ARRL OH2BH Sets 70th Anniversary “Retro-DXpedition” to Madeira IslandsARRLMartti Laine, OH2BH, will be on the air June 20-23 as CT3BH from the Madeiras, attempting to relive “the years of the past, when it was all different.” His 2016 anniversary tour will take him to many of his earlier DX …
Read More »Well-Known DXer, DXpeditioner Milt Jensen, N5IA, Dies in Tower Fall – ARRL
ARRL Well-Known DXer, DXpeditioner Milt Jensen, N5IA, Dies in Tower FallARRLJensen took part in three DXpeditions. He and his wife Rulene, KB5VTM, took part in the 1998 XZ1N team in Myanmar. In 2000, he returned to Myanmar as part of the XZ0A multinational team. In 2008, he was part …
Read More »Russian arctic's Legent DXpedition – Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Russian arctic’s Legent DXpeditionSouthgate Amateur Radio ClubLooks like the members of the Club Station Yang-Inform Ltd. are planning their DXpeditions to the Arctic to activate four rare IOTAs as RT9K/9 starting February and March 2017. The expedition is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the expedition on … …
Read More »Bouvet Island Activation Planned – ARRL
ARRL Bouvet Island Activation PlannedARRLThree proven and experienced DXpedition leaders and a large team of operators have announced plans to activate Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya), the number 2 most-wanted DXCC entity in late 2017 or early 2018. Ralph Fedor, K0IR, Bob Allphin, K4UEE and … Source: Google DXpedition Read more …
Read More »Dxing 101!
http://www.qsl.net/crosscarc/pdf/DXing101.PDF Dxing 101! DX …What is it? Just two letters; but these two little letters have excited hundreds of thousands of hams worldwide, launched expeditions to countless exotic locations and been the catalyst for many countries around the world to tear down political barriers and allow their citizens to join …
Read More »DX Tips by MDXA
http://www.mdxa.org/main/page_dx_tips.html DX TipsIn going through the club archives, the webmaster came across this document of DX tips. Many former members of the MDXA are included in the submissions.How to bust a Simplex Pile-up Having trouble busting a simplex pile-up ?? Set your Split or XIT/RITso that your XMT freq is …
Read More »25 Dxing Tips For The Little Guy
http://www.qsl.net/yc7vcw/25dxing.htm 25 Dxing Tips For The Little Guy BY BRIAN D. SMITH, WO9I Are you a little guy? No, not QRPer. A little guy, one of the legions who venture into the ether like armorless knights in search of DX dragons. Restricted by tight budgets and/or logistical problems (apartement living …
Read More »DX Cluster..No Self-spoting Please by YC0OST
http://littlehamshack.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/dx-cluster-no-self-spoting-please/ DX Cluster..No Self-spoting Please by YC0OST In my point of view..not so many amateur radio in YB land are familiar with these online features made for inform any DX Stations are CQ-ing in spesific frequency and band. Someone who was successfully calling some DX stations and made a QSO which …
Read More »DXpedition advice from Chris GM3WOJ / ZL1CT
http://www.qsl.net/gm3woj/dxped1.htm DXpedition advice from Chris GM3WOJ / ZL1CT You are a Contester who is going to a rare location for an HF DXpedition. You have some experience of contest pile-ups, but no experience of an HF DXpedition or DXpedition pile-ups 1. Ideally, your first DXpedition would be with others who …
Read More »Antennae for the Low Bands..80 and 160m
http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/low_band_antennae.htm#My K9AY RX Antenna Antennae for the Low Bands..80 and 160m If you listen to the DX activity on the Low bands, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’re wasting your time unless you have a 4 Square Array, 20 acres of Beverage antennae, a huge Amplifier, and a neck …
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