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…
Author: Ken McCormick
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…
IOTA News from OPDX….
6 August, 2018 Island activities: AS-065. (Update) Operators Victor/UA3AKO, Yuri/UA0KBG and Aleksandr/RA3AV will be active as RT65KI from Chukotka, Idlidlya Island (RDA: CK-08, RRA: RR-11-06, RLHA: RLA-035, WLOTA: LH-2266), Asiatic Russia, in the Chukchi Sea Coast East Group between August Read more…
DX News from the ARRL….
3 August, 2018 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by EA4NF, NE8Z, 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 Read more…