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26 March 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1299
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4W - A team of five (7K4QOK, JE1CKA, JI1AVY, JJ2VLY and JQ2GYU) will be
active from Timor Leste on 5-11 April. They will operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 160-10 metres. Callsign(s) and QSL information will be
announced later. [TNX DX World]
5W - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as 5W0XG from Apia, Samoa (OC-097) on
19-25 April. He will operate mainly CW with some RTTY and PSK on
40-10 metres. QSL via JA1XGI (direct or bureau) and LoTW;
logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
C5 - Leaving Belgium on 28 March, Pedro, ON7WP will be active again as
C5WP from the village of Buntung (The Gambia) from 29 March to 2
April. At night he will focus on 40 metres with some 80m, at
daytime he will operate mainly on 15, 12 and 10 metres. He will
also try and be active on 60m (Channel 3 5357,0 kHz USB). On 3-8
April he will operate from the coastal area. Pedro is actively
involved in a private charity organization (www.SmileGambia.org),
and his operations will be limited to his spare time. QSL via
ON7WP, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M0 - Pekka, OH1TV and Pekka, OH2YY will be active from Layang Layang,
Spratly Islands (AS-051) on 5-9 April. They will operate SSB and
some CW on 80-6 metres with two stations. The callsign will be
known on 4 April. QSL via OH2YY, direct or bureau; logsearch on
Club Log. [TNX OH2YY]
9M2 - On 1-2 April, 9M4PB will be a field style operation from Parit
Penyengat Laut Beach, West Malaysia. QSL via 9M2ESM; OQRS on Club
Log. [TNX NG3K]
EP - A team including YL2GM, YL3CW, YL2KA, UT7UJ, US7UX, UT7UV, UX0LL,
EP3MIR and EP2LMA will be active as EP2A from Iran on 16-25 April.
They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres with four
stations. QSL via YL2GN and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
See www.lral.lv/exped/ep2a/index.html for further information.
FO - John, K3JZ and Marjorie, N7SOF are visiting "several of the
Society Islands" (French Polynesia) until 20 April. IOTA wise,
they can be OC-046, OC-067 or OC-057. FO/K3JZ and FO/N7SOF will
operate CW, RTTY, and JT on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls.
FT4J - The team will depart from Mayotte on 26 March. You can follow
their voyage at www.juandenovadx.com/en/track-us-in-real-time/.
Hopefully they will be QRV as FT4JA from Juan de Nova on 29 March
in the local evening hours. They will use the band plan shared
with VK0EK: "some windows are very narrow and we will have to live
together in all understanding, without departing from the intended
plan, at the risk of generating confusion and disruption between
the two activities", they say - www.juandenovadx.com/en/band-plan/.
QSL via F5CWU, direct or bureau; logsearch (updated on a daily
basis) and OQRS on Club Log. Plase note that the QSL manager will
not be able to help with log issues until 17 April. A stamp set to
be used for all direct cards will be issued by TAAF. The logs will
be uploaded to LoTW "about 6 months after the end of the
expedition". [TNX F5NQL]
GJ - The Charente DX Groupe (www.charentedxgroupe.fr) will be active as
MJ0KUC from Jersey (EU-013) on 23-30 April. The operators will be
F5LOW, F5MNK, F5NBQ, F6HKA, MJ0ASP and ON4ZD. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards to ON4ZD;
logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX ON4ZD]
GU - GW0ANA and a team from Germany (DJ6OI, DJ8NK, DL9RBL and DL9RCF)
will be active as GP4BRS from Guernsey (EU-114) on 9-16 April. QSL
via DJ6OI and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
JX - Svein, LA9JKA will return and be active in his spare time as
JX9JKA from Jan Mayen (EU-022) starting in mid-April for six
months. He plans to focus on 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. QSL via
LA9JKA (direct only) and LoTW ("the previous logs are not
computerized", LA7DFA says). [TNX DX World]
LU - Look for Horacio LU5BE/R, Henry LU8EFF/R and Arnaldo LU3AAL/R to
be active from San Jose (locator FG63xe) in the Argentine province
of Catamarca, on 14-17 April. Amateur radio activity from this
region is uncommon. They will operate CW, SSB, PSK31 and JT65 on
80-10 metres with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX LU5BE]
PY - PY2LCD will be active as ZW2F from Ilha Comprida (SA-024) on 26-28
March. He will participate in the WPX SSB Contest on all bands;
outside the contest he might be QRV on other bands and operate
also slow CW. QSL via PY2LCD, direct or bureau; logsearch and OQRS
on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PY - A group of four operators will be active as ZX5B from Ilha do
Batuta (SA-088) on 21-24 April. QSL via PP5BZ, direct or bureau.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV - SX210RCK is the special callsign for Radio Club Kastoria (SZ2RCK)
to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Activity on 160-6 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY will start on 1 April and run until the end of the
year. QSL via SV2BXZ, LoTW and eQSL.
TA - Look for TA0/DL7UCX to be active from Marmara Island (AS-201) on
1-11 April. The operators will be Ben, DL7UCX and Bernd, DL7VBJ.
QSL via DL7UCX, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX rgsbiota.org]
UA - Special event callsigns RA55YG, RC55YG, RG55YG, RJ55YG, RQ55YG,
RT55YG, RW55YG, RX55YG and RZ55YG will be active on 1-30 April to
commemorate the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned
flight into outer space. QSL via RQ7L. [TNX R7NB]
UN - Also commemorating Yuri Gagarin's flight of 55 years ago, special
callsign UP55GC will be active from Kazakhstan on 4-14 April. QSL
via RW6HS, direct only. [TNX RW6HS]
YB - Robby, YD4IRS will be active as YD4IRS/9 from Mansuar, one of the
Raja Ampat Islands (OC-239) on 24-27 March. He can operate DX on
80, 40, 15 and 10 metres CW. [TNX DX World]
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 March):
Call Category Country QSL
----------------------------------------------------
3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
3Z6O SOAB LP Poland LotW
4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia LoTW/K1BV
5E5E M/2 Morocco W7EJ
5T4C SOSB 40m Mauritania NI5DX
5Z4/TA1HZ SO Kenya LoTW/LZ3HI
7U9C SOAB Algeria SM4VPZ
8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/NN1N
9K2K SOAB Kuwait LoTW
9K9K SOAB LP Kuwait
9M6SDX East Malaysia 9M6SDX
9N3DX SOSB 20m Nepal 9N3DX
A31MM SOAB LP Tonga LoTW/EA5GL
AT5R M/2 India LoTW
BG3ITB SO China BG9GXM
BP0P M/2 Taiwan qrz.com
BW/JL3RDC SOAB Taiwan JL3RDC
C4A M/2 Cyprus 5B4KH
CB1H M/? Chile CE1DY
CN2AA M/2 Morocco LoTW/UA2FM
CQ9T M/S LP Madeira LoTW/CT3KN
D41CV M/M Cape Verde IZ4DPV
E44YL M/S Palestine IK3GES
EB8AH SOAB LP Canary Isls LoTW
EI1A SO2R Ireland LoTW/PA3249
FP/KV1J SO Miquelon LoTW/KV1J
FY5FY SOAB HP French Guiana FY5FY
HB20AA M/S LP Switzerland HB9ARF
HC0E M/M Ecuador HC1QRC
HS0AC M/2 Thailand HS5NMF
IH9A SOSB 40m HP African Italy LoTW/IT9SPB
KH2KY M/? Guam LoTW/JA1MFR
KL7RA M/? Alaska N6TR
KP3Z SOAB LP Puerto Rico N4AO
LY26A M/2 Lithuania LY5A
LY7A M/M Lithuania LotW
NP2P SOAB US Virgin Islands LoTW
OH0X SOAB HP Aland Isls OH2TA
OP4K M/S Belgium OP4K
PD9X M/2 Netherlands LotW
PJ2/DD5ZZ SO Curacao DD5ZZ
PJ6E M/? Sint Eustatius LoTW
PJ7/F5RAV SO Sint Maarten F5RAV
PS2T M/2 Brazil K3IRV
PV7M SOSB 20M Brazil PT7ZT
PY41WPX Brazil LoTW/PS7AB
RT73AS SOSB 20M Russia (EU) RG3B
SX9C M/M Crete LoTW/SV9COL
T32AZ SO Christmas Island KH6QJ
T40A SO Cuba CO8ZZ
TO972M SOAB HP Martinique FM5BH
V47JA SOAB St Kitts & Nevis LoTW/W5JON
VC2A SOAB HP Canada VA2WA
VK4TS M/2 Australia LoTW/N3SL
VQ5E MO Caicos Islands LoTW/W6RI
WP2Z SOAB US Virgin Isls KU9C
YV1KK M/S Venezuela LoTW
Z60A Kosovo OH2BH
ZV2WDX Brazil LoTW/PU2UJG
ZW2F SOAB LP Brazil PY2LCD
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2016.html- good contest to
you all!
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
IOTA DINNER ---> The 21st Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be
held on 15 April at the Visalia Conference Center in conjunction with the
67th International DX Convention (www.dxconvention.org/news.html#iota).
Attendance is not part of the main Convention registration and advance
payment is required. Please email Will, WC6DX (wc6dx[@]sbcglobal.net) for
information. [TNX N6VR]
KOSOVO ---> Active during the WPX SSB Contest will be Z60A (the HQ station
of SHRAK, the new IARU Society of Kosovo) as well as Z61DX, Z62FB, Z63ESC
(youth team), Z64EEF (University Club) and Z68BH (OH2BH). "This on-the-air
activity will be used as part of a training process for new Kosovar hams
while they prepare for the forthcoming IARU YOTA gathering in Austria".
[TNX OH2BH]
R3CA/# ---> "The Great Northern Way" expedition [425DXN #1296] stopped for
a while at Dikson (mainland Russia), with a brief activity from nearby
Dikson Island (AS-005) on 20 March. The expedition has now resumed its
course along the Taimyr coast and can be followed on www.ec-arctic.ru.
There might be further activity from the Begichevskaya Kosa Islands and/or
Kolchak Island (formerly known as Rastorguyev), whose IOTA status is being
considered. They might count for IOTA groups AS-068 and AS-104,
respectively. QSL via UA9OBA. [TNX qrz.ru]
VK0EK ---> The Braveheart arrived at Heard Island on 22 March around 16
local time (11 UTC), and VK0EK started activity around 16.40 UTC on the
23rd. After being at Atlas Cove with all stations up and running for some
days, the team will set up the second camp at Spit. See http://vk0ek.org
for updates and www.dxa3.org for logsearch and OQRS ("Order QSLs") for
direct and bureau cards. Traditional paper cards go (direct only) to VK0EK
Heard Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, England. The
logs are also uploaded to Club Log (www.clublog.org/charts/?c=VK0EK); the
latest update (05.03 UTC on 25 March) shows 3,400 QSOs with 2,415 unique
callsigns.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3W3MD, 4J6RO, 4O7CW, 4U0ITU,
5J0B, 9G5TT, 9J2T, A61HA, BG2AUE, C6ATS (NA-219), CE2LML, CO8ZZ, DU1/YL3JM
(OC-126), EA1GIB/p (EU-080), EI1Y, ER3ZZ, FK8HN, FS/K4ZGB, J6/SP3CFM,
JT1CO, JW7QIA, K5P,P5/3Z9DX, S79C (AF-119), SV9RGI, TA2AO/4, TI5/KL9A,
TM5CT (EU-039), TO2TT, TR8CA, TT8TT, TY1AA, UA1ATD/1, V31ME (NA-073 and
NA-123), VK3IO, VP8LP (SA-002), VU2MV, VY0JCW (NA-047), W1AW/KH2, W1AW/KH6,
W1AW/KL7, W1AW/KP4, XT2TT, YF1AR/8 (OC-157), YF1AR/8 (OC-272), YJ0BJ, YP0Y,
YW5RYL (SA-035), Z81D, ZD7W, ZD8W, ZL9A (OC-286).
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26 March 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1299
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4W - A team of five (7K4QOK, JE1CKA, JI1AVY, JJ2VLY and JQ2GYU) will be
active from Timor Leste on 5-11 April. They will operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 160-10 metres. Callsign(s) and QSL information will be
announced later. [TNX DX World]
5W - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as 5W0XG from Apia, Samoa (OC-097) on
19-25 April. He will operate mainly CW with some RTTY and PSK on
40-10 metres. QSL via JA1XGI (direct or bureau) and LoTW;
logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
C5 - Leaving Belgium on 28 March, Pedro, ON7WP will be active again as
C5WP from the village of Buntung (The Gambia) from 29 March to 2
April. At night he will focus on 40 metres with some 80m, at
daytime he will operate mainly on 15, 12 and 10 metres. He will
also try and be active on 60m (Channel 3 5357,0 kHz USB). On 3-8
April he will operate from the coastal area. Pedro is actively
involved in a private charity organization (www.SmileGambia.org),
and his operations will be limited to his spare time. QSL via
ON7WP, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M0 - Pekka, OH1TV and Pekka, OH2YY will be active from Layang Layang,
Spratly Islands (AS-051) on 5-9 April. They will operate SSB and
some CW on 80-6 metres with two stations. The callsign will be
known on 4 April. QSL via OH2YY, direct or bureau; logsearch on
Club Log. [TNX OH2YY]
9M2 - On 1-2 April, 9M4PB will be a field style operation from Parit
Penyengat Laut Beach, West Malaysia. QSL via 9M2ESM; OQRS on Club
Log. [TNX NG3K]
EP - A team including YL2GM, YL3CW, YL2KA, UT7UJ, US7UX, UT7UV, UX0LL,
EP3MIR and EP2LMA will be active as EP2A from Iran on 16-25 April.
They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres with four
stations. QSL via YL2GN and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
See www.lral.lv/exped/ep2a/index.html for further information.
FO - John, K3JZ and Marjorie, N7SOF are visiting "several of the
Society Islands" (French Polynesia) until 20 April. IOTA wise,
they can be OC-046, OC-067 or OC-057. FO/K3JZ and FO/N7SOF will
operate CW, RTTY, and JT on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls.
FT4J - The team will depart from Mayotte on 26 March. You can follow
their voyage at www.juandenovadx.com/en/track-us-in-real-time/.
Hopefully they will be QRV as FT4JA from Juan de Nova on 29 March
in the local evening hours. They will use the band plan shared
with VK0EK: "some windows are very narrow and we will have to live
together in all understanding, without departing from the intended
plan, at the risk of generating confusion and disruption between
the two activities", they say - www.juandenovadx.com/en/band-plan/.
QSL via F5CWU, direct or bureau; logsearch (updated on a daily
basis) and OQRS on Club Log. Plase note that the QSL manager will
not be able to help with log issues until 17 April. A stamp set to
be used for all direct cards will be issued by TAAF. The logs will
be uploaded to LoTW "about 6 months after the end of the
expedition". [TNX F5NQL]
GJ - The Charente DX Groupe (www.charentedxgroupe.fr) will be active as
MJ0KUC from Jersey (EU-013) on 23-30 April. The operators will be
F5LOW, F5MNK, F5NBQ, F6HKA, MJ0ASP and ON4ZD. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards to ON4ZD;
logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX ON4ZD]
GU - GW0ANA and a team from Germany (DJ6OI, DJ8NK, DL9RBL and DL9RCF)
will be active as GP4BRS from Guernsey (EU-114) on 9-16 April. QSL
via DJ6OI and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
JX - Svein, LA9JKA will return and be active in his spare time as
JX9JKA from Jan Mayen (EU-022) starting in mid-April for six
months. He plans to focus on 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. QSL via
LA9JKA (direct only) and LoTW ("the previous logs are not
computerized", LA7DFA says). [TNX DX World]
LU - Look for Horacio LU5BE/R, Henry LU8EFF/R and Arnaldo LU3AAL/R to
be active from San Jose (locator FG63xe) in the Argentine province
of Catamarca, on 14-17 April. Amateur radio activity from this
region is uncommon. They will operate CW, SSB, PSK31 and JT65 on
80-10 metres with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX LU5BE]
PY - PY2LCD will be active as ZW2F from Ilha Comprida (SA-024) on 26-28
March. He will participate in the WPX SSB Contest on all bands;
outside the contest he might be QRV on other bands and operate
also slow CW. QSL via PY2LCD, direct or bureau; logsearch and OQRS
on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PY - A group of four operators will be active as ZX5B from Ilha do
Batuta (SA-088) on 21-24 April. QSL via PP5BZ, direct or bureau.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV - SX210RCK is the special callsign for Radio Club Kastoria (SZ2RCK)
to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Activity on 160-6 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY will start on 1 April and run until the end of the
year. QSL via SV2BXZ, LoTW and eQSL.
TA - Look for TA0/DL7UCX to be active from Marmara Island (AS-201) on
1-11 April. The operators will be Ben, DL7UCX and Bernd, DL7VBJ.
QSL via DL7UCX, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX rgsbiota.org]
UA - Special event callsigns RA55YG, RC55YG, RG55YG, RJ55YG, RQ55YG,
RT55YG, RW55YG, RX55YG and RZ55YG will be active on 1-30 April to
commemorate the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned
flight into outer space. QSL via RQ7L. [TNX R7NB]
UN - Also commemorating Yuri Gagarin's flight of 55 years ago, special
callsign UP55GC will be active from Kazakhstan on 4-14 April. QSL
via RW6HS, direct only. [TNX RW6HS]
YB - Robby, YD4IRS will be active as YD4IRS/9 from Mansuar, one of the
Raja Ampat Islands (OC-239) on 24-27 March. He can operate DX on
80, 40, 15 and 10 metres CW. [TNX DX World]
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 March):
Call Category Country QSL
----------------------------------------------------
3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
3Z6O SOAB LP Poland LotW
4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia LoTW/K1BV
5E5E M/2 Morocco W7EJ
5T4C SOSB 40m Mauritania NI5DX
5Z4/TA1HZ SO Kenya LoTW/LZ3HI
7U9C SOAB Algeria SM4VPZ
8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/NN1N
9K2K SOAB Kuwait LoTW
9K9K SOAB LP Kuwait
9M6SDX East Malaysia 9M6SDX
9N3DX SOSB 20m Nepal 9N3DX
A31MM SOAB LP Tonga LoTW/EA5GL
AT5R M/2 India LoTW
BG3ITB SO China BG9GXM
BP0P M/2 Taiwan qrz.com
BW/JL3RDC SOAB Taiwan JL3RDC
C4A M/2 Cyprus 5B4KH
CB1H M/? Chile CE1DY
CN2AA M/2 Morocco LoTW/UA2FM
CQ9T M/S LP Madeira LoTW/CT3KN
D41CV M/M Cape Verde IZ4DPV
E44YL M/S Palestine IK3GES
EB8AH SOAB LP Canary Isls LoTW
EI1A SO2R Ireland LoTW/PA3249
FP/KV1J SO Miquelon LoTW/KV1J
FY5FY SOAB HP French Guiana FY5FY
HB20AA M/S LP Switzerland HB9ARF
HC0E M/M Ecuador HC1QRC
HS0AC M/2 Thailand HS5NMF
IH9A SOSB 40m HP African Italy LoTW/IT9SPB
KH2KY M/? Guam LoTW/JA1MFR
KL7RA M/? Alaska N6TR
KP3Z SOAB LP Puerto Rico N4AO
LY26A M/2 Lithuania LY5A
LY7A M/M Lithuania LotW
NP2P SOAB US Virgin Islands LoTW
OH0X SOAB HP Aland Isls OH2TA
OP4K M/S Belgium OP4K
PD9X M/2 Netherlands LotW
PJ2/DD5ZZ SO Curacao DD5ZZ
PJ6E M/? Sint Eustatius LoTW
PJ7/F5RAV SO Sint Maarten F5RAV
PS2T M/2 Brazil K3IRV
PV7M SOSB 20M Brazil PT7ZT
PY41WPX Brazil LoTW/PS7AB
RT73AS SOSB 20M Russia (EU) RG3B
SX9C M/M Crete LoTW/SV9COL
T32AZ SO Christmas Island KH6QJ
T40A SO Cuba CO8ZZ
TO972M SOAB HP Martinique FM5BH
V47JA SOAB St Kitts & Nevis LoTW/W5JON
VC2A SOAB HP Canada VA2WA
VK4TS M/2 Australia LoTW/N3SL
VQ5E MO Caicos Islands LoTW/W6RI
WP2Z SOAB US Virgin Isls KU9C
YV1KK M/S Venezuela LoTW
Z60A Kosovo OH2BH
ZV2WDX Brazil LoTW/PU2UJG
ZW2F SOAB LP Brazil PY2LCD
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2016.html- good contest to
you all!
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
IOTA DINNER ---> The 21st Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be
held on 15 April at the Visalia Conference Center in conjunction with the
67th International DX Convention (www.dxconvention.org/news.html#iota).
Attendance is not part of the main Convention registration and advance
payment is required. Please email Will, WC6DX (wc6dx[@]sbcglobal.net) for
information. [TNX N6VR]
KOSOVO ---> Active during the WPX SSB Contest will be Z60A (the HQ station
of SHRAK, the new IARU Society of Kosovo) as well as Z61DX, Z62FB, Z63ESC
(youth team), Z64EEF (University Club) and Z68BH (OH2BH). "This on-the-air
activity will be used as part of a training process for new Kosovar hams
while they prepare for the forthcoming IARU YOTA gathering in Austria".
[TNX OH2BH]
R3CA/# ---> "The Great Northern Way" expedition [425DXN #1296] stopped for
a while at Dikson (mainland Russia), with a brief activity from nearby
Dikson Island (AS-005) on 20 March. The expedition has now resumed its
course along the Taimyr coast and can be followed on www.ec-arctic.ru.
There might be further activity from the Begichevskaya Kosa Islands and/or
Kolchak Island (formerly known as Rastorguyev), whose IOTA status is being
considered. They might count for IOTA groups AS-068 and AS-104,
respectively. QSL via UA9OBA. [TNX qrz.ru]
VK0EK ---> The Braveheart arrived at Heard Island on 22 March around 16
local time (11 UTC), and VK0EK started activity around 16.40 UTC on the
23rd. After being at Atlas Cove with all stations up and running for some
days, the team will set up the second camp at Spit. See http://vk0ek.org
for updates and www.dxa3.org for logsearch and OQRS ("Order QSLs") for
direct and bureau cards. Traditional paper cards go (direct only) to VK0EK
Heard Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, England. The
logs are also uploaded to Club Log (www.clublog.org/charts/?c=VK0EK); the
latest update (05.03 UTC on 25 March) shows 3,400 QSOs with 2,415 unique
callsigns.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3W3MD, 4J6RO, 4O7CW, 4U0ITU,
5J0B, 9G5TT, 9J2T, A61HA, BG2AUE, C6ATS (NA-219), CE2LML, CO8ZZ, DU1/YL3JM
(OC-126), EA1GIB/p (EU-080), EI1Y, ER3ZZ, FK8HN, FS/K4ZGB, J6/SP3CFM,
JT1CO, JW7QIA, K5P,P5/3Z9DX, S79C (AF-119), SV9RGI, TA2AO/4, TI5/KL9A,
TM5CT (EU-039), TO2TT, TR8CA, TT8TT, TY1AA, UA1ATD/1, V31ME (NA-073 and
NA-123), VK3IO, VP8LP (SA-002), VU2MV, VY0JCW (NA-047), W1AW/KH2, W1AW/KH6,
W1AW/KL7, W1AW/KP4, XT2TT, YF1AR/8 (OC-157), YF1AR/8 (OC-272), YJ0BJ, YP0Y,
YW5RYL (SA-035), Z81D, ZD7W, ZD8W, ZL9A (OC-286).
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