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GB2RS Main News for Sunday the 19th of November 2017
The news headlines:
* New videos from RSGB
* New frequencies for Germany and Columbia
* Prepare for YOTA Month
The RSGB has released three new videos of talks from the 2017
Convention. They all link with the RSGB Strategy and you can find
them at www.rsgb.org/strategy-videos. In the first video, RSGB
Director Steve Hartley, G0FUW explains about the Strategy itself. The
second video features RSGB President Nick Henwood, G3RWF, giving a
progress report on the Clubs and Groups for the 21st Century project.
Finally, Youth Committee Deputy Chair Milo Noblet, M0ILO provides a
summary of the successful YOTA 2017 event and a brief look at how the
RSGB will be building on it.
German amateurs have been allocated 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz on a
Secondary basis with a maximum power of 15W EIRP. Their 6m band has
now been permanently extended to 50.03 to 51MHz. Almost on the other
side of the world, Columbian amateurs are gaining new allocations at
2200m, 630m and 6m. Thanks to the efforts of the Columbian national
amateur radio society LCRA and their strategic partner Liga Radio
Bogotß, the bands 135.7 to 137.8kHz, 472 to 479kHz and 5.3515 to
5.3665MHz will shortly go live. Activation awaits the Colombian
Communications Ministry granting the privileges by administrative
act.
GB17YOYA will be on the air almost every day in December. The
callsign marks YOTA Month, December, and will be used in rotation by
clubs up and down the country. Several other countries will also be
running their own YOTA Month stations. GB17YOTA will have a special
QSL card and will be uploading logs daily to Clublog. Full details of
all participating countries can be found at www.ham-yota.com and
there is more information on GB17YOTA in the December edition of
RadCom.
Now is the time to consider whether you could help your fellow radio
amateur. In the coming weeks and months RSGB will be releasing
details of various volunteer vacancies. These include joining the
RSGB Board, becoming a Regional Manager, or taking a position in one
of the many committees that are essential to the services RSGB
provides to, and on behalf of, its Members. Some of the positions are
appointments; some, such as the Board and Regional Managers, are
filled through an election process. RSGB encourages any amateur from
any walk of life to consider whether you can add something back into
the hobby you enjoy. More details of the openings will be published
in RadCom and via GB2RS.
ITU-R Working Party 5A met in Geneva recently to prepare for World
Radiocommunications Conference 2019, WRC-19, by considering an
allocation of the frequency band 50-54 MHz to the amateur service in
Region 1. The Working Group consists of a mix of radio amateurs from
all three IARU Regions, administrations from all over the world and
other interested parties like meteorologists and military. The RSGB
was represented by Murray Niman, G6JYB.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
Today, the 19th, the Plymouth Radio Club Radio Rally will be held at
Harewood House, Ridgeway, Plympton, Plymouth PL7 2AS. There is car
parking available and the venue has disabled facilities. Doors open
from 10am to 2.30pm, with disabled visitors gaining access from
9.50am. Admittance is GBP 2. There will be trade stands, special
interest groups, a Bring & Buy and RSGB bookstand. A raffle will take
place on the day. Catering is available on site. Information from
David Beck, 2E0DTC on 0777 766 4822.
Also on the 19th, the 40th Coulsdon ATS Electronics Radio Bazaar will
be held at the Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon
CR5 1ES. Doors open 10am to 1pm and admittance is GBP 1.50. Car
parking and disabled facilities are available. There will be a Bring
& Buy and a flea market. Catering will be available on site. Details
from Andy Briers, G0KZT on 0772 986 6600.
Next Sunday, the 26th, the Bishop Auckland Radio Amateurs Club rally
takes place at Spennymoor Leisure Centre, 32 High Street, Spennymoor,
County Durham, DL16 6DB. The venue has good parking and access to a
large ground floor hall. There will be the usual radio, computer,
electronics stands and a Bring & Buy. Catering facilities and a bar
are on site. Doors open at 10.30am, fifteen minutes earlier for
disabled visitors. Admission is GBP 2, under 14 free of charge with
adult. More details from John, G4LRG on 01388 606 396.
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 full details to radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk. Our list of
rallies for 2018 is looking very empty so please, if you are a rally
organiser, let us know the details as soon as possible.
And now the DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
Olof, G0CKV will be active again as 3B9HA from Rodrigues Island, IOTA
reference AF-017, from the 23rd of November to the 12th of December.
He will operate CW, with main activity during the CQ WW DX CW Contest
and focus on the low bands at other times. QSL via LoTW and M0OXO's
OQRS http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/
Nick, G3RWF will be active again as 5X1NH from Uganda on the 20th to
the 30th of November, with main activity during the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.
Mike, AJ9C will be on the air as YN2CC in Nicaragua from the 21st to
the 29th of November. Activity will be on 160 to 10 metres using CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to his home call.
The Italian DXpedition Team is active as J5T from Bubaque Island,
AF-020, until the 26th. They expect to have four stations on all HF
bands to 28MHz, using CW and SSB, plus RTTY on one band. There will
not be any FT8 operations. Subject to the availability of internet
connection, the real time log will be available
at: http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline and you can QSL via I2YSB direct,
OQRS or LoTW.
Eberhard, DL7JLL is on the air as VP8JLL from the Falkland Islands,
SA-002, until the 25th. QSL to home call.
Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from the 22nd to the 27th of
November from Antigua, NA-100. Activity will be on the HF bands using
primarily CW and possibly RTTY on the 27th. QSL direct to home call.
A group of operators are on the air J5T from Bubaque Island, IOTA
AF-020, until the 26th. Activity is on 160 to 10 metres using CW, SSB
and RTTY with three stations on the air at once. QSL via I2YSB.
Members of the Yaguarete DXers Group are active as 5K0T from San
Andres Island, IOTA NA-033, until the 25th. Activity is on 160 to 10
metres using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via LU1FM.
Harald, DF2WO is QRV as 9X2AW from Kigali, Rwanda until the 30th of
November. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8.
QSL via M0OXO.
A group of operators will be QRV as 9G5W from Kokrobite, Ghana from
the 20th to the 29th of November. Activity will be on the HF bands
using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via S59ZZ.
A92AA and A61M will be on the air as 5T1A and 5T1R respectively, from
Nouakchott, Mauritania from the 20th of November to the 20th of
December. Activity will be on 40 to 10 metres using SSB and FT8. QSL
via operators' instructions.
Tom, KC0W is active as 3W9CW from Con Son Island, IOTA AS-130, until
November 28. QSL direct to his home call.
Now the special event news
Indian special event station AU2JCB will be on the air from the 23rd
of November until the 11th of December. This is to celebrate the
159th anniversary of the birth of India's great scientist and
inventor, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose. Activity will be on 40 to 10
metres using SSB, plus FM on 10 and 6 metres. QSL direct to VU2DSI.
Special event station W1P will be on the air from the shack of K1WCC
on the 24th of November. The station commemorates the loss of the 200
lives when the steamship Portland went down in 1898. Activity is
likely to be around 3.997MHz from 1300UTC, moving to around 14.260MHz
when the band opens. QSL with SASE direct.
Now the contest news
On Sunday the 19th, the UK Microwave Group contest runs from 1000 to
1400UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is
signal report, serial number and locator.
Tuesday sees the 1.3GHz UKAC from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on
the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and
locator.
On Wednesday the Autumn Series continues from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using
SSB only on the 3.5MHz band, the exchange is signal report and serial
number.
Next weekend sees the CQ Worldwide DX CW contest. Starting at 0000
UTC on Saturday morning and running to 2359UTC on Sunday night, this
CW-only event uses all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The
exchange is RST plus CQ Zone, which for the UK is 14.
Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO
on Friday the 17th of November.
Last week saw the solar flux index stay steadfastly in the mid-70s
thanks to a lack of visible sunspots on the solar surface. But by
Thursday one had appeared over the limb and was designated sunspot
2687.
Geomagnetic conditions were mostly settled in the first half of the
week, but a minor G1 geomagnetic storm commenced on Wednesday as an
elevated solar wind stream moved past our planet. This continued into
Thursday, with the Kp index hitting four at times. This had a
slightly detrimental effect on the ionosphere, with maximum useable
frequencies over a 3,000km path struggling to exceed 21MHz at times.
Next week. NOAA forecasts the solar flux index will remain in the
mid-70s. But we may have unsettled geomagnetic conditions on the 20th
to the 22nd, due to yet another high-speed solar wind stream from a
coronal hole. The hole is very much Earth-facing as it is right on
the solar equator. It therefore has the potential to create unsettled
and auroral conditions and a high K index. The end of the week may
therefore be better for HF DX, although, as always, be prepared for
surprises.
To end on a positive note, this time of year is ideal for
long-distance propagation on the lower bands and members of CDXC
report lots of DX on 40m and 80m. For example, K6MYC in California
has been worked by many hams in Europe from about 40 minutes before
our local sunrise to about 30 minutes afterwards. Admittedly Mike
does have 40 acres, seven 89-foot towers and a three-element beam for
80 metres, which helps!
And now the VHF and up propagation news.
We start with a weak area of high pressure and hence just a chance of
some Tropo, especially in the south of the UK and extending into the
near continent and down across Biscay. Tropo can be amplified
overnight and during the mornings, particularly in the misty mornings
of autumn, but overall, this event looks marginal at best.
The second phase of weather propagation will come after midweek when
the pressure falls away as low pressure takes up position. There
could be some coastal showers giving a chance of rain scatter on the
microwave bands, principally on the western side of the country. In
the east, there may still be some residual Tropo since high pressure
is likely to remain close by, although much weaker.
The new moon was on the 18th, so for the early part of next week the
moon will still be close enough to the sun to make EME contacts a
little more difficult. The moon will also appear in the direction of
the Milky Way so the sky noise temperatures will be particularly
high. This coincides with low moon declination at this time of year.
This is not so good for the microwave EME operators, who tend to
prefer the moon to be higher in the sky. But for those who do EME on
the VHF bands, and without antenna elevation, the low moon may help.
The Leonids meteor shower peak has just passed, but there may be some
useful ‘tail-end' meteors from the dust of associated comet
Temple-Tuttle. The November Taurids is a minor meteor shower with a
broad peak of around 10 days, but at a low rate. There may just be
enough meteors around to make operating meteor scatter worthwhile, as
long as you have patience.
And that's all from the propagation team this week.
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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