{"id":5217,"date":"2026-04-09T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:27:10","slug":"dx-info-for-apr-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/dx-info-for-apr-9-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"DX INFO for Apr. 9, 2026\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Islander is part of a team selected by NASA to track Artemis II\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Megan MacDonald (VY2MM) from Malpeque, P.E.I, left, a graduate student in electrical engineering and UNB professor Brent Petersen celebrate at the university\u2019s Earth Station in Fredericton.  Five engineering students and a professor at the University of New Brunswick are part of a team that\u2019s tracking the Artemis II, NASA\u2019s first crewed mission to the moon since the 1960s and \u201870s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned I will no longer be publishing a comprehensive list of DX, Contests or Special Events.   However I will list below the sites where you can find the information I use weekly to bring you the info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 DX World.Net:  https:\/\/www.dx-world.net\/?s=bulletin<\/a>        Click on \u201cRead More\u201d then \u201cDownload the Latest Bulletin\u201d.  My favourite site for information!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 \u2013 425 DX News: https:\/\/www.425dxn.org\/<\/a>        Under \u201cNews & Updates\u201d click on the latest update or any of the links along the top to find what is of interest to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 \u2013 Ham Radio World: https:\/\/www.hamradioworld.org\/<\/a>       Click on whatever interest you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 \u2013 DX News.Com:  https:\/\/dxnews.com\/<\/a>       Click on whatever interest you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 DXing with VA3RJ:   https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3rj\/dx.html<\/a>       Dave has a lot of info on his site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take note of Solar Flares, they are a huge part of successful DXing and Contesting on HF!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Tamitha Skov Video and Graphs of Solar Activity for the next few days: https:\/\/www.spaceweatherwoman.com\/<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see the daily conditions go to: https:\/\/solar.w5mmw.net\/<\/a>    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WA7BNM Contest Calendar to Wednesday Feb 12, 2026.  Lots of action this weekend so check all the info at:  https:\/\/www.contestcalendar.com\/weeklycont.php<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest: 1200Z, Apr 11 to 1159Z, Apr 12 which is neat considering the recent Artemis 2 mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IG-RY World Wide RTTY Contest: 1200Z, Apr 11 to 1800Z, Apr 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An opportunity to work some US states with several QSO Parties: New Mexico, Missouri, Georgia, and North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out VA3RJ Awards or Wall Paper list for Canada, US and the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada: https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3rj\/awards_can.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA: https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3rj\/awards_usa.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Wide: https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3rj\/awards_dx.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Islander is part of a team selected by NASA to track Artemis II\u2026 Megan MacDonald (VY2MM) from Malpeque, P.E.I, left, a graduate student in electrical engineering and UNB professor Brent Petersen celebrate at the university\u2019s Earth Station in Fredericton.  Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions\/5220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}