OK2CQR

"I'll give up CW when I'm dead! MAYBE!" (Rick, KC8AON)

FOC QSO Party 22 Oct 2011

FOC is pleased to present the FOC QSO Party. This event is open to all radio amateurs world-wide. Its aim is to encourage the use of, and excellence in, Morse code. The FOC QSO Party is not a contest but an activity day in memory of Bill Windle, a past Chairman of FOC who was […]

8J1MORSE

The special event station 8J1MORSE, that commemorates the 220th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Morse and the first successful Morse Code communication across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi in 1901, will QRV from 1st Hune, 2011 till end of Nov 2011. For detailes refer to official website http://8j1morse.a1tokai.net/ and offical blog http://8j1morse.blogspot.com/

FOC QSO Party 14 May 2011

FOC is pleased to present the FOC QSO Party. This event is open to all radio amateurs world-wide. Its aim is to encourage the use of, and excellence in, Morse code. The FOC QSO Party is not a contest but an activity day in memory of Bill Windle, a past Chairman of FOC who was […]

Ham Among Americans Killed in Afghan Attack

U.S. amateur James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF, was among the nine Americans killed in a shooting at Kabul airport Wednesday when an Afghan military pilot opened fire in an operations room of the Afghan Air Corps, according to Voice of America reporter and fellow amateur Steve Herman, W7VOA/T6AD.  According to Herman, the attack was the worst single […]

JARL Emergency Frequencies

As you may know, we had a terrible quake in northern part of Japan on Friday afternoon last week. After three days past, more than 2000 killed and more than 10000 missing up to now. Also, the neuclear power plants located in Fukushima-pref. is getting serious situation. We as an amateur radio operator are gathering […]

FOC QSO Party – 23 October 2010

FOC is pleased to present the FOC QSO Party. This event is open to all radio amateurs world-wide. Its aim is to encourage the use of, and excellence in, Morse code. The FOC QSO Party is not a contest but an activity day in memory of Bill Windle, a past Chairman of FOC who was […]

Turkey Island Giresun AS-154 expedition

Group of OK radioamateurs Pavel TA2ZAF (OK1MU), Dan OK1HRA and Honza OK2ZAW are going to activate Turkey Island Giresun AS-154 in the Black Sea between 14.10. and 18.10.2010. Pavel TA2ZAF applied last chance for activation this year and started to organize this expediton by high speed and big effort only few weegs ago. QSL via […]

The Bill Windle QSO Party – 12th June, 2010

FOC is pleased to present the Bill Windle QSO Party. This event is open to all radio amateurs world-wide. Its aim is to encourage the use of, and excellence in, Morse code. The Bill Windle QSO Party is not a contest but an activity day in memory of Bill Windle, a past Chairman of FOC […]