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VK9MT Mellish Reef DXpedition Enjoying Good Propagation–the Heat, Not So Much

It might be April Fool’s Day, but the VK9MT Mellish Reef DXpedition team is not laughing about a station pirating its call sign.

“We heard a pirate using VK9MT during a CW pileup,” the DXpedition noted in a news update. “What more can we say?”

But “Team Mellish” is smiling about the favorable propagation, especially on the high bands. VK9MT got on the air on Saturday, March 29. The 10 operators a…

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AO-7 “Zombie” Satellite Again Enjoying Its Time in the Sun

It’s baaaaack! Launched November 15, 1974 as the second AMSAT Phase 2 ham satellite, AO-7 may be the zombie of the Amateur Radio satellite world, having returned from the dead more than a decade ago, then periodically re-emerging. Next year, it will be 40 years old, ancient in satellite years. After its batteries succumbed to old age, AO-7 went silent in 1981, only to spring back to life in 200…

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