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GB2RS Main News for Sunday 22nd January 2017
The news headlines:
* Apply now for YOTA Camp
* Call for RSGB election candidates
* New Cubesats in orbit
The RSGB's Youth Committee have already received some great
applications from young members to be part of the UK team at this
year's YOTA summer camp, which will be held at Gilwell Park. Around
100 young radio amateurs will be attending representing over twenty
countries, including the UK. If you are between 14 and 25 you can
apply to attend but you need to hurry as the deadline for
applications is the 31st of January. The attendance fee is GBP 50 but
all transport, food and accommodation is included. The RSGB YOTA 2017
web page www.rsgb.org/yota contains more details of the event and
information on how to apply. There is also a vacancy for the UK Team
Leader, who needs to be over 18 and have good experience of leading
teams of young people. Any RSGB Member interested in that role should
send details of their knowledge, skills and experience to
yota<at>rsgb.org.uk
The RSGB is calling for volunteers to step forward for election at
the RSGB AGM. In 2017 the RSGB will be looking to appoint one elected
Board Director, one nominated Board Director and five Regional
Managers. Regions 2, 5, 7, 10 and 12 are open for volunteers, whether
the current Regional Manager is seeking re-election or not.
Nominations for elected Board Directors and Regional Managers require
the supporting signatures of 10 RSGB Corporate Members. Nominations
for the Regional Manager vacancies must come from Members who reside
in the relevant region. Further information about the election
vacancies, together with nomination forms, are available on the RSGB
website at www.rsgb.org/elections2017 or paperwork can be obtained by
post from the General Manager at RSGB HQ. Completed papers, with
their supporting signatures, must be received by noon on the 1st of
February 2017. The AGM takes place at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff on
the 22nd of April 2017.
Several CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were placed into
orbit on the 16th of January from the International Space Station.
Satellites carrying amateur radio payloads included ITF-2, with a
downlink of 437.525MHz, Waseda-Sat-3, with downlinks of CW and FM
telemetry on 437.29MHz, AOBA-Velox-3, with downlinks of GMSK
telemetry on 437.225MHz and TuPOD that will transmit AFSK on
437.200MHz.
You can help the RSGB to make YOTA 2017 event a great success by
becoming a financial supporter – anyone who donates more than
GBP 15 receives a supporters' pin. Find out more from the YOTA 2017
web page, www.rsgb.org/yotasupporter
A meeting has taken place in the past week in CEPT, which included
agenda items considering matters of interest to amateur radio at
WRC19. The discussions made progress on matters concerning sharing
between the amateur service and other services in the 50-54MHz band,
broadcasting, wind-profilers and mobile users, but there remains much
still to do and IARU will continue to work on these studies with
administrations and others to establish the optimum future sharing
scenarios. See www.iaru-r1.org/ for more information
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
There are no rallies in the diary for this weekend, the 21st and
22nd. The next rally is the Horncastle Winter Rally on the 29th at
Horncastle Youth Centre, Willow Close, Cagthorpe, Horncastle LN9 6BZ.
Doors open at 10am and there is free car parking on site. Entry is
GBP 2. The venue is all on one level and so is suitable for less able
visitors. There will be hot drinks and snacks available, including
bacon butties. The RSGB bookstall will be in attendance. Details from
Tony, G3ZPU on 01507 527 835.
On Friday the 27th of January there is a free-to-attend,
invitation-only, event at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21
Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS entitled The Evolution Of Television
From Baird To The Digital Age. Registration, with coffee, will be
from 10.30am. To request an invitation ticket, go to
www.ieee-ukandireland.org/baird
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.
And now the DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
Jean-Pierre, F6ITD is on the air as TO7D and FG/F6ITD from La
Desirade Island, IOTA NA-102, until the 9th of March. Activity is on
160 to 10 metres using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL to his
home callsign.
DF3FS, DJ7JC, DL8JJ and DJ9RR will be operating as TU5MH from the
Ivory Coast from the 22nd of January to the 2nd of February. Activity
will be on 80 to 10 metres using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via DJ5BWD.
Rich, PA0RRS is on the air as 9M2MRS from Penang Island, IOTA AS-015,
until the end of January 2018. Activity is on 40 to 10 metres using
CW, RTTY, JT65, JT9 and some SSB. QSL to his home callsign.
Dave, G1OCN and Carol, 2E1DQZ will be using the callsigns VP8CLE and
VP8DKW from the Falkland Islands during the second half of January.
QSL directly to G1OCN.
The callsign OA0MP has been issued by the Peruvian authorities for
use from the ‘Machu Picchu' Antarctic Base on King George Island in
the South Shetlands until the 31st of March. Two members of the
scientific team will operate during their spare time on 20m and 40m
SSB. QSL via OA4O.
Now the special event news
Wearside Electronics Amateur Radio Society is on the air on Saturday
the 28th and Sunday the 29th for SOS Weekend from 10am at the
Lifeguard station Marine Way, in the block yard, using all bands.
Special event station 9H2017EU is on the air until June 2017 to mark
the 2017 Maltese European Union Presidency. QSL direct to 9H1SP.
Now the contest news
On Tuesday the SHF Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC using
the 2.3 to 10GHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number
and locator.
On Wednesday the UK EI CC 80m contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC.
Using CW only, the exchange is your 4 character locator.
The CQ World Wide 160m DX contest runs for 48 hours from 2200UTC on
Friday to 2200UTC on Sunday. It's CW only and the exchange is signal
report and CQ Zone, which for the UK is 14. W stations also send
their State and VE stations their Province.
The BARTG RTTY Sprint runs from 1200UTC on the 28th to 1200UTC on the
29th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is your serial
number. Please note that for 2017 there are changes to the rules of
all BARTG contests.
Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO
on Friday the 20th of January.
We saw a couple of sunspots last week, but they weren't enough to
make a major difference to HF propagation. This was due in part to a
raised K index, thanks to solar material from a recurrent coronal
hole. NOAA released a geomagnetic storm warning for the 18th and
19th. The solar index remained in the high 70s, while the K index hit
four around mid week.
While many people are bemoaning the poor conditions, there are
highlights. Seventeen metres is opening reliably to DX on many days
with strong signals to the East during late morning and weak openings
to the west in the afternoon. Andy, M0NKR also reports there have
been some good 80m openings to the US and Canada in the early hours.
Eighty metres was also good for inter-G work late afternoon on
Thursday the 19th.
Next week, NOAA predicts that the poor geomagnetic conditions are
likely to continue, with the K index hitting four at times, although
the 25th and 26th should be slightly more settled. The solar flux
index will be in the range 77 to 80, so propagation is likely to be
more of the same. We recommend concentrating on the lower bands, but
don't give up on HF as we may get occasional HF openings up to,
perhaps, 18 or 21MHz at times – please don't miss them!
And now the VHF and up propagation news.
We have just finished another week with high pressure on the chart,
and it has produced some enhanced tropo conditions at times. But this
has been less than might be the case if there were some moisture in
the lower layers of the atmosphere. The better areas have been the
north-west where moisture from the Atlantic and Biscay has improved
the contrast across the inversion and given better tropo.
So what of next week? The high is going to last for just a few more
days, until midweek, when the next sequence of Atlantic lows and
fronts will cross the country. This will bring windier weather and
some rain and destroy any tropo-producing inversions from our
resident high, which will collapse quickly. In summary, a good start
to the week, but poor for VHF/UHF tropo later.
We are now in the winter meteor activity minimum, where zenithal
hourly rates are low and there are no major showers, but there are
still opportunities for random meteor scatter contacts around dawn.
The Moon is at apogee today and reaches minimum declination on
Thursday, so we have maximum losses and short, low-elevation moon
windows all week. This week would be a good one to look to the
artificial satellites for your VHF DX contacts.
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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