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Over the last few months, I have been been pretty uninterested in amateur radio because I literally could not hear and stations due to S7+ RF interference on bands below 20m and made me think that I had fallen victim to nearby solar systems from neighbour…

Between the 5th -12th May, there was a special ARISS/Russia SSTV expedition celebrating Victory Day on May 9, representing the victory of the Soviet Union over Germany in WWII.

There are 3 days each year that Australian amateur radio operators are permitted to operated with an ‘AX’ prefix: Australia Day (January 26) ANZAC Day (April 25) World Radio Day (February 13) This year has been the first year in a very long time that I ha…

To celebrate 100 years of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), the Spanish Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE) has made available a diploma for successfully contacting special event stations during the 100 year celebration throughout April.

If you have been receiving SSTV, then you’ll typically know the go-to application is MMSSTV by JE3HHT.

Over the past week, amateur radio operators have been enjoying receiving SSTV images from the International Space Station (ISS) celebrating April 12, the International Day of Human Space Flight.

For those with eagle eyes, you may have noticed a couple of things a little off about my latest computer screenshots – the use of flrig and different looking menus on the apps.

Not much to say other than I have managed to achieve the eQSL eJapan award There has been some exceptional propagation activity in the last week on the 10m band into Asia, which has resulted in a lot of FT8 contacts in the region: Shortly after confirming…

I love electronic toys, especially when they are to do with radio.

Over this past week I have taken a leap of faith and moved my contact logging platform to Wavelog.