On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of German research in Antarctica, several special stations have been activated from Germany. Associated with this event are a number of commemorative certificates. I was particularly delighted to secure the diploma at an…
Happy to achieve the 100th anniversary of the city of Gdynia commemorative certificate from Poland. Click here for details.
Radiaoamateurs all around the globe link Zoltán Bay’s (1900-1992)name with succesfull Hungarian Moon radar experiment. On the 6th of February in 1946 Bay and his colleagues in Tungsram Lighting radiated radio signal towards the moon then succesfully detected their own extremely weak reflected…
The hunt for bunkers is still going strong in 2026!Since the start of the new year, several bunkers have already been activated towards the Annual Awards. And this is only the beginning — the chase is on!
The first weekend of 2026 was buzzing with radio activity as amateurs ventured out to activate bunkers for the BOTA Winterfest. I’m happy to report that I managed to bag the certificate in the highest “hunter” category. A “hunter,” for…
I have worked nature reserves from just under fifty different European countries. As I mentioned before, I don’t actively chase them, but when I happen to come across one while tuning the VFO knob, I naturally log it.
From time to time I pick up a WWFF reference, and over time this can lead to an award, like this one from the Czech Republic.
Constantly chasing stations that activate nature reserves and parks, day in and day out, really isn’t my thing. It is simply too time-consuming. And as the chairman of an IARU member society, I have quite a few other commitments, hi.…
The activity month of the European DX Foundation has once again come to an end. As on previous occasions, numerous special stations from various participating countries were active on the air.
From 1 to 25 December, the UKBOTA (UK Bunkers On The Air) group organized an Advent activity in which stations operating from British bunkers with specific bunker references had to be logged each day. This sparked a great deal of…