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…
Month: September 2018
Cloud Warming in style or what is NVIS?
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…
Two 40-meter broadcast intruders gone!
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that two long-time broadcast intruders on 40 metres are gone. IARUMS Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, said in the August IARUMS newsletter that Radio Hargeisa in the Republic of Somaliland on 7,120 MHz, Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
17 September, 2018 Island activities: EU-052. Operators Sergio/IK8TNG, Armando/ IK8BPY, Stefano/IZ8CKY and Gianni/I7PHH will be active as SW8DX from the Island of Meganisi, Greece, between October 6-13th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW and SSB (possibly Digital modes Read more…