Are you still switching antennas manually? Or even worse – literally unplugging and plugging coaxial cables at the radio antenna...
It has been exactly a week since a group of mostly Italian amateurs landed in Hargeisa, Somalia. They were expected...
Romeo Stepanenko was the most infamous DXpeditioner of all times. Spanning the years 1989 to 1996, this Ukrainian born radio...
[BY1PK QSL card from 1989]I remember it like it was yesterday: March 1982, 21Mhz, Morse, calling BY1PK. The first and...
On December 16 it will be history in the making: two Australian amateurs will receive a message from DXing: “Congratulations,...
My first encounter with 6m smudge was in March this year. The band was wide open to Japan - a...
When 6m opens, it’s a hailstorm. Here is a spectrum snapshot of some massive signals from Japan, received on Norfolk.JK1UNZ...
“What a legend!” is probably the most overused cliché of our day and age. In order to please and conform,...
Not long ago, we talked here about the need to preserve 40m CW band. The topic is hot, not just...
When it was built, Kern’s Pyramid Nano was the most precise sub micron five axis milling machine in the world....
There is something magical in the fact that for a DX chaser, there is always something to chase. You can...
Arguably, to all 144MHz aficionados, this is the most important contest of the year. A contest that attracts thousands of...
This morning, my CQ was answered by N7RO. Dick is a legend. He started offering a QSL service to dx...
Early morning starts with a visit to 10m band, FT8. Putting out a CQ call, with antenna pointing to north...
This is just funny. Rarotonga is around 3500km from Norfolk, with the path entirely over salt water.I bumped into E51WLG...
Literally, as I type this, I am enjoying numerous decodes of XE2YWH from Mexico. He is the only signal on...
Humans cheat. Research tells us that on average, around 20% of men are unfaithful to their spouse, as compared to...
On day one of Jarvis island activation, observing the rate and operating technique, it has become apparent that SuperFox mode...
Yesterday I reached out to Dave, VK0DS on Antarctica. Dave is super active making thousands of chasers happy. Regardless of...
1. Competitive, high performance equipment is expensive.Surely, you can have heaps of fun making contacts with a $300 second hand...