CY9M: The Day Lady Luck Smiled
Reviewing the Summer 2012 DX travelogue, one can’t avoid talking about CY9M. This expedition, undertaken by a ten member international team, took place from 26 July to 1 August, from Saint-Paul Island (NA-094 – loc. FN97). The island, known [...]
9M4SLL: Limited Gear – Off the Charts Performance!
Reviewing the summer of 2012 from a DX perspective requires us to talk about the 9M4SLL DXpedition to Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) between August 7th and 13th. It hasn’t been the only activation from that archipelago this [...]
DXCC-East Convention by NCDXA
David Collingham, K3LP, President of the historic and famous US club NCDXA, recently wrote to our editorial staff to let us know of the important event organized by the club coming up on 25 August in Frederick, Maryland
This Weekend: IOTA 2012
The IOTA Contest airing this weekend reports some news and changes. All of these changes may be found on the official website: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/riota.shtml .
Here to follow is a breakdown of thèse noteworthy items:
New Deadline for CQ Contests
Here following we are pleased to publish the latest news regarding CQWW, the world’s beloved Contest.
Dear Fellow Contesters,
*With the technology available today and the presence of the internet practically everywhere, it has been [...]
DXCC Honor Roll: The Last Mile
I have been a ham since 1973, but was inactive from 1977 until 2001. I got back into the hobby and decided to try DXing. Since July 2001, I have earned 8BDXCC, 1800 towards DXCC Challenge and am three away from Honor Roll – with totals at [...]
MM0RAI Rockall – The Story
MM0RAI/P Rockall EU-189 by Patrick ON4HIL.
Our Rockall story takes off during the 2008 IOTA contest. We activated Goeree EU-146 as PB2M and had built ourselves a high power portable contest station. We also had a strong team, but finished only [...]
PH9HB/AM: Amateur Radio from Cloud Nine
Among the operational suffixes that amateur radio is acquainted with, one is quite rare, but probably the most fascinating. We’re talking about /AM, Areonautical Mobile, which basically refers to a station with wings, and this underscores [...]
Japan DX Meeting 2012
This summer, on August 25th , the famous Japan DX Meeting 2012 will be held in Tokyo. This meeting will be held in the Time24 building, located near the Telecom Center in Tokyo.
The agenda for such a meeting will include plenty of interesting [...]
The Cass Award
Every time a new DXpedition is on air an incredible pileup is generated. If the DX station is in a rare country this same pileup may last for the team’s entire stay at that entity’s location. Usually after a few days of activity [...]
