Autumn 2020

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Sandringham

24 Sep 2020, 13:01

Mostly cloudy
14°C

real feel: 10°C

current pressure: 99 mb

wind speed: 20 mph SW

wind gusts: 29 mph

sunrise: 06:48

sunset: 18:51

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4 hours ago

HD1X special callsign: Members of the HCDX Group will be active as HD1X from a remaining tropical rainforest from Chocó eco-region (Grid FI09iv), promoting the biodiversity of their country, Ecuador dlvr.it/RhFQBp #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

4 hours ago

INDEXA election results: Dick Williams, W3OA, Secretary-Treasurer of International DX Association (INDEXA), sent out the following election results dlvr.it/RhFQ8y #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

4 hours ago

Online Full ham radio exams now available: From today, Thursday, Sept 24, the RSGB are allowing Full amateur radio online exams to be booked. All 3 levels of exam required to get a HAREC certificate can now be done… dlvr.it/RhFPQH #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

4 hours ago

South Eastern Amateur Radio Group: Irelands biggest radio club, the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group continues to meet weekly on the zoom platform on Monday nights, with great numbers logging in dlvr.it/RhFPMf #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

4 hours ago

Tony's 10m Band Report: Well, we don’t seem to be past the minimum just yet despite the appearance of the a few correctly polarised spots a couple of week back. Just look at the lists below, they are threadbare. Not even the… dlvr.it/RhFNZY #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

4 hours ago

ARISS direct contact with schools in Turkey: An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students at five schools in Turkey dlvr.it/RhFNY1 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

Copper Plated: 'Following the French discovery of 7 MHz RF benefitting the growth of plants in last week’s news, we have more……..' dlvr.it/Rh9mNt #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

Aurora Cometalis: The Northern Lights of Comet 67P: Researchers have discovered another reason to visit comets: The icebergs from deep space have their own auroras dlvr.it/Rh9lgB #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

TV set knocks out Openreach broadband: Openreach VDSL-2 broadband is known for causing interference to radio reception but in this case a TV set was knocking out the broadband and it took Openreach 18 months to resolve the… dlvr.it/Rh9ldp #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

LOTW user guide: If you are a new user or planning to use "Logbook of The World" (LoTW), Gary, ZL2IFB, has put together an easy step-by-step guide or should we say manual (about 33 pages with pictures) to help you use LoTW dlvr.it/Rh9krM #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

The Space Weather Woman: A Coronal Hole, A Bright Region and A Red Planet - The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW dlvr.it/Rh9kqX #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

Amateur Radio Software Award: Claus, AE0S, reminds everyone that special event station K1A will be active for the 'Amateur Radio Software Award' between September 25th and October 4th, 2020. The special event station… dlvr.it/Rh9jsb #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

1 day ago

RSGB release Board Proceedings for August: The RSGB has released the proceedings for the August 15 Board meeting where concern was expressed that just two Societies [RSGB and DARC] were providing about 50% of IARU Region 1… dlvr.it/Rh9jqj #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

Ham radio operators stay active during pandemic: The Rochester Post Bulletin has published an article about how members of the Hiawatha Valley Amateur Radio Club are coping with the pandemic dlvr.it/Rh5yFf #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

New JA RTTY sub-bands: Hide, JH8KYU/1, wants to remind everyone of the new JA RTTY sub-bands during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 26-27th) dlvr.it/Rh5xDY #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

Ofcom fines Panjab Radio £30,000: Ofcom has imposed a £30,000 financial penalty on Panjab Radio for serious breaches of our broadcasting rules dlvr.it/Rh5xB8 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

New multimode beacon network for South Africa: The VHF Working Group has been investigating digital options so that a reverse beacon network could be established to monitor the various propagation modes, such as tropospheric… dlvr.it/Rh5wJM #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

Radio hams help reunite missing person with family: The Millennium Post describes how radio amateurs were involved in helping to reunite someone with their family after 15 years dlvr.it/Rh5wFd #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

The Day of the YL's Memorial Contest (7th-8th November 2020): This contest is in memory of Carine DUBOIS. F5ISY. She developed the YL contest and did not ever see it to the end. Carine F5ISY passed away November 3rd and we… dlvr.it/Rh5vLV #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio

2 days ago

Emergency exercise 'Austria Off-Grid': On October 3 radio amateurs will participate in the nationwide emergency exercise Austria Off-Grid dlvr.it/Rh5vKJ #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio