SILENT KEYS (SK)

Following DXers passed away during the past weeks: Les Morgan (G0WDG), Giovanni Scotti (I2JZS), Andrej Prosvetov (UA3ICK), Geoff Chance (M0GRC, organizer of the International Marconi Day), Vladimir I. Solodovnikov (UA9MAZ), Valentin N. Bojko (UY5EI), Tom O’Donnell (EI4Z), Ronald Cooper (G0MSM), Munir Nahhas (VE3MYN), Antonio Tarantola (IK1IZB), Wayne E. Gingerich (W6EUF), Mauro Santini (IN3SAU, member of…

DXpedition KL7RRC/p sent "SOS" signal

Info from QRZ.com Forum: Guys – heart attack with member KL7RRC/P team – they need help. Freq 14264.0 Phone 9 074874586 (number is incorrect) de RZ3FW — (IMHO) — This is so strange news. KL7RRC Team has a “SPOT” device and in case of emergency they can send “SOS” signal over the SAT. A lot’s…

Ham operator at work

WALLINGFORD – In the afternoons, the den of Paul Ciezniak’s home has a way of sounding like an aquarium. It’s the low humming, and a kind of gurgling, emitting from his ham radio equipment. It’s the faint sound of Morse code, with the volume turned low. As Ciezniak adjusts a dial, the sound can leap…