Author: Ken McCormick

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…

Aug 18, 2022 The Radio Society of Sri Lanka (RSSL) will activate the Dondra Head and Barberine lighthouses during the upcoming ILLW (Lighthouse Weekend, August 20-21). QRV as 4S7LGT on 40m and up; Digi, SSB and CW.

Aug 19, 2022 NEWS UPDATE – Look for GS5DX to be active during August 21-29. QTH: IO86oe. Operator Col MM0NDX will be on holiday with his XYL then. Activity various hours of the day using verticals and dipoles.   If you stay in Wales, Read more…

The Freeman Journal reports on the radio amateurs taking part in Iowa Railroads on the Air special event The newspaper says:Huddled over their microphones, a handful of people occupied the picnic tables under the trees next to the old Illinois Read more…

ZCZC AE33QST de W1AWDX Bulletin 33 ARLD033From ARRL HeadquartersNewington CT August 18, 2022To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD033ARLD033 DX news This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX Read more…

SFI = 117 A index = 26 K index = 3 SSN = 83 GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH–DON’T GIVE UP: The past two days have had multiple geomagnetic storms–the result of a CME strike on Aug. 17th. None was as strong as the Read more…

Aug 18, 2022 It’s Thursday again and that means The FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin written by Bjorn ON9CFG is available to download. Click on the LINK below to get the latest jam-packed 15 page edition. https://www.dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DX_470.pdf