[UK-CONTEST] February 2006 RadCom

[Dennis Andrews, F5VHY]

In reply to Clive!

For what it's worth, the latest issue of REF runs to 90 pages and includes the following:

Advertising - 12.75 pages of which 6 are for REF supplied books and services
Reports on national events (conventions, exhibitions etc) - 9 pages
French departmental news (mainly club news and activities) - 12 pages
Article on CN2WW contest station - 2 pages
Article on A52CDX operation - 3 pages
Monthly CW column (this month on mechanical bugkeys) - 2 pages
HF Contests - 7 pages - including full rules for CQ160, BARTG 2006 Sprint, UBA DX Contest, CQ WW RTTY WPX, RSGB 1.8MHz, ARRL DX.
QSL Info - 1 page
VHF activities - 8 pages
VHF Contests - 4 pages
50MHz activities - 4 pages
Satellite acivities - 2 pages
Microwaves - 2 pages
Technical article on the European PLANCK satellite - 8 pages
How to make 1:1 baluns - 2 pages

Annual sub to REF is 58.50 Euros (about £40)

I can really recommend this to Chris - SJJ to get his French up to speed!

Looking forward to receiving my February RadCom (which is posted in HB-land!) to see what all the fuss is about.

73 de Dennis - F5VHY/TM6X/G3MXJ.