Month: July 2018

On Tuesday, July 31, 2018….​ Second Notice to RAC members residing in the Atlantic, British Columbia / Yukon, Midwest and Ontario North/East Regions The Secretary of Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. hereby solicits nominations for the positions of Director for Read more…

This is the part 1 of a video series about the SteppIR UrbanBeam with the SDA 2000 OptimizIR Controller. In this video I do the unboxing and parts checklist. All through the process I give some advice by fallowing every Read more…

The U.S. Islands Awards Program (USI) and the Canadian Islands Activators (CIA) announce the annual W/VE Island QSO Party, 1200z 25 August – 0300z 26 August, 2018. 15 Hours. To promote the U.S. (USI) and Canadian (CIA) islands programs to amateurs Read more…

27 July, 2018 TThis week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by M0GWD, 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 ARRL reports the FCC proposes fining a radio amateur $18,000 following complaints of interference to the W5BII repeater Read the ARRL story at http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-proposes-18-000-fine-in-louisiana-amateur-radio-interference-case

 07/25/2018 WSJT-X co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, has announced that major changes are coming to the FT8 and MSK144 digital protocols when WSJT-X version 2.0 arrives in a few months. Taylor said version 2.0 should be ready for prime time by January. “Much of Read more…

25 July, 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-008; JA1, North Izu Islands: Take/JI3DST activates Shikine Island as JI3DST/1 between the Read more…

RSGB IOTA Contest: 1200Z, Jul 28 to 1200Z, Jul 29 Objective To promote contacts between stations in IOTA island groups and the rest of the world, and to encourage expeditions to IOTA islands. Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW, Read more…

New Operating Award Celebrates QRZ’s 25th Anniversary  It’s been three years since QRZ began our operating awards program and in that time, we have issued over 64,000 awards. We want to thank all of you who use the QRZ Logbook Read more…

23 July, 2018 Island activities: AS-036. Jen, JE6HCL, will be active as JE6HCL/6 from Iki Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode (CW/SSB) entry. He will be on the island until July 30th. QSL via JE6HCL. Read more…