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05 December 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 970
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
BY - Celebrating the launch of the Amateur Radio satellite XW-1,
special event station BT3WX will be active from Taiyuan, Shanxi
Province until 20 December. Look for activity on 160-10 metres and
on VHF/UHF amateur satellite bands, including FM, SSB, CW, RTTY
and PACSAT modes. QSL via BA1DU. [TNX BA1DU]
CO - Ed, CO7PH plans to operate SSB and CW as CO7PH/p from Cayo Coco
(NA-086) on 17-31 December and from Cayo Anclitas (NA-201) on 2-5
January. [TNX CO7PH]
D2 - Paulo, CT1ITZ (D2CQ, ex D2PJB) was expected to QRT in late
November [425DXN 967], but is now reported to remain in Angola
until 27 December. He operates SSB ony. QSL via CT1IUA. [TNX F5NQL]
DL - DF9TM, DL2SWW and DL2VFR will operate CW and SSB as DF0WFF from
Biosphere Reserve Schaalsee on 4-6 December. QSL via bureau.
Information on the DL Flora & Fauna Award can be found at
http://www.wff-dl.de/ [TNX DL2VFR]
FM - Fernando, EA1BT will be active on the HF bands as TO1BT from
Martinique (NA-107) on 8-15 December. QSL via home call. [TNX
F5NQL]
HA - Radio Club Puspokladany (HA0KHW) will be active as HG0WFF/p from
three different Hungarian National Parks between 5 and 10
December. QSL via HA0HW, bureau preferred. [TNX HA0HW]
HR - Victor, N8OO and Andrei, NP3D will be active as HR2/N8OO, HR2/NP3D
and HQ2S from Honduras on 10-20 December. They will operate CW,
RTTY and SSB on all bands. Victor will participate in the ARRL 10
Meter Contest, and Andrei will take part in the OK DX RTTY
Contest. QSL HR2/N8OO via home call (or via UA9TF for ex CIS
countries) QSL HR2/NP3D and HQ2S via W3HNK (or via RW6HS for ex
CIS countries) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
I - IQ3GA/3 - not II3SB as previously announced [425DXN 969] - will be
active from Burano Island (IOTA EU-131, IIA VE-010) for the 5th
International ARMI Contest to be held on 5-6 December (details at
http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk). QSL via IW3IE. [TNX IT9MRM]
ON_ant - Karel, ON5TN has been active as OR4TN from the Belgian Antarctic
base "Princess Elisabeth", Antarctica since 1 December. He will
remain there until the end of January 2010, with activity on the
amateur radio bands during his spare time. Look for him between 21
and 23 UTC around 7007 (CW) and 7077 (SSB). Updates will be posted
on qrz.com under OR4TN. QSL via ON5TN.
T6 - Jack, W4JJ is now active as T6LC from Gardez (Paktia Province),
Afghanistan. He expects to operate mainly on 40 and 20 metres CW
and SSB, 1430-1800 UTC as time permits. QSL via K4MJN. [TNX NG3K]
VK9 - David A. Burton, VK9WBM will be working at the weather station on
Willis Island (OC-007) for the next six months. He plans to
operate on the HF bands and 6 metres in his spare time. QSL via
VK4DMC. [TNX www.southgatearc.org]
XE - The 10-14 December XF3RR IOTA expedition to Isla El Cerrito
(NA-153) [425DXN 967] has been cancelled. The Radio Club Cancun
plans to organize another operation from a different island in the
same IOTA group in a few months' time.
XU - Peter, XU7ACY and Wim, XU7TZG will be active as XU7KOH from Koh
Russei (AS-133) on 11-14 December. They will operate CW (Peter)
and SSB and PSK31 (Wim) on 80-10 metres. QSL via ON7PP, direct
only. [TNX NG3K]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
2010 IDXC ---> The 61st Annual International DX Convention, sponsored by
the Southern California DX Club, will be held at The Holiday Inn Hotel &
Conference Center Visalia on 16-18 April 2010. Preregistration began on 1
December. Complete details can be found at http://www.dxconvention.org/.
For questions regarding registration or DX stations who need lodging
assistance, please email Cathy Gardenias, K6VC at the address located on
the website under registration. [TNX N6RV]
A35A ---> "Paul, A35A's move to Vava'u (OC-064) has been postponed
indefinitely, and perhaps cancelled altogether", The Daily DX reports
[425DXN 946]. "He remains QRV from Lifuka Island, Ha'apai (OC-169) until
further notice".
CQ DX MARATHON ---> Each year, from 1 January to 31 December, CQ Magazine
sponsors a challenge to work as many countries and zones as possible in the
calendar year. The 2009 edition of the CQ Magazine DX Marathon ends soon,
but there is still time to fill in some missing countries and zones. For
complete rules and submission information, please visit www.dxmarathon.com
[TNX K9EL]
CQ WW CLAIMED SCORES ---> Valery, RW3GU maintains an Unofficial Claimed
Scores web page (http://pileup.ru/) for the 2009 CQ WW DX Contest (SSB and
CW). Scores are based on 3830 reflector posts and claimed results from CQWW
logs received page.
K5D ---> The long anticipated K5D (Desecheo 2009) DVD is now available for
sale. It was written, produced and narrated by Bob Allphin, K4UEE and
edited by Ed Boutwell, W4ZSB. This is their seventh DXpedition DVD. To
purchase a copy, go to www.kp5.us and click on the link on the first page.
[TNX K4UEE]
RDA TRIP ---> Denis, RA4FJV says that his Russian District Award 2009 trip
is over after some 7000 QSOs made as UE4FDA and RA4FJV/m from 28 different
districts. On-line logs can be found at
http://www.ra4fjv.org/logs/search.html; QSL dia RA4FJV, direct (Denis
Ogurok, Chernyshevskogo 1-1, 442153, Nizhny Lomov, Russia) or bureau.
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please note
that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible
for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@fastwebnet.it)
TX3A ---> The Online QSL Request System for TX3A is now up and running at
http://tx3a.com/qsl.html (it can be used for either direct and bureau
cards).
+ SILENT KEYS + Andrej V. Golopurov, RU1AO is one of the victims of the
Nevsky Express train disaster on 27 November. He was returning from Moscow
to Saint Petersburg for the CQ WW CW. Other recently reported Silent Keys
include Ben Clarkson (G7WHO), Paul Knight (KE5OVA), CQ Amateur Radio Hall
of Famer Jerry Sevick (W2FMI), Antonio Scolamiero (YV4DDK) and New
Zealand's Top DXer Roy Jackson (ZL4BO).
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3DA0TM Andy Cory, P.O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland
4U1AIDS Andrey Fedorov, UNAIDS, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland
4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20,
Switzerland
DL1RTL Heiko Mann, Gaggenauer-Str. 81, 14974 Ludwigsfelde, Germany
EA7HEJ Wil Lameree, Apartado Postal 107, 21830 Bonares, Huelva, Spain
EX8AB Narynbek Djunushev, P.O. Box 1855, Bishkek, 720000, Kyrgyzstan
HK3O Mario Henao, COD 8682, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102-5242, USA
JU1DX JTDXA Contest Team, Central Post Office Box 2373, Ulaanbaatar-13,
15160, Mongolia
JY6HQ The Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society, P.O. Box 2353, Amman
11181, Jordan
KH6ZN Pu'u O'o Radio Club, P.O. Box 878, Volcano, HI 96785, USA
KH7B Mauna Kea Contest Club, P.O. Box 490, Laupahoehoe, HI 96764, USA
OK1DOT Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech Republic
S53R Robert Kasca, P.O. Box 23, Idrija, SI-5280, Slovenia
S57S Aleksander Zagar, Golisce 132, SI-1281 Slovenia
TL0A Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit,
France
UK9AA Fedor Petrov, P.O. Box 58, Tashkent, 100000, Uzbekistan
XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, Phnom Penh 99999, Cambodia
YE1C West Java DX Association, P.O. Box 1042, Bandung 40010, Indonesia
ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus
ZC4T ESBA Radio Club, c/o Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki
Achnas, Cyprus
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