Alan Thompson, W6WN, was a volunteer rescuer to the Camp Fire in Northern California a few years ago.

This experience made Alan an evangelist for the deployment and use of conventional radio communications and the training that saves lives and property, as a backup to the costly but fragile smartphone systems that suddenly do not work in a natural disaster.

Alan tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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The AWA Valve QSO Party is a phone only contest on 40 and 80 metres using AM and SSB. Preferably valve radios or radios with valves in them should be used. No linear amplifiers may be used.

The SSB Valve QSO Party runs from 13:00 to 17:00 UTC (15:00 to 19:00 CAT) this afternoon (Sunday).

The exchange is your call sign, a realistic RS report, a consecutive serial number starting at 001 and the type of radio used.

Your log sheets must be submitted by Friday 8 October 2021 to andyzs6ady@vodamail.co.za.

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Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends will be active as HD8R from Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between October 26th and November 7th.

Operators mentioned are Toni/EA5RM (Team Leader), Alberto/EA1SA, Gen/EA5EL, Raul/EA5KA, Javier/EA5KM, Manuel/EA7R, Jose Ramón/EA7X, Flo/F5CWU, Jean Jacques/F5NKX, Tony/F8ATS, Fausto/HC5VF, Faber/HK6F, Simone/IK5RUN and Fabrizio/IN3ZNR. The pilot station will be Tony, EC7ZK.

Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including 60m, using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and low orbit satellites, with at least 4 stations that include Spiderbea ... Читать дальше »

Operators George/AA7JV, Tomi/HA7RY, Mike/KN4EEI, Don/N1DG, Gregg/W6IZT and Hal/W8HC will be active as C6AGU from Wood Cay (NA-001) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th and the ARRL 160m CW Contest (December 3-5th).

Activity outside of the contest will be on 160-10 meters with a focus on the low bands, using CW, SSB and FT8.

Once again, this will be a "RIB" (Radio In a Box) operation aboard the catamaran "MV MAGNET".

For details, see QRZ.com under C6AGU and the video on
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Robert, 3B9FR, is once again active from Rodrigues Island (AF-017) and is NOT a PIRATE.

There have been QSN reports of him being active on 20/17/15 meters CW.
Jose Luis, EA1CS, even received an E-mail from him which was posted on his blog page that read:
Luis, I am not QRT, nor dead, as they commented yesterday in the cluster. I keep making noise from here. I've been through some rough patches this past time, but I'm glad to be back to our beloved fans...
73 Robert.

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