Januari, 2020

  • 5 Januari

    ZS6JON achieves 2m DXCC

    John Sygo, ZS6JON has finally completed the long overdue paperwork to receive his 2 metre DXCC through a mix of paper QSL cards and LotW confirmations on Tuesday 31 December 2019. John is well known worldwide in the VHF, UHF and SHF community as a pioneer in his field with …

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  • 5 Januari

    QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast Ward Silver – N0AX

    Ward Silver, N0AX, author of the QST magazine column, “Hands-On Radio”, editor of ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications, and author of many books on ham radio, was my guest in Episode 29 from February, 2015. As the new year begins, it seems a great opportunity to reach into the archive …

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  • 5 Januari

    Ofcom don’t know if interference eliminated

    A Freedom of Information request asked Ofcom how many cases of interference to radio amateurs had been investigated by Ofcom and successfully concluded with elimination of the interference – Ofcom admitted they did not know It appears if Ofcom simply go through what they deem as the appropriate procedure during …

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  • 5 Januari

    G4KUX extends 432 MHz tropo record to 4,644kms

    On Saturday the 28th of December 2019, Ian GM3SEK in the south-west of Scotland managed to work D41CV on 432 MHz to set a new world record for tropo on the band. The distance for this FT8 contact was an amazing 4,562 kms.Considering the fact that it was on the …

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  • 4 Januari

    Propagation de K7RA

    4 January, 2020 Sunspots appeared recently, all indicating Solar Cycle 25 due to their polarity, opposite from spots in Solar Cycle 24. Sunspots appeared December 24-26, and it looks like a new Solar Cycle 25 spot on January 1. NOAA did not report it (too weak?) but Spaceweather.com reported a …

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