Author: Ken McCormick

Aug 16, 2022 You’re invited to join us for a fabulous DXpedition talk by locals Doris Wong (K0BEE) and Steve Dyer (W1SRD) who spent approximately 12 days with the TX5N team activating the island of Raivavae (Austral Islands) in French Polynesia in Read more…

Aug 17, 2022 Far travelled DXpeditioner, Rudi DK7PE is currently operating from Greenland as OX/DK7PE/P. Activity has been on 20 & 17m CW so far. QSL via H/c, buro/direct. Check out Rudi’s website showing all the places he has operated from in the Read more…

Members of the Israel Amateur Radio Club will activate 5 lighthouses and participate in the upcoming InternationalLighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 20-21st. Look for the following lighthouses:Lighthouse Callsign ILLW#———- ——– —–Jaffa 4X01LH IL001Stella Maris 4X02LH IL002Ashdod 4X03LH IL003Acre 4X04LH IL004Tel Aviv Read more…

Compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW August 17, 2022 ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is “Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group” (ex. CW/SA-036/Aruba). Read more…

From : vk3pb on 2022-08-16 A super cheap Hotspot. Thrifty Old Digital Update Roundup. Modding Pi-Star to include M-17. DVMega Globetrotter opens up your digital possibilities. DownloadYouTube

SFI = 129 A index = 5 K index = 3 SSN = 92 THE IMPACTS HAVE BEGUN: A minor CME hit Earth’s magnetic field on Aug. 17th (0303 UT). It could be the first of several CME strikes in the days ahead. Read more…

Aug 16, 2022 J5GQA appeared on 15m FT8 on August 15th. This is Carlos, CT2GQA who is currently in Guinea-Bissau through his job (he works in telecommunications industry). He uses a vertical for HF bands and military spec multiband dipole mainly Read more…

This coming weekend, 20-21 August, is a great opportunity to chat to a lighthouse and work some rare DX. There will be over 350 lighthouses on the air in over 40 countries. Germany has 70 registered, USA 41, Australia 38, Read more…

IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter says in July, like every month for many years, Over The Horizon Radars were the most numerous transmissions causing interference to our HF amateur radio bands The newsletter says: The front runner was Read more…

SFI = 131 A index = 6 K index = 2 SSN = 92 CHANCE OF FLARES: Sunspot AR3078 has developed an unstable delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for strong solar flares. NOAA forecasters say there is a 30% chance Read more…