09/25/2015 This week the average daily sunspot number moved up from 66.9 for the September 10-16 period, to 73 for the next seven days. Average daily solar flux changed from 97.3 to 106.7. There was one new sunspot group on … Continue reading →
09/24/2015 The Carolina DX Association (CDXA) has announced the formation of the Carolina DX Foundation as a non-profit organization under IRS §501(c)(3) rules. The purpose of the CDXF will be to provide financial support to Amateur Radio DXpeditions, specifically those … Continue reading →
09/24/2015 The CQ World Wide DX Contest Committee is conducting a survey to gather feedback about the contest from participants. “The responses will help us improve the contest and make important decisions about the rules,” the CQ WW Contest Committee … Continue reading →
09/23/2015 AMSAT has announced that FoxTelem ver 1.0 software, the Fox Telemetry Decoder, has been released so stations can start setting up, testing, and debugging their ground stations prior to the October 8 launch of the Fox-1A satellite. FoxTelem is … Continue reading →
09/23/2015 An Okaloosa County, Florida, deputy sheriff who was also a radio amateur died of gunshot wounds after serving a domestic violence restraining order at an attorney’s office in Shalimar, where he lived. William J. “Bill” Myers, KK4KF, was 64. … Continue reading →
09/21/2015 The Intrepid DX Group has announced its itinerary and operating schedule for its January 2016 South Sandwich/South Georgia VP8SGI/VP8STI DXpedition. South Sandwich Islands is No 3 on ClubLog’s Most Wanted DXCC List; South Georgia is No 8. The Intrepid … Continue reading →
09/21/2015 The retired chief of the US Navy-Marine Corps Military Auxiliary Radio System (NMC MARS), Bo G. Lindfors, N9UH, of Yorktown, Virginia, died September 15. An ARRL Life Member, he was 70. A native of Finland, Lindfors came to the … Continue reading →
09/20/2015 After being postponed several times, nine Chinese satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads were launched on September 19 at 2300 UTC, separating from the Long March launch vehicle about 15 minute later. China Amateur Satellite Group CAMSAT CEO Alan Kung, … Continue reading →
09/19/2015 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station-Europe (ARISS-EU) Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, will retire from that post this fall after serving since 2000, when the ARISS Working Group was formed. Among other initiatives, Bertels was involved in the project … Continue reading →
09/19/2015 The launch of nine Chinese satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads was postponed by 24 hours due to technical reasons. China Amateur Satellite Group CAMSAT CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, told ARRL that the satellites will head into space today, September … Continue reading →