April

sat06apr(apr 6)3:00 pmsun07(apr 7)3:00 pmSP DX Contest CW3:00 pm - 3:00 pm (7) HF Bands Event Organized By: PZK Type:HF ContestModes:CW

sat06apr(apr 6)4:00 pmsun07(apr 7)4:00 pmEA RTTY ContestEA RTTY Contest4:00 pm - 4:00 pm (7) HF Bands Event Organized By: URE Type:HF ContestModes:RTTY

sat13apr(apr 13)7:00 amsun14(apr 14)1:00 pmJapan International DX Contest CW7:00 am - 1:00 pm (14) HF Bands Event Organized By: JARL Type:HF ContestModes:CW

sat13apr(apr 13)12:00 pmsun14(apr 14)11:59 amOK OM DX Contest SSB12:00 pm - 11:59 am (14) HF Bands Event Organized By: CRC SZR Type:HF ContestModes:SSB

sat13apr(apr 13)12:00 pmsun14(apr 14)6:00 pmIG-RY World Wide RTTY Contest12:00 pm - 6:00 pm (14) HF Bands Event Organized By: IG RTTY Type:HF ContestModes:RTTY

sat13apr(apr 13)9:00 pmsun14(apr 14)9:00 pmYuri Gagaring CW Contest9:00 pm - 9:00 pm (14) HF Bands Event Organized By: Yuri Gagarin Contest Type:HF ContestModes:CW

thu18apr12:00 am11:59 pmWorld Amateur Radio Day12:00 am - 11:59 pm ALL BANDS Event Organized By: IARU Type:Special EventModes:CW,DIGITAL,SSB

fri19apr(apr 19)9:00 pmsat20(apr 20)9:00 pmHolyland DX Contest9:00 pm - 9:00 pm (20) HF Bands Event Organized By: IARC Type:HF ContestModes:CW,DIGITAL,SSB

sat20apr(apr 20)6:00 amsun21(apr 21)5:59 amWorked All Provinces of China DX Contest6:00 am - 5:59 am (21) HF Bands Event Organized By: Mulan DX Club Type:HF ContestModes:CW,SSB

sat20apr(apr 20)9:00 amsun21(apr 21)11:59 pmCQMM DX Contest9:00 am - 11:59 pm (21) HF Bands Event Organized By: CWJF Group Type:HF ContestModes:CW

sat27apr(apr 27)12:00 pmsun28(apr 28)11:59 amSP DX Contest RTTY12:00 pm - 11:59 am (28) HF Bands Event Organized By: PZK Type:HF ContestModes:RTTY

sat27apr(apr 27)1:00 pmsun28(apr 28)12:59 pmHelvetia Contest HF1:00 pm - 12:59 pm (28) HF Bands Event Organized By: USKA Type:HF ContestModes:CW,DIGITAL,SSB

Amateur Radio News

AMSAT-UK - Apr 15, 2024
An ARISS contact is scheduled with students at Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, U.K. at 11:44 BST (10:44 GMT) on Wednesday April 17 on 145.800 MHz FM. Amateur Radio on the International Space R...
AMSAT-NA - Apr 14, 2024
In this edition: * NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from ISS * 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Be Held Friday, May 17 * New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Ops * Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida * VUCC...
ARRL - Apr 13, 2024
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers predict an active Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) in their initial 2024 forecast.ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, attended the National Hurricane Conf...
ARRL - Apr 13, 2024
Death Valley National Park is in a remote desert in southern California, where mobile phone networks are spotty at best. On Saturday, April 6, a radio amateur and his family were enjoying the park when their vehicle became stuck in mud in a dangerous...
ARRL - Apr 12, 2024
Millions of people across the United States got to see a rare solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.The path of totality -- the line of darkness where the moon fully occluded the sun -- stretched through the South Pacific, Mexico, central Texas, the...
ARRL - Apr 12, 2024
I did not see last Monday's eclipse, except on television. Here inthe Pacific Northwest, we only got a 20% exposure, and skies wereovercast.As they moved across the country displaying successive totality, Inoticed the prominences on the edge of the d...
RSGB - Apr 12, 2024
World Amateur Radio Day is celebrated each year on the 18 April. The theme for 2024 is A Century of Connections: Celebrating 100 Years of Amateur Radio Innovation, Community and Advocacy. The global event covers all of the IARU regions and runs from ...
RSGB - Apr 12, 2024
Ofcom has released a video about changes to the UK amateur radio framework, covering licensing and callsign changes. It also gives some insight into the forthcoming Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the changes for callsigns and special event stations....
AMSAT-NA - Apr 12, 2024
AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin ANS-103 April 12, 2024 In this edition: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held Friday May 17th The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amate...
RSGB - Apr 12, 2024
On 11 April, BBC Radio 4 Feedback presenter Andrea Catherwood looked at why the Long Wave frequency is being shut down by the BBC. She interviewed RSGB President John McCullagh, GI4BWM, and in the final programme a brief clip was used in which John g...
RSGB - Apr 12, 2024
During May, the RSGB Photo Friday feature on social media will highlight radio amateurs who are taking advantage of the new licence conditions. You could be an individual who is discovering different things to enjoy with the new power levels, or who ...
RSGB - Apr 12, 2024
On Monday 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse gripped North America as radio amateurs worldwide looked on to see its effect on the ionosphere. This included RSGB Propagation Studies Committee (PSC) associate member Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL, who was inte...
RSGB - Apr 12, 2024
Remember to join us tomorrow for the RSGB AGM online. The deadlines for submitting questions in advance have now passed, but you can still ask a question via the YouTube live chat in the second part of the meeting. In this important event in the RSGB...
International Amateur Radio Union - Region 1 - Apr 10, 2024
The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter March 2024 is now available.Click on the link to read it! …...
International Amateur Radio Union - Region 1 - Apr 07, 2024
The provisional results of the March Contest are available on the IARU R1 VHF Contest Robot. You can also take a look at your UBNs here ! We evaluated 2054 different logs. The complaining period will end on April 15th, after …...

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