New CQ World Wide Youth category to debut October 30-31 The new Youth category for the CQ World Wide DX Contest will debut October 30 – 31 with the phone weekend. The category covers contesters age 25 years old or younger and Read more…
Month: October 2021
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club 20 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-014; CT3, Madeira Archipelago: Helmut/DF7EE will be back on Madeira from Oct. Read more…
United Nations Day OCT.24….
Members of the Global Service Centre ARC (4U1GSC) are now active as 4U24OCT from Brindisi, Italy. Activity is to mark ‘United Nations Day‘ (October 24th), which has been celebrated since 1948. The purpose of the UN Day event is to promote to Read more…
Galapagos Islands HR8D….
Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends will be active as HD8R from Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between October 26th and November 7th. It was reported this past week that Raul, EA5KA, had to cancel his participation in the HD8R Galapagos DXpedition and that Gérard, F2JD, Read more…
IOTA News from OPDX October 18, 2021….
AS-200. Take, JI3DST, will once again be active as JI3DST/5 (mainly for DX and 6m Multi-Hop), JR8YLY/5 (mainly for JA, JR8YLY/P for FT8) from Shodo Island (Shikoku’s Coastal Islands) between 0700z, October 20th, and 0000z, November 4th. Operation may vary Read more…
French special event..60th anniversary of Antarctic Treaty Signature (ATS)….
François, F8DVD, will activate the special event station TM60ANT between November 16-30th. Activity is to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Antarctic Treaty Signature (ATS). Operation will be made by from François QTH in Mâcon (JN26JH), France. Activity will be on various HF bands between Read more…
DX News from the ARRL October 15, 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. GUINEA BISSAU, J5. Members Read more…
The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov….
The Space Weather Woman The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW
SV2RSG/A – Mt Athos Oct 11, 2021….
NEWS UPDATE – Reported yesterday on DX-World twitter, SV2RSG/A is again active from Mt Athos and will continue to be on/off until October 14th. Keep an eye on 20-30-40m CW. Reminder that JA hams can now QSL via JA1ADT. Rest of world via SV1RP. Read more…
Aurora action ! Oct 12, 2021….
As predicted, a CME hit Earth’s magnetic field on Oct. 12th. The impact at approximately 02:30 UT sparked a G2-class geomagnetic storm. Auroras spread across northern Europe, Iceland, Canada, and multiple northern-tier US states. See: https://www.spaceweather.com/ for more info and https://www.dx-world.net/aurora-action/ for Read more…