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In comments to the FCC on a series of Technological Advisory Council (TAC) spectrum management policy recommendations, ARRL said that while some of the Council’s recommendations are valid, it would be “highly inappropriate” to generalize about applying them broadly in all radio services. The comments, filed on January 31, were in response to a December 1, 2017, Public Notice in ET Docket No. 17...
Last weekend's CLE yielded a mixed-bag of propagation. Friday night's conditions were the best of the three nights here in southwest B.C., but others found things a little different ... such are the vagaries of radio's magic. |
| Tongoy, Chile courtesy: https://www.google.ca/maps |
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| TOY-260 courtesy: https://www.google.ca/maps |
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| Tongoy Airstrip courtesy: https://www.google.ca/maps |
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| QY-263 Sydney, NS courtesy: https://www.google.ca/maps |
Beta testing for bringing CQ Magazine's Worked All Zones (WAZ) award program into ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LoTW) system continues to move forward, officials from CQ and ARRL have assured.
Some problems in the implementation were discovered by testers and have since been corrected; the documentation has also been improved by feedback from the testers. In parallel, the LoTW server has been exe...
By downloading the .ics file, you can add the Dxpedition agenda to the Google calendar on your Android device.
http://www.iz5cml.it/dxschedule?lang=it
TNX to HamRadioWeb & IZ5CML
Art IK7JWY (IDT HF pilot station) informs DxCoffee readers:
“The next operation of the Italian Dxpedition Team is planned to take place from the
Republic of Cameroon (TJ) in the second half of March.
The licencing process is underway.
For the IDT,
Silvano, I2YSB”
Hi dear DxCoffee readers,
Just a bit of an update on my mini DXpedition
Conditions this year not as good as others but I’ve still been able to work over 600 stations on 7, 14, 18 & 21.I’ve been using my Ft-991A into a 10 vertical wire fixed to a SOTA Beam fibre glass pole on the beachtuned via a 9:1 UnUn.
I also have two radials for each band fitted.The antenna is fixed to the railings of the villa which is less than 10m from the water!!We had high winds on the first two days that put the SOTA Beam fibre glass pole to the test – it sustained a sizeable crack in one of the tubes but so far has not come down.Using fibre cheap glass fishing rods has proven more economical and more robust in the past given this is its 2nd only airing!!Sadly, like last year the FT-991A auto atu has not performed well but a well positioned hit on the rig casing has managed to get it back tuning!!I think next time I’ll be bringing a separate auto atu with me.Quite a few people have contacted me regarding putting the station on Ft65 / FT8What are the readers thoughts on this ?Thanks for all the great publicity and web site73,
Brian Price – J88PI
see also: http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2017/j88pi-palm-island-na-025-5/
31 January 2017
Hello all,
We want to give you a little update about our upcoming DXPedition to the Caribbean. Our contest call for the operation in CQWPX SSB 2017 from Bonaire has been issued finally. We will be qrv as PJ4V in M/2 HP category.
QSLs for PJ4V will be via M0URX only. (see the front photo attached)
No cards required, OQRS preferred.
During our operations out of the contest we try to have a live log online on clublog,
Stay tuned on our qrz.com pages.
Cu down the log.
73 de Philipp, DK6SP
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11 January 2017
Philipp, DK6SP (20 years), and Jamie, M0SDV (17 years), will be qrv from Bonaire as PJ4/homecall from 16.03. – 02.04.2018.
Operation will take place at the QTH of PJ4DX.
We will try to be qrv from 160m through 6m focusing on WARC bands outside of the contest.
Modes will be mostly CW and SSB but also digital modes like RTTY or FT8 are planned.
The activity also includes participation in the upcoming CQ WPX SSB 2018 contest.
Operators will be DK6SP, M0SDV, PJ4DX, PJ4KY and PJ4NX.
Category and contest call will be announced in time.
During our stay on Bonaire there is also a trip planned to another DXCC in the Caribbean.
Stay tuned and listen out for this one as well.
QSLs will be via homecalls for both operations.
A post-hurricane disaster needs assessment published this past fall by the Government of Dominica points up the significance of Amateur Radio’s role in the relief and recovery effort on the tiny Caribbean island nation in the wake of Hurricane Maria last September. It also calls for expanding the pool of radio amateurs on the island who could help in future disasters. The report, Commonwealth o...
The 18th USA Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) will take place June 13-17 near Truckee, California, some 30 miles southwest of Reno, Nevada. The competition sites are at about 6,300 feet elevation near Donner Summit.
An optional training day will be held on Wednesday, June 13. Thursday will be devoted to foxoring, a combination of radio direction finding and classic oriente...
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Hansgen, who notes that Ken Burns’ film, Empire of the Air is now streaming on YouTube. This impressive documentary was originally broadcast in 1992. The following is a summary taken from the Empire of the Air website:
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways. This is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.
Against the backdrop of radio’s “Golden Age,” Empire of the Air relates the history of radio through archival photographs, newsreels of the period and interviews with such well-known radio personalities as Garrison Keillor, the late sports commentator Red Barber, radio dramatist Norman Corwin and the late broadcast historian Erik Barnouw.
As with many videos on YouTube, this film could be removed at any time without warning. I suggest watching this soon:
Click here to view on YouTube.
Many of you likely know I’m fascinated by remote islands and communities–especially the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
If you’ve been an SWL for a few decades you likely also remember the very popular Radio St. Helena day! We’ve posted several articles about it in the past–click here to read through our archives. I really miss that annual listening event.
The other day, while browsing sailing videos on YouTube, I uncovered this excellent little documentary about St. Helena via Deutsche Welle. Enjoy:
Click here to view on YouTube.
Someday I hope to visit the Island of St. Helena–it’s been on my bucket list for many years!
Post readers: Please comment if you’ve ever traveled to or lived on St. Helena! Tell your story!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ron, who writes:
Your recent Sangean HD review just brought this to mind:
Just select your area, get the subs right off streaming…they’re all there.
He has shortwave broadcasters, too.Enjoy!
Thanks for thew tip, Ron! I like how the site is based on geographic regions.
A new on-the-air team is taking the reins at Z60A, as “Project Goodwill Kosovo” moves into its second week, with only 2 weeks to go until the actual 10th anniversary of Kosovo’s independence. Hams from 10 countries will take part in the Project’s current phase. Z60A has been on the air since January 21, steadily winnowing down demand for Kosovo as a DXCC entity; the republic jumped to the top o...
(Source: Sean Gilbert via WRTH Facebook)
As in past seasons, WRTH is pleased to announce that an update file for the B17 broadcast schedules is now available for free download from http://www.wrth.com
This update contains changes, additions and frequency cancellations; new stations that have become active since WRTH was published; and the revised full schedules of certain stations.
We hope you find this file useful as an addition to WRTH (it is formatted in the same manner as the printed WRTH), or it can be used on its own, of course.
Please forward this information to your various mailing lists and reflectors and to anyone else who may be interested.
73 and happy listening
from the WRTH Editorial staff
Sky gazers are in for a rare treat Wednesday, January 31, when three celestial events combine to create a super blue blood moon. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the celestial spectacle beginning at 5:30 a.m. EST (1030 UTC).
Weather permitting, the broadcast will feature views from the varying vantage points of telescopes at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research ...
(Source: Radio Romania International via David Iurescia, LW4DAF)
February 13 is a day to celebrate radio, to improve international cooperation between broadcasters and to encourage major networks and community radios to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves. The theme of World Radio Day this year is “Radio and Sports”.
As we look forward to a year of momentous sporting events, events that have the ability to unite the hearts and minds of people everywhere, UNESCO calls on all radio stations around the world to showcase the beauty of sports in all of its diversity.
Radio Romania invites you to bring your contribution to our World Radio Day show by telling us what sports topics you would prefer hearing about in our programmes.
World Radio Day, celebrated on 13 February, marks the anniversary of the first broadcast by UN Radio in 1946, when it transmitted its first call sign: “This is the United Nations calling the peoples of the world.”
World Radio Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of radio, facilitate access to information through radio, and enhance networking among broadcasters.
To celebrate World Radio Day, we invite you, dear listeners and Internet users, to send us short messages, by email, at engl@rri.ro
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rawad Hamwi, who writes:
Hi Thomas
Recently I was looking over the internet for some high resolution images for an opened Sony ICF-SW7600GR, but could not find much.
So…I took the “risk” and I opened mine! The main purpose was to clean it from dust, since I am living in a quite dusty environment
I was amazed how easy the process was. It was like eating a piece of cake! Remove the 5 screws and viola! that’s it! You can definitely see the Japanese quality inside.
So, I would like to share with you some high resolution images and somebody may use them for reference too!
Click here to download a compressed file with all of the photos in high resolution (24 MB).
Thank you so much for sharing these, Rawad! Excellent photos that will, no doubt, prove useful to those wishing to repair or modify the Sony ICF-SW7600GR.
