YB Land DX Club DX-ing Is Our Life
During this Holiday Season, when the spirit of giving and receiving gifts reigns high, ARISS received a special gift and delivered a phenomenal gift to the international community. This occurred on Thursday December 19, 2019. Our international gift to all—students, STEM education, the public and the amateur radio community—was the …
Desember, 2019
- 29 Desember
New tropo world record contact between Cape Verde Islands and Scotland made at 432 MHz
Tropo conditions over the eastern part of the North Atlantic were exceptional over the weekend allowing many stations in the UK and Ireland to make contacts with D41CV on the Cape Verde Islands on 144 MHz.Conditions however were not just confined to the 2-metre band as some excellent contacts were …
- 29 Desember
DX News from the ARRL
This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by UR5BCP, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. CYPRUS, 5B. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the …
- 29 Desember
January 2020 Radio ZS
The January 2020 issue of Radio ZS will be uploaded to the South African Radio League website by Friday 27 December. In this issue you can read about getting out of your shack and discovering new opportunities; Jonathan, ZS1ARB discusses QRP and Motorbikes – lessons learned from 1 500 km …
- 29 Desember
Boston Marathon
FCC proposes a Marathon fine for unlicensed broadcasting The FCC has proposed fining an alleged pirate broadcaster in the Boston, Massachusetts area more than $450,000. According to the FCC, Radio TeleBoston, used three separate transmitters for broadcasting, resulting in three separate violations of the law. As a result of the …
- 29 Desember
RSGB release Board Proceedings
The RSGB has released the missing Board proceedings for July as well as the proceedings for September and October Members can read the RSGB Board proceedings athttp://rsgb.org/main/about-us/board-of-directors/board-proceedings-and-reports/ You can join the RSGB online athttp://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Join_the_RSGB_22.html RSGB membership is free to licensed UK amateurs under the age of 21 or aged 21-25 …
- 28 Desember
2020 IOTA Honour Roll – Annual Listing
IOTA enthusiasts, if you have been planning to submit an application for IOTA, consider doing it now before the December / January rush. For those waiting for the very last QSL to secure their highest possible position on the 2020 Honour Roll and Annual Listing, you are reminded that the …
- 28 Desember
Commemorative ARISS slow-scan TV transmissions
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will support slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions worldwide in memory of cosmonauts Alexei Leonov, Valery Bykovsky, and Sigmund Jaehn. Transmissions are scheduled to start at 1100 UTC on December 28 and continuing until 1820 on January 1, 2020. Transmissions will take place on …
- 28 Desember
The End of a Radio Legend
Larry Thompson shared this link from Extreme Shortwave Listening I was saddened to recently learn that the wonderful nonprofit charity dedicated to shortwave radio everywhere, EarsToOurWorld.org, will be going the way of the Silent Key. I first learned about this through my association with Universal Radio, in Columbus, Ohio, a …
- 28 Desember
Scouts get trained to be Ham Radio operators
Scouting magazine reports on how two assistant scoutmasters are training scouts to become radio amateurs The magazine article says: Assistant Scoutmaster Scott de Masi KC5NKW‘s subdivision was underwater — as were many parts of Kingwood, Texas, in the wake of the devastating Category 4 Hurricane Harvey in 2017.With roads flooded, …
