Chris/VO2AC, Frank/VO1HP, and Dave/VE9CB plan to operate the CQ WW 160m Contest from the Point Amour Lighthouse (WW Loc. GO11) in the south-eastern part of zone 2 as VO2AC. Before and after the contest they will also use the callsign Read more…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
16 January, 2018 Island activities: IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-019; IG9, Pelagie Islands: A Slovenian team (Silvo/S50X, Krajcar/S52P, Peter/S54W, Pavla/S56DX, Slavko/S57DX, and Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
14 January, 2019 Island activities: AF-037. (Reminder) Members of the F6KOP Team are now active as 9LY1JM from Banana Islands, Sierra Leone, until January 21st. Operators mentioned are Frank/F4AJQ (Team Leader), Jean-Luc/F1ULQ/ AK8DX (Coleader), Patrick/F2DX, Andreas/DL3GA/AB8AY, Jimi/F4DLM/AF7JJ, Jean-Baptiste/F4ERY, Frank/F5TVG, Julien/F8AVK, Read more…
Postage going up for U.S. and Canada….
The U.S. Postal Service announced new prices for 2019 and they come into effect Jan. 27, 2019. The proposed Mailing Services price changes include: Product Current Proposed ——– ——– ———- Letters (1 oz.) 50 cents 55 cents Letters additional ounces 21 Read more…
Radio E-Books for download….
There are a number of vintage radio and amateur radio related eBooks available for free download on the Gutenberg site Among them is the 1922 edition of The Radio Amateur’s Handbook by A. Frederick Collins. Jarno de Haan @PA3DMI tweeted this link Read more…
[RAC-Bulletin] RAC Amateur of the Year Award 2018 Presented to Gabor Horvath, VE7JH
Through the Amateur of the Year Award, Radio Amateurs of Canada recognizes the outstanding contributions made by Canadian Amateurs. The RAC Board of Directors takes great pleasure in selecting Gabor Horvath, VE7JH, as the recipient of the RAC Amateur of Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
11 January, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. LIBYA, Read more…
IARUMS reports on OTH Radar on 21 MHz….
IARU-R1 Monitoring System reports an Over The Horizon (OTH) radar located on the island of Cyprus has been active on 21.170 MHz The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. On Read more…
DXCC Most Wanted…..
The DXCC Most Wanted entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of December 28th. The list contain 340 entities and here are the top 10 entities (which has not changed since last month): 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Read more…
16th Antarctic Activity Week….
The 16th Antarctic Activity Week will take place between Feb. 10 and 24. Francois/F8DVD has already announced his intention to participate as TM16AAW (WAP 300) on 40-10m, mostly on SSB. QSL via F8DVD (d/B). http://www.waponline.it/