It was on the night of 27th November 1923 that the first Trans-Atlantic short wave radio contact was made. It took place between radio hams: Leon Deloy (8AB) in France and Fred Schnell (U1MO) in the USA. This first short Read more…
Year: 2018
First ‘serious’ FT8 contest this weekend….
ARRL reports a new contest – the FT8 Roundup – is set for the December 1–2 weekend In the brand-new operating event, radio amateurs worldwide will contact and exchange information with other amateurs using FT8 on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 Read more…
Mars landing! Interplanetary cubesats to broadcast touchdown….
Today, Monday, Nov. 26th, NASA will attempt to land a new robot on the planet Mars. Named “InSight,” the lander will tear through the Red Planet’s atmosphere, shedding more than 12,000 mph of velocity is just under 7 minutes. For Read more…
Solar Minimum conditions are in effect….
The sun is blank again today–the 191st day of 2018 that the sun has been without spots. To find a similar stretch of blank suns, you have to go back to 2009 when the sun was experiencing the deepest solar Read more…