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02 January 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 974
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
8Q - Cezar, YO8TLC will be active as 8Q7CE from the Maldives (AS-013)
on 8-25 January. He plans to operate holiday style on 40, 30 and
20 metres, mainly CW and some SSB. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
A6 - Gerry, VE6LB will be active as A6/VE6LB from Dubai, United Arab
Emirates from 8 January to 8 February. He plans to operate holiday
style on 40-12 metres mainly CW, with 100 watss and a wire
antenna. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX VE6LB]
C6 - Tom, C6ANM will be active from January through April 160-6 metres
CW and SSB, including participation in the CQ WW 160-Meter DX
Contests (CW and SSB) and in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. He will
primarily operate from Nassau (NA-001). QSL via LoTW (preferably)
or direct to WA2IYO. [TNX NE1B]
EL - Chris, ZS6RI will be active again (this time with 100 watts) as
EL8RI from Liberia for one month starting on 2 January. This will
be his last trip to Liberia, as he has been transferred to another
country in Africa where he expects to be working on a six week on,
six week off schedule. [TNX The Daily DX]
H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active again as H44MS from the Solomon
Islands for three months. Expected arrival and departure dates are
21 January and 20 April. On 6-19 February [425DXN 969] he will be
going to the Reef Islands (OC-065), Temotu Province along with
DK9FN (H40FN) and DG1FK (H40FK), and operate as H40MS. QSL via
home call. [TNX DL2GAC]
HH - Pierre, HB9AMO is now active as time permits as HH2/HB9AMO from
Haiti for about one month. He operates CW only, with 100 watts and
wire antennas. QSL via PA7FM. A log search will be available at
http://www.pa7fm.nl/ in due course. [TNX PA7FM]
J6 - After travelling around the world for the last fourteen years,
Derek, VE3CZF, has moved permanently to St. Lucia. Look for him to
operate as J6/VE3CZF on 80-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL direct only
(Derek N. Kirkham, P.O. Box 249, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, West
Indies). [TNX J6/VE3CZF]
PJ5 - Jim, K1NA will once again be active as PJ5NA from St. Eustatius
(NA-145) between 10 January and 27 March. When not taking part in
contests, he will concentrate on 30, 12 and 17 metres, as well as
on 160, 80 and 40 metres during his nights. QSL via K1NA, direct
only. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
SP - Witek, SP9MRO will be active as 3Z0RADIO (QSL via SP9SX)from 1
January through the end of the year to celebrate the 80th
anniversary of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) and the 85
anniversary of IARU. Several other special event stations are
expected to take part in the celebration: 3Z80PZK, 3Z85IARU,
HF80PZK, HF85IARU, SN80PZK. SN85IARU, SO80PZK, SO85IARU, SP80PZK,
SP85IARU, SQ80PZK and SQ85IARU (information on the relevant award
can be found at http://www.qrz.com/db/SN80PZK). [TNX SP9MRO]
VK - Peter/VK3ZPF, Hayden/VK3FRST, Marcus/VK3TST and Adam/VK3YDF will
operate the scout callsign VK3SAT from the French Island (OC-136)
National Park from around 4 UTC on 9 January until around 1 UTC on
the 10th. They plan to be active on 80, 40 and 20 metres using
wire antennas and battery powered transceivers (max 15w PEP). [TNX
http://www.southgatearc.org/]
VP8_fal- Michael, G7VJR (VP8DMN) and Martin, G3ZAY (VP8DFK) will be active
from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) on 21-29 January. They will
operate mainly CW, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home
calls. [http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ONLINE BOOK ---> Gerard Debelle, F2VX is writing the History of Amateur
Radio in the French Overseas Territories (1920-1962). The first ten
chapters are now available at http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/histoires.php
[TNX F6AJA]
QSL R1ANR ---> This is Alex, UA1PAW, now operating from "Blue One Runway"
(aka "Novo Runway"), a logistic facility located some 14 kilometres away
from Novolazarevskaja base, Antarctica. He will be there through February
2010. The correct QSL route for the current operation is via ZS1ANF
(stations from Russia and Ukraine can go via RK1PWA). [TNX
http://dx-hamspirit.com/]
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Twelve different galleries include cards for the
ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (317 QSLs), the 58 deleted DXCC entities (983
QSLs), obsolete prefixes (2724 QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1947 to
1962 (329 QSLs), Antarctic bases (800 QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and
Antarctiques Francaises, 256 QSLs), the various French DXCC island Entities
in the Pacific Ocean (291 QSLs) & the Indian Ocean (96 QSLs), pre-1945
countries (801 QSLs), French Departments (579 QSLs) and USA (50 QSLs), plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC (113 QSLs). Several cards are
still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit
http://LesNouvellesdx.fr and send your comments to lesnouvellesdx@free.fr
[TNX F6AJA]
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)
ZL DX HALL OF FAME ---> The New Zealand DX Hall of Fame honours those
outstanding ZL DXers who have excelled in our radio sport hobby over many
years. The inductees for 2010, selected by the panel of judges (ZL1AIH,
ZL3JT and ZL3NB) are Dave A. Johnston (ZL1AMN), Aola B. Johnston (ZL1ALE)
and Dave Brown (ZL1HY, SK). Complete details can be found at
http://www.southgatearc.org/
+ SILENT KEYS + Knut Haugland (LA3KY) passed away on 25 December at 92
years of age. He was the last surviving crewman who crossed the Pacific
Ocean on the legendary balsa wood raft "Kon-Tiki" in 1947. During the
101-day voyage he served as radio operator along with Torstein Raaby.
Amateur radio played a critical role in the success and safety of the
expedition; Haugland and Raaby operated as LI2B on the amateur bands and
kept a schedule with W1AW and other US stations.
Other recently reported Silent keys include Yuri V. Fedorov (RW0QO) and
Zenon Dabrowski (SQ2EET).
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3D2HC DL9HCU EK3GM IK2QPR ON100PES ON4TRC
3D2JS WB2TJO EK6LP DL8KAC ON175BR ON7BR
3V8SS IZ8CCW EK6TA DJ0MCZ ON4DAMIAN ON7LR
3Z02PGA SP2FAP EK6YL SP9LJD OR0A ON6ZK
3Z10HNY SP2FAP ER5GB W3HNK OS8A ON8VK
4A1DXXE N7RO EW6GF DL8KAC OT2X ON6YX
4K5D K2PF EX2F RW6HS P40YL AI6YL
4L1UN EA7FTR EY8MM K1BV P49V AI6V
4L5O N3SL FK/NA8O JK1FNL P49X W0YK
4L6DL LZ1OT FM5BH W3HNK PB37SEAL PH7Y
4L8A K1BV FM5CD F5VU PC25DIG PI4DIG
4S7BRG LZ3HI FM5WE K4FJ PD37SEAL PD2GCM
4Z8AY F5LGE GB0NG 2W0XTP R150APC UA6MM
5R8FL G3SWH H7A TI4SU R1ANP RW1AI
5R8FU SM5DJZ HF35PEA SP1NQF RL3A W3HNK
5R8HX G4OHX HG400HV HA0HV RW0A RA0ALM
5V7BR F2VX HH2/HB9AMO PA7FM RW0CWA RW0CF
7Q7BP G3MRC HI3CC ON4IQ RW2F DK4VW
8Q7HN 7M2VPR HI3TEJ ON4IQ RX9FM W3HNK
9A800VZ 9A7A HK1KYR EA5KB SC0XMAS SM0OGQ
9H3NT EA3NT HK4CZE EA7FTR SC10DXR SM6WYA
9J2AH EA7FTR HK4OBA EA5KB SC1658OZ SK7BQ
9K2GS EA5KB HQ2T W3HNK SH3O SM3TLG
9M2CNC G4ZFE HR9/WQ7R K5WW SK1658OZ SK7BQ
9V1YC W5UE HS0AC HS0ZFZ SM200PAX SK2AT
9Y4SRR KD4UDU HS0ZCY/4 E21EIC SN32ESM SP3ZAC
A35A W7TSQ HV50VR IV3KKW SP80BEM SP9ZBC
A61AS YO3FRI HZ1AN DJ9ZB ST2AR S53R
A61KM NI5DX HZ1DS DJ9ZB TF3ZA KT6YL
A61R EA7FTR HZ1PS IZ8CLM TF8GX KT6YL
A62ER IZ8CLM IY0GMN IQ0RM TI4CF W3HNK
A65CA RV6AJJ IY1Y IK1MDF TI7XX DL2JRM
A71BU NI5DX IY2M IW2NOH TM6WRC F4ELU
A71BX EA7FTR IY7NGM IK7JWX TN5SN IZ1BZV
A71CT EA7FTR J28KO F6DKI TR8CA F6CBC
A71EM EA7FTR J28OO K2PF TT8FC EA4AHK
BY1TTY BD1LLB J5V JA1PBV TY5ZR IK2IQD
C31CT EA3QS JD1BLY JI5RPT UE4LWM UA4LCH
C4EURO 5B4AHO JD1BMH JG7PSJ UK8OAH IK2QPR
CN10NY EA7FTR K3C K3LP UN7MMM EA7FTR
CN8IG EA7FTR KH0AC K7ZA UP100FPW UN1F
CN8KD EA5XX KH6CW K7GQ V73NS WD8CRT
CN8NK EA5XX KH6LC AI4U VE2DX VE2STN
CN8YE EA7FTR KH6MB AI4U VE3PARK VE3NOO
CO6CAC EA5KB KP4MS W4DN VK6ANC VK6NE
CO6RD 8P9NX KP4SQ W3HNK VK6IOA VK4AAR
CO7EH AD4C LA6YEA LA9VDA VK8NSB VK6NE
CO8LY EA7ADH LM2T70Y LA2T VP8DMH G0VGS
CT3AS DJ8FW LM9K75Y LA9K VP9400KD VP9KD
CT7/LZ3ND LZ1NK LU1ZD LU4DXU YB8FL EA7FTR
CU3YLA CU3BL LU3OE EA5KB YJ0NA JK1FNL
CU5AQ EA5KB LU5FF EA5KB YN2N TI2OHL
CU6NS EA5KB LW3EWZ EA5KB YN4SU TI4SU
CX2CC EA5KB LX30AK LX1CC YP2GEO YO2KAR
CX4AAJ EB7DX LX8RTTY LX1DA YW5EID EA5KB
CX5TR EA5KB LY09XMAS LY2QT Z21BC NI5DX
D2QMN RZ3EC LY7M LY2BW Z22JE K3IRV
D44TT K1BV LZ09IPY LZ3SM Z23MS UA3DX
DP3SSKW DK7FK LZ131GO LZ1KZA ZA1E I2MQP
DR60NATO DL1WH LZ44WFF LZ1KZA ZF2BI K4BI
DR800GRZ DL1ARJ MP1SWL/A G6XOU ZM2B ZL2BR
DU3NXE W3HNK N3UJ/KH0 JH1URT ZP6CW ZP6CU
E77A 9A2AA NP4A W3HNK ZS10WCS ZS4BS
E77DX E77E OD5ET EB7DX ZS1EL K4YL
E77XZ DK6XZ OF200AD OH5AD ZS1OIN R3AR
EA8OM DJ1OJ OG20YL OH2YL ZS2DL NI5DX
EA9EU EA5KB OH9SCL OH9UV ZS4U K3IRV
EG2MDB EA2URV OK/EI6DX RX3RC ZS6CCY K3IRV
DU7/N7ET Dale R. Law, Silliman University, 6200 Dumaguete City, Philippines
ET3SID Sid May, P.O. Box 60229, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
FO/N6JA Brad Fisher, B.P. 12570, 98712 Papara Tahiti, French Polynesia
FR5ZL Guy Petit de la Rhodiere, 33 Chemin Lambert, Casabois Grand Ilet,
97433 Salazie, France
G4OHX Sam Kennard, 16 Conifer Close, Ormesby St Margaret, NR29 3RU,
England
KH2L Edward H Poppe Jr, 25 Kristina Ln, Yona, GU 96915, USA
OY3JE Jan Egholm, Velbastadvegur 22, FO-100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
OY9JD Jon Dam, Undir Kerjum 7, FO-100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands
PZ5RA Ramon A. Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 745, Paramaribo, Suriname
SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087 Mount Athos, Greece
TI2OHL Octavio Miranda, P.O. Box 257-1017, San Jose, Costa Rica
UA0FAI Gennadij I. Mogilevkin, P.O. Box 12, Yuzhno-Sahalinsk 693023,
Russia
UA3DX Nick I. Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, 143010, Odintsovo, Russia
V51AS Frank Steinhauser, Am Rosenkothen 17, 40880 Ratingen, Germany
V51YJ Andrew Thomson, P.O. Box 80033, Olympia, Windhoek, Namibia
V73RS Rob Struppeck, P.O. Box 1189, APO, AP 96555, USA
VG7W VOARG, 9362-206A St., Langley, BC V1M 2W6, Canada
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, 376 Old Toowoomba Road, Placid Hills QLD 4343,
Australia
VK4HFO Tim Wright, 11 Wyena Avenue, Lamb Island QLD 4184, Australia
ZS1ANF Oleg S. Sakharov, P.O. Box 15968, Vlaeberg, Cape Town, 8018, South
Africa
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