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28 November 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 969
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9M6 - Tony, KM0O, is currently (25-30 November) operating as 9M6LSC from
the Langkah Syabas Beach Hotel club station on all 10-160 metres,
mainly (or all) CW, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
QSL this operation only via KM0O. [TNX 9M6DXX]
CE0Y - Lars, SM6CUK will be active as CE0Y/SM6CUK from Easter Island
until 6 December, including and entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
He operates CW only, with a special temporary authorization to use
30 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
CX - Ghis, ON5NT will be active as CX5NT from Uruguay on 12-17
December. He plans to operate holiday style during the local
evening and night hours, typically on 30 and 40 metres CW. QSL via
ON5NT. [TNX ON5NT]
EA - Adolfo, EA7TV will be active as EG7OFM on 28-29 November from La
Rabida Monastery. The special callsign is in celebration of the
800th anniversary of the Order of Friars Minor, founded by Saint
Francis of Assisi. QSL via EA7TV, bureau preferred. [TNX EA7TV]
F - TM23T, TM4TLT and other special stations will be activated for the
23rd annual Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the
French Muscular Dystrophy Association that will take place on 4-5
December. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX F8REF]
GM - MS0INT is the callsign issued to the IOTA expedition to the
difficult to access Flannan Isles (EU-118) [425DXN 963]. Weather
permitting, a team of five determined operators (EA1DR, EC2ADN,
EA3NT, MM0NDX and SM0MDG) will be active from this rare group on
18-21 June. QSL via M0URX. Further information is expected in due
course. [TNX http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
H40 - Siegfried, DK9FN will be active again as H40FN (QSL via HA8FW)
from the Reef Islands (OC-065), Temotu Province on 6-19 February.
He will operate CW only, with a strong emphasis on 160 and 80
metres, while Bernhard, DL2GAC (H40MS, QSL via home call) will
operate SSB and Hans-Peter, DG1FK (H40FK, QSL via home call) will
operate mainly PSK31. Further information to be found at
http://hari-ham.com/h40fn/
HH - Steve, VE2TKH is active in his spare time as HH2/VE2TKH from
Petionville, Haiti until 15 December. He focuses on 30, 20, 17 and
15 metres, but power is currently only available between 01.00 to
11.00 UTC, while between 11 and 6 UTC he runs battery power. QSL
via M0URX. [TNX http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
HL_ssh - Sang Hoon Lee, DS4NMJ will be active as DT8A from the Korean
Antarctic base King Sejong on King George Island South Shetlands
(AN-010) for 14 months, from 5 December 2009 through 31 January
2011. He plans to operate on all bands mainly CW, with some SSB
and RTTY. QSL via HL2FDW. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
I - II0SB/mm from an Italian Navy Coast Guard patrol boat (QSL via
IS0MKX) and II3SB from Burano Island (IOTA EU-131, IIA VE-010, QSL
via IW3IE) will be two stations participating in the 5th
International ARMI Contest to be held on 5-6 December (details at
http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk). [TNX IT9MRM]
IS0 - A group of operators from the Sardinia QRP Club (IQ0QP) will be
active from the lighthouse at Capo Sant'Elia (ARLHS SAR-019, WAIL
SA-008) on mainland Sardinia (EU-024) from about 18 UTC on 12
December until about 10 UTC on the 13th. They will operate SSB, CW
and digital modes on 20, 30, 40 and 80 metres. QSL direct (see
qrz.com). [TNX IS0VSU]
KP2 - Sharon, K7WZB and Garry, K9WZB will be active as K2V from Saint
Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 2-14 December. They will
operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-6 metres, with special
attention for 6m openings. QSL via K9WZB (direct only). On-line
log at http://www.clublog.org/logsearch/K2V [TNX NG3K]
OH - Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) will be again active in December from
the Artic Circle. Activity will be on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and
digital modes. QSL via OH9UV. [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - Special event station 5P15COP will be active on 160-6 metres SSB,
CW and digital modes on 7-18 December from Sjaelland (EU-029)
during the United Nations Climate Change Conference that will be
held in Copenhagen. QSL via OZ5BAL, direct or bureau. Further
information, including detail of the relevant certificate, can be
found at http://www.5p15cop.dk [TNX OZ1JTE]
PA - Special event station PB500GT will be active from 28 November to
13 December to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Grote Toren, the
great bell tower that is the main landmark of the city of Breda.
QSL via PA1WLB. [TNX F5NQL]
S2 - S21RC, S21AM, S21S and S21D will return to St Martin's Island
(AS-127), Bangladesh on 21-25 February. They plan to operate as
S21DX with two stations. QSL via EB7DX. They are looking for a few
pieces of equipment, instructions on how to help and further
information can be found at http://iota.s2dx.org/ [TNX
http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
ST - ST2AR is the new callsign issued to Robert, S53R [425DXN 960].
Look for him to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. For the
time being, QSL via S53R (direct only). [TNX NG3K]
TF - Darren, G0TSM will be in Reykjavik, Iceland from 27 November to 1
December. He hopes to make some S&P QSOs during the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as TF/G0TSM. QSL via home call. [TNX G0TSM]
TI - TI7WGI, DH8WR, DL2JRM and DL3ALF will be active as TI7XX from San
Jose Island (NA-191) from 30 December to 5 January. They plan to
operate CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY on all bands with two stations.
QSL via DL2JRM, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
V3 - Wil, EA7HEJ (PA0WWV) will operate SSB and CW as V31WV from Belize
until 20 December. QSL direct only to Wil Lameree, Apartado Postal
107, 21830 Bonares, Huelva, Spain.
VE - Special callsign VE3PARK will be in use on 1-31 December to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada's National Parks System.
QSL via VE3NOO. [TNX F5NQL]
VP2M - Mike, W1USN will be operate mainly SSB and PSK31 as VP2MPR from
Montserrat (NA-103) from 28 February to 13 March. Bob, AA1M will
operate mostly CW as VP2MPL on 6-11 March. QSL via home calls.
[TNX AA1M]
VP2V - Kurt, W3HQ will be active as VP2V/W3HQ from Virgin Gorda, British
Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 4-16 December. He will operate CW only,
with a focus on 160 and 10 metres during the weekends, and on 30,
12 and 17 metres during the week. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
XU - Norbert, F6AXX and Alain, F6HBR will operate CW only (3520, 7020,
10115, 14020, 18071, 21020, 24891 and 28020 kHz) as XU7UFT from
Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 3-8 December. QSL via F6AXX, direct or
bureau. Direct cards will be replied to after 15 January 2010.
[TNX F5NQL]
YB - Adhi, YB3MM will be active in his spare time as YB3MM/p from
Bawean Island (OC-197) between 4 and 9 December. His activity will
be limited to 15 metres CW. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (28-29 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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05 VP9I SOAB LP Bermuda N1HRA
07 TI5A SOSB 20m LP Costa Rica TI5KD or K2PLF
07 TI5N SOSB 15m Costa Rica W3HNK
07 V31CW SO Belize KU1CW
07 YN2GY SO Nicaragua K9GY
07 YS4U M/S El Salvador N0AT
08 6Y1V M/2 Jamaica OH3RB
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
08 8P9SS SOAB LP Barbados ND3F
08 CM8CAD SOSB 40m LP Cuba qrz.com
08 CO6LP SOSB 40m Cuba CO6LP
08 CO8LY SOSB 15m LP Cuba EA7ADH
08 CO8TW SOSB 160m LP Cuba HB9SVT
08 FM5CD M/S Martinique F5VU
08 HI3TEJ SOAB LP Dominican Republic ON4IQ
08 J38XJ SO QRP Grenada LoTW
08 KP2M M/? US Virgin Islands AI4U
08 NP4Z SOAB HP Puerto Rico WC4E
08 T48K M/? Cuba DK1WI
08 TO4D SO Guadeloupe F6AUS
08 TO5T SOAB HP Martinique JE1JKL
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B
08 V47NT SOAB HP St. Kitts W2RQ
08 WP3C SOSB 80m Puerto Rico W3HNK
08 ZF2AM SOAB Cayman Isls K6AM
09 9Y4W SO Tobago DL4MDO
09 FY5KE SOAB QRP French Guiana FY1FL
09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV
09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM
09 P49Y SOAB HP Aruba AE6Y
09 PJ2T M/2 Netherlands Antilles N9AG
09 PJ4A M/? Netherlands Antilles K4BAI
09 YW4D SOSB 40m Venezuela EA7JX
10 HC8N M/M Galapagos Isls W5UE
11 ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL
12 CE0Y/SM6CUK SOAB LP Easter Island SM6CUK
13 CW7T M/2 Uruguay K5WW
13 LU8YE M/2 Argentina EA7FTR
14 4U1ITU M/S ITU Geneva 4U1ITU
14 CR2X SOAB HP Azores OH2BH
14 CR5X M/S Portugal DJ9MH
14 EE2W M/M Spain EB2BXL
14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey qrz.com
14 GU4YOX SOSB 20m Guernsey GU4YOX
14 LX7I M/M Luxembourg LX2A
14 MD4K SOSB 15m Isle of Man G3NKC
14 MD6V SOSB 20m Isle of Man G3NKC
14 MJ0ASP SOSB 80m Jersey MJ0ASP
14 MZ5B SOSB Scotland (Shetland) G3TXF
14 OQ3R SOAB Belgium ON4RU
14 OY6A M/S Faroe Isls LoTW
14 TM0R M/S France F5GGL
14 TM2S M/S France F5PED
14 ZB2X SOSB 10m Gibraltar OH2KI
15 IR9X SO Italy (Sicily) IW9HLM
15 IU9T SOAB Italy (Sicily) IT9GSF
15 OH0V SOSB 160m Aland Isls bureau
15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Isls W0MM
15 RW2F M/? Kaliningrad DK4VW
17 EY8MM SOSB 160m Tajikistan K1BV
20 4X/RV2FW SOSB 40m Israel UA1 bureau
20 4Z5J SOSB 80m Israel W0MM
20 5B/G4IRN SOSB Cyprus G4IRN
20 5B/HA5PP SOSB Cyprus HA5PP
20 C4I M/? Cyprus LZ2HM
20 C4W SOAB Cyprus 5B4WN
20 P33W M/S Cyprus RA3AUU
20 SV9COL SOAB Crete SV9COL
20 TC4X SO Turkey OH2BH
20 YM3A SOSB 40m Turkey (Asia) LZ1NK
20 ZC4T SOAB UK SBA Cyprus qrz.com
21 4L0A SOAB HP Georgia EA7FTR
21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia K1BV
21 9K2HN SOSB 80m Kuwait 9K2HN
21 A73A M/S Qatar EA7FTR
22 VU2PAI SOAB HP India VU2PAI
22 VU2PTT SOAB or SOSB India VU2PTT
23 JU1DX M/2 Mongolia qrz.com
23 JV1A SOAB Mongolia WV6E
24 B7P M/M China BD7IXG
25 6M0HZ/2 M/? South Korea DS2AGH
26 E20WXA SOSB 40m LP Thailand E20WXA
26 E21AOY SOSB 15m QRP Thailand E21AOY
26 E21EIC SOAB Thailand LoTW
26 E21IZC SOSB 20m LP Thailand E21IZC
26 HS0AC SOAB Thailand HS0ZFZ
26 HS8JYX SOSB 20m Thailand HS8JYX
26 HS8KGG SOAB LP Thailand HS8KGG
26 XU7ACY SOAB LP Cambodia W2EN
26 XW1B SOAB Laos E21EIC
27 4D1N SO Philippines DV1UBY
27 AH0/AH2Y Saipan HL1IWD
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 KG6DX SOSB HP Guam KG6DX
27 KH0/WX8C Saipan HL1IWD
27 T88CI SOAB Palau HA5AO
28 9M6LSC SOAB East Malaysia KM0O
28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m Indonesia K3AIR
29 VK6AA M/S Australia DL8YR
29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE
29 VK9XW Christmas Island DL1RTL
30 TX3A SOAB LP Chesterfield Isls HA7RY
31 KH6ZN SOAB HP Hawaii AI4U
32 A31A Tonga PA3LEO
32 A35A SOSB 80m LP Tonga W7TSQ
32 A35KL SOAB LP Tonga W6ZL
32 FO8RZ SOAB French Polynesia F8BPN
32 TX1B SOAB New Caledonia LZ1JZ
32 ZM4T M/2 New Zealand ZL2AL
33 3V3S M/S LP Tunisia DL9USA
33 AN8R M/? Canary Isls EA8AY
33 CN2R SO Morocco W7EJ
33 CN3A SO Morocco I2WIJ
33 CR3E SOAB Madeira W3HNK
33 CR3L M/2 Madeira Isls DJ6QT
33 EA8CMX SOSB Canary Isls OH2BYS
33 EA8URL M/M Canary Isls EA8URL
33 EA9/OL8R SO LP Ceuta & Melilla OK1DRQ
33 EF8M SOAB HP Canary Isls UA3DX
33 IG9U SOSB 80m (African) Italy I1NVU
33 IG9W SOSB 40m (African) Italy IZ1GAR
33 IG9X SOSB 15m (African) Italy IK1QBT
34 ST2AR SOSB 15m Sudan S53R
35 6V7R SOAB HP Senegal UT5UGR
35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE
35 9L5A M/2 Sierra Leone G3SXW
35 D4C SO Cape Verde qrz.com
36 9J3A SOAB LP Zambia S57S
36 ZD8RH SOAB Ascension Isl G4DBW
38 A25NW SOSB Botswana K9NW
38 V5/DJ4SO SOSB Namibia DJ4SO
38 ZS4TX SOAB South Africa LoTW
39 5R8ZO SOAB HP Madagascar OH0XX
40 TF/G0TSM SOAB Iceland G0TSM
40 TF3CW SOSB 40m Iceland LX1NO
40 TF4X M/S Iceland G3SWH
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2009.html - good contest to you
all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide
to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (complete rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/160-meters.html). This year's event
will run from 22.00 UTC on 4 December through 16.00 UTC on the 6th.
IOTA ANNUAL UPDATE (NEW DEADLINE) ---> The deadline for this year and
future years is 31 JANUARY (one day earlier than previously).
Applications or updates submitted online on or before 31 January 2010 will
count for the 2010 Honour Roll and Annual Listings so long as the
supporting cards sent to checkpoints are postmarked no later than that
date. Updates postmarked after 31 January will be processed in the normal
way but scores will be held over to the following year's listing. To remain
listed in the performance tables participants will need to have updated at
least once since February 2005.
On-line credit for QSOs made during the 2009 IOTA Contest is expected to be
claimable around Easter 2010.
NAVAL CONTEST ---> This year's International Naval Contest will be
organized by the Nucleo de Radioamadores da Armada (NRA), the Portuguese
Navy Amateur Radio Club. Complete details on the event, that will be held
on 12-13 December, can be found at http://www.nra.pt/
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Marc, F6DAY says he is receiving cards for 5R8AL, but
he is not and has never been his QSL manager.
QSL GA2MP ---> This special event callsign will be in use until 30
November. Current logs are in LoTW as of 19 November. QSLs are on order,
but will not be in-hand before the cutoff for DXCC (31 December). If anyone
needs a card for their 2009 DXCC submission, N3SL can fill your request
using a GS2MP card. Simply indicate that with your QSL. Those who already
have sent an SASE, email N3SL (n3sl@arrl.net) with the request to confirm
using the GS2MP card. All others will be answered when the new cards
arrive. [TNX N3SL]
QSL 9M6LSC ---> Please note that the QSL route for contacts made on 25-30
November 2009 (CQWW CW included) is via KM0O. The callsign was used also by
Brian, 5B4AIZ/G4ODV on 6-9 March 2008 (QSL via G3SWH). For all other
operations as 9M6LSC QSLs should go via JN1WTK. [TNX 9M6DXX]
QSL PT5UN & ZW5UN ---> The new QSL route for both ZW5UN and PT5UN is via
K3IRV.
TX3A ---> If the weather holds fine as forecast, TX3A is expected to go QRT
at the end of the CQ WW DX CW Contest at 24 UTC on 29 November (i.e. on 30
November at 10 AM Chesterfield time). They will depart for Australia on 1
December.
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Ron Levy (K2CO),
Kenneth L. Adams (K5KA), Andy Jarema (N6TCQ), John F. Mayger, Jr. (W4DJ),
Bob Taylor (W5LBT) and Tracy Hull, TL8HW. "In the late 1980's he was very
active from Bangui, Central African Republic", Paul, W4FC says. "He was a
Baptist missionary and served there for over 20 years until the political
situation prohibited him from returning. He died from a heart attack at the
age of 69 in Clermont, FL. He gave out many new country contacts while
there".
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2GM, 3W1M, 4U1ITU, 4U1UN,
4W6AL, 5H1EE, 5N0OCH, 5V7SE, 7X0DX, 8R1DB, 8R1TO, 9G5ZZ, 9M2AX, 9M6/JJ2CJB,
9Y4D, A45WG, A61BK, A7/M0FGA, A73A, AH0BT, BA8AG/4 (AS-136), BD9TD, C31CT,
CE1KR, CO8LY, CP4BT, DX1J, E51NOU, E51QMA, E51TUG, EA9IE, EA9LZ, EK6LP,
EK6TA, EK7DX, EY7AD, EY8MM, FG5LA, FK8GM, FO/G3BJ (OC-050 & OC-152),
FP/G3ZAY, FR1AN, FS/K1XM, GP0STH, GT4IOM, H40MY (OC-178, OC-192, OC-162),
H44TO (OC-192), HP3AK, J28JA, J29ZG, J5UAP, J69MV, J79ZG, K7A (NA-236),
K9AJ/VY0 (NA-185), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-185), KH7XS, KL5O, LA2NK (EU-044), OX2A,
OY3AA, PJ5/AH6HY, R1ANB, T2G, T30GM, T70A, TK9X, TO8YY, TY5ZR, UN4L, V51AS,
V8FGM, VE1/G3ZAY, VK9LA, VU2PAI, WP3C, YI1RZ, YI9TM, YL2GN, YO4ATW, Z21BC,
Z35M, Z37M, ZK2NX, ZL7/N7OU, ZS6RJ.
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