425 DX News issue #1032
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No 1032
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4W - VK8NSB, VK8FNCY, 9M6DXX, 9M6XRO and MW0JRX will be active from
Atauro Island (OC-232), Timor-Leste on 16-26 September (callsign
TBA). Activity will be on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with
three stations, two using full licensed power linear amplifiers,
and a third running 100 watts. Antennas will mainly be
quarter-wave verticals and vertical dipoles, all located within a
few metres of the ocean. For 160m an inverted-L will be used.
Atauro Island was activated only once, by 4W6GH/p, back in 2000.
Accommodation is very basic and will be in beach huts with no
mains electricity or running water. All power for the DXpedition
will be provided using hired generators. Further information will
be published on a dedicated website QSL via M0URX, direct or
bureau (www.m0urx.com/qsl-request-form), and LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX]
6W - Dave, WJ2O (www.wj2o.com) will be active as 6W/WJ2O from Senegal
on 17-23 February, including a SOAB entry in the ARRL DX CW
Contest. Outside the contest he will operate CW mainly on 30, 17
and 12 metres. QSL via WJ2O. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
C6 - Bob N4BP (C6AKQ) and Kevin K4PG (C6APG) will be active on various
bands and modes from Grand Bahama (NA-080) on 15-22 February and
17-21 February respectively. They will take part in the ARRL DX CW
Contest on 80 metres (C6AKQ) and 40 metres (C6APG). QSL direct to
home calls. [TNX NG3K]
DU - Chris, VK3FY was active for a few hours from Bayangan Island
(OC-235) on 8 February. He will return to the island this coming
weekend, with a group of local DU8 operators. They expect to
operate SSB and CW "on the usual IOTA frequencies". [TNX DX World]
EA8 - Special event station EG8ISS will be active from 12 February to 11
March in order to publicize the first contact to be made bewteen
the International Space Station and a school in the Canary
Islands. All of the QSOs will be confirmed by a special QSL card
"that will be automatically mailed to your QRZ.com address". The
website for this event can be found at www.isscontact.eu. [TNX
EA8BVP]
EA8 - Per, LA5EAA will be active as EA8/LA5EAA from the Canary Islands
(AF-004) on 13-26 February. The first week he will be on La
Gomera, and will then move to Tenerife. He will operate mainly CW
QRP with wire antennas. QSL via home call. [TNX LA4LN]
HH - Jan, K4QD and Don, AF4Z will be active again as HH4/homecall from
the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission from 18 February to 5 March.
They will operate 80-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY as time permits.
QSL via home calls. [TNX The Golist]
J8 - Dave, G3TBK will be active as J88DR from St. Vincent (NA-109) from
16 February to 14 March. He will operate on all bands CW, SSB and
RTTY, and will participate in both the ARRL DX CW and SSB
contests. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
KH0 - The Mariana Friendship Club (WH0SS) will be active as W0S from
Saipan (OC-086) on 15-22 February to celebrate Silver Jubilee of
the international exchange programme between Seisa Group (Japan)
and Marianas High School (Saipan). Look for activity on 160-10
metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JA1HGY. Log search will be
available on www.clublog.org. [TNX JA1TRC]
KH0 - Yuichiro, JM2RUV will operate SSB and CW as KH0/JM2RUV from the
Mariana Islands on 18-21 February, including an entry in the ARRL
DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
PZ - Sergey, RX3APM will be active as PZ5P from Suriname on 15-22
February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. He will
operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres. QSL via UA4LU and LoTW. [TNX
NG3K]
TG - David, N6HD will be active as TG7/N6HD from Guatemala between 15
February and 7 March. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 160-10
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
TT - Baldur, DJ6SI plans to be active as TT8DX from Chad on 14-24
February. Look for him mainly on CW. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
V3 - Will, AA4NC will operate CW, RTTY and SSB as V31RR from Placencia,
Belize on 16-23 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW
Contest. QSL via AI4U and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
V4 - John, W5JON will be active again as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-104)
from 16 February to 30 March. He will operate SSB on 6-80 metres,
and will participate in both the ARRL DX SSB and WPX SSB contests
as a SOAB entrant. His wife Cathy will also operate occasionally
as V4/W5HAM. All QSLs via W5JON. [TNX NG3K]
VP5 - Look for VP5/AC8W (QSL via home call), VP5/KB8TXZ (QSL via home
call) and VP5/N8LJ (QSL via K8ESQ) to be active from
Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 15-23 February. This
will include an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest as VQ5D (QSL via
AC8W ). [TNX The Daily DX]
XF4 - XE1B, EA4AK, EA5AFP, EA5FX, EA5KM, EA8AUW and EC4DX have been
authorized to be active as 4A4A from Isla Benito Juarez (Socorro,
NA-030), Revillagigedo on 3-20 March. They plan to operate SSB, CW
and RTTY on 160-10 metres, and maybe 6 metres, with 2-3 stations.
QSL via EB7DX (direct only) and LoTW. The website for the
expedition is at www.revillagigedo2011.com, propagation forecast
can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/EA4AK and updates will
be posted to https://twitter.com/EA4AK. [TNX EA4AK]
ANTARCTIC CRUISE ---> The Antarctic Adventure organized by Mehdi Escoffier,
F5PFP [425DXN 976] will leave Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego on 14 February on a
6-week voyage. Plans are to visit and operate as FT5YK/p, VP8DLM and CE9XX
from a number of Antarctic stations and islands. Expect him to be active on
40 metres SSB around 22-2 UTC, and possibly earlier on 20 metres. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC NEWS ---> 9X0SP (2010 operation from Rwanda) has been approved for
DXCC credit. If you had this operation rejected in a recent application,
send a note to dxcc[@]arrl.org to have your record updated.
QSL S50PTUJ ---> The QSL cards for Radioclub Ptuj's (S59DJK) activity as
S50PTUJ (5 August-5 November 2020) are due to arrive from the printer this
coming week. Direct requests will be processed immediately, all of the
other QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau. Contacts made with S50PTUJ,
S59DJK and S50W after 20 February are also available for credit on LoTW.
[TNX S51NM]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Fernand Leroy
(F6BSF), Agostino Sereno (I1SEA), Alessandro Sarru (IS0MYN), Dick Scarvaci
(K9CAN), Norma Mendel (KC5DDO), Scott Wayland (N1HXC), Matti
Nummeli(VE3EEI, ex OH2ZD) and John P. Burgio (W2JB).
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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DJ0LZ Ace Jevremov, P.O. Box 14, 82378 Peissenberg, Germany
DK8ZZ Zrinko Zibert, Steinernstr. 44, 55246 Mainz-Kostheim, Germany
DL1RTL Heiko Mann, Gaggenauer-Str. 81, 14974 Ludwigsfelde, Germany
F5OGL Didier Senmartin, P.O. Box 7, 3320 Loiron, France
G0VGS Ian J Maude, 21 Colwyn Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 6EQ, United Kingdom
IK5CBE Giuseppe Mirossi, Via Montalese 62/64, 59100 Prato PO, Italy
JA1HGY Naohiko Mashita, 8-2-4-2A Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052,
Japan
JA1NLX Akira Yoshida, 1238-23 Kogasaka, Machida-shi, Tokyo, 194-0014,
Japan
JE1LET Masahiko Otokozawa, 985-7 Kuno, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken,
250-0055, Japan
M0URX Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1SF,
United Kingdom
PY2OP Samir Tanios Hamzo, Avenida Nhandu 1423, Sao Paulo - SP,
04059-004, Brazil
PY7CRA Casa Do Radioamador de Pernambuco, Rua Djalma Farias 169, Torreao,
Recife - PE, 52030-190, Brazil
S53R Robert Kasca, P.O. Box 23, SI-5280 Idrija, Slovenia
VK2IR Tommy Horozakis, P.O. Box 13, Sans Souci NSW 2219, Australia
W6R SBARC, P.O. Box 3907, Santa Barbara CA 93130-3907, USA
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