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12 January 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 871
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - Hans, DL7CM will be active again as 5H1CM from Zanzibar Island
(AF-032) on 13-24 January. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on
160-6 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. Further information, logsearch included, can be
found at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/5H1.htm [TNX NG3K]
7P - Filip/ON4AEO, Kath/ON7BK, Sid/ZS5AYC, Edwin/ZS5BBO, Adele/ZR6APT,
Lucas/ZS6ACT, Gert/ZS6GC and Tom, ZS6TMO will be active as 7P8FC
from Lesotho from 27 March to 1 April. They plan to operate SSB,
RTTY and PSK on 80-10 metres. QSL via ON4CJK, direct or bureau.
The website for the expedition is at http://www.7p8fc.be [TNX
ON4AEO]
8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active for the fourth time as 8Q7AK from
Embudu, Maldives (AS-013) from 21 January to 2 February. He plans
to operate mainly SSB with some CW on 40-12 metres, tipically
between 9-11 UTC, 14-16 UTC and 18-18.30 UTC. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX G7COD]
9X - On 11 January the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency issued an
amateur radio licence (9X0R) to Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM, and a
DXpedition is being planned to take place in a couple of months'
time. "RURA is trying to establish amateur radio rules in Rwanda
with the help of Peter, 9X5SP", Antonio says, and adds that "in a
few months ham radio activities will start to be more usual from
this country". Antonio and his team are grateful to RURA General
Director and Peter, 9X5SP for their help and cooperation, and
"happy and proud for our little contribution to the future of
amateur radio in Rwanda". Full details about the DXpedition will be
available at www.9x0r.com; questions and comments can be sent to
9x0r@9x0r.com
A6 - Special event station A60ISG will be active on 17-24 January for
the third international gathering on "Scouting and Humanitarian
Action" to be held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Look for
activity on 80-10 metres SSB and CW, plus digital modes. According
to Mohammad Darwish, A61M, this will be the first ever special
event callsign from the UAE. QSL via IZ8CLM. [TNX A61M and IZ8CLM]
EA_ssh - The Radio Club La Salle (EA3RKL) has been authorized to operate as
ED3RKL from the Spanish Antarctic base "Juan Carlos I" on
Livingston Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) until 17 January.
Activity is limited to the operator's spare time. [TNX F8AFC]
FO - Nicolas, F4CTS is currently active as FO3RX from Bora-Bora
(OC-067), French Polynesia. He operates SSB and digital modes (and
soon CW as well). QSL via F1NGP. [TNX F1NGP]
FO0 - According to the expedition's website (www.clipperton2008.org), the
QRV dates for TX5C [425DXN 857] from Clipperton Atoll are 7-17
March. A large team of operators from France, the US and Canada
will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. The Pilot Stations
will be Paul Peters/VE7BZ, Jean-Michel Duthilleul/F6AJA and Chris
Sauvageot/DL5NAM (e-mail addresses on the website). QSL via N7CQQ,
direct (P.O. Box 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89028, USA) or bureau. The
log will be uploaded to LoTW.
FT - Gildas, TU5KG has left for another fishing campaign in the Southern
Indian Ocean. His new callsigns are FT5XR (Kerguelen) and FT5WN
(Crozet). He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet areas, but
it is not clear if he will be able to land and operate from the
islands or if his activities will be limited to /MM operations. QSL
via F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX F4EFI]
JD - Look for JI5RPT (JD1BLY), JE1EKS (JD1BMO) and JM1WBB (JD1BMP) to be
active from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 13-28 February. They
plan to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres, with an
emphasis on the low bands CW. They will also focus on 2m EME
starting on 19 February. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
Further information, on-line logs included, can be found at
http://www.ji5rpt.com/ogasawara2008/ [TNX JI5RPT]
JW - Unni, LA6RHA will be active as JW6RHA on 18-24 January. Look for
her on 14248 MHz or down. This will be her 16th trip to Svalbard.
QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
JW - Look for Maria Teresa, JW/IN3TCH (RTTY) and Mauro, JW/IN3SAU (SSB)
from from the JW5E club station on Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard
from 26 January to 3 February. QSL via IN3SAU. [TNX IN3SAU]
KH2 - Look for TIARA (Tokyo International Amateur Radio Association)
members AB2ST/KH2, KB3LTB/KH2 and KG6WTW/KH2 to be active from Guam
(OC-026) on 15-17 February. QSL via JF1TEU, direct or bureau. [TNX
AB2ST]
LA - Five special event callsigns will be aired on 17-27 January for the
European Handball Championship (http://www.ehf-euro.com/) that will
take place in Norway: LM8EHC/1 (QSL via LA1B), LM8EHC/2 (QSL via
LA2D), LM8EHC/3 (QSL via LA2L), LM8EHC/4 (QSL via LA8D) and
LM8EHC/5 (QSL via LA2T). [TNX LA6ZFA]
S2 - Toby, SM4XDJ will be active as S21XJ from Dhaka, Bangladesh for a
few weeks starting on 1 February. He will operate SSB and digital
modes during his evening hours and the weekends. QSL via SM4XIH.
On-line logs will be available at http://fittest.nu [TNX SM4XIH]
SM - Six special event callsigns will be aired from Blekinge, Skane
(Scania) and Halland in southern Sweden at various times throughout
2008, to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Treaty of Roskilde
(26 February 1658), when those former Danish provinces were ceded
to Sweden. Expect activity from SB1658OZ (QSL via SK7JC), SC1658OZ
(QSL via SK7BQ), SH1658DK (QSL via SK6JX), SH1658OZ (QSL via
SK6KY), SK1658DK (QSL via SK7CE) and SK1658OZ (QSL via SK7BQ).
Complete information on the relevant "Roskilde 1658 Award",
sponsored by Kristianstads Radioamatorer (SK7BQ), can be found at
http://www.sk7bq.com/roskilde/index.php [TNX SK7BQ]
T8 - Mike/JA6EGL, Yu/JE6DND and Hiro/JA6KYU will be active as T88SM,
T88HK and T88HS from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 1-3 February. They
plan to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls
(direct only). [TNX JN6RZM]
TR - Roland, F8EN (TR8CR) operated as TR50R during the past few days.
The special callsign is to celebrate his Golden Jubilee with
amateur radio. Roland is expected to remain in Gabon until 12
January. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
V4 - Nick, G4FAL will be active from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 3-10 March,
including partecipation in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (8-9
March). His call is likely to be V4/G4FAL, and he plans to operate
mainly CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX
G4FAL]
VP8_fal - Dave, G1OCN (VP8CLE) and Carol, 2E1DQZ (VP8DKW) will be active from
different locations in the Falkland Islands (SA-002) between 19
January and 2 February. They plan to operate SSB on +/- 3740, 7055,
14335, 18150, 21360 and 28940 kHz, as well as FM on AO-51 and SO-50
satellites. QSL direct only (P.O. Box 2, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 4AP,
England, UK). [TNX G1OCN]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Dan, JA1PBV [425DXN 869] has operated as 3D2BV from the
Fiji Islands for the past few days. On 12 January he will return to the
Solomon Islands (H44V), and on the 19th he expects to move to Papua New
Guinea (P29SI, if he can have his call renewed) until the 26th. QSL via
JA1PBV. [TNX The Daily DX]
TRIP TO AFRICA ---> Peter, HA3AUI is going back to Africa. He will be active
in his spare time as either 6W2SC (from Senegal) and J5UAP (from
Guinea-Bissau) from 15 January until 15 April. QSL via HA3AUI, direct or
bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. Peter plans to operate digital modes
with some SSB. Bands in use will be 160-6m from 6W and 30-10m from J5. QSL
via HA3AUI, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX NG3K]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (December 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).
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
6E4LM Revillagigedo 2007 Operations
FJ/OH2AM Saint Barthelemy 2007 Operation
TN6X Republic of The Congo 2007 Operation
TN9Z Republic of The Congo 2007 Operation
TT8PK Chad 2007 and current 2008 Operations
XF4YK Revillagigedo 2007 Operations
XF4YW Revillagigedo 2007 Operations
YK9SV Syria 2007 Operation
DX SOUND CLIPS: Tom's (K8CX) DX sound clips for 2007 can be found at
http://hamgallery.com/dx2006/; the collection of 111 streaming Real Audio DX
clips covers all the major DXpeditions, plus rare and semi-rare DX.
FJ/OH2AM ---> The following announcement from the ARRL DXCC Desk is dated 11
January.
"This operation by OH2BH and OH0XX was conducted under CEPT Recommendation
T/R 61-01. This Recommendation makes it possible for radio amateurs from CEPT
countries (and certain non-CEPT countries) to operate in other CEPT countries
without obtaining an individual temporary license from the visited CEPT
country.
Complaints were received from several individuals. The main thrust of the
complaints is that the operators used a club call for which Laine is station
trustee, rather than their individual callsigns.
The intention of the operators in using a single callsign was to limit the
number of duplicate contacts. Many DXpeditions use club or special-issue
callsigns for this reason. The Recommendation makes no mention of club
callsigns but says that the visiting license holder 'must use his national
call sign preceded by the call sign prefix of the visited country'. Other
operations using club callsigns from French territory, including in the
Caribbean, have taken place under provisions of the Recommendation and have
been credited for DXCC.
Since the question was raised, checking with various CEPT administrations
and with the European Radiocommunication Office (ERO) has revealed different
views regarding the use of club callsigns under the Recommendation. The ERO
observes that the use of a club callsign could prevent an administration from
determining whether a particular operator is qualified and concludes, 'Club
members, including the holder of the club call sign, should use their
national personal call signs when abroad'.
In the case of FJ/OH2AM, the two operators clearly were qualified to
operate in St Barthelemy under the Recommendation. They utilized a call
authorized to them by their national authority. The purpose of a radio
station callsign is to identify the administration and the licensee
responsible for the operation of the station. The use of FJ/OH2AM rather than
FJ/OH2BH and FJ/OH0XX did not thwart this purpose".
HA-DX CONTEST ---> This years' HA-DX Contest (CW and SSB), sponsored by the
Hungarian Radio Amateur Society (MRASZ), will take place from 12 UTC on 19
January through 11.59 UTC on the 20th. Complete information can be found at
http://www.ha-dx.com [TNX HA1AH]
LOGS ---> The log search for Petrus, 3Y0E (Bouvet Island) is now available
on-line at http://3y0e.com/in-the-log/
LOGS ---> The log search for Freddy, FO5RU can be found at
http://www.f5cq.net/dxp/2007-FO5RU/searchlog_fo5ru.php. Freddy will remain
active until 21 January. QSL via F5CQ. [TNX F5NQL]
LOGS ---> On-line logs for the recent OC1I (SA-076) and OC6I (SA-098)
operations are now available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html
LOGS ---> On-line logs for the current TO5FJ operation are now available at
http://www.f6exv.org/LOG_ONLINE/
MARS QSL BUREAU ---> N. Khosbayar, JT1CD reports that the the Mongolian Radio
Sport Federation's (MRSF) QSL bureau does not work any longer. Cards should
be sent to the Mongolian Amateur Radio Society (MARS), QSL Bureau, P.O. Box
830, Ulaanbaatar-24, Mongolia.
MARS was established on 18 November 2006. "Once all licensed amateur radio
operators of Mongolia have switched their membership from MRSF to MARS",
JT1CD said one year ago [425DXN 818], "we hope that we can change the name
and keep IARU membership. MARS will continue to pay its due to IARU and the
QSL bureau will be working permanently in the future".
QSL UK8OM ---> Effective 1 January, the QSL route has changed and IK2QPR is
no longer the QSL manager for UK8OM. Cards should be sent direct to Mike
Mejlumov, Kholkhanova 2, Namangan, 160133, Uzbekistan. [TNX UK8OM]
QSL VIA 9A2AA ---> Ivo, 9A3A reports that any of the following operations of
his can be confirmed either via 9A2AA, direct (Tom Dugec, P.O. Box 255, 21001
Split, Croatia) or bureau, or direct to Ivo's current address (Ivo Pezer, c/o
UNLB, Piazza Del Vento, 72100 Brindisi - BR, Italy):
4V2A Port-au-Prince, Haiti 26-27 Oct, 23-24 Nov 1996,
29-30 March 1997, 25 May 1997
4X/YU4OO Jerusalem, Israel 13 Oct 1990-08 Jan 1991
5B0A Nicosia, Cyprus 26-27 March 1994
5B4ADA Nicosia, Cyprus 04 July 1991-30 Nov 2002
5B4ADA/HH2 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 03 Aug 1995-11 Aug 1996
5Z4/9A3A Nairobi, Kenya 02 Feb 2007-15 April 2007
9A3A/4U Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UNMIH) 22 Jan-28 July 1996
9L1ADA Freetown, Sierra Leone 16 Oct-01 Nov 2004
C41A Nicosia, Cyprus 27-28 Nov 1993
C42A Nicosia, Cyprus 23-24 Nov 1991
C43A Nicosia, Cyprus 14-15 Aug 1993
C46A Nicosia, Cyprus 28-29 Mar 1998, 30-31 May 1998
C47A Nicosia, Cyprus 13-14 Aug and 10-11 Sept 1994
C48A Nicosia, Cyprus 28-29 May 1994, 09-10 July 1994
C4A Nicosia, Cyprus 25 Oct 1997- 27 Oct 2002
H20A Nicosia, Cyprus CQ WW 1994
H21A Nicosia, Cyprus 24-25 Oct, 28-29 Nov 1992
H28A Nicosia, Cyprus 29-30 May 1993
HH2AW Port-au-Prince, Haiti 26 Feb 1995-07 Jun 1997
HR0CRACH Tegucigalpa, Honduras May-June 1990
I7/9A3A Brindisi, Italy 25 Oct 2003-present
P30ADA Nicosia, Cyprus 26 July-31 Dec 1992
P31A Nicosia, Cyprus 30-31 May 1992
P34A Nicosia, Cyprus 25-26 May 1991
P39ADA Nicosia, Cyprus 1993
T93A/4U Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UNMIH) 28 Jan-04 Aug 1995
YU4OO/4U Amman, Jordan (UNLO) 13 Aug-01 Sept 1990
YU4OO/5B4 Nicosia, Cyprus 12 Feb-04 July 1991
YU4OO/HR1 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 26-27 May 1990
SFDXA ---> The South Florida DX Association elected the following officers
and directors for 2008: Ray Smolensky, N4RU (President); Norm Alexander, W4QN
(Vice-President); Gil Gillingham, W1RG (Secretary); Bill Marx, W2CQ
(Treasurer); Don Search, W3AZD (Director); Rich Pratt, N4XF (Director); Steve
Morao, W4DTA (Director); Pete Rimmel, N8PR (Director). [TNX W4DN]
VE POSTAL RATES ---> Canadian international postal rates will rise on 14
January. The new rate to the USA will be CAD (Canadian Dollar) 0.96 and
elsewhere in the world CAD 1.60. Both rates cover up to 30 grams. Sales tax
is also charged by the Canadian post office on stamps which means that, at
the current rate of exchange of approximate par with the US Dollar, USD 1 is
now insufficient for mail to the USA (USD 2 have been required to cover
return postage for international mail for some time). [TNX VE3ZZ]
YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS ---> The Directors of The Yasme Foundation are
pleased to announce the establishment of the Yasme Excellence Awards. These
awards will be given from time to time as the board feels appropriate.
The awards are categorized roughly in accord with FCC (USA) "Basis and
Purpose" for amateur radio as consistent with the foundation's purposes and
expertise. Those areas of amateur service include noncommercial
communications service, advancement of the technical and operating arts,
technical training and international goodwill.
There is no application for these awards, but suggestions regarding deserving
individuals will be considered. Each prize consists of a plaque and a
monetary award. Suggestions of worthy recipients may be sent to the address
shown on the Foundation's Web site (www.yasme.org).
This year's awards total USD 8,000. The winners for 2007 have been selected
and will be announced at the end of next week. [TNX N7NG]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/AI5P, 3B7C (AF-015), 3C7Y
(AF-010), 3D2VB, 3X5A, 3XD2Z, 3XM6JR, 4L4WW, 4O3DX, 5B4NC/p, 5B4NC/p, 5H3VMB,
5L2MS, 5U5U, 5W0RE, 5X1VB, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 6W1SJ, 7Q7VB, 8P6EX, 8R1AK/p (SA-068),
9J2VB, 9U0A, 9U0VB, 9X0VB, A52UR, A61AD, A92GT, AL7R, B1Z, BD1BYV, BD4QO,
BX5AA, C4M, C6APR (NA-113), C6ATA, C91KDJ, C91VB, CO2WF, CO6RD, CO6XN, CU1CB,
CU6X (EU-175),CX7CO, D20VB, D44AC, D60VB, EE5E, EK6LP, ER4DX, ES5QX, ET3AA,
ET3JA, EX2M, EY8MM, FG/DL5CF, FM/JE1JKL/P, FM5BH, FM5FJ, FM5WD, FR5ZL, FS5KA,
GB2MGY, GJ6YB, H40MY, HC8N, HI3A, HP3/K1YJ, HQ9R, HS0AC, HS0ZR, IS0T, J20VB,
J38AA, J3A, J88DR, JD1BMM, JY4NE, K6VVA/KL7 (NA-041), KA3UNQ/p, KH0O, KH7XS,
KL7OU, KP2/K3TEJ, KP2/K3VA, KP2M, LA6YEA, M8C (EU-011), NP4A, NP4Z,
OD5/F5PTM, OX3XR, OY/PA0VHA, P29VCX, P29VLR, P29NI, PJ2/K8ND, PJ5NA, R1FJT,
R7HQ, RA0CL, RL3A, RV9FQ, S59Z, SO1EKO, T88IW, TF3CW, TI5/WA4PGM, TI5N,
TK/F5OAM, TX4AQ, TX5NK, TY5ZR, TZ6DX, UA0JQ, UA0SC, UU7J, V26K, V31DF, V36M,
V8BDS, VE1OTA (NA-127), VE1OTA/9 (NA-014), VE1OTA/9 (NA-068), VK6CHI,
VK6YS/p, VK9CCC, VK9WWI, VP5/WA2VYA, VP8CXV, VP8DKY, VP8KF, VP8LP, W8XGI/KH2,
WH2D, WP3C, XU7MDY, YI9KT, YL2KO, YL2SM, YW5AS (SA-051), Z2/UA4HWX, Z29KM,
ZC4LI, ZF1A, ZF2AH, ZF2BO, ZF2H, ZL1BYZ, ZP5AA, ZS9X, ZX5J.
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