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27 September 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 908
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6W - The Senegalese ADRASEC Amateur Radio Club (6W7PCT,
http://www.senrasec.org/) will be active as 6V7SPACE during the
World Space Week (http://www.worldspaceweek.org/) on 4-10 October.
[TNX F5NQL]
BY - David, BA4DW will operate holiday style as BA4DW/5 from Dongtou
Island (AS-141) between 30 September and 4 October. QSL via home
call (David Yujian Zhou, 703-5-241 XinGuang Road, Shanghai,
200080, China). [TNX BA4DW]
DU - Vincent, VR2/F4BKV will be active as DU6/F4BKV from Boracay Island
(OC-129), Philippines on 1-6 October. He plans to operate holiday
style on SSB and PSK31, with 100 watts into a dipole for 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via F4BKV, direct or bureau. He will
upload his log to LoTW.
EY - Philippe, F4EGS will be active as EY8/F4EGS from Dushanbe,
Tajikistan between 26 September and 26 November. He will operate
in his spare time on 40-10 metres SSB, RTTY, PSK et CW, using 100
watts into a vertical. [TNX F8REF]
FO_mar - While Uli/DL2AH (ZK3AH) will remain on Tokelau until around the
end of September, Manfred/DJ7RJ (ZK3MW) went QRT on 18 September.
He is now going to the Marquesas Islands (OC-027), where he should
stay for three weeks. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
The Daily DX]
GM - The Middlesex DX Group (M0MDG) will be active from the Isle of
Arran (EU-123) on 4-10 October as either GB2MDG and (for SOTA
operations) MS0MDG/p. QSL via 2E0VAG, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
HL - DS1MRF, DS1NPP, DS4NMJ , DS5EVU, DS5LRJ and 6K5TET will be active
as DT0HH/2 from Yonghung Island (AS-105) from around 6 UTC on 3
October through around 6 UTC on the 5th. They plan to operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-6 metres. QSL via DS3FGV. [TNX DS4NMJ]
HL - HL5BMX, 6K5AQY, 6K5AYC and 6K5BHZ will be active as 6M0W/4 from
Paegya Island (AS-060) on 3-5 October. QSL via HL5BMX, direct or
bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
I - Special event callsign II2VEM is being aired until 28 September
for the Road Cycling World Championships that are taking place in
Varese. QSL direct (ARI Varese, P.O. Box 26, 21100 Varese - VA,
Italy) or bureau. [TNX I2RGV]
I - Members of ARI San Dona di Piave will be active as IL3T from
Torcello Island (EU-131, IIA VE-011) between 1 and 31 October. QSL
via IQ3SD. [TNX I5JKI]
KH2 - Aki, JR1VAY will be active as AH2J from Guam (OC-026) on 4-6
October, Oceania DX Contest (SSB). QSL via JR1VAY (bureau
preferred). [TNX JR1VAY]
OD - Sylvain, F5TLN will be active as OD5/F5TLN from Lebanon between
October and February 2009. He will operate SSB and some CW on all
HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
P2 - Hugh, K6HFA has had to cancel the IOTA trip to Papua New Guinea
[425DXN 902]. "He is graciously leaving $3,000 (AUD) in the boat
charter fund", Derek (G3KHZ) says. "This means we have a late
opening for one lucky guy who only needs to pay $2,067 (AUD) plus
his air fare to join us. Could this be you?" Contact Derek
(g3khz(at)derekcox.plus.com) if you wish to join the team. The web
page for the expedition is at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/p29_2008/
S7 - Tom, DJ6TF will be active as S79TF from La Digue Island (AF-024),
Seychelles on 2-14 October. He plans to concentrate on 30 metres
and RTTY, but will also be on other bands and modes. QSL via home
call. [TNX The Daily DX]
SP - Look for Czeslaw, SP2QCR/1 and Witek, SP2MHC/1 to be active from
Uznam Island (EU-129) on 26-28 September. They plan to operate CW
and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX MM0NDX]
SP - Celebrating the 200th issue of "QTC, The Polish Radio Amateurs'
Journal", three special event stations will be active next month:
HF200Q (1-10 October), HF200T (11-20 October) and HF200C (21-31
October). QSL via SP4KDX, direct or bureau. [TNX SP2FAP]
T3 - Toshi, JA8BMK was expected to reach Tarawa, Western Kiribati
(T30XX) on 25 September. He should remain there for about 10 days
while waiting for a ship to depart for Central Kiribati (T31XX).
He plans to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-6 metres, with
an emphasis on the low bands as well as 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL
via JA8BMK, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX]
TN - Mao, TN5MM is a new amateur radio operator from Congo. For the
time being he will operate from the QTH of Nicolas, TN5SN (F8FQX),
who has been in Brazzaville since 20 August [425DXN 902]. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VE - Special event station VC2ARAM will be active between 3 October and
3 November to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Association of
Amateur Radio Operators in Mauricie, Quebec. QSL via VE2MO. [TNX
VA3RJ]
VP8_sg - Lars, MM0DWF (www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/index.html) will spend
"most of October" at Husvik, South Georgia (AN-007). He expects to
operate again as VP8DIF during his limited spare time. QSL via
DJ9ZB, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
VR - Vincent, F4BKV will be working in Hong Kong until 31 August 2009
at least. He is located in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong
Island (AS-006) and operates as VR2/F4BKV, mainly on PSK31 with
some SSB during good propagation openings. His web site is at
http://www.f4bkv.net/
W - The various facilities of Motorola's amateur radio clubs will host
a special event on 4-5 October to celebrate the 80th anniversary
of the incorporation of Motorola. Expect CW and SSB activity from
K9MOT (Illinois), KM0TO (Illinois), W4MOT (Florida) and WA4MOT
(Florida), as well as from JQ1YVR/1 (Tokyo, Japan). QSL via
operators' instructions. Further information can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/k9mot/activities/80.html. [TNX N4II]
ZC4 - Steve, ZC4LI will be doing SOSB 20m in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest
this weekend. He will be around from the start of the contest, but
as the band does not usually open until around 3 UTC, he will be
on 160m (1840 kHz +/- 10) for either CW or RTTY contacts from 1
UTC until 20 metres open. [TNX K1XN]
CQ WW DX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (27-28 September):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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07 HQ9R SOAB LP Honduras K5WW
08 WP3C SOSB 40m Puerto Rico W3HNK
08 ZF2DF Cayman Islands W4YCH
10 HC8N M/2 Galapagos W5UE
14 GI5K SOAB Northern Ireland MI0LLL
14 HB0/DK9FEC M/? Liechtenstein DK9FEC
14 LX7I M/? Luxembourg LX2A
15 4O7A SOSB 20m Montenegro 4O7A
15 9A7T M/S Croatia 9A2EU
15 E73M M/S Bosnia-Hercegovina E73Y or K2PF
15 OH8F M/S Finland
15 Z37M M/? Macedonia Z37M
16 ER0FEO SOAB LP Moldova UU0JM
16 EW1AR Belarus W3HNK
16 UZ4E M/S Ukraine UR4EYN
20 J49XB Crete DJ9XB
20 ZC4LI SOSB 20m UK Sov. Base Areas ZC4LI
21 A61AD United Arab Emirates N1DG
26 E21YDP SOAB LP Thailand E21YDP
28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m Indonesia K3AIR
33 3V8BB M/S Tunisia YT1AD
33 3V8SF M/S Tunisia IZ8CCW
33 7X0RY SOSB 40m Algeria
33 CN2IPA Morocco HA3JB
33 CN3A M/S Morocco I2WIJ
33 CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqr2008.html - good contest to
you all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS ---> Pictures and log searches for OC5I (SA-073, April 2006) and
OA4BHY/3 (SA-074, May 2008) can be found on JA1QXY's IOTA website
(http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ja1qxy). [TNX DL5YWM]
QSL VIA IK3GES ---> Gabriele, IK3GES says that he has taken over QSL chores
for IV3OWC, including Claudio's operations as 9E1C, ST2CF and TL8DPA. QSL
direct only to Gabriele Gentile, Via Baratta Vecchia 240, 31022 Preganziol -
TV, Italy. Gabriele also says that the direct and bureau QSL requests
backlog for his 2008 IOTA activities, as well as for the stations he
manages, has been cleared.
YOUNG DXPEDITIONERS ON WILLIS ISLAND ---> Twenty-two applications were
received and the selection has been made. The two young amateur radio
operators who will join the VK9DWX DXpedition to Willis Island are William
Joshua (Josh) Fischer, W4WJF (21 years old) on 6-19 October and Rhynhardt
(Rhy) Louw, ZS6DXB (25 years old) on 15-28 October.
Meanwhile, the preparations are entering the final stage and a four-men
vanguard is flying to Cairns to take care of all necessary work. Further
details, including information on how contribute to the expedition, can be
found at http://www.vk9dwx.de/
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3Z0LH SP1PBW H40MY OM2SA R2RRF RU3DI
4D75J DV1JM HB10DX HB9AGH R450AS RU6UR
4K7Z UA3FDX HI3T ON4IQ R73SRR UA3DX
5C5W EA5XX HI3TEJ ON4IQ RU1A RU1AE
5D0IPY I0YKN HK1NK EA5KB SE5E SM5AJV
5H3AP DL1CW HK1RRL EA5KB SE6Y SM6DED
5R8EM F1BCS HK1X EA7FTR SF6DX SM6FUD
5R8GM F1BCS HP1RIS EA5KB SK3W SM5DJZ
5R8IM F1BCS HR9/WQ7R AI4U SL0W SM0AJU
5R8JM F1BCS HZ1AN DJ9ZB SN11IPA SP9PZU [a]
5Z4/UW1AU K5XK HZ1EA DJ9ZB SN11IPA SQ9ZM [b]
7Q7HB G0IAS HZ1MD EA7FTR SN30DPS SP7PKI
7Q7MT NU5O HZ1ZH EA7FTR SN325S SP9PZK
7Z1SJ EA7FTR IA0IPY I0YKN SV5/OM5AW OM2FY
8Q7XR M0DXR IA5IG IZ1DSH T88IW JF2IWW
8S0W SM0NJO II2BIN IW2KVT TC470PDZ TA1HZ
9A8GES IK3GES II2UCI IZ2DVI TC4X OH2BH
9G1AA PA3ERA II3MA IK3SHP TK8R OK1LX
9G1YE PA3ERA IO1DCI IK1GPG TM2NN F5KTU
9H3F JK1FNL IP2IPY I2AZ TM8JPR F6FLO
9M2QQ DF5UG IQ2IR IZ2ELV TN5SN IZ1BZV
9M2TO JA0DMV IQ8MD/p IZ8BGY TT8FC EA4AHK
9M6XRO M0URX IR3IPY IZ3DBA TU/DB1DT DB1DT
9Q1TB SM5DJZ J49XB DJ9XB TY6A F6AML
A25/DL7DF DL7DF J88DR G3TBK UA0AZ W3HNK
A61CK PE1BSX JW4LN LA4LN UE1CFZ RX1CQ
A61TX W4JS JW7WCA LA7WCA UE3PKP RA3PW
A7/M0FGA NN1N JW8BCA LA8BCA UE65BR RV3YR
A71A A71AN K6P KM6HB UP0L DL8KAC
A71CT EA7FTR KG4SS K4MIL V51B AI4U
A71CV A71AN KH0UC JE1EKS V55SRT IZ8EDJ
A71EM EA7FTR KP4SQ W3HNK VK4MA N3ZK
AM1AFW EA1AUM LN3Z LA9VDA W0CXX KC0CD
AT25MY VU2NRO LR4E LW4EU W4CRC W4ATM
AY0DX LU3DR LU4ZS LU4DXU W6A WA6RC
CE1TT EA5KB LW5EE EA5FL W6B WA6RC
CN2IPA HA3JB LX8DL LX1DA W6CXX KB7V
CO2WF N1KI LZ08IPY LZ3SM W6E WA6TST
CO6CAC EA5KB LZ5F LZ1ZF W6F WB6RER
CO6RD 8P9NX M6T G4PIQ W6G AA7DK
CP4BT EA5KB MS0SCG M0SCG W6H KY5Q
D8TG HL0BHQ N0CXX KC0ODK W6J KC9VF
D9D 6K2BWA N2J W2WP W6K AE5MH
DT4TG HL0BHQ N2Y N2RRA W6L W5IAS
E51KJE JA0KJE NP3FM KP4ARS W6M W0SOE
E51NOU N7OU OA4TT N6XQ W6O K0DEW
E74A K2PF OD5QB YO3FRI W6P KG0KP
E75A E77E OD5RZ YO3FRI W6Q WD9GJK
ED5UB EA5FL OG1M OH1VR W6R K6PDQ
EE1VV EA9CP OG4X OH1MA W6S K6SGH
EF8R EA8CAC OG50F OH1F XE3RR EB7DX
EG2NVP EA2DJM OG5B OH5BM XU7AEA JF2XQP
EH1NCW EA1CJ OH0X OH2TA XU7AEB JF2SDR
EH1OSM EB1ERD OH0Z W0MM YB0DPO K3AIR
EH3T EA3AS OH1AV/2 OH1BOI YB0ECT K3AIR
EK6LP IK2DUW OH4A OH6LI YB1AA W2FB
EK8PL SP9LJD OH5Z OH5LIZ YB1ALL W2FB
EN5R UY2RA OH7M OH6DX YP2U YO2NAA
ER600B RW6HS OH8X OH6KN YP9VIN YO9FNR
EW5WFF EW4DX OJ0B OH2BH YR5S YO5NL
EY8MM K1BV OJ0J OH0RJ YT30FOC YT1E
F6KNZ F5LCU OL600VB OK2JS YV5ANF EA7FTR
FM5WD W3HNK ON64POL ON3CYV YV5DTJ IT9DAA
FR1AN NI5DX P29VR W7LFA YW4D EA7JX
GB2BF G4DFI P29ZAD NI5DX ZC4GR 2M1DHG
GB2TX M0CNP P49T W3BTX ZK3AH DL2AH
GB4IPY M3ZYZ PA66AW PA2RUS ZK3MW DJ7RJ
GX4KPT M0DOL PW2D PY2VM ZS6CCY K3IRV
[a] bureau [b] direct
3B8GT Alexey Averkin, P.O. Box 10, Queen Mary Avenue, Floreal, Mauritius
4U1VIC Amateur Radio Club, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500,
A-1400 Vienna, Austria
7X0RY Zuzana Rybarova, P.O.Box 109, 11121 Praha 1, Czech Republic
DB1DT Thomas Dillmann, Kappelweg 10, 74586 Frankenhardt-Gruendelhardt,
Germany
DJ7RJ Manfred Willi Przygode, Hoisdorfer Landstr. 50, D-22927
Grosshansdorf, Germany
DL1CW Arno Polinsky, Hans-Sachs-Str. 8, D - 70825 Korntal, Germany
DL2AH Ulrich Krieg, Feldstrasse 9, D-06774 Soellichau, Germany
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany
EA5KB Jose Ardid Arlandis, P.O. Box 5013, Valencia 46080, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, Aljaraque, Huelva 21110, Spain
F1BCS Jacques Salomon, 15 rue de la Garenne, 94440 Villecresnes, France
HA3JB Kutasi Gabor, P.O. Box 243, H-8601 Siofok, Hungary
IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, Casella Postale 95 - SP Centro, 19100 La Spezia -
SP, Italy
IZ1DSH Gherardo Pannoli, Strada Tetti Gramaglia 22, 10133 Torino - TO,
Italy
JA1YUC Tokyo Dental College ARC, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihamaku, Chiba-city
261-8502, Japan
K5XK Ron Evans, 2 Pembroke Drive, Bella Vista, AR 72715-8823, USA
N7OU William Vanderheide, 333 NW 9th Ave Apt 913, Portland, OR 97209,
USA
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, P.O. Box 29, 94603 Kolarovo, Slovak Republic
W5ROK Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 833807, Mail Station
461-290, Richardson, TX 75083-3807, USA
W6C Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 3788, San Bernardino, CA
92413, USA
W6D Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 869, Victorville, CA
92393-0869, USA
W6E Barstow Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 451, Barstow, CA 92312-0451,
USA
W6I Route 66 On The Air, 3202 Clema, Amarillo, TX 79107-7415, USA
W6N Joplin Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 2983, Joplin, MO 84903-2983,
USA
ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus
ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus
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