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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 12th May 2013
The news headlines:
* 2.4GHz band call for input
* New EME record on 24GHz
* Moonbounce planned for G100RSGB
Ofcom has published a call for inputs relating to spectrum use by
licence exempt devices in the 2,400MHz band. This band is close to
radio spectrum in the 2,300MHz band, which the Ministry of Defence
plans to release for new civil uses. The MoD has therefore
commissioned work to audit licence exempt uses in the 2,400MHz band,
in particular to identify the full range of possible uses of this
spectrum. The call for inputs introduces two audit reports that
explore licence exempt use in the 2,400MHz band. It also invites
stakeholders to identify any other uses that may need to be
considered to understand any technical coexistence. In addition to
licence exempt use, the 2.4GHz band is also a secondary allocation
for the amateur services, including ATV repeater outputs and
satellite downlinks. The Ofcom consultation is at
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/2400-mhz.
Rex Moncur, VK7MO, has completed a Earth Moon Earth QSO with the
OK1KIR EME Team in the Czech Republic at a distance of some 10,180
miles, to claim the new world EME record on 24GHz. VK7MO used a 1.14m
dish and 10 watts and OK1KIR used a 4.5m dish and 22 watts.
G100RSGB, the special event callsign celebrating the RSGB Centenary
will be operated by Fort Purbrook Radio Club today, 12 May, using the
40, 20, 4 and 2m bands as well as 70cm. On Monday, Horsham ARC will
put the callsign on the air from Ifield, running 10 to 160m as well
as 2m. On Tuesday, the Isle of Wight RC will operate on the HF bands
plus 6m, 2m and 70cm from Ryde. Then on 16th and 17th, the callsign
moves to Corsham with the North Wiltshire DX Group, running a mostly
CW station on 10 to 80m. The UK Microwave Group will put the station
on the air in Andover running CW, SSB and digital including EME on
the 18th and 19th. They will mainly use the 3cm band but some
activity will be on the 23cm to 12mm bands. Details of how to get
your QSL card are on the website, www.rsgb.org.uk under the Operating
drop down menu, clicking on Centenary Station.
According to the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter, Spanish
GPS buoys are a new threat to the 28MHz band. You can find their
bursts between 28 and 28.5MHz transmitting in F1B with 51 baud and
about 300Hz shift. They were observed and measured by DK2OM and
HB9CET and found to be in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Portugal. The
Portuguese Monitoring System informed the Portuguese authorities.
There is still time to apply for funding from the Radio
Communications Foundation for projects to promote the benefits of
radio to the general public. The Foundation meets on 15 May to
consider small projects that would benefit from funding. Send
details, by e-mail, to marilyn.slade<at>rsgb.org.uk. All decisions on
whether to provide financial support are made by the Trustees and
there is no certainty that any project proposed will receive funding.
We have received news on a change of address for the Spanish QSL
Bureau. If you send bulk QSL cards to Spain, they should now go to
URE, PO Box 55055, 28053 Madrid, Spain.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
We have no details of rallies taking place this weekend.
On 19 May, the 30th National Amateur Radio Car Boot Sale will be held
at Stockwood Park, Luton. Full details can be found on the website
www.ddrcbootsale.org.
Also on 19 May the Wolverhampton ARS table top sale will be held at
The Electric Club, St Marks Road, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton WV3 0QH.
Doors open at 10am and admission is by donation. There will be an
RSGB bookstall. More information from Vaughan, M0VRR by e-mail to
tts<at>wolverhamptonars.co.uk.
Members of the RSGB team will be attending the Dayton Hamvention
between 17 and 19 May at the Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio, USA. There
will be an RSGB bookstall and RSGB General Manager Graham Coomber,
G0NBI will present a talk on the first 100 years of the RSGB to
Hamvention visitors and also to participants in the DXers Dinner.
Now for the news of special events
GB4PEN is a CW-only special event running until 24 May to remember
the loss of the Penlee Lifeboat. Full details on QRZ.com.
Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society will be active for Mills on the
Air on 12 May from Duloe Windmill, near St Neots, using the callsign
GB2DWM.
South Tyneside Amateur Radio Society is operating GB2CWM from
Cleandon water tow on 12 May using the HF and VHF bands.
For the 6th consecutive year, Cray Valley RS will be activating GB6MW
in support of National Mills Weekend from Meopham Windmill, Wrotham
Road, Meopham Green, Kent DA13 0QA. The station will be on the air
using the HF bands as well as 2 and 4m bands from around 10.30am to
5pm today. Guided tours of the mill will be provided by the Meopham
Windmill Trust. Further details from www.cvrs.org.
On the 16 and 17 May, Lincoln Short Wave Club is operating GB70DAM in
memory of the air crew and German civilians killed during the 617
Squadron's raid on the great Ruhr dams of Germany. The station will
be on RAF Scampton's bomb dump where Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb
was delivered on 16 May 1943. The station will operate from 3pm on
the 16th until 3pm on the 17th using 40 and 80m, band conditions
permitting. A limited edition QSL card will be available, details on
QRZ.com.
GB70BOA and GB70WA will be on the air between 20 and 27 May to
commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Operations using all modes will take place on 10 to 80m bands as well
as on 144 and 432MHz. A special commemorative QSL card will be
available. More details can be found on line at tinyurl.com/cmvdvq8.
And now the DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
HD2A and HC2AQ will be active from Galapagos Islands, IOTA reference
SA-004, from 15 to 20 May as HD8A. Operations will be on all of the
HF bands. QSL via HD2A.
OY1CT will be active from the Faroe Islands, IOTA reference EU-018,
during May with special call OW75FOC. He will be operating on the HF
bands only. QSL via Carsten Thomsen, OW75FOC, Kvivik, Faroe Islands
or as directed on the air.
UA4WHX is currently operational portable CP1 from Bolivia. QSL via
UA4WHX.
ZL2AGY will be active from Rarotonga Island, IOTA reference OC-013,
until 29 May as E51FOC and E51AGY. QSL via his home callsign.
Between 18 and 30 May, five members of the Sands Contest Group from
Morecambe will be visiting the island of Samos for a holiday and
DXpedition. This is IOTA reference EU-049 or locator KM37JK. Using
the callsign SZ8S, operation will be from the Radio House at Zervou
Point above Samos town, kindly loaned to the group by the Aegean
Radio Association. QSL information is on QRZ.com.
Camb-Hams will be operating GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Mull, which is
IOTA reference EU-008, until 16 May. Thirteen operators will be
active on all bands and many modes from 2m to 160m. They will also be
active on 472kHz for the first time. The HF bands will be covered by
five simultaneous stations, while the 6m, 4m and 2m stations will
have a great take-off towards the UK and Europe from the island's
south-east coast in IO76 square.
Now the contest news
Today, 12 May, the 70MHz CW Contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. The
exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode.
On Tuesday, the 14th, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest takes place
between 1900 and 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal
report, serial number and locator.
The data leg of the 80m Club Championships takes place on Wednesday
from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number.
Next weekend the 144MHz May Contest runs from 1400UTC on the 18th to
1400UTC on the 19th. Using all modes the exchange is signal report,
serial number, locator and postcode.
On Sunday 19th, the first 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 100 to
1500UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number
and locator.
And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 3rd to
Thursday the 9th of May, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS, on Friday
the 10th of May.
Numerous sunspot regions were visible every day. A few were large
enough to produce solar flares every day. Solar activity increased to
high when a M5 class solar flare took place on the 3rd and a M1 class
flare on the 5th when activity was at moderate levels. The remaining
days activity was at low levels, with C class solar flares taking
place. Solar flux levels declined from 148 units on the 3rd to 127 by
the 8th. The average was 135 units. The 90 day solar flux average on
the 9th was 117 units, that's two units up on last week. X-ray flux
levels declined from B6.5 units on the 3rd to B4.3 by the 8th. The
average was B5.6 units. Geomagnetic activity was quiet every day
except for the 7th, when activity increased slightly to unsettled
levels due to a small coronal hole. The Ap index for the 7th was 12
units. The average was Ap 8 units. Solar wind data from the ACE
spacecraft saw solar wind speeds increase from 330 kilometres per
second on the 4th to 600 by the morning of the 6th. Speeds then
gradually declined to 420 kilometres per second by the end of the
period. Particle densities were low except for a brief increase to 45
particles per cubic centimetre on the 6th. Bz varied between minus 7
and plus 11 nanoTeslas on the 6th during the weak disturbance and
between minus 4 and plus 1 nanoTeslas on the quietest day.
And finally the solar forecast for the coming week. This week solar
activity is expected to be low, however, there is a reasonable chance
of activity increasing on the occasional day. Solar flux levels are
expected to be around the 120s but could increase towards next
weekend. Geomagnetic activity is expected to be quiet every day.
However, if a coronal mass ejection heads our way then activity would
increase. 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 12MHz. Paths this week to India should have a
maximum usable frequency with a 50 per cent success rate of around
22MHz. The optimum working frequency with a 90 per cent success rate
will be about 17MHz. The best time to try this path will be between
1100 and 1600 hours UTC. Sporadic-E is expected to take place on some
days up to 70MHz. In any intense openings propagation is possible on
144MHz.
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 Thursday before transmission.
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