Amateur Radio News

Date: Friday Mar 24, 2023
Time: 9:29 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 12°
Approach: 10° above NNW
Departure: 11° above NNE

The Software Defined Radio Academy (SDRA) has issued a call for papers for the 2023 Ulrich L. Rohde Award. This award, named after Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde, N1UL, was created in 2022 and is presented to those who have completed innovative research in the field of software-defined radio (SDR). It's a paper award that requires a written submission by applicants. There are first - second - and third -p...

Last weekend (March 4 - 5, 2023) was the phone segment of the ARRL International DX Contest.

Although the deadline to submit logs is 2359Z on March 12, preliminary numbers already show an increase in submissions compared to the same period last year. Conditions were favorable for much of the world, and many operators took to social media to talk about their wins.

Italian ham Chris Diemoz, IX1CKN,...

So far this month, two new sunspot groups appeared on March 1,
another one on March 2, three more on March 3, one more on March 5,
two more on March 6, and another on March 7, then two more on March
9.

Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 126.3 to 143.6.

Average daily solar flux changed from 158.2 to 181.6

Average daily planetary A index declined from 27.7 to 14.6, and
average middle latitude numbe...

Date: Thursday Mar 9, 2023
Time: 4:28 AM
Duration: 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 18°
Approach: 18° above ENE
Departure: 10° above E

Date: Thursday Mar 9, 2023
Time: 6:01 AM
Duration: 5 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 39°
Approach: 17° above WNW
Departure: 10° above SSE

Date: Friday Mar 10, 2023
Time: 5:16 AM
Duration: 3 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 67°
Approach: 67° above S
Departure: 10° above SE

Date: Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Time: 4:31 AM
Duration: 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 14°
Approach: 14° above ESE
Departure: 10° above ESE

Date: Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Time: 6:05 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 13°
Approach: 13° above WSW
Departure: 10° above SSW

Date: Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Time: 6:20 AM
Duration: less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 12°
Approach: 12° above S
Departure: 10° above S

Date: Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Time: 9:22 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 27°
Approach: 10° above SW
Departure: 27° above SSW

Date: Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Time: 8:34 PM
Duration: 4 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 28°
Approach: 10° above SSW
Departure: 20° above E

Date: Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Time: 10:11 PM
Duration: 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 15°
Approach: 10° above W
Departure: 15° above W

Date: Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Time: 9:23 PM
Duration: 4 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 54°
Approach: 10° above WSW
Departure: 48° above N

Date: Friday Mar 17, 2023
Time: 8:35 PM
Duration: 7 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 88°
Approach: 10° above SW
Departure: 11° above NE

Date: Friday Mar 17, 2023
Time: 10:13 PM
Duration: 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 17°
Approach: 10° above WNW
Departure: 17° above NW

Date: Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Time: 9:25 PM
Duration: 4 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 24°
Approach: 10° above W
Departure: 18° above NNE

Date: Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Time: 8:36 PM
Duration: 6 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 35°
Approach: 10° above W
Departure: 10° above NE

Date: Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Time: 10:15 PM
Duration: 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 13°
Approach: 10° above NW
Departure: 13° above NNW

Date: Monday Mar 20, 2023
Time: 9:27 PM
Duration: 4 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 15°
Approach: 10° above NW
Departure: 11° above NNE