Author: Ken McCormick

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…

SFI = 102 A index = 14 K index = 2 SSN = 56 NOAA Alerts Space Weather Message Code: ALTK04Serial Number: 2285Issue Time: 2022 Aug 20 2307 UTC ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4Threshold Reached: 2022 Aug 20 2305 UTCSynoptic Read more…

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…

Aug 20, 2022 UPDATE – This video recently appeared on the 3Y0J Facebook page. Ken LA7GIA says it’s an unreleased video (until now) and shows the 3Y0J QTH – Cape Fie – near the end, on a nice day! https://www.dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/300620919_1208697203243270_5167844224177135430_n.mp4?_=1 [AUGUST 19] Read more…

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…

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…

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:

Aug 19, 2022 [EARLIER] Quite simply, who is the mystery ham radio operator in the picture and what’s his history? UPDATE – One person guessed correctly via social media message, but since it seems nobody else knows the answer, here it Read more…

Aug 19, 2022 Previously active as FJ/K2LIO, Phil has now obtained the callsign FJ4WEB and will be active from St Barts this coming October. He uses an IC-7300 and is in the process of upgrading his antenna system. Check 40-20-15-10m during his local Read more…