A proper seesaw week with Monday to Wednesday very low, Thursday very high, Friday low, Saturday and Sunday fairish.

Considering it was the Ten Ten International SSB contest there was not really a lot of DX about. Maybe everyone has caught the FT8 bug.

The ARRL (LoTW) say, "Enthusiasts will have to wait a little longer for Logbook of The World (LoTW) to accept FT8 contacts as FT8 contacts. Because FT8 is still in beta, it has not yet been added to the ADIF tables. Configuring TQSL to automatically map FT8 contacts to "DATA” will enable users to upload FT8 contacts now, and confirmations will be valid for DXCC Digital, VUCC, WAS Digital, and WPX Digital awards. 
A new TQSL configuration will be released once the new mode h ... Читать дальше »

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn’s upper atmosphere with its final five orbits around the planet.

Cassini will make the first of these five passes over Saturn at 12:22 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 14. The spacecraft's point of closest approach to Saturn during these passes will be b ... Читать дальше »

VY2PLH will activate East Point Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island, Canada for the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend on August 19 at OO:OO UTC for 48 hours.

East Point (http://eastpointlighthouse.com/lighthouse.php) has been declared the Confederation Lighthouse (www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-confederation-lighthouse-1.3765495) to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday.

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10 August, 2017

Island activities:

IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-064; ZS, Western Cape Province South West group: Jan/ZS1VDV,
Paul/ZS1V, Andre/ZS1AN, Johan/ZS1A, Pierre/ZS6A, and Oleg/ZS1ANF
will be active from Robben Island between the 9th and 13th. QRV as
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11 августа 2017 г. в эфире работают следующие DX: