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14 November 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 967
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W - Retu, OH4MDY and Henry, OH3JR will be active from Vietnam as XV2RZ
and XV2JR respectively until 7 December. They operate CW, SSB and
RTTY on the HF bands. QSL for both calls via OH4MDY (direct
only). [TNX The Daily DX]
5R - Eric, F6ICX will operate only CW on 80-10 metres as 5R8IC from
Sainte-Marie Island (AF-090), Madagascar from 17 November to 14
December. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX F6GCP]
6W - Tom, GM4FDM and Ronald, PA3EWP will be active as 6W/GM4FDM and
6W/PA3EWP from Senegal from 26 January to 9 February. They plan to
concentrate on the low bands and RTTY, with an emphasis on North
America and Japan. QSL 6W/GM4FDM via home call, QSL 6W/PA3EWP via
PA7FM. Tom will upload his logs on LoTW, during the operation or
as soon as he arrives home. [TNX http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
T7 - Aurelio, IZ0EGM will operate SSB and CW as T70A during the ARRL 10
Meter Contest (12-13 December) from the radio club of San Marino's
IARU Society. QSL information on qrz.com [TNX IZ0EGM]
8P - Brian, ND3F will be active as 8P9SS from Barbados (NA-021) from 22
November to 2 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
A4 - Celebrating Oman's Nationald Day, the Royal Omani Amateur Radio
Society will be running special event station A43ND until 25
November on various bands and modes. QSL via A47RS. [TNX A41MA]
C9 - Igor, UY5LW will be active as C91LW from Maputo, Mozambique from
13 November to 3 December. He will operate CW with some RTTY and
PSK on 80-12 metres, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. Activity on 160 metres will depend on local situation.
QSL direct to UY5LW. Logsearch and further information can be
found at http://www.c91lw.dxer.com.ua [TNX UR4LRQ]
CE - Alain, F6BFH and Marco, CE6TBN [425DXN 966] plan to be active from
IOTA group SA-085 on 15 November. Look for activity on 20, 17 and
15 metres CW and SSB. [TNX F5NQL]
CE0Y - Roberto, YV5IAL will be active as CE0/YV5IAL from Easter Island
(SA-001) on 8-11 January. This will be a QRP, portable, holiday
style operation, with PSK31 activity on 14070.15 kHz from 22 to 1
UTC, and occasionally on 40, 30 and 15 metres. QSL via home call.
[TNX YV5GRB]
CT9 - DJ2YA, DJ6QT, DL1CW, DL5AXX and SV1RP will be active as CT9/
homecall from Madeira (AF-014) from 24 November to 3 December,
including a M/2 entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as CR3L (QSL via
DJ6QT). [TNX SV1RP]
D2 - D2CQ is the newly issued callsign that Paulo, CT1ITZ (ex D2PJB)
[425DXN 966] will be using from Angola until 29 November. QSL via
CT1IUA. [TNX http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
DU - Jouko, DU/OH1RX will be active from Manila during the LZ DX
Contest (http://lzdx.bfra.org/) on 21-22 November. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau (preferred). [TNX OH1RX]
EA8 - The Teide DX Group will be active as EF8BFH from Punta del Hidalgo
Lighthouse on Tenerife, Canary Islands on 14-15 November. They
will be active on the HF bands, 6 and 2 metres and on 70 cm, using
SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via EA8NQ, direct o via bureau.
[TNX EA8NQ]
F - Special station TM5TUR will be promoting amateur radio during the
Science Week at the Turgot Secondary School in Limoges on 16-20
November. QSL via F6KTW. [TNX F8REF]
FG - Serge, F6AUS will be active as FG/F6AUS and TO4D (in contest) from
La Desirade, Guadeloupe (NA-102) until March. [TNX F6AUS]
FK - JA1NLX will be active as FK/JA1NLX from Ouvea Island (OC-033), New
Caledonia on 19-23 November. He plans to operate CW and RTTY on
40-10 metres, and possibily on 80m as well, with 100 watts and a
vertical antenna. QSL via JA1NLX direct, bureau or LoTW. Further
information and log search at
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ja1nlx/ham/fk_2009.html [TNX NG3K]
HB9 - Special event station 4U1AIDS will be active from UNAIDS (the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland on 1-7 December to encourage amateur radio
operators to participate in the World AIDS Day. Started on 1
December 1988, the aim of World AIDS Day is to raise money,
increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education. QSL to
Andrey Fedorov, UNAIDS, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland. Further information on this event can be found at
[http://www.DX-World.com/4u1aids]
HL - DS2AGH and others will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
6M0HZ/2 from Kanghwa Island (AS-105). QSL via DS2AGH. [TNX
http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
I - COTA (Carabinieri on the Air) members will be active as IQ6CC on
20-22 November to celebrate Saint Mary "Virgo Fidelis", patron
saint of the Carabinieri, the Italian military police. QSL via
IW6DSM, direct or bureau. [TNX I6YOT]
I - Tony/IK1QBT, Claudio/I1NVU and Emilio/IZ1GAR will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as IG9X (SOSB 15m), IG9U (SOSB 80m) and
IG9W (SOSB 40m) respectively. Outside the contest, between 22
November to 1 December, they will operate as IG9/homecall with a
focus on the low bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK1QBT]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active as either JS6RRR and JI3DST/JS6
from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) on 21-30 November, including
activity during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. His main QTH will be on
Miyako-jima (JIIA AS-079-005), but he also plans to go and operate
from Ikema-jima (AS-079-001) and Kurima-jima (AS-079-003). QSL via
bureau only. [TNX JI3DST]
P2 - Bad weather has forced Hans, SM6CVX (P29VCX) to cancel his planned
operation from Hastings Island (OC-117). He is now active from
Normandby Island (OC-116) until 01.00 UTC on 14 November. The trip
to Loloata (OC-240) is still on his agenda. QSL via SM6CVX. [TNX
IZ1CRR]
PA - The only trolleybus system in operation in the Netherlands is in
the city of Arnhem, which adopted it sixty years ago. Special
callsign PC60TROLLEY will be aired from 17 November to 15
December. QSL via PA0FAW. [TNX F5NQL]
PA - Special event callsign PD450OBL will be in use from 24 November
through 20 December to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the
Dutch village of Oud-Beijerland. QSL via PD0LDC. [TNX PD0LDC]
PJ4 - Hennie, PE1MAE will be active as PJ4/PE1MAE from Bonaire (SA-006)
until 1 December. He operates SSB mainly on 80 and 40 metres. QSL
via PA2NJC. [TNX PA2NJC]
T8 - Jun, JJ1BMB will be active as T88AA from Palau until 22 November.
He operates SSB only on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX JE1LFX]
TT - Jovica, E78A has been in Chad since 25 September, and has had his
TT8JT renewed. He will be active from Abeche during the next three
or four weeks. He operates CW during his spare time, as he is
working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Activity during the CQ WW DX CW Contest is not confirmed at this
moment. QSL via E73Y, direct or bureau. [TNX E73Y]
V3 - Alex, KU1CW will be active as V31CW from Belize from 23 November
to 2 December. He will operate CW only, including an entry in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest. His wife Natasha will be active as V31YL, SSB
only prior and after the contest. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or via
KU1CW. [TNX KU1CW]
V8 - Hans, SM3TLG will be active as V88/SM3TLG from Brunei (OC-088) on
15-19 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
VE - Mike, W7ASF will be active as VY2/W7ASF from Prince Edward Island
(NA-029) on 18-24 November, including an entry in the ARRL SSB
Sweepstakes (21-23 November). QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
VP2V - Look for Gerd, VP2V/DL7VOG to be active from Anegada, British
Virgin Islands (NA-023) from 15 November to 2 December. He will
operate CW and RTTY on all bands, including activity during the CQ
WW DX CW Contest (hopefully under a shorter VP2V callsign). QSL
via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX DX Newsletter]
VU_ant - Bhagwati Prasad Semwal, VU3BPZ will be part of the 29th Indian
Antarctic Expedition, between mid-November and March 2011. He will
be located at Maitri Base and will operate mainly on 20 metres SSB
as AT10BP. QSL direct to the qrz.com address. [TNX
http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
XE - XE3N, XE3PP, XE2WK and XE3RR will be active as XF3RR from Isla El
Cerrito (NA-153) on 10-14 December. Organized by the Radio Club
Cancun, this will be a low scale operation as the island is a
protected area. Suggested frequencies are 3790, 7060, 14260, 18140
and 21260 kHz (SSB); 3585, 7044, 10104, 14085, 18104 and 21085 kHz
(RTTY). IOTA group NA-153 was activated for the first and only
time back in 1994. QSL via EB7DX.
XU - Wim, XU7TZG (XU7KOH) will be active from Koh Russei (AS-133) on
13-16 November. He plans to operate SSB (14260, 18128 and 21260
kHz) and PSK31 (14040, 18100 and 21080 kHz). QSL via ON7PP. [TNX
ON7PP]
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (October 2009) is now available
at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should
be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba @ iz3eba.it)
DXCC NEWS ---> YI9TM (current operation from Iraq) has been approved for
DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]
LOGS ---> On-line logs for the recent Pacific tour by YT1AD and YU1DW
(3D2AD, 3D2DW, 5W0DW, 5W7A, KH8/N9YU, T30AW and T30M) can be found at
http://www.YT1AD.info/t31 [TNX YT3W]
LOGS ---> The on-line log for DU1/G0SHN's activity from Manila (June 2009
to present) is at http://LesNouvellesDX.fr/voirlogs.php. Gerard will be
back home around 20 November, and will return to the Philippines in
February 2010. He plans to have a new antenna for him to use while visiting
other DU islands. [TNX F6AJA]
LOGS ---> A logsearch for T6AG is available at http://t6ag.nra.pt/ (2098
QSOs logged up to 9 November at 19.37 UTC).
+ SILENT KEYS + We are close in thoughts and prayers to Ake Broman, SM4EAC
who lost his wife Margret, SM4PUR on 25 October. "She was a keen DXer", Ake
says, "and had only two more countries to go to get them all".
Other recently reported Silent Keys include Bruce A. Makas (K1MY),
Alexander Dobrev (LZ1XP), Oleg V. Abramov (RU6BN), Boris N. Alekseev
(U5UF), Vladimir I. Bashmakov (UA1OV) and Viktor F. Eryukin (UA3RG).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3XM6JR, 4L0B, 4L5O, 5B4AIF,
5W5LP, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 6W/PD9DX, 7O1YGF, 8P9NX, 9J2VB, 9V1VV, A25VB, BX4AD,
CO8DM, CO8LY, DP1POL, EJ1DD (EU-121), EK6LP, EL2DX, HB0/HB9AON, HV50VR,
J6/WB4WXE, J79ZG, K5D, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-185), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-185), KL5O, OX2A,
OX3XR, OY3AA, PJ5/AH6HY, PZ5Z, RI1OP, ST2VB, T77NM, TA3D, TL0A, TU2/F5JJW,
V51AS, V51VV, V55SRT, VC8B, VK9DWX, VO1MP, VP5DX, VU2PAI, VU7NRO, XU7TZG,
XU7XXX, YB1AQB, YS1MAE, Z2/UA4WHX, Z29KM, ZB3B, ZD7FT, ZD9CR, ZK2V.
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