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Pertti, OG2M will be active as OJ0MR from Market Reef, IOTA EU – 053, 27 June – 4 July 2021.He will focus on 6m activity, CW, SSB, FT8.Recent DX Spots OJ0MR QSL via OG2M direct or LOTW preferrable.Ads for direct QSL:PERTTI TURUNEN, KOLUNKULMA 157, 17130, VESIVEHMAA, Finland. OJ0MR. Where is …

05/27/2021 Here’s a chance to enjoy an operating event that is not on a weekend. Help Canada celebrate its birthday on the air during the RAC Canada Day Contest on Thursday, July 1 — just a few days ahead of Independence Day in the US. Canada Day is the anniversary …

05/27/2021 Vintage home movie film provided by New Jersey radio amateur Bob Schenck, N2OO, was the highlight of a PBS documentary about the Hindenburg disaster. The film, shot by his uncle Harold Schenck, may provide clues as to what initiated the disastrous 1937 fire that destroyed the airship Hindenburg and …

05/27/2021 The FCC is seeking comment on the impact of the continuing global shortage of semiconductors. The FCC’s May 11 Public Notice stated its concern is focused on the impact the shortage could have on the communications industry, agency initiatives, and the nation’s continued advancement in next-generation technologies. FCC Acting …

05/27/2021 Reinaldo Leandro, (ex-YV5AMH, ex-HP1YV, and ex-YN1AM), a diplomat and active International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 volunteer, died on May 23. An ARRL Life Member, he was 79. Leandro was elected in 1998 as Region 2 (the Americas) Vice President and served as Region 2 Secretary to fill …

05/25/2021 ARRL East Bay Section Manager Jim Siemons, W6LK, is stepping down because he is relocating to Wyoming. Siemons has served as East Bay SM since July 2018. Mike Patterson, N6JGA, has been appointed to succeed him, effective June 1. Siemons said, “There really is not a greater honor for …

05/25/2021 HamSCI is looking for ham radio operators to make recordings of time-standard stations during the June 2021 annular solar eclipse across the Arctic Circle as part of a citizen science experiment. Researchers will use the crowd-sourced data to investigate the superimposed effects of auroral particle precipitation and the eclipse on …

05/25/2021 CQ has announced six new members to its Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, and two new members each to the DX Hall of Fame and the Contest Hall of Fame. This year’s inductions were conducted online due to event cancellations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The CQ Amateur Radio …

05/25/2021 The Atlantic Hurricane Season, which starts on June 1, promises to be a busy time for radio amateurs who volunteer on the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) to report ground-level storm conditions in real time for use by weather forecasters, and for SKYWARN volunteers. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration …

05/25/2021 The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm watch for May 25 and a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch for May 26. These are the result of multiple solar flares on May 22. According to Spaceweather.com, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded 10 C-class and …