15 October, 2018 Island activities: IOTA ANNOUNCEMENT. Roger Balister, G3KMA, announced that at the 2018 RSGB Convention 6 new IOTA groups that would be added to the IOTA Directory. The new IOTAs are as follows: EU-192 [SM/OH] – Kataja Island Read more…
Month: October 2018
Special callsign to commemorate the end of World War 1….
At approximately 05:00 on Monday 11 November 1918, the Armistice was signed in a railway carriage of Marshall Foch’s special train located in the forest at Rethondes in France on the western front. At 11:00 on this Monday, 11 November Read more…
QSO Today – Ken Oelke – VE6AFO….
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO, stepped up to the plate for his local amateur radio club and ended up making leadership in local and national Canadian amateur radio organizations the major focus of his ham radio activity. Ken is now the president Read more…
Reported Russian Ham Band Intruders Continue to be Troublesome….
10/11/2018 The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring Service (IARUMS) reports interference on 40 meters from various Russian sources. The Russian coastal over-the-horizon (OTH) radar “Sunflower” was very active on 40 meters and audible in Europe in the evenings, transmitting FM Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
12 October, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by NT5V, 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…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
10 October, 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 AS-032; JA6, Osumi Islands: Kenji/JA4GXS activates Tanega Island (WLOTA 0991) between the 13th Read more…
Jamboree on the Air – Jamboree on the Internet 2018….
JOTA-JOTI is the largest Scouting event in the world with over 1.3 million Scouts participating across 150+ countries. Scouts and Guides across the world connect with each other during JOTA-JOTI using the airwaves and the internet. The event has been held the Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
5 October, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by KE1R, 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…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
4 October, 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 EU-031; I*8, Campania Region group: Bodo/DF8DX will be active from Ischia between the Read more…
What is VSWR?
There are many misconceptions and myths about VSWR. To try to overcome some of these misconceptions and to try to provide an easy and understandable summary, Electronics Notes has developed a page describing what VSWR is and this is accompanied by an Read more…