Day: 22 August 2022

1958. An engineer wiring an IBM computer.

Aug 22, 2022 This DX Shoebox find comes courtesy of Oliver F6EPN (a.k.a Spratley Woody of Land of QSLs fame) and it’s another “Guess the op..?” type post.  Unless otherwise known, we’ll give the answer (and the matching QSL card)!  CLUE: This Read more…

Aug 21, 2022 During August 22-25 look for Alex K6VHF/HR9 from Roatan island NA-057. QRV on 80-10m, possibly 6m using IC-705; FT8, SSB & CW. QSL via LoTW, H/c.

Aug 22, 2022 NEWS UPDATE by Rudi, OX/DK7PE: I will be in Greenland until Wednesday (August 24th). The current PCA (Polar Cap Absorption) makes frequencies below 14 MHz impossible to use. I have good antennas and my CQ calls on 30/40/60 Read more…

According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 14th-August, through Sunday, 21st-August there were 218 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, Read more…

Trinidad and Tobago celebrates the 60th Independence Anniversary, the Diamond Jubilee on August 31, 2022 The amateur radio special event station, 9Y60TT, will operate from August 26 to September 2, 2022. The event will be multi-mode, multi-band and multi-operator. Modes Read more…

SFI = 97 A index = 14 K index = 3 SSN = 56 THE STORMS ARE OVER: NOAA forecasters say that G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on Aug. 22nd. More likely, the storms are over. A final minor CME launched toward Earth by Read more…