Month: June 2022

Compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW JUNE 20, 2022 EU-120. Members of the Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS) will once again be active as G5XV from Isle of Wight during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st), as a Multi-2/Island-Xpedition/Mixed-Mode/24-Hrs/High-Power Read more…

W1AW: Day Mode Pacific Mountain Central Eastern UTC FRIDAY CW 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 0000 (Sat)Digital 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 0100Phone 6:45 PM 7:45 PM 8:45 PM 9:45 PM 0145CW 8:00 PM Read more…

National amateur radio society IRA reports on the renewal of special authorization to use 50 MHz A translation of the post by Iceland’s IRA reads: It is pointed out that it is important that licensees who are interested in telecommunications at increased Read more…

SFI = 140 A index = 20 K index = 3 SSN = 149 CHANCE OF FLARES TODAY: NOAA forecasters say there is a 25% chance of M-class solar flares today. The most likely source would be sunspot AR3031, which has an unstable ‘beta-gamma’ Read more…

Jun 16, 2022 Appears this new feature is popular! Great!  PLEASE get in touch (email at bottom to send pictures) of past DXers / DXpeditions. Without pictures we may as well as stop, and we definitely don’t want to do that. What Read more…

16 June, 20 Island activities: Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON IOTA QRGsCW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHzSSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AS-031; JD, CHICHI / HAHA / MUKO ISLANDS:Harry/JG7PSJ will be back Read more…

Jun 15, 2022 Following on from yesterday’s new feature “What’s in the DX Shoebox” here’s two more photos from yesteryear provided by Danny ON4VT. Check the captions for details. Another two more photos tomorrow. Feel free to provide any old DXer / Read more…

SFI = 146 A index = 8 K index = 4 SSN = 121 CME IMPACT ON JUNE 15TH: A CME hit Earth’s magnetic field on June 15th at 0437 UT. It was a glancing blow, and first contact did not Read more…

WWFF QRGs:CW: 28044 24894 21044 18084 14044 10124 7024 3544 kHzSSB: 28444 24944 21244 18144 14244 7144 3744 kHz FFF-2209, Marais du Bout du Lac:Jean Marie/F5NLX signs /p on June 17 from this reference on 40 and 20m (CW, SSB). Read more…

Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is “Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group” (ex. CW/SA-036/Aruba). AS-084. Operators Han/DS2GOO and Lee/6K2CEW will be active as Read more…