Group of OK radioamateurs Pavel TA2ZAF (OK1MU), Vláďa OK1CW, Franta OK1DF, Zdenek OK1FIA, Slávek OK1TN, Zdeno OK2ZW a Honza OK2ZAW under the special call TC07DX are going to activate Turkey Island Suluada AS-115 in Mediterranean Sea between 15.5. and 19.5.2010.

We will use two stations CW/SSB and some few hours of operation is planned for RTTY mode. Equipmend will be: 2 x IC-746PRO + 2 x TS-480SAT + 2 x PA 800W, ANT - 5 band Spiderbeam, multiband vertical AV-640, loops for 30/40m, HB9CV on 50MHz.

QSL will go via Jarda OK2GZ as in previous TA IOTA expeditions, via OK BURO or DIRECT or via e-mail(on request).

In case of internet connection on the island we have planned online-logs regularly updated as was in our previous TA IOTA expeditions, please stay tuned.

More information at http://www.okdxf.eu/expedice/tc07en/www/

I just updated my award section. News:

      

News:

• bandmap entries have now more precise frequency (down to a single Hz) for easier return to own spots
• possibility to use reverse sideband for CW (CWR) instead of CW
• the grayline map now uses a transparent overlay for night area visualisation

• program crashes in Ubuntu 10.04 after openining Preferences window - fixed
• storing values to grid and county field from membership doesn't work - fixed

Download here.

News:

• ordering by WAZ and ITU added
• database update now can grab names from previous QSOs
• 'QSL send' marking option added

• align of TIME_OFF column fixed
• looking for callsign with flash produced HTML code - fixed
• group editing of own locator fixed
• QTH profiles window doesn't show any records - fixed
• importing QSLRDATE and QSLSDATE fixed

Download here.

Last week I got package with famous Mercury paddle from Bencher. Original author of this paddle is Steven Nurkiewicz, N2DAN. After his dead the rights were sold to Bencher and they serial numbers start at 1000. My paddle has s/n 1200.

Steven's life is very interesting. On 22th of March 1981 was published his life story in Parade magazine which was distributed with many large metropolitan newspapers e.g. Atlanta Journal and The Chicago Tribune. The story was "How a son found his parents after 40 years".

It is a book by Carlo IK0YGJ, that has just been translated into English. You can download it here: http://www.qsl.net/ik0ygj/enu/index.html

 Carlo says:

This book is the result of several years of experience in amateur radiotelegraphy. It suggests, for the first time, a learning methodology based on an integrated and multidisciplinary approach designed to accompany the apprentice from the first steps in ham radio all the way to a world-class proficiency in telegraphy. The book introduces, ad-hoc tailored to amateur radio, techniques used successfully by competitive athletes, including extreme sports such as free diving, adapted to the difficult process of learning telegraphy.

More here: http://www.eham.net/forums/CW/10885

 Very nice work Carlo! Thank you!

In 2010 PZK (Polish Radio Amateur Association) celebrates 80th anniversary of establishment and presents new award – 80 years of PZK. More details and rules are available here: http://awards.pzk.org.pl/html/80_Lat_Regulamin.htm

I developed an UDP server allowing operation of the Winkey USB by K1EL with any Linux program with UDP keyer capability. It works in the same way as the popular cwdaemon. With Winkeyer USB server expands the useability of this excellent product to all Linux program with UDP keyer capability (TLF by PA0R etc.)

News:

• storing grid columns width and position - fixed
• propagation window shows wrong SSN number from NOAA - fixed

Download here.