https://wp.rac.ca/international-lighthouse-lightship-weekend-this-weekend-august-18-19/ The International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) has been held on the third full weekend each August since 1998. This year the event will be held this coming weekend on August 18-19. The ILLW website (https://illw.net/) describes the event as follows: “The ILLW Read more…
Real-time band conditions website….
The purpose of this experimental web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to Read more…
NIST FY 2019 Budget would eliminate WWV and WWVH….
ARRL report the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FY 2019 budget request includes shutting down “NIST radio stations in Colorado and Hawaii” — in other words, WWV and WWVH Radio amateurs, HF listeners, and others around the world Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
13 August, 2018 Island activities: AS-120. Members of DX World team (Emil/DL8JJ, Paul/G4PVM, Col/MM0NDX) will be teaming up again, this time with Norman/5B4AIF to activate the island Ayios Yeoryios in the Cyprus’s Coastal Islands Group between August 25-27th. Their callsign Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
10 August, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by F6AJA, 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. Read more…
The Perseid meteor shower is underway….
The Perseid meteor shower is underway… Earth is entering a stream of debris from giant comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, parent of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the shower is not expected to peak until next weekend, NASA all-sky cameras are already detecting dozens Read more…
More Newcomers on 5 MHz – Ecuador and Bosnia-Herzegovina….
The Ecuadorian telecoms regulator, ARCOTEL, has authorized operation on 5 MHz under the new WRC-15 Secondary Allocation 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz with a maximum power of 25W EIRP. See p.41. http://www.arcotel.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Resoluci%C3%B3n-12-09-ARCOTEL-2017_completa_con-firmas-11.pdf Bosnia & Herzegovina have also been authorized by their Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
6 August, 2018 Island activities: AS-065. (Update) Operators Victor/UA3AKO, Yuri/UA0KBG and Aleksandr/RA3AV will be active as RT65KI from Chukotka, Idlidlya Island (RDA: CK-08, RRA: RR-11-06, RLHA: RLA-035, WLOTA: LH-2266), Asiatic Russia, in the Chukchi Sea Coast East Group between August Read more…
VOACAP propagation prediction wheel returns….
VOACAP (Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program) is free professional high-frequency (HF) propagation prediction software from NTIA/ITS, originally developed for Voice of America (VOA) OH6BG @VOACAP Tweeted: #voacap.com/hf : People are really missing the good old REL Prediction Wheel so it’s back Read more…
[RAC-Bulletin] Call For Nominations for the RAC Amateur of the Year Award | Mise en nomination : Prix Amateur de l’annee de RAC
To qualify for the title Amateur of the Year, an individual should have made an outstanding contribution to Amateur Radio in the past year, or have contributed consistently to the welfare of Amateur Radio over several years. RAC Directors, Officers and Read more…