Significant X-class solar flare There was a global eruption on the sun today. It started with a powerful X1-class solar flare from sunspot AR2887. The blast created a massive tsunami of plasma in the sun’s atmosphere, which rippled across the Read more…
Month: October 2021
DX News from the ARRL October 29, 2021….
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. KINGDOM OF ESWATINI, 3DA0. Read more…
DXCC Most wanted countries Club Log version 22 October 2021….
DXCC Most wanted countries 2021 Club Log version. Updated 22 October 2021. See all 340 at: https://dxnews.com/dxcc-2017/ 1. P5 DPRK (NORTH KOREA) 2. 3Y/B BOUVET ISLAND 3. FT5/W CROZET ISLAND 4. BS7H SCARBOROUGH REEF 5. CE0X SAN FELIX ISLANDS 6. Read more…
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club 27 October, 2021….
Island activities: Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-018; IH9, Pantelleria Island: Michal/OK1M operates the CQ WW DX SSB Contest Read more…
The Space Weather Woman….
The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW
VE2IM Sept Iles CQ Zone 2 30 – 31 October 2021….
Yuri, VE3DZ will be active again as VE2IM from Sept Iles, CQ Zone 2, 27 – 31 October 2021. He will operate on HF Bands, including activity in CQ WW DX SSB Contest, 30 – 31 October 2021. He will Read more…
WSJT-X version 2.5.1 released….
The development team have announced the General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X version 2.5.1. This release mainly contains improvements and defect repairs related to Q65 and JT65 modes when used with non-standard and compound calls. Also included is a new feature Read more…
DX News from the ARRL October 22, 2021….
This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by W2GD, 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. KINGDOM OF SWATINI, Read more…
The Storied History of the Ham Radio Callsign…..
Every legal amateur radio operator in the world has a unique callsign assigned to them by their government, and many of us are better known by our callsign than our given name. But what world event was it that caused Read more…
C5C – The Gambia DXpedition….
NEWS UPDATE – Early reminder this DXpedition begins on October 24. The team will now also be QRV on QO100 on SSB/CW, and when running FT8/FT4 they will be using normal mode, not F&H. Jean-Francois (ex-6W7RV) joined the C5C team AUGUST 27 – Read more…