31 July, 2019 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-002; OH0, Aland Islands: A group of German radio amateurs (Bert/DK3BK, Uwe/DO5JD, and Read more…
Month: July 2019
South Orkney Island (VP8) DXpedition….
South Orkney Island DXpedition Project planning continues on schedule. Tent Weekend — During the weekend of July 12th seven team members and three volunteers met in Placerville, California, to prepare the tents for use on South Orkney Island. Participating were team Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX….
27 July, 2019 Island activities: AF-104. Operators Afif/7X2RO, Redha/7X5QB, 7X2WB and Enrico/DL8CX will be active as 7V9A from Srigina Island between July 25-29th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and SSB. They will also participate in the Read more…
FT4 contests announced….
The RSGB Contest Committee have announced a series of contests using the new digital mode FT4 There will be a series of three short duration events on 80m (dial frequency 3575 kHz USB) to allow entrants to experience this new mode. As this Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
July 26, 2019 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. ALGERIA, Read more…
ILLW reaches 300….
The Namibian Amateur Radio League, V51NAM, has submitted the 300th entry in this year’s International Lighthouse Lightship weekend which takes place on 17th and 18 th August. Being a country with a short coastline, it only has a handful of Lighthouses Read more…
Malta (9H) Operation….
Several members of the Bristol Contest Group (Robin/G3TKF, Alan/G3XSV, Colin/G3YHV and Paul/M1DSE) will again operate as 9H6YB from Triq San David, Mtarfa, Malta (IOTA EU-023) during the 2019 RSGB IOTA Contest on July 27th and 28th. The log will be uploaded to LoTW and Read more…
St. Paul Island (CY9) DXpedition news….
In less than two weeks the CY9C DXpedition team will arrive in Dingwall, Nova Scotia, in preparation for the DXpedtion to St. Paul Island. The dates for the DXpedition are July 31st-August 8th. All seven team members are ready with gear packed Read more…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club….
24 July, 2019 Island activities: IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz RSGB IOTA Contest 2019: The contest will run for 24h, starting at 12z Read more…
Facts Behind Sporadic E Propagation….
Facts Behind Sporadic E Sporadic E is one on the most interesting forms of propagation – as the name indicates it occurs sporadically and many of the mechanisms behind it are not well understood. Sporadic E arises when clouds of intense Read more…