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…
Year: 2018
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…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
21 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 AS-031; JD1, Chichi/ Haha/ Muko Islands: From November 22 to December 7, Koji/JI1LET Read more…
[RAC-Bulletin] RAC supports Canadian National Parks on the Air event (CNPOTA): January 1 to December 31, 2019
https://wp.rac.ca/rac-supports-canadian-national-parks-on-the-air-event-cnpota/ Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce its support of the Canadian National Parks on the Air (CNPOTA) event which will be held next year from January 1 to December 31. The CNPOTA Event Committee describes the Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
19 November, 2018 Island activities: AS-189. (Reminder) NEW!! Operators Vasily/R7AL, Al/RZ3K, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Vlad/RK8A, Sergey/RW5D, Igor/UA3EDQ, Avinir/UA1ZZ and Mohammad/ EP2LMA should be active now as EP6RRC from Shif Island, Iran, until November 23rd. Activity will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using CW, SSB Read more…
This weekend: The Leonid meteor shower….
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, source of the annual Leonid meteor shower. NASA cameras have already detected a number of Leonid fireballs over the USA with peak rates expected on Nov. 17th and 18th. The weekend display Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
16 November, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by AA3B, UR5BCP, 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 Read more…