30 November, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by SQ9FMU, 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…
Month: November 2018
[RAC-Bulletin] RAC Alias Email Address Targeted by Scammer : Information on handling malicious emails now on RAC website
https://wp.rac.ca/rac-alias-email-address-targeted-by-scammer We have been informed that a small number of @rac.ca alias users have received threatening scam/ransomware emails apparently both sent from their @rac.ca address and sent to their @rac.ca address. All of the individuals who have contacted us recognized Read more…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
28 November, 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 NA-103; VP2M, Montserrat: Lee/K7NM, Steve/WM7Z, Richard/NS7K, and Glenn/AC7ZN will be active as VP2MLB, Read more…
First short wave trans-Atlantic contact made 95 years ago….
It was on the night of 27th November 1923 that the first Trans-Atlantic short wave radio contact was made. It took place between radio hams: Leon Deloy (8AB) in France and Fred Schnell (U1MO) in the USA. This first short Read more…
First ‘serious’ FT8 contest this weekend….
ARRL reports a new contest – the FT8 Roundup – is set for the December 1–2 weekend In the brand-new operating event, radio amateurs worldwide will contact and exchange information with other amateurs using FT8 on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 Read more…
Mars landing! Interplanetary cubesats to broadcast touchdown….
Today, Monday, Nov. 26th, NASA will attempt to land a new robot on the planet Mars. Named “InSight,” the lander will tear through the Red Planet’s atmosphere, shedding more than 12,000 mph of velocity is just under 7 minutes. For Read more…
Diwata 2 satellite carries ham radio….
The Philippines satellite Diwata 2 is coming alive – How a satellite is deployed, located, and tested Diwata-2 was launched on a Japanese H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center on October 29, 2018. It has an amateur radio payload providing APRS and Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX…..
24 November, 2018 Island activities: NA-013. (Reminder) Operators Sergey/R4WAA, YL Elena/RC5A, Yan/RZ3FW, Yuri/RM0F and Yuri N3QQ members of the Russian Robinson Club, will be active as H7/R4WAA, H7/RC5A, YN4RRC, H7/RM0F and H7/N3QQ from Big Corn Island between November 26th and Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
22 November, 2018 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. GEORGIA, Read more…
Solar Minimum conditions are in effect….
The sun is blank again today–the 191st day of 2018 that the sun has been without spots. To find a similar stretch of blank suns, you have to go back to 2009 when the sun was experiencing the deepest solar Read more…