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15 November 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 915
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B7 - Rachid, 3B8FQ says that "unforeseen difficulties" have arisen with
his working trip to St. Brandon that was expected to take place
later this month [425DXN 914]. The trip has officially been
delayed until sometime in 2009. Further information is expected in
due course. Meanwhile, Rachid is very active from Mauritius on
40-10m, with an emphasis on 30, 17 and 12 metres. CW is Rachid's
currently preferred mode. QSL via K5XK. [TNX K5XK]
6W - Carsten, DL1EFD will operate mainly CW as 6V7N from Senegal from
23 November to 5 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
9M6 - Bob, MD0CCE, will be active as 9M6/N2BB from Sabah (OC-088) from
25 November through 1 December, including the CQ WW DX CW contest.
He will take a 160m antenna with him, and if local noise
conditions allow, he will concentrate on Top Band on 25-28
November. QSL via MD0CCE. [TNX MD0CCE]
C6 - Tom/N6BT (C6ARR), Fred/KE7X (C6AKX) and Kenny/K2KW (C6ATA) will be
active on 160-20 metres from the Bahamas from 23 November to 1
December, including single band entries in the CQ WW DX CW Contest
(C6ARR on 160m, C6AKX on 20 metres and C6ATA on 80 metres). QSL
for all of them via WA4WTG. [TNX NG3K]
CO - Ed, CO7PH and possibily other operators will be active from IOTA
group NA-086 on 16-21 December. Plans are to operate mainly CW
with some SSB on 160-10 metres, hopefully under a T47 or CO0
callsign. [TNX CO7PH]
E5 - Aki, JA1KAJ will be active as E51QQQ from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014),
North Cook Islands from 18 November to 9 December. He plans to
operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
FK - Jean-Pierre, F5AHO will be active as FK/F5AHO from three New
Caledonia's islands as follows: from the main island (OC-032) on
23 November-5 December, from Lifou (OC-033) on 7-8 December and
from Ile des Pins (OC-032) on 10-12 December. He plans to operate
SSB on 40, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX F8REF]
FT5W - Florentin, F4DYW expects to arrive at Crozet [42DXN 913] around 8
December, and to start amateur radio activities sometime between
10 and 15 December. He will operate as FT5WO in his spare time,
using 100 watts and dipoles on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via F4DYW (be
prepared to be patient, as he will be back home in early 2010).
[QSL via F6AJA]
GM - Russell, G5XW will be active as GM5XW from the Orkney Islands
(EU-009) between 19 and 23 November. QSL direct only to G5XW. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
GM - Col, MM0NDX will be active as MM0NDX/p from the St. Kilda Islands
(EU-059) on 24-27 July. He plans to operate holiday style on 80-10
metres SSB, and to take part in the IOTA Contest. QSL direct to
home call. [TNX MM0NDX]
H4 - Mike, KM9D and June,KF4TUG left Honiara and are going to Pohnpei
(OC-010), Micronesia (V6). According to their latest position
report (http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/track.cgi?call=KM9D) now they
are lying to anchor adjacent to Luaniua village, Ontong Java
(OC-192), from where they may show up as H44MY. [TNX DXNL]
I - Tony, IK1QBT and Emilio, IZ1GAR will be active from Lampedusa
Island (AF-019) from 25 November to 1 December. They will
participate from African Italy in the CQ WW DX CW Contest, Tony as
IG9X (SOSB 80m) and Emilio as IG9W (SOSB 40m). Outside the contest
they will operate as IG9/IK1QBT and IG9/IZIGAR, with a focus on
the low bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK1QBT]
OD - Salvo, IV3YIM is currently active as OD5/IV3YIM from Lebanon until
April 2009. He operates SSB and RTTY on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres, with some possible activity on CW, PSK and the other
bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IV3YIM]
OD - Ken, W5YFN has received approval from the local authorities to
operate as OD5/W5YFN while in Lebanon, for one year starting on 16
November. [TNX QRZ-DX]
PJ4 - John/K4BAI, Jeff/KU8E, Don/W4OC and Peter/NO2R will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as PJ4A from Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands
Antilles. Outside the contest, look for the operators to be QRV as
PJ4/homecalls. QSL all five calls via K4BAI. All but KU8E will be
QRV from 26 November to 3 December (KU8E will QRT on 2 December).
[TNX NG3K]
PY - ZY7EAM will be active on 4-7 December to celebrate the Sailor Day.
Plans are to operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres. QSL via PY7GK,
bureau preferred. [TNX PY7GK]
PY - Lucio/PP5AVM, Carlos/PP5AX, Joaquim/PP5JY, Lira/PP5LL, Mario/PP5MQ
and Mauricio/PP5WB will be active as ZV5V and ZV5Z from Ilha da
Paz (SA-027) on 6-13 December. Look for activity on 80-10 metres
SSB and CW. QSL via PP5CIT. [TNX PY2NQ and PP5MQ]
T8 - Tibi, HA7TM (T88CJ) and Pista, HA5AO (T88CI) will be active from
Koror Island (OC-009), Palau from 21 November to 3 December. They
plan to operate mainly CW on 160-6 metres, with a focus on Europe.
QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Their web page can be found
at www.ha7tm.hu/t88/ [TNX HA0HW]
UR - Special event station EO15IVK will be active on 21-30 November
from the city of Volnovakha (Donetsk region, Ukraine) to celebrate
the 15th anniversary of the local Kontur Radio Club. Look for
activity on the HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via operator's
instructions. [TNX UT8IM]
V3 - Terry, W6WTG (V31UR) and Sharon, N2OWL (V31WL) will be active from
Caye Caulker (NA-073), Belize on 22-29 July 2009. Expect activity
on the HF bands and 6 metres, and look for V31UR to participate in
the IOTA Contest (25-26 July). QSL via W6UR. The logs will be
uploaded to LoTW a couple of weeks after the operation is over.
Further information and updates at http://www.w6wtg.com [TNX W6WTG]
VP9 - Seppo, OH1VR will be active from Bermuda (NA-005) from 25 November
to 2 December. He will operate as OH1VR/VP9 (QSL via home call),
and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as VP9I (QSL via
N1HRA) on 20 metres. [TNX NG3K]
VU - A number of special callsigns (for instance, AU2JCB operated by
VU2DSI) will be aired from 15 November to 8 December to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the birth of Indian physicist Jagadish
Chandra Bose. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX VU2DSI]
XU - Tom Callas, KC0W (ZD7X) was not able to go to Tristan da Cunha
[425DXN 902] and is now in Cambodia. His requested callsign is
XU7XXX and he will participate in various contests, starting with
the CQ WW DX CW at the end of the month and the ARRL 160-Meter
(5-6 December). QSL direct to his home call (Thomas M. Callas,
P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka, MN 55345, USA). QSLling may take quite
a while, because Tom expects to remain in Cambodia for 3-4 months,
and then to visit Laos and Vietnam for "an extended DXpedition" of
up to three months in each country. [TNX NG3K]
YW - The YW1TI epedition to Toas Island (SA-066) [425DXN 907] is now
scheduled to take place during the last week of November. Bookmark
http://yw1ti.4m5dx.info/ for updates. QSL via IT9DAA. [TNX IT9DAA]
ZD8 - Between 31 December and 9 January, six members of the Cambridge
University Wireless Society will operate SSB and CW as ZD8UW from
Ascension Island (AF-003) on the HF bands. Expedition members will
be Hugo/M0HSW, Tom/M0TJH, Simon/G4EAG, Michael/G7VJR, Gordon/G3USR
and Martin/G3ZAY. QSL via G7VJR. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW
shortly after the expedition. [TNX G7VJR]
TRIP TO AFRICA ---> Peter, HA3AUI is going back to Africa. He will be
active in his spare time as either 6W2SC (from Senegal) and J5UAP (from
Guinea-Bissau) from 15 November until about 31 March 2009. QSL via HA3AUI,
direct or bureau. Peter plans to operate digital modes with some SSB and
CW upon request. Bands in use will be 160-10m, with 500 watts from 6W and
100 watts from J5. [TNX NG3K]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A5100A ---> A few pictures from the current A5100A expedition to Bhutan can
be found at http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/photos.php; daily updates from the
team can be found on the Clipperton DX Club's website
(http://www.cdxc.org/).
DX SUMMIT ALERT ---> The new DX Summit website (http://www.dxsummit.fi/)
has been up and running since 23 May 2008. The old DX Summit homepage
(http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/) redirects users to the new website, but all
the old DX Summit data pages are still online. Now the time has come to
shut down the old DX Summit machine: it will be done on 19 November at 10
UTC, and it may cause your software to stop working.
To try and maintain compatibility with older software which may no longer
be supported, the new DX Summit includes a series of DX spot webpages which
are 100% HTML compatible with the same pages on the old DX Summit. Simply
changing the URLs in your software according to the information below
should keep it working with the new DX Summit. If your software does not
allow you to edit the URLs, please contact the author of your software and
ask them to change the URLs according to the information below.
* Latest 25 DX spots page
Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html
New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx25.html
* Latest 1000 DX spots page
Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx1000.html
New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx1000.html
* Latest 10000 DX spots page
Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx10000.html
New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx10000.html
Software authors who wish to implement data exchange with the new DX Summit
should visit http://www.dxsummit.fi/technical.aspx for information on data
formats and URLs. If your software does not work with the new DX Summit, we
encourage you to forward this information to the author of the software you
are using. [TNX OH2BH]
DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations are
approved for DXCC credit:
A52AM Bhutan 20 March-26 September 2007 operation (*)
CY0X Sable Island 2008 operation
VU4MY Andaman & Nicobar Isls 24 October-3 November 2008 operation
VU7NRO Lakshadweep Isls 24 October-3 November 2008 operation
VU7SJ Lakshadweep Isls 2008 operation
(*) If you had an A52AM QSO rejected for credit within this date period,
send an e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org to be placed on the list to receive an
update.
P29NI ---> The log search for P29NI (OC-181 and OC-041) is now up and
running at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/p29_2008/
QSL VIA LA9SN ---> Please note that while JX9SN (October 2008) should go
direct only (Harald Kjode, Postboks 404 Sentrum, 6401 Molde, Norway), the
QSL cards for Al's other activities (e.g. OY/LA9SN and TF/LA9SN) can go
either direct or via the bureau. A log search can be found at
http://www.la9sn.com/log/ [TNX LA9SN]
SPRATLY 2009 ---> According to the latest update at www.spratly2009.com,
the 1-14 March 2009 expedition to the Spratly Islands [425DXN 889] has been
postponed until further notice "due to a combination of personal and
logistical reasons". For the time being, "donations will be returned to
those sponsors who kindly made contributions to the proposed DXpedition".
+ SILENT KEYS + Zoran Krnjeta (9A2CY) passed away on 9 November at 56 years
of age, following a brain hemorrhage. An active DXer and a member of the
9A1BOP radio club for almost forty years, his main interest was in RTTY and
PSK31. Other recently reported Silent Keys include Tom Baker (K8MMM), Bob
McCourt (KI4RU), Edward Joseph Gassman (N8HTT), Bogdan I. Voichuk (UR0YY),
Paul D. Casdorph (W8HXX), Leo D. Hodge (ZL2AJB) and Kuo On "Tom" Wong
(VE7BC), whose seven-year effort was instrumental in getting PRC on the air
- BY1PK, the first Amateur Radio Club in China, was activated on 29 March
1982.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0VB, 4K1L, 4K6GF, 4L1MA, 4W6R,
4X/AA4V, 4Z8BB, 5H3VMB, 5J0M, 5W0JT, 5Z4/RW1AU, 5Z4/UA4WHZ, 5Z4RS, 6E4LM,
6L0NJ/4 (AS-093), 7Q7VB, 7X/DB1JAW, 8R1EA, 9K2/SP4R, 9M6OO, 9M8Z, 9U0VB,
9W2LLK, 9X0R, 9X0VB, A25/DL7DF, A25VB, A45WG, C4M, C6APR, CE9/CE3VPM, CO6WD,
CO8LY, CU2/OH2TA, CU2A, CU7/DL5AXX, CX1AA, CY0X, D20VB, D2NX, D4C, D60VB,
DT8A, E20WXA, E51NOU, E71AA, EK6TA, EL2DX, ES2Q (EU-149), EX2F, EY8MM,
F4FEP/P (EU-094), FK8HC, FO/N6JA, FO/OH1RX, FP/KV1J, FP/W9ILY, FR5MV, FR5ZL,
G4DBX, GS8R (EU-009), H40MY (OC-163), HB0/HB9QQ, HC5WW, HC8N, HI8A,
HR9/WQ7R, J75KG, JA6WFM/HC5, JD1ACH, JD1BMM, JY4CI, K7A, KG4SS, KH7B, KL7DX
(NA-234), KP2M, KP4/NY6X, MU0BKA, OH0GG, OH0X, OJ0B, OJ0J, PY0FF, PZ5Z,
R1ANR, R1FJT, RI0F (AS-149), RW2F, RW2FWA, ST2VB, T209DX, T94CT, TA3D,
TF/DJ2VO (EU-071), TF3GC, TK7C, TM7F, TN6X, TO8S (NA-114), TY6A, UE9WFF/1,
UN9L, UT5UGR, V51VV, V63DX, V85SS, VE8RCS/VY0, VI9NI, VK9XHZ, VK9XMM,
VK9XOR, VK9XWW, VP8QI, XE2WWW, XR7A (SA-043), XR7W (SA-053), XU7DLH, XW1B,
YB0WR, YI9WV, YS3/I2JIN, YU150AU, YU8/OH2R, ZA1Z, ZD8LP, ZF1DX, ZL7/KH0PR,
ZP6/DL7UFN, ZP6/DL7VEE, ZP6CW.
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