New pirate stations in Ukraine conflict

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Two CW stations have appeared on the higher HF bands, claiming to operate from Donetsk, as promoting a separatist 'Peoples' Republic of Donetsk', or 'NovoRossiya New Russia'.

The callsigns the group are using - D0A and 1C4M are believed to be two operators on the same transmitter. The callsigns are invalid and do not count for anything in ham radio terms.

While a QSL manager may be appointed shortly in Donetsk, communications are poor, and direct QSL is unlikely to succeed.

There is some doubt that the stations are really in Donetsk. There is evidence that they may be operating from Kazakhstan.

 

HamDisk now in Beta testing

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HamDisk is an amateur radio study aid that uses the questions from the public domain Question Bank on the NZART website

HamDisk uses a public domain question bank to help students study for their amateur / ham radio licence.

HamDisk uses a public domain question bank to help students study for their amateur / ham radio licence.

Explanations have been added to enhance the learning process.

Being cloud-based you never have to install or update anything on your computer (or device). HamDisk should run perfectly with any device that has a browser and is connected to the internet.

New Zealand has just one class of amateur licence (1 kW RF output). There are no practical tests to take just a single 60 question multiple choice paper. 40 questions must be answered correctly to achieve a pass. All the questions and answers are made available online to assist memorizing.

HamDisk (currently in development) - http://qsl.net/hamdisk/

NZART Exam Generator and Question/Answer bank - http://www.nzart.org.nz/exam/download-examination-files/


VK9 going on a DXvacation

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A JA team is planning to be active from Christmas Island (VK9X) and Cocos-Keeling Island (VK9C) sometime between late July and early August 2014

Operators mentioned are Mars JA3FVJ, Ichiro JA3QWN, Ikuo JA3TJA, Masa JF3PLF and Taka JH3FUK.

The teams tentative schedule is as followings:

  • VK9EC (Cocos Keeling) - between July 29th and August 2nd; IOTA OC-002
  • VK9EX (Christmas Island) - between August 2-8th; IOTA OC-003
  • Activity will be holiday style on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FM,
  • RTTY and PSK31.

QSL via JF3PLF, direct or by the Bureau (within one year of operation!). Uploads to LoTW or ClubLog will be available after their operation (Highly recommended).

More information - :http://vk9.nobody.jp/index.html