The 19th annual Route 66 On the Air special event, celebrating the storied highway between the west coast and the US heartland, gets under way on September 8 and continues until September 16. The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club (CBARC) of San Bernardino, California, sponsors the event, which will feature 21 stations — including two […] Read more

The Island on the Air (IOTA) program is reviewing its list of valid island groups, as it typically does every 5 years. “This time, IOTA management has decided to bring forward the review to give a chance for any new groups announced to be activated in 2019, the target year,” said Roger Balister, G3KMA, in […] Read more

“4U1UN News directly from Adrian KO8SCA, August 24, 2018 18:00z: “No one is operating from the 4U1UN Club Station at this time. Any spots of operation after the short SSB operation on August 22nd are all pirate stations. The 4U1UN Club Station will be fully operational in a few weeks. We are waiting for UN approval for […] Read more

“This is a short compilation of footage shot by the 2018 Baker Island DXpedition team. (no – there is no full-length video this time. Sorry folks!) Edited, audio mixed and colour graded by Tabitha Rae Koh @ Nine-V Post Singapore. Footage credits go to Allie Hunter of the US Fish & Wildlife Service, “Big Mo” […] Read more

The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that some contest award certificates now are available for download from the ARRL website in PDF and JPEG formats. Just enter the call sign.  ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, credited “the extraordinary efforts of Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, together with Trey Garlough, N5KO; Ward Silver, N0AX, and the ARRL IT […] Read more

Baker Island KH1/KH7Z: Should be on 6m at their sunset and sunrise the next two days. They told me they would operate FT8 FOX & Hound mode. Some operators have been having trouble with the WSJT-X fox and hound mode. So please read below. By Lee, KY7M 1. Make sure your computer clock is accurate […] Read more

  4 X 7el yagi array @21m  (stack spacing : 6m high and 7m wide) Tac Hirama, JA7QVI, has completed all requirements for the Worked All States (WAS) award on 6 meters. New Jersey was the last state he needed to work, and he managed a moonbounce (EME) contact as well as a conventional ionospheric contact. It’s […] Read more

Two major DXpeditions are on track to make many DXers happy campers this year. Just ahead is the KH1/KH7Z Baker Island DXpedition, which commemorates the 81st anniversary of aviator Amelia Earhart’s disappearance on July 2, 1937, near Baker and Howland islands, as well as “the commitment and sacrifices” of the Hui Panalā’au (loosely translates to “society […] Read more

“In a repost by YT9TP (Serbia) it would appear that the International Telecommunication Union has officially confirmed use of the Z6 prefix is illegal. This from ITU Operational Bulletin No. 1149, Jun”e 1st 2018. Call sign series can be allocated only to the administrations of the ITU Member States by world radio communication conferences or, between radio communication […] Read more

RULES of the radio marathon dedicated to the World Football Cup of 2018. 1. This radio marathon dedicated to the World Football Cup of 2018 is organized by National radio-amateur organization named SRR (Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii). 2. SRR organized Committee consisting of: – Igor Grigoriev (RV3DA) – the President of SRR; – Eugene Glukhov (R4AS) – […] Read more