Paul Mower, VA6MPM, treks across the Canadian Rockies, often for days at a time, alone.

Faced with the prospect of being out of touch in the wilderness, amateur radio connects Paul to the outside world when he is far beyond his cellular telephone coverage.

Paul has figured out how to travel light with maximum usability and enjoys working SOTA, Summits on the Air, from some of the most remote outposts in the world.

VA6MPM is my QSO Today.

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The third South African RaDAR Challenge for the year runs from 00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC on Saturday 6 November 2021.

The RaDAR operators define their own operating time schedule of a maximum, single period of four hours operation.

The RaDAR Challenge is not considered to be a contest but an individual challenge with a low QSO count, thus activity is on all bands using CW, SSB, FM or any legal amateur radio digital mode including cross band contacts via amateur radio satellites. Participants are encouraged to have fun.

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Next weekend: EANET Sprint Contest 2021

On November 7, from 08:00 to 12:00 UTC, it will be held the next edition of the "sprint contest" version of the same name Award, devoted to the 'Radio Clubs of the World'.

In just four hours you can win original and funny prizes that you can share with your mate or friends: hotels, restaurants, wellness or adventures.

Moreover, you will have the opportunity to contact those radio clubs you still needed to complete the  ... Читать дальше »

Дни рождения радиолюбителей на 31 октября

VK6WIA NewsWest

NewsWest for Sunday 31st October is the Club Focus edition, and again we have a bumper crop of news about VK6 clubs and their activities.

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1:1 scale test model of the satellite 'Sputnik-1', serial no. '0K6-1/004/1957', with built-in transmitter (including modern 12-volt power supply), polished stainless-steel sphere, consisting of two threaded hemispheres of approx. 23 in. diameter with two pairs of antennae of 95 in. and 105 in. at an angle of 35 degrees to the axis, on stand with O-ring, stand approx. 59 in. high, stand and model together approx. 79 in. high, accompanied by a Tesla Maj 620A radio receiver, manufactured in Prague c. 1956, restored working condition, including replacement of the silver-zinc battery with a modern alternative and a new metal casing for the electronic transmitter.

Note: Built at the Experimental Design Bureau-1 (OK?-1/OKB-1) factory, al ... Читать дальше »

31 октября 2021 г. в эфире работают следующие DX: