The Delfi-n3xt, a cube satelllite, has gone silent. There is a request you listen for signals as the satellite has gone quiet.  For all the information

http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/23/delfi-n3xt-update-some-bad-news/

Are you trying to make contact with W1AW as it moves around the US?  If so you may also wish to listen for N3KN,  Kay C Craigie,the ARRL President. She was active on 17m today.

All this is part of the ARRL Centennial QSO Party. For more information on the party go to

http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party

The launch of about a dozen new cubesats from the ISS is scheduled to occur on Tuesday Feb 25th. If all goes to plan the launch on the 25th will be on commercial frequencies while the launch on the 28 will contain amateur frequencies. Launches on the 27th will be Japanese amateur cubsats. For more information on id’s and frequencies go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/more-cubesats-expected-to-deploy-from-iss-this-week

The annual ARRL International DX Contest is March 1 and 2 2014. For more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/make-your-voice-heard-during-the-arrl-international-dx-contest-phone-march-1-2

Environment Canada issued yet another weather warning for east Vancouver Island. For full details go to the url noted. REMEMBER to always check your local forecast

http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc46

W1AW will move their portable operations to Washington and Kansas Feb 26th 2014

I received this email and wish I had been part of this DXpedition !

Once again, the Caribbean Buddies DX Group has spent a week of DXing on the Island of Bequia, S.V.G. …

A brief video of their exploits is here …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4nUTBk7YzVA

Great fun, spectacular weather, and lots of contacts … the Buddipole Antenna System performed extremely well as usual … Buddi-Beams were everywhere it seemed …

73, Wey – J8/K8EAB

Listen for EA9/DL2RVL who will be active on all HF Bands from Africa. More info

http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/ea9-dl2rvl_melilla/

Congratulations to everyone who made Team Canada such a winning group at the Olympics.  Each of you deserve a medal.   Great effort, great work. Thank you

For an interesting article on the history of amateur radio go to

http://www.eham.net/articles/31750