September 13, 2019 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. SWAZILAND, Read more…
Author: Ken McCormick
Hurricane Dorion!!!!
Due to Hurricane Dorion we were “off-line” for a few days but our AC power has been restored by Maritime Electric, Newfoundland Power, Contract Workers and Niagara Power!! Thanks so very much for the around the clock effort getting Prince Read more…
St. Pierre & Miquelon (FP)….
St. Pierre & Miquelon Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between September 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activity Read more…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
11 September, 2019 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-024; I*0, Sardinia Island: Frank/DJ0BFS will be signing IS0/DJ0FBS from San Teodoro on Read more…
New amateur radio maps….
New amateur radio maps EI8IC has released a number of new amateur radio maps: CQ Zones, ITU Zones, UK/EI Contest District Codes. Find them at: http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/ A custom mapping service is also available
IOTA News from OPDX….
2 September, 2019 Island activities: AS-159. By the time you read this, operators Bulent/TA0TA, Nazim/TA2MN, Adem/TA6CQ and Taskin/TA6N will be active as TC0Z from the Kefken Island Lighthouse until September 4th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using SSB and Read more…
Amateur Radio Alliance Web….
The Amateur Radio Alliance Inc. invites all hams to visit our web page. There is nice information and software to download and many other tools to be used by radio operators around the world. The web page is in English and Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
August 30, 2019 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. FIJI, Read more…
DXpeditions….
Thanks to the OPDX for allowing us to post Events! Somalia DXpedition Ken, LA7GIA, reports: I will QRV from Somalia Sept. 14th to Sept. 28th on all bands 160-10m mainly on CW. Activity on other modes (SSB, FT8) will be Read more…
Why are sunsets turning purple?
WHY ARE SUNSETS TURNING PURPLE? Every year, on average, about 60 volcanoes erupt somewhere on Earth, shooting ashy plumes of sulfurous gas thousands of feet into the air. Rarely do those plumes make it all the way up to the stratosphere. Read more…