425 DX News issue #1035
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No 1035
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
7P - Peter, EI7CC will be active as 7P8PB from Lesotho on 9-23 March.
This will be mainly a family holiday, but he will be QRV from his
brother-in-law's (7P8CC) station when circumstances permit. QSL
via EI7CC, direct or bureau, and LoTW.
7P - Frosty, K5LBU and Wayne, W5KDJ will be active as 7P8CF and 7P8KDJ
from Lesotho on 11-20 March. They plan to have two full time
stations on the air for the entire period, on 10-160m SSB, CW,
RTTY and PSK. QSL 7P8CF via K5LBU (direct and LoTW), QSL 7P8KDJ
via W5KDJ (direct, LoTW and eQSL). Logsearch will be available at
www.tdxs.net/lesotho2011.html after the expedition.
9K - 9K2F has been active from Faylakah Island (AS-118) since 2 March.
The group will leave the island on the 7th. QSL via 9K2HN. [TNX
The Golist]
9L - The new dates for the 9L5MS operation from Sierra Leone [425DXN
1025] are 28 March-18 April. Arie PA3A, Arie PA3AN, Ad PA8AD, Bas
PD0CAV and Dickson EL2DT will operate on 160-6 metres metres CW,
SSB and RTTY, using three stations with amplifers and several beam
and vertical antennas. They will also give 6m EME a try between 16
and 20 March. The team will provide support and raise funds for a
Mercy Ships Charity Project. QSL via PA3AWW, direct or bureau
(plus LoTW six months after the expedition). An OQRS for direct
cards is available on the expedition's website. Further
information on the project can be found at www.sierraleone2011.com
BV - A group of eight operators will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest as BV100 from Liuchiu Island (AS-155). This special
callsign has been used since October 2010 to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the Republic of China, and will be active until 31
December. QSL via BV2KI. [TNX NG3K]
CT8 - Look for Roger, CT8/G3SXW and Lionel, CT8/G5LP to be active from
Sao Miguel Island (EU-003), Azores on 16-17 March. They expect to
operate CW only "for several hours each day". QSL via home calls
and LoTW. [TNX G3SXW]
CY0 - The Sable Island DXpedition team was informed that the weather
forecast for the scheduled date is not promising, and they will
attempt to reach the island earlier than planned. They should be
able to fly to Sable on 5 March and hopefully be QRV around 19-21
UTC. Bookmark www.cy0dxpedition.com for updates.
F - The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club (TP2CE, ewwa.free.fr) will
be active as TP50CE on 11-13 and 18 March to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the European Social Charter. QSL via F5LGF. CERAC
will attend Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen,Germany (24-25 June) for
checking logs for TP2CE,TP20CE, 3A0CE, 40OCE, TP60CE and TP50CE.
[TNX F6FQK]
FG - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active as FG/F6ITD from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) in March. He will operate SSB and digital modes from
either La Desirade (9-16 March) and Basse-Terre (16-31 March). QSL
via home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Novelles DX]
G - Kevan, 2E0WMG (SSB) and Jonathan, G0DVJ (SSB and CW) will be
active from Lundy Island (EU-120) on 21-26 March. They will be QRV
on 80-10 metres. [TNX Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
GJ - Kazu, JK3GAD (M0CFW) will be active as MJ0CFW from Jersey (EU-013)
on 18-21 March. He will be QRV on 160-10 metres and will
participate in the Russian DX Contest. QSL via M0CFW and LoTW.
[TNX NG3K]
HR - Gerard, F2JD will be active as HR5/F2JD from Copna, Honduras for a
couple of months between mid-March and mid-May. He will operate CW
and SSB on the HF bands. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
P4 - Tim, WD9DZV will be active as P40D from Aruba (SA-036) on 8-13
March. He plans to operate holiday style on most bands and modes.
QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX NG3K]
PJ2 - Jim/N5HZ, Don/W5FKX, David/W5XU and Mike/W5ZPA will be active as
PJ2/homecall from Curacao (SA-099) on 10-17 March. They will
operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on 160-10 metres from the Caribbean
Contesting Consortium's Signal Point station. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau, and LoTW. Further information and log search at
www.deltadx.net/Activities/PJ2/PJ2-DDXA.htm
PY - Look for PY2XB/1 to be active holiday style from Ilha Grande
(SA-029) on 5-9 March. He will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres.
QSL via PT7WA, direct or bureau. [TNX PT7WA]
V2 - Bob, W4OWY (V25WY) and Mark, W9OP (V25OP) will be active from
Antigua (NA-100) will be active from Antigua on 8-18 March. QSL
via home calls, plus LoTW and eQSL. [TNX NG3K]
V4 - Jeff, K5MV will be active holiday style as V4/K5MV from St. Kitts
(NA-104) on 10-17 March. He will operate SSB and CW on 160-6
metres. QSL via K5MV, direct and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
V5 - Gert, ZS6AYU will be active as V5/ZS6AYU from various locations in
Namibia on 6-16 March. He will operate holidy style on 30-15
metres CW. QSL via home call, direct only. [TNX NG3K]
VK - VK3ADO, VK3DQ, VK3EI, VK3FMGF, VK3HJ and VK3MLM will be leaving
Yaringa (Victoria) on 20 March on a 40-hour voyage to Deal Island
(OC-195). They plan to operate from the island as VK7DI for four
days, using CW, SSB and SSTV on the HF bands. QSL via VK3DQ. [TNX
DX World]
VP2V - Peter G3PHO will be active as VP2V/G3PHO from Tortola, British
Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 11-18 March. Main activity will be
concentrated during the RSGB Commonwealth Contest, outside the
contest he will operate holiday style on 80-10 metres CW. QSL via
G3PHO, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XE - Ismael, XE1AY and other eleven operators will be active as XF2P
from Isla de Lobos (NA-221) from 29 April to 1 May. They will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on the HF bands, 6 metres and satellite
(AO27, AO51 and SO50). QSL via XE1AY. [TNX DX World]
ZA - I2GPT, IK2PGM, IW2HKW, IW2JOP, IZ2BKP and IZ2QCP will be active as
ZA/I2GPT from Albania on 9-13 March. They will operate CW and SSB
on 17, 20, 30 and 40 metres. QSL via I2GPT, direct or bureau.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of
the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found
at www.arrl.org/arrl-dx). This year's event will run from from 00.00 UTC on
5 March through 23.59 UTC on the 6th. Do not forget to give a look at the
Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at
www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2011.html
CQ MM DX CONTEST ---> The first edition of the CQ Manchester Mineira DX
Contest, sponsored by the the Juiz de Fora CW Group, will be held on 16-17
April. It is a continuation of the Manchester Mineira All America CW
Contest, initially limited to Brazil (1993-1996), then expanded first to
South America (1997-2006) and finally to the Americas (2007-2010). Il will
run from 12 UTC on Saturday through 23.59 on Sunday, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres CW. Details can be found at www.cwjf.com.br [TNX PY4WAS]
DX0DX ---> After the failed attempt in January, the DX0DX expedition to the
Spratly Islands (www.dx0dx.net) [425DXN 1028] has been postponed until next
year. The Team Leader (Chris Dimitrijevic, VK3FY) says to be "determined to
recover as much of the costs as possible to put things right for all the
Team members, Sponsors, organisations and individuals involved", and "to
put DX0DX off until next year will allow me time to clean up the situation
from the first attempt". The new target date is April 2012. [TNX VK3PC]
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Thirteen different galleries include cards for
the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (333 QSLs), the 58 deleted DXCC entities
(1216 QSLs), obsolete prefixes (3252 QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1947
to 1962 (367 QSLs), D5 and DL5 stations from 1945 to 1962 (61 QSLs),
Antarctic bases (824 QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques
Francaises, 264 QSLs), the various French DXCC island Entities in the
Pacific Ocean (333 QSLs) & the Indian Ocean (97 QSLs), pre-1945 countries
(1121 QSLs), French Departments (660 QSLs) and CONUS (166 QSLs), plus a
gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC (123 QSLs). Several cards are still
and your participation is encouraged - please visit www.LesNouvellesdx.fr
and send your comments to lesnouvellesdx[@]free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
QSL PJ7E ---> "We are doing very well getting out QSLs but still have about
5 mailing trays to confirm yet. Tom, N4XP, our QSL manager, expects to
complete those in the next three weeks. The OQSL will be shut down on March
4th. The OQSL service has been a huge success with certificates issued with
the QSLs. All of the OQSLs received at this time have been mailed. ARRL has
announced that they will soon be issuing the LOTW certificates to the new
PJs [actually the PJ operations have already started obtaining their
certificates, and the first logs were uploaded on 4 March, Ed.]. We are
ready to upload the logs at that time. The PJ7E team thanks everyone for
their QSOs". [TNX W8GEX]
RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 74th edition of the Commonwealth (BERU)
Contest (www.beru.org.uk) will be held on 12-13 March, from 10 UTC to 10
UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW. Only operators located within the
Commonwealth or British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter, so
please check the list at www.rsgbcc.org/hf/information/codes.shtml before
calling.
RTTY MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> All RTTY operators are invited to participate
in the RTTY Most Wanted Survey 2011, conducted by K8UT and AA5AU. The
survey will be running until 20 March and can be found at
http://rttysurvey2011.semdxa.org (problems sould be reported directly to
Larry at k8ut[@]k8ut.com). [TNX AA5AU]
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. 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)
+ SILENT KEYS + Aisea Aisake, 3D2AA passed away on 26 February after a
short illness, at 62 years of age. He was the on site reference and guide
to those wishing to operate from Fiji and above all from his homeland
island of Rotuma. Other recently reported Silent Keys include Tapir
Cassiano Araujo Sepulveda (PY6TS) and Evgenij N. Petrov (RW9MD).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3W6C, 4S7ULG, 5C5W, 5R8IC,
5R8UI, 5R8X, 5X0CW, 5X4X, 6W7SK, 7P8OK, 9H3TX, 9J2BO, 9L1X, 9L5VT, 9U0A,
9V1VV, 9X0SP, A25BI, A25CF, A25SL, A35AY, A61Q, A92GR, AT25RG, BA8AG,
BT4EXPO, BV100, C31LJ, C50C, C56YK, C5A, C6ANM, CE1/K7CA, CK8G (NA-182),
CN8KD, CP4BT, EP2MKO, ER4ER, ER4KAA, EW8A, FR5ZL, FY1FL, FY5HE, GD6IA,
HH2/OH2TA, HI3/W1JNZ, HI3TEJ, IM0/OL5Y, J5V, J6/K8EAB, J6/W7ZT, JD1BMH,
JY5HX, KH7Y, KL7RRC/P (NA-235), MU/F5CWU, MW0YVK, OH0X, OH3YI, OH9AA
(EU-126), OJ0B, P29VLR, PJ2/N1ZZ, PJ2/OH1VR, PJ2A, PJ2T, PJ4D, PJ4I, PJ4W,
PJ4X, PJ5/AH6HY, PJ5/SP6EQZ, PJ6A, PJ7E, PX8J (SA-041), PX8L (SA-016),
PY2WO, RI1FJ, S21YX, S79GB, ST2AR, SU/HA3JB, SV1ASP/A, T32CI (OC-281),
T32MI (0C-279), T32SI (OC-280), T32VI (OC-282), T6AF, T6MB, T70A, T88AA,
T88SM, TG9NX, TJ3AY, TL0A, TO5SM, TU2XZ, V31YY, V73QQ (OC-029), V73QQ
(OC-087), V73RCC (OC-278), VK0KEV, VK9XXY, VP2MSC, VP2MXO, VY2TT, XF1RCS
(NA-171), XT2RJA, XU7KOH, YI9PSE, YJ0HA, YS1/HB9KNA, YV8AD, ZD7FT, ZD9AH,
ZD9T, ZS6RJ.
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