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…
Year: 2018
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…
EQUINOX CRACKS ARE OPENING IN EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD….
The northern autumnal equinox is less than a week away. That means one thing: Cracks are opening in Earth’s magnetic field. Researchers have long known that during weeks around equinoxes fissures form in Earth’s magnetosphere. Solar wind pours through the gaps to Read more…