Mar 092010
Three members of the SEDXC and K5D-Desecheo team…Bob, K4UEE, Gregg, W6IZT and George, N4GRN will be on the Island of Saba (NA-145) from March 11-15 operating PJ6/home call. The purpose is to finalize plans and begin building a station for the anticipated political realignment in the Netherlands Antilles later this year. QSL via H/C’s.
Bob-K4UEE
Mar 092010
Following info is displayed on the MM0RAI website:
While we were obtaining our Rockall expedition in May last year, time stood still and we did nothing. We had put a lot of energy in the previous expedition and we all had a busy life, so the expedition was losing intrest. If you thought that we had [...]
Mar 092010
Mar 8-20, 2010 --
Dominican Republic --
HI3 --
QSL: N3SY --
Source: NP3D (Mar 9, 2010) --
By N3SY as HI3/N3SY; HF; CW; MFJ-1622 + dipoles
Mar 092010
UPDATE
March 9
Permissions have been granted to operate for three weeks in January 2011. Operators with good CW / SSB skills who would like to participate in Spratly 2011 are now being sought. Email Chris, VK3FY.
Feb 5, 2010
Chris, VK3FY is currently in the planning stages of an expedition to Spratly and will soon advise the callsign once it [...]
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Amateur Radio special event station ZS10WCS will be on the air between now and July 12th. Activity is to celebrate the 2010 Soccer World Cup being held in South Africa between June 11th and July 11th
Mar 092010
Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 7300 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries
Mar 092010
Annually the South African Amateur Radio Development Trust is recognising a radio amateur or a group of radio amateurs for service to the community
Mar 092010
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Mar 092010
Olivier ON4EI will be activating Bere Island EU-121 as EJ8GQB, his new Irish amateur radio callsign (EI8GQB)
Mar 092010
American Forces Network radio and television signals in Europe will be interrupted for up to 20 minutes at a time through March 13 due to the sun overpowering the network’s satellite signal
Mar 092010
Members of the Galway VHF Group will be heading to Dromineer to activate Dromineer Castle on Wednesday the 17th of March
Mar 092010
A new version of SDR-Radio.com, a Windows console for Software Defined Radios (SDR), is now available
Mar 092010
Good news for New Zealand's radio hams. NZ's regulator, Radio Spectrum Management, has just issued the following notice of a change to the amateur radio licence there
Mar 092010
The UK regulator Ofcom has supplied the figures for the total number of Amateur Radio Licences issued as at 28th February 2010
Mar 092010
Reid, N0RC informs he’s planning on operating from Thule, Greenland (NA-018) from March 22 to April 8th as work permits.
At best he will be on every other day. Reid will try to get on the air for contest weekends but cannot guarantee this. He will be using the call OX3/N0RC.
Logs uploaded to LoTW and EQSL. QSL direct to N0RC or Buro.
Mar 082010
Mar 082010
Luc, F5RAV will again be in Somone, Senegal from Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2010 transmiting from the 6W7RV radio shack . QSL via H/C.
Luc, F5RAV
Mar 082010
Quite often operators / readers mistakenly use the Send News page as a query / question to something they have heard, worked or are trying to find out more info on.
<<—-New category now added.
Feel free to add your query. Helpful replies are usually always forthcoming :)
Mar 082010
H. Robert "Bob" Schroeder, N2HX, of Ewing, New Jersey, has been named the winner of the ARRL's 2009 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award for his article "Electromagnetic Pulse and Its Implications for EmComm" that appeared in November 2009 issue of QST. The editorial staff commented on Schroeder's article, saying that "the topic of nuclear EMP is somewhat esoteric by itself, let alone discussing its impact on Amateur Radio, yet the author did an outstanding job of making the subject matter understandable even to the relatively non-technical ham.
Mar 082010
There are only a few days left to nominate individuals and clubs for the 2010 Dayton Hamvention® awards. While the Special Achievement Award, Technical Excellence Award and Amateur of the Year Award have been given for many years, Hamvention Awards Chairman Frank Beafore, WS8B, told the ARRL that in 2010, the Hamvention Awards Committee will also present a special award to the Amateur Radio Club of the Year. That award is tied to this year’s Hamvention theme, Amateur Radio Clubs Worldwide: The Lifeline.
Mar 082010
We had a good response to the Second ARRL Homebrew Challenge -- here's a quick summary.
Mar 082010
DAILYDX: G3LZQ has received his antennas at Rodrigues and is now installing them. Look soon for 3B9WR to be QRV.
Mar 082010
Tokelau: Jun 2-6, 2010 — ZK3X — QSL via: UR3HR
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Jun 2-6, 2010 --
Tokelau --
ZK3X --
QSL: UR3HR --
Source: MM0NDX (Mar 8, 2010) --
By UX0HX RK3FA UT5UY UT1HF US7UX UR3HR fm OC-048; 160-10m; CW SSB + digital; 3 stns; verticals + vertical arrays; QSL OK via Buro or direct
Mar 082010
May 22-Jun 1, 2010 --
Central Kiribati --
T31X --
QSL: UR3HR --
Source: MM0NDX (Mar 8, 2010) --
By UX0HX RK3FA UT5UY UT1HF US7UX UR3HR fm OC-043; 160-10m; CW SSB + digital; 3 stns; verticals + vertical arrays; QSL OK via Buro or direct
Mar 082010
Samoa: May 18-19, 2010 — 5W0OX — QSL via: UR3HR
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May 18-19, 2010 --
Samoa --
5W0OX --
QSL: UR3HR --
Source: MM0NDX (Mar 8, 2010) --
By UX0HX RK3FA UT5UY UT1HF US7UX UR3HR fm OC-097; 160-10m; CW SSB + digital; 3 stns; verticals + vertical arrays; QSL OK via Buro or direct
Mar 082010
Mar 21-Apr 1, 2010 --
Seychelles --
S79GM --
QSL: LotW --
Source: MM0NDX (Mar 8, 2010) --
By M0GAV GM3YTS; HF, focus on low bands, 40m CW 7050+; mainly CW RTTY; QSL also OK via GM4FDM
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Antennas/WiFi
Build parabolic WLAN antenna adapted from a small satellite dish. It provides high gain and long range connections.
Build parabolic WLAN antenna adapted from a small satellite dish. It provides high gain and long range connections.
Mar 082010
Mar 082010
A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW
Mar 082010
The South African Radio League has announced that, due to various logistical reasons, the date for the 'Learn PIC Programming in 4 Hours' course in Gauteng has been changed
Mar 082010
The Foyle and District Amateur Radio Club, situated 5 miles south of Derry, has been allocated the callsign GB5SPD to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Mar 082010
The amateur radio satellite AO-51 has survived after a near-miss with another satellite, FORMOSAT 3-D
Mar 082010
Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are developing a new approach that could substantially reduce the cost of solar power
Mar 082010
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ikaruga Elementary School, Taishi Town, Hyogo, Japan, on 9 March
Mar 082010
A recording of radio amateur Bob McLeod VP8LP operating at the start of the 1982 Falklands war has just been added to YouTube
Mar 082010
There is a short promotion video for the Horsham Amateur Radio Club (HARC) on YouTube
Mar 082010
Some New Zealand Radio Amateurs have been taking advantage of a bulk purchase scheme to convert their old analogue TV transmitters to digital
Mar 082010
Marcus DF6NM has been able to receive his test transmissions on 8.97kHz at a distance of 12.1km, currently a record
Mar 072010
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Manufacturers/Antenna Parts/Aluminium Tubing
Located in the centre of the UK with good grade aluminium,
Located in the centre of the UK with good grade aluminium,
Mar 072010
Mar 072010
Antennas/80M
An easy to build single wire antenna for 160 and 80 meters with a better than 2 to 1 swr across the 80 meter band by K5GP
An easy to build single wire antenna for 160 and 80 meters with a better than 2 to 1 swr across the 80 meter band by K5GP
Mar 072010
Radio Equipment/HF Vertical Antenna
A review on current HF Vertical antenna models offered by GAP at euro-qso
A review on current HF Vertical antenna models offered by GAP at euro-qso
Mar 072010
Icom IC-9100 Web resources, modifications updates and product reviews within related discussion groups
Mar 072010
As part of National Science Week, Sheffield Amateur Radio Club is providing hands-on experience of amateur radio to a local school as well as to the community at large
Mar 072010
The IARU Region 1 website has an update on the situation in Chile in the aftermath of the earthquake and requests 3738, 7050, 7095, 14200 are kept clear
Mar 072010
Four trophies have recently been awarded to the top achievers in the South African Radio League's Worked All ZS awards programme
Mar 072010
The Greenisland Electronics Amateur Radio Society (GEARS) will be running an Intermediate course, registration takes place Monday March 8
Mar 072010
If you have paid your amateur radio license using the license number you may still receive an invoice from ICASA
Mar 072010
There will be a talk on Marine and Offshore Radio at the South Essex Amateur Radio Society (SEARS) on Wednesday March 10
Mar 072010
Fernando, EC1AME has just added a video to his website which shows the role played by Chile's amateur radio operators immediately following the earthquake there
Mar 072010
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. Currently sunspots 1 051, 1 052 and 1 053 are doing their bit for solar activity although they are fairly small sunspots
Mar 072010
The M0OCT Amateur Radio Society in North East Derbsyhire is now receiving sponsorship for parts and equipment from Bowood Electronics of Chesterfield
Mar 072010
A video of KP4WK working through the Amateur Radio satellite AO-51 using a tape measure antenna is on YouTube. It shows that simple antennas a few feet off the ground can work great on the sats
Mar 072010
It is reported on the European Space Agency (ESA) website that a Radio Amateur was able to receive Mars Express on its recent flyby of Phobos
Mar 072010
Mineo Wakita JE9PEL provides an update on the launch of an Amateur Radio satellite that will head towards Venus on May 17 carrying a beacon on 5840.0 MHz
Mar 072010
Gav, GM0GAV and Rob, GM3YTS will be QRV as S79GM from approx 21st March until 1st April. They will be QRV all bands with a focus on LF, mainly CW with some RTTY. See S79GM blog for more details.
They can only tx on 40m on 7050 or above so will be on 7050 QSX 7025 or thereabouts. [...]
Mar 062010
Ukrainian DXpeditioners Team (UDXT) is very glad to present our new project – PACIFIC ODYSSEY 2010.
UDXT members, namely: Sergey /UX0HX, Team Leader/, Oleg /RK3FA/, Alex /UT5UY/, Yuriy /UT1HF/, Oleg /US7UX/, Leo /UR3HR/ and Yuriy Grushevskiy /SWL/ will be active on all bands , all modes as:
5W0OX, Samoa (CQ – 32; ITU – 62; IOTA OC [...]
Mar 062010
Activated in 1989, 1995, 1999 and 2002, the mysterious Flannan Isles are certainly a much needed IOTA. Extremely difficult to access due to North Atlantic weather systems constantly eroding the only two available landing sites, a determined international group of IOTA enthusiasts intend to activate the Flannan Isles (EU-118) between June 18 – 21 , 2010.
Weather/seas permitting, [...]
Mar 062010
The forthcoming expeditions to Morocco (5C2**) and Tunisia (TS8P) are looking for further sponsors/supporters. The below gallery displays all info. Please contact Alfredo, IK7JWX if you would like to help.
Mar 062010
Mar 062010
QTH: Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, EIFF-006
Following the SPDX contest at the Easter weekend I will be operating from the Wicklow mountains. Activity on all bands SSB and CW. All contacts will count towards World Flora and Fauna programme - reference number: EIFF-006. Visit www.wff44.com for more details.
Activity starts around 22:00 GMT on April 4th until late evening the following day (April 5th). Look for me around WFF frequencies. Special QSL cards will be issued and handled by RX3RC. Requests for QSLs for the previous activation of OK/EI6DX (OKFF-002) will be answered at the same time as EIFF-006. 44!
Mar 062010
Mar 062010
Links to dealers and manufacturers of telescopic antenna masts, poles, antenna mounts. Hard to find masts, expecially designed to support antenna for portable, emergency or field day use
Mar 062010
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Internet and Radio/Police Scanners
Rutherford County Sheriff and Fire Live Scanner Audio Feed on RadioReference.com
Rutherford County Sheriff and Fire Live Scanner Audio Feed on RadioReference.com
Mar 062010
Mar 062010
Handiham World reports that Matthew Arthur, KA0PQW, of Ellendale, Minnesota, has been selected to receive a President's Volunteer Service Award
Mar 062010
The group out of Radio Arcala and their associates will put the Azores on the air on a variety of bands for the ARRL SSB weekend
Mar 062010
An international group of amateur radio operators will be active as 3W6C from Con Co Island (AS-185), Vietnam, in April 10-18th, 2010
Mar 062010
The Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society will once again be holding an open day at their Society HQ at Merley, near Wimborne Minster in Dorset, on Saturday 20 March as part of their National Science Week participation
Mar 062010
The Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club will be active March 12th to 14th with the call TP60CE to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Convention of Human Rights of the Council of Europe
Mar 062010
On Thursday March 4, 2010, the EU Commission launched a public consultation on the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme
Mar 062010
In mid-February, European radio amateurs first used a new, experimental digital mode known as ROS. On February 23, 2010 - after the FCC review of the original documents provided from the developer's Web site - the FCC made a statement on ROS
Mar 062010
Two new sunspot groups appeared on March 1, numbered 1052 and 1053. The total number of sunspot groups appearing over the last month is eleven
Mar 062010
José Alberto Nieto Ros has introduced a new narrowband version of the well-known amateur radio digital mode ROS
Mar 052010
Two new sunspot groups appeared on March 1, numbered 1052 and 1053. The total number of sunspot groups appearing over the last month is 11. Looking at our 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers, the latest for December-January-February is 22.4, for the period centered on January. The average daily sunspot number for the month of February was 31. The fact that this is higher than the latest 3-month average is a welcome trend. The current 3-month average centered on January 2010 is very close to the 3-month average centered on January 2007, which was 22.7.
Mar 052010
DAILYDX: LA9SN is in Falklands today and licensed as VP8DNB. Looks like he won't be going to Juan Fernandez - CE0Z. Details will be in Monday DDX.
Mar 052010
Oct 2-11, 2010 --
Central Kiribati --
T31 --
QSL: TBA --
Source: F5NQL (Jun 5, 2009) --
By YT1AD K3LP AA4NN JT1CO K1LZ N6TQS PY5EG SV2BFN UA4HOX YT3W YT3WW YT6W fm Canton I; all bands and modes
Mar 052010
Apr 27-May 4, 2010 --
Tunisia --
TS8P --
QSL: IK7JWX --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 6, 2010) --
By IK7JWX + team fm Djerba I (AF-083) and Kuriat I (AF-092); HF + 6m; SSB CW PSK31 RTTY
Mar 052010
Jersey: Apr 6-9, 2010 — MJ — QSL via: ON4DN
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Apr 6-9, 2010 --
Jersey --
MJ --
QSL: ON4DN --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 6, 2010) --
By ON4DN as MJ/ON4DN/p fm EU-013; 40 30 20 17m; SSB + digital; holiday style operation; QSL OK via ON Buro or direct
Mar 052010
Mar 24-Apr 11, 2010 --
El Salvador --
YS3CW --
QSL: I2JIN --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 6, 2010) --
By I2JIN; mainly CW; QSL OK via Buro or direct
Mar 052010
Mar 13-21, 2010 --
Maldives --
8Q7NC --
QSL: F6BGC --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 6, 2010) --
By F6BGC fm Madoogali (AS-013); 80-6m; holiday style operation; QSL OK via REF Buro or direct
Mar 052010
Mar 11-25, 2010 --
Madeira --
CT9 --
QSL: Home Call --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 6, 2010) --
By DL3KWF as CT9/DL3KWF and DL3KWR likewise fm AF-014; 30 17 12m; mainly CW, some RTTY PSK31
Mar 052010
Mar 11-25, 2010 --
Madeira --
CT9 --
QSL: Home Call --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 6, 2010) --
By DL3KWF as CT9/DL3KWF and DL3KWR likewise fm AF-014; 30 17 12m; mainly CW, some RTTY PSK31
Mar 052010
Marshall Is: Mar 9-22, 2010 — V7 — QSL via: N4XP
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Mar 9-22, 2010 --
Marshall Is --
V7 --
QSL: N4XP --
Source: OPDX (Feb 8, 2010) --
By N4XP as V7/N4XP fm Kwajalein I (OC-028); 160-10m, incl 60m; CW SSB
Mar 052010
Mar 7-17, 2010 --
Tokelau --
ZK3 --
QSL: Home Call --
Source: N7OU (Dec 22, 2009) --
By N7OU as ZK3OU and W7YAQ as ZK3YA fm OC-048; 160-10m; mainly CW, some SSB RTTY; 100w; vertical; end date not certain
Mar 052010
Noel, F6BGC will be active as 8Q7NC from Madoogali, North Male Atoll, Maldives (AS-013) on 13 – 21 March. He plans to operate holiday style on 80 – 6m. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
425 DXN
Mar 052010
May 15-28, 2010 --
Aland Is --
OH0 --
QSL: Home Call --
Source: VA3RJ (Mar 5, 2010) --
By PA0VHA as OH0/PA0VHA, likewise PA2A PA2AM PB5A PA3BAG PA3ALK PA2VMA fm EU-002 (WLOTA LH-1373); all bands, focus on WARC; CW SSB RTTY; also 6m EME using OH0/PA2AM
Mar 052010
A reminder of this great three day event which attracts over 17,000 radio hams.
Mar 052010
This week, Surfin' discovers yet another use for the Internet in the RF world.
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Technical Reference/Amplifiers
GI-7B and GI7BT Tubes for HAM Radio use (HF-VHF-UHF),linear amplifier builders
GI-7B and GI7BT Tubes for HAM Radio use (HF-VHF-UHF),linear amplifier builders
Mar 052010
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Repeater resouces and links to repeater antennas, repeater controller for VHF UHF repeater systems, repeater setups and projects
Mar 052010
There are only a few days left to nominate individuals and clubs for the Hamvention 2010 awards
Mar 052010
In this YouTube video Marlin W3MAT shows the equipment he uses for communicating via the Amateur Radio satellites
Mar 052010
GRE, Inc, best known as an original electronics manufacturer and Alinco, Inc. have announced an new marketing agreement
Mar 052010
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity
Mar 052010
Amateur Satellite Service allocations at 50MHz and 3400MHz are identified as medium term objectives in the response of Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) to the OFCOM WRC-12 consultation
Mar 052010
ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet
Mar 052010
In February 2010, the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed a request with the FCC for a blanket waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission's Rules 'to permit hospitals seeking accreditation to use Amateur Radio operators who are hospital employees to transmit communications on behalf of the hospital as part of emergency preparedness drills'
Mar 052010
Mainland Television operates free to air TV channels in parts of New Zealand and has put together a TV ad for the Nelson Amateur Radio Club to promote an open night to encourage new members to the hobby
Mar 052010
Bill, N7OU and Bob, W7YAQ have been issued with the callsigns ZK3OU & ZK3YA for their planned trip to Nukunono, Tokelau (OC-048). Both have been very active from Samoa recently whilst waiting for better weather and sea conditions to make the journey to Tokelau. Bob explains:
Boat sails Friday morning for Tokelau. No 5W0YA activity today…gear [...]
Mar 042010
DAILYDX: 5W0 boys have loaded their gear on the ship heading to ZK3 tomorrow. More details will be in the Friday issue of The Daily DX.
Mar 042010
The International Amateur Radio Region 2 conference -- held later this year in El Salvador -- brings together delegations from the national Amateur Radio Societies in the Western Hemisphere. One of the topics on the agenda will be the Region 2 HF band plan. This band plan is "harmonized with" -- spectrum management-speak for "very similar to" -- the IARU Region 1 and Region 3 band plans.
Mar 042010
In mid-February, European amateurs first used a new, experimental digital mode known as ROS. On February 23, 2010 -- after FCC review of the original documents provided from the developer's Web site -- the FCC made the following statements on ROS:
Mar 042010
UPDATE: March 6. Zoli has changed his mind and will not now use the callsign T03HK. See comment below.
Using the callsign T03HK (Tango Zero Three Hotel Kilo) Zoli, HA3HK will be active from the Principality of Seborga from March 12 – 14. The following is displayed in Wikipedia
The Republic of Italy and international institutions consider [...]
Mar 042010
Even though you might be an inveterate tinkerer and builder, it's occasionally a good idea to put down those hot irons, sweep off the workbench and turn off the test equipment. This quiz is for you!
Mar 042010
In February 2010, the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed a request with the FCC for a blanket waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission's Rules "to permit hospitals seeking accreditation to use Amateur Radio operators who are hospital employees to transmit communications on behalf of the hospital as part of emergency preparedness drills." On March 3, the FCC issued a Public Notice -- WP Docket 10-54 -- seeking comments if the Commission "should grant AHA's request for a blanket waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3) to permit amateur operators who are hospital emplo
