Noble Radio NR-6N4 Two Band 6M/VHF Transceiver

We are pleased to announce the birth of a new amateur radio equipment manufacturer -Noble Radio. 

A35UD-UT6UD Tongatapu OC-049

Vadim UT6UD (ex S21XV) will be working CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 meters, from Tongatapu island (OC-049) from 1st to 7th of May 2013.

QSL via UT6UD

USB CAT interface for ICOM IC-7000

MS season 2013

The Quadrantids (QUA) shower was stronger this season, compared to a season of 2012. Maybe because of my new 6el DK7ZB monobander. I started monitoring at 1th of January, heard few "ping" late evening. And next two days band exploded with many bursts, with mach longer duration that last year!

Quadrantids - 2013

First and one of the three most powerful meteor showers of 2013 year.  Starts at December 28 2012, with peak at night of January 3, 2013. 

Velocity: 41 km/s

ZHR = 120 meteors/hour (may vary 60-200)

Radiant  coordinates: RA = 230.0  Dec: 49.0

Check here, Quadrantids will show up coming days.

Meteor showers calendar from TAU astronomy club.

SSA Jultesten 144 + 432MHz

Participated Jultesten today. No contacts on 432 MHZ and several SSB contacts made on 144MHz. So far it is the same result as last year, hi hi!
This year I used 6 el ultralight DK7ZB Yagi on 2 m boom, since my old SAT yagi is broken. It works fine on 70cm also so there is an opportunity to work on SSB and SAT frequencies. I have another 2m alu pipe and will try to stack 2x6el yagis, as soon as I find good support mast..

HAM SAT to flash morse code

On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) the Japanese students who built FITSAT-1 are planning to activate the satellite's LED optical array and flash a message in Morse Code to Earth. The Morse message may be visible with the unaided eye. (Project web-site)