Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the British Antarctic Survey Teamhttp://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ The BBC plays music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations. Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy…
Radio manufacturer, Icom have a strong heritage of building the most sophisticated Amateur radio transceivers. Decades of technical expertise and engineering experience have brought top of the range models from the IC-781 to the IC-7800. Icom now are pleased to launch the latest generation of high end HF transceiver called the IC-7851! The IC-7851 is…
ARRL’s new book, Propagation and Radio Science by Eric Nichols, KL7AJ, is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XIX641A. Propagation and Radio Science presents a comprehensive overview of one of the most fascinating and rewarding activities in Amateur Radio. KL7AJ uses his lively, engaging approach to present the complex subject of…
With deep sorrow and grief, we inform that our HAM friend Alexander Pashkov (UA9OA) has left us for the heavenly abode on 29th March 2015. Dearest Alex’s family, please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your loss. Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Words cannot even begin to express our sorrow, you are in…
At least one HF net is reported to be handling emergency and relief-related traffic in the wake of a devastating and deadly earthquake in Central Nepal. The magnitude 7.9 quake on April 25 caused landslides on Mount Everest during the climbing season, killing an unknown number of mountaineers and stranding others. A strong aftershock hit…