Merry Christmas and Happy New Year dear ham radio friends. I hope your holiday is filled with plenty of warmth, love, cheer, and happiness. Happy DXing from YO8TNB – Cristian
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2017
The tree is decorated, the cookies are made, the gifts are wrapped and now all that’s left is to wish you a Merry Christmas. So, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year dear ham radio friends. I hope your holiday is filled with plenty of warmth, love, cheer, and happiness. Merry Christmas and Happy DXing from YO8TNB – Cristian!
93 year old WWII veteran still taps out Morse code
Merle Taylor, 93, still practices Morse code in her basement outside Antigonish, N.S. We might live in a world where knowing how to write code is gold, but for 93-year-old Merle Taylor there is only one code morse code. Taylor learned Morse code at 20 when she signed up to help Canada and the war effort. Her war-time […]
Juno Spacecraft Listens for a Greeting From Earth
As NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, amateur radio operators around the world sent a Morse Code “HI” to the spacecraft. Would Juno hear their call? During its close flyby of Earth, NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft listened for a communication from amateur radio operators transmitting from locations around the world. […]
Invitation to YO DX HF Contest 2016
Status: Active Mode: CW, SSB Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band (CW/SSB/Mixed)(High/Low) Single Op Single Band Multi-Op Single Transmitter Youngster/Novice (<16y) Max power: High: >100W Low: 100W or less Exchange: YO: RS(T) + county non-YO: RS(T) + Serial No. Work stations: Once per band per mode QSO Points: 8 points […]
W5KUB live from Huntsville Hamfest
Live webcast of Huntsville Hamfest . We go live for the 4 hour drive on Friday morning Aug 19th. Watch us drive and chat with us. Watch us set up at the Von Braun civic center Friday afternoon. Official hamfest is Sat and Sunday. We have lots of prizes to give away to lucky viewers. Check […]
YOTA Camp 2016 video released
The Austrian National Society ÖVSV have released the Youngsters On The Air 2016 video in Wagrain Austria. Watch YOTA Camp 2016 for English subtitles click CC button! Youngsters On The Air http://www.ham-yota.com/news https://twitter.com/hamyota https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair
VI4BLT50 – Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan
In honour of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan VI (numeral) BLT50 stations are on the air for a month from Australia VI6BLT50 is in the name of Malcolm Johnson (SVN Vet) VI4BLT50 in the name of WIA Director Ewan McLeod (SVN Vet) VI1, VI2, VI3, VI5, VI7, VI8BLT50 stations are registered […]
DX News from the ARRL 12 August, 2016
This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. TANZANIA, 5H. Operators Alex, UX0LL and Alex, UT5UY will be QRV as 5H1ZZ from Zanzibar Island, IOTA […]
YX0V Aves Island NA-020
An unexpected invitation from the Venezuelan Navy gave rise to a DXpedition to Aves Island – Isla de Aves – (YV0), the current number 17 on the ClubLog DXCC Most Wanted List. While trying to organize its annual IOTA DXpedition to Los Monjes Island (SA-015), members of the Asociación de Radioaficionados de Venezuela (ARV) and […]
T31W – Kanton Island
The Perseverance DX Group (pdxg.net) is on schedule for next year’s DXpedition to Central Kiribati (Kanton Island). We are planning 15 days on the island during October 2017. Joining the team is Chris Tate, N6WM. Team members previously named are: Arnie N6HC, Kevin K6TD, Heye DJ9RR, Pista HA5AO, Laci HA0NAR, Gene K5GS, Les W2LK, Glenn […]
TX2AH – Mangareva, OC-063
Ulli DL2AH, will be active from Mangareva, Gambier Islands OC-063 as TX2AH between August 17-28, 2016. QRV holiday style, 40-10m; SSB & Digi. QSL via H/c. Source: DX-World.net
ISS SSTV on Baofeng handheld
The Chertsey Radio Club demonstrated that you can receive pictures from Space using just a Baofeng VHF handheld radio and a Lynx-7 Tablet. On Monday, August 15, 2016 radio amateurs from India to Brazil successfully copied Slow Scan Television images transmitted on 145.800 MHz FM from the Russian amateur radio station located in the ISS Service […]