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04 July 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 948
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B7 - Rachid, 3B8FQ has received approval and will be active as 3B7FQ
from St. Brandon Island (AF-015) in August. This may be his last
visit to 3B7 for the next five years. It will be a working trip,
with time shared for maintenance on the island's meteorological
equipment. He will depart Mauritius on 10 August and return from
St. Brandon on the 30th. Operation will be SSB and CW on 40-10
metres. QSL via K5XK. [TNX K5XK]
3D2_cr - Conway Reef (OC-112) was activated for the first time in April
1989 by 3D2CR. Twenty years after that event, Hawa, DK9KX (ex
3D2CR) will return to Ceva-I-Ra along with six other operators
(namely Norbert/DJ7JC, Jan/DJ8NK, Dieter/DJ9ON, Heye/DJ9RR,
Hans/DL6JGN and Ron/PA3EWP). They plan to be active between 1 and
10 October, depending on weather conditions, and to operate SSB,
CW, RTTY and PSK on 160-6 metres. The callsign will be announced
when the operation starts. QSL via DJ8NK, direct or bureau. A web
page is under construction. [TNX DJ8NK]
3W - In March 2008 XV3M (F6BUM) activated IOTA group AS-185, but was
able to make only 577 QSOs under difficult circumstances [425DXN
886]. Those who did not work Jack will be given a new chance on
10-18 April 2010, when Hans-Peter, HB9BXE and a large group of
operators from Switzerland, Germany and Vietnam will be active as
3W6C from Con Co Island. Further information is expected in due
course. For the time being, please visit http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch/
and consider supporting the project with a donation. [TNX HB9BXE]
4W - Chris, VK4FR works for the Australian Armed Forces and is
currently stationed in Dili, East Timor (OC-148) through October.
He operates SSB and digital modes as 4W6FR in his spare time. QSL
via VK4FW. [TNX VK4FW]
8Q - Pierre, HB9QQ is now active as 8Q7QQ from the Maldives until 11
July. He operates on 50183 kHz in JT65A mode (first period) around
moonrise and moonset in search of Sporadic E and EME contacts.
Other activities include 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via mome call.
[TNX HB9PL]
9Y - The Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society (TTARS) will be QRV
during the IARU HF World Championship (11-12 July), probably as
9Y4HQ (callsign to be confirmed). IOTA Chasers please note that
activity will take place from two different locations, one on
Trinidad (SA-011) and the other on Tobago (SA-009). The station on
Tobago is most likely to operate on 40 and 80 metres. [TNX The
Daily DX]
CT9 - Look for CT9/DB2TR, CT9/DK7TM, CT9/DL1CW, CT9/DL1SBF and CT9/DL3ZH
to operate SSB, CW and RTTY from Madeira (AF-014) on 10-15 July,
IARU HF World Championship included. QSL via home calls, bureau
preferred. [TNX DL1SBF]
DL - Harald, DF6BL will be active as DF6BL/p from Langeness Island
(EU-042) on 6-13 July. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
DL - Sebastian, DL1AXX will be active as DL1AXX/p from Warder Island
(EU-128, O-32 for the German Island Award) on 11-18 July. He will
operate CW only on 30, 40 and 80 metres. QSl via home call, bureau
preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
DU - Moj, PA3GZU will be active holiday style as DU9/PA3GZU from
Mindanao Island (OC-130) from 6 July to 1 August. QSL via home
call, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
EI - Members of the Dalkey Island Contest Group (namely EI2CA, EI5DI,
EI6EW, EI7CC, EI7CD, EI8BP and EI8CE) will participate in the IOTA
Contest (25-26 July) as EJ1DD from Clare Island (EU-121). QSL via
EI7CC. Before and after the contest, on 23-27 July, look for the
individual operators using EJ prefixes. [TNX EI7CC]
FT5G - The much anticipated DXpedition to Glorioso (FT5GA) has been
postponed again, hopefully at the end of August. The main cause
for this unexpected postponement is a stability problem of the
runway on Grande Glorieuse, which must be fixed in early July in
order to allow safe landings. However, the silver lining is that
two more operators (David, F8CRS and Bernard, F5LPY) will be able
to join F4EGS, F5IRO, F5PRU, F5RQQ and F5TLN. They still expect to
remain on the island for about three weeks, and to have four
stations active 24/7 (three on the HF bands and one on 6 metres).
[TNX F5NQL]
G - The Wakefield & District Radio Society will be active as GB1HI
from Holy (Lindisfarne) Island (EU-120) on 10-13 July. QSL via
M3ZYZ.
HB0 - Alain, F5LMJ will be active as HB0/F5LMJ/p from Liechtenstein on
11-24 July. He plans to operate CW and digital modes during his
evening and early morning hours. QSL via F5LMJ, bureau preferred.
Alain will upload his log to LoTW. [TNX F5LMJ]
HK0_sa - The Daily DX reports that Dennis, 5J0BV [425DXN 944] has extended
his stay and is now expected to remain active from San Andres until
16 UTC on 6 July. QSL via K7BV.
I - Andrea, IZ2LSC will be active holiday style as IH9/IZ2LSC from
Pantelleria Island (AF-018, IIA TP-001) on 20-31 July, including
an entry in the IOTA Contest. He will operate SSB and digital
modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via IZ2LSC (bureau only). He will
upload the log to LoTW. Andrea's blog is at
http://timpyblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/pantelleria-island.html [TNX
IZ2LSC]
JA - Nine HQ stations representing JARL will be active from various
regions of Japan for the IARU HF World Championship (11-12 July):
Call Band/Mode Location
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8N1HQ 15m-CW Kimitsu City, Chiba
8N1HQ 160m-CW, 10m-CW Minato Ku, Tokyo
8N1HQ 80m-Ph Minami-Ashigara City, Kanagawa
8N2HQ 10m-Ph Nakatsugawa City, Gifu
8N3HQ 15m-Ph Nara City, Nara
8N3HQ 40m-CW Kobe City, Hyogo
8N3HQ 20m-CW Miki City, Hyogo
8N4HQ 80m-CW, 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]
LX - Once again LX0HQ will represent the Luxembourg Amateur Radio
Society (RL) in the IARU HF World Championship. There will be
twenty operators for nine stations from Eschdorf (QTH of LX7I,
webcam at http://www.lx2a.com) and Esebuer (QTH of LX0RL). The new
QSL route is via LX2A. Bureau cards can be requested at
lx0hqgrlx.lu and the log will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX LX2A]
OH - Look for UA1ANA, RA1AGL and RV1AE to be active as OH2DZ/p,
OH/RA1AGL/p and OH/RV1AE/p from Reposaari Island (EU-173) on 3-6
July. [TNX robinsons.ru]
S5 - Nineteen operators will run the twelve S50HQ stations (10-160
metres CW and SSB) that will represent ZRS during the IARU HF
World Championship (11-12 July). QSL via the Slovenian QSL bureau
and LoTW. [TNX S50U]
SV - Alexandros/SV8CYR, Vassilis/SV8CYV, Ilias/SV8FMY and Giorgios/
SV8IJZ will be active as SX8GR from Samos Island (EU-049) for the
Aegean VHF Contest (4-5 July, rules at http://www.5-9report.gr/).
They will operate SSB and CW on 6 and 2 metres, and on 40 and 80
metres during their nights. QSL direct to SV8FMY. [TNX SV8CYV]
SV - Gabi, HA1YA will be active as J48YA from Zakynthos Island (EU-052)
on 8-21 July, and from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 25 August to 8
September. He will operate on 6, 4 and 2 metres, as well as on the
HF bands. QSL via home call. [TNX DL8EBW and MMMonVHF]
UA - Alex, RA1QY plans to operate as RA1QY/1 from several islands in
Onega Bay, White Sea on 4-11 July. IOTA groups concerned are
EU-147 and EU-153, with Purluda Island (EU-153) as main target.
Details can be found at http://robinsons.ru/ (click on "News
RRA"). QSL via RA1QY ,direct or bureau. [TNX RA1QY]
YL - Special callsign YL90AIR will be used through 31 December to
celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Latvian Air Forces. QSL via
bureau and eQSL.cc [TNX YL3AD]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Gerben, PG5M reports that the dates for his September
operations from Kiribati and Tuvalu [425DXN 947] have been swapped. The
updated schedule is as follows:
06-07 September Fiji requested call 3D2G
08-14 September Western Kiribati T30G
15-16 September Fiji requested call 3D2G
17-23 September Tuvalu T2G
24-27 September Fiji requested call 3D2G
Gerben will operate CW only. QSL via PG5M, direct or bureau. Updates will
be posted at http://www.dx.to/ [TNX PG5M]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DX SUMMIT ---> In the process of making the DX Summit service more focused
on younger user segments and non-amateur radio population, two features
have been added recently to the Radio Arcala (OH8X) DX Summit portal
(http://www.dxsummit.fi/). Each spotting and spotted callsign is
automatically linked to qrz.com, providing a more human link to the
personal profiles of people and to their pictures. Additionally, each line
carries the name of the DXCC country spotted.
In a few months time, custom selected filters will be provided to the
public allowing users to receive personalized spots. While initially the
selected spots will be sent to your personal e-mail address, the ultimate
aim is to offer an SMS (short message service) option to DX Summit users.
This service is a non-profit exercise for Radio Arcala, but donations will
be gratefully accepted. A Help Desk for regular users and for S/W
developers is being set up, and support is currently channelled through the
relevant button: donations will be used to help fund exclusively the DX
Summit Help Desk function, and OH8X will send you a Radio Arcala wall
calendar postpaid to those who donate. Support related to the calendar is
limited to the months of July and August 2009. [TNX OH8X]
NCDXF ---> The Northern California DX Foundation Board of Directors is
pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Muns, W0YK, as an Advisor to the
NCDXF Board of Directors. Ed's primary duty, along with Doug Bender, WW6D,
will be working with the NCDXF website (http://www.ncdxf.org). Since May
2008, NCDXF has provided financial help to 4W6R (Timor Lorosa'e), VK9XWW
(Christmas Island), VK9CJW (Cocos-Keeling), OJ0B (Market Reef), VK9DWX
(Willis Island), A5100A (Bhutan), E44M (Palestine), FW5RE (Wallis &
Fortuna), K5D (Desecheo Island), VK9LA (Lord Howe Island) and S04R (Western
Sahara). Contributions can now easily be made on-line using a SSL secured
web server (https://www.ncdxf.org/donate). [TNX W0GJ]
QSL 4S7BRG ---> The new QSL route for Mario, 4S7BRG is via LZ3HI. Cards can
be requested direct (Emil Stoikov, P.O. Box 8, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria)
or via the bureau.
QSL HQ9R ---> It seems that quite a few people are still sending cards for
HQ9R to the former QSL manager (N6FF), who has been a Silent Key since
August 2007. Please note that the correct QSL route is via K5WW. [TNX K5WW]
QSL VK9LA ---> "After much haggling with the Australian Customs Department,
we have finally received the QSL cards from Czech Republic", Bill Horner,
VK4FW says. He had planned to have all direct QSLling done by the end of
June, but this is no longer possible. On 2 July Bill left home for a
two-month family holiday. He processed and mailed as many cards as he could
before leaving, so "many of you will receive your cards within a few days,
but there will be also many that will not". Please be patient.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Twelve different galleries include cards for the
ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (306 QSLs), the 58 deleted DXCC entities (961
QSLs), obsolete prefixes (2613 QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1947 to
1962 (315 QSLs), Antarctic bases (768 QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and
Antarctiques Francaises, 248 QSLs), the various French DXCC island Entities
in the Pacific Ocean (251 QSLs) & the Indian Ocean (96 QSLs), pre-1945
countries (631 QSLs), French Departments (535 QSLs) and USA (50 QSLs), plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC (107 QSLs). Several cards are
still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit
http://LesNouvellesdx.fr and send your comments to lesnouvellesdx@free.fr
[TNX F6AJA]
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please note
that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible
for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@fastwebnet.it)
VY1JA QRT ---> Jay, VY1JA (N8JA) says his work stint in VY0 has concluded,
and he is back home in the Yukon. His last logged QSO was made on 19
October 2008 and he is retiring from amateur radio. His station has been
dismantled, and he is giving/selling everything to "younger Yukon hams".
Steve, N3SL will continue to keep his logs and answer QSLs, while Akio,
JA3JM handles QSLling for Japan. [TNX N3SL]
WHQS AWARD ---> "QTC", the Polish Amateur Radio Journal, sponsors the 2009
W-HQ-S award for working at least ten HQ stations during the upcoming IARU
HF Contest. Rules and picture of the certificate can be found at
http://www.skjkc.pl/pga/index.php?go=news&dzial=swiat&id=362 [TNX SP2FAP]
ZK2V ---> Chris, ZL1CT reports that, despite "flat" band conditions, he
made 15817 QSOs (including 1279 QSOs on RTTY) 160, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 15
and 12 metres during his recent ZK2V DXpedition to Niue
(http://www.zk2v.com/). Jeff, N8CC was the overall leader with 16
band-slots out of a possible 20. QSL via N3SL, direct or bureau. All QSOs
have been uploaded to LoTW, resulting in more than 2000 QSO matches.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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5R8FL G3SWH EN50KSR UT1KY SN0DM/1 SP1BPW
6W1SE JR2KDN EO9P UT5PW SN0HS SP5KP
8Q7LR UA9LP EY8MM K1BV SN0SZ SP1PBW
8Q7QQ HB9QQ GB0RMM G0FYX SN10SKPO SP6ZJP
8R1TO N3DB GB0YG G0RCI SN2009TSR SP2ZIE
9A/OO5S ON4ON GB250RB MM0DHQ SN50ZAGLE SP2ZIE
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9A800VZ 9A7A GB2NWA G0TOC SP09A SP2ZIE
9A8XA M0XXA GB2OH M0CNP SP09L SP2ZIE
9G1YK PA3ERA GB2RI G3LUW SP09S SP2ZIE
9H3EP IV3EPO GB6WRS M3ZYZ SQ09S SP2ZIE
9J2FM JA4ATV GB70VI G0OOO SV0LR HB9LDR
9K2YM EA5KB HB0/4Z5KJ W0MM SX2MT SV2KBB
A61TT IZ8CLM HF1759BPK SP3PJW SX2TMN SV2GWY
A92C A92GR HG7DANUBE HA7VY SY2O SV2FLQ
AM1A EA1URG HK1RRL EA5KB T88AC JA8BNN
AM1S EA1OS HV0A IK0FVC TM0FDB F6KHS
AO5B EA5BZ IY3GM IW3RUA TM5DUM F5SRH
AO7C EA7HMD IY3MG IZ3DBA TM7RPC F6KJU
AO7K EC7AMT LZ01WFF LZ1ZF TO8YY DH7WW
BV2009WGK BV7GC LZ50BNT LZ1HA TZ6EI W7XU
BX2AAL NI5DX OE100TMW OE1XIC UA0IDZ RW0IZ
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CN2AB HB9OAB OL50CASTLE OK1KPU US5D UT7DX
CN8ZG EA7FTR ON16FF ON6KN V29JKV W6JKV
CN8ZG EA7FTR ON60ARSG ON7KC V44KAI K2SB
CO6XN N3ZOM OX3YY OZ7YY V6P JH1NBN
CR57FAP CT1REP P40OZ W2OZO VE3FRED VE3NOO
CR6A CT1GFK PA123OLS PE1NCP VK6AU N1DT
CX7CO WB3CDX PP5EG K3IRV VR2009EAG VR2XMT
D2QMN RZ3EC R6SC RW3WWW XV1X OK1DOT
D44TOI HB9BOI RZ1CWC/p RN1CW Z30V DJ0LZ
4U1VIC Amateur Radio Club, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500,
A-1400 Vienna, Austria
DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstr. 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany
G0RCI Alan Gibson, 1 Oakleigh Rd, Grantham, NG31 7NN, England
JD1BMM Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba
260-0806, Japan
JY5CC Abdalla Farmawi, P.O. Box 616, Amman 11118, Jordan
K7BV Dennis R Motschenbacher, 3627D Aspen Valley Way, Santa Ana, CA
92704, USA
N3DB David Craig, 4931 Mariners Drive, Shady Side, MD 20864, USA
TL0A Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit,
France
VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers 4660, Australia
VQ9LA Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24 (DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024,
USA
VR2XMT Charlie C.M. Ho, P.O. Box 900, Fanling Post Office, Hong Kong
W7XU Arliss N. Thompson, 45720 268TH St, Parker, SD 57053, USA
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