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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 17th April 2011
The news headlines:
* Special Temporary Callsigns for Royal wedding
* Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day
* Latest report from the 6 and 10 reporting club published
RSGB has agreed with Ofcom arrangements for all UK radio amateurs to
be able to use special callsigns for a period of eleven days
beginning on the date of the marriage of HRH Prince William and Miss
Catherine Middleton, 29 April 2011. Use of the special prefix, MR, 2R
or GR, according to your licence type, is conditional on allocation
of a Notice of Variation that can be quickly obtained via a simple
process on the Society's website, where full details of the
arrangements can also be found. UK amateurs wishing to use the
special prefix should visit www.rsgb.org.uk/weddingcall and follow
the guidance there. The last date and time for application is 6pm on
26 April 2011. All NoVs will be provided by close of business on 28
April. Please note that no postal applications can be accepted and
all NoVs will be sent by e-mail.
The International Amateur Radio Union and its more than 160 Member
Societies representing countries around the world, will celebrate
World Amateur Radio Day on 18 April. The theme for this year's
celebration is Amateur Radio: The First Technology-Based Social
Network. Amateur Radio operators have been the leaders in developing
many of today's modern electronic and communications marvels.
The Six and Ten Reporting Club is an informal group of radio
amateurs, mostly from the UK, who are interested in propagation
studies at frequencies around the HF-VHF boundary, mainly the 6 and
10 metre amateur bands. The club produces a monthly newsletter, the
Six and Ten Report, that includes analysis of 28MHz propagation based
on beacon monitoring, analysis of 50MHz activity reports broken down
by propagation mode, reports and discussions on unusual propagation
events, compilations of solar and geomagnetic data, lists of activity
world-wide, beacon news and results of on-going experiments. The
Report is usually published on this site about 5-6 weeks after the
end of the month by g7kse at http://g7kse.co.uk/6and10.
The BBC has issued a report investigating the potential interference
to broadcast reception from Power Line Telecommunication (PLT)
equipment used in the home. Read the BBC Research White Paper by
typing ‘BBC publications WHP195' into your favourite search engine.
Verulam Amateur Radio Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary on
Saturday 11 June with a special events day. This will be held on the
premises of a school in St Albans in Hertfordshire. All past and
present members are to be invited. The Club is anxious to contact all
ex members who have lost contact, so they can be invited to join in
the celebrations. On the day there will be displays of equipment as
well as operating stations including an attempt at an
Earth-Moon-Earth bounce. There will be several talks and displays of
memorabilia. Celebrations will end with a hog roast. If you are a one
time member of the Club and would like to attend this reunion or
would like further details, contact the Club Secretary, Ralph G1BSZ,
preferably by e-mail to g1bsz<at>aol.com or by telephone on
01923 265572.
Could any amateurs or clubs planning to take part in this year's
Mills on the Air over the weekend 14 and 15 May please register their
details on the Denby Dale ARS website www.g4cdd.net or get in touch
with Gerald, G3SDY via g3sdy<at>sky.com as soon as possible.
The East Yorkshire Repeater Group is pleased to announce that a new
70cm D-Star repeater, GB7HU, has been commissioned in East Yorkshire.
The new service is the culmination of several years of planning by
their committee, along with a successful grant of GBP 9,466 received
from the National Lottery Big Lottery fund. The group has also
purchased several D-Star transceivers and a high quality generator
for use with emergency communications in East Yorkshire. GB7HU was
switched on by the RSGB DRM for East Yorkshire, Mario Brashill,
G2DPA.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
Over the weekend of 16 and 17 April, Jim, M0JHW is holding another of
his field days at the Sports & Social Club, Harlaxton, Grantham
NG32 1HX. There will be plenty of tea and coffee and a BBQ in the
afternoon. All are invited to come and meet old friends and make new
ones. There will also be ample opportunity to play radio. Details
from Jim by e-mail to m0jhwjim<at>aol.co.uk.
Today, Sunday 17 April, the Kempton Rally is taking place from 10am
at Kempton Park Race Course, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames
TW16 5AQ. There are trade stands, an RSGB bookstall, special interest
sections and many other attractions. Details are available on the
internet at www.radiofairs.co.uk.
Past RSGB President, Angus Annan, MM1CCR, is a speaker and guest of
honour at the Pearl Anniversary Lough Erne Rally today, Sunday 17
April. His busy programme includes a talk about the National Radio
Centre at Bletchley Park, the presentation of the Regional Club of
the Year Award to Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club and certificates of
congratulation to the Club's nine new Intermediate licensees. Further
details at www.lougherneradioclub.co.uk.
Also on Sunday 17 April the Andover Radio Amateur Club Boot Sale is
taking place at Wildhern Village Hall and Playing Field, north of
Andover just off the A343 at SP11 0JE. Entry is GBP 1.50, with
vendors GBP 6 per boot/table or GBP 8 inside the hall. Details from
Martin, M0MWS on 01980 612070.
We are not aware of any rallies taking place over the Easter weekend,
22 and 23 April.
Now for the news of special events
GB2SWF will be celebrating the Speyside Whiskey Festival from 23 and
24 April from Craigellachie distillery. Operation will be on HF and
2m, more details are at QRZ.com.
Rockbeare Quarry in Devon hosts GB5RST for Rockbeare Shutter
Telegraph from Monday 25th April until Saturday 30th April. Activity
will be on all bands from Top Band to 70cm. Full details, including
QSL information, on QRZ.com.
And now the HF DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
9A11P special event station will be active through the end of the
year to celebrate the city of Djurdjevac. A special QSL will be
issued and all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau and LoTW. SWL's reports are welcomed, too.
To celebrate the 86th Anniversary of IARU and the Amateur Radio Day a
special event station will be active from Mexico with the call
4A0IARU from April 18 to 24. It will be on all bands, all mode, multi
operator, multi location. QSL via N7RO and LoTW upload.
TC57A will be operating from the battlefields of Gallipoli and
Gelibolu between 21 and 25 April. QSL via the bureau or direct to
TCSWAT at PO Box 73 Karakoy, 34421 Istanbul, Turkey.
N2WB is planning to be active stroke HR5 from Honduras between 20
April and 4 May. QSL via N2OO.
A group of German operators will be active from Togo during the
period 15 to 28 April. They will be QRV on all bands 10 to 160m using
the callsign 5V7CC. QSLs go via DL9MBI.
Anne, OH2YL will be on the Island of St Barthelemy in the Caribbean
from 15 – 27 April signing FJ/OH2YL. Operation will be on CW only.
QSL via the home callsign or via Logbook of the World.
Now the contest news
On Tuesday 19 April the 1.3GHz UK activity contest takes place on the
23cm band from 1900UTC to 2130UTC. Operation is all mode and the
exchange is RST, serial number and locator.
The 80m Club Championships Data leg takes place on Thursday 21 April
from 1900 to 2033UTC. All data modes can be used on the 80m band
only. RST and serial number forms the exchange.
Over the weekend of 23 to 24 April it's the SP DX RTTY contest from
1200UTC Saturday until the same time Sunday. Operation is RTTY only,
all bands from 80m to 10m. The exchange is RST and serial number; SP
stations also send their Province code.
And now the solar factual data for the period from the 4th to the
10th April, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on the 11th of April.
Solar activity varied between very low to low. Small strength C class
solar flares took place on the 6th, 7th and the 9th. These had little
effect on propagation but on occasions faint coronal mass ejections
were observed. Solar flux levels declined from 117 units on the 6th
to 105 by the 9th and the 10th. The average was 110 units. The 90 day
solar flux average on the 10th was 101 units, that's two units up on
last week. The last time the 90 day solar flux average stood at 100
units was in February 2005 during the declining phase of the last
sunspot cycle. X-ray flux levels varied little day to day and
averaged B2.9 units. Geomagnetic activity was quiet till mid morning
of the 6th when a coronal mass ejection arrived. The following
disturbance was strong but short lived and at its peak caused a
widespread radio aurora that extended down to southern England. The
Ap index on the 6th was 26 units and the average was Ap 10 units.
Solar wind data from the ACE spacecraft saw solar wind speeds decline
from 600 kilometres per second on the 4th to 420 by the next day.
Speeds increased on the 6th associated with the disturbance. Particle
densities were low every day. Densities on some days were below one
particle per cubic centimetre. Bz on the quiet days varied between
minus 3 and plus 4 nanoTeslas and between minus 10 and plus 7
nanoTeslas during the 6th.
And now the solar forecast. This week the active side of the Sun is
expected to be looking our way. Solar activity is expected to be low
bout could increase higher than that on some days. Solar flux levels
should increase and later in the week could be approaching the 120's.
Geomagnetic activity should be quiet every day, however, a small
disturbance could take place around midweek. 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 10MHz. Paths
this week to Japan should have a maximum usable frequency with a 50
per cent success rate of around 21MHz. The optimum working frequency
with a 90 per cent success rate will be about 15MHz. The best time to
try this path will be between 0900 and 1200 hours. The second half of
April normally sees the start of the summer sporadic-E season for the
northern hemisphere. In fact during the 10th a good opening took
place on 50MHz to Iberia.
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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