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9 February 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 875
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A4 - Amateur radio operators in Oman have been granted permission to
operate on 30 metres and Chris, A45XR has been very active on that
band since 3 February. QSL to Chris Dabrowski, P.O. Box 2038, CPO
111, Oman ("I prefer IRCs", he says, "if there is something green in
envelope please use tape to seal it properly"). Bureau cards are all
right, but the A4 QSL bureau is "extremely slow". Do not send any
card via SP5EXA (Chris' home call, not his QSL manager). A log
search for A45XR's activity on 30 metres is up and running at
http://www.a45xr.spdxc.org/index.php
3D2 - A large group of members of the Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo Ham Club
will be DX vacationing on Fiji on 8-10 February. They plan to
operate on 160-6 metres as 3D2/JM1YGG. QSL via JM1YGG. [TNX N1DG]
3Y - Petrus, 3Y0E (www.3y0e.com) says he will break camp and go QRT from
Bouvet Island on 9 February. He has made over 1,400 QSOs, "a
remarkable achievement from one so new to amateur radio". QSL via
LZ3HI. [TNX ZS6DXB]
CE0 - Ralph, K0HML will be active as CE0Y/K0HML from Easter Island
(SA-001) on 13-20 February. His operating time will be limited and
he plans to be active on +/- 14183 and 3790 kHz around 00.00-1.00
UTC. QSL via hoem call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT3 - DK7YY, DL5AXX, DL5LYM and DL8WAA will be active as CT3/homecall from
Madeira (AF-014) on 12-18 February. QSL via home calls. They will
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as CT9L (QSL via DJ6QT). [TNX
NG3K]
CT3 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as CT3/DL3KWR
and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 6-20 March. They plan to
operate mostly CW and on 12, 17 and 30 metres. Hardy will try also
in RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests for bureau
cards can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de or dl3kwf@darc.de respectively.
Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWF]
FT - Gildas, TU5KG [425DXN 871] expects to be active as from FT5XR Port
aux Francais, Kerguelen on 15-16 February, while his fishing boat is
refuelling. Then he will be sailing in the Crozet area until around
15 March, when he will stop again at Port aux Francais before
heading back to Reunion. QSL via F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX F4EFI
and F6AJA]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JS6RRR (JI3DST) to operate as JS6RRR/6 from the
Okinawa Islands (AS-017) on 9-12 February. QSL via home call, bureau
only. [TNX JS6RRR]
JX - Svein, LA9JKA (JX9JKA) will be "very active" from Jan Mayen (EU-022)
from 27 March through 8 October. He plans to operate SSB and digital
modes on 160-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX LA9SN]
KP2 - Look for KP2/K3CT and KP2/K3TEJ (QSL via home calls) to be active
from the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 10-20 February. They will
emphasize 160, 30, 12 and 17 metres, and will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest as KP2M (QSL via AI4U). [TNX NG3K]
KP2 - Yuriy, N2TTA will be active as NP2/N2TTA from the US Virgin Islands
on 12-19 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
NP2S (QSL via W3HNK). [TNX NG3K]
PA - PA8A, PA3GLF and PA3GVI will be signing PG6G during the PACC Contest
on 9-10 February. They will be active on 160-10 metres CW and SSB.
QSL via PA3GVI, direct or bureau. [TNX PA3GVI]
PA - Ulf, DK5TX will be active as PA/DK5TX from Goeree Overflakkee
(EU-146) on 11-17 February. He will operate SSB, slow CW and RTTY on
80-10 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres. QSL via home call, bureau
preferred. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
PJ - W9RE, N5OT, W4OC and N4GG will operate as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire
(SA-006), Netherlands Antilles on 12-19 February. QSL via home
calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as PJ4M (QSL
via N4GG). [TNX NG3K]
PY - Joska, HA9RT reports he will be active as PT7/HA9RT from Praia das
Fontes, Ceara (Brazil) on 8-19 February. He plans to operate on
160-10 metres usign 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via home call.
T32 - Bill, N7OU and Bob, W7YAQ will be active as T32OU and T32YA from
Christmas Island (OC-024), Eastern Kiribati on 12-26 February,
including a M/S entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest as T32OU. They plan
to operate mainly CW, with some SSB and RTTY, on 160-10 metres,
using 100 watts and vertical antennas. QSL via home calls. [TNX
NG3K]
T6 - Sigfrido (aka 7Q7RS and 5H0RS) is now active as T6AB from
Afghanistan. QSL via IT9YVO.
TI9 - TI9K was expected to become active from Isla del Coco a few days
ago, but it has been delayed (not cancelled!) by a bureaucratic
hiccup. A new callsign (TI9KK) has been issued and the team was able
to leave for Cocos around 18 UTC on 6 February. Operations are
expected to start on the 8th and plans are to depart the island on
the 14th. QSL via EA2CRX. The website for the expedition is at
www.ti9.eu.com [TNX DJ7JC]
V3 - Art, NN7A will be active for the 7th time V31JZ/p from South Water
Caye (NA-180), Belize on 22-26 February. This will be a one-person
operation using battery and solar power for a 100 watt transceiver,
with vertical and wire antennas. Operation will be mostly CW on
40-10 metres, with some 80m and 160m. Some SSB on 20 and 15 metres
is possible, conditions permitting. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX NN7A]
VK9L - Willy, ON5AX and Magda, ON3AX will be active as VK9ALH from Lord
Howe Island (OC-004) on 23-30 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB
and PSK31. QSL via ON5AX. [TNX ON5AX]
VP2V - Steve, AK0M will be active as VP2V/AK0M from the British Virgin
Islands (NA-023) on 11-18 February, including an entry in the ARRL
DX CW Contest with the call VP2VES. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP6D - The VP6DX team set sail from Mangareva aboard the Braveheart on 5
February, and expected to reach Ducie (OC-182) at their daybreak on
the 8th, a day ahead of the nominal timeline. Once on the island,
the team will set up camps, stations and antennas; all the stations
are expected to start activity almost simultaneously on 10 or 11
February.
Announced frequencies are (* = QSX down):
CW SSB RTTY
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160m 1821.3 1843.3 -
80m 3502 3784 -
40m 7002 7099 -
30m 10104 - 10139*
20m 14002 14172 14089*
17m 18072 18165* -
15m 21002 21295 -
12m 24892 24987* -
10m 28002 28495 -
6m 50105 50105 -
QSL via DL6LAU, direct only - please visit www.vp6dx.com for
information on bureau cards and QSLling policy, as well as for
updates, on-line logs, operating information and much more.
VU - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active once again as VU2BMS from India
between 8 and 27 February. He plans to do some 2 metre EME WSJT from
grid locator MK80ea. [TNX The Daily DX]
XU - Bernd, DK7TF and Rudi, DK7PE will be active as XU7DLH from Cambodia
on until 14 February. Rudi will operate on 40, 80 and 160 metres.
For Japan he will transmit on 1821 kHz and receive on 1824,5 kHz;
for North America and Europe he might change his TX frequency to
1824,5 (QSX up 5) if needed, due to possible QRM on 1821 in NA.
Please let him now if he has to QSY. QSL via DK7TF. [TNX DL7MAE]
XU - John, 9M6XRO will operate CW, SSB and digital modes as XU7XRO from
Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 20-26 February. QSL via M5AAV, direct or
bureau. [TNX K1XN]
YN - Dmytro, AK2P reports he will be active as H7/AK2P and YN2G from
Nicaragua on 8-13 February. He plans to operate all modes and to
participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest. QSL via KC2ATG.
YN - Eric, K9GY will be active from Nicaragua on 14-18 February. He will
operate from the YN2N QTH (http://www.yn2n.com) and will participate
in the ARRL DX CW Contest as H7/K9GY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home
call. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
CARIBBEAN TRIP ---> Tadeusz/SP3IPB, Agnieszka/SQ3WN, Janusz/SP6IXF and
Przemek/SP7VC will be active as FS/homecalls from St. Martin (NA-105) on
14-16 February and as FJ/homecalls from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) on 17-26
February. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX SP6IXF]
CQ WW WPX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (9-10 February):
Call Category DXCC QSL via
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4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU
B4TB MS China BA4TB
D4C SOAB HP Cape Verde IZ4DPV
E21YDP SOAB Thailand E21YDP
EA8OM SOAB LP Canary Islands DJ1OJ
EF8M SOAB HP Canary Islands RX3DU
HI3C SO LP Dominican Republic ON4IQ
HI3T SOAB LP Dominican republic ON4IQ
NP3U M/2 Puerto Rico WP4U
OA4O M/S Peru OA4O
OH0Z SOAB Aland Islands W0MM
T77CD San Marino I0MWI
V31GW Belize DK9GG
V31TB Belize KT7G
XW1B SOAB Laos E21EIC
YN2G Nicaragua KC2ATG
YN2S SOAB Nicaragua W3HNK
ZF2XD SOAB LP Cayman Islands K3IXD
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqrjwpx2008.html - good contest to
you all!
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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 (January 2008) is now available at
http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).
HAM RADIO 2008 ---> The 33rd International Exibition for Radio Amateurs -
Europe's most important meeting for amateur radio enthusiasts - will take
place on 27-29 June at Friedrichshafen. As usual, there will be a big flea
market and commercial exhibitors, as well as many lectures and presentations.
Ham Radio 2008 will be combined with the 59th Bodensee Convention organized
by the DARC More information at http://www.darc.de/ausland/new/HR2008. [TNX
DL7RBI]
PROPAGATION REFLECTOR ---> Thomas Giella, KN4LF has founded a new radiowave
propagation e-mail reflector ("LF/MF/HF/VHF Frequency Radiowave Propagation")
for amateur radio operators and SWLs "to ask questions about and become
better educated concerning solar, space and geomagnetic weather, as well as
radiowave propagation". Thomas will also be posting his free "Daily
LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast" there. You can sign up
at http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/kn4lf [TNX KN4LF]
QSL GALLERY ---> A collection of 1900+ QSL cards van be found at to
http://www.dxqsl.110mb.com [TNX US7IID]
QSL PZ5RA ---> Ramon says his new mailing address is: Ramon A. Kaersenhout,
P.O. Box 745, Paramaribo, Suriname.
QSL TO5FJ ---> Paul, F6EXV says that he will start QSLlling within a couple
of weeks. Please note that French postal rates will increase effective 1
March, so you'd better mail your direct request now and refreain from using
SASEs. QSLling directions can be found at http://www.f6exv.org/
QSL VS9SJF ---> John, G3UCQ says he still has logbooks and cards for his
activity as VS9SJF from Socotra Island back in 1964-65. [TNX G3ZAY]
QSL VIA IK7JTF ---> Rino, IK7JTF says he still has logs and QSL cards for
5N9RGP, CN8SN, CN8VK, HZ1CCA, OD5PI, TT8AM and a few other stations (see
qrz.com under IK7JTF). The only valid address is Salvatore Borace, Via delle
Croste 6, 70010 Cellamare - BA, Italy.
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Gennaro Pellecchia
(I8ZPX), Larry W. Sossoman (K4CEB), Mike Clark (K5KZ), Per Oscar Lomeland
(LA8PF), John Cornwell (NC8V) and Leonid Sharapov (UA3DR).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7SP, 3B8/OH2YY, 3B8CF, 3C0M,
3C7Y, 3DA0WW, 3DA0ZO, 3W3W, 3X5A, 3XA8DX, 3Y0E, 4L1QX, 4S7EXG, 4W6GH, 5H3EE,
5H3VMB, 5J0A, 5R8RJ, 5R8VB, 5Z4/JK1FNL, 6W1SJ, 7Q7VB, 8P5A, 9G5OO, 9M6AAC,
9U0VB, 9U0X, 9Y4W, A61Q, A71EM, AH0V, AH2L, AH2R, AI4VU/HI3, AP2DHK, BA7IO,
BG7JQS, BU2AI, BY1TX/4, C52C, C6AKQ, C91R, CE0Y/OE2SNL, CE3/VE7SV, CT3FT,
D2NX, D60VB, DS5AAQ, DU3NXE, E4/OM2DX, E51A, E51MMM, E51NNN, E51QMA, E7/KX7M,
EL2AR, EL2DX, ES5TV, ET3JA, EU3AR, EU3DN, FM5LD, FR/OH2YY, FS5KA, FW0YL,
GM4KGK (EU-010), GU0SUP, H40MY, HK0/W0OR, HP4/W4JKC (NA-088), HR9/WQ7R,
HS0ZAR, HS0ZBS, HS0ZID, HS0ZIF, HV0A, HV50VR, HV5PUL, IC8OZM (EU-031), J20RR,
J28JA, J28OO, J39BS, J5X, J6/DL7AFS, J75/DK0RZ, J88DR, JD1BMH, JG7JSQ,
K6VVA/KL7, KC4AAA, KH0O, KH7S, KH7X, KL1V, KL7HBK, LX/PA2CW, LY2IJ, MM0SJH,
N4R, OA4/N6XQ, OA4WW, OD5NH, OH2K, OJ0B, OX/NA1SA, OX3KQ, OX3XR, OY3QN, PJ2T,
PJ4/PA0VDV, PY7XC (SA-072), PZ5RA, R7C/ANT, RA1QQ/P, RA1QY/1 (EU-133), S07X,
S79LL, S79UU, ST2R, SU9NC, SV9CVY, T32Z, T77C, T94CT, TA3/LZ1NK, TF3KX, TF4M,
TG9ADM, TG9AHM, TK/DL4FF, TN6X, TN9Z, TR8CA, UA0ANW, UA0SC, UE1RLH, UN7MMM,
UN7PBY, UP0L, V51AS, V51KC, V60DU, V60YAQ, V63DU, V8FDM, V8FWP, V8FWU,
VK9ANH, VK9WWI, VP2EDL, VP6TD, VP8DIZ, VP9/K7AR, VU7LD, XE1L, XU7MDY, YJ0ADX,
YO9WF, YW5AS (SA-051), ZC4LI, ZD7X, ZF2AH, ZL7/DL2AH, ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZP6CW,
ZS1JX.
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