Fred Johnson, K6FRD, is an amateur radio operator in Riverside, California. Like many hams, he lives in an HOA-controlled neighborhood. For Johnson, finding practical, low-visibility, antenna solutions has become part of the fun over the years.
“For years I struggled to enjoy HF because, like many amateurs in an HOA, towers and conventional outdoor antennas simply aren’t an option,” said Johnson…
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ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has announced the appointment of Ray Sokola, K9RS, of Wilmington, Delaware, as Vice Director for the ARRL Atlantic Division. The appointment, made by ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, fills the vacancy created in January when former Vice Director Marty Newingham, AG3I, assumed the office of Atlantic Division Director. Sokola will serve the rema…
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Members of the Gwangju DX Club (6L0NJ) will be active as D73G from Ch’ongsan Island, AS-085 during July 17-19, 2026. Activity on 80m-70cm; CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 using various antennas including Spiderbeam, Delta Loop and dipoles. Grid: PM35ke. QSL via LoTW, Club Log OQRS, QRZ.com. This post appeared first on: DX-World Want to know more about it? Read More
Renato, PY8WW, will be active as YS3/PY8WW from La Union, El Salvador, near the border with Honduras, from July 2-13, 2026. Active in free time from work, but he plans to participate in the IARU HF World Championship Contest. Operations will be on HF bands (10–80m), using SSB, CW and FT8 depending on propagation and […] This post appeared first on: DX-World Want to know more about it? Read More
The following is a message from the Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society:
Sunday 16th August 2026
RUGBY Annual Radio Rally
Princethorpe College
Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9PY
NGR: 140/SP395710
Locator: IO92GI
Lat/Long: 52.336N 01.421W
Directions
Open
Entrance
Booking
To book a pitch contact:
Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society
9 Ashlawn Road
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 5ET
Tel: 07956 855816
Email
rally@rugbyats.co.uk
Website
www.rugbyats.co.uk
Source: Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society
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Team TO9W plans to have more operators and new equipment for their 2026 activity which will be from November 29 to December 11. The team arrives late on November 28th and plan to enter the CQWW DX Contest once they have some antennas erected. Updates will be posted on their Facebook page. For previous TO9W […] This post appeared first on: DX-World Want to know more about it? Read More
Gunter, DK2WH got in touch to say he will again be active from Namibia as V51WH starting August 25 and lasting through until October 10, 2026. He operates from a farm near Omaruru and in April last year installed an Optibeam 9-5 on a 15m mast. QRV on 160-6m, including 60m. Gunter will use V55Y […] This post appeared first on: DX-World Want to know more about it? Read More
The following is a message from the Eyeball QSO Party:
One of the best things to emerge out of the pandemic was proof that the ham radio community had resiliency as a social network. The pandemic has ended, but one social network born during those years of isolation has remained strong. It’s called the Eyeball QSO Party, as Kevin Trotman N5PRE tells us in this week’s final story.
It’s not a net. It’s not a ragchew. It’s not even on the air. The Eyeball QSO Party is a welcoming room on Zoom where hams from different countries simply show up. Once a week, they share their opinions, their experiences and even images on their computer screens. It could be a view of their treasured vintage rigs, their radio-controlled planes, astronomy gear or websites about the events in the news.
The QSO Party’s host, Hugh Owen, KA3TTW, said he created the room during the pandemic to help ease isolation brought on by cancellation of club meetings, hamfests and even social morning coffees. The concept is simple, he said: People show up. Some are as local as the Washington, D.C. area where Hugh lives. Sometimes they’re dropping by from Canada, Luxembourg, Great Britain or even Argentina.
Although getting on the air is why so many hams got their licenses to begin with, this off-air QSO Party still fills a need. Hugh told Newsline “This does have the big advantage of people being face-to-face and people can share things on their screens.” So every Monday, it happens starting at 1700 UTC between March 9th and November 2nd; and at 1600 UTC the rest of the year.
Best of all, propagation is never an issue. Everyone gets a Five-Nine.
To join the party, send an email to eyeballqsoparty@gmail.com. There is also a groups.io reflector where you can visit and subscribe: https://groups.io/g/EyeballQSOParty
Source: Eyeball QSO Party
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Yushi, JK1HFB announces that he will be active from Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands as JK1HFB/JD1 between July 9-18, 2026. QRV on 40-6m; SSB & FT8. QSL via LoTW. This post appeared first on: DX-World Want to know more about it? Read More
Aki, JK1JXZ will again be active from Funafuti, Tuvalu as T2JK during July 30 – August 7, 2026. QRV on 80-6m; on weekdays he will be active after 5pm Tuvalu time and all day during the weekend of his stay. If the stay is extended, it may be possible to continue operations until August 14. […] This post appeared first on: DX-World Want to know more about it? Read More