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18 April 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 937
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Jan, OK2ZAW will be active from the Fiji Islands between 1 and 8
May. His itinerary is as follows:
1 May Viti Levu OC-016 3D2ZW/p
2-4 May Mamanuca Group OC-121 3D2ZW/p
4-8 May Yasawa Group OC-156 3D2ZW
8 May Viti Levu OC-016 3D2ZW/p
He will be running 100 watts into a vertical antenna and dipoles.
QSL via OK2ZAW, direct or bureau.
8Q - Cliff, SV1JG will be active as 8Q7SV from the Maldives (AS-013)
from 29 April to 5 May. He plans to operate mostly CW and digital
modes, on all bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
SV1JG]
9A - Aniko/HA5TAA, Feri/HA5AZZ, Neno/9A5AN, Livio/9A3KS and Tom/9A2AA
will be active from a number of Croatian islands for a few days
starting on 18 April. Islands named are Krk (EU-136, IOCA CI-046)
and Sv. Marko (EU-136, IOCA CI-117), but the team plans to visit
and operate from several other nearby islands. [TNX 9A2AA]
C6 - K3IXD, K4QO, W2GJ and W3PP will be active from Crooked Island
(NA-113), Bahamas on 23-27 July. They will participate in the IOTA
Contest as C6APR; before and after the IOTA event C6APR will be on
80-10 metres CW and SSB. The team will sign C6AXD on RTTY and
C6AQO on 6 metres (grid FL22). The calls are good for Bird Rock
Lighthouse (ARLHS BAH-005). All QSLs via K3IXD. [TNX K3IXD]
CE0Z - CE6TBN, LA5FJA, LA6EIA, LA6FJA, LA7WCA, LA8BCA and RA0FU will be
active as XR0ZN from Juan Fernandez (SA-005) from 24 November to 3
December, CQ WW CW Contest included. QSL route TBA. Preliminary
information can be found at http://www.la6fja.eu/dx/XR0ZN/ [TNX
NG3K]
CT - The Algarve S.T.A.R. DX Team (http://algarvedx.com) will be active
as CS6A from the lighthouse Doca Olhao W. (ARLHS POR-129) on 18
April, from 7 to 13 UTC. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 40,
30, 20 and 17 metres with two stations. QSL via CT1GFK, direct or
bureau. [TNX CT1END
DL - Helmut, DL7VOX will be active as DL7VOX/p from Usedom Island
(EU-129) from 27 April to 16 May. He will operate holiday style
mainly CW on 160-10 metres, with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL
via DL7VOX, direct or bureau. [TNX DL7VOX]
EA9 - Look for EE9IB (QSL via EA9IB), EE9RY (QSL via EA9RY) and EE9CF
(QSL via EA9CF) to be active from Bonete Lighthouse (ARLHS
CEU-011), Melilla on 18-19 April. [TNX The Daily DX]
GM - Charlie/MM0GNS, Willie/GM4ZNC and Rodger/GM3JOB will be active as
MS0TJT/p from the Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 3-8
May. They hope to be QRV on 80-6 metres, and plan to operate
mainly SSB, with a little CW and PSK. QSL via GM4ZNC. [TNX GM3JOB]
HB0 - Look for Kasimir, DL2SBY and Georg, DF1SR to be active from
Liechtenstein from 24 April to 4 May. They will be signing
HB0/DL2SBY on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY and HB0/DF1SR on 13
and 23cm via EME. [TNX DL2SBY]
I - Ezio/IT9OJW, Sebastiano/IT9ZIR, Dario/IT9ZZO, Vincenzo/IW9EJP,
Filippo/IW9FRB, Giovanna/IW9GVP and Ferdinando/IW9HSK will be
active as IG9/homecall from Linosa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-003) on
24-26 April. They plan to operate SSB, PSK and RTTY on 10-80
metres. QSL via home calls. They have a web page at
www.iw9frb.it/linosa.htm [TNX IT9EJW]
I - Giordano/IK0XFD, Alberto/IK0ZCW, Andrea/IZ0EHO, Vincenzo/IZ0FKE,
Alberto/IZ0FMA and Claudio/IZ0GKX will be active as ID9N from
Vulcano Island (EU-017) on 25-30 April. They plan to operate CW,
SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres, with a focus on the low
bands. QSL via IZ0GKN. Further information can be found at
www.id9n.com [TNX IZ0EHO]
I - Claudio, IZ0KRC will b active as IC8/IZ0KRC from Ischia Island
(EU-031) from 29 April to 4 May. He plans to operate SSB on 10,
15, 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX
IK0YQJ]
JD1_oga- Koji, JI1LET will be active as JI1LET/JD1 from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 29 April to 5 May. He plans to operate
SSB, CW and RTTY on 40-10 metres, and on 6 metres. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI1LET]
JW - Francois, F8DVD will once again be active as JW/F8DVD from the
Longyearbyen ARC on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard on 19-25
April. He plans to operate CW and SSB on all HF bands. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
OZ - Dominic/ON4AZP, Michel/ON4CAQ, Francois/ON6VP, Herman/ON7FH and
Maurice/ON7KS will be active as OZ5K from Romo Island (EU-125) on
17-23 May. They will operate on 80-10 metres, as well as on 2m. QSL
via ON4AMM, direct or bureau. The web pages for the activity are at
http://www.on4dst.be/iota_eu125_1.html [TNX ON4CAQ]
PY - Nine operators (namely PY1ZV, PY1NB, PY1YB, PY1IBM, PY1KN, PY2WC,
PY2NDX, PY4OG and PY4OY) will be active as PT1R from Ilha Rasa
(SA-079, DIB RJ-07) on 1-4 May. They plan to be be QRV on 160-10
metres SSB, CW and digital modes with two stations, while another
station will be active on 6 and 2 metres during the Araucaria VHF
Contest (details at http://www.avhfc.com/). QSL via PY1NB, direct
or bureau. The web page for the operation is at
http://riodxgroup.dxwatch.com/rasa [TNX PY1NB]
S2 - Ramon, DU1UGZ will be active as S21UGZ from Dhaka, Bangladesh
until 20 June. He operates in his spare time using a low band
dipole. For the time being, he will focus on 40 and 80 metres SSB
and RTTY, but in May he should get a beam for 10, 12, 15, 17 and
20 metres and hopefully a linear amplifier as well. QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will be active as 7S5A from Boko Island (Stora Alo,
EU-177) on 17-19 April. He will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres
using a G5RV. QSL via SM4DDS, direct or buro. [TNX SM4DDS]
TI - TI7KK is the callsign to be used by Klaus/DK6AO, Gunter/TI7WGI,
Andy/DH8WR, Norbert/DL2RNS, Rene/DL2JRM and Daniel/DL5YWM during
their 17-20 April IOTA activity from the Murcielago Islands
(NA-191) [425DXN 927]. They plan to operate around the clock on
160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via DK6AO, direct or
bureau. The website for the expedition is at www.ti7.info. [TNX
DL5YWM]
TI - Look for Orrin, TI6/K9KEJ (QSL via EB7DX) and Don, TI6/W9YOR to be
active on 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB from Costa Rica from 28 April
to 1 May. [TNX K9KEJ]
TK - Manu, F4FLQ will operate holiday style as TK/F4FLQ from Corsica in
11-29 May. Plans are to concentrate on the digital modes and 30,
17 and 12 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F4FLQ]
TK - Gabriele, IZ5FDD and Alessandro, IW5ELA will be active as TK/
homecall from Corsica (EU-014) on 20-24 May. They plan to operate
SSB and CW on 40-10 metres, plus 2m. Their planned activity on
50 MHz [425DXN 935] has been cancelled as 6m are not allowed in
Corsica. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ5FDD]
V6 - Look for JA7HMZ (V63DX) and JH7IOS (V63CW) to be active on 40-6
metres from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 11-16 May. QSL via
home calls. [TNX NG3K]
VE - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the George Massey tunnel, the
Delta Amateur Radio Club (www.deltaamateurradio.com) from Delta,
British Columbia will be active as CG7GMT from Deas Island (CisA
BC-045) on 23-24 May. Look for activity on 80 and 20 metres
between 17 and 1 UTC. QSL via VE7SUN. [TNX VE7HRA]
VE - Eight members of the "NA-128 Contest Group" (VA2RC, VA2ZO, VE2EDA,
VE2EBK, VE2FSK, VE2TKH, VE2MTK and VE2QRA) will be active as
CG200I from Ile Verte (NA-128) on 23-26 July, IOTA Contest
included. The special callsigns celebrates the 200th anniversary
of the lighthouse located on the island, and the group will
operate many stations from the lighthouse keeper's quarters. Look
for them on 160-6 metres all modes. QSL via VE2CQ, direct or
bureau. Further information can be found at www.qrz.com under
CG200I. [TNX VE2EBK]
VK - Nao, JK1FNL will be active as JK1FNL/VK4 from Hamilton Island
(OC-160) on 5-9 May. QSL via home call. [TNX JK1FNL]
W - Eight operators from QCWA Chapter 119 (K4CQW, K4MIL, K5VIP,
KE4AZL, KI4RXC, W4TVG, W4VIC and W8RJL) will be active as W4T from
Tangier Island (NA-083) on 23-26 July, IOTA Contest included. They
will run three stations on 80-6 metres CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL via
K5VIP. [TNX W4VIC]
XU - Wim, XU7TZG will be active again as XU7KOH from Koh Russei (Bamboo
Island, AS-133) from 17 April until around 5 UTC on the 20th. He
plans to operate SSB with some PSK31 on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and
10 metres. QSL via ON7PP. Log search and further information at
www.xu7tzg.be [TNX K1XN]
YV - The Asociation de Radioaficionados de Venezuela will participate
in the International Marconi Day (25 April) as 4M5M. Look for
activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via W4SO
(mail drop). [TNX YY5RNC]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
C91TX ---> New pictures and a Log Search web page for the recent Texas DX
Society's operation from Mozambique can be found at
http://www.tdxs.net/c91.html [TNX W9DX]
H44MS ---> Bernard, DL2GAC (H44MS) is back home. His activity from the
Solomon Islands finished on 9 April, earlier than planned, because he could
not extend is visa beyond three months. [TNX DL2GAC]
QSL GI5K & MI0LLL ---> With immediate effect, G3SWH is the new QSL manager
for GI5K and MI0LLL. Phil will add a log search page for each callsign to
his web site (www.g3swh.org.uk). He is also arranging for any unanswered,
direct QSL requests to be forwarded to him and for the RSGB QSL bureau
sub-manager to forward cards directly to him. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL KB5GL/4 ---> Silvano operated from IOTA group NA-213 on 26-28 March. He
should like to remind island chasers that he QSLs direct (Silvano Amenta,
5028 Hearst Ave, Metairie, LA 70001, USA) provided that return postage is
included (he says 1 USD or 1 IRC for the US, others 2 USD or 2 IRC)
SRT DX CONVENTION ---> The 6th International DX Convention organized by the
Strange Radio Team (18 April) will be broadcast live on
www.strangeradioteam.com and www.mogulus.com/idxclive starting at 12 UTC.
[TNX IZ7AUH]
VK9GMW ---> George, AA7JV and Tomi, HA7RY went QRT from Mellish Reef at 4
UTC on 13 April, after fighting storms, strong winds and heavy rains over
the last few days on the island. They made 20,058 QSOs (2,028 were on 160
metres). The Online QSL Request System (OQRS) has been activated for both
direct and bureau cards (check http://www.vk9gmw.com for details). The
ordinary QSL route is via HA7RY.
VK9LA ---> Band and mode statistics for the 22 March-3 April expedition to
Lord Howe Island can be found at http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm. The most
productive band was 40m (9111 QSOs), followed by 20m (6714 QSOs) and 30m
(4458 QSOs). The grand total is 30,160 QSOs (18842 CW, 9261 SSB and 2057
RTTY).
A special piece of VK9LA memorabilia is being auctioned (see the website
for the details). The money raised from the auction will be used to repair
equipment that failed whilst the team was on the island. The closing date
for placing your bid is 30 April.
+ CONDOLENCES + We are close in thoughts and prayers to Lucio Antonini,
IK6SNR, whose daughters Genny (24 years old) and Giusy (22) lost their
lives in the earthquake that struck L'Aquila on 6 April.
+ SILENT KEY + Philippe Lutty, LX2A reports the passing of his uncle and
mentor Charly Hausemer, LX1AJ. The doyen of amateur radio operators in
Luxembourg, Charly passed away on 7 April at 89 years of age. He had been
licensed for more than 60 years and was a founding member of the Reseau
Luxembourgeois des Amateurs d'Ondes Courtes.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2NB, 3D2OU, 3DA0VB,
3G1F, 3V8BB, 4K9W, 4O/K1ZZ, 4O3A, 5B/AJ2O, 5B4AII, 5H3EE, 5L2MS, 5N/LZ1QK,
5W0K, 5Z4/DL8NBE, 6W/DL2RMC, 6Y1LZ, 9H1LC, 9J2BO, 9J3A, 9M2AX, 9M2MRS,
9M6/N2BB, 9V1F1, 9V1RA, 9X0W, 9Y4D, A25/DL7DF, A25VB, A43DLH, A62ER/ND,
A92GE, AH0F/KH2, C4N, C6AKQ, C91LW, C91VB, C98LW, CE1/K7CA, CM6RCR, CN2M,
CO8LY, CW5W, D20VB, DU3NXE, E44M, E51SIX, E74AW, E74EBL, EA9PY, EF8M,
EK3GM, EK6LP, ER0WW, ER4DX, ES8DH, ET3JA, EX2A, FH/G3SWH, FM5BH, FP/KV1J,
FS5KA, FW5RE, GM7R, HC2/SM6FKF, HC2/SM7BUA, HD2M, HP1WW, HR9/IK2QPR
(NA-057), HR9/K0UU (NA-057), HR9/WQ7R (NA-057), J20SE, J20VB, J39BS, J7N,
J88XF, JA7GAX/6 (AS-047), JD1BMM, JT1CO, KL7RA, KP2/K3CT, KP4MS, L0W,
LU2DVI/H, LY2ZZ, NA1SS, NH0AA/NH2, NI5DX/p (NA-143), OA4BQE, OA4TT, OA4WW,
OX2A, P29NI (OC-181), P29NI (OC-283), P29VCX (OC-153), P29VCX (OC-284),
P29VLR (OC-256), P40YL, PJ5NA, PX200JMU (SA-080), PY6KW, R35NP, RW0AJ,
RW0CN, RW0CWA, RW3QC, S21DX (AS-127), S21RC/p (AS-127), ST2VB, SV9/DJ7RJ,
SV9COL, T20RE, T27A, T27OU, T30XX, T31DX, T33ZZ, T88CD, T88CJ, T88WW,
TF3GB, TI5N, TN5SN, TO3R, UA0CW, UA0SR, V25OP, V26G, V26MN, V47NT, V6C,
V6P, V6T, V73M, V7XX, V85SS, VE0ICE (NA-047), VE0ICE/VE2, VE2XAA/2, VK9AA,
VK9DWX, VP2ETN, VP2V/SP3IPB, VP2V/SP7VC, VP2VVA, VP8DLQ, VP9/W6PH, VQ9LA,
VR2O/p (AS-006), VR2XMT, VU7SJ, XQ4CW, XR5L (SA-070), XV4BX (AS-128), XW1B,
YB2UTX, YN4SU, YW1TI (SA-066), Z2/UA4WHX, Z30U, ZD8UW, ZK2DF, ZK3RE, ZL3IX,
ZS1JX, ZS6BQI, 5B4XF, 5N/LZ1QK, 6Y5/W5ZL, 7P8BA, AH2R, E51QQQ, ES1RA,
FG5LA, HK3JJH/HK0B, HP2/CX2AM, HS0ZEE, JW/SM0MDG, PY0S/PS7JN, V25WY,
VP5/W5CW, VP6DX, ZS1JX.
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