The European FT8 Club is sponsoring an FT8 DX Contest on April 13, 2019 1200z through April 14, 2019 1200z. Everyone works everyone in this contest, and the maximum power category for the contest is 100 W. The exchange format is the same as the ARRL RTTY Roundup, with state/province for US/Canada stations, and serial…
THE 3YØI DXPEDITION HAS BEGUN
Details at https://bouvetoya.org/
JS8Call 1.0.0-RC1 Released
The first 1.0 release candidate of JS8Call is ready for download at the official JS8Call web site. This release candidate will be good until March 11, after which there is a planned 1.0 general release.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to: Kenneth Yarbrough, KI5DKW James C. (Cliff) Whitman, KI5DLG for obtaining their Technician Class license. Welcome to the ham radio community!
As children, we were all taught to share !
I was reading The ARRL Contest Update for January 23, 2019 and the Conversation by N0AX “Let’s Have Some More Exuberance” caught my attention as two points came into sharp focus. As the ARRL content is copyrighted, I can’t repost it here. But all hams interested in the survival of our hobby into the next…
The NCDXF International Beacon Project
The location of the international beacons (Image: NCDXF) How can you work out what parts of the world an HF band is open to and in only three minutes? The answer is to listen to the International Beacon Project beacons, run by the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF). The NCDXF, in cooperation with the International…
Have you seen Ham Nation ?
Do you know about Ham Nation? If you don’t, go check it out! The show Records live every Wednesday at 8:00pm Central / 02:00 (Thu) UTC. Past shows are archived for viewing anytime you wish! Share in the excitement and importance of ham radio – from tossing an antenna wire into a tree allowing you…
WRTC 2022
Happy New Year to everybody from the WRTC 2022 Team. Please don’t think that WRTC is only for Top guns … you might have a chance … read the rules ! 73 de WRTC 2022 Team WRTC (World Radiosport Team Championship) is an amateur “ham” radio contest held every four years. The next WRTC will be…
Buying a used transceiver
New equipment has a number of advantages – including a full manufacturer’s warranty, but to cut costs it is possible to buy second-hand equipment. There are some real bargains out there, but beware though – some private sales may not always represent good value and radios can hide faults that are not immediately apparent. This…
So you have your license – what’s next?
Welcome to the wonderful word of amateur radio! You have just joined a brotherhood (and sisterhood) of thousands of like-minded amateurs who are engaged in one of the most fascinating hobbies on the planet. We bet you can’t wait to get on the air – and you’d probably like some help on choosing a radio,…