIBC Helpline on 0800 0 141 743 or by e-mail to
russell.bradleyg0okd<at>ntlworld.com.
Last week's RSGB Museum Surplus Equipment sale was very successful,
as was the trip to the Kempton rally. The two most popular items were
Eddystone 960 HF amateur receiver and the Microwave Modules 70cm 100W
linear. This week there are 28 items available and the auction
finishes today, Sunday 14 November. There is a wide range of
complimentary Heathkit equipment, which is already attracting a lot
of attention. The Radiovision Commander HF receiver is also
generating a lot of interest. Check out the RSGB website
www.rsgb.org.uk/auction for details and photographs of the equipment.
All proceeds from the sale will be going towards funding the National
Radio Centre at Bletchley Park.
Last week the Five Towns Repeater Group put the 6m repeater GB3WY,
formerly GB3HX, on the air from the groups' site just west of
Wakefield. It is co-located with the 2m GB3YW and 23cm GB3WC
repeaters. The new repeater operates on R50-9, which is 50.800 and
51.300MHz, and requires continuous CTCSS of 82.5Hz. All the equipment
was transported to site and installed by Dave, G4RQI, Michael, G1XCC
and Martin, 2E0RFE. Reception reports would be appreciated and should
be sent to either G1XCC or G4RQI, both of whose details can be found
on QRZ.COM.
Now a reminder. It is important that the RSGB gets the views of all
radio amateurs and shortwave listeners on amateur radio today and
into the future. If you have yet to complete the amateur radio
survey, please go to www.rsgb.org/survey and make your voice heard.
The Bletchley Park Trust has a public talk on Sunday 21 November at
2.30pm. The speaker is the author of the newly published official spy
book, MI6, The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909 –
1949, and a former Head of the Secret Intelligence Service. Professor
Keith Jeffery is the first author to be given access to the closed
archives of the Secret Intelligence Service. Seats for this talk are
limited and the cost of attendance is £40 which includes a signed
copy of MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service
1909-1949. To attend this event, please purchase a ticket at
www.bletchleypark.org.uk or for further information please call
01908 640404 or e-mail info<at>bletchleypark.org.uk
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
Next weekend, 21 November, the 33rd CATS Radio & Electronics Bazaar
takes place at the 1st Coulsdon Scout HQ, which is at the rear of the
Council Car Park, Lion Green Road, Coulsdon, Surrey. The event is
open from 10am to 1pm and admission is £1. There will be a Bring &
Buy. Details from Andy, G8JAC, by e-mail to
secretary<at>catsradio.org.
Also next weekend, 21 November, the Plymouth Radio Club Rally will
take place at the Elm Community Centre, Leypark Walk, Estover,
Plymouth PL6 8UE. Doors open at 10am and the admission is £2. There
will be trade stands and a Bring & Buy.
Now for the news of special events
The Canadian Coast Guard Radio Station, Thunder Bay MCTS Centre, is
celebrating 100 years of radio service. Built by the Canadian Marconi
Company in 1910, the new wireless station, MUG Port Arthur, was the
first and only Canadian Great Lakes Marconi station ever built.
During the November 2010, the Centre's amateurs will be operating
special event station CG3MUG, to celebrate the 100th birthday.
From 29 November, GB4RN will be active from Waterlooville. Look out
for them on Top Band through to 2m.
And now the HF DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
Members of the Czech and Slovak Contest Crew have announced a
DXpedition to The Gambia to take place between 17 and 30 November.
They will be using renewed callsigns from their previous 2007
operation as C50C or C52C. Also, the special callsign C5A will be
reserved for the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest. QSL by the Bureau or
direct to OM2FY, which is correct on QRZ.com.
Listen out for F4BXW as TR8GV from Libreville, Gabon until 23
November. His activity will be on the HF bands using SSB. QSL via his
home callsign.
Karel, ON5TN will be staying at the Belgian Antarctic base Princess
Elisabeth, until February 2011. He plans to operate as OR4TN in his
spare time, starting in December. Updates will be posted on QRZ.com
under OR4TN. QSL via ON5TN.
Manuel, XE2HUQ and Tony, XE2HVF plan to be active as XF1HUQ and
XF1HVF from Magdalena Island, IOTA NA-07 from 18 to 22 November.
Expect activity on 80 to 10m using CW and SSB. QSL via home call.
VE3EY will be active from St. Barthelemy Island using the callsign
TO3A until 30 November. Operations will be on 160 through to 10m
using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via VE3EY.
Now the contest news
16 November sees the UHF UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC.
Using the 1.3 and 2.3GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial
number and locator.
The RTTY leg of the Worked All Europe (WAE) DX Contest takes place
over the weekend 13 and 14 November from 0000 to 2359UTC. Unlike the
CW leg held in August and SSB leg held in September, in the RTTY leg
everybody works everybody. Single op stations are limited to 36 hours
out of 48. The exchange is signal report and serial number.
Next weekend, 20 and 21 November, sees the 2nd 1.8MHz Contest taking
place between 2100 and 0100UTC. Using CW only, the exchange is signal
report, serial number and District code.
And now the solar factual data for the period from the 1st to the 7th
of November, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on the 8th of November
The solar disc had a couple of sunspots visible on most days. Prior
to one of these groups rotating into view it had already produced a
couple of C class solar flares. By the 4th the group rotated into
view and continued producing more C class flares along with three M
class solar flares. The largest was a M5/1N on the 6th which
increased solar activity to high levels. Associated with this flare
was a narrow coronal mass ejection and a sudden ionospheric
disturbance which affected the daylight side of the Earth. Solar flux
levels increased from 79 units to 89 by the 6th. The average was 82
units. The 90 day solar flux average on the 7th remained at 81 units,
where it as remained for the last six weeks. X-ray flux levels
increased from A8 units on the 1st to B2.1 by the 3rd and the average
was B1 units. Geomagnetic activity was very quiet every day, on the
6th and the 7th the Ap index was only one unit. The average was Ap 2
units. Solar wind data from the ACE spacecraft saw slow solar wind
speeds every day and by the 4th were down to a very slow speed of 280
kilometres per second. Particle densities were low throughout the
period. Bz never varied more than minus and plus 5 nanoTeslas every
day.
And now the solar forecast. This week the quiet side of the Sun is
expected to rotate into view. However, an active region could be
visible and increase activity. Given no large and active sunspot
groups the solar flux levels should be around the mid 80's.
Geomagnetic activity is expected to be at quiet levels at first but
during the second half of the week activity is expected to increase
due to a recurring coronal hole. On its last rotation the Ap peaked
at 23 units and the disturbance lasted for two days. MUFs during
daylight hours at equal latitudes should be around 28MHz for the
south and 25MHz for the north. Darkness hour lows should be about
8MHz. Paths this week to Australia should have a maximum usable
frequency with a 50 per cent success rate of around 25MHz. The
optimum working frequency with a 90 per cent success rate will be
about 19MHz. The best time to try the path will be between 0900 and
1300 hours. The long path will be several MHz lower and peak a couple
of hours earlier.
Finally, a reminder that you can find concise explanations of the
technical terms used in these reports in the propagation pages of the
RSGB Yearbook.
And that's all for this week from the propagation team.
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 newsdesk <at> rsgb.org.uk to arrive by
09:00 on the Tuesday before transmission.
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