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Gerald E. “Gerry” Murphy, K8YUW, passed away on February 25, 2025. He was 88 years old, and the founder of the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN). According to a statement released by current HWN manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, Murphy, then 28 years old, was stationed at the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, Rhode Island, […]

Spaceweather.com is reporting "A Hole In The Sun's Atmosphere" thatshould reach Earth on March 9 and 10.Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours.The largest solar event of the period was a M1 event observed onMarch 5 at 1150z from Region 4016. There are currently 10 numberedsunspot regions on the disk.Solar […]

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) associated with a filament eruptionbecame visible on February 26 at 1448 UTC.  Model analysisdetermined this CME to be a miss ahead of the Sun/Earth line.Unsettled to active levels are likely on February 28 to March 1 as aCoronal Hole influence continues, and a glancing blow is possiblefrom a Coronal Mass […]

We’re seeing peak conditions from Solar Cycle 25 just in time for the ARRL International DX SSB Contest. It gets underway this weekend at 0000 UTC on Saturday, March 1, and concludes at 2359 UTC on Sunday, March 2. ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, is gearing up to operate as part of a multi-operator, […]

In late January 2025, 17 students and staff members from Las Animas High School (LAHS) in Colorado visited the Deep Space Exploration Society Radio Telescope (DSES) located at the Plishner Radio Astronomy and Space Sciences Center near Haswell, Colorado. They also got an introduction to amateur radio.“This first field trip visit of high school students […]

ARRL is equipping the next generation of radio amateurs with the knowledge to get active on the air. “On the Air Live” is a monthly interactive webinar series that does deep-dives into topics aimed at the new and intermediate ham. It complements material found in On the Air magazine. February’s event had nearly 130 people […]

Chris, N0UK/G4JEC will be active as PJ7UK from Sint Maarten Island, IOTA NA - 105, 28 November - 7 December 2025.

Jean-Luc, F1ULQ will be active as TO1Q from Guadeloupe Island, IOTA NA - 102, 22 March - 6 April 2025.

Steve, KG4LJB will be active as C6AJB from Eleuthera Island, IOTA NA-001, Bahamas, until 22 March 2025.

Take, JA1UII will be active again as JD1BON from Chichi Jima Island, IOTA AS-031, 8 - 17 April 2025.

JI1LET will be active again as JD1BOI from Chichijima Island, IOTA AS-031, Ogasawara Islands, 8 - 17 April 2025.

DX-Adventure is thrilled to announce our upcoming VU4AX DX-pedition to the beautiful South Andaman Islands (IOTA AS-001).

VK9CU Team will be active from Cocos Keeling Islands, IOTA OC - 003, Australia, 4 - 11 March 2025.

SV1GA/A Mount Athos WFWL (Work First Worry Later). Turned on the radio a couple days ago and heard a big pileup for SV1GA/A on Mount Athos. Turned my 173BA... The post SV1GA/A Mount Athos WFWL first appeared on N0UN.net.

I Like This DXpedition 9L5A! I'm a Ham Radio operator that stays on top of current DXpeditions (like 9L5A) in this hobby. The post I Like This DXpedition 9L5A first appeared on N0UN.net.

FT4GL Automation. So how can it be this automated FT8 operation from Glorioso (FT4GL) has been approved for DXCC? The post FT4GL Automation first appeared on N0UN.net.

FT4GL Glorioso On The Air! Well, "Kinda". That's funny. I just pulled the Club Log stats. Don't even need to explain (.0007). Those that know, know! hahahaha! The post FT4GL Glorioso On The Air! “Kinda” first appeared on N0UN.net.

Cure for stray RF on my signal. And here's the $10 permanent fix: Also works on decoupling magnetic field hum from a pole pig transformer in a linear amplifier. The post Cure For Stray RF On My Signal first appeared on N0UN.net.

DXer vs. TXTer. They are not the same. Dom, T32TT calling N0UN on "Phone" from East Kiribati: (video). Guess this picture says it all: Lazy is, as lazy does. The post DXer vs. TXTer first appeared on N0UN.net.

JD1BMH Ogasawara. Wow, a REAL DXpedition! "Harry" is churning it out on CW & Phone. The post JD1BMH Ogasawara first appeared on N0UN.net.

Yaesu SP-8 Speaker Replacement. A good sounding, easy to find replacement - the Visaton R10S 4 inch 8 Ohm speaker. Also fits the FPS-101 and SP-101. The post Yaesu SP-8 Speaker Replacement first appeared on N0UN.net.

A friendly reminder for all you Lazy, Mindless, Automated Computer Scripted Text Messengers out there - you want to RR73 the virtues of FT8 from the rooftops The post Ham Radio TXTpeditions first appeared on N0UN.net.

When I saw the spot from W3LPL's DX Cluster skimmer for XV9Q, I thought there's absolutely ZERO chance I'd hear Viet Nam on 30 Meters CW at 9:00 AM our local time. But what do I know? The post XV9Q Viet Nam 30M CW first appeared on N0UN.net.