This summer, something strange has been happening in the mesosphere – a layer of Earth’s atmosphere so high that it nearly touches space. The mesosphere is the realm of noctilucent clouds, electric-blue glowing forms that are seeded by meteor smoke. Read more…
Author: Ken McCormick
DX News from the ARRL….
10 August, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by F6AJA, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. Read more…
The Perseid meteor shower is underway….
The Perseid meteor shower is underway… Earth is entering a stream of debris from giant comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, parent of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the shower is not expected to peak until next weekend, NASA all-sky cameras are already detecting dozens Read more…
More Newcomers on 5 MHz – Ecuador and Bosnia-Herzegovina….
The Ecuadorian telecoms regulator, ARCOTEL, has authorized operation on 5 MHz under the new WRC-15 Secondary Allocation 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz with a maximum power of 25W EIRP. See p.41. http://www.arcotel.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Resoluci%C3%B3n-12-09-ARCOTEL-2017_completa_con-firmas-11.pdf Bosnia & Herzegovina have also been authorized by their Read more…