425 DX News issue #1076
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No 1076
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3DA - Phil, G3SWH and John, EA5ARC (G3OLU) will be active from Swaziland
on 21-29 February. The two will be using a single callsign (TBA)
and will operate CW only on 80-10 metres with two stations. QSL
via G3SWH, preferably via the OQRS facility on Phil's web site
(www.g3swh.org.uk), otherwise direct or bureau. Subject to a good
Internet connection, there will be on-line log on Phil's web site
and daily uploads to LoTW. [TNX G3SWH]
9X - Carl, SM6CPY will be active holiday style as 9X0PY from Rwanda
from 24 December to 7 January. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX DX World]
JA - Look for JS6RRR and JS6RRR/6 to operate from Miyako Island
(AS-079) from 23 December to 5 January. Activity will be on 160-6
metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and FM. Side trips to the nearby
islands of Ikema and Kurima are also being planned. QSL via bureau.
P4 - The IARU affiliated Aruba Amateur Radio Club (P43ARC) "has been
lobbying, for over 15 years, to update the current and very
outdated legislation governing Amateur Radio in Aruba". A special
event activity under the callsign P41HQ is taking place "in order
to raise awareness with our officials and to show international
support". All of the QSOs will be confirmed via I2MQP; if you want
to show your support, even if you do not work P41HQ, please follow
the special instructions at http://qrz.com/db/p41hq
VK - John, VK6HZ will be active again as VK6ARI from Rottnest Island
(OC-164) on 23-30 December. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
VP6 - On 12 January the VP6T team [425DXN 1056] will start the journey
to French Polynesia, with the first stop in Tahiti (OC-046) for 3
days before taking a small airplane to Mangareva Island (OC-063).
They plan to be active from Tahiti - and if time permits also from
Mangareva - as TX6T (QSL via G3TXF).
From Mangareva, they will sail for approximately 3 days; depending
on weather, they expect to be QRV from Pitcairn Island (OC-044) on
or around 20 January. The stay on Pitcairn has been extended for
one extra week, and VP6T will be on air until 4 February. Plans are
to have three stations active round-the-clock on 160-10 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY. Efforts will be made to give this extremely rare
Entity on as many bands as possible, but especially on the low
bands. QSL via G3TXF, direct or bureau, and LoTW. QSLling
instructions and further information, including details on how
contribute to this expensive project, can be found at www.vp6t.org
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Additionally to the VP6T expedition, Vincent F4BKV will
be active from the following locations:
9 February E51BKV from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks
10-15 February E51BKV from Mangaia (OC-159), South Cooks
16 February E51BKV from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks
18-25 February FK/F4BKV from Ouvea (OC-033), New Caledonia
26 February FK/F4BKV from Noumea (OC-032), New Caledonia
He will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK31 running 500 watts to monoband VDA for
17, 15, 12 and 10m, and monoband verticals for 40, 30 and 20m. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau, and LOTW. Logsearch and OQRS (for bureau cards only)
can be found at www.f4bkv.net [TNX DX World]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The November 2011 issue is now available for
download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA]
DXPEDITION OF THE YEAR ---> The poll for the "DXpedition of the Year"
as voted by readers of DX World.net can be found at
http://dx-world.net/2011/dx-world-dxpedition-of-the-year-2011/. The criteria
behind the poll is to remind operators of the many notable DXpeditions
which occurred during the last 12 months and to vote for their favourites
(*five* choices overall). Poll closes on 15 January 2012. [TNX MM0NDX]
ET3AA: STUDENT LICENSE PROJECT RESULTS ---> The results of the US FCC
Amateur Radio License examinations administered for 62 students at the
Institute of Technology of the University of Addis Ababa on 10-13 December
are as follows: 5 Extra Class, 36 General Class and 16 Technician Class
Licenses issued; five did not receive a license.
"After we get our logs combined", K3LP says, "we'll upload the results to
the Logbook of the World plus post the results as a search function. Thanks
to everyone for their understanding regarding the low bands. A future goal
will be set to operate from a remote location with exceptional receive
antennas". QSL ET3AA and ET3SID via N2OO for 8-13 December 2011 only.
HS0AC ---> "After over five weeks of inundation by flood water at the Asian
Institute of Technology campus at Kilometre 42 on Phaholyothin Road, a team
of RAST members led by station manager Finn, OZ1HET and President Chaiyong,
HS1QVD visited the club station there on Saturday, December 10". Finn
describes the situation as follows: "The club station was completely
destroyed, everything in there spoiled so we could only 'scrap' all out as
garbage. All furniture had fallen apart and everything was full of mud and
smelling very bad". The "HS0AC Horror Story", along with several impressive
pictures, can be found at www.qsl.net/rast/
IOTA ANNUAL UPDATE ---> The deadline for the 2012 Honour Roll and Annual
Listing approaches. Applications and updates submitted online on or before
31 January will count for the 2012 tables so long as the supporting cards
sent to checkpoints are postmarked no later than that date. Updates
postmarked after 31 January will be processed in the normal way but scores
will be held over to 2013. Listing in the tables is restricted to those
participants who have updated their scores at least once in the previous
five years (in the case of the 2012 tables this means since the 2007 annual
listings). Please submit online and not on paper - card volumes are now
such that paper applications place an unacceptable burden on checkpoints.
The 2012 tables will appear on www.rsgbiota.org in the Spring.
QSL 3B7C & 3B9C ---> T32C has prompted renewed interest in getting missing
cards from those trips. The following have taken over QSLing
responsibilities for the 3B7C (2007) and 3B9C (2004) DXpeditions: 3B7C QSLs
should now be sent to M0ZAK (Jim Steel, 6 Central Avenue, Shepshed, Leics
LE12 9HP, United Kingdom) and 3B9C QSLs should now be sent to G3RAU (Derek
Moffatt, Mill House, Middle Street, Glentworth, Gainsborough, Lincs DN21
5BZ, United Kingdom).
QSL KG4AJ ---> Buzz, NI5DX, has assumed the duties of QSL manager for Norm,
KG4AJ, who expects to be at Guantanamo Bay for two years. A new QSL card
will be designed, and it will take about 4 weeks to receive the cards once
the order has been placed. Buzz is awaiting a log transfer from Norm, then
he will able to confirm all past contacts with KG4AJ.
QSL T32C ---> "The card design has been finalised and we plan to start
mailing cards in January after the Christmas postal rush", G3XTT stated in
the latest press release dated 11 December (see www.t32c.com). "We have a
team of 10 QSL managers ready to start processing the T32C cards and we
estimate that we will eventually confirm around 140,000 QSOs". As for LoTW,
"we promised an upload within six months and, in practice, it will be very
much earlier. We wanted to upload as clean a log as possible and have made
some 500+ editorial changes to the log as a result of feedback from the log
uploads to Club Log and notes received from many of the Deserving. But we
are very conscious that many of you want to do a DXCC update before
year-end. Therefore, LoTW permitting, we plan to start the upload on 15
December, just over six frenetic weeks after our return from T32C.
Uploading 213k QSOs is a huge task and we don't necessarily expect it to go
smoothly first time (D68C, 3B9C and 3B7C all experienced problems), so the
upload may take several days to complete".
+ SILENT KEYS + Harry Berry, G0JMU (7Q7HB) died of a massive heart attack
on 12 December. He was regularly active from Malawi for a few months every
year. "All of his logs are in my possession", his QSL manager (G0IAS) says,
"any outstanding cards will be answered".
Other recently reported Silent Keys include Benjamin Alfonza Shaver Jr
(AA4XU), Derek Nicholls (G0GTC), Giulio Biagini (I5HUE), George J. Wesley
(KB2VO), Don Schmidt (N8AC), Robert H. Ekleberry (W4CKD), John E. Hamlet Jr
(W4ZW), Frank James Connelly (W7ND), W. H. Deverall (ZL1VS) and Bert Howes
(ZS6HS).
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3G3TV CE3OEV EO20K UR4KWA OZ2SPACE OZ7AKT
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4J85W DL6KVA EO20UD UR7UD P40TA WM6A
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4KRA29 4J5T EO20X UT5XA PB11XMAS PB5X
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4L1MA ON4RU ET3SID N2OO [*] PJ4/PE1MAE PA2NJC
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5R8IC F6ICX FY8DK F5TJP SV8GKE SV3DCX
7Z1TT NI5DX GB2PG GM0DEQ T6MO K9GY
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9H3RM LY4Q GJ6UW M0BLF T88NU SM0GNU
9V1YC W5UE GM5XW G5XW T8CC UA4CC
A61QQ IZ8CLM GW7X GW3SQX TI5N W3HNK
A71BU NI5DX GW9T GW6NLP TJ3AY F5LGE
A71CM NI5DX HA50HH HA0HH TM0R F5GGL
AY8A LU8ADX HB9SOLAR HB9ACA TM0T F4EFI
B7P BA4EG HF100MSC SP1NQF TM100SP F8DVD
BA1BJ K1NIU HG6N HA6KNB TM22P F4EUG
BM100 BM2JCC HP3AK W4JS TM2T F6KDF
BW/N3QQ N7RO HS0ZDG K4YT TM38O F6ITD
C5YK ON7YK HV5PUL IW0DJB TM6CCA F6FMT
C91IW ZS1WY II0UI IZ0TTE TM7F F6KRC
CS4ODX CU3HY II1IAME IZ8QNX UA5A UA3DX
CX3TQ IK2DUW II5RT IZ5BTC UP20B UN7BWA
CX7CO WB3CDX J49OFH SV9MBH UP20BCF UN7BCF
D2EB IZ3ETU J68FF W3FF UP20BI UN7BI
D2QMN RZ3EC J68UN N7UN UP20C UN8CWN
DU1IST JA1HGY JT1RF VE7YBH UP20CAD UN7CAD
E44PM HB9IQB KB7OBU/KH2 JA3VXH UP20EME UN9L
E51DKX HB9DKX KB7OVT/KH2 JH3AWA UP20I UN7IU
E51NOU N7OU KH6/K3BI JJ3AZA UP20L UN7LZ
E51RMH ZL2RMH KH6BB K1ER UP20PL UN7PL
ED4T EA4CWN KP2VI EB7DX UP20Q EA5KB
ED7FCD EA7URS L33M LU1MA UP20R UN7RL
EE5URB EA4URE L40E EA5KB UP20TB UN7TB
EG0FCD EA7URS L73D EA5KB UP20TK UN7TK
EG2ISC EA2VE LO0DZ LU1EEE UP20TZ UN7TZ
EH5DC EA5KB LO7H LU7HW V25R K6IF
EM20L US0LW LQ5H EA5KB V31NB EB7DX
EM20UARL UT7UT LR2F LU2FA V63QQ K7JA
EM20UJ UR5UJ LR4E EA5KB V63RR K7JA
EM20UKR UR7UC LT5X WD9EWK VP2ETN JN1RVS
EM20UU US7UU LU1ECZ EA5KB VU9LHF VU2JHM
EM20V UR2VA LU1FAM AC7DX W2W K3NEM
EN1EPC UR3LTD LU6FOV EA5KB W6W KM6HB
EN20C UX7CQ LU8DCF EA5KB W8XGI/KH2 JA1XGI
EN20UARL UT5UIA LW3DN EA5KB XU7ACQ KF0RQ
EN20UP UT4UP LW5HR EA5GL XV2CNH JA6CNH
EN20UZ UR5UZ LY100SP LY3BY ZF2AH W6VNR
EN20W UR5WA M3I G0ORH ZM2V AI6V
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EO20IM UW5IM OH0B OH2BH ZY2C PY2ADR
[*] 8-13 December 2011
3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate,
Suva, Fiji
DL2RUM Thomas Lindner, In der Ritzbach 30, 65510 Idstein, Germany
HB9IQB Perikles Monioudis, Hohlstr. 86 B, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland
J67ZF Derek Kirkham, P.O. Box 949, Gablewoods South, Vieux Fort 00121,
St Lucia
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087-0345, USA
N7JAL Hiroshi Takada, Kugahara 1-12-3-504, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 146-0085, Japan
N7RO Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
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