On 4th August 2025, I tuned in to some aircraft activity on 5643 kHz.

Below is a short video showing some of my reception of Auckland radio and aircraft travelling across the Tasman Sea.

The day after working Sean aeronautical mobile, I was fortunate to work another aeronautical mobile station, Denny KN6KNE, on 20m SSB.

Denny was aeronautical mobile in a Boeing 737 over Arizona, USA.

This was the 3rd time that I have spoken with Denny whilst he has been in the cockpit.

On 2nd August 2025, on 20m SSB, I made contact with Sean K8JSM, who was aeronautical mobile in a Boeing 767 south of Iceland.

Above:- Details of the flight. Image c/o flightradar

Sean was flying from Newark, New Jersey, USA to London, UK.

Above:- the route from New Jersey, USA to London, UK. Image c/o flightradar.

The map below shows how busy the airspace was around Sean’s flight.

Above: UAL940 south of Iceland. Image c/o flightradar.

Below is a short video of some of the QSO.

Here is a selection of the latest QSL cards arrived for VK5MAZ & VK5PAS.

I finally got some spare time to finalise the results of the 2024 VKFF Team Championship.

Marija VK5MAZ and I took part in the single tx/40 & 80m band/100w/wire antenna section

An activator participation certificate was also issued to each activator who took part.

Tonight via email, I received the letter below acknowledging my reception of Hong Kong VOLMET on 13282 kHz on 31st July 2025.

I received the QSL card below via email this evening from China Radio International, acknowledging my reception of their station on 17510 kHz on 22nd July 2025.

eQSL card received from the BBC for my reception of the BBC on 15490 kHz on 25th July 2025.

eQSL card received from the BBC for my reception of the BBC on 13810 kHz on 25th July 2025.

At about 0831 UTC on Thursday, 31st July 2025, I tuned in to CHU time signal station, CANADA, transmitting on 7850 kHz.

CHU is the call sign of a shortwave time signal radio station operated by the Institute for National Measurement Standards of the National Research Council, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  (Wikipedia 2023)

Three frequencies are used: 3330, 7850, and 14670 kHz.

The station commenced in 1923 with a callsign of 9CC and was used on an experimental basis until 1928.  In January 1929, regular daytime transmissions commenced under the callsign of VE9OB on 7353 kHz.  At the end of 1929, continuous transmissions commenced on the 90m band.  The station’s callsign was changed to CHU in 1938.  (Wikipedia 2023)

Below is a short video of my reception of CHU.

References.

1. Council, R. (2019). NRC shortwave station broadcasts (CHU) – National Research Council Canada. [online] Canada.ca. Available at: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/canadas-official-time/nrc-shortwave-station-broadcasts-chu [Accessed 2 Aug. 2025].
2. ‌Wikipedia Contributors (2025). CHU (radio station). Wikipedia.‌