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DX Engineering Team Joins Hams Worldwide in Pursuit of Crozet Islands ATNO

Sitting at number-three on the DXCC most-wanted list, the Crozet Islands became the center of the ham radio world on Christmas day 2022 when the single-operator FT8WW (Thierry Mazel, F6CUK) […]

cluster of penguins near shore during 3Y0J bouvet island dxpedition
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Latest News from 3Y0J Bouvet Island 2023

We have the most recent update from the 3Y0J Bouvet Island team. First and foremost, all the hams at OnAllBands and DX Engineering are thrilled to hear that everyone is […]

3Y5X QSL Card from Bouvet Island
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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Bouvet Island

Editor’s Note: As the 3Y0J Bouvet Island 2023 team gets closer to being on the air, all of us at DX Engineering and OnAllBands—on behalf of amateur operators around the world—express […]

Wp3R Ham Radio QSL Card arecibo observatory
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News from the Arecibo Observatory

The iconic radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico—a site near and dear to amateur radio operators the world over—will not be repaired or rebuilt, the National Science […]

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We Honor Early Bouvet Island DXpeditioner Gus Browning, W4BPD (SK) and the 2023 Bouvet Island DXpedition Team

It is Santa season after all, but a team of 13 daredevil hams are about to make the big guy in red’s one-night flight around the globe look like a […]

Bouvet Island DXpedition team on shore
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3Y0J: A DXpedition to the Most Remote Uninhabited Island on Earth

In the vastness of the South Atlantic Ocean, covered by ice, engulfed by clouds and battered by constant winds lies a speck of land, a mystical place that only a […]

Yasme Foundation header image
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The Yasme Foundation–Part of DX History

Editor’s Note: Thanks especially to Hamgallery.com, managed by Tom Roscoe, K8CX, for several of the images used here. There are many, many more wonderful photos and graphics on his website […]

Large Yagi Ham Radio Antenna
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Remembering Shintaro Uda, Co-Inventor of the Yagi-Uda Antenna (June 1, 1896 to August 18, 1976).

History is filled with scientists and inventors whose contributions didn’t get their just due. As we’ve discussed previously in this blog, Alfred Vail played a significant role in the development […]

CQ Map DX Zones
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Capturing the 40th Zone: How I Earned My CQ WAZ Award in FT8

FT8 can be its own art form. I know many think differently, and that is okay. Anything worth doing is going to have both supporters and naysayers. To each their […]

illustration of dramatic sun solar flares
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Solar Cycle 25 Update: What Hams Should Know

While the intense sun has produced its share of record-high temperatures this summer, amateur radio operators have been eagerly following the life-sustaining G-type main-sequence star at the center of our […]