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24 November 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 864
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3X - 3X5A is the new callsign the VooDoo Contest Group will be using
during the CQ WW DX CW Contest [425DXN 861]. QSL via G3SXW. Their
website is at http://www.voodoocontestgroup.com/
E4 - Mike/OM2DX, Steve/OM3JW, Rudi/OM3PC and Miro/OM5RW will be active as
E4/OM2DX from Palestine on 14-22 December. They plan to operate CW,
SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres with two stations. QSL via OM3JW.
On-line log and other information will be available at
http://www.om2dx.com [TNX OM3JW]
F - A number of special stations will be activated for the 21st annual
Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular
Dystrophy Association that will take place on 7-8 December. Expect
activity from TM8T (26 November-9 December) and TM4AFM (8-9
December) among the others. [TNX F8REF]
FK - Sam, FK8DD reports he will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
TX3SAM. He will be running 85 watts from the Maritime Communication
Center of Noumearadio/FJP, New Caledonia. QSL via LZ1JZ.
HS - Special event callsign HS80A will be aired all day on 1 December
(local time) to celebrate the 80th birthday of His Majesty the King
of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej (HS1A). [TNX HS0ZCW]
LU - The Radio Club Ushuaia (LU8XW) will be active as AY7X from Isla
Grande de Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) from 30 November to 2 December.
They plan to operate CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres. QSL via WD9EWK. [TNX K1XN]
OA - Jorge/OA4BHY, Daniel/DL5YWM, Rene/DL2JRM and Bodo/DL3OCH will be
operate CW and SSB from two rare IOTA groups between late December
and early January:
28-30 December OC6I Isla Blanca SA-098
02-07 January OC1I Isla Lobos de Tierra SA-076
On 8-12 January (possibly also on 26-27 December) OA4/DL5YWM,
OA4/DL3OCH, OA4/DL2JRM will operate from OA4O, the Radioclub
Peruano's club station in Lima. They plan to be active on the HF
bands and - for the first time from Peru - on 23cm EME. QSL OC6I and
OC1I via DL5WM (direct or bureau), others via home call. Please note
that the postage from Germany to Europe is EUR 0.70 (USD 1.10), for
destinations outside Europe it is 1.70 EUR (USD 2.60). Further
infromation, including log-search and how to get a sked on EME, can
be foud at either http://www.qslnet.de/oc1i and
http://www.qslnet.de/oc6i [TNX DL5YWM]
P4 - Ken, K6TA (P40TA) and Kay, K6KO (P40K) will operate from Aruba
(SA-036) from 28 November to 18 December. This will include entries
in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (30 November-2 December, P40TA) and
the ARRL 10 Meter Contest (8-9 December, P40K). QSL both callsigns
via WM6A. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX and NG3K]
VU - A number of special callsigns (AU1JCB, AU2JCB, AU4JCB, AU7JCB,
AU8JCB, AU9JCB and AT0JCB) will be aired on SSB and CW from 25
November to 2 December to celebrate the birthdate of Indian
physicist of Jagadish Chandra Bose. QSL via VU2SMN (direct only).
Further information at http://au9jcb.angelfire.com/ [TNX The Daily
DX]
XF4 - Pepe, XE1J reports that the XF4 operators landed on Clarion Island
(NA-115) around 5 UTC on 21 November. The trip between the Navy ship
and the beach was very difficult, and the team lost several runs of
coax. They had to fight against the wind and the darkness, but
eventually, around 1 a.m. local time (6 UTC), they were able to
install one antenna. However, after several CQs and no QSOs, the
Mexican Navy ordered the operators back to the ship. The team now
expects to reach Socorro Island (NA-030) around 15 UTC on 24
November. Another attempt at operating from Clarion might be
possibile when the next ship makes the same trip to supply food and
fuel to the islands. Bookmark http://www.6e4lm.xedx.org/ for
updates. [TNX XE2K]
YB - Adhi, YB3MM expected to depart on 22 November for Karimunjawa Island
(OC-186), where he will be active during the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
YB - Special event call YE2IPY will be aired on all bands and modes until
November 2008 to celebrate the International Polar Year 2007-08. QSL
direct to YB2TJV. [TNX YB2TJV]
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (24-25 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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05 OH1VR/VP9 SOSB 20m LP Bermuda OH1VR
05 VP9/OH3SR SO Bermuda
05 VP9I SOSB 20m LP Bermuda
06 6H1AY SO Mexico XE1AY
07 5J0A M/S San Andres W0JAR
07 H7/K9NW SOAB LP Nicaragua K9NW
07 HQ9R SOAB LP Honduras K5WW
07 HR2DMR SOSB 160m LP Honduras HR2DMR
07 TI5N M/? Costa Rica W3HNK
07 YS/K9GY SOAB LP El Salvador K9GY
07 V31DF SOAB HP Belize WJ2O
08 6Y1V M/S Jamaica OH3RB
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
08 C6AGY SOAB or SOSB 15m Bahamas ND6S
08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F
08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 C6ATA SOSB 40m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 CO2WF SOSB 40m LP Cuba N1KI
08 CO6LP SOSB 80m LP Cuba CO6LP
08 CO8TW SOSB 20m LP Cuba HB9SVT
08 FM5BH SOAB HP Martinique W3HNK
08 FS/N3DXX M/2 Saint Martin KN5H
08 HI3A M/2 Dominican Republic ON4IQ
08 J3A M/? Grenada WA1S
08 J75W SOSB 40m Dominica WQ5W
08 J88DR SOAB St. Vincent G3TBK
08 KP2M M/2 US Virgin Islands AI4U
08 NP4Z SOAB HP Puerto Rico WC4E
08 PJ5NA SOAB St. Eustatius K1NA
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B
08 V47NT SOAB HP St. Kitts & Nevis W2RQ
08 VP2EDL Anguilla DL5CW
08 VP5W M/2 Turks & Caicos Isls W7TSQ
08 WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK
08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Islands W5ASP
09 9Y4AA SOAB Trinidad & Tobago VE3HO
09 FY5FY SOAB QRP French Guiana FY5FY
09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM
09 P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y
09 PJ2T M/2 Netherlands Antilles N9AG
09 PJ4A M/S Bonaire K4BAI
10 HC1HC SOAB Ecuador NE8Z
10 HC8N M/? Galapagos W5UE
11 PQ8KL Brazil PY4KL
11 ZP0R Paraguay IK1PMR
13 CW6V SOAB Uruguay W3HNK
13 LU8YE M/S Argentina
14 5P3WW M/2 Denmark DL1YAW
14 AM5R M/2 Spain EA4RCH
14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH
14 EI7JW SO Ireland OK1TN
14 GJ2A M/? Jersey K2WR or GJ3DVC
14 LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA
14 LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A
14 MZ5B SO Scotland (Shetland) G3TXF
14 OZ5E M/2 Denmark DL1HCM
14 TM2S M/S France F5PED
14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA
14 ZB2X SO Gibraltar OH2KI
15 IS0/K7QB SOAB Sardinia IN3QBR
15 IS0N SOSB 40m (?) Sardinia OK1MG
15 OG0Z SOSB 10m Aland Islands W0MM
15 OH0B SOSB 20m Aland Islands OH2BH
15 OH0M SOSB 160m Aland Islands OH1MM
15 OH0R SOSB 80m Aland Islands OH2PM
15 OH0Z SOSB 15m Aland Islands W0MM
15 T93J M/2 Bosnia-Herzegovina
15 Z37M M/2 Macedonia Z37M
16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK
16 UA3R M/S European Russia RN3RQ
16 ER0WW SOAB Moldova UT3UA
17 EY8MM SOSB 160m HP Tajikistan K1BV
17 RK9AWN M/S Asiatic Russia
20 4X6O M/S Israel
20 5B4AII SOAB HP Cyprus RW3RN
20 J49XF SOAB Crete G3URA
20 SV9CVY SOAB HP Crete SV9CVY
20 TA2RC SOSB 160m LP Turkey TA2RC
20 TC3A SOSB 40m Turkey (Asia) LZ1NK
21 4K8F SO Azerbaijan 4K8F
21 4L0A SOAB Georgia UU4JMG
21 HZ1EX SOAB Saudi Arabia SM0BYD
22 S2ZJO SO Bangladesh HS0ZGD
22 VU2PTT SOAB LP India VU2PTT
26 HS0ZAR SOAB Thailand K3ZO
26 HS8KAY SOSB 20m LP Thailand HS8KAY
26 XU7MWA SO HP Cambodia KM0O
26 XW1A SO Laos E21EIC
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 KG6DX SOAB HP Guam KG6DX
27 KH2/JL3RCU Guam JL3RCU
27 KH2/K2JA Guam JL3SIK
27 KH2/KI6MHU Guam JI3DNN
27 KH2/N3MU Guam JA3CEK
27 T88FY SOAB Palau JK2VOC
27 T88RJ SO Palau JJ1RJR
27 T88WV SOAB Palau OH7WV
28 9M2CNC SOAB West Malaysia G4ZFE
28 9M6AAC SOAB LP East Malaysia N2OO
28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR
29 VK9AA Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR
30 VK4AHY M/? Australia JA1OZK
31 AH6XX M/? Hawaii K2WR
31 V73NS SOAB Marshall Islands V73NS
32 A35MT SO Tonga VK2CCC
32 A35RK SOSB 15m Tonga W7TSQ
32 E51MMM M/2 South Cook Islands K5KG
32 TX3SAM SO New Caledonia LZ1JZ
32 ZL4LW SOSB 40m New Zealand G4EDG
33 CN2AW SOSB 20m Morocco RV1AW
33 CN2FB SOSB 80m Morocco DK4VW
33 CN2FF SOSB 160m Morocco DK4VW
33 CN2R SOSB 160m Morocco W7EJ
33 CN3A SOAB HP Morocco I2WIJ
33 CT3NT SOAB Madeira CT1BOH
33 CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT
33 ED8A M/? Canary Islands
33 EF8M M/2 Canary Islands RX3DU
33 IH9M SOSB 80m (African) Italy IK7JWY
33 IH9R SOSB 40m (African) Italy IZ1GAR
33 IH9U SOSB 15m (African) Italy I1NVU
36 ZD7X SO LP St. Helena W0MM
35 3X5A M/M Guinea G3SXW
35 6V7D SOAB Senegal KQ1F
35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE
35 6W1SJ SOSB 40m LP Senegal T93Y
35 9G5XA SOSB Ghana G3SWH
35 D4C M/2 Cape Verde IZ4DPV
36 D2NX SO LP Angola JH7FQK
37 5X1NH SO LP Uganda G3RWF
37 C91KDJ SO Mozambique W5KDJ
38 3DA0ZO SOAB Swaziland OH0XX
38 V5/DJ4SO Namibia
38 ZS1FZ M/S South Africa DL6QW
39 S79AB Seychelles UA3DX
39 S79UU Seychelles UA3DX
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2007.html - good contest to you
all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide
to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (full rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/160-meters.html). This year's event
will run from 22.00 UTC on 30 November through 16.00 UTC on 2 December. Do
not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2007.html.
BS7H ---> The BS7H team is happy to announce all BS7H logs have been uploaded
to the LoTW. Any questions about a missing QSO should be addressed to to
KU9C at BS7H2007@yahoo.com [TNX N1DG]
CQ WW DX CW ---> Colin, MM0NDX has collected a list of the websites for a
number of participating stations in this year's CQWW CW. It can be found at
http://hamspirit.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/cqww-cw-callsign-websites/
LOGS: The on-line log for FK/JA1NLX is now available at
http://logsearch.de/
MIDWAY ISLAND ---> Pete Leary, KC0END is currently working on Midway (but he
is not active on the amateur radio bands) and reports that "there are plans
in the works to get a ham group out here next summer or fall if it gets
approved". A couple of groups "are already on the waiting list to get out
here", but, "since this is a national monument and wildlife refuge, a
compatibility study has to be done to determine the effect on birds". Read
the details at http://hamspirit.wordpress.com/ [TNX MM0NDX]
OH CONTEST/DX MEETING ---> The 13th annual Contest & DX Meeting, organized
by the Contest Club Finland and the OH DX Foundation, will be held aboard the
Viking Line M/S Gabriella on 18-20 January 2008. The ship will travel from
Finland to the Aland Islands to Sweden and back. Further information, prices
and on-line registration form are available at
http://www.contestclubfinland.com/ (bookings should be made no later than 28
December). [TNX OH2IW]
PROPAGATION FORECAST ---> Thomas Giella, KN4LF is a retired meteorologist and
space plasma physicist, with 31 years combined experience. He produces a
comprehensive and professional radiowave propagation forecast for LF, MF, HF
and 6 metre frequencies; it is published every Friday morning UTC via an
email based mailing list and covers a seven day period. Complete informaton
can be found at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm
QSL J20MM & J20RR ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that all e-mail requests for
bureau cards for J20MM and J20RR received as of the end of October have been
processed and the QSLs (more than 1200) have been sent via the Italian QSL
bureau. All direct requests received as of 15 November have been processed
and mailed. Please visit http://www.i2ysb.com or e-mail i2ysb@i2ysb.com for
further information.
QSL ZL7/SP5EAQ ---> Jacek, SP5EAQ reports that all of the direct requests
received so far have been processed and mailed. Please note that 1 USD does
not cover priority mail postage even for European destinations (and "surface
mail is slow and unreliable", he adds).
SA-027 ---> Bone, PP5VX should like to remind IOTA chasers that he is the
only permanent resident on Sao Francisco do Sul (SA-027).
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/OH2YY OH2YY EA8OM DJ1OJ P40Y AE6Y
3B8/SM7DKF SM7DKF EG8FDA EA8NQ PC6REC PA9DX
3DA0ZO HP1WW (a) EI7JW OK1TN PJ4/K4BAI K4BAI
3DA0ZO OH0XX (b) EP3PK IK2DUW PJ4/K5OT K4BAI
3V2A YT1AD FK/JA1NLX JA1NLX PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
3W2TXR JA2TXR FK8DD LZ1JZ PJ4/KZ5D K4BAI
3X5A G3SXW FK8GM WB2RAJ PJ5NA K1NA
4K9W DL6KVA FK8GX W3HNK PY0FF W9VA
4L1FL 4Z5CU FM5CD F5VU PZ5X K5UN
4L1FP LZ1OT FO5RU F5CQ R35NP RW1AI
4L8A DJ1CW FP5CJ VE2FB R450KB UA6XT
5B8AD W3HNK FR/OH2YY OH2YY R450W RZ9WWH
5C5W EA5XX FR7BB pirate R450WA RW9WA
5K3MK HK3JJH GB6GW GW0TKX R450WB RV9WB
5P3WW DL1YAW GX4KPT M0DOL R450WZA RZ9WZA
5P7F OZ7FOC H7/K9NW K9NW RN9S RN9SXX
5Q0PI OZ6PI HA50KNA HA3KNA S2ZJO LA7JO
5V7BR F2VX HC2SL EA5KB S79AB UA3DX
5W1SA JH7OHF HF60KAB SP5KAB S79UU UA3DX
5X1AB K6EID HF80KKK SP9PKZ SB300L SM7CRW
5X1GS WB2YQH HH2SW W3HNK SU8BHI HA3JB
5X1NH G3RWF HI3FCG ON4IQ T88RJ JJ1RJR
6L0OX HL0NHQ HI9CF DL4NCF T88SE JR8VSE
6L0XP 6K5AYC HK0/K3WT K3WT TM0TMM F5TFI
6V7D KQ1F HK0/N0AT N0AT TM8CRI F6KVP
6V7H KQ1F HK0/N0STL N0STL TM8IRC F6KVP
6W1RW F6BEE HK0/W0OR W0OR TR8CA F6CBC
6W1SJ T93Y HS0AC HS0ZFZ TU0PAX TU2CI
7S100ALA SK7CN HS0ZAR K3ZO V26K AA3B
8P2K KU9C HS0ZEA OE2REL V5/DJ4SO DJ4SO
8P9JG NN1N HV50VR IW0GPN V55SRT IZ8EDJ
9A60K 9A7K HZ1AM EA7FTR V63CP JH1BLP
9G1YK PA3ERA HZ1AN DJ9ZB V63CV JP1WDM
9G5XA G3SWH J28OO K2PF V8FDM GM4FDM
9G5ZZ DL1CW J3/DF8AN DF8AN V8FWP PA7FM
9H3HH DJ9RR J3/DL5AXX DL5AXX V8FWU F5CWU
9J2CA G3SWH J3/N2GA N2GA VE8DX/2 VE3FDX
9M2/PG5M/6 PG5M J3/S50R S50R VK9CCC DJ8NK
9Y4AA VE3HO J3/W2LK W2LK VP2MFO K9CS
9Y4W DL4MDO J37LR VE3EBN VP2MNR K9CS
A35MT VK2CCC J38AA WA1S VP2MSC K9CS
A92GT EA7FTR J75W WQ5W VP5/K7LAZ K7LAZ
A92HB GM6TVR JT1LZ K1LZ VP5/K7WA K7WA
AP2TN DJ9ZB KH0ABT 7L1FPU VP5/VE7XF VE7XF
BY7KP BD7IFJ KH0AC K7ZA VP5/W7VV W7VV
C31CT EA3QS KH0O JA2FJP VP8CXV GM0TQJ
C6AGY ND6S KH2/JL3RCU JL3RCU VP8DKY G0UPG
C6AKX WA4WTG KH2/K2JA JL3SIK VU3DJQ EA7FTR
C6ALP W8QT KH2/KI3DNN JI3DNN WH2D K3UOC
C6AQQ ND3F KH2/N3MU JA3CEK XT2SE IK3GES
C6ARR WA4WTG KH6/I0TWA I0MWI XU7BUM F6CXJ
C6ATA WA4WTG KP2/K3TEJ K3TEJ XU7TZG ON7PP
C91KDJ W5KDJ KP2/K3VA K3VA XW1B E21EIC
CE0Y/OE2SNL OE2SNL KP2M AI4M YE2IPY YB2TJV
CN2AW RV1AW LX2007D LX1KC YI9JK NI5DX
CN8YZ EA7FTR LX2007G LX1KC YI9MI AD7MI
CO6DW EA5KB LX2007L LX1KC YI9VFF N5VFF
CO7EH AD4C LZ50DX LZ1AF YK9SV SV1JG
CP4BT EA5KB MD/DL3KWF DL3KWF YN2N TI2OHL
CU1CB EA5KB MD/DL3KWR DL3KWR YV5SSB IT9DAA
CW2C IK1PMR OF4NSG OH3WS ZB2X OH2KI
E51MMM K5KG OL60JOW OK2PO ZF2PI K5PI
E51NNN K5KG OL60OZL OK2PO ZL4LW G4EDG
E51TLA OZ6TL OX3XR OZ3PZ ZP6/IZ1GLO IK1PMR
(a) direct (b) bureau
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3DA0TM Andy Cory, P.O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland
GM6TVR John Black, Solway View, Carlisle Road, Annan, DG12 6QX, United
Kingdom
HP1WW Olli Rissanen, Apartado 0860-00432, Villa Lucre, Panama, Panama
HS0ZGD Stig Lindblom, Thatsana Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban
Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Responsabile Tecnologia Informatica,
Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4,
00120 Citta' del Vaticano
JA1NLX Akira Yoshida, 1238-23, Kogasaka, Machida-city, Tokyo 194-0014, Japan
JH7OHF Katsu Ono, 15-10 Gamokotobuki, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-0836, Japan
PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands
TU2CI Association Des Radio-Amateurs Ivoiriens, P.O.Box 2946, Abidjan 01,
Cote d'Ivoire
VE3FDX Ken Kovalenko, 2314-565 Sherbourne St.,Toronto, ON M4X 1W7, Canada
VK2CCC Tomas Magyla, 26 Simon Place, Hornsby Heights, NSW-2077, Australia
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