The FX-4C is proving to be one of the best performers for it’s size. Small enough to fit into the palm of your hand it still operates on 10 amateur bands plus full short wave coverage receive. It includes DSP, Read more…
Day: 17 July 2022
Space WX Update….
HUGE SOLAR PROMINENCE: There is a prominence jutting out from the sun’s southwestern limb today. It is so big, astronomers are struggling to squeeze it into a single photograph. “I had to mosaic 6 exposures to capture the whole thing,” says Read more…
The most iconic DXpedition image?
Jul 16, 2022 Something we recently pondered was the above question. While the picture shown might not be everyone’s choice, there’s just something about this image. 1) Incredible pileups 2) Huge anticipation before QRV 3) Great signals 4) Dangerous territory Read more…
J28RC – Djibouti Ops….
Jul 16, 2022 There’s now a few US (military) radio operators based in Djibouti [J20MR, J28JD, J28HJ) and as such a radio club has been formed at Camp Lemonnier United States Naval Expeditionary Base. The callsign is J28RC with activity planned for Read more…
Propagation and Space Weather….
SFI = 176 A index = 6 K index = 1 SSN = 153 GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on July 20th or 21st when a slow-moving CME is expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field. The CME was hurled into space Read more…