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…
Author: Ken McCormick
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…
K7K – Kiska Island, NA-070 – Alaska….
Jul 16, 2022 NEWS UPDATE – As the countdown begins, keep an eye on team member, Hal W8HC, as he travels to KL7 then sets sail with the rest of the team. His tracker is here. JULY 4 – The K7K team is Read more…
Antarctic Stations due to be active….
The Argentine Antarctic Stations at San Martin, AN-016, Belgrano II, AN-016, and Marambio, AN-013, are expected to be active on 14.190MHz every Saturday in July between 1300 and 1800UTC. Look for the call signs LU1ZD, LU1ZG and LU4ZS respectively. QSL Read more…
Propagation and Space Weather….
SFI = 171 A index = 8 K index = 2 SSN = 141 CHANCE OF FLARES: There are half-a-dozen large sunspots on the sun today. At least two of them (AR3057 and AR3058) pose a threat for strong flares. NOAA Read more…
ARRL DX Bulletin July 14, 2022….
QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 28 ARLD028 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 14, 2022 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD028 ARLD028 DX news This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, the Read more…
C6ADX & C6AYL – Bahamas….
Jul 15, 2022 Joe, W8GEX and Janet, W8CAA will be active from Exuma, Bahamas as C6ADX & C6AYL starting July 16th for 10 days. QRV on 60-6m, mainly FT8. QSL via H/cs.
DXCC – This week on air….
3A, MONACO Paul F6EXV and Florian PB8DX are active as 3A6M until July 17. Special activity on6 meter is included together with the local ARM association. QSL via F6EXV Club Log, LoTW. 6O, SOMALIA Ali, EP3CQ is once again operating Read more…