425 DX News issue #1279
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No 1279
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B - Matthias, DF6LO will be active as 3B9RF from Rodrigues (AF-017)
around mid-November, and as 3B8RF from Mauritius (AF-049) in
December. He will operate JT65 with 30 watts, and occasionally CW
with 100 watts. QSL via LotW and eQSL only. [TNX DX World]
5W - Lars, ZL1IF will be active as 5W0IF from Apia, Samoa (OC-097) from
25 November to 3 December. He will operate mainly CW on 80-10
metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via
ZL1IF. [TNX NG3K]
6W - The Association des Radioamateurs du Senegal (ARAS) will conduct
its annual expedition to the island of Goree (AF-045) on 27-29
November. The callsign will be 6V1A. QSL direct to 6W7JX. [TNX
F8REF]
9H - Henning, OZ1BII (www.oz1bii.dk) will be active as 9H3EE from Malta
(EU-023) on 24-30 November. He will operate CW only, and main
activity will be during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via OZ1BII,
direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
9X - Nick, G3RWF will be active as 9X0NH from Rwanda from 18 November
to 2 December. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres all modes, and will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
E5 - Haru, JA1XGI (http://island.geocities.jp/southcookholiday/) will
be active as E51XGI from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on
3-10 December. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on the HF
bands. QSL via JA1XGI (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW.
FR - Stephane, F5UOW will be active again as FR/F5UOW from Reunion
Island (AF-016) from 16 December to 8 January 2016. In his spare
time he will operate CW and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via
LoTW (preferred) or home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
PJ4 - PJ4/KU8E, PJ4/K4BAI and PJ4/W8FN will be active from Bonaire
(SA-006) from 25 November to 1 December, including a Multi-Single
entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as PJ4A (QSL via K4BAI and
LoTW). [TNX NG3K]
PJ6 - Seppo, OH1VR and Henri, OH3JR will be active as PJ6/OH1VR and
PJ6/OH3JR from Saba (NA-145) from 23 November to 3 December. They
will operate CW, SSB and RTTY with two stations, and both of them
will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL direct to home
calls. [TNX NG3K]
S7 - After five months of intense preparations, the much anticipated
16-22 November DXpedition to Coetivy Island (AF-119, new one for
IOTA) [425DXN 1274] is soon to begin. Six operators (EA3NT,
EI9FBB, MM0NDX, PA3EWP, SP5APW and VK5CE) will be QRV as S79C on
40-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with several stations; a dedicated
station will run 24/7 on 6 metres (50.103.5 Mhz). As the final leg
of the flight is by private airplane charter, this is an extremely
expensive IOTA DXpedition; if you would like to support this
unique activation, please visit www.af119new.com/donate. Follow
the team on Twitter (@af119new) for the latest updates. [TNX
EI9FBB]
SV9 - Daniel, DL5YWM will be active holiday style as SV9/DL5YWM from
Crete (EU-015) on 8-19 November. Depending on ferry schedule, he
also plans to operate as SV9/DL5YWM/p from Gavdos Island (EU-187)
on 16-17 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
SV9 - Christo, LZ3FN will be active as SW9AA from Crete (EU-015) from 21
November to 1 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via LZ1PM. [TNX NG3K]
T8 - Frank, I2DMI will be active holiday style as T88RY from Koror
(OC-009), Palau on 22-29 December. He will operate RTTY only on
80-10 metres. QSL via home call. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
TA - Once again the Balkan Contest Club will participate in the CQ WW
DX CW Contest as TC0A (QSL via LZ1NK and LoTW) from Bozcaada
(AS-099). The team will include LZ1BP, LZ1DCW, LZ1NK, LZ2UW,
LZ2YO, LZ3ND, LZ3ZZ, LZ4AE, LZ5CA, LZ5VV, TA2TX and TA3D; the
first operators will arrive on 20 November and will participate in
the LZDX Contest. See www.lz5x.com for durther information.
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ will be active as V63DX from Pohnpei (OC-010),
Micronesia from 27 November to 5 December. He will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as V6A. Before and after the contest he
will be looking for Europe on 160 metres. QSLs via JA7HMZ
(direct). [TNX NG3K]
VK - Look for Peter, VK4LLE (VK4HOY) to be active from Lady Elliot
Island (OC-142) on 4-7 December. QSL to Peter Ross Allen, 18 Rowan
Lane, Mount Mellum QLD 4550, Australia. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
VP2E - Rich, KE1B (VP2EAQ) and Anna, W6NN (VP2EAR) will be active again
from Anguilla (NA-022) on 22-30 November. They will operate CW,
SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres. Expect VP2EAQ to participate in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSLs via KE1B, LoTW and eQSL. Logsearch and
OQRS on Club Log.
XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso on 7-27 November. He will operate SSB, CW, PSK, JT65
and RTTY on 40-6 metres. QSL via M0OXO, preferably through his
OQRS (www.m0oxo.com). [TNX M0OXO]
YN - Mike, AJ9C will be active as YN2CC from Nicaragua from 25
November to 2 December. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6
metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via
AJ9C and LoTW; OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> JA1ELY, JH1NBN, JR4OZR will be active as VP2ELY from
Anguilla (NA-022) on 13-18 November, and as PJ7ELY from Sint Maarten
(NA-105) on 19-25 November (however JH1NBN will have to leave on the 21st).
They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY on 80-10 metres with two stations. QSLs via
JA1ELY (direct only) and LoTW after a while. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX
JN3VQM]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on
2 November, is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The
information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (as of 1 November
there were 314.7 million log entries available for analysis) and, to
improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be
worked.
IARU 90 ---> Special event station OL90IARU will be operated by Czech Radio
Club's members from 7 November to 6 December to celebrate the 90th
anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). QSL via
bureau, LoTW, eQSL and Club Log's OQRS. Also celebrating the anniversary
until 31 December are 9H90IARU from Malta (QSL via 9H1SP), HH90IARU from
Haiti, OH90IARU from Finland (QSL via OH2BAD) and UP90IARU from Kazakhstan
(QSL via RW6HS). See http://iaru90.hamlogs.net for free of charge certifica-
tes for contacts made with jubilee stations from 10 different IARU member
countries.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Fifteen different galleries include 13,215 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-14), the 61 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, Antarctic bases and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques
Francaises), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean,
the Indian Ocean and the Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries,
French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by
DXCC. Your participation is encouraged: www.LesNouvellesdx.fr. [TNX F6AJA].
VP8STI & VP8SGI ---> "At this time, all plans are moving forward and we
expect to be QRV on January 17th as VP8STI" from the South Sandwich
Islands, the VP8STI/VP8SGI team reported on 1 November. The DXpedition
Pilot Program will be led by Antonio Gonzalez (EA5RM). He will communicate
with each of the regional pilot stations to ensure that the operators on
the islandss are satisfying the needs of the global DX Community and that
they are aware of propagation and other issues. The regional pilots are
AA6G (US West Coast), EA5RM (Europe and Chief Pilot), JR4OZR (Asia), VK4MA
(Oceania) and W2IRT (US East Coast). They can be contacted by clicking on
their photograph on the main page of the expedition's website
(www.intrepid-dx/com/vp8). The pilots will not have access to the logs, and
all logging issues will be addressed by the QSL Manager following the
conclusion of both activations.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/HB9ARY, 3B8HC, 3B9FR, 3G0ZC,
3XY5M, 4W/JA7LU, 5W1SA, 8P2K, 9K2QA, 9M2/R6AF/p (AS-073), A71CM, B7/BA4TB
(AS-094), C31CT, C37AC, CE2AWW, CO3JA, D44TUK, DV1UD, DX0P, E51AAR, E6GG,
EK7DX, EP3SMH, FK8DD/m, H76W (NA-212), HZ1BW, IJ7TA (EU-073), JA0JHQ/VK9C,
JW2US, K4KGG/VO1 (NA-198), KG4AW, MM8C (EU-059), OH0KXJ, OH5TS (EU-140),
PJ6/NM1Y, PX8K (SA-042), R3RRC/0 (AS-082), R7AL/0 (AS-172), RA1ALA/1
(EU-086), RA2FT, RI0NZ (AS-066), RI1PT (EU-188), T30RG, T32DX, T41C
(NA-093), TF/N8XJ, TI9/RA9USU, UA0FAM (AS-062), UD4F, UN0LL, VE3KTB/VY0
(NA-008), VE7DP/7 (NA-181), VE7KDU/7 (NA-181), VK2SSI (OC-194), VP2ETE,
VY0/VE3LYC (NA-009), VY0M (NA-248), WS5K/KH8, XZ1Z, YB3MM/9 (OC-150),
YB8RW/5 (OC-108), YC8UTI (OC-209), YE3B (OC-197).
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