Monthly Archives: February 2018

Christian, M0UPL will be active from Kigali, Rwanda as 9XSDA (call correct*) during February 11-18, 2018. QRV on 40 and 20m; mainly SSB. QSL via H/c. * “SDA” stands for “Seventh Day Adventist” Church.

Gerhard, OE3GEA is active from Nadi, Fiji as 3D2GE until February 9, 2018. QRV on 30-10m, holiday-style. QSL via H/c. After Fiji, Gerhard goes to Tonga.

Kan, JJ2RCJ will be active from Palau as T88RF between February 7-10, 2018. QRV on HF bands, focus on RTTY & FT8. QSL via H/c, Club Log OQRS.

FEBRUARY 3 @ 21:30z — During the last 72 hours we continued to experience the high winds, low clouds, fog, and rough seas that have prevented helicopter operations since our arrival at Bouvet. No improvement was predicted in the weather forecast for the next four days. Then, last night an issue developed in one of […]

George, K5KG will be active from Gingerbread Hill, Montserrat as VP2MKG during February 14-27, 2018. QRV on HF. QSL via LoTW or H/c.

FEBRUARY 2 — Currently three stations are up and running with DL3DXX, DL5CW, DJ5IW, IK0FVC and VE7NY at the helm. The activation is now up to 50,000 QSOs logged; https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=Z60A#r The first Z60A activation will culminate with the actual day of Kosovo’s 10th Independence anniversary, Sunday Feb.18, 2018, with extended festivities, which will include the international amateur radio […]

You have probably heard something about recent efforts to develop a special “FT8 DXpedition Mode” in WSJT-X. This message aims to bring you up-to-date on our progress, and generally to make our plans more widely known. The basic goal of *FT8 DXpedition Mode* is to enable DXpeditions to make FT8 QSOs at the highest possible […]

FEBRUARY 2, 2018 — Bill is again active as XV9WJR until February 14th. JULY 27, 2017 — Bill, WA7WJR writes: I just received my 3 year Vietnamese Amateur Radio License. My next trip to Vietnam will be in late August – September 2017. I’ll be operating CW (5w to 100w @ 15 wpm) from Bien Hoa, Vung Tao, […]

FEBRUARY 1 — Our ship is still at anchor off the east side of Bouvet. Winds are 35 to 40 knots, and the ship is pitching and rolling up to 30 degrees. This makes flying and a landing attempt impossible today. The temperature is hovering at around 0 degrees C. Visibility has improved. We are […]

Here’s the very latest FREE (non-subscription) DX-World Weekly Bulletin written by Bjorn, ON9CFG. As always it’s packed full of info and this week runs to 15 pages. You can download it here