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Antennas/VHF UHF
30 elements 432MHz LFA Yagi over 44dB F/B and almost 21dBi forward gain. Easy build, no match required.
30 elements 432MHz LFA Yagi over 44dB F/B and almost 21dBi forward gain. Easy build, no match required.
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Log periodic antenna projects and antenna analysis articles.
Mar 132010
Stan, SQ8X has circulated the following important information.
Please forward to all DX bulletins and circulate as widely as possible.
I’d like to inform the ham radio community about a special website dedicated to help islanders of Archipelago Juan Fernández, CE0Z. The site is intended to inform people about what happened at the island and how to [...]
Mar 132010
NCDXF: NCDXF BoD has awarded a grant to the October 2010 CY0 DXpedition to Sable Island.
Mar 132010
UPDATE March 13: Our boat will be diverting to Fanning Island to pick up some passengers for Christmas Island. We expect a delay of 2 or 3 days. This will probably reduce the time on some islands.
Feb 22: Callsigns issued – T32MI Malden Island, T32VI Vostok Island, T32CI Caroline Island, T32SI Starbuck Island.
Feb 16, [...]
Mar 132010
Congratulations are extended to Charlie Marsh VO1VZ who was recently re-elected Section Manager for Newfoundland and Labrador
Mar 132010
A new study may explain why the solar minimum lasted an extra 15 months and may help predict the duration and severity of future solar cycles
Mar 132010
Patricia Elaine Gibbons WA6UBE, well known for her interest in Military and Tactical Communications equipment and techniques, has passed away
Mar 132010
We experienced a bit of a scare this week when four days went by with no sunspots. That's right -- for the first time in three months we saw more than a single day with a sunspot number of zero, and that last period was back during November 23 through December 8
Mar 132010
Alan Kung, BA1DU has announced the separate scheduling of Digital and FM repeater modes on the amateur radio satellite HO-68
Mar 132010
A recording of the 1981 BBC Ulster show 'Up Country' with Radio Amateur Bert Walsh GI4RY who helped build the Titanic is now available on the web
Mar 132010
On Friday the UK regulator Ofcom published a consultation setting out proposals to modify licence exemption rules for a range of wireless devices including 433.05-434.79 MHz in the Amateur Radio 70cm band
Mar 132010
The February issue of the IARU Monitoring System Region 1 newsletter describes mysterious signals from the Far East on 21312.4 kHz and lists the many intruders in the Amateur Radio bands
Mar 132010
As parts of earthquake-hit Chile were once again shaken by severe aftershocks, there has been further news of the role of radio amateurs, including them being a highly sought-after reliable source of information
Mar 132010
Software/Audio Streaming
Broadcasting your radio from your home using the SHOUTcast Radio DNAS Application
Broadcasting your radio from your home using the SHOUTcast Radio DNAS Application
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Links to antique radio parts dealers and makers of antique radio parts like decals dial scales, knobs but also Tube dealers, for amp tubes and antique radio restoration
Mar 122010
Today we received a statement from Equatorial Guinea where we are told that the coming days, they will start some repairs on the runway on Annobón and therefore can not enter or leave on any flights from the island.
It seems that there is hope that the work will last two to three months. Although we [...]
Mar 122010
DR Congo: Mar 9-22, 2010 — 9Q — QSL via: ON6NL
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Mar 9-22, 2010 --
DR Congo --
9Q --
QSL: ON6NL --
Source: 425DXN (Mar 13, 2010) --
By ON6NL ON4AHF as 9Q0AR/6 and 9Q0HQ fm South Kivu; CW SSB
Mar 122010
It is with great regret that David (K3LP – Co-Leader) and I (Hrane as YT1AD – Leader) must inform the DX Community that after 16 months of planning our DXpedition trip to T31 – Canton Island, slated for 11 days in Oct. 2010, the trip will be cancelled. We planned 6 stations fully equipped for [...]
Mar 122010
We experienced a bit of a scare this week when four days went by without sunspots. That's right -- for the first time in three months, we saw more than a single day with a sunspot number of 0, and that last period was back during November 23-December 8. Until March 6, there were just three days since then without sunspots, each a bit less than two weeks apart: December 25, January 6 and January 19. Sunspot numbers for March 4-10 were 40, 35, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 12, with a mean of 12.4. The 10.7 cm flux was 81.3, 79.5, 78.3, 76.6, 76.3, 77.9 and 80.3, with a mean of 78.6.
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Mar 20-22, 2010 --
Azerbaijan --
4J0WFF --
QSL: See Info --
Source: F5NQL (Mar 12, 2010) --
By 4J5T fm Yanar Dagh National Reserve; 40-10m; CW SSB PSK31; inv vee; loop; end date uncertain; QSL: Box 86, Baku, Az-1000, Azerbaijan
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Mar 17-29, 2010 --
Azores --
CT8 --
QSL: Home Call --
Source: VA3RJ (Mar 12, 2010) --
By SP5UAF as CT8/SP5UAF, SP5ES likewise fm ao Miguel (EU-003, DIP AZ-002, WLOTA LH-2016); HF; CW SSB + digital; 100w; wires, verticals, spider beam
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Mar 16-23, 2010 --
Morocco --
5C2J --
QSL: IK7JWX --
Source: VA3RJ (Mar 12, 2010) --
By IK7JWX + other I hams w/ personal 5C call signs (QSL via home_call) fm Essaouira (ARLHS MOR-040, IM50); HF + 6m; CW SSB PSK31 RTTY
Mar 122010
This week, Surfin' visits The DX Zone to find out what else you can hear on the Internet.
Mar 122010
Software/Audio Streaming
Broadcast your audio and video or even desktop via ustream.tv using Ustream Producer free version
Broadcast your audio and video or even desktop via ustream.tv using Ustream Producer free version
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Icom IC-9100 Web resources, modifications updates and product reviews within related discussion groups
Mar 122010
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity
Mar 122010
Danish Radio Amateurs can now apply to operate in 5250-5450 kHz band
Mar 122010
The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) reports on the legal action that a cable operator took about the proposed auction of 800 MHz for wireless networks
Mar 122010
In February's news broadcast from NZART, New Zealand's national amateur radio society, its President, Roy Symon ZL2KH has described some non-members of the organisation as 'Freeloaders', 'Bludgers' and 'Parasites'
Mar 122010
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) publishes details of its Radio Interference enforcement actions on its website
Mar 122010
On Saturday 13 March, the Dutch mediumwave transmitter at Trintelhaven on 1395 kHz will carry a day of nostalgia from the offshore days of Radio Veronica at 1000-1700 UTC
Mar 122010
An ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) school contact is planned with participants at 18 Dimotiko Scholeio Peristeriou, Peristeri (Athens), Greece. Downlink signals will be audible in Europe
Mar 122010
ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet
Mar 122010
The Fermanagh Talking Newspaper has offered its congratulations to the Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club on winning the RSGB Regional Club of the Year Award. The FTNA is delighted with the technical support provided by LEARC to its local talking newspaper
Mar 122010
A new article by Diana Eng KC2UHB in MAKE magazine describes how to build an End-Fed Half-Wavelength Antenna (EFHWA) for portable working
Mar 122010
On Saturday, March 13, French students will be releasing an Amateur Radio balloon carrying an AX.25 Packet FM transmitter on 144.650 MHz
Mar 122010
Emergency frequencies 7050, 7095, 3738 and 14200 MHz are now released from emergency use by the Radio Club de Chile (RCCH)
Mar 112010
Anton, ON6NL and Henk, ON4AHF are currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo working with the Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) organisation. They have been there for approx two weeks and expect to stay a further 10 days. 9Q0AR/6 is located in the South Kivu region of DRC.
Their workload includes setting up repeaters within the [...]
Mar 112010
Daniel, DL5YWM informs he will be based in Lima, Peru between March 20 – May 15, 2010. During his freetime he will be active as OA4/DL5YWM. It’s possible Daniel will take his radio to different OA-call areas. Additionally, he will check the possibility of putting a Peruvian island on the air, but this depends on [...]
Mar 112010
8P55AW – Amateur Radio Society of Barbados 55th Anniversary Year (2010)
QSL via
PO Box 814E
Bridgetown
Barbados
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Mar 10-Apr 7, 2010 --
Sri Lanka --
4S7ULG --
QSL: UY5ZZ --
Source: 4L5A (Mar 11, 2010) --
By UX4UL fm Colombo (AS-003); mainly 20-10m; BPSK RTTY; QSL OK via Buro or direct
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TH-D7 series, VHF UHF dual band w/TNC for packet and APRS, modifications, manual, resources and reviews of the popular kenwood dualband transceiver
Mar 112010
Mike, UK8OM, has this warning: 'DO NOT' send greens stamps to Uzbekistan because envelopes will be opened and they will be taken
Mar 112010
It is reported that Raytheon Canada are requesting Federal Government funding to develop transmitter technology to cut the possibility of its HF Sufacewave radar interfering with emergency locator signals or ham radio signals
Mar 112010
Zoli, HA3HK, will be active as T03HK from the Principality of Seborga between March 12–14th
Mar 112010
Today's Mail Online reports that Google is extending its Street View service to peer at 95 per cent of homes in the UK, despite criticism that it amounts to an invasion of privacy
Mar 112010
Once again, Madeira (AF-014) is the holiday destination of the two DXpeditioners Rosel, CT9/DL3KWR, and Hardy, CT9/DL3KWF, for four weeks
Mar 112010
Slides from the presentations given at the recent HF Industry Association (HFIA) meeting are now available for download
Mar 112010
The K4T trip to EL84, Dry Tortugas takes place March 11-15 and they will have 2 stations to work the Amateur Radio satellites
Mar 112010
The UK Microwave Group and the Finningley Amateur Radio Society are pleased to announce that this popular event will take place over the weekend of 10-11 July 2010
Mar 112010
The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 introduced in October 2009 by Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) - has unanimously passed the US Senate and has been sent to the US House of Representatives for consideration and now sits in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Mar 112010
Industry Canada has approved access by Canadian radio amateurs to the Low Frequency (LF) band 135.7 - 137.8 kHz, subject to certain conditions
Mar 112010
NCDXF: NCDXF Equipment Sales List Updated: NCDXF has a number of items recently added to the Equipment Sale List. The F... http://bit.ly/bNW7uC
Mar 102010
Coming soon. The YI9PSE DXpedition team plans to visit Kurdistan-Iraq in early April, 2010. They will be active from 10 to 160 meters (including WARC bands) in CW, SSB and RTTY with at least 3 stations at the same time in different bands and modes.
UPDATE: Completed YI9PSE Team now comprises the following operators:
N6PSE
N6OX
JH4RHF
AH6HY
N2WB
YI1UNH
K3VN
K3LP
W0UCE
W5KDJ
FM5CD
K1LZ
YT1AD
QSL via N6NKT
Full details [...]
Mar 102010
Remember this news? Updated info below from John, VE8EV:
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IOTA NA-182 Greens Island Expedition April 15-20, 2010. On-line logs will be uploaded as soon as possible after the operation. Full information to be found here.
VE8EV
Mar 102010
Recently on 20m CW from the new Collins Refuge (WAP CHL-16)
Mar 102010
In January 2007, the FCC issued an Order to Show Cause to David L.
Mar 102010
Up/down propagation this past week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday slow-ish, Thursday pretty good, Friday poor, with Saturday and Sunday being monsters for the ARRL Contest. As is usual LU1HF beat the rest into a pulp and has done for the past few years
Mar 102010
Alexander, UX4UL is now active from Colombo, Sri Lanka (AS-003) until 7 April, 2010 as 4S7ULG. He has been QRV mainly on 20-10m BPSK / RTTY. QSL via UY5ZZ.
Mar 102010
Senate Bill 1755 -- The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 introduced in October 2009 by Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) -- has unanimously passed the US Senate and has been sent to the US House of Representatives for consideration and now sits in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The ARRL is asking its membership to contact the leadership of the Energy and Commerce committee, requesting support and action on moving S 1755 through the committee.
Mar 102010
The FCC has posted new Amateur Radio enforcement correspondence on its "Amateur Radio Service Enforcement Actions" Web page. Laura Smith, Special Counsel in the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, sent a letters to the Sacramento (California) Municipal Utility District and to Northwestern Energy of Helena, Montana; Northwestern Energy also received letters voicing these same concerns in March and September 2009.
Mar 102010
Mar 11-15, 2010 --
Sint Maarten --
PJ6 --
QSL: Home Call --
Source: OPDX (Mar 9, 2010) --
By K4UEE as PJ6/K4UEE, W6IZT N4GRN, likewise fm Saba I (NA-145, FK87); planning for station to be QRV following political realignment
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Find who build and sell amateur radio RF power amplifiers. HF and VHF Power amplifiers for your DX.
Mar 102010
The 'Associazione Italiana Radioascolto' A.I.R. (Italian Radio Listeners Association) has awarded the Boselli Prize 2010 to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
Mar 102010
March 24th see's the start of an Amateur Radio Intermediate course and the exam on June 30th at The Conferance Room and Training Centre of M0OCT Amateur Radio Society, North east Derbyshire
Mar 102010
Amateur radio station GB2SPD will be QRV from Slieve Gallion mountain in the Sperrins, Co. Derry on St Patrick's Day March 17th and possibly up until 21st March to mark St Patrick's Day 2010
Mar 102010
Radio Amateurs in the UK are increasingly experimenting with Digital Amateur Television (DATV), Charles G4GUO is one of those
Mar 102010
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK has made available videos of contacts he made during a trip to Mexico via the Amateur Radio satellites SO-50 and AO-51
Mar 102010
ESA has completely redesigned its Eduspace website which provides an introduction to Earth observation and its applications
Mar 102010
Three members of the Southeastern DX Club (SEDXC) and the K5D team (Bob K4UEE, Gregg W6IZT and George N4GRN) will be on the Island of Saba (NA-145, Grid Square is FK87) between March 11-15th
Mar 102010
AMSAT-UK has released images of the Command, Control and Telemetry (CCT) board being developed for the FUNcube Amateur Radio satellite
Mar 102010
A patriotic group in Northern Australia is working to get as many Australian and New Zealand radio hams on the AM mode on ANZAC Day afternoon (April 25) as an amateur radio salute to the servicemen and women in the many conflicts
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
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March 10
Callsign of DX0DX pending for Pagasa Island, Spratly Islands Dxpedition 2011.
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 [...]
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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 24th 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 OX3RC.
Logs uploaded to LoTW and EQSL. QSL direct to N0RC or Buro.
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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
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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
