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16 February 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 876
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5X - Nick, G3RWF will be active again as 5X1NH from Uganda from 23
February to 22 March. It will be a "largely holiday style
operation". QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
FR - Jean Mary, F8CHM will be active as FR5EZ from Reunion Island
(AF-016) between 22 February and 21 March. Expect activity on the HF
bands and 6 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]
I - Luigi, IV3LNQ reports he will operate again as IA3GM during the year
to commemorate Guglielmo Marconi and his ship "Elettra". QSL via
home call.
KH0 - Yu, 7K3BKY will operate as AI4GN/AH0 from Saipan (OC-086) on 17-21
February, including some limited activity during the ARRL DX CW
Contest. [TNX NG3K]
LY - Eleven LY90 special event stations will be active from 16 February
to 16 March to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the proclamation
of the Republic of Lithuania: LY90A (operated by LY2ZZ), LY90BFV
(LY2BFV), LY90BY (LY3BY), LY90CM (LY1CM), LY90FW (LY1FW), LY90M
(LY3M), LY90MM (LY2MM), LY90Q (LY4Q), LY90W (LY3W), LY90X (LY3X),
LY90Y (LY2CY). [TNX LY3X]
SM - Members of the Kungalv Radio Club (SK6NL) will be active as SF700BF
during the year to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Bohus
Fortress. QSL via SK6NL. Information on the relevant award can be
found at http://www.sk6nl.com [TNX SM6VVT]
SV9 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active from Crete from 25 February to 15 March.
He plans to operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres. QSL via home call.
[TNX AA1M]
UN - Rashad, 4J9M is still in Kazakhstan [425DXN 868] and has extended
his UN/4J9M licence through 23 April. QSL via DL7EDH. [TNX 4J9M]
V6 - Ian/K5ZM (V63ZM), Ted/K8AQM (V63TR) and Brian/KG8CO (V63OC) are
active from Pohnpei Island (OC-010), Micronesia until 25 February.
Look for them on CW, SSB, RTTY and maybe PSK31 on 10-160 metres, and
to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest, possibly as three single
band efforts. QSL all via K5ZM. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - The Mid Florida DX Association (http://www.w4fdx.com/) will operate
again as N2D ("Now 2 Dan", in memory of founder and first club
President Dan Manfre , W2NDP, who became a Silent Key in 2006) from
Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 23 February, Expect activity from 14
UTC until 21 UTC on 20 metres and possibly 15 and 17 metres. QSL via
N2MFT. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS8 - Petrus Kritzinger, ZS6GCM (3Y0E) went QRT from Bouvet Island at
19.15 UTC on 9 February. However, a new adventure from a rare and
remote DXCC location is just round the corner, as Petrus is expected
to spend one year on Marion island (AF-021). The arrangements are in
progress and a dedicated site is under construction. Further
information is expected in due course. [TNX ZS6DXB]
ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced
that the fifth Antarctic Activity Week will be held from 18 to 24 February.
The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the Antarctic
continent. Several special event callsigns from around the world are expected
to take part in this year's AAW. Participating stations (QSL via operator's
instructions) are announced from the following countries:
Austria OE3AGA/AAW, OE3AIS/AAW, OE3HM/AAW, OE3KKA/AAW, OE3RPB/AAW,
OE3SGA/AAW, OE3WWB/AAW
Bulgaria LZ05ANT
Canada VA2WAP, VA3AAO, VA3WAP, VA7AAW
England GB0ANT, GB4IPY
France TM5ICE, TM8ANT
Germany DA0ANT
Indonesia YB4IPY
Israel 4Z4DX/ANT
Italy IA0ANT, II1ANT, II2ANT, II2EFA, II3ANT, IO0ANT, IO2ANT, IO4WAP,
IP0ANT, IP0WAP, IR0ANT, IR1ANT, IR2WAP, IR6ANT, IR8PS, IR8WAP,
IU8ANT
Romania YQ2ANT
Russia RK3DSW/ANT, UE6ANT
Spain AO1WAP
Switzerland HB9ICE
USA K4A, N5T/ANT
Full information on the AAW can be found at http://www.waponline.it
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the
48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/intldx.html). The following stations
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 16
February through 24.00 UTC on the 17th):
Call DXCC QSL
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4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU
6Y1V Jamaica OH3RB
6Y5/VE4GV Jamaica VE4GV
C6AKQ Bahamas N4BP
C6AKU Bahamas K5WW
C6APG Bahamas K4PG
CO2WF Cuba N1KI
CO8TW Cuba HB9SVT
CT9L Madeira DJ6QT
CV5K Uruguay CX2ABC
D4C Cape Verde IZ4DPV
E51WWA South Cook Islands AD7AF
EE5E Spain K1DG
EA8OM Canary Islands DJ1OJ
EY8MM Tajikistan K1BV
GJ2A Jersey K2WR
GM7V Scotland M0CMK
H7/K9GY Nicaragua K9GY
HB0/N0MX Liechtenstein DJ2MX
IO4T Italy IZ4JMA
J7DX Dominica W9IU
JD1BLY Ogasawara JI5RPT
LX7I Luxembourg LX2A
NP2S US Virgin Islands W3HNK
PJ4? Neth. Antilles N4GG
PZ5WW Suriname K8DD
TM6M France F4DXW
V31WO Belize N7WO
V31YN Belize DJ4KW
V49A Nevis & St. Kitts V44NK
V63OC Micronesia K5ZM
V63TR Micronesia K5ZM
V63ZM Micronesia K5ZM
VP2VES British Virgin Isls AK0M
VP5/WJ2O Turks & Caicos Isl WJ2O
VP6DX Ducie Island DL6LAU
VP9/W6PH Bermuda W6PH
T32OU East Kiribati N7OU
XW1B Laos E21EIC
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2008.html - good contest to you
all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
E4/OM2DX Palestine 2007 Operation
J5C Guinea-Bissau 2008 Operation
VK9WWI Willis Island 2007 operation
YI9PT Iraq current operation
If you have had any cards rejected for these operations, send a note to
dxcc@arrl.org to have your DXCC record updated. [TNX NC1L]
QSL FJ/OH2AM ---> Due to a printing error on the front of the full-color
FJ/OH2AM card, the entire batch was rejected upon arrival in Finland. Another
batch of QSLs was printed, and the first cards were mailed on 11 February.
All direct requests should be out by 15 March, as the ARRL will start
processing St. Barthelemy cards on 1 April. [TNX OH2BN]
QSL VIA ON4RU ---> Mar, ON4RU can confirm contacts made only with 4L1MA,
SV9/ON4RU, YB1BAD and YE1AA. He is no longer the QSL manager for other
stations. [TNX K1XN and The Golsit]
TOP BAND DINNER ---> The Top Band Dinner at the Visalia DX Convention will
take place at the Holiday Inn Visalia on 25 April. Reservations on a first
come. first served basis must be received no later than 7 April or until sold
out. A Registration/Information form can be downloaded from
http://www.dxconvention.org/download/Top_Band_Dinner.pdf [TNX WB6RSE]
US POSTAGE RATES ---> Postage rates in the US will increase effective 12 May
as follows:
First-Class Mail letter (1 oz = 28 gr) $0.42
First-Class Mail letter (2 oz = 56 gr) $0.59
First-Class Mail International to Canada and Mexico (1 oz.) $0.72
First-Class Mail International to all other countries (1 oz.) $0.94
Complete rates can be found at www.usps.com/prices.
VP6DX ---> Operations from Ducie Island began at 5 UTC on 11 February, with a
little "cooking session" (1034 QSOs in four hours and a half) to check out
the stations and available antennas. Continuous operations began at 3 UTC on
12 February, with 10,000+ QSOs logged in the first 16 hours.
Please have a look at the frequency table on the website, as some of them
have been adjusted.
VP6DX will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest "in a limited fashion":
- Operators are likely to pick a frequency based on band conditions, so VP6DX
might not be found on the "normal" CW frequencies on 160, 80, 40, 20 15 and
10 metres
- They will answer ALL callers (USA/VE and others)
- They will not be chasing multipliers and will not be able to handle pass
requests
- Operations on non-contest bands/band segments will continue as they have
the last few days: split operations, with priority to difficult propagation
paths.
The Online Log now contains 47,534 QSOs with 14,398 unique callsigns (latest
update 6.14 UTC on 15 February), and the first QSO Statistics based on the
log database are now available. It could happen that not all QSOs are in the
database, because of difficulties in transferring the data from the island to
the server.
Bookmark www.vp6dx.com for complete details and regular updates.
WPX AWARD PROGRAMME: EXPANSION ---> CQ magazine and WPX Awards Manager Steve
Bolia, N8BJQ, have announced several changes to the WPX Award program in
response to feedback from program participants. The changes, effective
immediately, add new bands (60, 30, 17, 12, and 6 metres) and create a new
Digital WPX Award. Details on these and other changes will be published in
the March 2008 issue of CQ magazine and can be found on the CQ magazine
website at http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WPX_Award_Rules_Mar08221308.pdf
XR7W: ACCIDENT ---> The XR7W team experienced horrible weather conditions on
Wager Island (SA-053) They arrived around noon on 9 February and were forced
to leave some 24 hours later, after a dreadful stormy night spent trying to
operate, communicate with the Chilean Navy and fight against gale force winds
and pouring rain. "I had a last frenetic hour on 17m running EU at 5q/min
rates under a piece of plastic, hand keying on my knee and paperlogging until
the captain gave the final order to leave", Zoli, HA1AG says. XR7W went QRT
with some 2400 QSOs in the log.
Once on the mainland, the team had a serious car accident - their van
"slipped of the gravel road and hit a rock frontally and turned upside-down".
Zoli and his friends (Vlad/RV1CC, Marco/CE6TBN and Yuri/RA0FU) were
hospitalized at Coyhaique, were they were diagnosed with cuts, bruises and
several broken bones.
Their first priority at the moment "is to get out from Coyhaique", Zoli says.
Damages and additional costs are estimated in excess of 11,000 euros, and "if
you can and want to contribute to lessen these damages" please feel free to
contact Zoli (ha1ag@yahoo.com).
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2MD JN2AMD H7/NP3D W3HNK SV0XAO DJ5JH
3Z0DN SP4KIG HC1MD K8LJG T32OU N7OU
4M5RY EA5KB HG80HQ HA7PL T32YA W7YAQ
4S7CZG JA3CZY HG8C HA8EK T6AB IT9YVO
4S7RO DJ9ZB HH2FYD/6 F6FYD T77CD I0MWI
4U1UN HB9BOU HI3T ON4IQ T88HK JE6DND
5C5W EA5XX HK6F EA5KB T88HS JA6KYU
6W1SJ T93Y HK6K EA5KB T88SM JA6EGL
6W7RV F8CMT HZ1AN DJ9ZB TC2015EXPO TA3BN
6Y1LZ K1LZ HZ1IK DK7YY TC800NH TA1HZ
9M2GCN JH3GCN HZ1MD EA7FTR TI9KK EA1DR
9M2TO JA0DMV HZ1PS IZ8CLM TM4WRC F4ELU
9V1BY 7N4RHO HZ1ZH EA7FTR V26G N2ED
9X0W DK2WV J79IU W9IU V31GW DK9GG
9X0X DJ6SI J79KM WN9O V31TB KT7G
9X0Z DJ9ZB J79PC NF4A V31UZ VE3DZ
AT8ESP VU2JHM J79PN N4PN V31WO N7WO
AY0DX LU3DR J79WI WI9WI V31YN DJ4KW
B4TB BA4TB JD1BLY JI5RPT V47KP K2SB
C56JC ON4LAC JD1BMO JE1EKS V63ME 7N1RTO
C56YK ON7YK JW7QI LA7QI V63OC K5ZM
C6AGN W1DIG JW8AW LA8AW V63TR K5ZM
C6AKQ N4BP KH2/AB2ST JF1TEU V63ZM K5ZM
C6AKU K5WW KH2/KB3LTB JF1TEU V8AQM W3HNK
C6AMM K1CN KH2/KG6WTW JF1TEU VK1ANU JO2SLZ
C6APG K4PG KH6ZM I0MWI VK1BNN JA2BNN
CE1/K7CA NW7O KL7OU NI5DX VK1JMA JK2VOC
CM6CAC EA5KB LU2ZD LU4DXU VP2EMD WR2DX
CU2DX CU2AA NP3U WP4U VP6DX DL6LAU
D2NX JH7FQK OD5QB YO3FRI VQ5FOC W9VNE
D4C IZ4DPV OJ1ABOA OH2FFP XR7A HA1AG
DP0GVN DL5EBE OL600VB OK2JS XR7W HA1AG
DR0X DL2SD PC99ADT PI4APD XU7AAJ IW3SNW
DT0HH DS3FGV PG6G PA3GVI XU7DLH DK7TF
EA8OM DJ1OJ PJ2/N0YY K9JS XW1A E21EIC
EF8M RX3DU PW2M AI4U XW1B E21EIC
ES90B ES4BG PW2M PY2AA [a] YI1RAZ IK2DUW
ES90G ES1CW PZ5AY W5JAY YI9PT N4XP
ES90J ES1GE PZ5DD K8DD YI9TFZ KE3TW
ES90N ES4RD PZ5TX KB8TXZ YN2/EW1AR W3HNK
ES90Q ES5RY PZ5WW K8DD YN2G KC2ATG
ES90V ES6RMR R35NP RW1AI YN2S W3HNK
ES90Z ES0NW S21XF LA5YJ ZF2DS W3WKP
FK/JA8BMK JA8UWT S21ZDT SM4XIH ZF2XD K3IXD
FO/KH0PR JJ8DEN SF700BF SK6NL ZK2CC DL4RDJ
[a] PY stations
A45XR Chris Dabrowski, P.O. Box 2038, CPO 111, Oman
AI4U Jeffrey R. Folk, 233 North St, Lewisville, NC 27023, USA
DJ6SI Baldur Drobnica, Zedernweg 6, D-50127 Bergheim, Germany
DJ9ZB Franz Langner, P.O. Box 150, D-77950 Ettenheim, Germany
DK2WV Karl-Heinz Ilg, Max-Loew-Str. 15, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
DL6LAU Carsten Esch, Drosselweg 3, 21376 Salzhausen, Germany
F6FYD Yannick Delatouche, Route de Montsegur, 26230 Chamaret, France
HA1AG Pitman Zoli, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor 9024, Hungary
JJ8DEN Yoshitake Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido
080-0011, Japan
N4XP Tom Harrell, 2737 Shoal Creek Road, Monroe, GA 30656
PZ5RA Ramon A. Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 745, Paramaribo, Suriname
SM4XIH Markus Edholm, Ormhult, Rudlofsberg 150, S-69492 Hallsberg, Sweden
UA0SC Serge Filonenko, P.O. Box 3300, Bratsk-29, 665729 Russia
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