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Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, provided this report to the ARRL. Kunikazu Togashi, JA7NI, in Daisen, Akita, Japan, and Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, of Vancouver, British Columbia, completed a transpacific QSO on 2200 m (137 kHz) on September 28, a first between Canada and Japan. The distance between CN89dk (TIL) to QM09fl (NI) is 7162 km. While not [...]
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HF antenna pioneer A. J. F. (Frank) Clement, W6KPC, of Bakersfield, California, died September 23 as a result of an highway accident. He was 93 and an ARRL Life Member. A former owner of Tri-Ex Tower, Frank designed and built a number of high performance HF arrays over the course of several decades. The June [...]
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In one of the remotest parts of India, there are virtually no communication sources — no cell phone towers, no landlines, no Internet access. But in democracies, elections are the key, even in the most isolated parts of the world. The Indian state of Kerala — located on the western side of India’s southern coast [...]
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Having successfully completed vibration testing this week, the ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V satellite will soon be on its way to Russia for final preparation and launch to the International Space Station (ISS). In Russia the Kursk experiment will be added and the satellite will undergo additional testing. A new Russian Orlan suit battery will be shipped [...]
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By Ward Silver, N0AX The turnout was excellent for the ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference September 23-26 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington. The three day conference included technical presentations on both Friday and Saturday, and an optional tutorial seminar on Sunday morning. Both Yaesu and ICOM attended as commercial vendors and there were [...]
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By Joe Moell, K0OVARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding Coordinatork0ov@homingin.com The 15th ARDF World Championships have just ended and Team USA members stood proudly on the podium once again. ARDF Team USA has just returned from Croatia, the site of this year’s World Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF). Three team members have new medals [...]
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The autumnal equinox occurred early yesterday, at 0309 UTC on September 23. Conditions were good this week, with sunspots visible every day — and very little geomagnetic activity. The average daily sunspot numbers rose more than 24 points to 40 and the average daily solar flux was up nearly 5 points to 82.9. Solar flux [...]
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Ever wonder how those DX cards get to you? I am the “V” sorter for the WØ QSL Bureau and I would like to explain how one sorter does it. Read More » Read More…
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A freak accident — that is the only way to explain it! I often bring my laptop (a 17-inch MacBook Pro down to the family room to keyboard in front of the television. Before I begin keyboarding, I always set the computer down on the wet bar and go fetch dog treats for Pumpkin Pie [...]
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To clarify the administrative process by which the anticipated changes to the two existing Netherlands Antilles DXCC entities will be made, the ARRL Awards Committee has determined that at 0400 UTC (12:00 AM local time in the islands) on October 10, 2010, the two Netherland Antilles DXCC entities will be deleted. Commencing at 0400 UTC [...]
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