WA7BNM Contest Calendar
- Aug. 30-31
- SCC RTTY Championship
YO DX HF Contest
- Aug. 31
- SARL HF CW Contest
- Sept. 1-2
- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
- Sept. 6-7
- All Asian DX Contest, Phone
- Sept. 6
- Wake-Up! QRP Sprint
AGCW Straight Key Party
- Sept. 7
- North American Sprint, CW
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contst
- Sept 7-8
- Tennessee QSO Party
- Sept 13-14
- WAE DX Contest, SSB
- Sept 13
- Swiss HTC QRP Contest
- Sept 14
- North American Sprint, SSB
- Sept 19-21
- SARL VHF/UHF Contest
- Sept 20-21
- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest
Washington State Salmon Run
- Sept. 27-28
- CQ WW DX Contest, RTTY
Texas QSO Party
- Oct. 2
- SARL 80 Meter QSO Party
- Oct 4
- EU Autumn Sprint SSB
- Oct. 10
- 10-10 Intl 10-10 Day Sprint
(Thanks, Bruce, WA7BNM)
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ARRL DX Bulletin
- MALDIVES, 8Q.
- Andrew, G7COD, will be active from the Island of Embudu in the Kaafu Atoll, (AS-013), using the callsign 8Q7AK from October 12 to 25. Activity will be on 40 through 12 meters using CW and SSB. He plans to be operational every day from approximately 0730-0830z, 0900-1030z, 1300-1500z and 1730-1745z. Suggested frequencies are (+/- QRM): SSB - 7063, 14147, 18133, 21253 and 24953 kHz, and CW - 7003, 10103, 14003, 18073, 21003 and 24893 kHz.
- KENYA, 5Z.
- Valery, RW1AU is QRV as 5Z4/RW1AU for the next several months while on work assignment in Nairobi. He is active mostly on SSB, but may be on CW soon. QSL via K5XK.
- KALININGRAD, UA2.
- Alex, UA2FFW has been active using RTTY on 20 meters just after 2100z.
Reunion Island, South Africa Connect on 2 Meters
On Thursday, August 14, Phil Mondon, FR5DN, on Reunion Island had a successful QSO with Glen Kraut, ZS2GK, in South Africa on 2 meters. According to Dave Pedersen, N7BHC, this contact is "very likely the longest 2 meter QSO via tropospheric propagation for either country."
New 2 Meter Beacon in NC
A new two meter propagation beacon has become operational from
Oriental, North Carolina. Its callsign is N7BHC/B and it operates
Morse on 144.290.8 MHz. Power out is 50 watts at the antenna which is a KLM
yagi pointing 70 degrees. QSN reports go to n7bhc_ob_remote@carolina.rr.com
(VHF Reflector via KB3JQQ)
Amateur Radio Exams, Licensing Return to Bangladesh
Since 2004, Amateur Radio operators in Bangladesh have not been able to get an Amateur Radio license or sit for an examination. But thanks to the efforts of the Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) -- that country's IARU Member-Society -- the Bangladeshi government will once again issue ham licenses; exams will also be given on a monthly basis beginning August 13, 2008.
ARRL DXCC Desk Approves 5X4X Operation
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the 5X4X operations in Uganda -- from 2007 to present -- have been approved for DXCC credit. "If you had cards rejected for this operation, please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk to have your DXCC record updated," Moore said.
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