Hospital Broadcasting Sheffield in the UK launched on 1431 AM

A new hospital radio station in the United Kingdom has begun broadcasting on 1431 kHz mediumwave. Hospital Broadcasting Sheffield (HBS) has been on the air for over 30 years, but aired its first AM broadcast on May 3, 2008. Programming runs 24/7 and consists of request shows, specialist music shows, live sports programs and hourly news reports.
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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 14 May follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at 0300 UTC on 15 May was 1 (5 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)