One of the guys at McMurdo got the station on the air
and posted this pic
most of us know those calls on the wall very well
any of you recognize the plates?
Arecibo loses second cable
Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club – KØETY
WØO will once again be haunting the ether on Halloween from Frankenstein, MO.!
Stop by and say hi to Igor, Vlad, Drac or whoever else might awake to tickle the ionosphere. CW and SSB will be in play. Bewitching hour starts around 1900 UTC October 31st continues until the bands die. Watch the spotting networks for current frequencies.
To receive this years unique QSL card you must send contact info along with a No. 10 SASE (smaller envelopes will require the card to be folded). See QRZ.com for details.
73 and Happy Haunting,
Frank N. Stein
The 23rd Annual ZOMBIE QRP SHUFFLE
http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/pg.htm
Friday Night, October 30, 20201600 – Midnight Your Local Time
THE ZOMBIE SHUFFLE is an annual evening event for QRPers to get on the air, have some fun, and rack up a really big score in spite of what your CW or operating skills may be. It is held the Friday nearest Halloween each year and to avoid the ARRL CW Sweepstakes contest.
ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for early October
ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for early October
ARISS News Release No. 20-21
October 02, 2020 — An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for early October. The event is scheduled to begin on October 4 at 14:00 UTC for setup and operation and will continue until October 8 ending at 19:15 UTC. Dates and times are subject to change due to ISS operational adjustments
Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme of this collection of images will be Satellites. Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ .
After your image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linking to https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image.
NASA Science Live: Our Next Solar Cycle
The Sun goes through regular cycles of activity approximately every 11 years, and tracking these cycles is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on human technology and astronauts in space. Join NASA and NOAA experts Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 3:00 p.m.