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So after about a year online I have added a Like Button on each page. They are all starting at

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November 30, 2017December 1, 2017 Knut 0 Comments

I am spending about an hour on HF most every morning over a cup of coffee. Since the household has

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For the last 5-10 years I have had a G5RV on the shelf, still new in the bag. Time to

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For almost a “lifetime” (say 40 years) I have had the urge to get on HF. I have half heartedly

SAQ in Sweden Receives More than 300 Reports on Alexanderson Day, July 1 August 17, 2018
SAQ, the old Alexanderson alternator transmitter at the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden, received 321 listener reports in response to its three 17.2 kHz transmissions on Alexanderson Day, July 1.A video of the transmissions is available on YouTube. SAQ said five reports indicated that SAQ was not heard. A summary of listener reports […]
Former Wisconsin Section Manager Don Michalski, W9IXG, SK August 17, 2018
Former Wisconsin ARRL Section Manager Don Michalski, W9IXG, of Madison, died on August 11. He was 77.Michalski led the Wisconsin Section from 1999 until 2015. He served as net manager for the Badger Weather Net and was active in the Wisconsin Badger Amateur Radio Society (W9YT) at the University of Wisconsin. Michalski served as an […]
Well-Known Contester, DXer Bob Morris, W4MYA, SK August 17, 2018
Robert S. “Bob” Morris, W4MYA, of Goochland, Virginia, died on August 14. An ARRL Life Member, he was 72. Morris had been suffering from cancer but remained active on the air until very recently. He was sometimes called “Dude” within the contesting community for one of his favorite expressions, “Run ’em, dude.”Morris was a member […]
The K7RA Solar Update August 17, 2018
Australia’s Space Weather Services issued a Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning at 0022 UTC on August 16. "Geomagnetic activity is expected to be at Quiet to Active levels due to coronal hole effects. A period of significant southward Bz component could produce isolated Minor Storm levels."What is the Bz component? It is a component of the interplanetary […]
UN Amateur Radio Club’s 4U1UN Makes Major Moves toward Getting Back on the Air August 17, 2018
United Nations Amateur Radio Club President James Sarte, K2QI, said on August 16 that their club station, 4U1UN, is several steps closer to getting back on the air after a long absence.“Dmitri Zhikharev, RA9USU, along with Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA, have been working with me behind the scenes to get the station operational again,” Sarte said. […]