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17 April 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 989
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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9A - Tony/IK2SNG, Augusto/IK4RQJ and Sergio/IZ4BBF will be active as
9A/homecall from the island of Sveti Nikola (EU-110) on 13-17 May.
They plan to operate CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY on the HF bands with
100 watts and vertical antennas. QSL via home calls.
9A - A second activity from Sveti Nikola (EU-110) is expected to take
place from 28 May to 2 June. Giovanni/I2OGV, Ivano/I2RFJ,
Giuseppe/I2ZBX, Diego/IZ2AMV and Andrea/IZ2LSC will operate as
9A/homecall on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with three or four
stations. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. On-line logs and
further information at www.timpy.it/eu110/
9M - Mirek, VK6DXI will be active as 9M8DX from Kuching, East Malaysia
on 16-20 April and as 9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia on
20-23 and again on 26-29 April. A side trip to Tioman Island
(AS-046) is planned for 24-26 April. Mirek will operate mainly CW,
with an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL via SP5UAF, direct
or bureau.
9Y - Look for Rolf, 9Y/DL2DBE to be active from San Fernando, Trinidad
(SA-011) until the end of April. His activity so far has been on
10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres. QSL via DJ5BWD. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CX - Special callsign CV7G will be in use on 20 and 40 metres SSB 17-19
April. It will commemorate the landing of the Treinta y Tres
Orientales (Thirty-Three Easterners) on Agraciada Beach in 1825,
an insurrectional action for the indipendence of Oriental Province
that eventually led to the foundation of Uruguay as an independent
nation. QSL via CX7ABK.
DL - DJ9MD, DK7JAN, DK8MIL and DK9BTX will be active as DF0TM from
Amrum Island (EU-042) on 23-26 April. QSL via bureau; direct cards
should be sent to DK8MIL. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
GM - Graham/MM0GHM, Gordon/MM0GOR and Mark/M0UTD will be active as
GM6TW/p from the Isle of Eigg (EU-008) on 24-27 April. QSL via
G0UZP. [TNX southgatearc.org]
I - Patrizio, I0KHP will participate in this year's International
Marconi Day (24 April, see below) from Villa dei Principi
(Civitavecchia, Rome). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
I0KHP]
LA - Helmut, DL5DSM and Bernhard, DL9UBF will be active as LA/DL5DSM
(CW) and LA/DL9UBF (SSB) from Vardo Island (EU-141) on 5-10 May.
They will use 100 watts and ground plane antennas. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX rgsbiota.org]
OZ - Dominic/ON4AZP, Michel/ON4CAQ, Francois/ON6VP, Herman/ON7FH and
Maurice/ON7KS will be active as OZ5K from Langeland Island
(EU-172) on 12-18 May. They will also operate from Lolland Island
(EU-029) for one day during that time frame. QSL via ON4AMM,
direct or bureau. Further information can be found at
on4dst.be/iota.html [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OZ - Harry/PA1H and Nico/PA7PA will be active as OZ/homecall from Lango
Island, off Langeland Island (EU-172) on 15-24 May. They plan to
Operate SSB and digital modes 80-10 metres, with some activity on 2
and 6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX PA1H]
OZ - A couple of operations will took place from Fano Island (EU-125)
between May and June. Yogi, DB5YB will be active as OZ/DB5YB from
21 May to 2 June (QSL via home call, bureau preferred), while Tom,
DL4VM will be active as OZ/DL4VM from 29 May to 12 June. Tom will
operate CW on 40-15 metres, with 20 watts and a dipole. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
P2 - Mat/JA1JQY (P29VJY), Sasi JA1KJW (P29VKJ) and Kuni JA8VE (P29VEK)
will be active from New Britain Island (OC-008), Papua New Guinea
on 15-23 April. They will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres with
two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]
PA - Roland, DL1EAL will be active as PA/DL1EAL from Texel Island
(EU-038) between 23 May and 10 June, including an entry in the CQ
WW WPX CW Contest. He will operate holiday style on 80-10 metres,
using 100 watts and dipoles. CW is his favourite mode, but he will
also operate PSK, RTTY and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
T2 - K6HFA's flight from Fiji to Tuvalu was delayed, and Hugh became
active as T2A a couple of days later than planned [425DXN 981]. He
should remain on Tuvalu until 21 April. This will be a battery
powered operation, as "his power supply has blown up due to over
voltage from an unregulated generator", The Daily DX reports. Also
"his key apparently has been damaged". QSL via K6HFA.
TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team (www.tcswat.org) will
operate under three special callsigns between 17 and 25 April.
TB90MM will be active on 17-25 April to celebrate the 90th
anniversary of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye
Buyuk Millet Meclisi); TC1GLH will be active on 20-22 April from
Gelibolu Lighthouse (Sea of Marmara); TC57A will be active on
23-25 April in remembrance of the role played by the 57th Infantry
Regiment of the Turkish Fifth Army during the Dardanelles Campaign
in 1915. QSL via TA1HZ.
UA - Special event station R140L will be active on 17-25 April to
commemorate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich
Ul'janov, later known as Lenin. QSL via RW4HO.
UR - Members of the Mountain Rescue team of Crimea (UR5FIR, UU1JN,
UU3JS, UU5JA, UU5JHQ and UY7IQ) will run a training operation from
Mount Tyrke (1283m a.s.l.), Ukraine on 16-18 April. They plan to
be active as UU5JZA/p and homecall/p on the HF bands and 2 metres.
[TNX DX World]
UR - Irina, UY2RY and Vitaly, UT7RW will be active as EN5R on 20-27
April from Redkovka, one of the many villages that were evacuated
after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster back in 1986. [TNX UY2RA]
VK - Special callsign VK100WIA will be operated from 1 May through 31
October to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wireless
Institute of Australia. All of the QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via the bureau. Direct cards with return postage may
be sent to Wireless Institute of Australia, P.O. Box 2042,
Bayswater VIC 3153, Australia. Details on the centenary programme
and the relevant operating award can be found on the WIA website
(www.wia.org.au).
VP8_so - The Micro-lite Penguins DXpedition Team will be active from the
South Orkney Islands (AN-008) from 27 January to 8 February 2011.
The website for the DXpedition is at www.vp8o.com; further
information will be available after this coming weekend's
International DX Convention in Visalia.
ZS8 - Pierre, ZS1HF expected to reach Marion Island [425DXN 980] on 15
April. He will be there on a 12-month work assignment, but it will
take a few weeks before he can get on the amateur radio bands. He
will be active as ZS8M during his spare time, and will operate SSB
and digital modes on 160-10 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres. He has a
website at www.zs8m.com
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W6C ---> The 3W6C team on Con Co (AS-185) had to turn off the CW and the
SSB sites on 13 April at 5 UTC "due to security political reasons". They
have been back on the air again since 5 UTC on 14 April, with two stations
(CW and SSB, 40-10 metres) located at the HQ site, which only permits a
limited antenna layout. Follow the updates at www.3w6c.qrv.ch
CHINA EMERGENCY ---> The Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) has asked
that the frequencies of 7050 kKHz and 7060 kHz be kept clear for emergency
amateur radio communications following the recent devastating earthquake in
Yu Shu district, Qinghai province. [TNX southgatearc.org]
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club,
G4CRC/GB4IMD, the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur
radio event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25
April 1874). It is not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs around
the world to make contacts with historic Marconi sites using HF
communications techniques. This year's event will be held on 24 April, from
00.00 UTC through 23.59 UTC. Details, including information on the relevant
Award Certificates and the listing of participating stations, can be found
at www.gb4imd.org.uk
JW5E ---> After the accidental death of Mathias (JW5NM), his widow Inger,
JW8KT, is prepared to continue making the JW5E-hut available for guests of
the club and contest station JW5E. If interested to rent the hut and
station you can contact Inger via e-mail (ibjerr@online.no).
MY SUMMIT ---> DX Summit has added a new application ("My Summit")
available to registered users. The new function establishes "a new two-way
personalized channel from you to DX Summit", and enables users to specify
what DX information (e.g. needed callsigns, DXCC Entities, bands, modes)
they would like to receive and to be alerted when it appears. Details and
instructions can be found at www.dxsummit.fi
PACIFIC ODYSSEY ---> Alex, UT5UY says that preparations for the forthcoming
DXpedition [425DXN 984] are going "very fine". The Pacific Odyssey will
include activity from Samoa as 5W0OX (18-19 May), Central Kiribati as T31X
and T31UR (22 May-1 June) and Tokelau as ZK3X (2-6 June). All QSLs via
UR3HR, direct or bureau. Financial assistance is being sought to help
offset the costs; please visit www.uz1hz.com/pacificodyssey.html for
further information.
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Hans Pollak (DJ0VZ),
Mike Docking (M0JMD), Stanley Haase (K8VI), Leonard H. Elster (VE3LA),
Wilson A. Brooks (VE3OQI), Wilbur William Lightbourne (VP9WL) and Allen T.
Rothschadl (W9WAQ).
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