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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 24th April 2016
The news headlines:
* Tim Peake contact on Monday
* Operating at the Olympics
* Club Calendar error in RadCom
The next planned school contact with Tim Peake on the ISS is
tomorrow, Monday 25 April from The Derby High School in Bury at
1202UTC. This contact will be webcast on the ARISS Principia website
and Tim's transmissions will be audible over most of Western Europe
on the usual downlink frequency, 145.800MHz.
Thanks to the Brazilian Amateur Radio League, LABRE, radio amateurs
who will visit Brazil for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will be able to
get on the air easily. During August and September any foreign
amateur will be able to operate in Brazil, regardless of whether
there is a reciprocal agreement. No IARP or CEPT licence is
necessary and no fees are required. You just need to send a scan of
your passport identification pages and licence, a list of the cities
you intend to operate in and when, plus an email address, to
executiva<at>labre.org.br
We'd like to make you aware that the Club Events Calendar printed in
the May edition of RadCom is incorrect. Due to a clerical error, the
February information was repeated. A revised version of the
Affiliated Clubs Newsletter for May 2016 has been sent out to clubs,
and the electronic versions of RadCom on the RSGB website will be
issued with errata bearing the correct information. The RadCom
editorial team apologises for any inconvenience this error may cause,
and has taken steps to reduce the chances of the same thing happening
again.
Following agreement with the RSGB Board, management of the Islands on
the Air program has transitioned to Islands Radio Awards Ltd, a new,
not-for-profit company. This entity will assume full responsibility
for all aspects of the program, which it will run in partnership with
the Society. The company has been registered in the names of its
current directors, Roger Balister, G3KMA, and Stan Lee, G4XXI, and a
full Board of Directors will established. The new company is fully
committed to completing the paperless QSLing project that will allow
electronic confirmation of contacts and no significant policy changes
are anticipated.
On Monday, the 25th, ANZAC Day remembers those who died in 1915 in
the fighting at Gallipoli. To commemorate this, amateurs in New
Zealand and Australia will be on the bands using the same older modes
once employed by radio operators in the military. This AM & CW event
has become a popular annual ANZAC Day activity with those
participating using older, crystal-locked transceivers or former
military radios.
Statutory Instrument 2016 No. 426, The Wireless Telegraphy (Control
of Interference from Apparatus) Regulations 2016 are now in effect.
There is a brief summary in the May RadCom and in June there will be
a longer article from the EMC committee. The legislation can be read
at www.legislation.gov.uk/2016/426
The RSGB Board is embarking on a review of the Society's strategic
vision and goals and a Member with group facilitation skills is
sought to work with the Board and others during the process. Please
contact the General Manager via gm.dept<at>rsgb.org.uk if you are
able to assist.
The QSL bureau is pleased to welcome Andy Hood, GM7GDE, as the new
volunteer for GM4-8 series cards. Our thanks go to Tom Wylie, GM4FDM
the retiring manager and for his help, in ensuring a smooth
transition. For details, see the RSGB website.
Twenty five used ex BBC local radio cars are being sold on behalf of
the BBC by Cambridge Broadcast. These have a professional technical
installation of a pneumatic mast. The vehicles are all Peugeot based
on either 806 or 807 models and ages range from 2001 to 2006. Most
have technical battery fit-outs with split charging from engine, and
external mains inputs, with 19" equipment racks, and audio
monitoring. Details are on the cambridgebroadcast.com website
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
The Ripon & District ARS Rally takes place today, the 24th, in the
Hugh Ripley Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 2PT. Doors open at 10am,
with entry costing GBP 2. Details are online at www.ripon.org.uk
Today, the 24th, the Cambridge Repeater Group Rally will be held at
Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton, Cambridge CB22 6RN. Car
parking is free at the venue, which also has disabled facilities. The
doors open at 9.30am. Admission is GBP 2. A talk-in station will be
on air to assist visitors. There will be trade stands, a car boot
area, a Bring & Buy and an RSGB bookstall. Catering will be available
on site and this year sees new caterers booked. Contact Lawrence,
M0LCM, on 0794 197 2724.
The Dambusters Hamfest takes place on the 1st of May at Thorpe Camp
Museum, Tattershall Thorpe, near Coningsby, Lincolnshire LN4 4PE.The
venue is all on one level and doors open at 10am. Admission is GBP 3
and includes entry into the museum. Hot food will be available in
addition to the NAFFI. This is mainly an outdoor rally but some
limited space is available indoors, with a small charge for tables.
More information by email to tony.nightingale<at>yahoo.co.uk
Dartmoor Radio Club Rally will take place on the 2nd of May at
Tavistock College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8DD. The
venue has free car parking as well as disabled facilities but please
note there is no talk-in station. Doors open at 10.30am with disabled
visitors gaining access 15 minutes earlier. Admission is GBP 2. There
will be trade stands, a Bring & Buy and special interest groups.
Catering is available on site. Contact Roger Hann, 2E0RPH on
01822 840 723.
If you have any rally or event information you'd like to appear in
future editions of GB2RS News, in RadCom and on the RSGB website,
please email details to radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk.
And now the DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
Doug, VK4ADX will operate holiday style from Norfolk Island from the
23rd of April to the 2nd of May. While there he will use the callsign
VK9NU and be on SSB only. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The
World.
Elvira, IV3FSG will be active from the Democratic Republic of Congo
for one month. She will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 80 to 10
metres. Her callsign will be 9Q0HQ/1 from the 22nd to 30th of April
and 9Q0HQ from the 1st to the 22nd of May. QSL via IK3GES. Logsearch
on Club Log.
Koji, JI1LET, will be active as JD1BOI from Chichijima, AS-031,
Ogasawara from 26 April to 6 May. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on
80 to 6 metres. QSL via JI1LET, direct or bureau.
Andre, DL1AS, Martin, DM4IM and Erwin, DK4BX will be active from
Belize as V31DL, V31IM and V31BX respectively from the 20th of April
to the 20th of May. QSL V3V via V31BZ, others via home calls and LoTW.
Mike, VO1OK will also be active from Belize as V31OK.. He will start
on 25 April from Belize City, and then will move to Ambergris Caye,
NA-073, from the 28th of April to the 3rd of May. QSL via home call.
GS0NWM will be operated by Bob, M0KLO, Glenn, G0SBN, and Chris,
GM3WOJ from the Isle of Barra, EU-010between April 24 and 30. The
locator is IO67ga, which is WAB NF71. They will be active on 80 to
10m, CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via M0URX, OQRS.
Andy, M1LOL and Ray, M1REK will be operating as MM1LOL from the Isle
of Muck, EU-008, from the 1st to the 7th of May. Look for them on 80
to 10m, SSB and data.
Now the special event news
South Essex ARS will operate GB2BOX today, the 24th, from 10am to 4pm
at RAF Boxted Airfield Museum, Langham Lane, Langham, Essex CO4 5NW
for Airfields on the Air. Admission to the museum is GBP 3,
accompanied children are free.
Ballymena ARG will be operating a station at the Shanes Castle Steam
Traction Rally on the 1st and 2nd of May. This will be a station in
the Castles and Stateley Homes on the Air award scheme. the Traction
rally takes place at Shanes Castle, Randalstown Rd, Antrim BT41 4NE.
Contact Hugh Kernohan, GI0JEV, on 028 2587 1481.
Now the contest news
The SP DX RTTY contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the
24th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and
serial number, with SP stations sending their Province code too.
Today, the 24th, the BARTG Sprint 75 runs from 1700 to 2100UTC. Using
75 baud RTTY only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is just the
serial number.
On Tuesday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC.
Using all modes, the exchange is the usual signal report, serial
number and locator.
Also on Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest takes place on the 2.3GHz
bands and up. Running from 1900 to 2130UTC and using all modes, the
exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
On Wednesday the UK EI CC takes place for an hour between 2000 and
2100UTC. Using CW only, the exchange is your 4-character locator only.
Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO
on Friday the 22nd of April.
It has been week of mixed HF propagation, good at times and lousy at
others. The solar flux index declined from 102 on Sunday to 83 on
Thursday, as only one lonely little sunspot remained visible.
The K index, which is the three-hourly measure of geomagnetic
disturbance due to incoming plasma from the Sun, has also risen and
fallen, starting off at four last Sunday, and declining to one at
times during the week.
Looking ahead, the solar flux index is predicted to be between 85-98,
according to the US Air Force, rising as sunspot 2533 comes into play
over the next few days.
It is bad news on the geomagnetic disturbance front. The Solar
Dynamics Observatory's extreme ultraviolet image showed a massive
coronal hole looking straight at us on Thursday. The associated
high-speed solar wind stream from this may hit the earth on Saturday,
just in time for International Marconi Day. NOAA predicts the K index
could rise to four in the early hours of Saturday morning, tailing
off to two by late afternoon. This may not bode well for HF
propagation.
Unsettled conditions are expected to continue until 26 April with
isolated active periods likely. Mostly quiet conditions are expected
from 27 to 28 April.
And now the VHF and up propagation news.
After some high pressure during last week produced a little bit of
Tropo for stations in the North of England, we are returning to low
pressure over the North Sea. This may eventually drift across
southern England later in the week. The result is a return of a cool
northerly wind and means that April showers will continue to be a
theme this week, and hence give options for rain scatter on the
gigahertz bands.
Last week, Sporadic-E was reported on 10 metres and 6 metres and,
with the continued presence of a jet stream blowing down across the
UK into southern Europe, there is plenty of scope for further
Sporadic-E events this coming week.
The 2016 Lyrids meteor shower has passed its peak so it is back to
random meteor scatter contacts in the early mornings.
Over the next few years, the Moon is entering a phase when high
declination is combined with the moon being at perigee or closest to
the earth. This means long, high-elevation moon windows will occur
when path loss is at its lowest, improving EME conditions. This week,
lowest declination occurs on Wednesday so expect short Moon passes in
the early hours of the morning.
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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