Europe
Until 1963-04-30, the all the islands of the Channel Islands counted for a single DXCC entity, Channel Islands.
In the March, 1963 issue of QST, ARRL anno...
Sun, 12 Oct, 2014 at 10:32 PM
The International Telegraph Union (ITU), later renamed as the International Telecommunication Union, was founded on 1865-05-17. The ITU became a United Nati...
Fri, 6 Nov, 2015 at 9:26 AM
Some logging programs seem to map all IW0 callsigns to Sardinia, which is incorrect.
The IW0 prefix is allocated as follows:
Callsigns in the ran...
Fri, 11 Apr, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Jan Mayen, named after Dutch sea captain Jan Jacobsz May who visited the island in 1614, , is a volcanic island located in the Arctic Ocean at 70°59′N 8°3...
Thu, 7 Apr, 2022 at 3:53 PM
Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ
This article traces the history of Liechtenstein callsigns from 1945 to date.
The data presented below is derived from a stu...
Wed, 2 Jul, 2014 at 10:15 AM
Market Reef, a small uninhabited island in the Baltic Sea, between Finland and Sweden, IOTA reference EU-053, is an interesting island from a DXCC perspecti...
Wed, 17 Oct, 2018 at 12:52 PM
OH-stations using suffix /S or /SA indicate stations using old military equipment during special commemorative events, usually 4th June or 6th December each...
Wed, 11 Feb, 2015 at 8:06 AM
2009 changes
In 2009, Anacom, the Portuguese local regulatory agency for the amateur radio service, published new legislation. The new legislation chang...
Tue, 12 Sep, 2017 at 9:35 AM
Ramon, EA3JI, advises Club Log that the addition of "/" and a regional locator for Spanish stations working away from their main station address b...
Tue, 18 Nov, 2014 at 6:50 AM
After WWII, UK amateurs had to apply for a new licence before being permitted to transmit again. The first of the new licences was not issued until January ...
Thu, 22 Aug, 2019 at 12:16 PM