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Archive for October, 2008

FO/DJ7RJ (Marquesas Isl) worked for a new one today


Posted: October 9th, 2008 under DX, Hamradio.

Since I had some time before work today, I checked the cluster. KH7XS was spotted on 40M SSB. I did work him on CW a few weeks ago with a great signal. I tuned in on 40M and there he was with a great signal today again. I gave a few calls and he was […]


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GCMWIN 3.0.3


Posted: October 6th, 2008 under Hamradio, Software.

I happened to surf by SM3GSJ’s page a few days ago. Here I discovered that he has released a newer version of GcmWin. This is a great program for creating great circle maps of the world. You can also plot prefixes on the map, or create nice locator maps to keep track of your worked […]


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Quick LoTW confirmations and some DX hunting


Posted: October 5th, 2008 under DX, Hamradio, LoTW.

After my last post about Botswana, I managed to work A25/DL7DF on 17M RTTY and 20M SSB. That’s a total of 7 QSO’es. Check the picture for the logsearch. Thank you very much to the team for a great operation. They gave me a total of 3 new band countries and 1 new mode country. […]


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KP5 (Desecheo) – Press Release


Posted: October 4th, 2008 under Dxpedition, Hamradio.

Looks like an expedition is getting closer! Here is a fresh press release: Press Release # 1—-Desecheo KP5—-2009 The Caribbean National Wildlife Refuge Complex has selected and announced a team of operators to activate Desecheo Island (KP5) sometime between January 15, 2009 and March 30, 2009. The Team will be co-led by Dr. Glenn Johnson, […]


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Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur


Posted: October 2nd, 2008 under Book, Hamradio.

The ARRL DXCC Blog posted an interesting article about an "Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur" booklet by John Devoldere, ON4UN. If you have been listening to the HF bands the last few years, there is no doubt that many people need to learn how to operate properly. The behaviour on the bands are not […]


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