Desember, 2019

• 22 Desember

  VO2AC – Labrador (Zone 2)

  

  Chris VE3FU / VO2AC, Frank VO1HP and Dave VE9CB / VO2AAA will be active in the 2020 CQ160 CW contest from the Point Amour Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada, on the South coast of the rare Labrador (LB) multiplier. Point Amour is located in the South East part …

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• 22 Desember

  HC2JKT – Puná Island, SA-034

  

  UPDATE – Jon mentions he has now received his license and callsign. Look for HC2JKT during January 10-30, 2020. QRV on 40-6m, SSB only. QSL via EA1VE. NOVEMBER 24, 2019 – Jon EA1VE informs that he be active from Puná Island SA-034 as HC2/EA1VE in January 2020. Dates to be announced. …

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• 22 Desember

  CAMSAT CAS-6 Amateur Radio Satellite Launched Successfully

  12/21/2019 CAMSAT has announced that the CAMSAT CAS-6 amateur radio payload launched successfully on December 20, piggybacked on a TIANQIN-1 technology test satellite. “The satellite is currently in orbital testing,” CAMSAT’s Alan Kung, BA1DU, told ARRL on December 20. “The amateur radio payload is expected to be operational in about …

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• 22 Desember

  Roanoke Division Director Interviews Oldest US Radio Amateur

  12/21/2019 Roanoke Division Director Bud Hippisley, W2RU, interviewed 108-year-old Cliff Kayhart, W4KKP, of White Rock, South Carolina — the oldest known radio amateur in the US — about his experiences in the US Army Signal Corps during World War II. An articulate and animated Kayhart recounted his deployment to the …

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• 22 Desember

  Christmas Carols to be Broadcast on HF from Antarctica

  12/21/2019 A program of Christmas carols will be broadcast from Antarctica on Christmas Eve. The transmissions on 7995 kHz USB will begin on December 23 at 2300 UTC, coordinated by McMurdo Communications Operations (MacOps) — known as “The Voice of Antarctica.” Each year, the station’s residents celebrate the holiday by singing …

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