Throughout the month of April ’23, the UBA board members and its HF committee will air the special station OT23WARD celebrating World Amateur Radio Day which takes place in April. I’m part of the operator team. A commemorative certificate is…
The ARRL is honoring its volunteers. The “Volunteers On The Air (VOTA)” program runs through the year 2023. Depending on their “job” ARRL volunteers will get you some points, but regular members can boost your score too. As a Card…
If all goes as planned, Rockall Island, the #1 IOTA reference of Europe will be activated early June. The rock has only been activated twice and the demand will be huge. Here’s an interesting presentation about the 2023 DXPedition. Please…
My membership in the Japansese A1 telegraphy club has been upgraded as I achieved the “C” (Century Member) endorsement.
Since it was about a week or so I last downloaded my eQSL inbox, I took the time to import the newly received eQSLs in my DX4WIN & HAM OFFICE logbookprograms. Some 75 cards were waiting to be downloaded. Here…
During the recent DXpeditions (3Y0J and FT8WW) the DXCluster was abused by fake users, fake spots, fake callsigns and even been used to send out discriminating text towards individuals. We think this needs to stop right here and now. A…
This afternoon I left for a virtual flight from Rome Fiumicino (LIRF) to Athens Int. Airport. It took the Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 just under two hours.
This morning, the postman brought along VE3MB’s QSL card. Although the QSL bureau between Canada & Belgium works perfectly, this guy seemed to be in a hurry. I’m happy about every card I receive!
Another short-term award could be added to my collection. See this link for more info about this Romanian certificate.