Tag Archives: 3-400Z

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will close our headquarters early at 12 PM Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC) on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and will be closed all day on Thursday and Friday, December 25 - 26 for the Christmas holiday. ARRL will also be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2026, for New Year's Day.There […]

Solar activity has been at low levels with only a few C1 flares fromRegion 4307. Slight growth and consolidation were observed in thatregion as it neared the southwestern limb. Slight decay andseparation were observed in Region 4311. The rest of the spottedregions were either stable or in decay. CME analysis will beconducted as imagery becomes […]

Pre-registration is now open for a Student Coding Competition, a new national challenge sponsored by ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®. The project is designed to engage young radio amateurs in shaping the future of amateur radio through software development. Open to ARRL-member amateur radio operators aged 21 and younger, the competition will invite […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in October 2025 adopted a Report and Order to delete almost 400 obsolete rules pertaining to its wireless services. As previously reported by ARRL, among the deletions were four in Part 97 that govern the Amateur Radio Service.ARRL reports that the notice of the Report and Order has now been […]

Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299produced an M1.1 (R1/Minor) flare on December 6. Shortly after, theregion produced an M8.1/2b (R3/Strong) flare, also on December 6.Associated with the M8.1 flare was a 1,100 SFU Tenflare, a 1,143km/s Type II sweep and a Type IV sweep. (A "sweep" is a solar radioburst […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 9, 2025, released a long-awaited Report and Order adopting a new amateur radio spectrum allocation in the 60-meter band that was approved for world-wide use on a secondary basis in the WRC-15 (World Radiocommunication Conference 2015) Final Acts. The Commission also agreed with a petition from ARRL The […]

Tom, AA9A will be active again as PJ7AA from Sint Maarten, IOTA NA - 105, 8 March - 4 April 2026.

FO/JI1JKW will be active from Tikehau and Tuamoty , IOTA OC - 066, 2 - 6 January 2026.

Thomas, DL7BO will be active as XU7O from Cambodia, 23 December 2025 - 18 Januaary 2026.

Felix, DL5XL will be active as DP0GVN and DP1POL Neumayer III Station, IOTA AN - 016, Antarctica, January - February 2026.

Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico — In collaboration with the Vieques Island Amateur Radio Club (NP3VI) and the Manyana DX Foundation, we are proud to announce a landmark Dxpedition to Desecheo Island

Mark, XE1B will be active as XF4B from Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Islands, IOTA NA - 030, starting 23 D 2025 December 2025.

TO7O. FM/EA1BP will be active from Martinique, IOTA NA - 107, 25 March - 2 April 2026.

XQ7IR San Ambrosio 2025: "The operation includes one operator on the island focus in SSB/FT8 Modes, and a remote station working 24/7 CW/FT8 Modes." The post 3G0XQ San Ambrosio 2025 first appeared on N0UN.net.

I took a peak at the updated Log Stats from ZS8W a bit ago. In my April 19 post "ZS8W Marion Island By YL2GM", well before the operation commenced I predicted, The post ZS8W Stats first appeared on N0UN.net.

RF-101 Linear Amp. I saw a sale ad pop up for a "linear amplifier project" on a local radio club forum, and the best part of this project ad was it said, "FREE" The post 60’s RF-101 Linear Amplifier first appeared on N0UN.net.

ZS8W Marion Island By YL2GM. Normally I'd be excited at the chance to work ZS8W but there's a couple items that have tempered my enthusiasm on this activation. The post ZS8W Marion Island By YL2GM first appeared on N0UN.net.

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.