[REFRESH] – David, VK6DS announces that he will be active from Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas Island as VK9DS on the following dates: November 20-27 from Cocos (Keeling) Island. November 28 to December 4 from Christmas Island. This will be holiday-style activity taking in WWFF and POTA sites when on both islands – see VK9DS on […]

[UPDATE @ 0830z] –  Franco, I1FQH reports the team is close to 60K QSOs. Unfortunately, conditions on the low bands were not good yesterday evening with only a few QSOs being made. Fixing the lamp problem (see below) has worked with only normal atmospheric noise on the low bands now. Two more days of activity […]

Hrane, YT5A (ex-YT1AD) will visit Rarotonga, Cook Islands during November 14-22, 2026. QRV as E51A holiday-style; CW and FT8. The goal of this activity is to prepare for a DXpedition to North Cook Islands (Manihiki) in the period September 25 to October 10, 2027. If anyone would like to join this activity, then contact Hrane […]

Oleh KD7WPJ informs DX-World that he will again be active from Santa Cruz Island, NA-144 during November 7-8, 2026. QRV on all bands; mainly CW with some SSB. QSL via H/c. – previous activity was in May this year.

Solar activity is expected to be low in the coming days, according to NOAAís Space Weather Prediction Center, with a chance for M-class

flares and a slight chance for stronger X-class flares associated with sunspot region 4566, which is showing rapid growth in both size and magnetic complexity. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections have been observed. Sunspot numbers are increasing from a low...

[UPDATE] – by team. Our DXpedition almost didn’t happen! We came incredibly close to having to cancel the whole trip! The reason? Our visas hadn’t been approved yet. Fortunately, Franky (ON7RU) managed to intervene and get everything sorted out just in time today! All obstacles have now been cleared, and we’re finally ready to go! […]

[INFO] – by Al, F8FUA. I have tried again to work on 80m but the noise level is really too high. Several power outages and heavy rain with wind don’t help. CW pile-up on 7mhz with NA – JA is a big challenge with a sloper and 100w. I know my signals are weak – […]