These awards are issued to participants all around the world taking part in Olympic Activity Days and working stations who use special callsigns with numbers (2014, 22, 11, 0000), also R7378TM, R7975TM, R7979TM. All special stations must be registered on site ok2014.ru to qualify for awards program. Activity period: 00:00 MSK Dec.1, 2013 – 23:59…
The unique and exclusive video from 3W3RR’s video archive. The Russian “White House” 1992 (between two Russian revolutions). Idea and realization from Alex RX3AEX
Radio Amateurs responding to Slovenia Electricity Disruption Since 31st January Slovenia has been affected by extreme cold weather such as blizzards, heavy snow and sleet. This has caused the collapse of power lines under the weight of ice, snow and falling trees with electricity disruptions now affecting 250,000 people (25% of households). The restoration of…
Île Amsterdam (French pronunciation: [ilamstəʁˈdam], also known as Amsterdam Island, New Amsterdam, or Nouvelle Amsterdam, is an island named after the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It lies in the southern Indian Ocean. It is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and, together with neighbouring Île Saint-Paul 85 km (53 mi) to…
Max de Henseler, HB9RS, the founder and president emeritus of 4U1UN at United Nations headquarters in New York, died December 30. He was 80. A ham since 1955, de Henseler had been a short-wave listener since the late 1940s. In 1976, while in New York as the UN’s chief cartographer, de Henseler reactivated the United…