The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club will be active March 12th to 14th 2010 with the call TP60CE in SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, SATELLITE to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Convention of Human Rights.
The Council of Europe Radioamateur Club (TP2CE) will be active December 3rd to 5th and December 8th 2010 in all HF mode including satellite, for the last time with the call TP60CE
There has been a Dark Side to the Force that has worked to diminish fun for some as ham radio operators. Previously it had landed solidly in DXing, with some operators of reasonable skill, claiming to on certain islands, or in certain countries, yet thousands of miles distant.
Walter, DJ6QT, discovered the advantage of Madeira island many years ago. I think it was in the late 60s that he first visited the floating garden of Atlantic for radio purposes.
I have always had a lot of respect for people who get together and build large antennas and share them with other radio fans. The spirit of collective Amateur Radio was spread all over Eastern Europe in the 50s and 60s of the previous century.
The top of the highest place of Corfu. Mount Pantokrator has hundreds of antennas on top at 905 m a.s.l. Amateur repeater SV8Z on 145.735 MHz is located here.
Dxpeditioners take note, there’s a new club to help you out: the “QRO CLUB”. Supported by W1YW and the Fractal Amateur Radio Club (W1FRX), the QRO CLUB has one objective--to keep DX on the bands active.
The Belize Amateur Radio Club (BARC) is actively following the movement of Tropical Storm Earl as it makes its way across the Caribbean Sea towards Belize.
Radio Amateurs members of Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society (AHARS), will be active from Kangaroo Island, IOTA OC - 139, 19 - 22 August 2016 as VK5CWL.
Some five years ago I visited the Republic of Cyprus. Spent a few days driving around the coastline from Pafos to Larnaca, rambling and climbing the Trodos Mountains.
An old photograph from November 2000. Left: Manolo, EA8BYG and right: Waldemar, SM0TQX work together helping Pulu, D44AC to erect an antenna tower at his new home in Mindelo, Cape Verde.
This year CQ is releasing three separate announcements for its Halls of Fame, with release time embargoes. The CQ DX Hall of Fame and CQ Contest Hall of Fame announcements will be released early Saturday and Sunday UTC.
While the majority of Amateur Radio operators choose only a few of the HF bands, below 30 MHz, to participate in contests, there are some broad-minded enthusiasts who go beyond this limit and have as much fun on VHF, UHF and SHF bands.
A recent DX-pedition to the remote archipelago of Tokelau, halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii, had one worthwhile point on their agenda - introduction of Amateur Radio to a group of local youngsters.