A new world distance record of 139 kilometers (86.2 miles) is being claimed by radio amateurs in northern California. This tops the record of 114
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World Radio Day 2020 (English) [ VIDEO ]
Equipment Six Way Switch Box -bhi 1024 February 13, 2020 No comments Don’t keep disconnecting cables…get a switch box! Need to Connect more than one
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The 2020 CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest
CW: 2200Z January 24 to 2200Z January 26 SSB: 2200Z February 21 to 2200Z February 23 DEADLINES FOR LOG SUBMISSIONS ARE 5 DAYS! I. OBJECTIVE:
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432 MHz world tropo record extended even further to 4,644 kms
” On Saturday the 28th of December 2019, Ian GM3SEK in the south-west of Scotland managed to work D41CV on 432 MHz to set a new world record for
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A new world record on 630 meters ?
SARL News report that Eric Tichansky, NO3M and Roger Crofts, VK4YB, are claiming a new world distance record on 630 meters (472 to 479 kHz). They worked each
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World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 Gets Under Way on October 28
World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) opens on Monday, October 28, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. WRC-19 is sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some 3,000
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Belarus Team Dominates 16th IARU High-Speed Telegraphy World Championship
The team from Belarus dominated the 16th High-Speed Telegraphy (HST) World Championship in mid-September, sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Belarus came away
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World Trade Center Special Event Station
Information via Facebook: “The Wireless Association Of New York City will operate special event station WA2NYC September 6 to September 12, 0000Z-0300Z. Frequencies used will
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How Napoleon’s semaphore telegraph changed the world
By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Modane, France Napoleonic semaphore was the world’s first telegraph network, carrying messages across 19h-Century France faster than ever before. Now a
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Logbook of The World Adds FT4 for Digital Worked All States (WAS) Award Endorsements
ARRL’s Logbook of The World has been updated to embrace FT4 contacts for the Digital Worked All States award — one of many digital WAS
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