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26 January 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 873
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B8 - Gwyn, G4FKH will be active as 3B8/G4FKH from Mauritius (AF-049) from
5 February to 14 March. He will operate holiday style with 100 watts
and a dipole on 10-40 metres, CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX
G4FKH]
3W - Jack, F6BUM (http://www.f6bum.net) will be active again as 3W3M from
Vietnam between 20 March and 2 April. He plans to operate SSB and CW
with 100 watts into a vertical antenna from the following three
islands:
20 March (10 UTC) - 23 March (6 UTC): Con Co (AS-185, new one)
25 March (08 UTC) - 28 March (6 UTC): Phu Quoc (AS-128)
29 March (10 UTC) - 02 April (6 UTC): Dao Con (AS-130)
Expect activity on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via
F6BUM, direct or bureau. [TNX F6BUM]
6Y - Rob, VE4GV will be active as VE4GV/6Y5 from Ochos Rios, Jamaica
(NA-097) on 11-18 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. He plans to
operate CW, SSB and possibly digital modes on 10-80 metres. QSL via
home call. [TNX W1AW]
9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK will be active as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice,
Croatia between 27 January and 1 February. He plans to operate CW
and digital modes on 40, 30 and 20 metres during his evening hours.
QSL via DO7ZZ, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards
can be sent to zik@tiscali.de). [TNX VE3ZIK]
9X - The dates for the 9X0R expedition to Rwanda [425DXN 871] are from 16
to 27 March. A band/mode survey has been added to the website
(www.9x0r.com), and its results will help the operators' station
configuration plans. The team will be active on 10-160 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY, with at least three stations operating simultaneously
on different bands and modes. QSL via EA5RM. [TNX EA5RM]
A5 - Torben, OZ1TL will be active as A52TL from Bhutan on 2-23 May. He
plans to operate 99% CW on all bands. QSL via OZ1TL. Logs will be
uploaded to LoTW. [TNX OZ1TL]
C5 - Andre, ON7YK (C56YK) and Jose, ON4LAC (C56JC) will be active from
The Gambia between 11 February and 6 March. Plans are to operate on
80-10 metres, with some activity on 160 and 6 metres as well. Expect
C56JC to focus on PSK and RTTY. [TNX F5NQL]
E5_sc - Richard, AD7AF will be active as E51WWA from the South Cook Islands
between 27 January and 21 February, including an entry in the ARRL
DX CW Contest. He will operate first from Rarotonga (OC-013), then
he will move on to Mauke (OC-083) around 10 February. Expect
activity on 10-80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
FS - Philippe, F5IYJ will be active as FS/F5IYJ from St. Martin (NA-105)
on 15-22 February. He might also go and operate as PJ7/F5IYJ from
Sint Maarten. Expect Philippe to operate holiday style and to
concentrate on CW. Details will be available at http://f5iyj.com;
QSL via home call. [TNX F5IYJ]
GU - The Barry Amateur Radio Society (GW4BRS) will be active as GB0U from
Guernsey (EU-114) on 19-25 April. Expect activity on all bands and
modes. [TNX GW0ANA]
HA - Special call sign HG550REX will be aired by members radio clubs
HA5KKC (Budapest) and HA8KVK (Janoshalma) until 31 December to
celebrate the 550th anniversary of the accession of king Matthias
Corvinus, the most popular Hungarian sovereign. QSL via HA5GY,
direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
HA - Zoli, HA3HK will operate as HG1848I from 1 February to 31 December
to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution
(1848-49). QSL via home call (direct only). Check qrz.com for
information on the relevant award.
HB0 - Mario/DJ2MX, Simon/DJ4MZ, Manfred/DJ5MW, Matthias/DK4YJ and
Christoph/DK9TN will be active as HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein on
14-18 February. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest as HB0/N0MX in the M/2 category (QSL via DJ2MX).
Full details on the operation, including on-line logs, can be found
at http://www.dk9tn.de/2008/hb0 [TNX DK9TN]
HB0 - Bart/ON3BA, Michel/ON3SMS, Noel/ON4APU, Martin/ON4PO, Peter/ON4TO,
Jose/ON5SD, Rene/ON6OM, Fernand/ON6UF, Eddy/ON6ZV and Matihieu/ON8DB
will be active as HB0/ON4IPA from Liechtenstein from 28 June to 5
July. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres.
QSL via ON6ZV, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at
http://www.on6om.be/hb0-on4ipa [TNX ON6OM]
HC - Rick, NE8Z will be active as HC1MD from Tumbaco, Ecuador on 7-14 and
21-27 February (with an in between side trip to Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, PY1/NE8Z). He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres.
QSL via K8LJG. [TNX NE8Z]
J7 - Jim, WI9WI (J79WI), Don, W9IU (J79IU), Kevin, WN9O (J79KM), Paul,
N4PN (J79PN) and Charlie, NF4A (J79PC) will operate from Dominica
(NA-101) on 11-19 February (QSL via home calls). Activity will be on
all HF bands using CW and SSB, with an emphasis on 160, 80, 30, 17,
and 12 metres. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
J7DX (QSL via W9IU) in the Multi-Multi category. [TNX NG3K]
JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again as JD1BMM from Minami-Torishima
(OC-073) from 31 January to 19 February. He will operate in his
spare time, concentrating on North America and Europe on the low
bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
JX - Michael, G7VJR will be active as JX/G7VJR from Jan Mayen (EU-022)
between 27 June and 4 July. Operating conditions will be 100W,
vertical antennas, tents and generator. Main bands are likely to be
30 and 20 metres or higher if conditions permit, and a 6m station
plus beacon will be operated. QSl via home call, direct or bureau.
For further details please visit http://www.jx08.eu/
KG4 - Tip/N4SIA (KG4AS), Bill/W4WV (KG4WV), Stu/K4MIL (KG4SS) and
Emmett/KD4OS (KG4OS) will be active from Guantanamo Bay (NA-015)
between 29 January and 12 February. They plan to operate mainly SSB
with some RTTY on 160-10 metres, and possibly on 60 metres as well.
QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
ON - The very special callsign ON1000NOTGER will be aired through 31
December by UBA Section LGE to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of
the death of Notger, the first prince-bishop and founder of the
Principality of Liege. QSL via ON5VL (bureau) or ON6DP (direct).
[TNX ON6DP]
P4 - Garry Fisher, K9WZB and his wife Sharon, K7WZB will be active as
P40ZB from Aruba (SA-036) on 16-24 April. They them to operate CW,
SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres. QSL direct to
K9WZB. [TNX K9WZB]
PJ4 - George/K8GG, Gary/KD9SV and George/W8UVZ will be active as
PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (SA-006) from 31 January to 8 February.
They plan to concentrate on 160, 80, 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
TA - The "TC Special Wireless Activity Team" (http://tcswat.tripod.com/)
will be active as TC800NH on 1-15 February for the 800th anniversary
of Nasreddin Hoca, the famous Turkish folk hero. Look for activity
mainly on 17, 20 and 40 metres, SSB and CW. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX
TA1HZ]
TT - Phil, F4EGS has been back to Chad since 19 January, and will be
active again as TT8PK for a couple of months. Expect activity on
10-20 metres all modes. QSL via F4EGS, direct or bureau. [TNX F0CYT]
UA - Look for UE3YAR to be aired on 17-24 February to celebrate the
Russian Army Day for the AFARU (Armed Forces Amateur Radio Union)
activity programme. QSL via MM0DFV. [TNX RV3YR]
V3 - Rick, KT7G and Jake, N7WO will be active on 160-6 metres as V31TB
and V31WO from Belize on 6-19 February. They will operate from the
QTH of V31MD and to participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest as
V31TB and in the ARRL DX CW Contest as V31WO. They will focus on
RTTY for the first week and on CW for the second week. QSL via home
calls and possibily LOTW. [TNX KT7G]
VK - Amateur radio operators from Australia can use the special prefix AX
in lieu of the normal VK prefix on 26 January to celebrate Australia
Day. The use of the prefix is only available from midnight to
midnight local time.
VP6 - Yoshi, JJ8DEN is active as VP6PR from Adamstown, Pitcairn (OC-044)
until 8 or 9 February. He operates CW, RTTY and PSK31 (no SSB) with
100 watts into an inverted-L or full size dipole for 160 and 80m, a
ground plane for 40m, a dipole for 30m, and a beam for 20, 17, 15,
12 and 10m. Mentioned frequencies are:
CW 1821 3503 7003 10103 14003 18071 21003 24893 28003
RTTY 14083 18103 21083 24923 28083
PSK 14071 18101 21071 24921 28071
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN]
W - Wade, AA8LL will operate as AA8LL/4 from Cedar Key (NA-076) on 2-5
February. Expect holiday style activity on 40-15 metres, mostly CW
and RTTY. Wade will try to get Liz, K8LIZ/4 to operate some SSB. QSL
via AA8LL, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX
AA8LL]
YN - Andrei, NP3D (EW1AR) will be active from Nicaragua in February. He
will participate in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest as YN2S, while before
the contest (3-8 February) he will operate RTTY, CW, PSK31 and SSB
on all bands as H7/NP3D. QSL via W3HNK. Logs will be uploaded to
LoTW. The six stations (one for each continent) collecting the
highest number of different band/mode slots for YN2S and H7/NP3D
will receive "a special T-shirt". [TNX NP3D]
CQ WW 160-METER DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs
worldwide to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and countries as
possible on 160 metres CW (full rules cand be found at
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/NEW160_CntRules_200810207.pdf). The following
stations have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00
UTC on 26 January through 23.59 UTC on the 27th):
Call DXCC QSL via
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C6ANM Bahamas LOTW/qrz.com
CN2R Morocco W7EJ
CT9M Madeira CT3EE
CU2A Azores OH2BH
CU8A Azores CT1GFK
CW0TOP Uruguay CX5BW
EF8M Canary Islands RX3DU
HI3C Dominican Republic ON4IQ
HQ9R Honduras K5WW
II5I Italy IW5CWA
J79SJ Dominica W5FO
LX7I Luxembourg LX2A
LZ9W Bulgaria LZ1PM
OH0Z Aland Isls W0MM
OK2KRT Czech Republic OK2KRT
OL7T Czech Republic OK2KJU
RL3A EU Russia W3HNK
RW2F Kaliningrad DK4VW
T93J Bosnia & Herzegovina T98U or OE1EMS
TA2RC Turkey TA2RC
TF3CW Iceland LX1NO
VK6VZ Australia VK6VZ
VP9I Bermuda N1HRA
VY2/N3DXX Canada (PEI) N3DXX
XE1RCS Mexico XE1RCS
XW1B Laos E21EIC
ZD7X St. Helena W0MM
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2008.html - good contest to
you all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC NEWS ---> YI9QX (current operation effective December 2007) has been
approved for DXCC credit.
LICENCES ---> The worldwide licensing information pages by Veikko "Veke"
Komppa, OH2MCN (http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm) contain detailed and
up to date information on how to get a radio amateur license in all of the
major DXCC entities. It is the most reliable source of information for DX
travellers and expeditioners.
LOGS: On-line logs for the recent TR8CR and TR50R activities by activity by
Roland, F8EN are available at http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/voirlogs.php [TNX
F6AJA]
QSL 3D2AA ---> Russ, VE6VK reports that Aisea, 3D2AA will be looking after
his own QSLling from now on. His direct address for QSL cards is: Aisea
Aisake, P.O. Box 786, Navua, Fiji.
QSL HV50VR ---> Alex, IW0GPN says the cards arrived from the printer on 18
January. He hopes to be able to clear the backlog by the end of the month.
QSL R1ANP & R1ANC ---> Dominik, DL5EBE says he is not the QSL manager for the
recent activities by R1ANP (Progress Base) and R1ANC (Vostok Base),
Antarctica. The operator was Aleksej, UA1ZCK and the QSL cards should go to
Wally, RU1ZC.
QSL VIA NI5DX ---> Buzz Loeschman, NI5DX (formerly N5FTR) reports he has the
logs and can confirm contacts made with the following stations only:
9K2AI A45WG/P J87CQ OA4DHW V31BR
9K2KO A92GQ KG4CM P29BT V31ML
9M8BT AL7DB KG4DD P29BW V47LDX
9M8FH C91J KL5E P29KPH YB1GJS
9M8LL C9RJJ KL7OU P29SS YI9JK
9M8YL FG/FR1AN N5FTR P29ZAD YI9WV
A41KJ FR1AN N5FTR/P TF8SM ZD7JP
A45WG H75A NH2PW TU5GD
SRT DX CONVENTION ---> The 5th International DX Convention, organized by the
Strange Radio Team and celebrating the club's 5th anniversary, will take
place on 12-13 April at the Best Western Hotel Esplanade, Paestum (Salerno).
Please visit www.strangeradioteam.com for full details on the programme, or
e-mail srt@strangeradioteam.com for further information. [TNX IZ8EDJ]
VP6DX ---> The "planning" phase has finally ended and the expedition is
underway! Robin, WA6CDR and the "Braveherat" departed New Zealand and are
expected to at Mangareva (French Polynesia) around 1 or 2 February, several
days before the remaining 12 operators.
Many expeditions, including this one, ask the DX community for financial
assistance. The costs for equipping and executing the VP6DX expedition total
about $330,000 (air transport and lodging for the operators excluded), almost
all of the costs must be paid or committed in advance and the current debt is
$125,000. Please consider supporting the VP6DX project with a donation.
Read the rest of the latest news bulletin (#8, 33 January), including details
on how contribute, on the expedition's website (www.vp6dx.com).
YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS ---> On 18 January the Yasme Foundation
(www.yasme.org) announced the winners of the first Yasme Excellence Awards,
given for service and dedication to amateur radio as recognized by the
foundation's Directors. The prizes are in the form of a plaque and a monetary
award.
* Joseph L. Arcure, Jr., W3HNK $2,000 for his long service to DXers as a QSL
manager. Joe's efforts on behalf of DXer's everywhere promote international
goodwill by facilitating cultural exchanges between operators that may
never meet in person, yet share a common bond of DX operation.
* Sheldon C. Shallon, W6EL $2,000 for his work with propagation prediction
software. By making propagation more accessible, Shel has done much to
advance the technical skills of HF operators in understanding the physical
environment of radio.
* James Brooks, 9V1YC $2,000 for DXpedition organization and videography.
James' professional videos make the skills and excitement of DX operating
and expeditioning more accessible to hams that haven't yet tried DXing and
to non-hams alike.
* Jukka Salomaa, OH2BUA and Antti Kantola, OH5TB $2,000 (shared) for
conceiving, operating, and maintaining the DX Summit, the first widely-used
Web-based spotting network portal. They created a tool that fundamentally
changed the nature of HF operating, a true advancement of the radio art.
+ SILENT KEY + Alan Wright, 9H1AW died tragically on 22 January when he fell
from his tower. He was 71 and an active 160m and VHF DXer. He is survived by
his wife Maureen, 9H1JN. [TNX W9DX]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3C7Y, 3D2OK, 3D2XA, 3DA0RH,
3W3W, 3XA8DX, 4L1MA, 4O7A, 4W6GH, 5J0A, 5L2MS, 5R8GZ, 5R8RJ, 5X1NH,
5Z4/JK1FNL, 6F75A, 6V7D, 6V7H, 6W1SE, 7Q7BP, 7Z1HL, 8P2K, 8P9MN, 8P9NX,
8R1XR, 8R1XT, 9G5XA, 9J2BO, 9M2/PG5M/6, 9M6XRO, 9U0X, 9X0VB, A71BX, AX6XX,
BA7IO, BD1BYV, BS7H, C52C, C6AKX, C6AYM, C91R, CE0Y/OE2SNL, CE1/K7CA, CO2NB,
CU1CB, D2NX, D44AC, DR6IOTA (EU-129), DU3NXE, E51NOU, ET3JA, ET3JN, F/DJ2VO
(EU-070), FR/OH2YY, FS5KA, G7GLW/P (EU-011), GJ0KYZ, H40MY, HC2AQ, HC2SL,
HI3C, HI3TEJ, HK0/K3WT, HK0/N0AT, HK0/W0OR, HK6K, HR2DMR, HR9/WR7R (NA-057),
HZ1MD/m (AS-193), J20RR, J28JA, J3/SP9BQJ, J5X, J6/DL7AFS, J8/W6JKV, J88DR,
JD1BMM, K9RR/4 (NA-058), KC4AAA, KH0/JR4GPA, KL2R, KL7J, KP2/K5YG, KP2/NY6X,
KP4SQ, LQ5H, LR4A, LS2D, LX/PA2CW, MU0FAL, N4R (NA-110), N8S, OE1A, OF0Z,
OJ0/SM1DTE, OX3KQ, OX3XR, P29NI, P29VCX, P29VLR, P43JB, PJ2T, PY0FF, R1ANN,
RA0ALM, RW1AC, RW2F, S07X, S50U, SJ9WL, T30XX, T32Z, T77C, T88IW, T88PR,
T93J, TF3CW, TO5J, TR8CA, TX4PG, TX5NK, TZ6DX, UA0SC, UA1QV (EU-160), UA9KZ,
US3IMZ, UT3IW, V31KO, V63BBQ, V63KZ, V63MP, V8FDM, V8FWP, V8FWU, VK9CCC,
VK9DNX, VK9WWI, VP2EDL, VP2MDG, VP2V/K5WAF, VP5/N1WON, VP6TC, VP6TD, VP8CXV,
VR2C, VR2MY, VU2GSM, VU7LD, VY2ZM, W8XGI/KH2, WH0DX, WH2D, WH6R, WP3C, WP4U,
XE1CQ, XF2K, XF4DL, XT2SE, XU7ACQ, YI9KT, YL2SM, YL2UH, YM0DX, YN2N, YR9P,
YS/K9GY, Z29KM, ZB2X, ZD7X, ZD8QD, ZF2PI, ZK1KAT, ZK3RE, ZL7/SP9BQJ,
ZL7/SP9PT, ZS1EL.
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