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24 March 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 829
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B6 - The Polish expedition to Agalega (3B6/SP9MRO and 3B6/SP9PT) has been
rescheduled to take place between 6 and 18 June, provided that the
team can get permissions and licence and can find the right ship.
Updates will be posted at http://3b6.godx.eu/ [TNX SP9MRO]
3B8 - Mart, DL6UAA will be active again as 3B8MM from Mauritius (AF-049)
starting on 5 April for a few weeks. He will operate mostly CW, but
will also give SSTV a try (14230 kHz). QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. His web site is at http://www.dl6uaa.de/indexa.html [TNX
W1AW]
5H - Sigfrido, 7Q7RS will be working for one year in Tanzania and is
currently active as 5H/7Q7RS while awaiting a 5H callsign to be
issued to him. QSL via IT9YVO.
6Y - Frank, K3TRM (http://www.k3trm.com/) will be active as K3TRM/6Y5
from Jamaica (NA-097) from 31 March to 9 April. He plans to operate
on 80-10 metres SSB, RTTY, PSK31 with some CW. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX K3TRM]
7P - ZS1RA, ZS1ZL, ZS1APB, ZS1ROY and ZS1FJ will be active from Lesotho
between 5 and 12 April. They will operate (requested callsign 7P8DX)
from the north border escarpment of the Drakensburg Range (3,000
metres a.s.l.). Plans are to operate with yagis, V-beams and
hopefully three stations on the air at the same time. [TNX ZS1FJ]
9Q - Georges, 9Q1EK has been active on 160 metres since 21 January, but
he has made only 257 QSOs so far, because of the strong QRN. He runs
500 watts into an Inverted L. In a few days time he will be active
also on 6 metres, with 200 watts and a 3-element yagi fixed on
Europe. QSL via SM5DQC
9M6 - Peter, DJ8XW and Heinz, DL2QT are active from the 9M6AAC station
until 30 March, CQ WPX SSB Contest included. QSL this operation only
via DL2QT, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
A2 - Frosty, K5LBU is organizing a DXpedition to Botswana, which is
scheduled to take place between 5 and 21 July. There are four
operators so far, and Frosty would like to find at least two more to
join the team. Please contact him at frosty1@pdq.net if interested.
A5 - Kunio Saito, JA8VE will be working in Bhutan from April through
March 2009. He will operate as A52VE on all bands SSB, digital modes
and some CW, with 100 watts, inverted V or dipole and maybe a Spider
beam. QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX JF1OCQ]
CE - Simon, IZ7ATN has had to change his plans [425DXN 827], as bad
weather and rough seas prevented him from going and operate from
Pupuya Island (SA-095). After operating as OA6/IZ7ATN/p from Isla
Blanca (SA-098) on 20-21 March, he now expects to return to Chile
for a second attempt to activate Pupuya sometime between 23 and 27
March.
CU - Pedro, EA1FCH will operate as CU2/EA1FCH from Sao Miguel (EU-003),
Azores from 27 July to 5 August. He plans to concentrate on the low
and WARC bands CW and digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX EA1FCH]
ER - Andy, RW3AH says he will be active as ER/RW3AH from Moldova from 23
March to 12 April. He will pay special attention to 160 and 80
metres, as well as to 20 metres SSB and CW for novices. QSL direct
(see qrz.com). Andy might be joined by Valery, RW3GW, who would be
signing ER0/R7C or ER0/NA1SA on 8-12 April.
F - The Council of Europe Radio Club (TP2CE) will be active on SSB, CW,
RTTY and PSK from 8 UTC on 30 March until 10 UTC on 1 April. [TNX
F6FQK]
FT - Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XP and FT5WL) is back in the Southern Indian
Ocean. He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet areas until
around mid-May, but he will only operate as /mm because he does not
plan to land on the islands. QSL via F4EFI. [TNX VA3RJ]
I - Look for IR8DX to be aired on 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB, CW and RTTY
from Santo Janni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) between 7 and 11 April. QSL
via IK8VRH. [TNX IK8VRH]
I - IT9ABY, IT9IAS, IT9TFX, IT9YMM, IW9HIK and possibily IT9BLB will be
active as IE9/IQ9PA from Ustica Island (EU-051) on 13-15 April. QSL
direct to IT9TQH. [TNX IT9ABY]
J6 - Bill, WB5ZAM will be active as J68WI from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 1-13
April. He will operate SSB and CW, with focus on 30 and possibly 40
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
JW - Francois, F8DVD will be active once again from Svalbard in April.
Look for him to operate as JW/F8DVD from the Longyearbyen ARC on
Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard on 12-23 April. He plans to be
active on all HF bands CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
OX - Special event station OX60AD (OX Sixty AD) will be active on 1-30
April to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force Base
at Thule (Pituffik). Expect activity on 6, 10, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80
metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL direct to OX3UR.
VE - Cezar, VE3LYC and Ken, G3OCA are planning an IOTA operation from
East Pen Island, VY0 (NA-231, new one) between 20 and 22 July. They
are prepared to have two stations on the air operating CW and SSB
from 10 to 40 metres. QSL via VE3LYC, direct or bureau (stations in
the United Kingdom can QSL via G3OCA). Cezar says that East Pen
Island is "the breeding place of polar bears, which brings
interesting challenges to the team". [TNX VE3LYC]
W - Jim, KA3UNQ operate portable from NA-031 (Aquidneck, Goat and
Conanicut islands) on 7-9 April. He plans to "activate" several
Rhode Island lighthouses on 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB. QSL direct to
home call. [TNX KA3UNQ]
YV - 4M5 DX Group (http://4m5dx.org/) members YV5WW, YV5OHW, YV5RED,
YV1RDX, YV1CTE, YV5TX and YV5SSB will be active (SSB, CW and RTTY)
as YW1DX from Cayo Sombrero (SA-089) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest
included. Before and after the contest they will concentrate on the
WARC bands. QSL via IT9DAA. The team is looking for sponsors/donors
for this operation.
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (24-25 March):
3DA0EI Swaziland EI7CC
3XM6JR SO Guinea UA6JR
4E1P M/M Philippines bureau
4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia qrz.com
4L4WW SOSB 40M Georgia EA7FTR
4O3B SOSB 80m Montenegro OH2BH
5C5Z SOSB 20m Morocco W7ZR
5C8A SOAB LP Morocco EA5XX
5D5A M/S or M/2 Morocco I2WIJ
6F75A SOAB HP Mexico EA5KB
8J1S M/M Japan bureau
8J3YAGI M/M Japan JA3YKC
8P1A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
9K2HN M/? Kuwait 9K2HN
9M4DXX West Malaysia 9M2TO
AN8A M/2 Canary Islands EA8AH
AO1O M/? Spain EA1EA
AO3A M/? Spain EA3URB
AO4R M/M Spain EA4TD
CN2R SOSB 160 Morocco W7EJ
CN5W M/S Morocco EA7FTR
D44AC M/S Cape Verde D44AC
D69XC SOAB LP Comoros UA9XC
EC8ADW SOSB 15m Canary Islands EC8ADW
ED8D SOSB 15m Canary Islands EA8BHD
EF8A SOSB 20m Canary Islands EA8AUW
EK0B M/? Armenia SP9ERV
EY3M SOSB 20m Tajikistan qrz.com
HF40PAZ Poland SP6PAZ
HR2DMR SOAB HP Honduras HR2DMR
J75RZ M/2 Dominica W2RZS
KH6/JM3PIT Hawaii JM3PIT
N0RB/KH7 SO Hawaii N0RB
LX7I SOSB 20m Luxembourg LX2A
LX8M M/S Luxembourg LX1ER
NP3U M/M Puerto Rico WP4U
P40W SOAB HP Aruba N2MM
P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y
PJ2T M/S or M/2 Neth. Antilles N9AG
PS5S SO Brazil PP5MQ
S65X SO Singapore 9V1QQ
TA2K M/S Turkey TA2RC
TM4Q M/? France F6FYA
TM6M M/? France F6KHM
TO5A SOAB HP Martinique F5VHJ
UK8AKK Uzbekistan EA5KB
V31RG SO Belize K4VU
VP57V Turks & Caicos W5CW
VR2C M/2 Hong Kong VR2NN
W4V USA NW4V
XR6T M/S Chile CE6TC
YT6A SOSB 20m Montenegro
YU8ALR SO Serbia YT1CS
ZP0R SO Paraguay W3HNK
ZY5100SCOUT M/M Brazil PY5CA
ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA
Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event
maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2007.html
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC HONOR ROLL ---> The deadline to be shown in the next DXCC Honor Roll
list is 31 March. Submissions must be postmarked 31 March 2007 for them to
count for this listing. The DXCC Honor Roll list will appear in August 2007
QST. There are 337 entities on the DXCC list and you must be within the
numerical top 10 DXCC entities to qualify. The current minimum requirement
for Honor Roll is 328 current entities (deleted entities do not count towards
this level).
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
DXØJP (Spratly Islands); 9M4SDX (Spratly Islands); 9U9Z (Burundi), YWØDX
(Aves Island); 1A4A (Sovereign Military Order Of Malta). [TNX NC1L]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Syl, F5TLN says he is not the QSL manager for TU5KC and
has "nothing to do" with him. According to qrz.com, the QSL route is: Didier
Butz, E 43 Riviera 3 BP 1691 Abidjan 18 CI, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
QSL 3V8SF ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW is the new QSL manager for 3V8SF, the Scout
Radio Club station at Sfax. For the time being Antonio can confirm contacts
made on 1 January 2007 and after, old logs will follow.
QSL 4Z5KJ ---> Alex should like to remind those who work him that his QSL
manager is W0MM (Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston, TX
77077-3817, USA). Alex if often on business trips outside Israel, and enjoys
lighthouse activities (pictures can be found at
http://kajotus.fotoplenka.ru/album290041/).
QSL G3NOM ---> Tom, GM4FDM is the QSL Manager for Ray, G3NOM, who has not
been on the radio since November 2004, when he had a major stroke. Recently
Tom received a package from one of Ray's HS friends containing a number of
direct and bureau QSL cards sent to Thailand. Tom will try to honour all
these requests either by the bureau or direct (the latter irrespective of
whether the IRC is valid or not, as they were all valid when posted). Tom has
logs and blank cards for: 5B4/G3NOM, 9M2OM/P, 9M2/G3NOM, 9M2OM, A52OM, E22DX,
E28DX, G3NOM, HS0AC/2, HS2AC, HS0/G2NOM, JT4/G3NOM, S21U, S2/G3NOM, XY1HT and
ZC6/G3NOM (he also has logs for V8NOM, but no cards for this one). As for 160
metres, Tom used to verify them with Ray before responding; under the current
circumstances, Tom says that he cannot confirm your QSO, "unless it is very
clear in the logs". Should you have any questions, please contact Tom
(tom@gm4fdm.com) and refrain from sending further cards to Thailand. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> "If you've not received your card by mid-April", Steve
Wheatley (KU9C) says, "feel free to email me (ku9c@yahoo.com); at that time
I'll be able to provide status". Exception: YX0A and/or YX0LI cards sent in
the same envelope with QSLs for other calls managed by Steve will be delayed,
and Steve "cannot easily predict when I'll be done with those".
+ SILENT KEY + Alexandr Barmushkin, EX8AA, one of the most active operators
in Kyrgyzstan, passed away on 19 February after a long illness. Bek, EX8AB
says that all of the outstanding QSL cards "will be replied, for sure".
+ SILENT KEY + Paolo, IK2QPR (Leo's QSL manager) reports that Leonid
Velikanov, UN2O passed away on 12 March.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: The 9M4SDX (Spratly Islands) log is available at
http://9m4sdx.dxers.net/log_search/search.html
LOGS: On-line logs for TC0DX (Gokceada, EU-186) and YM0DX (Bozcaada,
AS-099), as well as pictures and further information, are
available at http://www.okdxf.eu/ankety/tc0dx/en/tc0dx.php
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM0C, 3B9/G3TXF, 3XD2Z, 3XM6JR,
3Y9SDA, 4K9W, 4N1A, 4O3B, 4O60BH, 4S7UCG, 5A7A, 5F50KD, 5F50SG, 5T5DY, 5V7SE,
6V6U, 6W1SE, 6Y0B, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Z1UG, 8J7YAGI, 8P9NX, 8R1AK/p (SA-068),
8R1ZUM, 9H9JR, 9K2GS, 9N7JO, 9Q1TB, A35TN, A41KJ, A71MA, A92GR, BI4F
(AS-160), BX5AA, C4M, C5DXC, C6AKQ, CP4BT, CP6IB, CU2A, D44BS, DX0JP
(AS-051), EA9IE, EK6TA, ES1GO, ES4RD, EX0M, EY8MM, FK8CP, FO5RK, GD6IA,
HK0GU, HK1/K8DD, HV0A, HZ1FS, HZ1IK, HZ1SK, J20MM and J20RR (AF-053), J85M,
KH6/AA4V, KH8/JA8GAX/M (OC-077), KH8/N9YU, KP2/AA6YQ, KP2/K3TEJ, LU/R1ANF,
LU1ZAB, LY80R, MD/AC8W, NH6P, OX3JZ, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5RA, R1ANF, R1FJT, ST2A,
ST2BF, SV9CVY, T32MO (OC-084), T49C, T77C, TI5/WJ7R, TI5N, TM5F, TR8CA,
TU2/F5LDY, TX5NK, TY5MR, V26G, V31BH, V31MD, V31YN, V63UA, V73ZZ (OC-028),
V73ZZ, V85SS, VK9AA, VO1CT, VP5/WJ2O, VP5W, VP8DKG, VP8LP, VU2PHD, VU7LD,
VY0ICE/VE2, XF4DL, XF4K, XR7C (SA-018), XT2C,XT2CG, YI9KT, YI9RKB, YN4SU/9,
YX0LIX, YX5IOTA, Z34M, ZA/UT7DW, ZB2EO, ZB2FK, ZC4LI, ZD7VC, ZD8QD, ZD8RH,
ZD8WX, ZD9ATN, ZD9BV, ZS4U, ZY6T (SA-023).
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