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13 March 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 984
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4J - 4J0WFF will be active on 40-10 metres CW, SSB and PSK-31 from
National Reserve Yanar Dagh, Azerbaijan starting on 20 March for
"no less than three days", depending on local conditions. QSL
direct to 4J5T. [TNX 4J5T]
4S - Alex, UX4UL has been active as 4S7ULG from near Colombo, Sri Lanka
(AS-003) since 10 March and will remain there until 7 April. He
operates BPSK, RTTY, CW on 20-10 metres. QSL via UY5ZZ. [TNX UY5ZZ]
9Q - Anton, ON6NL and Henk, ON4AHF are currently in the Democratic
Republic of Congo working with Medecins Sans Frontieres. They
expect to stay a further ten days and to operate CW and SSB as
9Q0AR/6 (from the South Kivu region) and 9Q0HQ. These are club
callsigns, and the QSL route for this activity is via ON6NL for
both. [TNX dx-world.net]
DL - DB5BZ, DF9TM, DJ4RU, DK7LV, DL1BGC, DL2SWW, DL2VFR and DL4BBH will
be active as DA0GLH and DF0WFF from Neuwerk Island (EU-127) and
the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park (www.wff-dl.de) on 19-21
March. They will operate SSB, CW and PSK on the HF bands, as well
on 2m/70cm FM, from the lighthouse's 700-year-old building. QSL
via the DARC bureau for both calls. Direct requestes should go to
DL2VFR. [TNX DL2VFR]
FM - Dim, UT5UGR will be active as FM/KL7WA from Martinique (NA-107) on
19-29 March, including entries in the Russian DX Contest and the
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (as TO7A). QSL for both callsigns via
UT5UGR. [TNX UT5UGR]
GI - Once again the the Foyle & District ARC will be active as GB5SPD
on 15-17 March to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. QSL via MN0AKU,
direct or bureau.
GM - MM0DGR/p will be working from Kirkconnell Flow National Nature
Reserve on 13 March. Look for activity on 160-10 metres BPSK31,
BPSK63, CW and SSB. QSL via MM0DFV. Further information is
available at www.gmff.org [TNX MM0DFV]
HR - Andrei, NP3D will be active as HR2/NP3D from Honduras on 19-29
March. He will operate on all bands and modes, with a focus on 160
metres, and will participate in the Russian DX, BARTG Spring RTTY
and CQ WW WPX SSB contests as HQ2T. QSL via W3HNK or RW6HS, and
LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
I - Special station IR1C will be active from 15 March to 31 December
in conjuction with a solidarity project in the Central African
Republic. QSL via IK1APO. Further information at www.ir1c.com
OA - Daniel, DL5YWM will in Peru between 20 March and 15 May. He plans
to operate in his free time as OA4/DL5YWM from Lima; side trips to
different call areas are possibile, as well a "last minute"
operation from an island. [TNX dx-world.net]
OH - Members of the The University of Oulu Radio Club (OH8TA) will be
active as OH8T from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) on 12-14 March. They
will be QRV mostly on the HF bands with 100 watts and wire
antennas. QSL via OH8TA, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PJ6 - Southeastern DX Club's and K5D team's members Bob (K4UEE), Gregg
(W6IZT) and George (N4GRN) will be active as PJ6/homecall from the
island of Saba (NA-145) on 11-15 March. Their purpose is to
"finalize plans and begin building a station for the anticipated
political realignment in the Netherlands Antilles later this
year". QSL via home calls. [TNX K4UEE]
T32 - Nils, SM6CAS has had to withdraw from the IOTA DXpedition to the
Southern Line Islands [425DXN 982], due to his wife's health.
"Nils is very keen for this DXpedition to go ahead even though he
cannot join us", the other four operators say. He "has been
planning this for several years and he is the major financier of
the project", and will still be the QSL manager for all callsigns
(T32MI, T32CI, T32SI and T32VI).
Announced frequencies are 28040, 24920, 21040, 18098, 14040, 10103,
7030 and 3530 kHz (CW); 28460/28495, 24950, 21260, 18128, 14260/
14195, 7078 and 3795 kHz(SSB). 9M6DXX will operate SSB only, while
the other members (G3KHZ, G4EDG, K9AJ) are primarily CW operators.
They will "have up to four stations operating simultaneously",
9M6DXX says, "but since there are only four of us this is likely to
be only at peak times. We hope to run two stations most of the
time and at least one will be on CW. Three of the stations will be
100W, and one station will have an Acom 1010 amplifier. This will
normally be used on SSB but may also be used on CW if no-one is on
SSB. All antennas will be verticals situated close to the ocean".
They do not know in which order they will be visiting the islands,
as that "will be decided by the captain and based on the weather
and sea conditions". However, they hope to be able to update the
website (t32line.webnode.com) with the precise dates of operation
as they approach each island in turn.
TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team (www.tcswat.org) will be
active as TC18M on 16-18 March to commemorate the 95th anniversary
of the naval battle of 18 March 1915 during the Dardanelles
Campaign. TA3AX will operate mainly CW, while TA1HZ might be using
BPSK31 and SSB. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ]
TG - Roberto, IV3IYH will be active as TG9IRP from Guatemala from 20
March to 1 April, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. He
will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via IK2ILH,
direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to
ik2ilh@libero.it), or LoTW. [TNX IV3IYH]
VE - John, VE8EV will be active as CK8G from Greens Island (NA-182) on
15-20 April. Activated only once back in 1993, this IOTA group has
been claimed by only 5.3% of current IOTA participants. "While a
summer operation would be far easier, more comfortable, and
(probably) cheaper", John says, "I wanted to go in April to take
advantage of the better spring time propagation". He expects
"around-the-clock propagation on 20m so I will concentrate on
Europe during their sunrise and sunset, North America during their
sunset, and Asia right after their sunrise". He will operate SSB
only using a 3-element yagi antenna and an amplifier. QSL via
VE8EV, direct or bureau. Updates and further information,
including details on how contribute to this expensive operation,
can be found at ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA [TNX VE8EV]
PACIFIC ODISSEY ---> Sergey, UX0HX and five other operators (namely RK3FA,
UR3HR, US7UX, UT1HF and UT5UY) will be active from Samoa, Central Kiribati
and Tokelau as follows:
18-19 May 5W0OX Samoa (OC-097)
22 May-1 June T31X and T31UR Central Kiribati (OC-043)
2-6 June ZK3X Tokelau (OC-048)
They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL for all
Callsigns via UR3HR, direct or bureau. More information, including details
on how contribute to the expedition, at www.uz1hz.com/pacificodyssey.html
[TNX UT5UY]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (February 2010) is now available
at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent
to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba @ iz3eba.it)
EA9IE ---> A few days ago Juan, EA9IE reached the 250,000th QSO mark and on
11 March he uploaded his full log to LoTW. "QSLling from my side does not
change", he says. Cards can still be sent direct or through the bureau
system. His on-line log search is at http://dx.qsl.net/ [TNX EA9IE]
OPERATION CANCELLED (T31) ---> It is with great regret that David/K3LP
(Co-Leader) and Hrane/YT1AD (Leader) must inform the DX Community that
after 16 months of planning, their DXpedition to Canton Island
(www.yt1ad.info/t31/), slated for 11 days in October 2010, will be
cancelled. "We planned 6 stations fully equipped for HF plus two additional
stations for UHF/VHF/Satellite plus 13-14 operators", they say. "Our goal
was to make 100,000 plus QSOs much like our N8S, Swains Island DXpedition
in 2006. This decision is based on the announcement by the T31X team
planned for June 2010. Unfortunately, it is cheaper to send a smaller crew
with three radios and two amplifiers. In light of this recent announcement,
the total cost of the trip versus the uniqueness will evaporate prior to
our arrival. For this reason, we will pick another location for a future
date. Minus some team member partial cash contributions and planned
equipment sponsors, there were no cash donations made that need to be
refunded. We will forfeit our $40K cash deposit on the boat and seek other
places in 2011". [TNX YT3W]
OPERATIONS CANCELLED (CE0Z & ZA) ---> Harald, LA9SN has had to cancel his
16-25 March activity from Juan Fernandez because of the recent tsunami
that hit the island. Also, Frank/F4DTO and Patrick/F4GFE have cancelled
their 15-24 April activity from Albania - their home was flooded when the
Xynthia storm devastated western France in late February. [TN Xthe Daily DX
and F5NQL]
QSL VIA M0OXO ---> Charles, M0OXO has taken over QSLing duties for Michael,
G7VJR. This covers the following expeditions G7VJR previously handled
himself: CU2/G7VJR (EU-003), EI/G7VJR (EU-006), GB75UW, GD7VJR (EU-116),
GJ7VJR/p (EU-013), GM7VJR (EU-008), GU7VJR (EU-114), GW7VJR, JW/G7VJR
(EU-026), JX/G7VJR (EU-022), JX/SQ4MP (EU-022), OY/G7VJR (EU-018), TF/G7VJR
(EU-021), VP8DMN (SA-002) and ZD8UW (AF-003). A few expeditions are not
changing: YS1G is still managed by G3TXF, and GH6UW (EU-099) is still
managed by M0BLF. Also, no change on K3VOA (short term guest). G7VJR's page
on qrz.com sums up the correct routing for all cards. Any QSLs that are in
the mail already will receive a reply, and no cards will be left
unanswered. [TNX G7VJR]
RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 73rd edition of the Commonwealth (BERU)
Contest (www.beru.org.uk) will be held on 13-14 March, from 10 UTC to 10
UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW. Only operators located within the
Commonwealth or British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter, so
please check the list at www.rsgbcc.org/hf/information/codes.shtml before
calling.
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Michel Pronier
(F5ODS), Sue C. Persing (K3SUE), Nikolaj I. Tranevskij (RA6AGF), Peter
Linsley (SV0XBM/9), Herman M. Shelchkov (UA3GM), Kim D. Bednarcik (UA4OH),
David Toth (VE3GYQ) and Daniel R. "Bob" Dorsey, Jr. (W4RQ, ex K4UVT).
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******* QSL ROUTES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B9WR G3LZQ EH2JSG EA2MH PA65VERON PA3CAL
3Z0PDXA SP3POZ EM0X UT2XQ PJ2/WB9Z AF9H
4A2S W7RJ EO2FFF UT2FA PJ2T N9AG
4K5D K2PF ES75ERAU ES1QD PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA
4L0G EA7FTR FP5BZ F5TJP PJ4G WA2NHA
4L2IKA EA7FTR GB0VUL G8JIP PJ7B W8EB
4L5O N3SL GB0WWF M0OXO PJ7MF IZ1MHY
4S7ULG UY5ZZ HA100KONE HA5AZZ PY7ZBK HB9BEI
5B4AIF EB7DX HC1HC NE8Z PZ5LP PA1LP
5C5W EA5XX HF100HP SP1ZCV R1FJM RX3MM
5E50SA EA7FTR HG0WFF HA0HW RK1G RZ3LC
5H6CC IN3ATM HH2/LA5IIA LA4YW RW2F DK4VW
5N50EAM IK2IQD HH2/PA5M PA7FM RZ1CWC/p RN1CW
5N50K LZ1CL HI3K KB2MS SN50SPP SP9PSJ
5N7M OM3CGN HK1N EA5KB SP9YFF SQ9IDG
5R8UI IZ8CCW HL105KRC DS5FNE SZ3P SV3DCX
5V7BR F2VX HS0AC HS0ZFZ T46A CO6LC
5W5A K6HFA II0IDP IS0SDX T88ME 7N1RTO
6W1SJ E73Y II0IDR IZ0FVD TF2CT EA7FTR
6Y9V WD9DZV II1ICS I1SAF TF3CW LX1NO
7P8AO HA5AO II1IGG I2AZ TF3ZA KT6YL
8P0P 8P9NX II3ICZ IW3IE TF8GX KT6YL
8P55AW 8P6AW II4A IK4ADE TI5N W3HNK
8P5A NN1N II8ICN IK8JPV TI8M TI2KAC
8P9JG NN1N J28AA K2PF TM7CC F9IE
8P9RY AA6YQ J37BO K4LTA TO5A F5VHJ
9A0HRS 9A3JB J37K AC8G TP60CE F5LGF
9G5XA G3SWH J5UAP HA3AUI TY2SF IK2IQD
9M2ADX JH8PHT J68JA W5JON UN5J W3HNK
9M4STE 9W2ZE J7Y K1LI UN7AB DL8KAC
9Q0AR/6 ON6NL JI1FGX/DU9 JF1LZQ UN7CC KI6Y
9Q0HQ ON6NL JW5HE LA5HE V26M W3HNK
9V1UV N5UCF KH0AC K7ZA V63MY OM2SA
9Y/DL2DBE DJ5BWD L21D LU7DSY V63TO OM2SA
A61R EA7FTR LP1H EA5KB VG6XDX VE6LB
A65BD G5LP LR2F LU2FA VK6AU N1DT
AP2NK W3HNK LT0D LU6DU VK9C/NL8F K8NA
AY8A LU8ADX LU6FOV EA5KB VK9CF K8NA
BX2ABD JN3TVX LW3DC EA5KB VP2MCC G4FAL
C37NL C37URA LW3DN EA5KB VP2MPL AA1M
C56KR OZ8KR LW5EE EA5FL VP2MPR W1USN
C6ALT K1CTT LW7H EA5KB VP5H W0GJ
C6AMM K1CN LX7I LX2A VU3DJQ EA7FTR
C6AWS W6SJ LY11A LY5A W1M N7UN
CE1Z CE1TKL LY11BY LY3BY W2R AB2IO
CM3RPN EB7DX LY11GV LY2GV XR2A CE3BBC
CN2DP CT1CDP LY11MM LY2MM XV9DX OM3JW
CN3A I2WIJ LY11QT LY2QT YI9VDW W4VDW
CN8WL I0YKN LY20INDP LY1CT YN2EA W5PF
CO2WL HA3JB LY20NX LY3NX YN2MG W5PF
CO6CAC EA5KB LY20PSK LY3X YN2TKI W5PF
CR2A OH2BH LZ132GO LZ1ZF YN2UO W5PF
CR2X OH2BH LZ44WFF LZ1ZF YU140Z YU1AVQ
CX/N3BNA KA2AEV OC4FA OA4O Z36T DJ0LZ
CX1JJ EA5KB OC4FZ OA4O ZK3OU N7OU
DR200HU DG8MH OD5O OD5NJ ZK3YA W7YAQ
DR775TMG DJ8QP ON30ON ON4CAS ZL4M ZL4PW
E71DX E77E OV1CDX OZ1GML ZP0R ZP5AZL
E72W E77E OX2A OZ1ACB ZP6CW ZP6CU
ED5M EA5FL OY3QN OZ1ACB ZP8VAO K2DER
EG1AAW EA1GIB P3J 5B4AHJ ZS6CCY K3IRV
EG7DCA EA7URS P40A WD9DZV ZV7C PT7JP
EG7EA EA7URM P40N W3HNK ZX1MH PT2OP
8P6AW Amateur Radio Society of Barbados, P.O. Box 814E, Bridgetown,
Barbados
EA6SX Miguel Garcia Castaner, P.O. Box 5031, 07080 Palma de Mallorca
(Illes Balears), Spain
F5TJP Ronan Darchen, B.P. 109, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France
F9IE Bernard Chereau, B.P. 211, 85330 Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile, France
G3LZQ John Dunnington, P.O. Box 36, Gilberdyke, Brough, HU15 2WX, United
Kingdom
HA3JB Kutasi Gabor, Siofok, P.O. Box 243, 8601, Hungary
HA5AO Gaspar Istvan, Budapest, Rakoczi u. 85., 1196, Hungary
HC5AI Pablo Villavicencio Zambrano, P.O Box 0101-1300, Cuenca, Ecuador
HK3W Siso Hennessey, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami FL 33102, USA
K4T AROA, 10534 Dogwood Trail, Jupiter FL 33478, USA
K6HFA Hubert R. Clark, 545 W Vassar Ave, Fresno CA 93705, USA
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, P.O. Box 29, 946 03 Kolarovo, Slovak Republic
PA1LP Peter Leppers, Lindelaan 164, 6043 GN Roermond, The Netherlands
TT8ET Elke Takatsch, B.P. 123, N'Djamena, Chad
W5PF J.Paul Frantz III, 20016 Hilltop Ranch Dr., Montgomery TX 77316,
USA
ZL4PW Paul Ormandy, 13 Swift St, Oamaru 9400, New Zealand
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