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03/30/2016 | Major DXpeditions Cooperating to Minimize Conflicts
Two major DXpeditions now are attracting hordes of DX chasers and raising the activity levels on HF. While both the Heard Island VK0EK and Juan de Nova FT4JA DXpeditions coordinated their operating plans in advance to avoid conflicts and confusion, the...
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07/22/2015 | Party Balloon Carrying Ham Radio Payload Circles Southern Hemisphere a Second Time
After travelling for more than 110,800 km (68,696 mi) aloft, the record-setting pico balloon PS-46, carrying an Amateur Radio payload, completed its second circumnavigation of the Southern Hemisphere.
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01/20/2015 | Australian “Pico Balloon” Piques Ham Radio Interest
A foil “party balloon” released in late December from Melbourne, Australia, carrying an HF Amateur Radio payload, ended its journey on January 16 off the east coast of Africa near Madagascar. Andy Nguyen, VK3YT, of Kensington, Victoria, Australia, rele...
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11/06/2014 | FT4TA Tromelin Island DXpedition Drawing a Crowd
There's a lot of competition for band space to accomodate the FT4TA Tromelin Island DXpedition pileups.
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09/24/2014 | FT4TA DXpedition Team Aims to Take Tromelin Island Off the Top 10 Most-Wanted Lists
The FT4TA DXpedition wants to take Tromelin Island off the Top 10 most-wanted DXCC entities lists.
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03/17/2014 | Malaysian ARES Calls on Hams to Help in Missing Aircraft Search
Amateur Radio Emergency Service nets have been set up to gather information from hams on the missing Malaysian Airlines plane.
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01/24/2014 | Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXpedition Expected On the Air January 25
The FT5ZM DXpedition should get underway this weekend.
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07/28/2013 | Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXpedition Preparations Moving Forward
Preparations for the January 2014 DXpedition to Amsterdam Island continue.
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