Playground Amateur Radio Club (PARC) has released an easy to use, printable table to help SARnet users traverse repeaters as they travel Florida’s highways.

Your 3×5 index cards will make it simple as you travel the interstates or turnpike. Select the channel covering the mile marker where you entered
the highway, and press your channel ⬆️ or ⬇️ button at each suggested mile marker.

PARC has provided a PDF and CSV file with full instructions available from their website.

Source: Playground Amateur Radio Club

Thanks to all recent kind donors a massive upgrade to the DX-World website server was completed today. You won’t notice much change, but the site will continue to load super fast even with large media uploads.  – Thanks again to all supporters of DX-World. 

Lubo, OM5ZW lets us know that he and Laco, OM4WM will be active from Thulusdhoo Island in the Maldives as 8Q7ZW during February 28 to March 12, 2026. QRV on 160-10m; CW, SSB & FT8. Focus will be on low bands. QSL via OQRS.

It’s a new month, so continuing with our random DX-World Memories, here’s a look back to what’s been published on Facebook since 2012, ie DX info on this Day. — QSLs of 3D2CCC, 3D2V / 3D22. — Video, KC4/KB1EHE & KC4/KB1IFZ – Antarctica. — On the scene with KH7AL/KH9. — DX-World QSL of the Day (part […]

A group of ham radio operators have stepped up to keep HamClock operating beyond it’s scheduled sunset in June. An open source replacement for the backend processes required to keep the popular HamClock project alive is well under way.

Developed by Brian (KO4AQF) and Austin (KN4LNB), open-hamclock-backend is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the backend server that populates HamClock with its signature set of 40+ data points and visualizations.

From Brian (KO4AQF):

HamClock relies on an internet backend to provide live space-weather, propagation, DX, and news data. With the passing of its original developer, that backend is no longer being maintained, which means many HamClocks will gradually lose live functionality even though the devices themselves still work.

An open-source replacement backend is now being developed that recreates the same data feeds HamClock expects, using publicly available sources such as NOAA, space-weather services, PSK Reporter, and DX information sites. From the HamClock’s point of view, nothing changes — it connects to the same paths and receives the same data formats, without any firmware modification. We are very close to replicating nearly every possible data source and making slight improvements along the way.

The system is free, open-source, and designed to run locally on a small Linux system, allowing individual hams or clubs to keep existing HamClocks fully operational. The goal is preservation, not reinvention — keeping HamClock working exactly as intended for years to come.

Currently, open-hamclock-backend is designed to be self-hosted, requiring any user wishing to extend HamClock’s usefulness beyond June to run the software themselves. However, options are being considered for a centralized version to be stood up for all HamClock users to take advantage of.

Source: open-hamclock-backend

Claudio, HB9OAU will be active from Boavista Island (AF-086), Cape Verde as D44OA during March 18-26, 2026. QRV holiday-style on 60-6m; SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 using EndFed 10-40m; Vert. Ribakov home made. QSL via LoTW, eQSL & QRZ.com. — Recording below from his February 2025 activity (Sal Island). 

[INFO by Haluk, TA2LE] – Hello from the volcanic heart of the West Indies! I am Haluk Yetkin (TA2LE), bringing over 30 years of radio experience to the shores of Dominica (J7) throughout 2026. While my primary reason for being on the island is business, my passion is to light up the radio waves from […]

Richard, VE2DX announces that he will be operating from multiple Caribbean islands from February 12 to March 5, 2026. His itinerary is attached. Note: He will be in Barbados (8P) from February 12-17 and again March 3-5. While at sea he will sign VE2DX/VE0.

Masa, JA0RQV informs DX-World that he will be QRV (holiday-style) from Chichijima Island (AS-031) Ogasawara Islands as JA0RQV/JD1 between March 13-16, 2026. Activity covering 80-6m; FT8, CW & SSB using an IC-7300 + VDA / GP. QSL via LoTW.

INFO by Tomas OK1TH / S9TH – “I was on São Tomé only for a short time and I genuinely didn’t know in advance if I would get any chance to operate at all, so this was never planned or registered as a DXpedition and I didn’t set up a QRZ profile. Also, I’m definitely […]