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14 June 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 893
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Slavo, SP2JMB says he will be active as 3A/SP2JMB from Monaco on
23-27 June. He will operate mainly CW on all bands. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX SP2JMB]
5B - Colin, G3VCQ will be active as 5B/G3VCQ from Paphos, Cyprus (AS-004)
from 24 June to 5 July. He will operate SSB and CW holiday style.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX G3VCQ]
7X - Amateur radio operators from Djelfa, Algeria will be active on 10-80
metres as 7Y46ND on 1-31 July. QSL via 7X2DD. A special certificate
will be available for EUR 5.00 or USD 7.00, if requested with the
QSL card. [TNX DB1JAW]
8Q - Paulo, CT2IVH will be active as 8Q7VH from Meeru Island, Maldives
(AS-013) on 16-23 June. He expects to operate SSB and RTTY on 40-10
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX CT2IVH]
9A - Tibor/HA3HP, Neno/9A5AN and Tom/9A2AA will be active from Dugi Otok
(EU-170) on 15-25 June. They plan to operate from a large number of
other islands in that area. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A2AA]
9A - Bill, ON5JE will be active as 9A/ON5JE from Pag Island (EU-170) from
21 June to 5 July. Then he will go and operate as 4O1/ON5JE from
Budva, Montenegro on 9-17 July. QSL via home call. [TNX ON5JE]
9A - Jan, PA4JJ says he will operate as 9A/PA4JJ from the Croatian
mainland (JN65sg) between 22 June and 12 July. He will try to use
JT6M on 6 metres, and will be active on other bands as well.
CT - Jose/CT1EHX, Toze/CT1GFK, Goncalo/CT1GPQ, Miguel/CT1IUA, Rui/CT2IHP,
Jose/CT1DVG, Jose/CT1EPS, Arnaldo/CT2IOV and Moli/EA7AH will operate
SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres as CS27R on 14-20 July for the 27th
International Motorcycle Rally in Faro. QSL via CT1EHX, direct or
bureau. [TNX CT1END]
F - Special event station TM5TFV will be active on 16-29 June from
Dunkerque, where the "Tour de France a la voile" (the annual
yachting race around the coast of France) is due to start on the
29th. QSL via F6KMB. [TNX F8REF]
F - Special event call TM8CDX will be aired between 6 and 20 September
for the 30th Convention of the Clipperton DX Club, this year to be
held at Chasseneuil du Poitou on 19-20 September (complete details
at http://www.cdxc.org/index-e.htm). QSL via F5CQ, direct or bureau.
[TNX F5NQL]
FH - TX7LX is the callsign issued to Georg, DK7LX for his current
activity from Mayotte (AF-027) [425DXN 869]. He will remain there
until 23 June. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Further
information and log search at http://www.dk7lx.mayotte.2008.ms/ [TNX
DK7LX]
HR - Special event station HQ50RCH will be active from 21 June until 31
July to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Radio Club de Honduras
(http://www.hr2rch.org/). QSL via HR2RCH.
I - Operators from ARI Vigevano will be active as II1PI from Palmaria
Island (not IOTA, IIA SP-001) on 20-22 June. QSL via IW2NOH. [TNX
IK2AVH]
I - Peter, DJ2OS will be active as IE9/DJ2OS from Ustica Island (EU-051,
IIA PA-001) on 27-30 June. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
JA - Look for JF1IZM/1, JO1IRO/1, JR1WEB/1 to operate from Mikura Island
(AS-008, JIIA AS-008-005) on 15-17 June. QSL via home calls, direct
or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Ten HQ stations representing JARL will be active from various
regions of Japan for the IARU HF World Championship (12-13 July):
Call Band/Mode Location
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8N1HQ 15m-Ph Kimitsu City, Chiba
8N1HQ 160m-CW, 10m-Ph Minato Ku, Tokyo
8N2HQ 80m-CW Chita Gun, Aichi
8N2HQ 80m-Ph Nakatsugawa City, Gifu
8N2HQ 15m-CW Susono City, Shizuoka
8N3HQ 40m-CW Kobe City, Hyogo
8N3HQ 20m-CW Miki City, Hyogo
8N3HQ 10m-CW Nara City, Nara
8N4HQ 40m-Ph Okayama City, Okayama
8N8HQ 20m-Ph Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido
Each station may be heard on other bands in the week before the
contest. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
[TNX JA1BPA]
JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK is once again working on Minami Torishima (OC-073)
until 3 July. As usual, he is QRV as JD1BMM in his spare time. The
Daily DX reports he will install "a new 3 element tribander for 10,
15 and 20 meters, a rotary dipole for 30, 17 and 12 meters and a 4
element yagi for 6 meters". QSL to Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran,
2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-0806 Japan.
JT - Dr. Scott L. Gardner (KC0KHA) and his team are working on a 3-year
scientific project in Mongolia (http://lamarck.unl.edu/mongolia) and
have been assigned the club call signs JT1N and JT4N depending on
their location during field research work (JT1N when north of the
Gobi region, JT4N when in the Gobi region). QSL for both via KC0KHA.
[TNX KC0KHA]
JX - Wojtek, SQ4MP will be joining Michael, G7VJR for the 28 June-4 July
activity from Jan Mayen (EU-022) [425DXN 873]. They will focus on
30, 20 and 17 metres; on 6 metres look for them on +/- 50105 kHz CW.
Michael will operate mostly CW, while Wojtek will work CW, SSB and
some RTTY. QSL for either JX/G7VJR and JX/SQ4MP via G7VJR, direct or
bureau. The pilot station will be Chris, GM4FAM. Further information
can be found at http://www.jx08.eu/
LA - Andy, DL7AT will be active as LA/DL7AT from Bomlo Island (EU-055)
from 19 July to 3 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
PY - Cris, PY7GK will be active as ZW6GK from Tinhare Island (SA-080) on
24-27 July. He will be running 100 watts into a G5RV and a vertical
antenna for 20 metres. QSL direct to home call. [TNX PY7GK]
SV - A large group of SV4 operators will be active as SY4LH from Trikeri
Lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-128, KM19mc) on 5-6 July. They plan to operate
CW, SSB, PSK, RTTY, SSTV on 160-2 metres. All of the QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards should be sent
to SV4FFK. The webiste for the operation is at
http://www.sz4srm.gr/SY4LH [TNX W1AW]
SV - The White Tower DX Team (SV0XAW, SV1ENG, SV2FPU, SV2GNQ, SV2HNZ,
SV2HOB, SV2HPP, SV2HPY SV2HRT and SV2HSV) will be active on all
bands and modes as SX8WT from Alonissos Island (EU-072) from 30
August to 5 September. QSL via SV2HPP. The team's website is at
www.whitetowerdxt.com [TNX SV2FPU]
TK - Piero, IZ1CRA reports he will be active from Corsica on 20-29 June.
He expects to operate mainly SSB on 20 metres.
UA - Vlad, RZ1OA and Dima, UA1OLM will be active as UE1OTA/p from the
Morzhovets Islands (EU-119) on 12-15 June. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad
Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163048, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA]
UA - Alex/RV3DPM, Mike/RW3FS, Vadim/RX3AKL, Serge/UA3DNR and
Tatyana/RW3ATL will be active as RK3DZJ/1 from Borodavnik Island
(RR-22-09) in the Darvinskiy biosphere reserve on 12-15 June. They
plan to operate on 20, 30 and 40 metres SSB and CW. All of the QSO's
will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. The QSL manager for
those who need a direct card is RV3DPM. [TNX UA3DNR]
UA - On 16 June 1963 Valentina V. Tereshkova was the first woman to fly
in space, aboard Vostok 6. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of
that event, special event station R45VT will be activated on 16-20
June from Yaroslavl, where Tereshkova was born in 1937. QSL via
RD3MA. [TNX RD3MA]
UA - Konstantin, UA3DBP expects to operate as UA3DBP/1 from various
islands, including IOTA groups EU-147, EU-066 and EU-153, between 16
June and 24 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX UA3DBP
and I1-21171]
UR - UR5FIR, US5ID, UU1JJ, UU5JA, UU5JDX, UU5JJ and UY7IQ will be active
as homecall/p from Mount Tyrke (1296m a.s.l.), Crimea from 27 June
to 8 July. They will operate SSB and CW on 160, 80, 40, 20 and 17
metres, as well as on VHF. QSL via home calls. [TNX UY7IQ]
W - Once again Jon, WB8YJF will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke
Island (NA-067). This year's activity will take place on 6-13 July.
Expect him to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 10-40 metres. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
YN - Wayne, W5KDJ will be active as YN2KDJ from YN2N's station in
Granada, Nicaragua on 3-14 July, IARU HF World Championship
included. He will emphasize 160 and 80 metres, as well as CW and
RTTY. QSL via W5KDJ. Logs will be available at
http://dx.qsl.net/logs/ and will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX W5KDJ]
ZF - Jim, K4BI (ZF2BI) and Mario, K2ZD (ZF2ZD) will be active from the
Cayman Islands (NA-016) between 20 June and 6 July. They will
concentrate on 6 metres (announced frequency 50105 kHz, beacon on
50095 kHz); HF activity is possibile, but they "don't plan on being
there very much or very often". QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
6M CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Dennis, K7BV will be active as V36M from Caye
Caulker (NA-073, EK57xr), Belize on 20-26 June and as 5J0M from San Andres
(NA-033, EK92dm) from 29 June to 8 July. Dennis will concentrate on 6 metres,
but he may also be QRV on the HF bands when the "Magic Band" is not open.
QSL via W1JJ. Further information at http://www.qth.com/k7bv/caribe2008
SCANDINAVIAN TOUR ---> Keith, G3TTC is touring Denmark, Sweden and Norway
until 14 July, with several IOTA operations. His island itinerary is as
follows (dates may change by one or two days):
12-13 June OZ/G3TTC/p Romo EU-125
15-16 June OZ/G3TTC/p Mors EU-171
19-20 June SM6/G3TTC/p Hono EU-043
25-26 June LA/G3TTC/p Spjaeroy EU-061
5-6 July LA/G3TTC/p Averoya EU-036
6-7 July LA/G3TTC/p Godoya EU-056
7-8 July LA/G3TTC/p Runde EU-079
14 July LA/G3TTC/p Toftoy EU-055
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
SOUTHEAST ASIA TOUR ---> Toshi, JA8BMK will be active as 3W2BMK from Vietnam
on 12-17 June and as XU7BMK from Cambodia on 18-20 June. He expects to
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres in his spare time. QSL direct to
JA8UWT. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4W6R ---> The 4W6R team in Dili, Timor Leste (OC-148) lost power soon after
they began operation and were forced to QRT while waiting for their generator
to arrive. However, reports indicate that they continue to have AC power
outages, not to mention the poor band conditions they are having. QSL via
EA4URE. Bookmark http://4w6r.ure.es/ for updates from the pilots and log
search (1770 QSOs as of the latest update).
PORTUGAL DAY CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the Rede dos Emissores Portugueses
(REP), this 24-hour event will be held on 14 June on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres SSB and CW. Details can be found at http://www.rep.pt/concursos.htm
[TNX CT1END]
QSL 4U ---> Get your missing QSLs for QSOs made after 1985 with 4U stations
at the Swiss DX Foundation's booth at Hamradio 2008 (Friedrichshafen) on
27-29 June. Bring your QSO data with you and observe the working hours of the
QSL manager (to be available at the booth). Please note that cards for
contacts made with 4U1ITU and 4U1WRC will be issued only if the relevant QSOs
can be found in the online log at http://life.itu.ch/radioclub/4u1/index.php
[TNX HB9BGN]
VIY 2008 AWARD ---> The "Visit Indonesia Year 2008 Award" is a short term
award issued by the local IARU society, the Organisasi Radio Amatir Indonesia
(ORARI), to commemorate its 40th anniversary e participate in the Indonesian
government's tourism programme. Please e-mail orari_viy2008@yahoo.com or
visit http://www.papays.com/VIY2008eng.pdf for the details. [TNX W1AW and
OPDX Bulletin]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Thomas Roesler (PY2FR),
Howard Booth (VK2AMD), Dave Miller (W1GDQ), Donald Paul Alexander (W4DPA).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A3A, 1A4A, 3A/G3RTE, 3B7SP,
3B9/G3TXF, 3D2A, 3D2AG/p, 3D2CI, 3Y0E, 4U1UN, 5H3G, 5L2MS, 5T5DC, 6V7I,
6W1SA, 6W1SJ, 6W8CK, 6Y1LZ, 7P8FC, 7Z1HL, 8R1PW, 9H1LC, 9M6XRO, 9UXEV, 9V1UV,
9X0W, 9Y4W, A45XR, A61Q/P (AS-021), A92GR, A92WHD, BD1NNI, BX5AA, C31LJ,
C50C, CE0Y/9A4X, CE0Z/DL2AH, CE6TC, CQ7P (EU-167), D2NX, D4C, E20WXA, E21EIC,
E4/OM2DX, E51QMA, E77XZ, EA9IE, EL2DX, EL2PM, EP3PK, EP3SMH, ET3JA, ET3TK,
EZ8AQ, FG5FR, FJ/AC8G, FJ5DX, FK/JK1FNL, FO/KH0PR, FW0MO, FY1FL, FY5GJ,
H40MY, H44MS, HC2SL, HC7AE, HH4/AF4Z, HK0GU, J20RR, J5C, J6/W0SA, J79PN,
J7DX, J8/DJ7ZG, LU2DVI/H, OA4BHY/3 (SA-074), OA4O, OC1I (SA-076), OC6I
(SA-098), OD5/F5PTM, OY1CT, OZ/DF8HS (EU-172), PJ5NA, PZ5WW, R1ANR, ST2A,
SU1SK, SU60WW, SU8IOTA, SU9NC, SV2ASP/A, SV9/DJ7RJ, T32MO, T70A, T88JY,
T88KJ, TG9ANF, TI9KK, TO5A, TR8DB, UK8DAN, UN7AD, V63A, V63JQ, V63JY, V63OC,
V8ASV, V8FGM, VK1AA/2 (OC-223), VK2IAY/4 (OC-142 and OC-160), VK9ALH,
VP5/W5SL, VP5/W9RN, VP6PR, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8/MM0TJR/p, VP8DLG, VQ5XF, VY0ICE,
XU7TZG, XW1B, YI9PT, YK1BC, YK9G, YK9SV, YU8/OH2R, ZB2EO, ZB3B, ZD7X, ZL2CV,
ZP6/N3BNA, ZS6AA.
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