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Bruce, AA4XR (3W3B) is returning to Vientiane, Laos and will be active again as XW4XR between October 12-24, 2017. QRV on 60-10m, CW/RTTY/FT-8. QSL via E21EIC/LoTW.

NEWS UPDATE — Haru, JR4OZR will be active as A35W during the CQWW RTTY DX Contest (Sep 23-24, 2017). QSL via JJ2VLY, LoTW. JANUARY 28, 2017 – Thanks to Yutaka JQ2GYU for sending the images from A35W. Hi DX-World! I am pleased to announce that JE1CKA (Tack), JJ2VLY (Miho), and JQ2GYU (Yutaka) will be active […]

Look for Mike KB8KB and Jim K8JH to be active from Aruba as P40M & P40N between September 27 to October 3, 2017. QRV on HF bands, FT8, SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via H/cs.

The Association des Radio Amateurs Tunisiens, ARAT, is pleased to announce that the Tunisian Ministry of Telecommunications has finally approved the law organizing amateur radio licensing in Tunisia. It will now be possible for all Tunisian Hams to have their own individual licenses like all other hams in the world. It’s been a long journey […]

QRV between 18 and 24 September. Team: ON4ANN – ON4CCV – ON5PDV – ON2BDJ – ON4ACP – ON6MI -ON8CW– ON4AAQ. Special attention 160 -80 – 40 & 30M, SSB, CW, DIGI. Equipment : Spiderbeams, Verticals, Inverted-L for 160 M, RX antenna’s. QSL via M0URX.

Konstantin R7KF will be active from Beringa Island AS-039 as RI0ZF between September 16-22, 2017. Dates are very tentative and depend on weather. This is not a DXpedition, but he will try to make some CW/SSB activity mainly on 20m and 30m using 100 watts/simple antennas and using paper log. QSL via R7KF bureau or […]

NEWS UPDATE – At 16:06UTC today another massive X flare occurred – this time an X8.2 again from sunspot AR2673. Radio blackouts immediately happened. X8.2-Flare NOW! Big #hamradio blackout, #GPS & #satellite phone issues next 2hrs, especially USA, Europe. #Hurricane #Irma #RedCross impact! pic.twitter.com/giPL1K8JRR — Dr. Tamitha Skov (@TamithaSkov) September 10, 2017 The X8.2 solar […]

NEWS UPDATE – E6AG website now up and running. JUNE 25 — This will be a one man holiday style Dxpedition with family, and so operating will be at times limited. I will try and plan some days when I will definitely be active (working around solar storms etc if needed) and publicise them at […]

NEWS UPDATE – CY9C will again be QRV – this time in August 2018. Details as follows: Ops: WA4DAN, N0TG, K4ZLE, AA4NC, N8AA, VA3QR,WW2DX, W2RE, N2IEN, N5TG. Dates: August 1-9, 2018. Bands/Modes: 160m-6m SSB/CW/RTTY/EME/SAT/maybe FT8. QSL: WA4DAN, LoTW, Buro. Club Log also in use. CY9C 2016 info below. Day 11 by VA3QR — finale Day […]

Here’s the very latest FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin written by Bjorn, ON9CFG. As always, it’s packed full of info. You can download it here.

Roland, HB9VQQ will be active from Kandima Island Resort, Maldives as 8Q7HB between December 22-30, 2017. QRV on HF bands. QSL via H/c.

Terry, K7AU is currently operating from Wake Island as K7ASU/KH9. Length of stay unknown. Check 40m and 20m CW around 0730-0830z. QSL via H/c.

UPCOMING — Alex, IW5ELA will be active as A25AL from the Okavango area of Botswana during September 7-15, 2017. QRV using vertical; CW. QSL via H/c.

On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout on the dayside of our planet. The explosion also likely produced a CME, although […]

9U4M PRESS RELEASE #4 BURUNDI 2017 by MDXC Team Great news especially for the lovers of digital modes: The international MDXC  team working to build the new dxpedition from Burundi with the callsign 9U4M, will be on air also with the new FT8 digital mode. Called FT-8 (Franke-Taylor design, 8FSK modulation) will be another good […]

Sebastian, SQ1SGB will be active from the Polish Antarctic Station H.Arctowski, King George Island, South Shetland Islands as HF0ARC until October 10, 2017. QRV on 20m (2100-22:00Z) & 40m (22-23:00z). QSL direct to: Sebastian Gleich, 76-039 Biesiekierz 65, Poland.

NEWS UPDATE — IRMA BECOMES AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE.. Basically: V2, VP2E, VP2M, V4, PJ6, PJ5, PJ7, FS, FJ, FG, VP2V, KP2, KP4, J7 about to be affected by Hurricane Irma. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for… * Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts, and Nevis * Saba, St. Eustatius, and Sint […]

REMINDER — Heinz, DLFYP will again be active from Moorea, French Polynesia OC-046 as FO/DF1YP between September 6 to October 1, 2017. QRV on 20-17-15m, SSB/RTTY. QSL via H/c.

Basically: V2, VP2E, VP2M, V4, PJ6, PJ5, PJ7, FS, FJ, FG, VP2V, KP2, KP4, J7 about to be affected by Hurricane Irma. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for… * Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts, and Nevis * Saba, St. Eustatius, and Sint Maarten * Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy A Hurricane Watch is […]

Nick, VE3EY will be active from Trinidad & Tobago as 9Y4/VE3EY during the CQWW CW Contest (November 25-26). A Field day operation with beach verticals and 500 watt amp. Focus on Low Bands/WARC outside of contest. QRV: November 22-27, 2017.