Month: August 2022

Aug 20, 2022 Today’s DX Shoebox find is not a “guess the operator” type quiz question. Instead it shows Alan, T31AT (also T30AB, G3OSB) who operated mainly CW on Kanton island during June/July 1985. He used a TS-180S, an IC-720A + IC2KL amplifier, and a Tono 5000e for RTTY Read more…

SFI = 105 A index = 20 K index = 3 SSN = 74 A CME JUST HIT EARTH, MORE ON THE WAY: A CME hit Earth’s magnetic field on Aug. 19th at 1734 UT, sparking a G1-class (minor) geomagnetic storm. Two Read more…

Aug 18, 2022 [REMINDER] Team consisting of VK2FM, VK2VK & VK4NGN will be active from South Solitary Island, OC-194 as VK2FM during August 19-22, 2022. QRV on HF bands. Also plan to activate AU-0054 (Solitary) lighthouse during ILLW. QSL via VK2FM. Webpage

ANSWERS: Picture 1 is Ron GW3YDX and Nigel G3TXF at the 1984 HF Convention.Picture 2 is Roger G3KMA at the 1985 HF Convention, held in Birmingham, UK. [EARLIER] Not the best pictures ever found, but probably enough to make this another Read more…