Month: September 2018

29 September, 2018 Island activities: AF-045. Operators John/6W7JX, Ouzin/6W1PZ, Tafa/6W1KI, Jul/6W1QL and possibly others will once again be active as 6V1A from Goree Island between December 7-9th. Activity will be on CW and SSB on all bands using a FT-1000 Read more…

Greenwood ARC Flea Market…. Saturday October 20 , 2018 GREENWOOD AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 30th ANNUAL FLEA MARKET 2018 All sorts of Amateur Radio, Computer and Electronics for sale. Sell your old stuff or buy some new old stuff. Date: OCT Read more…

28 September, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by WB0TEV, 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…

27 September, 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-052; SV8, Ipeiros/ Dytiki Ellas Region group: Siggi/DL7DF will be on vacation on Read more…

In this episode of the No Nonsense Amateur Radio Podcast Tom KB5RF and Dan KB6NU explore the exciting developments in the FT8 world and speculate on what’s going to happen in the future with this very popular digital mode This episode covers some of Read more…

Sep 26 at 6:13 PM   For immediate release: https://wp.rac.ca/presentation-of-rac-amateur-of-the-year-award-for-2017/ On September 11, 2018, RAC Director Allan Munnik, VA7MP/VE7RMP (British Columbia & Yukon Region) presented the RAC Amateur of the Year Award for 2017 to Don Studney, VE7DS and Keith Read more…

  Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications from Amateur Radio clubs across the country for our Liability Insurance Program for 2019.   RAC runs the RAC Affiliated Club Insurance Program each year Read more…

The FCC is warning that noncompliant VHF/UHF transceivers may not be imported, marketed, or sold in the US, nor may anyone use them. The FCC Enforcement Advisory, issued on September 24, follows an August 1 Citation and Order (Citation) to Amcrest Industries, LLC (formerly Foscam Digital Technologies, Read more…

 24 September, 2018 Island activities: AF-045. Operators John/6W7JX, Ouzin/6W1PZ, Tafa/6W1KI, Jul/6W1QL and possibly others will once again be active as 6V1A from Goree Island between December 7-9th. Activity will be on CW and SSB on all bands using a FT-1000 Read more…

 The term NVIS, or Near Vertical Incidence Skywave is in my short experience as an amateur heaped with scorn and ridicule. Terms like cloud-warmer come to mind when people discuss the principles associated with NVIS, but that does happen in Read more…