08/14/2017 The Dave Kalter 2017 Youth DX Adventure (YDXA) is over for another year, after logging more than 3,100 contacts from Costa Rica “under difficult band conditions.” The young radio amateurs attending the summertime adventure — Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO; Austin … Continue reading →
08/14/2017 The Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP) now is just a week away — Monday, August 21 — and more than 250 radio amateurs in the US and elsewhere already have signed up to take part. The SEQP is a … Continue reading →
08/11/2017 Radio Arcala (OH8X), the consortium of serious Finnish contesters, has heaped more praise on Nobel Laureate and software developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, for the recent beta release of FT8 mode. OJ0BH/OJ0JR will be active August 12-19 from Market Reef … Continue reading →
08/11/2017 The ARRL has granted a Colvin Award to help support the upcoming 3Y0Z DXpedition to Bouvet Island, the second most-wanted DXCC entity. The DXpedition is scheduled to get under way early next year. “This is a great team, putting … Continue reading →
08/10/2017 “Keys and Keyers” is the topic of the current (August 3) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX Engineering, “ARRL The Doctor is In” is an informative discussion of all things technical. … Continue reading →
08/10/2017 The AMSAT Board of Directors on August 8 elected AMSAT Vice President, Educational Relations, Joe Spier, K6WAO, of Reno, Nevada, as Executive Vice President. Spier’s new duties will include implementation of AMSAT-NA’s Strategic Planning. He will continue for now … Continue reading →
08/09/2017 An emergency communications exercise primarily involving Amateur Radio stations in the countries of IARU Region 2 (IARU R2) Area G — Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay is planned for August 26. The objectives are “to help radio amateurs in … Continue reading →
08/09/2017 Atlantic Canada authorities called on Amateur Radio operators in parts of Nova Scotia on August 4, in the wake of a telephone service outage. According to CBC, Bell Aliant landline and cell services were down, starting at approximately 11:20 … Continue reading →
08/09/2017 UPDATE: The Hurricane Watch Net secured operations “due to extremely poor propagation and a severe lack of reporting stations.” The net was activated on August 9 at 1700 UTC on 14.325 MHz. We will monitor 14.325.00 MHz beginning at … Continue reading →
08/09/2017 The September edition of Digital QST is now available for viewing on your desktop or laptop. Click here to view the issue. It is also available for reading on your Apple, Android, or Kindle Fire devices. ● Read how … Continue reading →