Ethnic Greek station briefly on shortwave in Australia

Radio Symban, a Greek station in Australia, has briefly transmitted on shortwave. Radio Symban was reportedly on the air on the frequency of 2368.5 kHz on May 17-20. Radio Symban began broadcasting on the VHF band already in 1997. Another private Australian company, Double V Shortwave Australia, is also planning to launch shortwave broadcasts.
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DXpedition report from Easter Island in the Southern Pacific

Very few hobbyists have a chance to travel and DX in an exotic location like Easter Island, but John H. Bryant will take you there. Check out his report full of far-away catches. You can also find other DXpedition reports and logs on the DXpeditions page.
  To Easter Island DXpedition (June 12, 2007)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 04 July follow. Solar flux 65 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 04 July was 2 (12 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

Source: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

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Organizing Your Digital DX

Cheap digital storage space has revolutionized the way we DXers can save, organize and access our recordings and QSL collection. Creating a digital DXing archive however requires many decisions concerning formats and file names, with long lasting consequences.
 To the Article (November 20, 2007)