The World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is celebrated on April 18. 2023 was marked by an important event – the visit of the ITU Secretary-General Mrs. Doreen Bogdan-Martin to the 4U1ITU club station in Geneva (Switzerland). For the first time, an amateur radio station of the United Nations appeared on the air through the geostationary…
13 February 2023 3Y0J – Never Give Up! Bouvet Island: The Most Remote Island in the World! Briefly about Bouvet Island: Bouvet Island ( Norwegian: Bouvetøya) is an uninhabited sub- antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty, as it…
Consequences of a strong storm in Vienna. The antenna did not fall and hung on the coaxial cable. The storm was so strong that it broke the aluminum platform that attached the boom to the antenna mast. Vienna has seen heavy rainfalls too, with flooded garages, tunnels, cellars, and U-Bahn stations. Within an hour Saturday night,…
