Realtime Band Conditions

Created by Tad Cook (K7RA) bandconditions.com is an experimental Website providing 24/7/365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores.

It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's.

This information is NOT based on any software predictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA.

Realtime BandConditions - http://www.bandconditions.com

VOACAP Predication - http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html

Imaging the Ionosphere Using Polarimetric SAR and GPS - https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/projects/30/

DMR Meeting on the Air

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization has announced a new party on the air with the motto: 'DMR meeting on the air'.

The event is not a contest - just a radio meeting with a few simple 'rules'/ recommendations.

The party will be held the weekend 23rd-24th September 2017 - 00:00-24:00 UTC.

More information  - http://www.eurao.org/en/node/907

Pi Star Talk Group

PiStar has created a Talk Group number 31672,  registered on Brandmeister.

Its for users of the Pi-Star image to get together and chat about amateur radio and using the Pi-Star image. It's basically a general chat/user based support group. 

Pi Star (Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pistar/files/

PiStar Website - http://www.pistar.uk/