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2024 RAC Canada Winter contest.
My path around the globeI entered this contest as a single operator, Low power (100 watts or less) and...
The Best Amateur Radio Links of 2024
A collection of the best new amateur radio links we reviewed during the 2024
3A/I1UWF Monaco WW SSB 2009. From DXNews.com
I1UWF is currently active as 3A/I1UWF from Monaco.
ICQPodcast Episode 446 – Portable Antennas Data Review
In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and...
Video TI1RRC R1BIG. From DXNews.com
Raisa R1BIG is taking her first leap into the exhilarating world of DXpeditions—and what a leap it is!
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 362
With the last few days of the year coming to a close, the year-end tradition continues where we take...
H40DA Pigeon Island. From DXNews.com
Darren, VK4MAP will be active as H40DA from Pigeon Island, IOTA OC – 065, Temotu, early part 2025.
HamCation POTA Meet-up February 6th
The 3rd annual HamCation POTA Meet-up will take place in Apopka, Florida on February 6th. Participants will gather at...
C5R Gambia. From DXNews.com
C5R Team will be active from Gambia, 19 April – 2 May 2025.
zBitx from HF Signals
It was only a few years ago Ashhar Farhan’s small company HF Signals from India launched the Bitx40, a...
9X2AW to be Active from Rwanda
DF2WO will be active in Rwanda as 9X2AW January 27th through February 15th. This is a single operator “holiday-style”...
2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final Weeks to Apply
The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program continues to accept applications for the 2025 scholarship cycle. The application period is open...
ARRL Straight Key Night: January 1, 2025
ARRL Straight Key Night will be January 1, 2025, from 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC. This 24-hour event is...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Happy Holidays to everyone reading this message! If you’ve spent any time this year reading Amateur Radio Daily, I...
DP1POL Neumayer Station III. From DXNews.com
Felix, DL5XL will be active again as DP1POL, from Neumayer Station III, Antarctica, 12 January – 15 February 2025.
9X2AW Rwanda. From DXNews.com
Harold, DF2WO will be active again as 9X2AW from Rwanda, 27 January – 15 February 2025.
ARRL Kids Day – January 4, 2025
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® Kids Day runs January 4, 2025 from 1800 UTC – 2359 UTC....
Call for Nominations: ARRL Awards Recognize Excellence in Ham Radio
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® seeks nominations for awards. It probably isn’t hard to think of someone...
WSPR Signal Disturbance Theory Revives Search for Missing Flight MH370
Historical WSPR transmissions are playing a part in the search for flight MH370 which went missing over the Indian...
RSGB HQ Christmas and New Year opening hours
RSGB HQ has now closed for Christmas and New Year and will re-open at 08.30 on Thursday, 2 January...
Experimental Station to Commemorate Fessenden Transmission December 24
Brian Justin, Jr., WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, will operate experimental station WI2XLQ on 486-kHz AM for the Reginald Fessenden...
ARRL Closing Early Dec. 24, and Closed Christmas Day Dec. 25
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will close our headquarters early at 12 PM Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC)...
WINTERHEAT Simplex Contest Runs Through January
In its 6th year, WINTERHEAT is a month long simplex contest active January 1 through January 31. The event...
Finding Your Best Crystal Radio ‘DX Diode’ (Part 2)
Readers may recall my summertime blog, “Finding Your Best Crystal Radio ‘DX Diode'”. It described a theoretical method I...