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06 March 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 983
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3V - IK7JWX and other operators (I8LWL, IC8ATA, IK2DUW, IK2GPQ, IK2PZC,
IK8BPY, IK8GQY, IS0AGY, IW2NLC, IZ2GRG and IZ7ATN) will be active
as TS8P and TS8P/p from the islands of Djerba (AF-083) and Kuriat
(AF-092) between 27 April and 4 May. They expect to operate SSB,
CW, PSK31 and RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via IK7JWX.
[TNX IK7JWX]
8Q - Noel, F6BGC will be active as 8Q7NC from Madoogali, Maldives
(AS-013) on 13-21 March. He plans to operate holiday style on 80-6
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF]
CN - IK7JWX (5C2J), I8LWL (5C2L), IK2PZC (5C2P), IK2GPQ (5C2Q), IZ7ATN
(5C2SG), IK2DUW (5C2W) and IK8GPY (5C2Y) will be active from
Essaouira and Agadir, Morocco between 16 and 23 March. QSL via
operator's instructions. [TNX IK7JWX]
CT8 - Tom, SP5UAF and Marcin, SP5ES will be active as CT8/homecall from
Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores on 17-29 March. They plan to operate
CW, SSB and digital modes on the HF bands, and to participate in
the Russian DX and CQ CQ WW WPX SSB contests. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX SP5UAF]
CT9 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active as CT9/DL3KWR and
CT9/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 11-25 March. They plan to
operate mostly CW and on 12, 17 and 30 metres. Hardy will also
give RTTY and PSK-31 a try. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests
for bureau cards can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de or dl3kwf@darc.de
respectively. Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr
[TNX DL3KWF]
EA8 - Andrew, G7COD will be active as EA8/G7COD from Gran Canaria
(AF-004) on 20-28 March. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 20, 17,
15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
G7COD]
F - The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club (TP2CE, ewwa.free.fr)
will be active as TP60CE on 12-14 March to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. QSL via
F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]
F - F5LON, F6CNM, F8FKD and F9OE will be active as TM4FFU on 10-11
April for the Radio Maritime Day (see below). They will operate CW
only on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres bands. QSL via F8FKD.
[TNX F8FKD]
FR - Stephane, F5UOW will operate mostly CW from Reunion Island
(AF-016) from 9 April to 2 May. He will be active on 20 metres as
FR/F5UOW until 17 April, then he will move to another QTH and
operate as TO2R on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA]
GJ - David, ON4DN will be active as MJ/ON4DN/p from Jersey (EU-013) on
6-9 April. He will operate holiday style on 40, 30, 20 and 17
metres SSB and digital modes, and he also plans to operate from
one or more lighthouses. QSL via ON4DN, direct or bureau. [TNX
ON4DN]
GM - MM0DGR/p will be working from Lindean Reservoir, Whitlaw Mosses
National Nature Reserve on 6 March. Look for activity on 80-10
metres BPSK63, CW and SSB. QSL via MM0DFV. Further information can
be found at www.gmff.org, a new web site dedicated to the Natural
Heritage of Scotland under the WFF award programme. [TNX MM0DFV]
I - Promoting the "Antonio Canova Award", special station IU3AC will
be active on 1-31 May. The award is issued by ARI Treviso
(www.aritreviso.it/Diploma Canova.html) to celebrate this famous
Italian sculptor, who was born in 1757 in a village near Treviso.
QSL via IK3GES, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX IZ3EBA]
J3 - Sharon, M3VCQ (J38SW) and Colin, G3VCQ (J38CW) will be active from
Grenada (NA-024) on 11-25 March. They will operate SSB and CW with
a mini Yagi for 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres and verticals for 30,
40, 80 and 160 metres. QSL both calls via G3VCQ.
KH0 - Yoshi, JE2EHP will be active as K1HP/KH0 from Saipan (OC-086) on
21-25 March. He plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands
and 6 metres. QSL via JE2EHP, bureau preferred. [TNX JE2EHP]
OE - The Amateur Radio Section of ORF (the Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation) and the Documentary Archives Radio Communications/QSL
Collection will operate special event station OE10M on 23-25
April. This is an official "International Marconi Day" station and
contacts made on 24 April will be valid for the IMD Award. QSL via
the OE bureau or direct to OE1WHC. [TNX OE1WHC]
OH0 - Look for OH0/PA0VHA, OH0/PA2A, OH0/PA2AM, OH0/PA2VMA, OH0/PA3ALK,
OH0/PA3BAG and OH0/PB5A to be active from Eckero, Aland Islands
(EU-002) on 15-28 May. They plan to run 3 or 4 stations on the HF
bands CW, SSB and RTTY, and they will be QRV also on 6 metres. QSL
via home calls. Further information to be published on
www.pi4cc.nl [TNX PA2AM]
PJ4 - Michal, OK7MT and Vit, OK5MM will be active as PJ4/OK7MT and
PJ4/OK5MM from Bonaire (SA-006) from 18 March to 1 April. They
will participate in the Russian DX Contest (20-21 March) and the
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as PJ4L (QSL via OK7MT, direct or bureau).
[TNX OK7MT]
T31 - The new dates for the DXpedition to Central Kiribati [425DXN 945]
are 2-11 October. YT1AD, K3LP and other ten operators (AA4NN,
JT1CO, K1LZ, N6TQS, PY5EG, SV2BFN, UA4HOX, YT3W, YT3WW, YT6W) plan
to be active on all bands and modes. Further information can be
found at yt1ad.info/t31/index.html.
V2 - Look for W4OWY (V25WY) and W9OP (V25OP) to be active from Antigua
(NA-100) on 9-18 March. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on
160-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They will
upload their logs to LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
V2 - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG will be active as V21ZG from Antigua
from 16 March to 4 April. They will operate mainly RTTY, PSK and
SSB on 80-6 metres. QSL via DL7AFS, direct or bureau. Further
information and log search at www.qsl.net/dl7afs/
V6 - Mike, V63MY and Jan, V63TO have been active from Oroluk Atoll
(OC-260) [425DXN 982] since 2 March and expect to remain there
until around 12 March. QSL direct to OM2SA, or LoTW. [TNX V63MY]
V7 - Tom, N4XP will be active as V7/N4XP from Kwajalein (OC-028),
Marshall Islands on 9-22 March. He will operate CW and SSB on
160-10 metres, and he also plans to give 60m a try. QSL via home
call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Peter, VE3IKV has cancelled his 6-13 March W4/VG3RA trip [425DXN
982] to NA-058, NA-062 and NA-079. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Ten operators from the Amateur Radio Outdoor Adventures will be
active as K4T from Garden Key, Dry Tortugas (NA-079) from 20 UTC
on 11 March until 11 UTC on the 15th. They will have three
stations for the HF bands and three dedicated satellite stations.
QSL via operator's instructions. Further information at
aroadventures.org [TNX AI4QY]
YO - YO6CHB, YO6EZ, YO6GBE, YO6MP and YO6UO will operate CW, SSB and
RTTY as YP1WFF from the Cheile Bicazului - Hasmas National Park on
19-21 March, including activity during the Russian DX Contest. QSL
this operation via YO6EZ. [TNX YO6EZ]
YS - Roberto, I2JIN will be active as YS3CW from El Salvador from 24
March to 11 April. He plans to operate mainly CW. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX I2JIN]
YU - Celebrating the 140th anniversary of the local Volunteer Fire
Brigade, Radio Club Marica-Zemun (YU1AVQ) will be active as YU140Z
until 31 May. QSL via YU1AVQ. [TNX VE3ZIK]
ZK3 - ZK3OU and ZK3YA are the callsigns issued to Bill, N7OU and Bob,
W7YAQ for their activity from Tokelau (OC-048). After waiting for
weather and sea conditions to improve, eventually the boat was
scheduled to leave Samoa for Tokelau on 5 March. Bill and Bob
expect to be QRV from ZK3 starting on 7 or 8 March. [TNX
dx-world.net]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Alain, F6BFH will be active as FG/F6BFH from Guadeloupe
on 5-12 March, and as TO5SM from Saint Martin on 13-23 March. He will
operate mainly CW, with some RTTY and SSB, with a focus on the low bands.
QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX F5NQL]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of
the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found
at www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2010/intldx.html. This year's event will run
from from 00.00 UTC on 6 March through 24.00 UTC on the 7th. Do not forget
to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K
at www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2010.html - good contest to you
all!
CHILE EMERGENCY ---> Following the massive earthquake that hit Chile on 27
February, IARU Region 2 and the Red Chilena Nor Austral de Servicio (RECNA)
request amateur radio operators to monitor the following emergency
communications frequencies: 3738, 3750, 7050, 7100, 14200, 14350, 21200,
21350, 28300 and 28500 kHz. In addition to the above frequencies, you may
also want to listen to the worldwide emergency communication Center of
Activity frequencies (14300, 18160 and 21360 kHz), as well as 3720, 7045
and 7060 kHz.
CLUB LOG ---> Club Log (www.clublog.org ) is a web-based application that
uses a large database to analyse amateur radio log files uploaded by users
all over the world. It offers band-mode league tables, efficient log search
tools, analysis for DXpedition planning purposes and most wanted lists for
DXCC entities (including by date, band or mode for example). Club Log can
provide empirical propagation charts, and give back to its users the
ability to find "wanted" DX spots, identify QSLing gaps and perform other
analysis of their logs which might be hard to do with normal logging
software.
As of 5 March 2010 there were 3,030 callsigns registered in Club Log and
23,298,182 log entries available for analysis, but some continents are
still under-represented - please help balance the database in order to make
reports and statistics more meaningful and representative.
DXCC NEWS ---> 3V3S (Tunisia, 2009 operation) and D2CQ (Angola, current
operation) have been arrpoved for DXCC credit.
HC5AI ---> Pablo, HC5NAI passed his final test and now holds the callsign
HC5AI. The original holder was his father, Alfo, who passed away in 2005.
Pablo can confirm all of the contacts with HC5AI, made by either Pablo
himself or his father. QSL direct only, as "there is no outgoing bureau
from Ecuador". [TNX NE8Z/HC1MD]
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Thirteen different galleries include cards for
the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (327 QSLs), the 58 deleted DXCC entities
(1014 QSLs), obsolete prefixes (2778 QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1947
to 1962 (337 QSLs), D5 and DL5 stations from 1945 to 1962 (22 QSLs),
Antarctic bases (803 QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques
Francaises, 256 QSLs), the various French DXCC island Entities in the
Pacific Ocean (304 QSLs) & the Indian Ocean (96 QSLs), pre-1945 countries
(868 QSLs), French Departments (601 QSLs) and USA (50 QSLs), plus a gallery
for cards not accepted by DXCC (116 QSLs). Several cards are still needed
and your participation is encouraged - please visit LesNouvellesdx.fr and
send your comments to lesnouvellesdx@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
RADIO MARITIME DAY ---> On 10-11 April (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC) merchant
marine radio officers from several countries will be active on the HF bands
to meet amateur radio operators for the Radio Maritime Day special event.
Further information can be found at www.radiomaritimeday.org
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)
VK9X/G6AY ---> Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE made 10,256 QSOs during their
recent operation from Christmas Island. Phil's website (www.g3swh.org.uk)
is now up and working again, and the log has been added to the search
facility (it will be uploaded to LoTW as soon as the ARRL issues the
relevant certificate). [TNX G3SWH]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Zlatko Mihelcic
(9A2CE), Barry J. Phillimore (G4VXT), Miguel Andrade Marin (HC1AB), Alfred
L. Pedneau, Sr (K5HKG), Juan Carlos Oxoby (LU1CC), Alf Coupe (VK3CQE), N.
Ramachandra Rao (VU2NO) and Darragh E. McCluer (WA6IKS/HS0ZAG).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 3B8CF, 3D20CR, 3D2KJ,
3V3S, 4S7CF, 4S7NE, 4U30VIC, 4W6AL, 4Z1UF, 5H3EE, 5R8IC, 6W/EI6DX, 7X4AN,
7Z1CQ, 8Q7SO, 8R1K, 9L5A, 9M4SJP, A61Q, A7/M0FGA, A71AN, A71CT, A71CV,
A73A, AM5FUV, BX4AQ, C37URE, C91VM/5, CE0Y/SM0CUK, CE0Z/SM6CUK, CN8IG,
CO7PH/p (NA-201), CO8LY, CP4BT, CX4AR, CX7CO, CY2ZT/2, D44AC, DU1/HL1IWD,
DU9/DL5SDF, E77DX, EA8AH, EA9EU, EA9IE, EL2DX, ET3JA, EU3AR, EU7SD, EX8M,
EX8MAT, EY8MM, FG5FR, FG5GP, FH/DJ7RJ, FK8CP, FT5WO, H6VA, HC8A, HC8GR,
HK0/EA7HEJ (NA-033), HK4CZE, HL1/JH4RHF, HR2/N8OO, HR9/WQ7R, IG9U,IG9W,
IG9X,II1TS, J39BS, J5UAP, J79PAK, J7N, J88DR, JY4CI, K7A (NA-236), KC4AAA,
KH7HS, KH7X, LR2F, MU0GSY, OA4BHY/2 (SA-075), OH0X, OL3Z, OX3MC, OX3XR,
P29TL, P49X, R1AND, R1FJM, RA2FF, RW0CWA, ST2AR, ST2EB, SV2ASP/A, T209DX,
T2G, T30GM, T32BJ, T6LC, T77C, T8CW, TF4M, TG9ADM, TG9NX, TL0A, TO3R
(AF-016), TO7RJ, TT8JT, TY1MS, UA0FO, UN3M, UN7AM, UN7MMM, V31WV, V51AS,
V85TT, VK6IOA (OC-211), VK9WBM, VK9XW, VK9XX, VP2MXO, VP8BUG, VP9/N1SNB,
VU2ELJ, VY0A (NA-186), VY0O (NA-230), W4PL (NA-213), XU7ACY, YB1ALL,
YE1ZAT, YJ0NA, YN4SU, YS3CW, YS4/K9GY, YS4/N0AT, YS4U, Z21BB, Z29KM, ZA1Z,
ZB2FK, ZK2DL, ZK3MW, ZS10WCS, ZY0T.
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