dxer ham radio dx news: April 12

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Thursday, April 12, 2018

MacDoppler Version 2.28 Released:

eHam.net News – Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that MacDoppler
Version 2.28 has been released.

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Results of the 2017 ARRL November Sweepstakes Phone Now Available

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E51NCQ – Rarotonga

Bob, NC6Q will be active from Rarotonga as E51NCQ during May 13-25, 2018. QRV on HF, CW (100 watts & wire antennas). QSL via home call.

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NEWS UPDATE – Team on their way to Z6. FEBRUARY 26 — Petr OK1BOA, Palo OK1CRM, David OK6DJ, Petr OK1FCJ, Pavel OK1GK, Ruda OK2ZA, Karel OK2ZI and Ludek OK2ZC will be active from Kosovo as Z66D between April 15-21, 2018. Limited activity / building up on April 15 & 16th, full operation planned from 17th […]

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3B7A – St Brandon DXpedition

APRIL 12 — Big rains accompanied by strong winds generated a lot of parasitic noise and did not allow us to be present on 160m yesterday. However the 30 / 40m and sometimes the 80m were excellent, especially with the Americas. This area is currently the most difficult to contact and will remain the target […]

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The FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin #244

Here’s the very latest FREE (non-subscription) DX-World Weekly Bulletin written by Bjorn, ON9CFG. As always it’s packed full of info and this week runs to a bumper 14 pages. You can download it here

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Blackloud SounDot AF1 earphones offer FM reception for iPhones

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this article from Radio World. Here’s an excerpt:

Headsets Deliver FM to Mobile Devices, No Chip or Internet Required

[The BLACKLOUD SOUNDOT AF1] headsets are nothing like the ones you might remember from your first Sony Walkman. According to information provided by Blackloud, SounDots feature patented psychoacoustic technology, a six-band customizable graphic equalizer, 3D stereo effect, dual dynamic driver design, inline microphone, and a control box with a volume up (+), volume down (–) and multifunction (pause/play) button. This multifunction button enables many actions depending on the app that is running, including: answer/hang up a phone/video call, start/stop recording or playback using most any audio/video/camera app, enable/disable/seek up/down the FM tuner, and lastly, activate Siri or Google Assistant.[…]

Click here to read the full article at Radio World.

Richard notes that we’ve posted articles in the past focusing on the fact that iPhones (and a number of Android phone models) do not have or allow user access to a built-in FM reception chip.

Richard sees the new Blackloud SounDot AF1 earphones as an elegant work-around and has pre-ordered a set. If these earphones live up to their specs, they should sound fantastic.

Richard, I hope you’ll post a review after you put them into service! Thanks for the tip!

Click here to view the SOUNDOT AF1 ordering page.

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BBC News video on Soviet jamming of BBC and VOA

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who shares this short video from BBC News:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/embed/p063zvsj/43730458

Click here to view via the BBC News website.

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TE6DX – Uvita Island, NA-155

A team consisting TI2CDA, TI2CC, N3KS + 3 others will be active from Uvita Island, NA-155, Costa Rica as TE6DX between June 7-11, 2018. QRV on 160-6, CW/SSB/FT8/RTTY/FM Sats. QSL via TI2CDA, Club Log OQRS / LoTW.

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VORW Radio International updated schedule

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, TheReportOfTheWeek, who writes:

With every month, a few changes are made to the schedule of VORW Radio Int. The latest change is the resumption of broadcasts via WBCQ at 2100 UTC on 7490 kHz, targeting Eastern North America.

Also, here is the full broadcast schedule, each show features some misc talk and commentary and some listener requested music. It can make for a fun listen!

Thursday 2000 UTC – 7780 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – Eastern North America
Thursday 2100 UTC – 7490 kHz – WBCQ 50 kW – Eastern North America
Thursday 2200 UTC – 9955 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – South America
Friday 0000 UTC (Thu 8 PM Eastern) – 7730 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – Western North America
Friday 0000 UTC – 9455 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – Central America
Friday 0000 UTC – 9395 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – North America
Friday 0100 UTC – 7780 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – Eastern North America
Friday 0100 UTC – 5950 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – Test transmission to Florida
Friday 0100 UTC – 5850 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – North America
Sunday 2000 UTC – 9395 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – North America
Sunday 2100 UTC – 7780 kHz – WRMI 100 kW – North America

Questions, comments, reception reports and music requests may be sent to vorwinfo@gmail.com

Reception reports will receive a QSL!

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IEEE SPECTRUM Report: FCC is Inconsistent Regarding Small Satellites

According to an April 10 IEEE SPECTRUM report, “The FCC’s Big Problem with Small Satellites,” confusion and erratic enforcement at the FCC is sending satellite makers abroad. Earlier this year, the FCC rescinded permission for Swarm Technologies to launch another round of SpaceBEEs later this month and questioned Swarm’s suitability to be an FCC licensee. That came in the wake of the January la…

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