Author: Ken McCormick

3 August, 2022 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 AF-024; S7, INNER ISLANDS:Nuria S79/EA3WL and Josep S79/EA3BT activate Praslin, La Read more…

SFI = 98 A index = 9 K index = 3 SSN = 25 CHANCE OF EARTH-DIRECTED FLARES: Growing sunspot AR3068 has developed a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. Any explosions today will be geoeffective because the sunspot is almost Read more…

Aug 2, 2022 Today’s DX Shoebox find comes courtesy of Jose, EA5BCQ. The pictures show ham radio operators at an IOTA convention held in London in 1993. The images are from an old copy of Radioaficionados magazine. Some familiar callsigns Read more…

Aug 2, 2022 Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) will operate under special callsign AP75PAK and Pakistani operators will use AP75 prefix with their existing callsigns for the month of August to celebrate 75 years of Pakistan Independence. QRV on HF + 6m Read more…

SFI = 95 A index = 8 K index = 2 SSN = 32 SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS: NOAA forecasters say there is a slight chance of minor G1-class geomagnetic storms today as Earth enters a high-speed stream of solar wind. The gaseous Read more…

RBR-4 Update: July 2022 For immediate release: On July 28, 2022, Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) released an update to a very important document for Canadian Radio Amateurs: “RBR-4 – Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Read more…

Aug 1, 2022 Spanning nearly 25 years, looking back from 2021 to 1997 showing DX on this Day. Do you remember working ZD9IL or FT5ZI or maybe FW0MO ? You can also check back here and see all previous DX on this Day posts. We will run with Read more…

The sBitx is a 40 watts, fully open source, high performance HF SDR transceiver with in-built popular modes like the FT8, RTTY, PSK31, etc.  HF Signals is now selling the Developers Edition for the homebrewers and the hackers who are comfortable Read more…

SFI = 94 A index = 10 K index = 2 SSN = 39 CHANCE OF MINOR STORMS: NOAA forecasters say there is a chance of minor G1-class geomagnetic storms on Aug. 3rd when a high-speed stream of solar wind is expected to graze Earth’s Read more…

August   2022 Aug01 2022 Sep09 Madagascar 5R8LH IK2DUW 425DXN20220722 By IV3FSG; HF; SSB + ditigal 2022 Aug01 2022 Sep21 Solomon Is H44MS LoTW TDDX20220719 By DL2GAC; 80-6m; SSB, some FT8; 800w; begin date uncertain 2022 Aug05 2022 Aug09 Rodrigues Read more…