425 DX News issue #1007
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No 1007
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Franz, DK1II will participate in the Rotahomes Project (to provide
basic cyclone-resistant shelters and living essentials for
destitute families) at Lautoka, Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji between
22 August and 10 September. He will operate CW on 40-10 metres as
3D2II during his spare time. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX DX
World]
3D2_cr - After the cancellation of the expedition to Central Kiribati
[425DXN 984], Hrane, YT1AD and David, K3LP are organizing an
operation from Conway Reef/Ceva-I-Ra (OC-112) to take place on
1-10 October 2011. A large multi-national team will be active on
all bands and modes. Further information is expected in due
course. The website for the expedition is under construction at
www.yt1ad.info/3d2c/index.html [TNX DX World]
8Q - Oku, JK1KSB will be active as 8Q7SO from Mirihi Island, Maldives
(AS-013) on 16-26 September. He will operate holiday style on
80-10 metres CW, RTTY, SSB and PSK31. QSL via JK1KSB, direct or
bureau. [TNX JK1KSB]
9A - Csaba, DH7KU will be active as 9A/DH7KU from Krk Island (EU-136)
between 22 August and 3 September. He will operate holiday style
on 40 and 20 metres CW. QSL via home call. [TNX DH7KU]
9A - Jan, PA4JJ will be active again as 9A/PA4JJ from the Croatian
mainland (JN65sg) between 22 August and 9 September. He will
operate mainly PSK31 and/or TYY with a focus on 30, 17 and 12
metres. QSl via home call, direct or bureau (on-line requests for
bureau cards at www.pa4jj.nl). [TNX PA4JJ]
CT7 - The Associacao de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide will be
active as CS2HNI from within the premises of the lighthouse at
Forte do Cavalo (ARLHS POR-021) during the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (21-22 August). They will operate SSB
on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via CT1RVM, bureau preferred.
[TNX VA3RJ]
DL - Harald, DF6BL will be active on 80-10 metres as DF6BL/p from
Langeness Island (EU-042) on 23-29 August. QSL via home call,
bureau preferred. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
EA - AO1LWF is the special callsign to used from the lighthouse at Cape
Finisterre (Cabo Fisterra) during the ILLW. QSL via EA1HNP, bureau
preferred. [TNX EA1NT]
EA - EA1AP, EA1CJ, EA1JJ, EA1SA, EA2JB, EA2RC and EA2RY will be active
as EG1OTA from Mouro Island (EU-142) on 28-29 August. Expect
activity on 80-10 metres. QSL via EA2RC, direct or bureau.
EA - The Federacion Digital EA will operate five special stations
between 27 August and 20 September during La Vuelta a Espana (Tour
of Spain), the long distance road bicycle race celebrating its
75th anniversary in 2010: AM7LV (27 August-2 September), AM5LV (31
August-7 September), AM3LV (5-10 September), AM1LV (8-18
September) and AM4LV (16-20 September). Further information and
QSLling instructions at http://fediea.org/lavuelta/
EA8 - Members of the Gran Canaria DX Group will participate in the ILLW
as AO8GLH from San Cristobal lighthouse on La Gomera Island
(AF-004). They will have two stations active on CW, SSB and RTTY.
[TNX EA8AKN]
FJ - Lot, DJ7ZG and Babs, DL7AFS will be active as TO7ZG from St.
Bathelemey (NA-146) on 6-20 October. They will operate mainly
RTTY, PSK and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via DL7AFS, direct or
bureau. Further information and log search at www.qsl.net/dl7afs/
[TNX DJ7ZG]
GM - Members of the Sands Contest Group (www.m0scg.org.uk) and the
Workington Radio Club, along with Brendon EI6IZ, will be active as
MS0SCG from the Isle of Arran (EU-123) on 18-25 September. They
plan to operate on VHF, HF, SSB, CW and digital modes. [TNX G0VGS]
GW - Philip, MW0DHF and Ken, GW1FKY will be active as GC4BRS from
Flatholm Island (EU-124) and lighthouse on 20-23 August. QSL via
GW0ANA. [TNX DX World]
I - A group of operators from ARI Genova will be active again as IU1L
from La Lanterna (ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) on 21-22 August for
the ILLW. QSL direct or bureau. [TNX IZ1BZS]
I - Domenico, I6HWD will operate CW only from Pedaso Lighthouse (ARLHS
ITA-112) during the ILLW. [TNX IK0IXI]
I - Celebrating the last flag-lowering ceremony of the Italian Navy
submarine "Leonardo da Vinci", special event station II1IALV will
be active from La Spezia on 27-29 August. QSL via IK8XVA, direct
or bureau. [TNX IT9MRM]
JW - Joe JA1LZR and Yutaka JQ2GYU will be active as JW/HB9LEY and
JW/JQ2GYU from Svalbard on 10-14 October. They will operate CW and
SSB with a focus on the low bands as well as on 30, 17 and 12
metres. QSL for both callsigns via JQ2GYU, direct or bureau. [TNX
JQ2GYU]
OJ0 - The OJ0SARTG DXpedition to Market Reef [425DXN 1003] has been
cancelled due to adverse weather and sea conditions. [TNX DX World]
SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active again as J48HW from Thassos Island
(EU-174) from 28 August to 7 September. QSL via home call, bureau
preferred. [TNX HA0HW]
SV5 - Peri, HB9IQB will be active as SV5/HB9IQB from Rhodes (EU-001) on
23-28 August. He will operate CW with a focus on 30, 17 and 12
metres. QSl via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX DX
World]
T8 - Takio JH3QFL (T88TB) and Haruki JH3KEA (T88KH) will be active from
Palau (OC-009) in 19-22 September. They will operate SSB, CW and
RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
JH3QFL]
VE - Look for Frank, VE7DP/7 and Klaus, VE7KDU/7 to be active from
Digby Island (NA-061) on 19-21 August. They will also try to go
and operate from the Dundas Islands (NA-118) "some time between
24-28 August". [TNX islandchaser.com]
VE - George, K3GV will be active as K3GV/VY2 from Prince Edward Island
(NA-029) on 1-30 September. He will be QRV on 15 and 20 metres
around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX K3GV]
VK - Two operators (Peter, VK2NN and Tommy, VK2IR) from the Hellenic
Amateur Radio Association of Australia (www.haraoa.com) are active
as VI2MI from Montague Island (OC-223) and lighthouse through 22
August. Apparently they will QSL only via eQSL. [TNX DX World]
W - The Great South Bay ARC (W2GSB) will be active from the historic
lighthouse on Fire Island (NA-026) during the ILLW. Look for
activity on 14225, 7175 and 3850 kHz, as well as on 14070 kHz PSK.
QSL to Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 1356, West
Babylon, NY 11704-0356, USA. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Bob, KB2VMG will be active holiday style as KB2VMG/4 from Key
Biscayne (NA-141) between 24 August and 3 September. He will
operate PSK and SSB with a focus on the bands below 20 metres. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
ZD9 - John, ZS1LF will depart for Gough Island (AF-030) in September and
will remain there for one year. He plans to operate as ZD9GI in
his spare time, "after official working hours and weekends". John
will use dipoles (yagi antennas are not permitted) and will
operate "SSB at this stage, digital modes later". Activity on the
amateur bands will start after the supply ship, the SA Agulhas,
leaves the island, and according to The Daily DX John "does not
expect to be QRV until early November". QSL via ZS1A. Further
information can be found at qrz.com
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
26TH DX DINNER ---> The Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) recently
announced that the 26th annual DX Dinner, which is held in conjunction with
Dayton Hamvention, will be held at the Dayton Marriott on 20 May 2011. On
20 August the Marriott opened more rooms to be booked. When dinner tickets
become available, information will be posted on www.SWODXA.org. [TNX W8GEX]
BARTG SPRINT 75 ---> Following the success of the first 75 Baud Sprint and
many requests for a second, the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group is
running another Sprint 75 on 19 September (17-21 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres). Complete information on the contest, as well as on the
"recently made fundamental changes to the way BARTG operates, which we hope
will bring some exciting changes to the RTTY contesting world", can be
found at http://bartg.co.uk/ [TNX G3LDI]
IARU SOCIETIES ---> On 31 July Egypt announced the establishment of the
Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society for Development (ERASD) as the new national
official representative body and IARU Member Society.
On 20 August came the announcement that the Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool
(MARP) has been accepted as IARU Member Society. Based in Bar, Montenegro,
MARP was formally organized on 5 October 2008. There are 31 licensed
members of the Society out of a total amateur population of 41.
TEXAS DX SOCIETY ---> Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Texas DX
Society will host a QSO party in conjunction with the annual Texas QSO
Party (from 14 UTC on 25 September to 2 UTC on the 26th, and from 14 to 20
UTC on 26 September). Detailed information on the event can be found at
www.tdxs.net/qp/tdxs40qp.html [TNX K5DX]
YO DX HF CONTEST ---> The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) invites
amateur radio operators all over the world to participate in the annual YO
DX HF Contest, which will be held on 28-29 August (from 12 UTC to 11.59
UTC). Participants in the contest who meet the award requirements will
receive the YO 45 P Award (1st class) free of charge. Complete contest
rules and results of lats year's edition can be found at www.yodx.ro [TNX
YO2DFA]
+ SILENT KEYS + Former President and Prime Minister of Italy, Sen.
Francesco Cossiga (I0FCG) passed away on 17 August at 82 years of age. In
2006 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Other recently
reported Silent Keys include Vittorio Dell'Amico (I1VTI), Leonard J. Kaufer
(KH0AC), Kenneth A. Larsen (N2JTZ), Vladimir I. Zhukov (RA3YA), Artyom O.
Silkin (RZ3DAJ) and Viktor G. Kalashnikov (UT3FM).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0TM, 4O7CC, 4S7AB, 4X1FC,
5K0Z, 5T5DC, 5Z4ES, 6V7M, 6W1SJ, 6Y1LZ, 8R1RPN, 9H1AL, 9J2FM, 9K2GS, 9M8DX,
9U1VO, 9Z4CT, A92IO, AL5A/AH0, AT10BP, BH4QAK, BY8DX, C21DL, C36PP, C6ANX,
CE4CT, CK8G, CP4BT, CQ7OA, E20AS, E21EJC, E4X, E51COF, EA6SX, EA9EU,
EX8BAL, EX8MLE, EY7AD, FM5AA, FP/K9OT, FR1LC, GB10GKA, GB111HP, GJ4FDM,
H44WG, HK0GU, HS0AC, HS0ZJF, IS0R, J5V, J6/G3PJT, J6/VE3CZF, J6/WB4WXE,
J79ZG, J88CF, KH2/N2NL, KP4MS, LX1RFJ, MJ/OP9X, MN5ALJ, MU/PA4N, N6VMW/DU8
(OC-105), OD5ET, OH0PM, P29VJY, P29VKJ, PJ4NX, PJ5NA, PT7/HA9RT, R1ANB,
R1FJM, ST2AR, SV1CEI/8 (EU-067), SV1DH, SV5BYR, SV9CVY, SX8R (EU-174),
T22ZL, T30XG, T32CI, T32MI, T32TI, T32VI, TC07DX (AS-115), TK9E, TL0A,
TO2R, TS8P (AF-083), TT8PK, TX3D, UK8OM, UK8UWG, UP4L, UP65LB, V21ZG,
V51AS, V63AKA, V63DX, V63TR, V85AVE, V85SS, VK9CF, VP2V/DL7VOG, VP5/W5CW,
VP9GE, VQ9LA, VY0V, XE2HWB, XR0Y, XR9JA, XW1B, XW3DT, YI9PSE, YS3CW,
YV5AMH, YV5ESN, ZC4VJ, ZD8RH, ZS10WCS, ZS8M, ZW8B (SA-025), ZZ6Z.
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