425 DX News issue #1072
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No 1072
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5X - Nick, G3RWF will be active again as 5X1NH from Uganda for three
weeks starting on 23 November. Usually he operates CW and digital
modes, with some SSB. This time he hopes to "make a dent in the
low bands". QSL via home call and LoTW.
6V - Jeff, N1SNB will be active as 6V7V from Senegal on 23-29 November,
CQ WW CW Contest included. Outside the contest he will focus on
160-80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via N1SNB. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
E5 - Bill, N7OU is now active as E51MAN from Manihiki, North Cook
Islands. Because of the delay in Rarontonga, Bill has moved up his
departure date from Manihiki to 6 December. QSL via home call
(remember: all QSOs with E51NOU are South Cooks, and all QSOs with
E51MAN are North Cooks).
FO_ci - Bob/KK6EK, John/N7CQQ and others will be active as TX5Q with two
stations from Clipperton Island for approximately one week in
March 2012 (tentative QRV dates are 10-15 March). This will be a
"multi-disciplinary expedition", and the team "will also deploy
and use the innovative satellite-internet system (DXA) for
real-time display of the expedition activities". They are looking
for a doctor/DXpeditioner to act as informal medic for the trip
(contact robert[@]schmieder.com if interested). Details about the
DXpedition can be found at www.cordell.org/CI/ [NX N1DG]
FK - Sam, FK8DD will operate as TX8NC from Lifou Island (OC-033) during
the CQWW CW Contest. He plans to be active on 27 November from 00
to 22 UTC. QSL via LZ1JZ. [TNX LZ1JZ]
GM - Special event callsign GB2PG will be in use from 18 November to 15
December to commemorate the 90th anniversary of first short wave
transatlantic amateur radio transmission sent from the US (by
Minton Cronkhite, 1BCG) and received in to Scotland (by Paul
Godley, 2ZE). QSL via GM0DEQ. [TNX VA3RJ]
GM - The Stirling & District Amateur Radio Society will operate special
event callsign GB0SA on 26-27 November to celebrate St Andrew's
Day. Activity will take place from the National Wallace Monument
in the City of Stirling. QSL via GM4UYE. [TNX DX World]
I_ant - Massimo, IW0HEU is active as II0MZ from the Mario Zucchelli
Station at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica (AN-016) until February
2012. He perates SSB only mainly on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via
IW0EFA, bureau preferred.
J6 - W0MU, N1NK and G0DVJ will be active as J6/homecall from St. Lucia
(NA-108) from 21 November to 1 December. They will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as J6M (QSL via N1NK and LoTW); before and
after the contest they will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on
160-6 metres.
JD1_oga- Yoshi, JG4IQC will be active as JG4IQC/JD1 from Ogasawara on 23-25
November. He will be QRV on 20-10 metres CW in his spare time. QSL
via home call. [TNX DX World]
KH6 - Dave, WJ2O will be active as KH6/WJ2O from Hawaii on 22-30
November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. Outside the contest, he
will concentrate on 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via WJ2O. [TNX NG3K]
PJ7 - Masa, K1GI (JN3NFQ) will be active as PJ7I from Sint Maarten
(NA-105) on 24-28 November. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres with
500 watts. QSL via JG2BRI.
SV - Special event station SX100A will be active on 2-4 December to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Greek warship "Georgios
Averof". The operation will take place from the ship's radio room.
QSL via bureau. [TNX SV1HER]
T8 - Arkady, UA4CC will be active as T8CC or T88UU from Palau on 7-16
December. He plans to operate holiday style on 160-10 metres (and
maybe 6m as well) CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via UA4CC, direct or
bureau, and LoTW. [TNX UA4CC]
TL - TL8ES is the callsign issued to Elvira, IV3FSG, who has been in
M'Baiki, Central African Republic for some time now. She plans to
operate SSB, RTTY and PSK in her spare time. QSL via IK3GES. [TNX
IV3FSG]
TN - TN9SN is the new callsign issued to Nicolas Sinieokoff, ex-TN5SN,
by the new licensing authorithy in the Republic of Congo. He plans
to have it renewed for 2012, as he will be there until July. [TNX
The Daily DX]
VP2E - Pete, VE3IKV will be active from Anguilla (NA-022) between 25
November and 3 December. He plans to operate as VP2EAT on 40-10
metres during the CQ WW DX CW Contest, and on 17, 12, 10 and 6
metres afterwards. QSL via VE3IKV (direct). [TNX NG3K]
VP2V - Art, N3DXX will be active as VP2V/N3DXX from the British Virgin
Islands (NA-023) on 23-30 November, including an entry in the CQ
WW CW Contest. Outside the contest he plans to focus on 160
metres. QSL via AA7V, direct only. [TNX NG3K]
W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston
Island (NA-143) on 18-23 November. He operates CW only. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XE - Manuel, XE2HUQ will be active as XF1M from Santa Margarita Island
(NA-078) from 29 November to 3 December. He will operate CW and
SSB on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via XE2HUQ.
XZ - "After one year of discrete discussions with senior officials
within the Myanmar Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, and the
Ministry of Tourism, I have received an invitation to visit
Myanmar, and to operate a PSK31 'micro' DXpedition for about 4
days from the historic city of Bagan", Simon HS0ZIB says. "It is
possible that the date for my visit will be very soon". This
"initial operation would be on 20 metres only, using about 50
watts output power into a PAR wire antenna", and Simon hopes it
"will be the first of many micro DXpeditions by me to Myanmar".
[TNX DX World]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The October 2011 issue is now available for
download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA]
E35X ---> "It has come to my attention that rumors are going that I am
planning an expedition to Eritrea using the call sign E35X", Erling LA6VM
says. "These rumors have no basis in any real situation".
E35X was the callsign used by LA6VM (along with LA1EE, LA7XK, LA9DL and
JF1IST) back in June 1993, soon after Eritrea declared its independence and
gained international recognition.
ID9DXC ---> This is the callsign the DXCoffee IOTA team will use from
various islands in the Eolie group (EU-017) in 2011 and 2012. The first
activity was expected to take place on 18 November from Panarea Island. QSL
via IT9YVO, direct or bureau. Information at www.dxcoffee.com/id9dxc/
RADIO ARCALA & CQWW CW CONTEST ---> Radio Arcala (www.radioarcala.com) will
deploy five six stations in this year's event: 9H9BH from Malta (operated
by OH2BH), CR2X from the Azores (operated by OH2UA), OH0X from the Aland
Islands (operated by OH2TA), OH2BH from Southern Finland (operated by
OH2IW), OH8X from Northern Finland (operated by ES2RR) and TC2X from
Asiatic Turkey (operated by OH2PM). [TNX OH2BN]
VQ9JC ---> Jim, ND9M is back at Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Islands and
expects to be QRV at least until 1 March 2012. The local licensing office
renewed his regular license (VQ9JC) for two years and also issued another
short-term special prefix callsign (VQ91JC) for him to use from 19 November
through 4 December. This will include a SOAB Low Power entry in the CQ WW
CW Contest.
His usual QRV hours are 12.00-16.30 UTC on most days. He operates from the
club station, where the current situation is far from being optimal.
"Visitors over the last few months disconnected a number of coax and other
cables without labeling them first", he says, "so I'm doing a lot of cable
tracing (and labeling!). Much of the cabling work that VQ9LA did over the
years has been removed for no apparent reason.
The finals in both amps (Alpha 99 and AL80B) have failed, so I'll be
running barefoot for the foreseeable future. The amps are owned by the
Navy, but the Navy hasn't provided any equipment repair support for several
years, and I'll have to buy the replacement finals out of pocket, but that
won't happen for several months.
Also, the log periodic (10-30 MHz) works well, but the rotator binds around
020 degrees when turning clockwise (from north towards east). There's an
apparent issue with strain on the coax caused by turning the rotator and
maybe even the connection at the top of the 30-meter tower; the SWR
skyrockets when the rotator is turned beyond 020 degrees as it moves to the
east.
For now, the antenna will be left facing northwest rather than risk causing
permanent damage until I can get up there. This heading favors the path to
Europe and the Americas, but obviously hurts the paths to JA and VK/ZL to
the east as well as Long Path to NA to the south, but it can't be helped at
this point.
The single remaining HF rig is an IC-760 which has a lot of years and miles
on it, but its performance is still adequate. (There's an FT-920 that's
barely good enough for QRP on a couple bands.) I brought an FT-857 from
home which I'm using to work the LEO satellites. It will also serve as a
back up for HF should the 760 come into hard times.
I'll be putting up a 5-element 6M beam. That antenna won't be on the tower,
but should still be high enough to take advantage of the openings that have
finally started appearing. I'll use the FT-857 for working 6M as well as
the satellites".
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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5B4AIF EB7DX D2QV UT0EA OL60OU OK2BMI
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8Q7ZB JH1NBN FO4BM F4FJH SU9VB UA4WHX
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9J2RI ZS6RI HB0/HB9EYR IZ3AHY T6BP 9A6AA
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9K2UU EA5ZD HB9STEVE HB9DHG TJ3AY F5LGE
9K2YM EA5KB HC7AE EA7FTR TM40KFH F6KFH
9L1BTB SP7BTB HF1918RO SP3POW TY2BP IK2IQD
9N7DX 4Z4DX HG0WFF HA0HW V63KZ JA0VSH
9N7MD IK2VUC HK1/EA7ATX EA7ATX V63MP JA0VSH
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A61Q EA7FTR J79KT JN1NDY XU7AEO VK6LC
A61ZX IZ8CLM J79WTA HB9MFM XV2CO DL5CO
A65BD G5LP J79YK JN1NDY YB26SEAG YB1GJS
A71CT EA7FTR K4E KP4ES YI9EO N4EO
AH0BW JA3JND KE7V/p N7RO YL2EC N3SL
AH2J JR1VAY KH0/KH2F JA2TBS Z24EA DL4EA
AP2NK W3HNK KH0O JA2FJP ZD8F W6HGF
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BA5HAM IK2DUW KP4MS W4DN ZP9MCE EA5ZD
CE2/VE7SV VE7WY LX8RTTY LX1DA ZX50CRASC PT2OP
7Z1CQ Abdulhafiz I. Kashkari, P.O. Box 138763, Jeddah 21323, Saudi Arabia
EA7ATX Paco Lara, P.O.Box 309, 11500 Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz), Spain
F6ICX Eric Adnin, 56 Grande Rue, 77169 Chauffry, France
HB9DHG Fulvio Galli, In Piancamara, 6945 Origlio TI, Switzerland
IK2VUC Giuliano Mondini, Ufficio Busto Arsizio, Casella Postale 10, 21052
Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
JA0VSH Kazuhide Maruyama, 1-25-49 Irima-cho, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182-0004,
Japan
JN1NDY Rui Takashi Fujiki, 3-6-27 Tadao, Machida-shi, Tokyo, 194-0035,
Japan
K7ZZ Tom Meier, 13271 Woodland Lane SE, Turner OR 97392, USA
ND9M Jim Clary, P.O. Box 18095, Panama City Beach, FL 32417, USA
OA4DKW Roger Wieler, Los Flamencos 619, Santa Anita, Lima 43, Peru
OH2YY Pekka Ahlqvist, Vapaalanpolku 8B, 01650 Vantaa, Finland
SM5AQD Hakan Eriksson, Hovgarden, SE-740 10 Almunge, Sweden
VK4FW Bill Horner, 13 McConnell Rd, Maidenwell QLD 4615, Australia
VK6LC Malcolm Johnson, 28 Harrison Road, Mount Richon WA 6112, Australia
W6HGF Al Danis, P.O. Box 220164, Chantilly VA 20153-0164, USA
XE2HUQ Manuel Palos, Lerdo de Tejada 289 Pte., 23600 Ciudad Constitucion
BCS, Mexico
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