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30 May 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 943
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
7X - Special event station 7U2ISM will be active from Djelfa, Algeria
between 16 June and 6 July for the International Amateur Radio
Meeting that will take place on 15-21 June. The event will be
hosted by the Amateurs Radio Algeriens (the Algerian IARU society)
and the Radio Club of Djelfa (7X2VFK). A multi-national group of
operators will be active on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, with some
activity on RTTY, SSTV and BPSK. QSL direct to 7X2DD. [TNX DB1JAW]
8Q - Nobby, G0VJG will be active as 8Q7CQ from the Maldives (AS-013) on
1-15 June. He will spend his honeymoon on Kuredu Island and he
plans to operate holiday style on the HF bands SSB. He will also
give 6m a try. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX NG3K]
C6 - Mark/NA6M, Renee/N5RNA, Craig/W5TSN, Judy/KC5VVN and Scott/K2CK
will be active as C6AMS from Nassau (NA-001) Bahamas on 1-14 June.
They plan to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres
with two or three stations. QSL via NA6M. Further information and
log search at http://www.c6ams.com/ [TNX The Daily DX]
E5_sc - Nigel, G4KIU has moved to Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands,
where he holds the call E51SC. He plans to be active on 80-10
metres SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some CW. QSL direct to Nigel Peacock,
P.O. Box 880, Rarotonga, Cook Islands via New Zealand, or via
G4KIU through the RSGB bureau. He will upload his logs to LoTW on
a weekly basis. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - George, EC2ADN and Christian, EA3NT will be active as EG3FI from
the Formigues (Hormigas) Islands (EU-078) on 6-7 June. QSL via
EA3NT, direct or bureau.
F - In June-July 1944 the BBC war correspondents used the tower of the
castle at Creully as a radio studio, from where the first reports
of the Battle of Normandy were broadcast. Look for special
callsign TM5BBC to be aired again from Creully on 4-12 June. QSL
via F2UW. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Commemorating the 65th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day"
landings in Normandy (6 June 1944), the following activities are
expected to take place from France. The South Flanders DX Activity
Group will operate as F/ON6JUN/P from Ranville on 3-8 June (QSL
via ON5SD, direct or bureau. Henk/PA0HFT and Hans/PA0WYS will be
active as F/PA65DDAY from Juno Beach, near Courseulles-sur-Mer on
5-8 June (QSL via PA0HFT, direct or bureau). Michel/F6IPS will
operate as TM6SME from Emondeville, close to Sainte-Mere-Eglise on
5-14 June (QSL via F6IPS, direct or bureau). [TNX F5NQL]
F - Pierre, F5AAR and Alain, F5OZC will be active as homecall/p from
Yeu Island (EU-064) on 3-5 June. They will operate SSB and CW on
10-80 metres. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
F - Robert, F5HTR and Roger, F5LKW will be active as homecall/p from
Riou Island (EU-095) on 8 June. They will operate QRP on +/- 7032
kHz. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active from Belle-Ile (EU-048, DIFM
AT-015) on 19-31 July. He plans to operate CW on 80-6 metres, and
to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX F5SGI]
FS - John, K9EL will be active as FS/K9EL from French St. Martin
(NA-105) on 4-12 June. It will be a family vacation and John plans
to operate "whenever possible" on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K9EL]
GM - Col, MM0NDX will be active as MM0NDX/p (QSL via M0URX) from Hirta,
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 as GM5A (QSL via GM4FDM). The website for the operation
can be found at http://eu059.wordpress.com/
I - Italian stations participating in the Museum Ships Weekend (6-7
June) include II3JD (QSL via IW3IE) from the submarine "Dandolo"
at the Italian Navy Museum in Venice, and IY1SP (QSL via I1SAF)
from the Italian Navy Museum in La Spezia. Also look for II2IGTO
(submarine "Toti", QSL via IQ2MI) to be active for the IARU Region
1 Field Day over the same weekend. [TNX IT9MRM]
IS0 - Massimo, I0PNM will be active as IM0/I0PNM from San Pietro Island
(EU-165) on 8-16 June. He plans to operate mainly PSK31 on 20 and
40 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX I0PNM]
JW - Jan/OK1JK, Jiri/OK1JST, Pavel/OK1IPS and Jiri/OK1IEC will be
active as JW/homecall from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 5-15
June. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via home calls.
[TNX OK1JK]
KL - The KL7RRC IOTA expedition to the Delarof Islands (NA-233, new
one), originally scheduled in late July [425DXN 935], is now
expected to take place around mid-June. The operators (Johnny,
KE7V and Yuri, N3QQ) will reach Adak (NA-039) on 7 June and wait
for the cargo ship "Coastal Merchant" to call at port (estimated
time of arrival is 11 June). While on Adak they plan to
concentrate on 6m operations towards North America and Japan, and
to look for a charter boat. If they are able to find it, they plan
to operate from Ogliuga Island on 14-19 June. Otherwise, if they
have to catch a ride on the "Coastal Merchant", they will go and
operate for only 24-36 hours from Gareloi Island between 12 and 14
June. QSL via UA9OBA (Russia and Europe) or N7RO (others). The
website for the operation is at http://www.na-233.ucoz.com/
OE - The Vienna International Centre Amateur Radio Club (4U1VIC) will
operate two special event callsigns in the coming months. 4U1WED
will be QRV in June to celebrate the World Environment Day, while
4U30VIC will be used in July-December to celebrate the
International Centre's 30th anniversary. QSL via 4U1VIC. [TNX
OE1ZKC/JH4RHF]
OH0 - Marq, CT1BWW will be active as OH0/CT1BWW from the Aland Islands
(EU-002) from 26 July to 6 August. He will operate CW, SSB and
RTTY on 80-10 metres. A side trip to Market Reef (EU-053) might
take place on 1 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. The
website is at http://www.geocities.com/oh0ct1bww/ [TNX CT1BWW]
OZ - Andy, DL4OK will be active as OZ/NX1S from Romo Island (EU-125)
from 30 May to 6 June. He plans to operate holiday style running
100 watts into a vertical and dipoles. QSL via DL4OK, bureau
preferred. [TNX DXNL]
PA - Robert, DC2KN will be active as PA/DC2KN from Terschelling
(EU-038) on 28-31 May. He plans to operate during his evening
hours only. QSL cards will be sent automatically via GlobalQSL,
but Robert would appreciate return cards. [TNX DC2KN]
PA - Special event station PA6JEROEN will be active on 4-14 June from
Noordwijk to celebrate the reopening to the public of the
800-year-old bell tower of St Jeroenskerk (St. George's Church).
QSL via PA7DA, bureau preferred. [TNX K1XN]
S9 - Georg, DK7LX will be active holiday style as S92LX from Sao Tome
(AF-023) on 13-25 June. He will operate CW only on 80-10 metres.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau (Georg welcomes e-mail
requests for bureau cards, see http://www.qrz.com/db/s92lx). A log
search will be available at www.logsearch.de [TNX DK7LX]
SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will be active as SD1B/7 from Oland Island (EU-037)
from 31 May to 12 June. He will operate SSB only on the HF bands.
QSL via DL8AAV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
SV - Special callsign SY2DDAY will be activated on 4-7 June to
commemorate the 65th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day"
landings in Normandy. QSL direct to SV2KBB.
TA - Berkin, TA3J will be operate CW, SSB and digital modes as either
TA3J/7 and TA7KI from the city of Erzincan until 2 June. QSL via
TA3YJ. [TNX TA3YJ]
TK - Silvia/EA1AP, Alberto/EA1SA, John/EA3GHZ, Alicia/EA5EWM, Raul/
EA5KA and Paco/EA5RU will be active as TK9X from Corsica (EU-014)
from 25 July to 1 August. They plan to operate SSB, CW and digital
modes on 10-160 metres. QSL via EA4URE, direct or bureau. The
website for the operation is at http://www.dxciting.com/tk9/ [TNX
CT1BWW]
UA - Nick/UA6MM, Konstantin/UA6LIC, Vlad/RV6LFH and Alex/RX6LG will be
active as UE6LHP (QSL via UA6MM) and UE1RLH/6 (QSL via RA1QY) from
Beglitskiy Lighthouse between 29 May and 7 June. Information on
the awards sponsored by the Taganrog DX Expedition Club can be
found at www.ua6mm.narod.ru; details on the Russian Lighthouses
Award can be found on the Russian Robinson Club's new website at
http://robinsons.ru [TNX UA6MM and RA1QY]
UA - Serge, RZ3AMW expects to be active as RZ3AMW/1 from Ryashkov
Island (EU-162) from 15 June to 2 July. He plans to operate mainly
CW on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
RZ3AMW]
UR - Special callsign EM15DIG will be activated from 1 June until 31
July to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Ukrainian branch of
the Diplom Interessen Gruppe. QSL via UY5AA. Information on the
relevant "UR-15-DIG" award can be found at
http://arc.sumy.net/taxonomy_menu/1/32 [TNX UY5AA]
VE - The Westcoast Amateur Radio Association will be active as VE7IYOA
from Victoria, British Columbia throughout June. Most activity is
likely to concentrate during the weekends, including the ARRL
Field Day on 27-28 June. The special callsign commemorates the
International Year of Astronomy. QSL via VE7DAO.
VE - Gregg, VE3ZZ and Noel, VE2BR will operate from VY2TT's station on
Prince Edward Island (NA-029, CIsA PE-001) on 15-27 July. They
will participate in the IOTA Contest as VY2Z (QSL to VE3ZZ), while
outside the IOTA event they will be active as VE3ZZ/VY2 and
VE2BR/VY2 (QSL via home calls, direct or bureau). [TNX VE3ZZ]
VE - John, VE8EV will be active as VC8B from Sachs Harbour on Banks
Island (NA-129) on 24-27 July, IOTA Contest included. He will
operate SSB only, mostly on 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. Bookmark http://ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA for
updates.
W - Al/WA4EWV, Bill/K5YG, Bob/WN2E, Bruce/N5SIX, Daniel/KE5KDM, Danny/
N5OMG and Marshall/K5QE will be active as K5N from Burwood Island
(USi LA-105S) on 29-31 May. They will be operating from rare
grid EL58 with three stations, two on 6 metres and one on 80-10
metres. QSL via W5TFW. The web pages for the operation can be found
at http://www.kcvhfgridbandits.com/kc_vhf_grid_bandits_018.htm [TNX
QRZ-DX]
CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (30-31 May):
Call Category DXCC QSL VIA
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3G1C SOAB LP Chile CE1KR
3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia IZ8CCW
3V9A SOAB HP Tunisia YT1AD
4J0K Azerbaijan RW6HS
4K3K Azerbaijan RW6HS
4L0A SOAB HP Georgia EA7FTR
4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia K1BV
4M5IR SOSB 80M Venezuela YV5KG
5B4AII M/S Cyprus RW3RN
8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
9A800VZ M/? Croatia 9A7A
AH0AA SO LP Mariana Isls JR2SCJ
AH2Y M/S Guam HL1IWD
AN8R M/M Canary Isls EA8AY
C4I M/? Cyprus LZ2HM
C4N M/S Cyprus W3HNK
C6AKU M/2 Bahamas K5WW
CS9L M/S Madeira Isls DJ6QT
CU2X SO Azores OH2BH
E21EIC SO LP Thailand E21EIC
E7DX M/S Bosnia & Herzegovina E77E
EE2W M/S Spain EB2BXL
EF8M SOAB HP Canary Is UA3DX
EJ6DX SOSB 40m Ireland RX3RC
G1A SOAB HP England M0DXR
GJ3WW SO LP Jersey G0DEZ
HC8N SOAB Galapagos Isls W5UE
IO4T SOAB Italy IZ4JMA
IR1Y M/S Italy IK1YDB
IR9Y M/S Italy (Sicily) IT9ABY
IU9T SOAB Italy (Sicily) IT9GSF
J48HW Greece HA0HW
KP2B SOAB LP Virgin Isls EA7FTR
LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA
LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA
LS1D M/S Argentina LW9EOC
LX7I M/2 Luxembourg LX2A
LY7A M/M Lithuania LY2ZO
LZ8E SOAB HP Bulgaria LZ2BE
LZ9W M/M Bulgaria LZ1PM
NP2SH M/2 US Virgin Isls K9CS
OF200AD SOSB 20m Finland OH5AD
OG50F SO Finland OH1NOA
OG5M SOSB 40M Finland OH5XT
OH0EC Aland Isls DL1EKC
OH0Z M/S Aland Isls W0MM
OH8X SO Finland OH2UA
OT5W SOSB 40M Belgium ON4RU
PQ4F SO Brazil PY4FQ
PR1T M/S Brazil PY1ZV
PR5W SOAB Brazil PY5FB
PT4C SO Brazil PY4XX
RK3K M/S Russia (EU) RK3QWW
RL4R SOSB 40m Russia (EU) RW4PL
SD40JZ SO Sweden SM5DJZ
SV9COL SOAB LP Crete SV9COL
SY2WT Greece SV2FPU
TA3KZ M/S Turkey TA3KZ
TA7KI SOSB 20m Turkey TA3YJ
TC4X SO Turkey OH2BH
TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK
TM6M M/S France F6KHM
UU7J M/? Ukraine UU0JM
UZ2M M/S Ukraine US0LW
VC2A M/S Canada VE3TA
VC6T Canada VE6SV
VC6X Canada VE6BF
VE3DZ/VP9 SOAB LP Bermuda VE3DZ
VK6AA SOSB 40m Australia DL8YR
XU7XXX SO LP Cambodia KC0W
YM3D SOAB Turkey TA3D
YN2GY SOAB LP Nicaragua K9GY
YP6C SOAB Romania YO6VCB
ZM1A M/2 New Zealand ZL1AMO
ZW5B M/M Brazil K3IRV
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing
maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2009.html - good
contest to you all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
AUSTRALIAN SHIRES ---> Organized by the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group, the
Australian Shires Contest will be held on 6-7 June, from 6 UTC to 6 UTC, on
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW. The objective is for amateurs
around the world to contact as many VK shires as possible. Information on
this event, as well as on the Worked All VK Shires Award, can be found at
www.vkshires.info [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
DXCC NEWS ---> 7Z1CQ, Saudi Arabia (current operation) has been approved
for DXCC credit. If you had this operation rejected in a DXCC application,
send an e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org to be placed on the list to have your
account updated. [TNX NC1L]
EK6LP ---> Should you have any question about EK6LP's logs on LoTW, please
refrain from emailing Aram and write to IK2DUW instead. Antonello is the
QSL manager for Aram and takes care of the uploads to LoTW. [TNX IK2DUW]
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND ---> Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur
Radio Station (NJ2BB), this year's Museum Ships Weekend will be held from
00.00 UTC on 6 June until 23.59 UTC on the 7th. Information on the event,
including the relevant certificate and the listing of participating ships,
can be found at http://www.nj2bb.org/
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Andy, SP6GVU says he is receiving many cards for
contacts made with 9V1UV on FSK and BPSK. He is not and has never been the
QSL manager 9V1UV, and has no idea where the wrong route may have
originated from.
PORTUGAL ---> New regulations will become effective in Portugal on 1 June
2009. While existing licence categories (A, B, and C) are maintained, there
will be three new licence classes (1, 2 and 3) for those who get licensed
after 1 June. Current "ordinary" callsigns will be kept as they are, but
special events (including contests) will be issued with callsigns from the
new series. The new prefix allocations are as follows:
INDIVIDUAL STATIONS
Portugal CT7, CS7, CR7 (depending on licence class)
Azores CT8, CS8, CR8 (depending on licence class)
Madeira CT9, CS9, CR9 (depending on licence class)
NON-PROPRIETARY STATIONS
Portugal CQ0, CS5; CR0 (civil defence)
Azores CQ1, CS4; CR0 (civil defence)
Madeira CQ2, CS3; CR0 (civil defence)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Portugal CQ7, CR5, CR6, CS2
Azores CQ8, CR1, CR2
Madeira CQ3, CQ9, CR3
Foreign amateurs who go and operate under a CEPT licence will have to use
CT7/homecall from Portugal, CT8/homecall from the Azores and CT9/homecall
from Madeira. CEPT "novice" licencees will have to use CS7/hc, CS8/hc and
CS9/hc as appropriate. The new legislation can be found at
http://www.icp.pt/render.jsp?contentId=931324
ZK2V ---> Chris, ZL1CT/GM3WOJ says he made 6100 QSOs in nine days "which is
a bit disappointing". Conditions are poor - he made only one QSO on 160
metres and two QSOs on 80 metres, so he is concentrating on the higher
bands. Openings to Europe are often short with weak signals, which is
lowering the QSO rate, but signals from JA and the USA have been strong.
Chris has got a special permit to operate on 60 metres, from 11 UTC on 1
June until 11 UTC on the 8th. He can transmit only on 5403.5 kHz (USB for
USA, CW for rest of world), but will listen on 5371.5 or another channel.
The website (www.zk2v.com) is updated nearly every day - there is an online
logsearch and all QSOs are uploaded to LoTW every few days. QSL via N3SL,
direct or bureau. [TNX ZK2V]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Roberto Tortora
(IZ0GKN), Jan Kikkert (PA0IJM), Nikolaj N. Fedorov (UA3WFN) and John
Bearsby (VK6JB).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2OU, 3W9JR, 4K9W, 4L6DL, 4S7NE,
4U1UN, 4V4JR, 5N/LZ1QK, 5T5JA, 5U7JB, 6W/DL4JS, 6W1SE, 8Q7DV, 8Q7HN, 8Q7SC,
9A6M, 9L0W, 9L1DX, 9M2AX, 9U0A, A52DT, A61Q, BD7NWF, C31CT, CE9XX, CP6AA,
CS2C, CW5W, CY9SS, DU3NXE, EK6LP, EK6TA, ER0WW, ES1QD, ES1WN, ES1WW, ET3AA,
ET3JA, EX2A, FG/K9NW, FH/G3SWH, FJ5KH, FK/G3MXJ, FK/G3TXF, FO/N6JA,
FS/W3FF, FS/WW5L, FT5YJ/P (AN-006), FW5ZL, H44MS (OC-047), H7/K9NW, HC1MD,
HC8N, HH4/K4QD, HI3/LY3UM, HK0/EA7HEJ, HV0A, J28JA, J6/W5JON, J79XBI,
J88DR, JD1BIE, JD1BLK, JD1BLY, JD1BMM, JT1DN, JT1R, JW/SM0MDG, JW5HE, K5D,
K6PV (NA-066), KH0PR, KH7XS, KL7J, KL7Y, KP3Z, LA9SN/P (EU-056), LX/DL6WT,
MD0CCE, MI0SRR, MU0FAL (EU-114), NP2SH, NP4Z, OD5NJ, OH9A (EU-173), OX2A,
OZ/DO1BEN (EU-029), OZ1CTK, PJ5NA, RW0CN, S51CK, S79MV, SU1SK, SU9BN,
SV5/OM5AW, SV9/DJ7RJ, SX8WT (EU-072), T27A, T27OU, T30XX, T31DX, T33ZZ,
TR8IG, TS7C (AF-073), UA0SJ, V26ET, V26F, V31FB, V31WO, V63PR (OC-010),
V63TR, V63ZM, VE2XAA/2, VE7ICH, VK0BP, VK4/G3TXF, VK9/G3TXF, VK9AA,
VK9N/G3MXJ, VK9NS, VO2FF, VP2MVX, VP2V/K9NW, VP2V/SP3IPB, VP5/W5AO, VP5T,
VP6TD, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8DLM, VP8KF, VP8YLB, VP8YLH, VP9KF, VX8X (NA-192),
W5ZZ/p (NA-168), XE1KK/XF1 (NA-124), XF3PAS (NA-090), XU7MDY, XW1B, YB0DPO,
YB1BA, YJ0MXJ, YJ0TXF, YK1BA, YN2DD, Z29KM, ZB2FK, ZC4VJ, ZK2V, ZL7/SP8BQJ,
ZL7T, ZS6BQI.
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