HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 6 Januari

  IOTA news from OPDX

  Island activities: AS-068. Igor, UA9KDF, will lead a team of operators to activate Rastorguyeva Island sometime in mid-March (depending on WX).No other details are available. AS-207. (NEW) Victor, UA3AKO, will lead a team of Russian Robinsonmembers to activate Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island during sometime in the Spring. No other details …
• 6 Januari

  DXCC Country/Entity Report

  According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29th December, through Sunday, 5th January there were 208 countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, …
• 6 Januari

  2019 DX Sound Bites !

  Tom, K8CX, has done it again. He has provided DXers with 130 memorable rare DX sound clips (now in MP3 format) from Ohio during 2019. This brings the total number of MP3 sound clips on Hamgallery to 2,741.Visit Tom’s famous “HAM GALLERY” Web site at: http://hamgallery.com/dx2019 While there, also check …
• 6 Januari

  TAPR PSR 143 now available

  TAPR have made issue 143 of their newsletter PSR available for download TAPR is a community that provides leadership and resources to radio amateurs for the purpose of advancing the radio art. Interested in:• general packet radio information?• high-speed packet operations?• other types of digital communications?• experimenting or building kits?• …
• 6 Januari

  SWODXA DX Dinner

  The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) is pleased to announce that we will again sponsor the DX Dinner, held in conjunction with the 2020 Dayton Hamvention. This, our 35th annual dinner, will be on Friday, May 15th, 2020, at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH 45409. We …
• 6 Januari

  Is it worth building a SMALL Contest/DX station?

  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Ruth Willet KM4LAO, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Leslie Butterfield G0CIB to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is – Is it worth building a SMALL contest/DX station? ICQ …
• 6 Januari

  Amateur radio at the railway station with no trains

  An item has just been posted on the BBC Archive twitter feed about a Railway Station with no trains Halfway through the item, G3SCW who lived there is shown using his amateur radio equipment. https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1213852656936071168 • Our thanks to Norman G4AYU for spotting this item
• 6 Januari

  DX Hall of Fame nominations

  Just a reminder that nominations for the 2020 “class” of the CQ DX Hall of Fame are due by March 1st. The CQ DX Hall of Fame honors those DXers who have gone “above and beyond,” not only in terms of their own on-air accomplishments but also in terms of …
• 5 Januari

  Senegal visit

  Willy, ON4AVT, will once again be active as 6W7/ON4AVT some time in February 2020. His main activity will be on 60 meters using mostly FT8, with some CW and SSB, with a FT-891 with 100 watts into a HyEndFed antenna. QSL via the Bureau. For more details and updates, watch:https://www.on4avt.be/trip_to_senegal.htm
• 5 Januari

  Arctic Blast Hamfest

  The Pioneer Journal report the Wadena Area Amateur Radio Club (WAARC) is preparing for the 2020 Arctic Blast Hamfest, Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Bertha Community Center. A hamfest, not to be confused with a day of eating ham, is a convention of amateur radio enthusiasts and combines a trade …