“The QSL Man” Wayne Carroll, W4MPY, of Aiken, South Carolina, died on July 3. An ARRL member, he was 87. For many years, starting in the 1970s, “Wimpy” — as he was known — and his late wife Lola, N4KAI, started what he called “a part-time business” printing QSL cards from his home, which he […] Read more
The Islands on the Air (IOTA) Amateur Radio awards program announced six new island entities at its HAM RADIO forum in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this past weekend. The new groups have provisional numbers and will need to be confirmed by an operation after June 22 that meets the 1,000-contact requirement, in addition to other validations. Credit […] Read more
The Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) team planning the 2020 DXpedition to Orkney Islands will use the call sign VP8/VP8DXU. The team reports that radio and antenna strategies are complete, and work is under way on detailed project plans. Elecraft will provide K3S transceivers as well as amplifiers and panadapters for the adventure. The team has […] Read more
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has announced a Cricket World Cup Amateur Radio Marathon, from May 30 until July 14. The Cricket World Cup will take place in England and Wales. UK and international call signs will be active on nine HF bands on SSB, CW, and digital modes. Award certificates will be […] Read more
Djibouti J20DX IOTA DXpedition operators Col McGowan, MM0NDX; Jonathan Bowes, MM0OKG, and Christian Cabre, EA3NT, have thrown in the towel on their efforts to operate from two infrequently activated African islands — Moucha Island (AF-053) and the very rare Sept-Frères (AF-059). Their J20DX operation was set to run from April 16 – April 21, but […] Read more
LOTW Updated TQSL configuration file released (config.xml v11.7) — Config.xml version 11.7 has been released. This is a update release containing additions made since the release of config.xml version 11.6 Changed in this release: In the Satellite enumeration, added entries for: JO-97— Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JY1Sat) FO-99 — Fuji-OSCAR 99 (NEXUS) QO-100 — Qatar-OSCAR 100 (Es’hail-2/P4A) The latest config.xml is available for download [... Read more
As of December 19, more than 1 billion contact records have been entered into ARRL’s Logbook of The World (LoTW) system. And, while 1 billion QSO records represents a significant milestone, a more important statistic may be the nearly 187 million contacts confirmed via LoTW over its 15-year history. The one billionth record was uploaded by 7X3WPL, the Sahara […] Read more
Abrolhos Island – ZY6V Abrolhos Island, IOTA SA – 019, 14 – 19 November 2018. Team: PY6HD, PY6RT, PY6AWU, PY6BA, PY1AX and PS8NF They will operate on HF Bands. QSL via PY6HD direct, ClubLog OQRS, LOTW. Ads for direct QSL: JOSE HAMILTON LIMEIRA, POBOX 277 – CAIXA POSTAL 277, FEIRA DE SANTANA, BAHIA, BA 44001970, […] Read more
Pitcairn Island First and foremost, we want this to be fun. Fun for everyone. Work us on as many bands and modes as you like, share your QSO accomplishments and challenges with your friends, invite the Scouts or fifth grade class to your station, tell others of the unique history of this island, talk to […] Read more
Kure Atoll The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group (PIDXG) is hoping to gain approval of its latest application for a DXpedition from Kure Atoll — currently the 7th most-wanted DXCC entity according to Club Log. The last ham radio activity on Kure Atoll took place in 2005. Once home to a US Coast Guard LORAN station, […] Read more
