Aug 21, 2022 Regular reader, Gary DF2RG, found this old photo in a shoebox of Nana JI1VLV and wondered what happened to her? She was “very active and quite famous in the 80’s“, says Gary. A quick internet search shows she made Read more…
Year: 2022
Space WX @ 2400 UTC….
SFI = 105 A index = 20 K index = 3 SSN = 74 A CME JUST HIT EARTH: A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on Aug. 20th at approximately 1800 UT. This is the first of two Read more…
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend – ILLW….
Held on the 3rd full weekend in August: https://www.illw.net/ This year 00.01UTC 20th August to 24.00UTC 21st August 2022 (48 hours) Next year: 00.01 UTC 19th August to 24.00 UTC 20th August 2023 (48 hours) For some reason or other Read more…
New ICOM-905 transceiver….
Aug 19, 2022 UPDATE – Also check out this link for full info. Brand new transceiver from ICOM covering VHF/UHF/uW (144-430-1240-2400-5600Mhz and possibly 10Ghz (note asterisk in image). More info released during the Tokyo Ham Fair (August 20-21) and in the video below: