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GB2RS NEWS Sunday 25th October 2009
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GB2RS NEWS Sunday 25th October 2009 The news headlines * Ofcom apprehends individual and seizes equipment * Contest team perishes in air disaster * Ofcom publishes its plans for the London 2012 Olympic Games Late in the evening on 15 October, a team of enforcement officers from Ofcom, assisted by Humberside Police, apprehended an individual in the Hull region on suspicion of illegally transmitting on the region's amateur radio bands. Equipment was seized during the operation and Ofcom is continuing its investigations. With great sadness we report the deaths of the C6APR team consisting of Pete, W2GJ, Ed, K3IXD, Randy, K4QO and Dallas, W3PP. The team were on their way to Crooked Island in the Bahamas to take part in the CQWW contest this weekend. They were killed when their light aircraft crashed on takeoff on the morning of 21 October. Our deepest sympathies go out to their families and friends. On Monday 19 October, the UK regulator Ofcom published its Spectrum Plan for the London 2012 Olympic Games, outlining how the airwaves will be managed during the seven week event. The Plan contained input from both the RSGB and RAYNET. You can read the full transcript at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/cond...2012/statement. On Friday 16 October, the WSPR beacon V53ARC went online. The beacon is working well and transmitting on the 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10m bands with 5W and on 6m with 2W. It has been spotted already around the globe including VK, KH8, J, S and many other countries. It can be heard on each band every 16 minutes on the WSPR frequencies. More information can be found at www.oe1ifm.at. Icom UK is on the move to new premises. After 24 happy years at their current location in Sea Street in Herne Bay, they are due to be fully in place at the new home by 9 November. The new address will be Blacksole House, The Boulevard, Altira Park, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 6GZ. All phone numbers and e-mail addresses remain the same. The move will be in two phases. The sales, marketing, IT and accounts team along with the warehouse will move between 30 October and 1 November, opening on 2 November for business as usual. The workshop will move the following weekend, 5 to 7 November. After an off-air period of almost two years, the Black Isle VHF Repeater, GB3BI, was returned to service on Sunday 18 October. The repeater is now located on a private site at 417m asl, approximately ten miles South of Nairn on the Moray Coast. The Chairman and Committee of the Black Isle Repeater Group wish to convey their sincere thanks to Cawdor Estate and, in particular, to both Lord Cawdor and Angus McNicol, the Estate Factor, for all their help and accommodation towards the relocation of this repeater. All enquiries and or signal reports should be directed to Steve Scanlain, GM1VAD via email to raynet.controlatbtinternet.com or by phone or text message to 07900 960478. 2 The Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club will be running a Foundation course in November. Registration will take place on 2 November at 7pm in the Place Initiative, Portadown. For more information e-mail cqmuarcatgooglemail.com, or ring 0283 834 8451. All abilities and ages are welcome. The GB7HMI Bulletin Board System is up and running in Northern Ireland. The new sysop is MI0RSN. GB7HMI now has telenet connection and an RF connection on 144.9375MHz. For the telenet connection you need to e-mail the sysops at mi0rsnathotmail.com with your password. For any more information please contact the same e-mail address. The FT5GA Glorioso Island operation is now over and the operators are happy that the goal of 50,000 QSOs was reached. The operation was forced to end operations on 7 October. This was a day earlier than expected due to the military flight schedule. The QSL Manager for this operation is Didier Senmartin, F5OGL. The theme of the 2010 Dayton Hamvention on 14 to 16 May will be Amateur Radio Clubs Worldwide: The Lifeline. In order to help celebrate the world of radio clubs, Hamvention planners are asking for pictures from radio clubs around the world that it can use on the front and back cover of the Hamvention 2010 program magazine. It is also looking for stories of interest from interesting radio clubs as well. More information at www.hamvention.org. The Great Lumley Amateur Radio and Electronics Society is moving to the Finchale Training College at Durham on 31 October. It is near to the Arnison Shopping Centre, Pity Me, and the postcode is DH1 5RX. More details can be obtained from David, M0BPM, on 0191 3888113, or by e-mail to m0bpmatbtinternet.com. The date of the 3rd Bath Buildathon has been confirmed as Saturday 5 December. Following the success of the first two events the cost will remain at £60 to include a Brendon DSB transceiver kit, room hire, tea and coffee etc. The Bath Buildathon Crew will be providing all tools and test equipment required and no previous experience is required, just a bucket load of enthusiasm! The famous Christmas Market will be happening in the City centre at the same time and the prestigious new Southgate shopping centre will also be open, just in case non-radio members of the family would like to make a weekend of it. Booking forms for the Buildathon are available on request by e-mail from g0fuwattiscali.co.uk or by post. Steve is QTHR in the Yearbook and on QRZ.com. And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week Sadly, the organisers of the Northern Radio Rally, due to be held in Richmond School on 25 October, have been obliged to cancel the rally. Despite their efforts to promote the rally, bookings haven't been high enough to make the rally viable. Please pass this message onto anyone you know who was thinking about travelling to this rally. On Sunday 1 November, the Great Northern Hamfest will take place at the Metrodome Leisure Centre, Queens Road, Barnsley S71 1AN. Opening time is 11am. There will be trade stands an RSGB bookstall, Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced licence information, Special interest groups and Local radio clubs. There are a limited number of tables available at a reduced price for amateurs, but not trade, wishing to sell their surplus equipment. To book a table and for any other enquiries, contact the Hamfest Manager, Ernie, G4LUE on 01226 716339 or 07984 191873. 3 The North Wales Radio Rally is to be held on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November in Llandudno at John Bright School, which is postcode LL30 1LF. Doors are open from 10am to 5pm both days. Talk in will be on S22. The rally is all on one level and there is disabled access. Entry is £3 and you'll find many large traders attending and there will be an RSGB bookstall as well as a Bring and Buy. For more information please contact Liz Cabban, GW0ETU on 01690 710257 or by e-mail to lizcabbanatvodafoneemail.co.uk The Holsworthy ARC Rally will take place on 1 November at the Holsworthy Community College, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 6JD. Doors open at 10am and the entry fee is £2. There will be trade stands and a Bring & Buy. More details from Don, G0RQL on 01409 261223. Also on 1 November the Foyle & District ARC Rally will be held in the Best Western White Horse Hotel, Derry BT47 3PA. Doors open at 12 noon and there will be trade stands, special interest groups and Bring & Buy. Now for the news of special events Listen for W1ACB/US on 14.045MHz and 7.045MHz operating CW. It is a permanent station for the US Army Signal Corps and the British Royal Naval Signals of WWII. Go to QRZ.com to view their WWII tower. They also operate on other bands from Top Band to 10m and can usually be heard on frequencies ending in 45. On 31 October, GB0BME will be on the air for Bancroft Mill Engine from Barnoldswick. 1 November sees two stations going on the air. GB4RN is the Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society station in Waterlooville and GB0AD is for Armistice Day and is stationed in Aberdare. And now the HF DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources. A team headed by G3KHZ will be in Papua New Guinea until 9 November. Activity will be on 160 to 15 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Full details and QSL routing is on the web at www.425dxn.org. JE2EHP, will be active as 4X/K1HP from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem between 29 October and 5 November. His operation will be on all the HF bands plus 6m, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL is via the bureau to JE2EHP. Until 11 November, FK/F5NHJ will be on the air from Grande Terre, which is IOTA reference OC 0032, and also from Lifou or Maré, which is IOTA reference OC 033. ZZ0Z will be active from Archipelago Abrolhos, which is IOTA reference SA-109 from 29 October to 2 November. DL4IAS will be active from Bantayan Island, which is IOTA reference OC-129, until 5 November as DV7/DL4IAS. The XR0YA DXpedition to Easter Island will take a place between 31 October and 15 November. It will be a lightweight, small expedition led by 6 operators. Thanks to the support of the Radio Club of Chile they will have the opportunity to activate Rapa Nui on 30 meters. Since the island is still most wanted on this band in Europe, 30m will be their priority. Details at .http://rapanui2009.org/ 4 EI6DX, will be active as portable 6W between 7 and 16 November from Somone in Senegal, which is located about 70km southeast of the city of Dakar. He will concentrate on the lower bands and CW. QSL to RX3RC, direct or via the bureau. 8R1PY will be active from Lethem, Guyana from 31 October to 4 November. They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK on 160 to 6 metres. QSL via PY2WAS either direct or via the bureau. Now the contest news The annual contest of the International Police Association Radio Club is taking place over the weekend of 7 and 8 November. CW is on 7 November from 0600 to 1000UTC and 1400 to 1800UTC. SSB is on 8 November also from 0600 to 1000 and 1400 to 1800UTC. More details from www.iparc.de. The 48-hour CQ Worldwide DX SSB contest on 24*25 October is probably the biggest event of the month. Expect the phone portions of the HF bands, except the WARC bands, to be busy all weekend. The contest takes place between 0000 and 2350 on 24 and 25 October and the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, which is 14 for the UK. On 27 October the 50MHz UK Activity Contest takes place between 1900 and 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the solar factual data for the period from the 12th to the 18th of October, compiled on 19th of October by Neil Clarke, G0CAS. Information that I have just received from the `Solar Terrestrial Dispatch' goes on to say. "There is sufficient data to be virtually certain that December 2008 was the month of the solar minimum. Officially, there is still insufficient post-minimum data to be completely confident. However, confidence is now quite high that December 2008 was the month of the solar minimum." The `Solar Terrestrial Dispatch' can be found at www.spacew.com The solar disc was spotless everyday and with it solar activity was very low. However, on the 17th, around 1900 hours a very small `two ribbon' solar flare took place from a spotless region on the Sun, which is known as a `plage' region. What is more unusual from a flare this small is that it produced a slow, faint, Earth- directed coronal mass ejection. The CME had not arrived by the end of the reporting period, maybe, more on this next week. Solar flux levels remained at 70 everyday except for the 17th which increased to 71 units. The average was 70 units. The 90 day solar flux average on the 18th was 69 units, that's the same level as last week. X-ray flux levels remained below the minimum reporting level throughout. Geomagnetic activity was very quiet everyday. The most disturbed days were the 15th and the 16th with an Ap index of only four units. The average was Ap 2 units. Solar wind data from the ACE spacecraft saw solar wind speeds vary between 300 and 440 kilometres per second. Particle densities were low except for a brief increase to 16 particles per cubic centimetre during the morning of the 15th. Bz varied between minus and plus 4 nanoTeslas for the period. And finally the solar forecast. This week solar activity is expected to be at very low levels. However, the solar disc could exhibit some sun spots. Solar flux levels should be around the 70 mark with a spotless Sun and slightly higher if any spots do appear. Geomagnetic activity is expected to be mostly quiet, saying that, today, could be slightly unsettled. MUFs during daylight hours at equal latitudes should be around 21MHz for 5 the south and 18MHz for the north. The darkness hour lows should be around 9MHz. Paths this week to the Middle East should have a maximum usable frequency with a 50 per cent success rate of around 21MHz. The optimum working frequency with a 90 per cent success rate will be about 17MHz. The best time to try this path will be between 0900 and 1500 hours UTC. And that's all for this week from the propagation team. 6 Next, the Local News: Please note that details of all RSGB-affiliated clubs and societies can be found on the RSGB website, including e-mail addresses and website links where known. [Note to newsreaders: Please read the local news items appropriate to the service area of your transmission.] NEWS FOR THE SOUTH-EAST and EAST ANGLIA On Monday 26 October Felixstowe and District Amateur Radio Society is having a talk on D-Star. Contact Paul, G4YQC, by email to pjwatbtinternet.com. On Tuesday 27 October Brede Steam Amateur Radio Society is operating from the shack. Contact Steve, on 01424 720815. On Tuesday 27 October Dorking and District Radio Society is having a talk on assessing receiving system performance by Ranulph Poole and John Salter of BBC Research. Contact Garth, G3NPC, on 01737 359472. On Tuesday 27 October Horndean and District Amateur Radio Club is holding its AGM. Contact Stuart, G0FYX, on 023 9247 2846. On Wednesday 28 October Chesham and District Amateur Radio Society is having a construction evening. Contact Terry, G0VFW, on 01442 831 491. On Wednesday 28 October Dover Radio Club is having a school holiday net on GB3KS from 7.30pm. Contact Brian, G4SAU, by email to g4sauatDARC.org.uk. On Wednesday 28 October Fareham and District Amateur Radio Club is having a talk by Richard, M1CFW on the move to electronic ciphers. Contact Derek Clarkson, G4JLP, on 01329 823405. On Wednesday 28 October Havering and District Amateur Radio Club is having an informal evening. Contact John, M0UKD, 07817365354. On Wednesday 28 October Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society is having a talk on contests by Don Field, G3XTT. Contact Richard, G3ZGC, on 01635 46241. On Wednesday 28 October Norfolk Amateur Radio Club is having an informal, construction, workshop and Bright Sparks evening. Contact Chris Danby, G0DWV, on 01603 419204. On Wednesday 28 October Verulam Amateur Radio Club starts its Foundation course. Contact Ralph, on 01923 265572. On Wednesday 28 October Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club is on the air and having a discussion evening. Contact Roy, G4GPX, on 01903 753 893. On Thursday 29 October Bittern DX Group is having a debrief on October events and planning future endeavours. Contact Linda, G0AJJ, on 01692 404154. On Thursday 29 October King's Lynn Amateur Radio Club is having a club night and 2m club net. Contact Ray, G3RSV, by email to ral-g3rsvatsupanet.com. On Thursday 29 October Shefford and District Amateur Radio Society is having a mystery talk by Paul, G1GSN. Contact David, G8UOD, on 01234 742 757. 7 On Friday 30 October Wimbledon and District Amateur Radio Society is holding its AGM. Contact Jim, M0CON, on 020 8874 7456. On Friday 30 October Mid-Sussex ARS is having a radio night. Contact Sue, G6YPY, on 01273 845 103. On Saturday 31 October Gorleston Amateur Radio Society is having its regular lunch time meeting at the Short Blue Hotel in Gorleston. Contact David, G3OEP, on 01493 662 323. NEWS FOR THE SOUTH-WEST On Monday 26 October Bristol RSGB Group is having a talk by Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH and Mayotte, FH/G3SWH. Contact Robin, G3TKF, on 01225 420442. On Tuesday 27 October West Devon Radio Club is having an HF operating night for first timers. Contact Jules Cuddy, M1AGY, on 01752291588. On Wednesday 28 October Taunton and District Amateur Radio Club is having a quiz. Contact William, G3WNI, on 01823 666 234. On Wednesday 28 October Thornbury and South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club is on the air. Contact Tony, G0WMB, on 01454 417048. On Thursday 29 October Newquay and District Amateur Radio Society is having a general chat and operating night. Contact Joe Bell, M6JOE, on 01726 891557. On Thursday 29 October South Bristol Amateur Radio Club is on the air. Contact Len, G4RZY, on 01275 834 282. On Thursday 29 October Swindon and District Amateur Radio Club is having a talk on the 3DA0 DXpedition by Tony, G4LDL. Contact Den, M0ACM, on 07810 317750. On Thursday 29 October Yeovil Amateur Radio Club is on air. Contact Steve Crask, G7AHP, by email to steveatg7ahp.co.uk. On Friday 30 October Torbay Amateur Radio Society is having a talk on police communications by Andrew Oliver. Contact Dave, G6FSP, by email to g6fspattars.org.uk. NEWS FOR THE MIDLANDS On Monday 26 October Gloucester Amateur Radio And Electronics Society is having an informal evening. Contact Anne, 2E1GKY, on 01452 548478, daytime. On Monday 26 October South Birmingham Radio Society is having a pre-AGM meeting. Contact Don, on 0121 458 1603. On Monday 26 October Stratford Upon Avon District Radio Society is having a talk on the miniVNA antenna analyser by G8UKT. Contact G0CHO, on 01608 664488. On Tuesday 27 October Derby and District Amateur Radio Society is on the air. Contact Richard Buckby, by email to radioatdadars.org.uk. On Tuesday 27 October Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club is having a practical evening. Contact Chris, G1ETZ, on 01509 504 319. On Wednesday 28 October Midland Amateur Radio Society is having a laptop computer evening. Contact Norman, G8BHE, on 01214 229 787. 8 On Wednesday 28 October Telford and District Amateur Radio Society is working on its data modes interface winter project. Contact Mike, G3JKX, on 01952 299 677. On Thursday 29 October Lowestoft and District Pye Amateur Radio Club is having a club night. Contact Phil, G0JSG, on 01502585448. On Thursday 29 October Salop Amateur Radio Society is having a natter night. Details on the web at www.salop-ARS.org.uk. On Friday 30 October Coventry Amateur Radio Society is operating on 6m, 4m and on satellites. Contact John, G8SEQ, on 07958 777363. On Friday 30 October Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group is having a surplus sale. Contact Ken Frankcom, G3OCA, on 01332 720976. On Friday 30 October South Birmingham Radio Society is having a construction evening. Contact Don, on 0121 458 1603. On Friday 30 October Worcester Radio Amateurs Association is celebrating its 3rd birthday. Contact Leslie Coyne, M3WRZ, on 01905 764320. On Saturday 31 October & Sunday 01 November the North Wales Radio Rally takes place at John Bright School in Llandudno LL30 1LF. Talk-in is on S22, there is extensive parking and doors open at 10am. Entry is £3 and the rally is all on one level with good disabled access. There will be many big traders plus an RSGB bookstall, a variety of amateur radio & computer equipment, a bring & buy and refreshments are available. Contact Liz Cabban, GW0ATU, on 01690 710257 or email lizcabbanatvodafoneemail.co.uk. NEWS FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND On Monday 26 October Angel Of The North Amateur Radio Club takes to the air and continues its Advanced licence course. Contact Nancy Bone, G7UUR, on 0191 4770036. On Monday 26 October Sheffield Amateur Radio Club is having a social night. Contact Trevor Wood, M0TWS, by email to trevorwood6atyahoo.co.uk. On Monday 26 October South Manchester Radio And Computer Club is holding its monthly technical forum. Contact Ron, G3SVW, on 0161 969 3999. On Monday 26 October Thornton Cleveleys Amateur Radio Society is having a talk on digital photos by Peter Hornblower. Contact John Foster, M3WAZ, on 01253 399377. On Tuesday 27 October Chester and District Radio Society is having a talk on the Radio Amateur and Invalid Blind Club by Chris Pearson, M0JRQ. Contact Barbara Green on 0151 339 9183. On Tuesday 27 October Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Society has its Aldis Challenge. Contact Martin Hazel, M0ZIF, on 07852 200232. On Tuesday 27 October Otley Amateur Radio Society is having a 50MHz activity night. Contact Paul, 2E0PAK, on 07768 996370. On Wednesday 28 October Hornsea Amateur Radio Club is having a talk by Duncan, G3TLI. Contact Gordon MacNaught, G3WOV, on 01377 240573. On Wednesday 28 October Mid-Cheshire Amateur Radio Society is working on the club project. Contact Peter Paul Fox, G8HAV, on 01606553401. On Thursday 29 October South Cheshire Amateur Radio Society is holding its AGM. Contact Chris Wiseman, G0RDK, on 01782 773185. 9 On Thursday 29 October South Manchester Radio And Computer Club is having a PC Clinic with Dave, G4UGM. Contact Ron, G3SVW, on 0161 969 3999. On Thursday 29 October Preston ARS is having a talk on simple wire antennas for HF by Bill, G3NQX. Details by email from secretaryatprestonars.co.uk. On Friday 30 October East Cleveland Amateur Radio Club is having a radio components catalogues evening. Contact Alistair, G4OLK, on 01642 475 671. On Friday 30 October Tynemouth Radio Club is looking at antenna evolution. Contact Graham Errington on 07812 172136. On Saturday 31 October & Sunday 01 November the North Wales Radio Rally takes place at John Bright School in Llandudno LL30 1LF. Talk-in is on S22, there is extensive parking and doors open at 10am. Entry is £3 and the rally is all on one level with good disabled access. There will be many big traders plus an RSGB bookstall, a variety of amateur radio & computer equipment, a bring & buy and refreshments are available. Contact Liz Cabban, GW0ATU, on 01690 710257 or email lizcabbanatvodafoneemail.co.uk. NEWS FOR SCOTLAND On Tuesday 27 October Livingston and District Amateur Radio Society is having Morse code practice. Contact Norman, on 07740 946192. On Wednesday 28 October Kingdom Amateur Radio Society is having a shack night. Contact Brian, MM0XBD, on 01383 738905. On Thursday 29 October Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society is having a talk. Contact Lewis, GM4AJR, on 01224 575 663. NEWS FOR WALES On Monday 26 October Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is closed. Contact Craig, MW0MXT, on 01269 840292. On Tuesday 27 October Marches ARS will be having a talk on a potpourri of things you were not taught on your RCE course by Dave, MW0AYM. The clubroom is located at the Black Park Miners Institute, Chirk, close to McDonalds and meetings start at 8pm. All are welcome and refreshments are available. Contact Dave, MW0AYM on 01691 777242. On Friday 30 October Newport Amateur Radio Society is closed. Contact Gareth Price on 01633 880081. On Saturday 31 October & Sunday 01 November the North Wales Radio Rally takes place at John Bright School in Llandudno LL30 1LF. Talk-in is on S22, there is extensive parking and doors open at 10am. Entry is £3 and the rally is all on one level with good disabled access. There will be many big traders plus an RSGB bookstall, a variety of amateur radio & computer equipment, a bring & buy and refreshments are available. Contact Liz Cabban, GW0ATU, on 01690 710257 or email lizcabbanatvodafoneemail.co.uk. NEWS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND On Sunday 1 November Foyle and District Rally takes place at the White Horse Hotel, Campsie, Co. Londonderry. Doors open at noon. And that's the end of this week's GB2RS news broadcast, prepared by the Radio Society of Great Britain. |
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