19 November, 2018 Island activities: AS-189. (Reminder) NEW!! Operators Vasily/R7AL, Al/RZ3K, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Vlad/RK8A, Sergey/RW5D, Igor/UA3EDQ, Avinir/UA1ZZ and Mohammad/ EP2LMA should be active now as EP6RRC from Shif Island, Iran, until November 23rd. Activity will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using CW, SSB Read more…
Author: Ken McCormick
This weekend: The Leonid meteor shower….
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, source of the annual Leonid meteor shower. NASA cameras have already detected a number of Leonid fireballs over the USA with peak rates expected on Nov. 17th and 18th. The weekend display Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
16 November, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by AA3B, UR5BCP, 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 Read more…
FT8: New Beta version of WSJT-X is now available….
A new WSJT-X “release candidate,” version 2.0.0-rc4, now is available but the software may not work ‘out of the box’ when upgrading from previous versions The ARRL reports: A new WSJT-X “release candidate,” version 2.0.0-rc4, now is available, and the version 2.0 Read more…
Special Event Station ON100RGA….
On the 18th of November 1918, over 18.000 German soldiers left the province of Limburg in Maaseik (Belgium) via the Pater Sangers bridge over the river Meuse. ON100RGA is a special WW1 station that commemorates this event 100 years ago at the Read more…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
14 November, 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-189P: EP, Bushehr Province group: A team fielded by the Russian Robinson Club Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
12 November, 2018 Island activities: NA-004. (Update/Change on K6VVA/KL7 QRX’d) — “After much serious deliberation of multiple factors, I have made a strategic decision to QRX my scheduled NA-004 activation until late Spring or early Summer 2019. The sub-freezing temperatures Read more…
NASA TV coverage of Cygnus launch to International Space Station….
NASA’s commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket, carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, at 4:49 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 15. The launch, as well as briefings preceding and following the launch, Read more…
Santa’s Radio Club special event….
You might wonder what is happening in Arctic Circle this year. Well, Santa’s Radio Club will be active December 1-8th, from the Arctic Circle as OH9S. Activity will be mainly on 80-6 meters using all modes; also including the popular FT8 Digital mode. Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
9 November, 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. SRI Read more…