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21 April 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 833
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B6 - Wojtek, SP9PT has had to drop out of the group of operators who
will be active from Agalega in June [425DXN 829]. The team now
includes SP9MRO, SP5BFX, SP3MGM, SP6EQZ, SP3RBR, SP9SX and SP5XVY.
They will leave Poland on 28 May and expect to be on the island for
12-15 days starting around 6 June. QSL via SP9SX. Updates will be
posted at http://3b6.godx.eu/
6W - Dani, EA4ATI is returning to Dakar, Senegal and will remain there
until April 2008. He expects to be active as 6W/EA4ATI and 6W1EA,
probably with a beam for 10, 15 and 20 metres, and dipoles for the
other bands. QSL direct via homecall. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9A - Gianfranco, I6GFX and Luca, I6QIZ will be active as 9A/I6GFX from
Croatia on 23-28 June. Their main QTH will be on Murter Island (not
IOTA, IOCA CI-074), and they plan to go and operate from a few
EU-170 counters: Arta Vela (CI-004), Kornat (CI-042), Murvenjak
(CI-075), Radelj (CI-097), Vela Smokvica (CI-107), Vrgada (CI-143)
and Prisnjak Mali (CI-488). QSL via home call, sirect or bureau.
Logs at http://www.gianfrancogervasi.it/search.html [TNX I6GFX]
9H - Ralph, DL9MWG will be active as 9H3RT from Malta (EU-023) from 28
April through 11 May. Activity will be on the HF bands mainly on
CW. QSL via DL9MWG. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9M2_spr - Gerben, PG5M (http://www.dx.to) will be active as 9M2/PG5M from
Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) until 23 April. He
will operate CW only on 10-40 metres, with a vertical antenna and
possibly a G5RV dipole. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. He
will start answering cards (including those for other 9M2 contacts
from West Malaysian islands) by the middle of the year, when he
ruturns to the Netherlands. [TNX PG5M]
9N - Nob/JA2AAU, Yoshi/JA2AIC and Iku/JA2ATE will be active as 9N7AU,
9N7IC and 9N7TE respectively from Kathmandu, Nepal on 10-15 May.
They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 10-40 metres. QSL
via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]
BS7 - Suggested frequencies for the forthcoming BS7H operation from
Scarborough Reef [425DXN 824] are as follows:
BAND SSB CW RTTY
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160 - 1826.5 -
80 3799 3504 -
40 7057 7004 -
30 - 10104 10142
20 14185 14024 14080
17 18145 18074 -
15 21295 21024 21080
12 24945 24894 -
10 28475 28024 28080
Expect activity to start by the end of April. Bookmark the
expedition's website, as official information will be posted there.
QSL via KU9C. Logs will be available at http://www.bs7h.com/ after
the end of the expedition.
BY - Kevin/BA4XA, Mary/BA4XYL, Roy/BA4VE, Li/BD4XD, Wang/BD4XW,
Chang/BG6IQD and Tiger/BG4VGJ will be active as homecall/4 from
Dongxilian Island (AS-135) on 1-7 May. They will operate holiday
style on or around the usual IOTA frequencies using 100 watts into
a 2-element yagi, vertical and dipole antennas. QSL via home calls.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
C9 - Eduardo, CU2AF will be active as C91AF from Maputo, Mozambique from
27 April to 6 May. He plans to operate for a few hours daily on
80-10 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call. [TNX CU2AF]
CT - CQ5MGP is the special callsign used by the Portuguese Navy amateur
radio group (Nucleo de Radioamadores da Armada, CS5NRA) during the
Portuguese Navy Day Contest. This year's event will be held on 5-6
May (rules can be found at www.nra.pt).
DL - DK8MIL, DK7JAN, DJ9MD, DG7BBU and others will be active as DF0TM
from Usedom (EU-129) on 20-22 April. They will operate on 20 metres
SSB and on other HF bands. QSL via DF0TM (bureau) or direct to
Jan-H. Kossow, Heinrich-Laakmann-Str. 8, D-28832 Achim, Germany.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
DL - Karen, DL8HK (CW) and Alfred, DB1VQ (SSB) will be active as
DL0EFA/p from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-13 for the German Islands
Award) from 26 April to 1 May. QSL via DK9VB. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
E5 - Mike, KM9D (E51QMA) and Jan, KF4TUG (E51TUG) have departed
Christmas Island (T32) for the North Cook Islands. Their
destination is Suwarrow Atoll (OC-080); they expect to arrive in
2-3 days and to remain there "until sometime in May". [TNX The
Daily DX]
EA - Pascual, EA5FKQ (AO5FKQ) and several others operators in Valencia
and its province are active until 7 July using the prefix AO5 to
celebrate the 32nd edition of the America's Cup, the most
prestigious regatta in the sport of sailing.
F - The Union Francaise des Telegraphistes will hold their annual
general meeting at Plouguernau on 28-29 April. A few attendees will
go and operate (on 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB) as F8UFT from Ile
Vierge (EU-105, DIFM MA-020) between 12 and 16 UTC on the 28th. QSL
via F6ICG. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Antoine, F5RAB and others will be active as TM5EL from both Belle
Ile en Mer (EU-048, DIFM AT-015) and Ilot des Poulains (EU-048,
DIFM AT-089) on 28-30 April. They plan to operate CW, SSB and
digital modes on the HF bands. QSL via F6KHI. [TNX F5NQL]
FS - John, K9EL will be active from St. Martin (NA-105) from 27 April to
6 May and and will operate holiday style as FS/K9EL on 10-80 metres
mainly CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K9EL]
G - Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America,
was founded in 1607. Members from a number of amateur radio clubs
from the east coast area of the UK will operate special event
station GB400AA (Anniversary of America, http://www.gb400aa.net/)
on 11-13 May. Expect activity on various HF bands (primarily 20, 40
and 80 metres) using CW and SSB. GB400AA might also participate in
the CQ WW WPX CW Contest and be active at other times during May.
QSL via G0SBW. [TNX VA3RJ]
GD - Colin, MW0JNI and Mike, GW6NLP will be active as GB100TT (special
callsign celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Isle of Man
Tourist Trophy races) from the Isle of Man (EU-116) from 25 May to
6 June. They will be based at Scarlett Point Tower in Castletown,
and they plan to operate SSB from HF through 2 metres. A full
operating schedule will be on either the Wrexham ARS' website
(www.qsl.net/wars) or the Scarlett Point website
(www.scarlettpoint.com). QSL via MW0JNI. [TNX MW1MDH]
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/p from Shuna Island (EU-008)
from 28 April to 5 May. He plans to operate RTTY, CW and SSB on
17-80 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
HI - Costantino, HI3CCP and others plan to operate on all bands and
modes from Isla Cabras (NA-122) on 11-17 June. A special callsign
(HI0**) has been requested. QSL via ON4IQ. [TNX HI3CCP]
HR - A group of operators from the Radio Club de Honduras
(http://www.qsl.net/hr2rch) will be active as HQ9L from Little Cay,
Bahia Islands (NA-057) on 4-6 May. They will operate SSB. CW and
digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via HR2RCH, direct or bureau.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
I - Look for Marconi memorial station IY0TC to be active from Il Pirgo
(IIA RM-001) on 25 April and from Civitavecchia on the 28th for the
International Marconi Day. QSL via I0KHP. [TNX IK0CNA]
I - ARI Frascati will participate in the International Marconi Day (28
April) as IY0ORP from the Geophysical Observatory at Rocca di Papa
(Rome). QSL via I0DJV. [TNX IK0ZCW]
I - Fabio, IW1DFU will be active as IA5/IW1DFU from Elba Island
(EU-028) on 25-30 April. Expect him to operate mainly CW on 20 and
30 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
I - Marcello/IT9ABY, Giuseppe/IT9BLB, Giuseppe/IT9PAD, Antonio/IT9YMM,
Maurizio/IT9IAS, Stefano/IT9ISR and Carmelo/IT9TFX will operate as
IQ9PA on all bands and modes from Isola delle Femmine (EU-166, IIA
PA-004) on 19-21 May. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX IT9ABY]
JA - Look for JS6RRR/JS6 and JI3DST/JS6 to be active (on 160, 80, 40,
17, 15, 12, 10, 6 and 2 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, SSTV and FM) from the
Miyako Islands (AS-079) from 27 April to 7 May (00 UTC). QSL via
bureau only. [TNX JI3DST]
JT - JT1Y has been active since 14 April with two HF stations. The first
one is operated by IK1PMR and IZ1GLO (K2LEO) on 160-10 metres CW
and RTTY (skeds via www.ik1pmr.com/feedback/); their typical
schedule includes the following:
00.00-01.00 UTC 10104 or 14083 RTTY
01.00-03.00 UTC 14001 or 14083 RTTY
08.00-09.45 UTC 18070 or 18102 RTTY for EU/JA
09.45-10.00 UTC checking 12m for JA (24900 CW)
10.00-13.00 UTC 14001 CW or 14083 RTTY (worked a few USA
stations)
13.00-14.00 UTC 20m or 30m CW/RTTY
14.00-17.00 UTC 10104 CW or 10142 RTTY
17.00-18.30 UTC 10104 + checking 7004 and 3504
The second station is operated by I0SNY, I5NOC, I8YGZ and JT1KAA
club members on 40-6 metres SSB and CW; they can be found on 14195
kHz around 00.00-02.00 UTC looking for North America. QSL via
I0SNY. [TNX IK1PMR]
OE - OE3XQC, the club station of the Documentary Archives Radio
Communications in Vienna (www.qsl.at and http://dokufunk.org), will
be one of the official stations participating in this year's
International Marconi Day (28 April). QSL direct to OE1WHC. With
more than 6,000,000 cards, the Research and Documentation Center
for the History of Radio Communications and the Electronic Media
(http://www.qsl.at) boasts the largest QSL collection in the world.
[TNX OE1WHC]
OH - OH8GZQ, OH8GZN, OH8WM, OH8HWI, OH8HQL and others will be active as
OH8T from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) on 20-22 April. They will
operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10-80 metres, possibily on 2
and 6 metres as well. QSL via OH8TA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
PA - Kees, PA3EEQ and Age, PA0XAW will be active from Texel Island
(EU-038) and Lighthouse NET-024 on 28-29 April. They will operate
CW and SSB on 80, 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home calls, direct
or bureau. Full information on the Dutch Lighthouses Award cand be
found at http://www.dutchlighthouseaward.nl [TNX PA0XAW]
SM - Tomas/SM6XMY, Rolf/SM6IQD, Sten/SM6MIS, Janne/SM6YOF,
Magnus/SM6WET, Rick/SM6U, Pierre/SA6AOA, Daniel/SA6ABU and
Christer/SM7YLS will be active as 8S6KOS from Nordkoster Island
(EU-043) on 11-13 May. They will have three stations with
amplifiers and good antennas, and main activity will be on 80, 40
and 20 metres SSB. QSL via SM6YOU (bureau preferred). Further
details at can be found at http://sector7.nu/8s6kos [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
SV - Eight operators from the White Tower DX Team
(http://www.whitetowerdxt.com) will be active on all bands and
modes as SY8WT from Skyros Island (EU-060) on 17-22 June. QSL via
SV2HPP. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
SV - Holger/DL7IO, Birgit/DL7IQ and a groupf of friends (DJ7TO, DK3WW,
DK7AO, DL6MHW, DL7AU, DL1AXL and DL3ABL) will be active as J48IO
and J48YL from Proti Island (EU-158) on 26-31 July, IOTA Contest
included. They plan to run two stations simultaneously on 160-10
metres. QSL via DK7AO, preferably via the bureau. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
TF - Bodo, DL3OCH will be active as TF/DL3OCH from Iceland (EU-021) from
24 April to 2 May. He plans to operate CW only on 10-160 metres and
23cm EME (EME activity on 24-26 April from 18 UTC until 21 UTC). On
his way to Iceland, on 23 April, he will stop for a few hours at
the Faroe Islands (EU-018) from 6 UTC until 17 UTC, and he might be
able to operate as OY/DL3OCH for a few hours. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. His web site is at http://www.dl3och.de [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
UA - The expedition "Polar Ring 2007", organized by the Expedition
Centre "Arctic", started a few days ago and is moving along the
Barents Sea coast. Between 22 and 24 April they might be on Vaygach
Island (EU-086) for one or two days, and the radio operator (Oleg,
UA3ATS) might be active on 20 metres (+/- 14260 kHz SSB and 14060
kHz CW) ss R3CA/1. The expedition itinerary can be followed on-line
at http://www.ec-arctic.ru/pr2007eng/index.php [TNX UA9OBA]
UA - Special event call RP3YGA/p will be aired (on 160-10 metres SSB, CW
and digital modes) again around 9 May (including participation in
the CQ-M International DX Contest on 12-13 May) in remembrance of
the air force pilots who lost their lives during WWII in the region
of Brjansk. QSL direct to MM0DFV. [TNX RV3YR]
UT - Anatoly/UT3IB, Mike/UT9IO and Alex/UX2IQ will operate as homecall/p
from Zmeiny Island (EU-182, UIA-07) on 24-30 July. They will
participate in the IOTA Contest as UX2IQ (QSL via home call, direct
or bureau); before and after the contest they will operate CW and
SSB on the WARC bands. [TNX UT3IB]
VK - The Hornsby & Districts ARC will be operating special event station
VK2IMD on the International Marconi Day (28 April). It will be
located close to Wahroonga, the location of the first contact
between Britain and Australia in 1918. [TNX VK2YJS]
VP9 - Paul, G4BKI will be operating CW only as VP9KF from Hamilton
Parish, Bermuda (NA-005) from 15 May to 5 June, CQ WW WPX CW
Contest included. QSL to W4/VP9KF (Paul Evans, 6809 River Road,
Tampa, FL 33615, USA). Further information can be found at
http://vp9kf.com [TNX VP9KF]
W - Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown,
Virginia the Williamsburg Area ARC and the Dominion DX Group will
operate special event stations W4J (4-25 May, QSL via KU4FP) and
K4J (11-13 May, QSL via KS4RX) respectively. Information on other
special event stations participating in the celebrations can be
found at on the ARRL Virginia Section
(http://www.arrlva.us/arrlva/va400/va400_index.html)
YB - Kees, PA5CW reports he plans to operate CW from Bali (YB9, OC-022)
from 25 April to 10 May.
ZS - A team of ten operators from the Boland Amateur Radio Club (namely
ZS1YT, ZS1KC, ZR1JHD, ZS1GVB, ZR1CE, ZS1DUP, ZS1GUD, ZS1GP, ZS1XX
and ZS1OLI) will be active as ZS1HELL on 27-30 April. They will
operate on 160, 80, 40 and 20 metres from "The Hell", also known as
Gamkaskloof or Gamka's Valley, situated in the Swartberg Mountains
of the Southern Cape. QSL via P.O. Box 273, Strand, 7140, South
Africa. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
J20RR & J20MM ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that the recent J20RR and J20MM
operations from Djibouti have been aprroved for DXCC credit.
N8S ---> Swains Island went QRT around 18.30 UTC on 15 April. The latest log
update at http://logsearch.de/ includes 117,136 out of the 117,205 QSOs
logged during the expedition. The first pictures of the DXpedition are
available on The Daily DX's web site at www.dailydx.com
PIRATE ---> Marco Giocondi, IK2DFZ reports that his callsign has been
repeatedly pirated on the PacketCluster, typically for N8S spots.
QRS CW PARTY ---> The European CW Association (EUCW) and the FISTS
(http://www.fists.org) organize the annual QRS Party, this year to be held
from 00.01 UTC on 23 April through 23.59 UTC on the 27th. This is not a
contest - just enjoy plenty of slow Morse activity (maximum speed 14 wpm) for
a period of five days. Full information on the event and relevant awards can
be found at http://www.agcw.org/eucw/euqrs.html
QSL J79XBI ---> Please note that Leif, SM0FWW can confirm contacts made
between 16 January and 16 April 2007. The QSL route for past operations is
via SM7XBI.
QSL YV5TX ---> Jose Robaina, YV5TX reports that the new QSL manager for both
his callsigns (YV5TX and 4M5R) is IT9DAA.
TG0WARD ---> This special callsign was aired by TG9ANF, TG9AXF, TG9ADQ and
TG9SM on 18 April to celebrate the World Amateur Radio Day. QSL direct only
to P.O. Box 24-C, Guatemala City. Guatemala (send you card whithin 31 May to
receive a special certificate along with the QSL card). [TNX TG9ANF]
US POSTAL RATES ---> Effective 14 May, U.S. postal rates will increase as
follows: First Class mail within the US = USD 0.41; Mail to Canada and Mexico
= USD 0.69; International Airmail = USD 0.90; International Reply Coupons
(IRCs) = USD 2.00. [TNX The Daily DX]
WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2007 ---> The Russian Robinson Club sponsors the "World
Robinson Cup" (wrc_rrc@mail.ru) for contacting stations operating from
islands between 1 April and 30 September 2007. The national island programmes
considered by WRC 2007 are BIA (Belarus), CIsA (Canada), DIA (Denmark), DIB
(Brazil), DICE (Chile), DIE (Spain), DIFM and DIFO (France), DIP (Portugal),
GIA (Germany), IIA (Italy), IOCA (Croatia), IOSA (Scotland), JIIA (Japan),
RRA (Russia), SPIA (Poland), UIA (Ukraine), USIA (United States). Full
information is available on the Russian Robinson Club's web site
(http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/wrc_e.htm). [TNX RZ3EM]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3C0M, 3Y9SDA, 4J5A, 4K0KW,
4U1UN, 5H1Z, 5T5DY, 5W0AK, 5W5AA, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 9L1US, 9M2AX, 9U0X, 9U9Z,
9V1VV, 9V1WW, A22/JA4ATV, A52GJ, AH2L, BA4DW, BX0ZR, BX3/DJ3KR, BX5AA, BY4RB
(1989), ED1CI (EU-080), EK3GM, EL2AR, EY8MM, FK/FO5RK, FK8CP, FK8GX, FO5RK,
FS/W6IZT, GP0STH, HP1WW, HP1XX, HS0T, HV0A, II5ANT, J20MM, J20RR, J28JA,
JA3AOP (AS-117), JT1ZW, JW/DJ3KR, JY4NE, KP2/N0FW, LU5FF, LZ0A, MJ/K8PT,
N0FW/KP2, OA4/DJ3KR, OH0Z, P40A, PJ2T, R1FJM, S21XA, ST2A, SU8IOTA (AF-099),
SU9FL, T32MO (OC-084), T88MR, TI2SSI, TI8II, TM6M, TM8WAP, TU2/F5LDY, US2IR,
UT3MD, V25WY, V47KP, V49A, V51AS, V63UA, VE1/F5PAC (NA-126 and NA-127),
VE1OTA (NA-154), VK1AA/2 (OC-212), VK9DNX, VP2MRD, VP57V, WP4U, XE3ARV, XF2K
(NA-246), XF4K (NA-115), XR7C (SA-018), XT2C, XU7MWA, XX9C, YI9RKB, YL2SM,
YN2N, YW0DX, YX0LIX, ZB2/4O3AL, ZC4LI, ZD7BG, ZD8I, ZD9BV, ZP0R.
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