Santa Claus special event from Romania Look for the following special event Santa Claus stations to be active during December. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. An electronic award will be issued for Read more…
Author: Ken McCormick
A comet as big as the full moon Hyperactive comet 46P/Wirtanen is approaching Earth for one of the closest Earth-comet encounters of the Space Age. Observers report that the comet’s gaseous green atmosphere now covers a patch of sky as large as Read more…
First short wave trans-Atlantic contact made 95 years ago….
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…
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…