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06 February 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 979
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Andrea, IZ1MHY will be active as 3A/IZ1MHY from Monaco on 6-7
February. QSL via home call. [TNX IW1DQS]
9M2 - Wolfgang, OE1WWL will be active as 9M2/OE1WWL from Langkawi Island
(AS-058) on 24-28 February. He plans to operate some SSB using 10
watts and a wire. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
9U - Henry/DL2RSI (9U1RSI), Helmut/DL3KBQ (9UXEV, no number in the
call), Peter/DH2KI (9U1KI) and Juergen/DJ2VO (9U1VO) will be
active from Bujumbura, Burundi from 22 February to 6 March. They
will operate CW, SSB and digital modes with 100 watss and
verticals. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
9Y - Mike, DF8AN will operate mainly CW as 9Y4/DF8AN from Tobago
(SA-009) on 8-22 February. QSL via DF8AN, direct or bureau. [TNX
The Daily DX]
BY - David, BA4DW will be active as BA4DW/4 from Changxing Island
(AS-136) on 11-19 February. He will operate holiday style with 100
watts and wire antennas. QSL via home call. [TNX BA4DW]
C2 - Dieter, DJ2EH, and his wife Anneli,DL8NBH will be active as C21DL
and C21YL from Nauru (OC-031) until 14 February. Look for activity
on 160-6 metres CW, with some RTTY and SSB. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
C6 - Drew, N2RFA will be active as C6ABB from Nassau, Bahamas (NA-001)
on 8-18 February. He plans to operate on 17, 20, 40 and 80 metres,
and as "there is very little digital activity in the Bahamas", he
will also operate some PSK31, RTTY, and SSTV. QSL via home call.
[TNX N2RFA]
CE_ssh - Once again the XR9JA activity from Greenwich Island, South
Shetlands (AN-010) [425DXN 976] has been postponed owing to a
change in the Chilean Navy ship schedule. The team now expects to
arrive on 10 February and to be QRV on the 12th until 26 March.
QSL via CE5JA, direct or bureau. Further information on www.qrz.com
CN - Mat, MJ0ASP will be active as CN2MR from Morocco between on 18-26
February. He will operate CW only on 40-10 metres, with an
emphasis on 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX MJ0ASP]
EI - Olivier, ON4EI (EI8GQB) will be active as EJ8GQB from Bere Island
(EU-121) on 21-29 March. He will operate SSB and RTTY on 160-10
metres, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via
ON4EI, bureau preferred. Further information can be found at
www.qrz.com/db/ej8gqb [TNX ON4EI]
F - Kurt, ON4CB and Francois, ON4LO will operate on all bands SSB as
F/OR9W/p from Tombelaine Island (EU-156) on 23-25 July, IOTA
Contest included. QSL via ON4CB, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4LO]
FG - Michel, F6GWV and Gildas, F6HMQ will be active as TO2T from
Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 24 February to 8 March. QSL via F6HMQ.
[TNX F6HMQ]
GM - MM0DGR/p will be operating from the Loch Lomond National Nature
Reserve on 6 February. Look for activity on 20, 30 and 40 metres
BPSK63, CW and SSB. QSL via MM0DFV, bureau preferred. [TNX MM0DFV]
HC - Rick, NE8Z will be active from Ecuador between 8 and 24 February.
He expects to operate on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as
HC1MD (from Tumbaco, Pichincha Province), HC1MD/HC1 (from Mount
Pichincha) and HC1MD/HC4 (from Punta Blanca, Manabi Province). QSL
via K8LJG. [TNX NE8Z]
HI - Fabio, IK4QJF will be active as HI3/IK4QJF from the Dominican
Republic from 20 February to 5 March. He will operate SSB and
digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4QJF]
J3 - Bill, K4LTA will be active as J37BO from Grenada from 11 February
to 3 March, including a Multi-Single entry in the ARRL DX CW
Contest as J38A along with NK4N. QSLs via K4LTA. [TNX QRZ-DX]
J6 - Bob, G3PJT will be active as J6/G3PJT from St. Lucia (NA-108) on
5-16 March. Main activity will be concentrated during the RSGB
Commonwealth Contest, outside the contest he will operate holiday
style mostly on 80 and 30 metres CW. [TNX G3PJT]
J7 - John, K3TEJ will be active as J7N from Dominica (NA-101) from 24
February to 11 March. Activity will be on all HF bands, mostly CW
and RTTY, but will also include participation in the CQ WW
160-METER SSB and the ARRL DX SSB contests. QSL via K3TEJ. [TNX
K3TEJ]
OZ - Eight operators from the Grantham Amateur Radio Club will be
active as OZ/G0GRC from Fyn Island (EU-172) on 18-23 June. All of
the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; the QSL
route for direct requests is via G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI]
PJ - Roger, N4RR will operate RTTY and CW as PJ4/N4RR from Bonaire
(SA-006) on 10-15 February. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX
RTTY Contest (13-14 February) as PJ4R. QSL both calls via N4RR.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VE - John, KL7JR will be active as XK1RST from Yukon on 11-14 February.
He plans to operate SSB on 80-10 metres from Destruction Bay or
Jacquot Island in Kluane Lake (not IOTA). QSL via KL7JR. [TNX
dx-world.net]
VK - The Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group (www.yarravalley.ar.org.au)
will operate field station VI3KIAH from Kinglake, Victoria on 7
February. The suffix KIAH is an Aboriginal word meaning 'beautiful
place', and the purpose of this activity is to acknowledge the
efforts of all who fought and were involved the Black Saturday
fires on 7 February 2009, and the services provided by radio
amateurs. This was Australia's worst ever natural disaster, 173
people died as a result of the fires and 414 were injured. QSL via
VK3YVG. [TNX www.southgatearc.org]
VK - Bill, VK4FW will operate mostly CW as VK8MM from Groote Eylandt
(OC-141) on 14-20 February. After that, he will be active for a
few days from his daughter's home in Nhullunbuy (mainland
Australia). QSL via VK4FW. [TNX QRZ-DX]
VP5 - Alex, PY2WAS will be active as VP5/PY2WAS from Providenciales,
Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 20-23 May. He might be joined by Ivan,
PY1YB. Expect activity in 80-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via PY2WAS,
direct or bureau. [TNX PY2WAS]
VP5 - Jim, WB2REM and Glenn, KD2JA will be active as VP5/WB2REM and
VP5/KD2JA from Providenciales (NA-002), Caicos Islands on 10-17
June. They will operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres, and will
participate in the ARRL June VHF Contest as VQ5M. Operation for
the contest will be on 6 meters SSB and CW only. QSL via KD2JA.
[TNX WB2REM]
XU - XU7KOH will be active again from Koh Russei (AS-133) on 12-16
February (operated by ON6NP, ON6TZ and XU7ACY) and 19-23 February
(operated by ON6NP, ON6TZ, XU7ACY and F5PAC). QSL via ON7PP. Logs
will be posted on www.xu7tzg.be after the operations. [TNX ON7PP]
YN - Cal WF5W (YN2EA), Mike K5UO (YN2UO), Keith NM5G (YN2MG) and Doug
WB5TKI (YN2TKI) will be active from Nicaragua on 4-9 March. They
plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres, and to
participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as YN2EA (Multi-Single).
During non-contest periods, they will have two stations active on
all modes and bands. QSL for all callsigns via W5PF and LoTW.
Further information and log search (available after the trip) can
be found on the Texas DX Society's website (www.tdxs.net). [TNX
W9DX]
ZK3 - Bill, N7OU and Bob, W7YAQ will be active as from Tokelau (OC-048)
from 17 February to 10 March (exact dates may change a little
depending on boat schedule), including an entry in the ARRL DX CW
Contest. They will operate mostly CW, with some RTTY and SSB, on
160-10 metres using verticals and 100 watts. Before (10-16
February) and after (11-15 March) that trip, they will be active
from Apia, Samoa (5W). QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS8 - Pierre, ZS1HF has announced he will be active as ZS8M from Marion
Island (AF-021) "from the end of April once the 'SA Agulhas' has
returned to Cape Town". Pierre says he is taking up "the position
of radio/electronics technician for a year". Further information
is expected in due course.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
15TH IOTA DINNER ---> The 15th Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will
be held on Friday, 16 April 2009, at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference
Center, in conjunction with the 61sh annual Visalia International DX
Convention (http://dxconvention.org/). For additional information regarding
this event, please contact Ray Benny, N6VR (rayn6vr@cableone.net) or Will
Costello, WC6DX (wc6dx@sbcglobal.net). [TNX N6VR]
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
D44TXF, D44TXI, D44TXO, D44TXP, D44TXQ, D44TXR and D44TXS (Cape Verde,
March 2009). If you had one of these operations rejected on a recent
application, please send a note to dxcc@arrl.org to have your record
updated. [TNX NC1L]
EPC WW DX CONTEST ---> The European PSK Club invites amateur radio
operators all over the world to participate in the second EPC WW DX
Contest, to be held on 27-28 February (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC). Object of
the contest is to work as many stations as possible using the BPSK125 mode.
Complete information can be found at www.epcwwdx.srars.org
QSL VIA UZ1RR ---> The QSL route for UT6UE/mm and UT6UF/mm is via UZ1RR,
direct only (Vladimir A. Stepanenko, P.O. Box 28, Chernihiv-postamt, 14000,
Ukraine). Andrej e Yurij are on a 16-month voyage on sailing yacht "Kupava"
(http://uarl.com.ua/news/antarctida/index.htm)
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)
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Norman Fitch (G3FPK),
John Dunlop (GM0WDF/GM6LNM), Robert J. King (K5IY), Terry P. Morton
(KJ6OW), David Charles Blanchard (N3II), Rudol'f A. Yanson (RW0IZ), Viktor
T. Korostyljov (UN7QB), Judge L. Bodycote (W1PEA), Kenneth M. Smith
(W7HRY), James M Durante (W9NB), Alonso Ulloa Mireles (XE1ZZA) and
Francisco Lopez Diaz (XE2NLD).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8GT, 3D20CR, 3D2A (OC-121),
3D2JS, 3D2KJ, 3D2MJ,3V3S, 4K4K, 4L/UU4JMG, 4S7KKG, 4U1UN, 4U1WB, 4U64UN,
4W6AL,5H3RK, 5N0HQ, 5N0OCH, 5N7/5N0OCH, 5R8HX, 5R8IC (AF-090), 5T5BV, 5U5U,
5Z4/RW1AU,7P8AO, 7P8CF, 8R1PY,9G5TT, 9G5XX (AF-084), 9J2BO, 9J2CA, 9J2VB,
9J3A, 9L7NS, 9M2AX, 9M6OO, 9U0VB, 9V1VV, 9V1YC, 9X0VB, 9Z4AM, A65BE,
A65DLH, A92GR, AI5P/VK9N, AY0DX, BA4TB/5 (AS-137), BG5BMV/5 (AS-141), C4I,
CE0Y/JJ2NYT, CE0Y/SM6CUK, CN8TW, CO7PH/p (NA-201), CP6IB, CT9L,D2CQ, D2EB,
D2NX, DP1POL, DT5A (AS-081), E51JD (OC-013), E51QQQ (OC-014), EA9IE, ES1WN,
ET3JA, ET3SID, EX2A, EX8AD, EX8MJ, EY7AF, FG5/F2PI, FH/DJ7RJ,
FJ/WQ2N,FK/NA8O,FK8HN, FM/JE1JKL/p, FM5AA, FM5LD, FO/DJ7RJ (OC-027),
FO/JJ2NYT (OC-046), FO8RZ, FP/G3ZAY, FR/F5UOW, FS/K1XM, FS/W6IZT, FT5GA,
FT5WO, FT5YJ/P (AN-006), FY/IW1BND, GD6IA, GI5K, H40FN, H44MS (OC-047),
H44MY (OC-192), HC8/DF8AN, HC8GR, HQ2GL, HS0ZBS, HS0ZCW, IS0GQX, IS0HQJ,
J37T, J49Z, J5V, J79WE,JD1BIE, JD1BLY, JD1BMH,JD1BMM, JT1AA, JT1BE, JT1CO,
KG4SS, KH0/KI6TIU, KH7XS,KP2/NY6X, LU/F6BFH (SA-049), LU1ZA, LU1ZV,
N5BEK/TI7, OH0/PA3ALK, OH0/PB5A, OJ0J, OX2A, OX3DB, OY2J, OY3AA, P29NI,
P29VCR, P29VCX, P29VLR, P4/W1XP, P43JB, PJ5/AH6HY, PW2IO (SA-071), PW6C
(SA-062),PX8W,PZ5RA, PZ5Z, R0L (AS-066), R1FJM, S79NS, S92LX, SD2O
(EU-135), SU1KM, SU9NC, SV2ASP/A, SV8FMY, T2G, T30IW, T32CXX, T32DAS, T47C
(NA-086), T6YA, T88DX,T88GH, TF3CW, TF4M,TG9ADM, TL0A, TO5T,TO7RJ, TR8JD,
TS7C (AF-073), TX5SPA, TX5SPM, TY1MS, TY5WP, UA2FW, UK8AR, UN6LN, UN7AB,
UN7QF, V63PR (OC-010 and OC-011), V73NF, VE8RCS/VY0 (NA-008), VK6IOA
(OC-211), VK7GK, VK9XX, VP2ETN, VP2MNK, VP2MPL, VP2MUH, VP2MUM, VP2MXO,
VP2V/DL7VOG, VP2V/NY6X, VP8BUG, VP8YLB, VQ9LA, VU2PAI, VX8X (NA-192), VY0O
(NA-230), W2VJP/KH2, WP3C, XU7KOH, XU7MDY, XV2JR, XV2RZ, XV3RRC (AS-157),
XV7RRC (AS-162), YI9AJ, YI9NIC, YJ0AQY, YJ0NA,YJ0PX, ZD7FT, ZD8N, ZD8Z,
ZF1A, ZF1DX, ZF2AH, ZK1CG, ZP8VAO, ZY0T.
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