Tom, VK2TBC is going to be based at Casey Station, Antarctica and plans to be operational as VK0TBC between February and December this year. He will be running with a Flex-8400 and DX Commander plus other wire antennas. QRV when time permits on SSB & FT8. — Casey Sation webcam

Czech DXpedition Team members (OK1BOA, OK2ZA, OK3RM, OK6DJ) announce they will be active from Palau during March 3-19. Callsign is not yet known. They will not be using the Palau rental QTH which many JA ops in particular use. More details to follow. QSL via OQRS Club Log OK6DJ.

Ren, PY8WW is again active from French Guiana as FY/PY8WW. He previously mentioned this will become a recurring, but not continuous operation, and that Brazilian amateur radio operators are granted automatic rights to use FY/homecall in Guianese territory (in accordance with Article 7-2, subparagraph 4 of the decree dated September 21, 2000, as modified. For […]

[REFRESH] – by team. We’re just a few days away from our little project, and there’s still a lot to do. We’ve acquired a small 2kW inverter generator and hope we won’t have any problems with air transport. We’ve decided to build the line filter according to the GM3SEK model, for which we already have […]

On the IOTA-chasers group, Rick K6VVA mentions he has plans to activate both these rare IOTA groups in the third quarter of 2026. He’s currently working on environmental restrictions.  — California State Centre (Sonoma to Santa Cruz County) group NA-178 = 13.8% Claimed.  — California State Centre (Monterey / San Luis Obispo County) group NA-187 […]

On January 11th, look out for this VR2 QRP activity. Team consisting of VR2VDX, VR2XAB, VR2WEV, VR2YKP & VR2ZTW plan to QRV from Hong Kong’s Lantau island (Yi O Pier). Look for them using individual callsigns Field Day style on CW & SSB.

Guntram, FG/OE9DGV has occasionally been active on the higher bands from Guadeloupe. He’s there until January 10th and uses a Kenwood TS-480HX with 5-Band Endfed Antenna. QSL via LoTW.

Adrian, HK4Q is currently QRV from Providencia, IOTA NA-049. Length of stay is unknown. He’s been active on 10m SSB so far. Recording by DX-WORLD.  * Providencia is part of the San Andres & Providencia DXCC Entity. 

Although license is still to be applied for, Casey AC1GQ will be on St Helena Island during January 10-24, 2026. He plans to QRV using low power and an end-fed antenna. Bands possibly 40 & 20m. Callsign added to this post once license is issued. 

Of course we should all embrace technological changes and breakthroughs, especially if it helps medically, but is this a step too far? Is it automated (AI) QSOs? Is it keyboard entry digital voice QSOs? Not even one touch of proper human interaction. Or, since ham radio is all about evolving our hobby, should we accept […]