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11 August 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 849
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3C - Fred/KH7Y, Vicente/EA5YN, Luis/EA5BRE and Elmo/EA5BYP will be active
as 3C7Y from Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea on 5-14
October. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY with two stations on all
bands. QSL via EA5BYP. [TNX EA5YN]
6O - Filip, ON4TA visited Somalia for the first time in April and has
been back to Galkayo since 3 August. His callsign is 6O0F and he
operates as time permits, as this is not a DXpedition. Filip expects
to remain there until 15 August. QSL via home call, bureau
preferred.
7O - Chris, G4HCL plans to be active as 7O/G4HCL from Sana, Yemen from 13
August until early on the 15th. He has "written permission and
official authority to operate on all HF amateur bands under
supervised conditions, but warns that it may or may not be possible
to obtain the specific documentation that satisfies DXCC
requirements". This is a business trip, and Chris will operate
(probably on 20 metres SSB only, look between 14170 and 14260 kHz)
when time permits, and likely for for short periods at a time. QSL
via home call, direct only. [TNX 9M6DXX]
8P - Richard, G3RWL will be active as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) from
27 September to 14 October. He plans to operate CW and digital modes
on 80-10 metres; he also hopes to take part in the CQ WW DX RTTY
Contest (29-30 September). QSL via G3RWL, direct or bureau (e-mail
requests for bureau cards cand be sent to g3rwl@amsat.org). It is
worth noting that Richard's policy is: "duplicate QSO means no QSL".
[TNX G3RWL]
9A - Marco, IZ3GNG reports will be active as 9A/IZ3GNG from Primosten,
Croatia on 16-19 August and from Brac Island (EU-016) on 20-23
August. He plans to operate SSB on 40-6 metres.
A7 - Bill, NM7H (aka G0MKT and YI9WF) will be back in Qatar from around 1
November until around 5 January. He will be active again as
A7/G0MKT, and will operate primarily CW with some PSK and some SSB
on 40-10 metres. If 6m open up and he is available, he will give
that a try too. QSL via NM7H, direct or bureau. [TNX NM7H]
C6 - Pete/W2GJ (C6APR), Ed/K3IXD (C6AXD) and Randy/K4QO (C6AQO) will be
active from Crooked Island (NA-113), Bahamas on 25-29 October. They
will operate CW, SSB, and RTTY on 80-6 metres and will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as C6APR. All QSLs via K3IXD. [TNX
K3IXD]
CE - XQ1IDM and CE6TBN will participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (18-19 August) as XR1H from Huasco
Lighthouse (ARLS CHI-081). They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40-15
metres. QSL via HA1AG, direct or bureau. [TNX CE6TBN]
CE - The Radio Club Colonia will operate as CV7FARO from Colonia del
Sacramento lighthouse (URU-007) on 18-19 August. Then operator will
be running three stations on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, plus
UHF/VHF. QSL via CX1FA. [TNX CX3ZAN]
CT - Carlos, CT1CSY and Jose Luis, CT2GZB will participate in the ILLW as
CQ7C from the lighthouse at Cabo Carvoeiro (ARLHS POR-006). QSL via
CT2GZB, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]
CT - The Associacao de Radioamadores do Distrito de Leiria will
participate in the ILLW as CQ5N from Nazare Lighthouse (DFP FBL-04).
QSL via CT6ARL (direct only). [TNX CT1END]
CT - The Associacao de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide will
participate in the ILLW signing CT1RVM/p from the lighthouse at Cabo
Raso (ARLHS POR-011, DFP FES-04). Expect activity on 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres SSB. All of the QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau.
[TNX A.R.V.M.]
CX - The Radio Club Uruguayo will be active as CV1AA from Puerto del
Buceo-West Breakwater (ARLHS URU-014) from about 22 UTC on 17 August
until about 1 UTC on the 20th. They plan to have at least two
stations active on 10-160 metres CW and SSB. QSL direct to Radio
Club Uruguayo, P.O. Box 37, 11000, Montevideo, Uruguay. [TNX CX3AL]
DL - A group of about ten operators will be active with three stations
(HF CW, HF SSB, VHF SSB) as DF0WFB/lh from Oland/Hallig Island
(EU-042) and lighthouse (ARLHS FED-174) on 17-20 August for the
ILLW. QSL via DF0WFB (bureau) or direct to DO2OS. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
EA - A large group of operators (including EA2RC, EA3AGB, EA3CHZ, EA3ESZ,
EA3FKX, EA3GHZ, EA3NM, EA5EOR, EB3GGU and EC7AKV) will be active as
EG3MED from Meda Gran (EU-078, DIE E-001) on 25-26 August. They will
operate CW and SSB from 2 or 3 stations equipped with yagi, dipole
and vertical antennas. QSL via EA3GM, direct or bureau. This IOTA
group is likely to become a rare one, as the Medas Islands are a
"protected area" that will be closed to visitors next year. [TNX
EA3GHZ and Mediterraneo DX Club]
EA8 - Hans, ON6ZK will be active as EA8/ON6ZK from Tenerife, Canary
Islands (AF-004) on 15-22 August. He expects to operate mainly on 20
and 17 metres SSB with 25 watts. QSL via homecall, bureau preferred.
[TNX NG3K]
EL - Arie Kleingeld (PA3A), Ad van Ginneken (PA8AD), Arie Noordzij
(PA3AN) and Henk van Oosterhout (PA3AWW) will be active as 5L2MS
from Liberia on 3-24 October. Their goals are to activate this DXCC
Entity on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, to raise funds for a charity
project in Liberia in cooperation with Mercy Ships, and to support
the Liberia Radio Amateur Association (LRAA) with equipment. QSL via
PA3AWW, direct or bureau (direct QSL cards can be requested via
Internet). Further information can be found at www.liberia2007.com
[TNX PA3AWW]
F - F4ELJ, F5VCR, F0ELI and F0ELK will be active from Ouessant Island
(EU-065) on 18-19 August. They will operate on 40 and 20 metres SSB
as TM4CR from Creac'h Lighthouse (PB-097, FRA-029) and as TM4ST from
Stiff Lighthouse (PB-099, FRA-036). QSLs via F4ELJ. [TNX F4ELJ]
F - The Radio Club de Granville will be active as F5KAQ/p from
Tombelaine Island (EU-156, DIFM MA-021) from about 18 UTC on 24
August until about 12 UTC on the 26th, depending on weather and
tides. Operations are expected on all bands CW, SSB and digital
modes. QSL via F5RJM, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FG - TO1USB is the new callsign for F1JXQ's current activity from
Guadeloupe [425DXN 847]. David will remain there until 18 August.
QSL via home call.
GJ - A group of operators from the Cambridge University Wireless Society
will be active as GH6UW/p from Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) for 48
hours between 3 and 7 September. QSL via M0BLF, direct or bureau.
While on "ordinary" Jersey (EU-013) they will operate as GJ7VJR/p
(QSL via G7VJR), MJ0BLF/p (QSL via M0BLF), MJ0TDG/p (QSL via M0TDG)
and GJ3ZAY/p (QSL via G3ZAY). [TNX G7VJR]
GM - G3ZAY and M0TDG will be in the Outer Hebrides (EU-010) on 13-17
August and will attempt to visit St Kilda (EU-059) and/or the
Flannan Islands (EU-118) for a few hours as GM3ZAY/p and MM0TDG/p.
The visits will be subject to weather and availability of transport
and activity will only be for a few hours from each location. [TNX
G3ZAY]
HA - Special event station HG5MISSION through 30 September for the the
5th International Congress for the New Evangelisation, that will
take place in Budapest on 15-22 September. QSL via bureau. [TNX
HA5GG]
HB0 - Giovanni, IZ2DPX and Flavio, IW2NEF will be active as HB0/IZ2DPX and
HB0/IW2NEF from Malbun, Liechtenstein on 1-3 September. They will be
QRV on HF as well as 2 metres and possibily 70 MHz. QSL direct or
via the bureau. [TNX IZ2DPX]
HC - Marcos, EA1APV will be active as HC1/EA1APV from Cotacachi, Ecuador
from 21 September to 20 October. He will operate on a spare time
basis, as he will be working on a project of international
cooperation. QSL via home call. [TNX EA1APV]
HL - Chae, HL5YI will be active from Sorok Island (AS-060) for a few days
starting on 19 August. He plans to operate on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10
meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
HL5YI]
I - I3EJ, I3LDP, IK3JBP, IK3MZS and IW3ILP will be active as II4GOR from
Goro Lighthouse (ITA-073, WAIL ER-007) during the ILLW. They plan to
operate SSB and CW on all bands. QSL via IK3MZS, direct or bureau.
[TNX I3EJ]
I - Mauro, IK3SCB reports he plans to be active as IK3SCB/ID9 from
Lipari Island (EU-017, IIA ME-001) on 18-24 August. QSL via bureau.
IS0 - Look for IZ1DSH and IK1WEG [425DXN 848] to be active as IM0/IZ1DSH
and IM0/IK1WEG from Tavolara Island (EU-165, IIA OT-071) on 12
August. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 10-40 metres, possibily
on 6 metres as well. [TNX IZ1DXS]
KL - Rick, K6VVA plans to be active from Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island
(NA-041) on 7-9 September. It will be a "vacation style" operation
primarly CW on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres and for the CW Sprint
Contest. QSL via N6AWD. Further information will be available at
http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na041 [TNX K6VVA]
LU - The Radio Club Ushuaia will participate in the ILLW from Baliza
Escarpados (ARG-081). Look for AY7X on 10, 15,20, 40 and 80 metres
CW, SSB and PSK. QSL via WD9EWK. [TNX EA4AAA]
OJ0 - The Nordic team of OH0RJ, OH2BH, OH2PM, SM0W and SM6U will try
landing on Market Reef (EU-053) around 16 UTC on 11 August. They may
appear on the air on that night as OJ0B (QSL via OH2BH) and will
operate CW and SSB until 16 August, when (weather permitting)
OH2HAN, OH2MZB and OH2LU will be swapping the operating duties and
will air OJ0MI (QSL via OH2HAN). They will focus on RTTY, but also
the weekend's lighthouse activity. Expect CW at .025 kHz, and SSB on
3790, 7040, 14190, 18140, 21290 kHz. Over the lighthouse weekend
14250-14260 kHz will be used. The Finnish Lighthouse Society has
been active repairing the lighthouse for this summer and you may
wish to follow their activities which include daily reporting and
interesting general details (http://www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/).
If you are a stamp collector or wish to receive your QSL card with
unique Market Reef stamps, you may send SASE with 7,00 euros (10
USD) as your donation to the Finnish Lighthouse Society through
respective QSL managers. [TNX OH2BN]
OX - Roland, HB9FMD will be active as OX/HB9FMD from Ilulissat, Greenland
on 17-27 August. He plans to operate mainly CW on the WARC bands.
QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
OX - Johan, PA3EXX [425DXN 821] confirms he will be active from Rathbone
Island (NA-243, new one) next week. He will operate as OX/PA3EXX/p
between 19 and 23 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
P4 - Bob, W3BTX (P49T) and Roy, W3TEF will operate on 160-6 metres as
P41USA from Aruba between 1 and 15 September. The special callsign
marks the anniversary of the tragic events occured on 11 September
2001. QSL via W3TEF, direct or bureau. [TNX W3BTX]
PJ2 - Nigel, G3TXF reports he plans to operate as PJ2G in the Worked All
Europe (WAE) CW Contest (11-12 August) from the Caribbean Contesting
Consortium station on Curacao (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles. QSL
via G3TXF.
SP - Look for SN2NP to be aired from a lighthouse at Gdansk Nowy Portn on
17-19 August. QSL via SP2BIK, direct or bureau. [TNX SP2BIK]
SV - Gianni, IZ7FLP will operate SSB as SV8/IZ7FLP from Zakynthos
(EU-052) on 18-25 August. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ3EBA]
SV9 - Ghis, ON5NT reports he will be active holiday style as SV9/ON5NT
from Crete on 16-23 August. QSL via home call.
TA - TA1FR and TA1HZ will operate as TC1LHW from Karaburun Lighthouse
(TUR-036) during the ILLW. QSL via TA1FR. [TNX TA1HZ]
TA - Bekir, TA2RX will participate in the ILLW signing TC4LHW from the
Gelidonia Lighthouse in Antalya, Turkey. This will be a QRP
operation, as he will have to carry the equipment and walk a couple
of miles to get to the lighthouse. [TNX TA2RX]
UA - Victor, RN1NU (RI1NU) and Roman, RN1NGJ will be active as homecall/1
from a few islands (not IOTA) located in Lake Onega between 10 and
13 August. Vasily, RU3SD and Serge, RA3RGQ expect to join them on
the 13th. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX RN1NGJ]
UA - Vlad/RV1CC, Yuri/RA0FU, Serge/UA1ANA, Oleg/UR3IFD, Victor/RV2FW,
Valery/UA0ZC, Serge/UA0ZAZ, Alex/UA0ZCC and Elena/RV3ACA planned to
be active as RK1B/0 from Bering Island (AS-039) on 9-14 August. Now
it seems that the island operation has been cancelled because of
transportation problems. QSL via RV1CC. They have a webpage at
http://www.rv3aca.ru/as039/
VP5 - W1AI reports he will be active as VP5/W1AI from Providenciales
(NA-002), Turks & Caicos Islands on 1-8 September. He plans to
operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL via home call.
VP8_fal- Don, VP8ON and others plan to operate again as VP8LGT from Cape
Pembroke Lighthouse (FAL 001) near Stanley, Falkland Islands
(SA-002) for the ILLW. QSL via VP8ON. [TNX VP8ON]
W - Dave, W4SAR and Joe, K4SAR will be active as W4SAR/p from
Chincoteague Island (NA-083) on 12-24 August. Sporadic operations
are expected on 6m SSB, 20m SSB and 20m PSK31. QSL direct to W4SAR.
[TNX VA3RJ]
W - Members of the Old Barney ARC (http://www.obarc.org) will be
operating as W2T from the Tucker'Island Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-911,
http://www.tuckertonseaport.org) on 18 August from about 13 UTC
through 21 UTC. QSL via N2OO. [TNX N2OO]
W - The Englewood Amateur Radio Society plans to operate as K8ONV from
the Boca Grande Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-910) on Gasparilla Island
(NA-069) on 18-19 August for the ILLW. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - The Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club will be active as N1EV from
Sheffield Island (NA-136) and lighthouse (ARLHS USA-753) on 18-19
August for the ILLW. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Once more Bob, W2IK will operate special event station W2IK/WTC911
on 11 September in memory of those who lost their lives during the
World Trade Center disaster. Expect activity on the upper portions
of 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB between 13 and 3 UTC. W2IK was the first
callsign to be aired from Ground Zero (read the story at
http://hometown.aol.com/realhamradio/). Special QSL certificate via
home call. [TNX W2IK]
Z3 - Special callsign Z360M will be used through the end of the year to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Radio Club Nikola Tesla (Z37M,
formerly Z30M) in Stip, Macedonia. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
ZL7 - Jacek/SP5EAQ, Wojciech/SP9PT, Marek/SP9BQJ and Jozef/SP9-31029 plan
to operate SSB, CW and RTTY as ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZL7/SP9PT and ZL7/SP9BQJ
from the Chatham Islands (OC-038) on 5-18 October. QSL via home
calls. [TNX SP5EAQ]
MONTENEGRO & SERBIA ---> K6MYC, N6TQS, I2MQP, JA1BK and UT5UT will travel to
Montenegro and Serbia next month. On 17-21 September they will operate as
4O1AO and 4O1M from the QTH of Gojko (YU6AO); on 21-23 September they will be
at the World HST Championship (Belgrade), then they will go and operate as
YT5A from the station of Hrane, YT1AD until the 26th. Expect activity on all
the HF bands plus 2 and 6 metres on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV and EME. [TNX
I2MQP]
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (July 2007) is now available at
http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ---> The ITU has granted a request from the Ministry of
Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to replace
T9A-T9Z with E7A-E7Z. According to IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, "While
it probably will take some time for the BiH administration to implement this
change, it should put to an end the use of call signs outside the
ITU-allocated call sign block by stations in parts of BiH." The new prefix
will be implemented "probably later this year," Sumner said. [TNX
www.arrl.org]
ILLW ---> This year the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, organized
and managed by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group, will take place from from 00.01
UTC on 18 August until 23.59 UTC on the 19th. Full information on this
popular event can be found at http://illw.net. The official list of entrants
is at http://illw.net/2007_list.htm
QSL OX/OH1RX ---> Jouko was active from Greenland on 20-25 July and requests
cards to be sent "via buro only" (no direct nor eQSL please).
QSL V51AS ---> Frank Steinhauser, V51AS reports he has a new maildrop
address: Heinrich-Heine-Strsse 35, 72555 Metzingen, Germany (the Olching
address apparently is no longer valid). [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL VIA LZ1JZ ---> QSL cards for contacts made with LZ/G4EDG St. Ivan Island
(EU-181, 19-23 June 2007) should be sent to LZ1JZ (Tony Stefanov, P.O Box 43,
Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria). The operators were Steve/G4EDG, Vasil/LZ1CL and
Tony himself. LZ1JZ is the QSL manager also for DU1LWQ, FK8DD, LZ1KSP, LZ7J,
OA4DKC, OA4SJ, P29K, SV1/LZ1JZ, TF1VG, TF60VG and TX1A. [TNX LZ1JZ]
+ SILENT KEY + Dick Wolf, N6FF (formerly known as KL7H) passed away on 1
August at 68 years of age. The "top West Coast topbander", says W6PBI, "he
traveled on many DXpeditions and gave many topbanders a new one". He was also
the QSL manager for a number of stations, most of them available on LoTW (see
http://www.n6ff.net/).
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LOGS: On-line logs for the July 2007 1A0KM activity are available at
www.pagus.it/1a0km
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3V8BB, 3XD2Z, 4Z1JW,
4Z4BS, 5B4AIF, 5W0JT, 5W0RE, 5X1Z, 5Z4/9A3A, 5Z4/IK4ALM, 6V7F, 6W/DL6CT,
7X5JF, 7Z1SJ, 9M2/JH3GCN, 9Q1EK, A41MX, A92GR, AA1AC/VP9, BS7H, BX5AA,
CE4WJK, CO7PH/p (NA-086), CW6V, E21YDP, ER1DA, FK8CP, FK8GX, FS/AH8DX, FY1FL,
FY5KE, HC7AE, HI3TEJ, HK1/AC8W, HK3JJH, HQ7F, HR2DMR, HS0ZFI, IM0/IV3IYH,
J8/W6JKV, JD1BMM, JW/F8DVD, JW0HS, KH6ND/KH5, KL7J, LX2007D, LX2007G,
LX2007L, N8S, NE1RD/1 (NA-148), NP3U, NP4A, OA4SS, OD5/OK1MU, OD5NJ, OX3XR,
OY/PA3BAG, P29SX, R1FJ, RK2FWA, RX9FM, S57DX, S57RR, ST2R, SU9HP, SV5/OQ1C,
SV9/OZ7YY, TA3D, TI8II, TO6T/p, TR8CA, TT8PK, V44KAI, V63KU, VK9DNX, VP2EDH,
VP2EREM, VP8/LZ1UQ, VR2BG, XT2C, XU7ADI, YA/LY1Y, YL2KO, YV5EED, ZC4LI,
ZD9BCB, ZK1VVV, ZP8AE, ZS6CCY, ZS6UT.
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