The ARRL Centennial W1AW portable operations taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states are now in Nevada and West Virginia. They will transition at 0000 UTC on Wednesday, October 29 (the evening of October 28 in US time zones), to Wyoming (W1AW/7) and Massachusetts (W1AW/1). W1AW/KP2 also will be active until November 5 from the US Virgin Islands. So far during 2014, W1AW has visi…
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Changes are in store for the Radio Society of Great Britain’s popular Islands on the Air (IOTA) program, as the RSGB repositions itself to assume a less-direct role in the award program’s management and administration going forward. The “New IOTA” will embrace the program’s international scope and likely include some online means of confirming contacts and claiming contact credits. For the time…
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Kingdom of Tonga Tongatapu island OC-049 May 1 – 7, 2013 single op DX expedition by Vadim Ivlev UT6UD.
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The annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) BASH will take place on the weekend of March 14-15 in Boerne, Texas. IOTA BASH 2014 is sponsored by the Island Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF). Speakers include Mike McGirr, K9AJ, who will talk about his H44AJ expedition to OC-285, and Rick Hilding, K6VVA, who will discuss his expeditions to Alaska. Contact Mike Crownover, AD5A, with any questions or visi…
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Stretching over a distance of 305 miles from east to west, the nine populated islands of the Azores count for a single DXCC entity and three IOTA groupings. A group of radio amateurs from eight countries and the Azores will be putting these islands on the air September 28-30 for the Azores 9 Islands Hunt, offering an opportunity for the world to contact these nine islands during one single week…
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DXpedition to Märket Reef and Aland Islands was a test drive of field day and camping equipment. Total of 1057 QSOs were made on five bands on SSB, RTTY and PSK. I had no support staff during my journey, even food was prepared by me in the tent. Thanks to: RA3ZSQ UA3ZUX RN3ZSV R6DD UT2EZ RA9CJJ OH2EC A65BU IQ1CN RU9CY UA9CUA UA4PF UY7IB 9A1CBA RZ4LA UR5EQ RM9WG UN7MMM OH3JKV More reports: oh2fnz.com oh2fnz.com oh2fnz.com
DXpedition to Märket Reef and Aland Islands was a test drive of field day and camping equipment. Total of 1057 QSOs were made on five bands on SSB, RTTY and PSK. I had no support staff during my journey, even food was prepared by me in the tent. Thanks to: RA3ZSQ UA3ZUX RN3ZSV R6DD UT2EZ RA9CJJ OH2EC A65BU IQ1CN RU9CY UA9CUA UA4PF UY7IB 9A1CBA RZ4LA UR5EQ RM9WG UN7MMM OH3JKV More reports: oh2fnz.com oh2fnz.com oh2fnz.com
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Fred Kleber, K9VV, has been appointed as Section Manager of the Virgin Islands Section beginning May 1, 2012. Kleber, of Christiansted, is taking the reins from John Ellis, NP2B, who is planning to move out of the Section soon. Ellis has been Section Manager of the Virgin Islands since 1996. Kleber has served as the Section Emergency Coordinator of the Virgin Islands this past year.
Ellis recomm…
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