The two-part Scandinavian Activity Contest was due to take place on 17 and 18 September 2022 for the CW leg and 8 and 9 October 2022 for the SSB leg. The SAC Contest Committee has unanimously decided to cancel this year’s two sections of the contest. The decision has been made due to the ongoing […]
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On Sunday, 17 July, the McMichael Amateur Radio Rally and Car Boot Sale will take place at Reading Rugby Club, Sonning Lane, Reading RG4 6ST. Doors open at 9.30am. There will be a large car boot area and plenty of free parking for sellers and buyers. Refreshments will be available on site. Admission is £3 […]
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Recorded on February 21, 1999, this is the Qatar Broadcasting Service from Doha signing on with their interval signal and announcement in Arabic. They were using 7210 kHz and a little amateur radio interference can be heard as one might expect. Receiver location was Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Broadcaster: Qatar Broadcasting Service
Date of recording: 2/21/1999
Starting time: 0245 UTC
Frequency: 7.210 MHz
Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a long wire antenna
Version entity is Faroe Islands, OY Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,663 Callsigns: 30,355 Managers: 94,362 Addresses: 13,239 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes Callsigns AH0RN from 13 April through 03 … Continue reading →
Version entity is Kermadec Islands, ZL8 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: DX0NE is Spratly Islands, 1S TX5XG is Austral Islands, FO/a GB2OGI and GB5OTA are both Northern Ireland, GI II0IGNL is Sardinia, IS WL7T/P is in ITU zone 7, not ITU zone … Continue reading →
VER20220713, Version entity is Mount Athos, SV/a Download: [ CTY-3226 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: DX0NE is Spratly Islands, 1S TO8FTDM is Guadeloupe, FG GB2OGI and GB5OTA are both Northern Ireland, GI GB2OWM is … Continue reading →
Unfortunately there seem to have been a temporary issue with log submission on the ARRL web site. The following has been posted on UK reflectors:
ARRL has advised that IARU HF Championship logs submitted between 0000 UTC Sunday, July 10 …
