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29 November 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 917
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
>>> DESECHEO 2009 <<<
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has notified the team that February 12-26,
2009, will be the dates allocated for the radio operation. These dates are
coordinated with other USFWS research activities scheduled on other parts
of Desecheo Island as well as scheduling USFWS security personnel for the
camp.
Fifteen operators will be allowed on the island at any given time. A total
of 6-8 stations will be operational, including 160-6 meters.
A reconnaissance trip to Desecheo is scheduled for Friday, December 19.
Three team members, USFWS personnel and an UXO (unexploded ordnance) expert
will sweep and clear the assigned area of UXO and other hazards. There will
be no radio operations.
The 15-man team will assemble in Puerto Rico on February 8, 2009, for
mandatory UXO training. The next three days will include team operations
training, and last minute preparation and staging of the several tons of
equipment for transport. On February 12th, landing will commence and two
stations will be immediately activated. Likewise, stations will continue to
operate until the final moments before departure on February 26th.
Halfway through the operation, on February 19th, approximately half of the
operating team will be replaced with fresh operators for the final week.
The team has been diligently planning antennas and propagation paths to
take advantage of every possible band opening to Asia, where Desecheo is
#2 on the Most Wanted List and to Europe, where it is #3 on the Most Wanted
List.
Contributions are being solicited. To assist the team and for the latest
news, please go to http://www.kp5.us [TNX K4UEE and W0GJ]
5X - Robert, S53R will be active during the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
5X1AB, from Arik's QTH in Kampala, Uganda. Robert will operate on
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres only, starting on his late Saturday
evening. QSL via K6EID. [TNX NG3K]
8Q - Vic, LY1A will be active as 8Q7RW from the Maldives (AS-013) until
4 December. He will operate holiday style with a focus on the low
bands during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
BY - Look for BD3BXH/2, BG3DCI/2, and BG3DDB/2 (and possibly other
operators from the TianJin B3C Club) to be active from JuHua
Island (AS-151) on 10-13 December. Expect activity on 80, 40, 20,
17, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via BD3BXH. [TNX BA3CE]
C9 - Igor, C91LW will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as C98LW
from Inhaca Island (AF-066). It will be a single band entry on 40
metres. QSL via home call (UY5LW).
CT - The Algarve DX Group will be active using the following callsigns
from a number of Portuguese national parks and nature reserves in
December: CT7FFG (6-8 December), CT7FFE (26-27 December), CT7FFT
(28-29 December), CT7FFM (30 December-2 January). Expect activity
on 17, 20, 30 and 40 metres SSB, CW e RTTY. QSL CT7FFG and CT7FFT
via CT1GFK, QSL CT7FFE and CT7FFM via CT1IUA. Information on the
DPRN (Diploma dos Parques e Reservas Naturais) can be found at
http://dprn.no.sapo.pt/dprn_por.htm [TNX CT1GFK]
E5 - Aki, JA1KAJ (E51QQQ) will remain on Manihiki (OC-014), North Cooks
until 9 December [425DXN 915]. He will then go and operate from
Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks until 17 December. QSL via JA1KAJ.
[TNX The Daily DX]
F - A number of special stations will be activated for the 22nd annual
Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular
Dystrophy Association that will take place on 5-6 December. Expect
activity from TM8T (29 November-12 December) and TM4AFM (5-6
December) among the others. [TNX F8REF]
F - Didier, F4ELJ will be active as F4ELJ/p from Stagadon Island
(EU-105) on 6-7 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX F4ELJ]
H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active again as H44MS from the Solomon
Islands between 10 January to 28 April 2009. He also hopes to be
QRV from Temotu Province (H40) for 2-3 weeks during the first half
of March. [TNX GM4FAM]
KC4 - Helmuth, W6KDX will be working at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Station from 5 December to 5 January. He hopes to be able to
operate as KC4AAA in his spare time, on +/- 14243 kHz. QSL via
K1IED. [TNX VA3RJ]
KH8 - Paul, A35RK will be active as KH8/KK6H from American Samoa on 5-9
December. This will be a "casual" operation on CW and SSB on
"whatever band is open". QSL via W7TSQ. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT - Francois, ON4LO will be active as CT1/ON4LO/p between 10 December
and 20 January 2009. He plans to operate on 20, 40 and 80 metres
SSB from a few Portuguese lighthouses, such as Alfanzina (ARLHS
POR-001), Ponta da Piedale (POR-042), Ponta do Altar (POR-044) and
Fuseta (POR-074). QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX ON4LO]
OH - Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) will be again active in December from
the Artic Circle. Activity will be on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and
digital modes. QSL via OH9UV. [TNX The Daily DX]
ON_ant - OP0LE is the callsign allocated to the new Belgian Antarctic
station "Princess Elisabeth" (http://www.antarcticstation.org/),
located at 71°57'S-23°20'E, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
Some activity is expected to take place between mid-December and
mid-February 2009. The operator will be Paul, ON3PC who is new to
the amateur radio bands. [TNX F5PFP]
P4 - Marty, W2CG will once again be vacationing in Aruba on 3-17
January. He will operate as P40CG during his early morning and
late evening hours. His current plans include operations in the
ARRL RTTY Roundup. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) or LoTW.
[TNX W2CG]
TA - Urcun, TA0U and other operators will be active from Kartepe (2908m
a.s.l.) as TC12AKUT on 1-16 December to celebrate the 12th
anniversary of the Turkish Search & Rescue Association (AKUT). QSL
via TA0U. [TNX TA0U]
TU - Phil, F4EGS is back home after his business trip to Tajikistan
(more than 5,000 QSOs as EY8/F4EGS). His new work assignment will
be in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from 25 December until the end of
February. Phil plans to operate as TU8/F4EYS in his spare time,
with a focus on CW and RTTY (and SSB on 160 and 80 metres). QSL
via F4EGS, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
VE - Art, N3DXX will participate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (5-6
December) as VY2/N3DXX from Prince Edward Island. [TNX NG3K]
YS - Markus, HB9KNA will be active as YS1/HB9KNA from El Salvador on
3-28 December. He will use a yagi for 10-40 metres and an inverted
L for 80 and 160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX XE3PMR]
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (29-30 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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04 VC6R M/? Canada VE6SV
05 OH3SR/VP9 SO Bermuda OH3SR
05 VP9I SOSB 20m Bermuda N1HRA
07 HP1RIS SOSB 10m Panama HP1RIS
07 HR2/LT0E SOAB LP Honduras HQ2LAS
07 YN2Z SO Nicaragua K9ZO
07 YS4RR SOAB LP El Salvador K9GY
08 5K0T San Andres HA7RY
08 6Y1V M/? HP Jamaica OH3RB
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 C6AQQ SOSB 40m or SOAB Bahamas ND3F
08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 C6ATA SOSB 80m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 CO6LP SOAB LP Cuba CO6LP
08 CO7PH Cuba W3HNK
08 CO8ZZ SOSB 20m Cuba DK1WI
08 FJ/WJ2O SOAB LP St. Barthelemy WJ2O
08 FM/F5IRO SOAB LP Martinique F5IRO
08 J3/DL5AXX SOAB Grenada DL5AXX
08 J68V SOAB St. Lucia K5WW
08 J88DR SOAB LP St. Vincent G3TBK
08 KP2B SOAB Virgin Islands EA7FTR
08 KP2M M/2 US Virgin Islands AI4U
08 KP4EE SOAB Puerto Rico OK1DOT
08 TO2HI SO Guadeloupe F6AUS
08 TO4X M/M St. Martin KQ1F
08 TO5X SOAB Martinique K5UN
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B
08 V47NT SOAB HP St. Kitts W2RQ
08 VP2MDG SOAB Montserrat K2DM
08 VP5W M/S Turks & Caicos Isls W7TSQ
08 ZF2AM SOAB Cayman Islands K6AM
09 FY5KE SOAB LP French Guiana FY1FL
09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM
09 P49Y SOSB 40m Aruba AE6Y
09 PJ2T M/? Netherlands Antilles N9AG
09 PJ4A M/? Netherlands Antilles K4BAI
09 PZ5TT SOAB Suriname VE3DZ
09 YW4D SOAB Venezuela EA7JX
10 HC5WW SO LP Ecuador JA6VU
10 HD2M M/M Ecuador SM6FKF
10 OA4WW SOAB HP Peru HP1WW
11 ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL
12 CE0Y/SM6CUK SO Easter Island SM6CUK
12 XR3A Chile CE3DNP
13 CW5W M/S Uruguay CX6VM
13 CW7T SOAB HP Uruguay K5WW
13 LS1D M/S Argentina LW9EOC
13 LU8YE M/? Argentina EA7FTR
14 CU2X SOAB Azores OH2BH
14 EA6IB SOSB 40m Balearic Isls EA6IB
14 EE2W M/? Spain EB2BXL
14 EG5T M/? Spain EA5EH
14 GU4YOX SOSB 40m LP Guernsey GU4YOX
14 HB0/DK4YJ SOSB 40m Liechtenstein DK4YJ
14 HB0/DK9TN SOSB 80m Liechtenstein DK9TN
14 LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA
14 LX7I M/2 Luxembourg LX2A
14 OP4K M/S Belgium ON4JZ
14 TM2S M/S France F5PED
14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA
14 TM6X SO France F5VHY
15 E77CFG SOSB 160m LP Bosnia-Herzegovina E72U
15 II20CJ Italy IW2HAJ
15 IR9X SO Sicily (Italy) IW9HLM
15 IR9Y M/S Italy (Sicily) IT9ABY
15 IS0/IT9VDQ SOAB QRP Sardinia IT9VDQ
15 LY7A M/M Lithuania LY2ZO
15 OG50F M/2 Finland OH1F
15 OH0/OH2LRE SOAB Finland OH2LRE
15 OH0I SOSB 10m Aland Islands OH3BHL
15 OH0V SOSB 160m Aland Isls OH6LI
15 OH0X SOSB Aland Isls OH2TA
15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Islands W0MM
15 OH2BH SOSB Finland OH2BH
15 OH8X SOAB Finland OH2UA
15 RK2FWA M/S Kaliningrad DK4VW
15 Z37M M/2 Macedonia bureau
16 ER0WW SOAB HP Moldova UT3UA
16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK
16 RT9W M/S Asiatic Russia RZ9WWH
16 UU3W SOSB 160m Ukraine UU2JZ
17 EY8MM SOSB 80m Tajikistan K1BV
17 RA9A M/S Asiatic Russia RK9AWN
17 UN4L SOSB 80m Kazakhstan UA9AB
20 5B4AII SOAB Cyprus RW3RN
20 C4N M/S Cyprus W3HNK
20 J49I M/S Crete IK0EFR
20 J49XF SOAB Crete G3URA
20 P3F M/2 Cyprus 5B4AGN
20 SV9CVY SOAB HP Crete SV9CVY
20 SX5R SOSB 15m Dodecanese SV5DKL
20 TA3KZ M/S Turkey TA3KZ
20 TC4X M/? Turkey OH2BH
20 YM0T SOSB 160m Turkey TA2RC
20 YM3A M/2 Turkey LZ1NK
20 ZC4VJ SOSB UK SBA on Cyprus ZC4VJ
21 4L0A M/S Georgia EA7FTR
22 8Q7DV M/? Maldives UA9CLB
22 8Q7RW SO Maldives LY1A
22 8Q7SC Maldives SP2JMB
22 VU2PAI SOAB India VU2PAI
22 VU2PTT SOAB India VU2PTT
23 JT1DA SOSB 40m HP Mongolia JT1DA
23 JU1DX M/S Mongolia qrz.com
23. JT1CD SOAB HP Mongolia JT1CD
24 B4TB M/S China BA4TB
26 E21EIC SO LP Thailand E21EIC
26 HS0GBI SOSB 80m Thailand HS0GBI
26 HS0ZGD SOSB Thailand HS0ZGD
26 HS1CKC SOSB 160m Thailand HS1CKC
26 XU7XXX SO Cambodia KC0W
26 XV4BX SO Vietnam EB7DX
26 XW1B SOAB Laos E21EIC
27 4F1AL SOAB Philippines 4F1AL
27 AH0BT SOAB HP Mariana Isls 7L1FPU
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 KG6DX SOAB HP Guam KG6DX
27 T88CJ SOAB Palau HA7TM
28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE
28 9M6/N2BB SO East Malaysia MD0CCE
28 9M6NA SOSB 80m East Malaysia JE1JKL
28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR
28 YE1ZAT M/S Indonesia YE1ZAT
29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE
31 AH6XX M/2 Hawaii K2WR
31 KH6/NE1RD SOAB LP Hawaii NE1RD
32 ZM1A M/2 New Zealand ZL1AMO
32 ZM2M M/S HP New Zealand ZL2AL
32 ZM4A M/S New Zealand ZL4AA
33 5C5T M/S LP Morocco EA5YU
33 7X0RY SOSB Algeria qrz.com
33 AN8R SOAB HP Canary Isls EA8AY
33 CN2M SOSB Morocco HP1WW
33 CN2R SOSB Morocco W7EJ
33 CS9M SOAB Madeira LoTW
33 CT9L M/M Madeira DJ6QT
33 EA8CMX SOSB 80m Canary Isls OH2BYS
33 EF8M M/2 Canary Islands OH1RY
33 IG9W SOSB 40m (African) Italy IZ1GAR
33 IG9X SOSB 80m (African) Italy IK1QBT
33 IH9M SOSB (African) Italy IK7JWY
35 3X5A M/M Guinea G3SXW
35 6V7N SOAB LP Senegal DL1EFD
35 9G5ZZ SOSB 20m Ghana DL1CW
35 D4C M/2 Cape Verde qrz.com
36 9J3A SO Zambia S53A
37 5X1AB SO Uganda K6EID
37 5X1NH SO Uganda G3RWF
37 C98LW SOSB 40m Mozambique UY5LW
39 TO3R M/S Reunion Isl RW3RN
40 JW5E M/? Svalbard LA5NM
40 OX5AA M/2 Greenland G3TXF
40 TF3CW SOSB 40m Iceland LX1NO
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqcz2008.html- good contest to
you all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A5100A ---> The team went QRT at 16 UTC on 24 November after 5805 QSOs.
This is a slightly better result than in 2004, and it has been achieved
under worse propagation conditions and with one station only. [TNX F5NQL]
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide
to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (complete rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/160-meters.html). This year's event
will run from 22.00 UTC on 5 December through 16.00 UTC on the 7th. Do not
forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2008.html
CQ RTTY CONTEST DIRECTOR ---> Ed Muns, W0YK has been named Director of CQ
magazine's RTTY contests (the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest each February and the
CQ WW RTTY DX Contest every September). He succeeds Glenn Vinson, W6OTC,
who has been CQ's RTTY Contest Director since 2000. Glenn's original plan
had been to transfer responsibility for the CQ RTTY contests to his
co-director for the past several years, Paolo Cortese, I2UIY. Ed stepped in
to fill the void that was created by Paolo's unexpected passing in October
2008.
PG6G ---> Peter/PA8A, Fred/PA8F and Rob/PA3GVI were active as PG6G on 27-28
November. Once again they used the big array formerly used to broadcast
Radio Netherlands. This is a curtain antenna with eight stacked dipoles
between two 400-foot towers. A video from their last visit can be found at
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3vE1zk60v3E [TNX PA3GVI]
ROCKALL 2009: CALL FOR OPERATORS ---> Many thanks to Col, MM0NDX
(http://dx-hamspirit.com) for submitting the following Press Release issued
by Andy Strangeway aka "Island Man" on 25 November
(http://islandmanrockallexpedition2009.com/).
"Working in tandem with my friend Col, MM0NDX I am acutely aware of the
interest shown in EU-189. With this in mind I would like to invite radio
hams, be they individuals or clubs, to contact me with their proposals to
be part of this exciting expedition. I require the following information to
be included in the proposal.
* The maximum and minimum number of berths that would be required.
* A CV of previous radio activations of those that would be involved.
* Any information of additional skills that would strengthen the depth of
the expedition, for example any crewing of yacht/boat, tender experience or
climbing ability.
The countries who have so far shown the greatest interest in the expedition
are Belguim, France, Japan, Norway, UK and USA. I would especially like to
hear from Japanese radio hams as not one operator from Japan has ever
contacted Rockall. EU-189 is the most wanted IOTA in Japan.
Once the transport has been secured, the team for the expedition will be
selected and dates announced. A website can be built especially for the
radio hams and a QSL manager is already secured (M0URX, ed.) should you
require these extras.
For all proposals in the first instance, please contact Andy at
info@island-man within the next seven days".
QSL 9A0IARU ---> This special event station was active during the recent
IARU Region 1 Conference in Cavtat (15-21 November). More than 4,200 QSOs
were made and all of them will be confirmed automatcially via the bureau.
[TNX 9A6AA]
QSL VK9DWX ---> In their latest press release (23 November,
http://www.vk9dwx.de) the team stated that they have already received over
1800 direct QSLs and over 3500 online requests through the OQRS. They
expect to get the QSL cards from the printer before Christmas and to mail
the first direct cards at the turn of the year. The first batch of QSOs
"for our sponsors" has been uploaded to LoTW. All the remaining QSOs will
be uploaded in spring 2009.
QSL ZS2DL ---> Buzz, NI5DX, is now the QSL manager for Donovan, ZS2DL. Buzz
already has the logs and will be able to answer any requests for cards as
soon as a supply of blank cards (already on their way) arrives from
Donovan. [TNX K1XN]
+ SILENT KEYS + ARRL President Emeritus George S. Wilson, W4OYI passed away
on 25 November at 76 years of age. Other recently reported Silent Keys
include Frank Moore (KE4GY), Russ Sakai (KH6FOO) and George H. Floyd, Jr.
(WA4DGA, ex W2RYT),
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B8CF, 3B8GT, 3DA0VB, 4A3A,
4L/UU4JMG, 4L1MA, 4U1UN, 4W6R, 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/3 (AF-075), 5J0E, 5W0RE,
5Z4/RW1AU, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 6E4LM, 6V7K, 7Q7VB, 8Q7KK, 8Q7SO, 8Q7XR, 9H9PYSM,
9J2VB, 9L1X (AF-056), 9M6OO, 9U0VB, A25/DL7DF, A25VB, A52AM, A71CT, AH2L,
BT1OB, BT1OH, BT1ON, BT1OY, BX5AA, C31JM, C4M, C6APR, C91VB/6 (AF-088),
CN2R, CO7PH/p (NA-086), CY0X, D20VB, D2NX, D4C, D60VB, D9D, E77DX, EL2DX,
ES2Q, ET3AA, ET3SID, EU7SA, EY8/K4ZW, EY8MM, FK8HC, FP/W9ILY, FR1AN, FR5ZL,
FW8AA, GB2CI (EU-124), GM6UW/P (EU-111), H40MY (OC-163), HC8N, HH4/AF4Z,
HL9A, HQ9R (NA-057), HR1/K3VN, HV5PUL, J20VB, J3/S50R, J7OJ, JD1BMM,
JW8BCA, K7A, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-229), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-229), KH0WW, KH6LEM, KH7B,
KL7CQ, KL7DX, KP2/NY6X, KP2M, KP2YL, MU0BKA, OJ0B, OJ0J, OM8A, P29ZAD,
PA1WLB/P (EU-146), PZ5Z, R0L/p, R1AND, R1FJT, S92FM, ST2VB, SV1TP/8
(EU-075), SV2ASP/A, T22ZL, TA3D, TI8II, TK7C, TM7C (EU-064), TX5C, UK8FF,
UN9L, UP5G, V63DX, VE8RCS/VY0, VK6ANC, VK9ANU, VK9CNC, VK9XHZ, VP2E,
VP5/K4SV, VP6DX, VR2008O, XU7MDY, XW1B, XW1IC, YJ8TZ, YS3/I2JIN, YU8/OH2R,
Z2/UA4WHX, Z22JE, Z29KM, Z35X, ZB3B, ZC4VJ, ZF1DX, ZK3RE, ZP5CGL,
ZP6/DL7UFN, ZP6/DL7VEE.
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