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24 January 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 925
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4K - Once again Axel, DL6KVA will be active as 4K0CW from Vlad's (4K9W)
QTH on 19-25 March, between the local evening hours (Azerbaijan is
UTC +4) on the 19th and the local midday on the 25th. He will
operate CW only on all the HF bands, with 100 watts and a 84-metre
longwire, and will take part in the Russian DX Contest. QSL via
home call. [TNX DL6KVA]
4U1UN - Johnny, NQ2G (LA5IIA) will be active for a few hours from 4U1UN,
the UN Headquarters station, during the CQ WW 160M CW Contest. He
is likely to operate a bit at the beginning of the contest and
then again on Saturday, "for about six hours in total". QSL via
HB9BOU. [TNX The Daily DX]
7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is going back to Malawi for around two months. He
will have to replace the broken rotator and repair the amplifier,
then hopefully he will be QRV again. His preferred modes are PSK,
RTTY and CW (SSB on request). QSL via G0IAS, direct only. [TNX
G0IAS]
C9 - Bill/K5WAF, Dale/KG5U, Jim/N4AL, Madison/W5MJ, Paul/W5PF and
Cal/WF5W will be active on 160-10 metres from Bilene, Mozambique
from 25 March to 5 April, CQ WW WPX SSB contest included. They
will have three stations (SSB, CW and digital modes) with two
amplifiers, log periodics for 10-20 metres and vertical for the
other bands. The QSL route for all their C9 callsigns (TBA) is via
W5PF. Further information and on-line logs at
http://www.tdxs.net/c91.html. [TNX W5PF]
CT3 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as CT3/DL3KWR
and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 5-19 March. They plan to
operate mostly CW and on 12, 17 and 30 metres. Hardy will also
give RTTY and PSK-31 a try. 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]
CY0 - Randy/N0TG, Murray/WA4DAN and Ron/AA4VK will be active as
homecall/CY0 from Sable Island (NA-063) on 7-14 October. They plan
to have three complete HF stations, with three verticals, one
"strategically placed" yagi and at least one wire antenna, and to
operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, with an emphasis on Asia.
Twenty metres are likely to provide most contacts, and they will
try to have two stations (CW and SSB) on that band at the same
time. QSL via home calls. The website for the expedition is at
http://www.cy0dxpedition.com/ [TNX NG3K]
FS/PJ7 - The "Buddies in the Caribbean" DX group, which specializes in 100
watt or low power radios and the Buddipole portable antenna
system, is off again to a new DXpedition. Wey/K8EAB, Paul/KB9AVO,
Mike/KC4VG, Steve/N0TU, Guy/N7UN, Budd/W3FF, Chris/W6HFP and
Tom/WW5L will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as FS/homecall (St. Martin)
and PJ7/homecall (Sint Maarten) on 4-11 February. Their main QTH
will be on the French side of the island. QSL via home calls. The
logs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL. The group has a blog page
at http://caribbeanbuddies.blogspot.com/ [TNX WW5L]
GM - The Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will be active as GB250RB from 25
January through the end of the year to celebrate the 250th
anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet
and cultural icon. A website is being constructed at
http://www.gb250rb.co.uk/
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as Jim, MM0BQI/p from Lunga Island in
the Treshnish Islands (EU-108) on 24-27 April. He will run 100
watts to verticals down by the seaside, and to be active on 20, 40
and 80 metres using CW, SSB and if time permits a bit of digi
modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Jim will upload the
logs to LoTW. [TNX MM0BQI]
H40 - Siegfried, DK9FN provides further information on his 2-16 March
activity as from Lata, Nendo Island (OC-100), Temotu Province
[425DXN 923]. He hopes to get the same callsign he used back in
1999 (H40FN), and will operate CW only, while Bernhard, DL2GAC
(H44MS) will work SSB as H40MS and Herrmann, DL2NUD will be on 2m
EME (H40 callsign to be issued). They will have three separate
stations with amplifiers. Siegfried thinks he will concentrate on
160-30 metres, as the current propagation predictions do not
promise anything good on the higher bands. QSL H40FN via HA8FW:
all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau,
for those who need a direct card the address is Mihaly Bela,
Csongradi SGT. 122/A, H-6724 Szeged, Hungary. Further information
on this activity, including details on the antennas to be used,
can be found at www.hari-ham.com/h40fn [TNX DK9FN]
JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK (JD1BMM) and Kingo, JK1PCN (JD1BND) will be active
from Minami-Torishima (OC-073) from 24 January to 9 February. They
plan to be QRV in their spare time on a daily basis. QSL JD1BMM
via JD1BMM, direct (Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35
Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-0806 Japan) or through the JARL
bureau. QSL JD1BND via bureau to JD1BND. [TNX The Daily DX]
PA - The PA3FKN PACC Team will be active from the island of Ameland
(EU-038) during the annual Dutch PACC Contest
(http://pacc.veron.nl/) on 14-15 February. Twelve operators will
be active in the multi-multi category, with a wide range of
antennas (including 2 phased verticals for 160m, 4 square dipoles
for 80m and 4 square verticals for 40m). Further information and
updates can be found at http://www.dx.to [TNX PG5M]
SV9 - Willi, DJ7RJ will operate SSB and CW as SV9/DJ7RJ from Crete
(EU-015) for three weeks starting on 24 February. QSL via home
call. [TNX AA1M]
V6 - Yuki, JH1NBN has been on a business trip to Micronesia since 19
January and is expected to be there until the first week of
February. He will be visiting three islands - namely Pohnpei
(OC-010), Kosrae (OC-059) and Chuuk (OC-011) - and he hopes to be
able to operate in his spare time, possibly as V63AQ. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VP8_sg - Lars, MM0DWF (DL9LB) will return to South Georgia (AN-007) in
February, and expects to operate again as VP8DIF during his
limited spare time. He will have a new soundcard interface, so he
might try some RTTY, "but no promises". QSL via DJ9ZB, direct or
bureau. Further information, including log search, can be found at
http://www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/index.html
XT - Michael, F1IQH will be active again as XT2WC from Burkina-Faso
starting on 25 January for two weeks. He plans to operate mainly
on 20 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]
YN - Andrei, NP3D (EW1AR) will be active again as H7/NP3D and YN2/EW1AR
from Nicaragua on 11-15 February, including an entry in the CQ WW
WPX RTTY Contest as YN2S. He will operate CW and RTTY, with some
SSB. QSL via NP3D (direct) or W3HNK or RW6HS (for Russia and CIS
countries). The logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX RW6HS]
YV0 - The 4M5DX Group's expedition to Aves Island (NA-020) [425DXN 916]
is scheduled to take place in March, hopefully for a full week. A
large team of operators will be active as YW0A on 160-6 metres
SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via IT9DAA (diret or bureau), or LoTW.
Bookmark http://yw0a.4m5dx.info for updates.
ZS - A group of South African amateurs will participate in the CQWW WPX
SSB contest (28-29 March) as ZT2V from the East Cape Province. It
will be a Multi-2 entry from the QTH of Donovan, ZS2DL. Other
participating operators include ZS2ACP, ZS2DK, ZS2EZ, ZS2GV, ZS2HK
and ZS2Y, plus an eighth one to be selected. QSL via NI5DX. [TNX
NI5DX]
ZS8 - Latest information posted on http://zs8t.net/ indicate that
Petrus, ZS8T has renewed his licence and "showed on 20 meters last
weekend for a few QSOs". There is not any sound information about
his operating plans, but in an interview released on 20 January
Petrus said that "for the next two or three months I will
basically try being on the air as much as possible" (listen to the
interview on the website).
SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR ---> Witek, SP9MRO and his wife Danuta, SP9SX will be
active holiday style as ZP6/SP9MRO from Paraguay between 21 February and 3
March, and from Uruguay on 4-14 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and
RTTY, with main activity to be concentrated during the weekends and the
local night hours. [TNX SP9MRO]
CQ WW 160-METER DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs
around the world to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and countries
as possible on 160 metres CW (http://cq160.com/rules.htm). The following
stations have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 22.00
UTC on 23 January through 22.00 UTC on the 25th):
Call DXCC QSL via
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4L0G Georgia EA7FTR
4Z5J Israel W0MM
4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU
5K0CW San Andres & Providencia W5PF
6W/DL2RMC Senegal DL1RTL
A71BX Qatar EA7FTR
C6ANM Bahamas WA2IYO
CE1/K7CA Chile NW7O
CN3A Morocco I2WIJ
CO8TW Cuba HB9SVT
CT9M Madeira Isls CT3EE
CU8A Azores CT1GFK
DP3D Germany DK3KD
E71A Bosnia-Herzegovina E71A
E7DX Bosnia-Herzegovina E77E
ED5T Spain EA5ELT
EF8M Canary Isls RD3AF
ER0/UT0FT Moldova UT0FT
ER0FEO Moldova UU0JM
ES9C Estonia ES5RY
EY8MM Tajikistan K1BV
HQ9R Honduras K5WW
LX7I Luxembourg LX2A
LY7A Lithuania LY2ZO
MD4K Isle of Man G3NKC
NP4A Puerto Rico W3HNK
OH8X Finland OH2UA
OM8A Slovakia OM2VL
RK2FWA Kaliningrad DK4VW
SK7DX Sweden SM7DXQ
SN1I Poland SP1NQF
TA3D Turkey TA3D
UA2FW Kaliningrad UA2FW
UU7J Ukraine UU0JM
UW2M Ukraine UR0MC
VP9/N1SNB Bermuda N1SNB
XE1RCS Mexico XE1RCS
XU7ACY Cambodia W2EN
XW1B Laos E21EIC
ZF1A Cayman Islands W8BLA
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2009.html- good contest
to you all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CLOSING LOGS ---> Dianna, KB6NAN is closing the logs for the following
operations by the late Chuck Brady, N4BQW: VP5/N4BQW (2005, the log is on
LoTW) and N4BQW/KH9 (Wake Island 2002 and 2003, paper logs). Dianna will
keep these logs open for one more month. [TNX The Daily DX]
DX AWARDS ---> The K1BV DX Awards Directory is a 324-page book listing the
rules for 3312 different awards from 119 countries. Some 150 new awards
have been added, dead awards have been removed and hundreds of changes in
addresses/rules/fees have been made in the 2009 Edition. For further
information please visit http://www.dxawards.com/2009edition.htm
E44M ---> After fixing a glitch in the ADIF file, the logs for the recent
operation from Palestine have been uploaded to LoTW. Should you have
problems, please contact the QSL manager (qsle44m@gmail.com).
IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The deadline for the 2009 IOTA Honour Roll and Annual
Listing is approaching. Applications or updates submitted online
(www.rsgbiota.org) on or before 1 February will count for the 2009 tables
so long as the supporting cards sent to checkpoints are postmarked no later
than that date. Updates postmarked after 1 February will be processed in
the normal way but scores will be held over to a later listing.
LOGS ---> Alex, RV1ZC is now active as R1ANC from Vostok base in
Antarctica. Please visit http://www.qrz.com/r1anc for further information
and on-line log, which is updated several times a week. [TNX RN1ON]
MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual
Most Wanted Survey was conducted in September-October 2008 [425DXN 904].
The top 10 DXCC Entities are North Korea (P5), Yemen (7O), Navassa KP1),
Glorioso FR/G), Marion (ZS8), Desecheo (KP5), Bouvet (3Y), Heard (VK0),
Crozet (FT5W) and Amsterdam & St. Paul (FT5Z). Give a look at the 100 Most
Wanted listing, which also shows the results of the 2007 survey for
comparison, at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_news.html. The complete breakdown by
continent is available in the January/February 2009 issue of "The DX
Magazine"; a breakdown by mode as well as a listing for the low bands will
be published in the March/April 2009 issue.
OH8X ---> The group at Radio Arcala will hit 160 metres with a 39-ton
(80.000 lbs) 3-element full-size monster during the week of 19 January,
culminating with the CQWW 160M Contest. OH8X is to be manned by OH2IW and
OH6KN, still in a limited capacity while valuable data will be gathered in
this first assault. Their partners for measurement purposes will be the
sister station CU2X operated by OH2BH/CU2KG and, in close proximity, the
associate stations OH0E operated by OH2MM, and OG2P operated by OH2PM.
Radio Arcala is cooperating with the University of Oulu in several areas of
HF propagation study. They also welcome and acknowledge field reports
(oh1wz@sral.fi). You may read about details of the monster construction at
http://www.helsinki.fi/~korpela/PU/PU.html and study the overall mission at
www.radioarcala.com. QSL for OH8X via OH2UA, CU2X via OH2BH, OG2P via OH2PM
and OH0E via OH2MM. [TNX OH2BN]
QRZ INDIA ---> An amateur radio callsign database with all available
details of licensed operators in India (some 11,000 callsigns at the
moment, but the list in growing) can be found at http//:www.qrz.co.in [TNX
The Daily DX]
QSL FM1HN ---> Buzz, NI5DX, is now the QSL manager for Julien, FM1HN. Buzz
will be able to confirm any QSOs that are in Julien's log - he already has
the logs, but is awaiting QSL cards. At the present time, QSLs for the
special call (TO1YR) still go to FM1HN either direct or via the bureau.
[TNX K1XN and The Golist]
+ SILENT KEYS + Tadeusz "Teddy" Barczyk (DL4DBR, ex SP9ERC) passed away on
2 January. On a weelchair since he was 17 years old, "he was a man who
lived his life to the fullest despite his handicap", Kazik (PT5ZHP) says.
He was the QSL manager for a few stations, including PT5ZHP and VK6DXI (aka
9M8DX, 9V1XE, 7X0DX, etc).
Zedan Hussein Abbas, JY3ZH passed away on 20 January. An amateur radio
operator for forty years, he was the net controller of the well known
"Arabian Knights Net" (14252 kHz) established by the late King Hussein
(JY1) in the early Seventies.
Other recently reported Silent Keys include Dennis J. Wills (AK5D), Walter
H. Kirst (HB9AQL), Laban Davis (VO1HLD), Donald L. Doughty (W6EEN), Donald
G. Lemley (W8DL) and Christian Favier (F5OKD), who passed away on 22
January at only 46 years of age.
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