Solar activity remains high as the sun crackles with X-class and near-X-class solar flares. Three sunspots are participating (4477, 4478 and 4479), and they appear to be talking to one another. Consider this 8-hour movie recorded on July 1st by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory: The sequence includes a pair of M3-class solar flares and a powerful M8.5. All of the explosions are puffing clouds of hot plasma into space--some of them with an Earth-directed component. Our magneto

Op: PA1SND Band: 40M Modes: SSB & CW Qsl Info: Qsl via bureau Start Date - End Date: Jul. 04 - Jul. 17 Webpage: https://www.qrz.com/db/LX/PA1SND Notes: He will be operating QRP

The Island Hopper Group is heading back to Tangier Island for the 2026 RSGB IOTA Contest, along with POTA activations in the days leading up to the event. 📍 Tangier Island is located in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia (USA) and is part of IOTA NA-083 and Grid Square FM17. The first operators will be on the island July 22–26, with the rest of the team arriving on July 24. The group will use their personal callsigns for POTA activations and the special contest callsign K4T during

Op: IZ3KVD Bands: HF Qsl Info: Qsl via LZ1JZ Start Date - End Date: Jul. 08 - Jul. 17 Webpage: https://www.qrz.com/db/IZ3KVD Notes: Holiday-style operation

Special callsign SN93LOT will be active from 1 to 31 July 2026 to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the ill-fated transatlantic flight of Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas. On 15 July 1933, the two pilots departed New York City in their small aircraft Lituanica, attempting a nonstop flight to Kaunas, Lithuania. After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they crashed on 17 July just 650 km short of their destination. QSL via SP1PMY. For more informati

The Tour de France Radioamateur Challenge is a special on-air operating event organized by the REF in partnership with local amateur radio clubs and associations. It runs in parallel with the 2026 Tour de France cycling races — the men’s edition (4–26 July) and the women’s edition (1–9 August). Throughout the event, special event stations with the callsign TMxxTFR (where “xx” is the two-digit French department number) will be activated for one week in departments hosting a st

The special callsign DL0SOP will be active July 1–31 in celebration of the 67th Sea of Peace Award. Operators are expected to be active on the HF bands throughout the month. 📬 QSL via: Club Log OQRS, LoTW, and eQSL. 🔗 More information: https://dl0sop.darc.de

Contest: ARRL Field Day Date: Jun. 27, 1800Z to Jun. 28, 2100Z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/field-day

Contest: His Majesty King of Spain Contest, SSB Date: Jun. 27, 1200Z to Jun. 28, 1159Z Rules: https://concursos.ure.es/en/s-m-el-rey-de-espana-ssb/bases/