There were a few nice unusual callsigns about during the past week. 8S8S is a Swedish contest call. Check out the explanation on QRZ.com. R20RTA and R20RTT along with others are RTRS Central Russia, Special Event Stations. J42L is the Greek Crows Contest Team. 8B1FTDM (Indonesia) is Special Event Station for the FT8DMC Anniversary. They have a rather colourful QSL card, and loads of potential operators. ... Читать дальше »
THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
August 9 - 16, 2021
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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Aug 9
Geographic Focus: North America
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op
Exchange: Member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Member No.
Non-member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Power
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member ... Читать дальше »
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5V - Andy, KB9IJI is a long-term resident in Mango, Togo. Previously
granted a special permission to be QRV as 5V/KB9IJI [4
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SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP032
ARLP032 Propagation de K7RA
ZCZC AP32
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 32 ARLP032
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA August 6, 2021
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP032
ARLP032 Propagation de K7RA
During this reporting week (July 29 through August 4) solar activity
dropped into a sharp decline.
Sunspots were gone on July 28 through August 1, so average daily
sunspot number dropped from 33.1 in last week's bulletin to 6 this
week.
Average daily solar flux went from 83 to 74.8.
Predicted solar flux is 74 and 73 on August 6 and 7, 75 on August 8
to 10, 74 on August 11 and 12, 75 on August 3 to 14, 76 on August 15
and 16, 75 and 74 on August 17 and 18, 72 on August 19 to 31, 74 on
September 1, and 75 on September 2 to 10.
Predicted planetary A index is 12, 8 and 8 on Augu
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