Amazing. “OSCAR-7” still ALIVE (!) This satellite is ancient! Batteries died in the early 80s and the thing’s still going on the ancient solar panels. Simply & awesome. Spacecraft Summary OSCAR Designation: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Oscar Number: AO-7 International Designator: 1974-089B Norad Number: 7530 Common Name: OSCAR 7 Alternate Name: Phase-IIB Satellite Type: Satellite Launch Date: …
Using SMS DX ALERTS NETWORK of 20 dedicated radio receivers located across the globe, SMS DX ALERTS monitor amateur radio QSOs in real-time – sending you a text message alert if the new DXCC one, continent, grid or IOTA station that you need is received. Also include alerts of SFI /A &K Solar activity Values.…
Well an interesting time has been had by all in the past week. A Radio Amateur in Northern California, inadvertently pushed a keyboard up to his keyer, which produced a stream of dots at 25 WPM for well over a week. An international effort from Region 3 bringing in Region 1 via the Intruderwatch and…
This is the first Press Release: A team of four highly experienced IOTA activators have plans to operate from the extremely rare and dangerous Isle of Rockall, EU-189. Accompanied by an expert climber, they aim to land and stay a top Rockall for maximum 48 hours, in what will be considered one of the most…
DX Expedition 2011 to the Southern Sudan is a vivid indicator how HAM radio degraded. Recently there has been introduced such a thing as CODE OF CONDUCT. Many HAM’s positively responded to this initiative. But as a result, it seems that nobody is going to abide by this Code. It was just Declaration. DX expeditions…