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16 July 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1315
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9A - Janez, S53V will be active as 9A8CV from Krk Island (EU-136) from
24 July to 3 August. He will operate CW only and will participate
in the IOTA Contest. QSL via eQSL only. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
9A - Once again Jan, PA4JJ will be active holiday style as 9A/PA4JJ
from Croatia between 1 August and 30 September. Expect him to
operate mainly digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau;
see www.pa4jj.nl/html/qsl-request.html for the direct link to Club
Log’s OQRS. [TNX PA4JJ]
BY - A large team from the Ji Nan Amateur Radio Association will be
active as BY4JN from Lingshan Island (AS-150) between 29 July and
1 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via operator's instructions.
CY9 - CY9C, the 19-29 August DXpedition to St. Paul Island (NA-094)
[425DXN 1297], will set up two operating sites. Five operators
(AA4NC, N2IEN, W2RE, WA4DAN and WW2DX) will be on the Northeast
Point, a separate island where the lighthouse is located; the
other six operators (K4ZLE, K5DHY, K8LEE, N0TG, N8AA and VA3QR)
will at Atlantic Cove, the more traditional site for DXpeditions.
They will be QRV on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY (with a dedicated
station) plus 2m EME and Satellite. Logsearch and OQRS for direct
and bureau cards on Club Log; traditional QSL cards via WA4DAN
(direct only). All pre-DXpedition donors who work CY9C will
receive a QSL automatically. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW "no
later than 3 months after the conclusion of the DXpedition". The
website for the DXpedition is at www.cy9dxpedition.com.
GM - Dave, GM0LVI will be active as GM0LVI/p from the Summer Isles
(EU-092) on 23-29 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
GM - Members of the Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society plan to be active as
GS3BSQ from the Shetland Islands (EU-012) from 29 July to 1
August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via GM3WIJ, direct or bureau.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
HS - The HSDXA Team has been granted permission to operate on 6 metres
on 16-18 July. They will be QRV as E2X and will participate in the
CQ WW VHF Contest (from 18 UTC on 16 July until 21 UTC on the
17th). QSL via E20GMY. Details of other HS/E2 stations operating on
50 MHz can be found at www.e21eic.net/cqvhf/cqvhf_announce2016.php.
The special permission granted to Thai amateurs covers the period
from 17.01 UTC on 15 July until 16.59 UTC on 18 July. [TNX The
Daily DX]
I - In remembrance of the devastating earthquake that hit Friuli forty
years ago, special callsign II3TF (Terremoto del Friuli) will be
active again on 4-22 September. QSL via IV3IUM. Complete
information, including details on the award, can be found at
www.ari-crfvg.it/orcolat.asp. [TNX IV3IUM]
I - Maria Rosaria, IZ8XOU and Gianni, IK8MRA will be active from
Cirella Island (EU-144) during the IOTA Contest weekend. They will
operate QRP.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ expects to be back to the weather station on Minami
Torishima (OC-073) for a couple of months starting on 19 July. He
operates CW and RTTY as JG8NQJ/JD1 in his spare time. QSL via
JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ (bureau).
JW - Paul, G4PVM will be active as JW/G4PVM from the JW5E club station
in Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 23-24 July. Logs will be
uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.
OY - A Belgian team (ON4ACP, ON4ANN, ON4CCV, ON4CKM, ON4DTO, ON5PDV and
ON6MI) will be active as OY/ON6NB from the Faroe Islands (EU-018)
on 15-21 September. They will operate SSB, CW, PSK and RTTY on
80-6 metres. QSL via M0URX (OQRS for direct and bureau cards on
http://m0urx.com/oqrs/) and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. See
http://users.telenet.be/on4ann/OY/ for more information.
OZ - Frank, PC2D will be active as OZ/PC2D/p from Mon Island (EU-029)
on 17-30 July. He will operate CW and some SSB on the HF bands
with 10 watts. Paper QSL cards will not be available, see qrz.com
for QSLing options.
OZ - Look for OZ7BQ/p to be active from Fano Island (EU-125) from 28
July to 2 August, IOTA Contest included. He expects to operate QRP
CW on 40 and 20 metres only, "unless conditions on higher bands
improve". QSL via home call and LoTW; he will upload his log to
Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OZ - Immo, DL8MF will be active as OZ/DL8MF from Samso Island (EU-172)
from 29 July to 2 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
S9 - Josep, EA3BT and Nuria, EA3WL will be active as S9BT and S9WL
from Ilheu das Rolas (AF-023), Sao Tome & Principe from 26
September to 1 October. They will operate SSB, RTTY and some CW on
40-6 metres. QSL both callsigns via EA3BT.
SP - Special event station HF0F will be active on 25-31 July to mark
the visit of Pope Francis to Poland. QSL via SP9BRP. Special
callsigns celebrating the concurrent World Youth Day that will
take place in Krakow include HF2SDM (QSL via SP9PKZ), HF31WYD (QSL
via SQ9T) and HF7SDM (QSL via SQ7PGW). [TNX Southgate ARC]
SP - Eddy, DM5JBN will be active as SP1/DM5JBN from Wolin Island
(EU-132) on 26-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau, LoTW and eQSL. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV - Berkin, TA3J will be active as SV8/TA3J from Lesvos Island
(EU-049) on 21-24 July. He will be QRV on the HF bands and 6
metres. QSL viahome call. [TNX TA3J]
SV - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV8/SV1EJD from Syros Island
(EU-067) from 23 July to 11 August. He will operate SSB and RTTY
on 80-6 metres, including activity during the IOTA Contest. QSL
via home call and LoTW.
SV - Laci, HA0NAR will be active as SV8/HG0R from Thassos Island
(EU-174) from 26 July to 2 August, IOTA Contest included. He will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HA0NAR, direct or bureau. [TNX
DX World]
SV5 - Igor, OH2FUW will be active as SV5/OH2FUW from Rhodes, Dodecanese
(EU-001) from 19 July to 1 August. Main activity will be during
the IOTA Contest (CQ QRP). QSL via bureau to OH5AB, or direct to
OH2FUW’s Russian address (see qrz.com). [TNX NG3K]
T8 - Ted, JA7XBG will be active as T88GA from Koror (OC-009), Palau on
20-23 July. He plans to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the
HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to
JA7XBG. [TNX NG3K]
UA - The RZ0ZWA/p DXpedition to Ptichiy Island (AS-091) [425DXN 1314]
has been postponed; the team now expects to start the 3-day voyage
to the island on 18 July, weather permitting. [TNX EU7A]
UA - Vlado, UA0LCZ will be active as R66IOTA from Popov Island (AS-066)
on 26-31 July. Look for him around 3507, 7007, 10107, 14017,
18077, 21017, 24897 and 28017 kHz; during the IOTA Contest he
will operate also SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
qrz.ru]
V3 - Jim, W2JHP will be active again as V31TA from the Turneffe Islands
(NA-123), Belize from 23 July to 12 August. He will operate SSB
and "maybe some digital". QSL via EA5GL (direct only).
VE - Mike, VE2XB (www.vy0brr.jimdo.com) is heading back to Cape Dorset
on Dorset Island (NA-156) and expects to be active as VY0BRR on
16-21 July. QSL via VE2XB, Club Log or LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Pierre, VE3KTB will be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur
Radio Club station at the weather station on Ellesmere Island
(NA-008) from 22 July to 6 August. He will be QRV in his spare
time, but activity is planned to include the IOTA Contest. QSL
route TBA. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W - Scott, NE1RD will be active as NE1RD/1 from Lovell Island (NA-148)
[425DXN 1314] on 28-31 July. This will be a QRP operation, as there
is no power available on the islands and visitors who ride the
ferry are limited to what they can carry. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau, eQSL and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston
Island (NA-143) from 29 July to 1 August. Usually he operates CW
only on 40-10 metres. QSL via bureau to home call, direct to his
address on the island (Joe Gibson, 9220 Jamaica Beach, Galveston
TX 77554, USA), or LoTW. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
YJ - Rod, YJ8RN will be working again on Loh Island (OC-110). "Plans
are to be there starting about 25 July and staying until around 20
August", The Daily DX reports. YJ8RN's new QSL route is via NZ4DX.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
FT4JA: QSL STATUS ---> "Many of you are wondering about the QSL, especially
when they read that some other stations get them already. What's going on
exactly?". See www.juandenovadx.com/en/qsl-card-july-14th/.
IOTA: FRIENDS OF IOTA UPDATE ---> During the first month of the Friends of
IOTA Appeal [425DXN 1311], "41 enthusiasts responded generously by donating
GBP 7,000, an amount that takes us a quarter of the way towards our initial
target", Roger Balister (G3KMA) reported on the IOTA website on 10 July.
"Once we reach our target we will not need to call on a promised commercial
loan to fund IOTA’s new IT system and anything above that figure will go
towards promotion of IOTA in ways that we have not previously been able to
fund". Donations are gratefully received through PayPal to the email
address islandsontheair[@]outlook.com (in the comments field add "Friends of
IOTA" and your callsign to identify you). See www.rsgbiota.org for the
complete report.
IOTA: PAPERLESS QSLING ---> The following was posted by Roger Balister,
G3KMA on the IOTA website on 10 July: "One of the first actions of Islands
on the Air (IOTA) Ltd., the new managers of the programme, has been to
expand the application routes on IOTA's existing software system to include
Club Log QSO Matches. This is intended as the first step to the
introduction of a much broader system of Paperless QSLing that is scheduled
to be launched in the late Spring of 2017. Only a relatively small number
of IOTA operations have been added at this time, mainly ones from islands
which satisfy the criterion of one DXCC entity equals just one IOTA. This
action was intended to provide a test run on how Club Log QSO matching
would work in due course on the new IT system. Even so, modest as this
approach is, more than 10,000 QSO matches were obtained in the first week,
and the first IOTA 100 Island applications have been received using this
option exclusively. As with all new IT enhancements there were a number of
bugs and queries raised which have now been resolved. Finally, to make use
of this additional feature, sign in to the IOTA website and go to
https://www.rsgbiota.org/mycredits/ and click on Club Log QSO Matches. Bear
in mind, this is not the full-blown system envisaged for introduction next
year. We will expand the list of accepted operations over the coming weeks
and months but, much as we would like to do more, it will be mainly in the
area of recent operations from the rarer IOTA groups and, of course, ones
that have uploaded logs to Club Log and indicated that they do not wish to
delay or block IOTA QSO matching".
IOTAMAPS ---> "otamaps (www.iotamaps.org) is a website run by, and for,
radio amateurs with an interest in the Islands On The Air (IOTA)
Programme". The site is independent from the Programme itself, "but is
intended to enhance the IOTA 'experience' by providing graphical and
mapping tools to enable users to quickly find IOTA activations sites on the
world map. In this way, users will hopefully develop a better understanding
of the conditions under which IOTA activations take place".
K6VVA/KL7: CANCELLED ---> K6VVA’s "Mystery IOTA Project" [425DXN 1303] has
been cancelled and "put in to QRX status until possibly 2017". One group had
"to be done between 13 July and 17 July", and the operation was cancelled
"due to poor solar propagation, but also a re-assessment of the costs of
extra safety precautions vs. the likely poor donations to actual IOTA Chaser
QSO ratio analysis". The remaining two activations have also been cancelled
because the NOAA 27-Day Forecast shows that "propagation will not now be
suitable for working the multitudes of Little Pistol signal IOTA Chaser
stations". See www.k6vva.com/iota/k6vvamysteryiotaproject.html for the PDF
document.
LKK-90 AWARD ---> Established to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK), it is issued in both electronic (free of charge)
and paper formats for contacts made with special stations with 90 in their
prefix and LKK members between 1 January and 31 December 2016. See
www.qrz.com/db/EN90W/ for further information. [TNX UY5XE]
TX3X QSL & LOTW STATUS ---> The final press release for last year's TX3X
DXpedition to the Chesterfield Islands is dated 12 July. "OQRS direct
confirmation requests are processed weekly. Requests received by mail are
processed immediately and queued for mailing in the next weekly cycle. At
this time there are no pending direct card requests. All busted call and
Not in Log requests have been researched and answered. The complete log was
uploaded to LoTW on April 16, 2016. OQRS bureau requests and cards received
via the bureau system were processed and bulk mailed from the United Kingdom
to the worldwide QSL bureaus on July 11, 2016.
We will continue to process OQRS, direct, bureau requests and research
busted call / Not in Log requests as they are received. If you requested a
direct card via OQRS or mailed a direct request and have not received your
card(s) please email k5gs[@]arrl.net with the details of your QSO(s)". [TNX
K5GS]
+ SILENT KEY + Walter Skudlarek, DJ6QT passed away on 5 July at 77 years of
age. A founding member and past President of the Rhein-Ruhr-DX-Association,
he was inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2000. He was a
competitor at the World Radiosport Team Championships in Seattle (1990),
San Francisco (1996) and Helsinki (2002), and served as a referee at the
WRTCs in Slovenia (2000) and Brazil (2006). His DXpedition operations
started some fifty years ago, and included activity from several African
countries and from his contest station on Madeira (CR3L, CQ3L, CS9L, CT9L).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0IJ, 9G5GH, 9M4SI (AS-074),
9N7NH, A31MM, BD2RJ/2 (AS-151 and AS-158), C91IJ, CN2CO, E44QX, E44YL,
E77DX, EP2A, ER5AL, ET7L, EX9T, FM/DL7VOG, FT4JA, J68GU, OH0BT, PS1AI
(SA-029), PU0R/PU0FDN (SA-038), RI1PV (EU-085), RP71NF, SQ65HSC, TA0/DJ4EL
(AS-201), UK9AA, VK9OL, VP8SGI, VP8STI, XR0YS, YB4IR/3 (OC-197), YB9Y
(OC-276), YV4KW/1 (SA-089), YV4KW/p (SA-058), ZB2JK, ZD7FT.
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16 July 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1315
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9A - Janez, S53V will be active as 9A8CV from Krk Island (EU-136) from
24 July to 3 August. He will operate CW only and will participate
in the IOTA Contest. QSL via eQSL only. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
9A - Once again Jan, PA4JJ will be active holiday style as 9A/PA4JJ
from Croatia between 1 August and 30 September. Expect him to
operate mainly digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau;
see www.pa4jj.nl/html/qsl-request.html for the direct link to Club
Log’s OQRS. [TNX PA4JJ]
BY - A large team from the Ji Nan Amateur Radio Association will be
active as BY4JN from Lingshan Island (AS-150) between 29 July and
1 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via operator's instructions.
CY9 - CY9C, the 19-29 August DXpedition to St. Paul Island (NA-094)
[425DXN 1297], will set up two operating sites. Five operators
(AA4NC, N2IEN, W2RE, WA4DAN and WW2DX) will be on the Northeast
Point, a separate island where the lighthouse is located; the
other six operators (K4ZLE, K5DHY, K8LEE, N0TG, N8AA and VA3QR)
will at Atlantic Cove, the more traditional site for DXpeditions.
They will be QRV on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY (with a dedicated
station) plus 2m EME and Satellite. Logsearch and OQRS for direct
and bureau cards on Club Log; traditional QSL cards via WA4DAN
(direct only). All pre-DXpedition donors who work CY9C will
receive a QSL automatically. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW "no
later than 3 months after the conclusion of the DXpedition". The
website for the DXpedition is at www.cy9dxpedition.com.
GM - Dave, GM0LVI will be active as GM0LVI/p from the Summer Isles
(EU-092) on 23-29 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
GM - Members of the Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society plan to be active as
GS3BSQ from the Shetland Islands (EU-012) from 29 July to 1
August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via GM3WIJ, direct or bureau.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
HS - The HSDXA Team has been granted permission to operate on 6 metres
on 16-18 July. They will be QRV as E2X and will participate in the
CQ WW VHF Contest (from 18 UTC on 16 July until 21 UTC on the
17th). QSL via E20GMY. Details of other HS/E2 stations operating on
50 MHz can be found at www.e21eic.net/cqvhf/cqvhf_announce2016.php.
The special permission granted to Thai amateurs covers the period
from 17.01 UTC on 15 July until 16.59 UTC on 18 July. [TNX The
Daily DX]
I - In remembrance of the devastating earthquake that hit Friuli forty
years ago, special callsign II3TF (Terremoto del Friuli) will be
active again on 4-22 September. QSL via IV3IUM. Complete
information, including details on the award, can be found at
www.ari-crfvg.it/orcolat.asp. [TNX IV3IUM]
I - Maria Rosaria, IZ8XOU and Gianni, IK8MRA will be active from
Cirella Island (EU-144) during the IOTA Contest weekend. They will
operate QRP.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ expects to be back to the weather station on Minami
Torishima (OC-073) for a couple of months starting on 19 July. He
operates CW and RTTY as JG8NQJ/JD1 in his spare time. QSL via
JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ (bureau).
JW - Paul, G4PVM will be active as JW/G4PVM from the JW5E club station
in Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 23-24 July. Logs will be
uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.
OY - A Belgian team (ON4ACP, ON4ANN, ON4CCV, ON4CKM, ON4DTO, ON5PDV and
ON6MI) will be active as OY/ON6NB from the Faroe Islands (EU-018)
on 15-21 September. They will operate SSB, CW, PSK and RTTY on
80-6 metres. QSL via M0URX (OQRS for direct and bureau cards on
http://m0urx.com/oqrs/) and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. See
http://users.telenet.be/on4ann/OY/ for more information.
OZ - Frank, PC2D will be active as OZ/PC2D/p from Mon Island (EU-029)
on 17-30 July. He will operate CW and some SSB on the HF bands
with 10 watts. Paper QSL cards will not be available, see qrz.com
for QSLing options.
OZ - Look for OZ7BQ/p to be active from Fano Island (EU-125) from 28
July to 2 August, IOTA Contest included. He expects to operate QRP
CW on 40 and 20 metres only, "unless conditions on higher bands
improve". QSL via home call and LoTW; he will upload his log to
Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OZ - Immo, DL8MF will be active as OZ/DL8MF from Samso Island (EU-172)
from 29 July to 2 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
S9 - Josep, EA3BT and Nuria, EA3WL will be active as S9BT and S9WL
from Ilheu das Rolas (AF-023), Sao Tome & Principe from 26
September to 1 October. They will operate SSB, RTTY and some CW on
40-6 metres. QSL both callsigns via EA3BT.
SP - Special event station HF0F will be active on 25-31 July to mark
the visit of Pope Francis to Poland. QSL via SP9BRP. Special
callsigns celebrating the concurrent World Youth Day that will
take place in Krakow include HF2SDM (QSL via SP9PKZ), HF31WYD (QSL
via SQ9T) and HF7SDM (QSL via SQ7PGW). [TNX Southgate ARC]
SP - Eddy, DM5JBN will be active as SP1/DM5JBN from Wolin Island
(EU-132) on 26-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau, LoTW and eQSL. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV - Berkin, TA3J will be active as SV8/TA3J from Lesvos Island
(EU-049) on 21-24 July. He will be QRV on the HF bands and 6
metres. QSL viahome call. [TNX TA3J]
SV - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV8/SV1EJD from Syros Island
(EU-067) from 23 July to 11 August. He will operate SSB and RTTY
on 80-6 metres, including activity during the IOTA Contest. QSL
via home call and LoTW.
SV - Laci, HA0NAR will be active as SV8/HG0R from Thassos Island
(EU-174) from 26 July to 2 August, IOTA Contest included. He will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HA0NAR, direct or bureau. [TNX
DX World]
SV5 - Igor, OH2FUW will be active as SV5/OH2FUW from Rhodes, Dodecanese
(EU-001) from 19 July to 1 August. Main activity will be during
the IOTA Contest (CQ QRP). QSL via bureau to OH5AB, or direct to
OH2FUW’s Russian address (see qrz.com). [TNX NG3K]
T8 - Ted, JA7XBG will be active as T88GA from Koror (OC-009), Palau on
20-23 July. He plans to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the
HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to
JA7XBG. [TNX NG3K]
UA - The RZ0ZWA/p DXpedition to Ptichiy Island (AS-091) [425DXN 1314]
has been postponed; the team now expects to start the 3-day voyage
to the island on 18 July, weather permitting. [TNX EU7A]
UA - Vlado, UA0LCZ will be active as R66IOTA from Popov Island (AS-066)
on 26-31 July. Look for him around 3507, 7007, 10107, 14017,
18077, 21017, 24897 and 28017 kHz; during the IOTA Contest he
will operate also SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
qrz.ru]
V3 - Jim, W2JHP will be active again as V31TA from the Turneffe Islands
(NA-123), Belize from 23 July to 12 August. He will operate SSB
and "maybe some digital". QSL via EA5GL (direct only).
VE - Mike, VE2XB (www.vy0brr.jimdo.com) is heading back to Cape Dorset
on Dorset Island (NA-156) and expects to be active as VY0BRR on
16-21 July. QSL via VE2XB, Club Log or LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Pierre, VE3KTB will be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur
Radio Club station at the weather station on Ellesmere Island
(NA-008) from 22 July to 6 August. He will be QRV in his spare
time, but activity is planned to include the IOTA Contest. QSL
route TBA. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W - Scott, NE1RD will be active as NE1RD/1 from Lovell Island (NA-148)
[425DXN 1314] on 28-31 July. This will be a QRP operation, as there
is no power available on the islands and visitors who ride the
ferry are limited to what they can carry. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau, eQSL and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston
Island (NA-143) from 29 July to 1 August. Usually he operates CW
only on 40-10 metres. QSL via bureau to home call, direct to his
address on the island (Joe Gibson, 9220 Jamaica Beach, Galveston
TX 77554, USA), or LoTW. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
YJ - Rod, YJ8RN will be working again on Loh Island (OC-110). "Plans
are to be there starting about 25 July and staying until around 20
August", The Daily DX reports. YJ8RN's new QSL route is via NZ4DX.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
FT4JA: QSL STATUS ---> "Many of you are wondering about the QSL, especially
when they read that some other stations get them already. What's going on
exactly?". See www.juandenovadx.com/en/qsl-card-july-14th/.
IOTA: FRIENDS OF IOTA UPDATE ---> During the first month of the Friends of
IOTA Appeal [425DXN 1311], "41 enthusiasts responded generously by donating
GBP 7,000, an amount that takes us a quarter of the way towards our initial
target", Roger Balister (G3KMA) reported on the IOTA website on 10 July.
"Once we reach our target we will not need to call on a promised commercial
loan to fund IOTA’s new IT system and anything above that figure will go
towards promotion of IOTA in ways that we have not previously been able to
fund". Donations are gratefully received through PayPal to the email
address islandsontheair[@]outlook.com (in the comments field add "Friends of
IOTA" and your callsign to identify you). See www.rsgbiota.org for the
complete report.
IOTA: PAPERLESS QSLING ---> The following was posted by Roger Balister,
G3KMA on the IOTA website on 10 July: "One of the first actions of Islands
on the Air (IOTA) Ltd., the new managers of the programme, has been to
expand the application routes on IOTA's existing software system to include
Club Log QSO Matches. This is intended as the first step to the
introduction of a much broader system of Paperless QSLing that is scheduled
to be launched in the late Spring of 2017. Only a relatively small number
of IOTA operations have been added at this time, mainly ones from islands
which satisfy the criterion of one DXCC entity equals just one IOTA. This
action was intended to provide a test run on how Club Log QSO matching
would work in due course on the new IT system. Even so, modest as this
approach is, more than 10,000 QSO matches were obtained in the first week,
and the first IOTA 100 Island applications have been received using this
option exclusively. As with all new IT enhancements there were a number of
bugs and queries raised which have now been resolved. Finally, to make use
of this additional feature, sign in to the IOTA website and go to
https://www.rsgbiota.org/mycredits/ and click on Club Log QSO Matches. Bear
in mind, this is not the full-blown system envisaged for introduction next
year. We will expand the list of accepted operations over the coming weeks
and months but, much as we would like to do more, it will be mainly in the
area of recent operations from the rarer IOTA groups and, of course, ones
that have uploaded logs to Club Log and indicated that they do not wish to
delay or block IOTA QSO matching".
IOTAMAPS ---> "otamaps (www.iotamaps.org) is a website run by, and for,
radio amateurs with an interest in the Islands On The Air (IOTA)
Programme". The site is independent from the Programme itself, "but is
intended to enhance the IOTA 'experience' by providing graphical and
mapping tools to enable users to quickly find IOTA activations sites on the
world map. In this way, users will hopefully develop a better understanding
of the conditions under which IOTA activations take place".
K6VVA/KL7: CANCELLED ---> K6VVA’s "Mystery IOTA Project" [425DXN 1303] has
been cancelled and "put in to QRX status until possibly 2017". One group had
"to be done between 13 July and 17 July", and the operation was cancelled
"due to poor solar propagation, but also a re-assessment of the costs of
extra safety precautions vs. the likely poor donations to actual IOTA Chaser
QSO ratio analysis". The remaining two activations have also been cancelled
because the NOAA 27-Day Forecast shows that "propagation will not now be
suitable for working the multitudes of Little Pistol signal IOTA Chaser
stations". See www.k6vva.com/iota/k6vvamysteryiotaproject.html for the PDF
document.
LKK-90 AWARD ---> Established to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK), it is issued in both electronic (free of charge)
and paper formats for contacts made with special stations with 90 in their
prefix and LKK members between 1 January and 31 December 2016. See
www.qrz.com/db/EN90W/ for further information. [TNX UY5XE]
TX3X QSL & LOTW STATUS ---> The final press release for last year's TX3X
DXpedition to the Chesterfield Islands is dated 12 July. "OQRS direct
confirmation requests are processed weekly. Requests received by mail are
processed immediately and queued for mailing in the next weekly cycle. At
this time there are no pending direct card requests. All busted call and
Not in Log requests have been researched and answered. The complete log was
uploaded to LoTW on April 16, 2016. OQRS bureau requests and cards received
via the bureau system were processed and bulk mailed from the United Kingdom
to the worldwide QSL bureaus on July 11, 2016.
We will continue to process OQRS, direct, bureau requests and research
busted call / Not in Log requests as they are received. If you requested a
direct card via OQRS or mailed a direct request and have not received your
card(s) please email k5gs[@]arrl.net with the details of your QSO(s)". [TNX
K5GS]
+ SILENT KEY + Walter Skudlarek, DJ6QT passed away on 5 July at 77 years of
age. A founding member and past President of the Rhein-Ruhr-DX-Association,
he was inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2000. He was a
competitor at the World Radiosport Team Championships in Seattle (1990),
San Francisco (1996) and Helsinki (2002), and served as a referee at the
WRTCs in Slovenia (2000) and Brazil (2006). His DXpedition operations
started some fifty years ago, and included activity from several African
countries and from his contest station on Madeira (CR3L, CQ3L, CS9L, CT9L).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0IJ, 9G5GH, 9M4SI (AS-074),
9N7NH, A31MM, BD2RJ/2 (AS-151 and AS-158), C91IJ, CN2CO, E44QX, E44YL,
E77DX, EP2A, ER5AL, ET7L, EX9T, FM/DL7VOG, FT4JA, J68GU, OH0BT, PS1AI
(SA-029), PU0R/PU0FDN (SA-038), RI1PV (EU-085), RP71NF, SQ65HSC, TA0/DJ4EL
(AS-201), UK9AA, VK9OL, VP8SGI, VP8STI, XR0YS, YB4IR/3 (OC-197), YB9Y
(OC-276), YV4KW/1 (SA-089), YV4KW/p (SA-058), ZB2JK, ZD7FT.
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