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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 27th January 2019
The news headlines:
* Three new bands for Indonesians
* Listen to an ISS contact
* Become an RSGB Board member or Regional Representative
The Indonesian national society, ORARI, reports new amateur radio
regulations have been issued with top class licensees gaining new
WRC-15 Secondary allocations at 136kHz, 472kHz and 5MHz.
An International Space Station school contact has been planned
between David St-Jacques, KG5FYI and a school in Portugal. The event
is scheduled for Saturday the 2nd of February at approximately
1523UTC. The conversation will be conducted in English and will be a
direct contact operated by CS5SS. The downlink signals will be
audible in many parts of Europe on 145.800MHz FM.
There is just under one week left for RSGB Members to make
nominations for the Board and Regional Representative vacancies.
These roles offer a great opportunity to help the RSGB develop and to
promote amateur radio. For more details see tinyurl.com/GB2RS-0113A
and please note that nominations close on the 31st of January.
[Note to Newsreaders: the full URL is
https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/agm/board-nominations-system/]
Bulgarian amateurs have obtained some important changes to their
licence. The age limit has been removed for getting a Class 2
licence, which permits up to 5W on VHF and UHF, plus HF on a club
station. A Class A licence for all bands will full legal power can
now be obtained at 14 years of age. The mandatory six month period
between the Class 2 and Class 1 exams has also been removed and there
has been a significant increase in the power allowed on most bands.
Ian Suart, GM4AUP has been appointed as the RSGB's first Operating
Advisory Service Coordinator. The Operating Advisory Service, OAS,
has been established to help amateurs in various ways, especially
those whose enjoyment is being hindered by the poor activities of
others. These include giving practical guidance to individual
Members, delivering talks to clubs, and sharing their own OAS
experiences with the national OAS team. Working with him is a growing
team of Regional Operating Advisors. The aim is to have at least one
Advisor in every Region, assisting the Region's volunteer team with
OAS's developing expertise. Please encourage any suitable candidate
in your Region to apply for the Regional Operating Advisor role, by
contacting Ian via email to oas<at>rsgb.org.uk
The Inter-MAI amateur radio slow scan television experiment on the
International Space Station is scheduled to be activated between
Wednesday the 30th of January and Friday the 1st of February. It
appears that the experiment will only be active during a couple of
orbits that overfly Moscow, rather than a continuous operation.
Expected periods of activation appear to be between 1300 and 1900UTC,
and should occur on the traditional 145.800MHz downlink frequency.
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
The Horncastle Amateur Radio and Electronics rally takes place today,
the 27th of January, at the Horncastle Youth Centre, Cagthorpe
Buildings, Willow Row, Horncastle LN9 6DZ. Doors open at 10am and
entry is GBP 2. Traders tables are GBP 5 per 6ft table. There is free
parking at the venue. The usual traders will be there and catering is
available on site. Details from Tony, G3PZU, 01507 527 835, or by
email to tony.nightingale<at>yahoo.co.uk.
On the 3rd of February, the 35th SEARS Canvey Radio & Electronics
Rally will be held at its new venue, Cornelius Vermuyden School,
Dinant Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QS. Admission is GBP 3 and
doors open at 10am, or fifteen minutes earlier for disabled visitors.
There is free car parking and easy, level ground floor access to two
large halls. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and bacon butties will be
available. There will be radio, computing and electronics traders and
special interest groups. More details via email to
tony<at>tonystreet.net.
To get your event into RadCom, onto GB2RS and on the RSGB website,
please send details as early as possible to radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk –
we need to know about four months in advance for RadCom.
And now the DX news from 425 DX News and other sources
Art, NN7A will be active as V31JZ/P from South Water Caye in Belize,
IOTA reference NA-180, from the 31st of January to the 6th of
February. He will operate mainly CW on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS or via NN7A either direct or via the bureau.
Mike, OE3MBG will be on the air as S79AA in the Seychelles, AF-024,
until the 2nd of February. QSLs are via Club Log OQRS and logs will
be uploaded to Logbook of The World.
Heli, DD0VR will be active as C6A/DD0VR from the Bahamas, NA-001, and
possibly other island groups as well until the 2nd of February.
Usually he operates QRP on the 80 to 10m bands using CW and SSB. QSL
via DD0VR, direct or bureau.
Rick, NE8Z will be active from Ecuador until the 6th of February. He
will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on the 40 to 6m bands. Listen for HC1MD,
HC1MD/HC2 and HC1MD/HC7 depending on his location. QSL via Logbook of
The World, or direct to K8LJG.
HI1LT will be manned by members of the Loma del Toro DX Club until
the 28th of January and will be located on Beata Island, NA-122, off
the coast of the Dominican Republic. QSL manager is W2CCW.
Emmanuel, F5LIT will be active as YB9/F5LIT from Bali Island, OC-022,
from the 27th of January to the 6th February. QSL via his home
callsign, direct only, and Logbook of The World.
Now the special event news
The Worked All Britain group Golden Anniversary year got off to a
good start with GB50WAB starting in Northern Ireland, and GB9WAB in
Leicestershire. GB50WAB will continue to run throughout the year from
various locations, currently being aired from North Lincolnshire, and
moves on to Hereford on the 29th. Other WAB GB special calls will
also be run throughout the year, in addition to regular airings of
the clubs calls, G4WAB and G7WAB. The month of February will see
GB8WAB, operated by MI1AIB, and GB0ABG, operated by G4IAR. Keep an
eye on www.worked-all-britain.org.uk for further information.
The special call sign EI19RE will be active for the duration of 2019
to commemorate the establishment of the Dßil, the first Irish
parliament.
Please send special event details to radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk, as early
as possible, for free publicity on GB2RS, in RadCom and online.
Remember that UK special event stations must be open to the public,
so our free publicity can help make your efforts more widely known.
Now the contest news
Ending its 48 hour run at 2200UTC today, the 27th, the CQ WorldWide
160m DX contest uses CW only. The exchange is signal report and CQ
Zone, which for the UK is Zone 14. In addition US and Canadian
stations send their State or Province.
Ending its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the 27th, is the BARTG RTTY
Sprint Contest. Using RTTY on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is
simply the serial number.
The UK EI Contest Club contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC on Wednesday
the 30th of January. Using CW only on the 80m band, the exchange is
your 4-character Locator.
Next Sunday, the 3rd of February, the 432MHZ AFS contest runs from
0900 to 1300UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report,
serial number and Locator.
Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO
on Friday the 25th of January.
This week we did get a new sunspot group, which pushed the solar flux
index to 71 and the sunspot number to 18, reflecting one group with
eight spots in it. But, as predicted last week, incoming matter from
a solar coronal hole resulted in an elevated K index and poor HF
conditions on Wednesday the 23rd. Because of this, maximum usable
frequencies were depressed and struggled to reach much more than
14MHz at times. Late Wednesday afternoon even saw 40m closing early.
Despite a continued K index of four on Thursday, MUFs did manage to
recover slightly and signals were heard on many HF bands. This
included an opening around Europe and out as far as Israel and Cyprus
on 10m FT8, which may have been due to a pre-auroral enhancement.
There were other highlights during the week. Andy, M0NKR reported
working E51DWC on the South Cook Islands on 20m CW on Monday
afternoon at about 5.30pm, which just goes to show you shouldn't
write the bands off.
Next week NOAA has the solar flux index remaining at 71, with
generally quieter geomagnetic conditions, at least until the Thursday
the 31st. This may then herald three days of unsettled conditions due
to a recurrent coronal hole.
As always, don't neglect the upper HF bands, especially at the onset
of a geomagnetic storm, as these can often bring short-lived openings
on the higher HF frequencies.
And now the VHF and up propagation news.
It's shaping up to be another rather flat week for Tropo, although
it's always possible to get some limited surface ducting in the early
mornings with this cold frosty weather and patchy fog. Much of the
coming week is dominated by low pressure and, at times, brisk winds,
which will rule out traditional Tropo options. That probably leaves,
like last week, just a few chances of some rain scatter on the GHz
bands. Snow however does act as a very good scatterer on these bands.
Keep a watch for the other exotic modes, like out-of-season winter
Sporadic-E or some auroral QSOs. What about trying some flat
condition path checks to see how your station is doing, by
calibrating against a selection of beacons or repeaters, so that you
have a baseline to compare against when the high pressure systems do
return? Incidentally, you could even try a late New Year resolution
to activate CW on the VHF/UHF bands. You never know, flat conditions
can provide more than you think.
Moon declination is negative again and reaches minimum next Saturday.
Moon windows will shorten as the week progresses and maximum Moon
elevation will be in the early mornings, so it is a week for EME
early-risers.
We are still in the doldrums as far as meteor showers go with just a
couple of minor ones in February and March until the April Lyrids.
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 radcom<at>rsgb.org.uk to arrive by
10:00 on the Thursday before transmission.
Our thanks to Andy G4TNU for providing this RSGB feed.
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