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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 30th January 2011
The news headlines:
* Volunteer sought for the National Radio Centre library
* Advance notice of RSGB AGM
* QSL Manager Updates
The RSGB is looking for a volunteer to help with the archive and
library in the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park. Ideally they
are looking for a radio amateur with librarian and archival
experience as well as an enthusiasm for the history of amateur radio.
If you are interesting in helping sort this information into a useful
archive for researchers in the future, please e-mail Carlos Eavis,
carlos.eavis<at>rsgb.org.uk.
The 2011 RSGB AGM will be held on 16 April at the Menzies Mickleover
Court, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby DE3 0XX. Registration will take
place at 11am and the official proceedings commence at 12 noon. The
Open Forum runs from 2 to 4pm. During the official proceedings, the
National Club of the Year trophy, sponsored by Waters and Stanton,
will be presented.
The G7 volunteer QSL sub manager, Martin Forrester, G7JWR has moved.
Please check his new address on the RSGB website members area before
sending C5 size SAEs to collect your cards. Also, MM3 & MM6 licence
holders are advised that their sub manager, Ray Simpson, GM7NZI, is
stepping down. Our thanks go to him for his service to his fellow
amateurs. These two groups are being consolidated with MM1 and MM5
calls under the guidance of long-time manager Brain Shearer, MM1HMV.
All outstanding cards and envelopes are being transferred but all new
envelopes should now be sent to him. Details on the RSGB website or
via e-mail from qsl<at>rsgb.org.uk.
At the next Kempton Rally on Sunday 17 April Radiofairs will be
holding a group of technical clinics to help newcomers and old timers
alike with any amateur radio problems. The clinics will be held in
the quiet lecture theatre area and will be available all day. The
areas covered will include EMC problems and solutions, getting
started in contesting and improving your results, antenna problems,
advice and hints and bring in your rig along to get a basic health
check. For more information see the Radiofairs website
www.radiofairs.co.uk.
Broadcast station Radio New Zealand National visited the 9th ZL3
Radio Buildathon recently. Their broadcast can be downloaded at
http://sites.google.com/site/zl3buildathon/radionzinterview.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
The Horncastle Winter Rally takes place today, 30 January, in the
Horncastle Youth Centre, Lincolnshire LN9 6DZ. Doors open at 10.30am
and admission will be GBP 1.50. Details from Tony, G3ZPU on
01507 527835, e-mail G3ZPU<at>yahoo.co.uk.
The 26th Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally will take place on 6
February at The Paddocks, Long Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 0JA.
This is at the southern end of the A130. There is free car parking
and the doors open at 10.30. Admission to the rally is GBP 2 and
there will be refreshments available. More details from Dave, G4UVJ,
on 01268 697 978 in the evenings.
Also on 6 February, the Radio-Active Rally will be held in the Civic
Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 5DG. Doors open at 10.30am and there
will be a Bring & Buy. More details from Simon Chettle G8ATB, on
01270 841506.
Now for the news of special events
The Porthmadog and District Amateur Radio Society are supporting SOS
Radio week operating today, 30 January, from 10am to 6pm from the
Porthmadog Yacht club. The society will be using the callsign GB0PLB.
All visitors will be welcome to come along and join in or support.
Crewe Heritage Centre Amateur Radio Club will also be taking part in
the SOS Radio week using GB4CHC today, Sunday 30 January. The Club
will have two stations on HF, one on SSB and one on Digimodes. They
are being sponsored at 10p per country contacted and money raised
will go to the RNLI.
GB1OOD, Golf Bravo 1 Oscar Oscar Delta, has been issued for the year
2011 by Ofcom as a Special event callsign. It will be used through
out the year to celebrate the centenary of the Derby Wireless Club,
the oldest continually active local wireless club, now incorporated
within Derby and District Amateur Radio Society. Until 25 March the
station will be operating from the Silk Mill Museum located in the
City Centre of Derby alongside the River Derwent. The station will
have restricted operation due to the museum's opening hours and so
will be on the air mostly at weekends. QSL information is on QRZ.com.
And now the HF DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
From 5 to 18 February, Andrew, G7COD, will be operational from Embudu
Island in Kaafu Atoll the Maldives, which is IOTA AS-013, using the
call 8Q7AK. Andrew, a member of the Yorkshire Dales Contest Group,
will be using SSB and CW on the 80 to 10 metre bands, including WARC
frequencies. For comprehensive details of operating times, suggested
frequencies and QSL information, please check 8Q7AK on QRZ.com.
The callsign CN2LWL will be on the air from Herne Island, which is
part of the Western Sahara South Group, IOTA reference AF-068, from 1
to 5 February. QSL via I8LWL both direct and via the bureau.
4S7LRG will be on the air from Sri Lanka until 4 February. QSL direct
or via the bureau to Mats, SM6LRR.
Karol, G0UNU is planning an activation of Grand Turk Island, IOTA
NA-003, from 31 January to 6 February using the callsign VP5/G0UNU.
QSL via the home callsign either direct or via the bureau.
K4UP, W4LW and K4FMD will use FS/home callsign from St Martin, which
is IOTA reference NA-105, until 5 February. They will be using the
20, 15, 12 and 10m bands, SSB. All QSLs should go direct via K4UP.
Adriano, IK2GNW will be active on Levantado Island in the Dominican
Republic for the next two months. QSL via I2YSB, direct only.
Now the contest news
Tuesday 1 February sees the 144MHz UK Activity Contest taking place
from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report,
serial number and locator.
The European PSK Club's World Wide DX Contest takes place on 5 and 6
February from 1200 to 1200UTC. Contacts take place on PSK63 only.
Work everyone and exchange a signal report and serial number. There
are too many entry categories to list here, so look up the rules
before you start.
The 70cm AFS contest takes place on Sunday 6 February between 0900
and 1300UTC. During the first decade of the 2000s this contest
generally attracted about 30 entries per year, but in 2010
participation surged to 63. Now that it is the final match in the new
Super League series, it will be interesting to discover what effect
that has on participation. Using all modes, the exchange is signal
report, serial number and locator.
February is the second month of the 2011 80m Club Championship
series. As is traditional, the mode sequence is rotated each month,
so this month we have SSB on the 7th between 2000 and 2130UTC. The
exchange is signal report and serial number.
And now the solar factual data for the period from the 17th to the
23rd of January, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on the 24th of
January.
As one sunspot group decayed another emerged close by. This group
grew to a medium sized sunspot group and increased in magnetic
complexity within 24 hours. In the process it produced 5 C class
solar flares while the decaying region produced just one. The largest
solar flare of the period was a C3 peaking at 0420 on the 21st. Solar
activity was very low except for the 21st and the 22nd when the C
class solar flares occurred. Solar flux levels increased from 82
units to 88 with the emergence of the group on the 21st. The average
was 84 units. The 90 day solar flux average remained at 84 units.
X-ray flux levels also saw a sizable increase on the 21st when it
increased from A6.8 units to B1.1 units by the next day. The average
was A8.1 units. Geomagnetic activity was quiet with the Ap index in
single figures every day. The average was Ap 3 units. Solar wind data
from the ACE spacecraft saw solar wind speeds gradually decline from
520 kilometres per second on the 17th to 330 by the 23rd. Particle
densities were low throughout. With a quiet magnetic field the Bz
component of the solar wind showed only slight variations of no more
than minus and plus 5 nanoTeslas.
And now the solar forecast. This week the quieter side of the Sun is
expected to be in view. Therefore, solar activity should be at very
low levels. Solar flux levels are expected to decline and be around
the 80 mark at sometime during the week. As always, it only takes one
large active sunspot group to appear for things to change
drastically. Easier to forecast, the geomagnetic field is expected to
be mostly quiet but towards the end of the week a coronal hole
disturbance is expected to arrive. MUFs during daylight hours at
equal latitudes should be around 23MHz for the south and 20MHz for
the north. Darkness hour lows should be about 8MHz. Paths this week
to South America should have a maximum usable frequency of around
27MHz. The optimum working frequency with a 90 per cent success rate
will be about 21MHz. The best time to try this path will be between
1200 and 1600 hours.
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 gb2rs<at>rsgb.org.uk to arrive by
10:00 on the Tuesday before transmission.
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