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01 November 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 913
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3DA - Dave, ZS6AVM will be active as 3DA0VM from Swaziland on 19-23
November. He plans to operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home
call, direct only. [TNX NG3K]
3W - Arkady, UA4CC (XV4CC) has had to cancel his trip to Phu Quoc
Island (AS-128) [425DXN 911]. Mike, RL3BM is still going, and
hopes to operate as XV4BM (licence to be collected upon arrival)
between 5 and 13 November. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
3W - Hans-Peter, HB9BXE will be active as XV4BX from Phu Quoc Island
(AS-128) on 22-30 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. Expect
activity on 160-10 metres mainly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
5R - Eric, F6ICX will be active as 5R8IC from Sainte Marie Island
(AF-090) from 18 November to 14 December. He plans to operate
mainly CW on 30-10 metres. QSL via home cal. [TNX F6AJA and Les
Nouvelles DX]
9J - S53A will be active as 9J3A from the Kafue National Park, Zambia
from 22 November to 2 December, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL
via home call. [TNX NG3K]
9K - Markus/DL9RCF, Hartmut/DM5TI, Uwe/DL9NDS and Chris/DL5NAM will be
active from the station of Hamad, 9K2HN on 6-17 November. They
will participate in the WAE RTTY Contest; before and after the
contest they will operate RTTY, SSB and CW also on 12, 17 and 30
metres. QSL via 9K2HN. The logs will be available at
www.logsearch.de [TNX DL5NAM]
9L - 9L0W will take a side trip to Banana Island (AF-037) on 2-10
November. QSL via DK2WV. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M4 - Yoshiaki, JA1OCZ will be active as 9M4DXX from Penang Island
(AS-015) for the Japan International DX SSB Contest on 8-9
November (http://jidx.org/). He plans to operate on 80-10 metres.
QSL via 9M2TO, direct or bureau. [TNX JF1OCQ]
CE0 - Merv, N6NO will operate mainly CW as CE0Y/N6NO from Easter Island
(SA-001) on 7-16 November. Although amateur radio is not normally
permitted on 30 metres in Chile, he has obtained special temporary
authorization to use that band for this operation. He will
therefore focus on 30m, but may also use 12-40m with 100 watts to
vertical and dipole antennas. QSL via home call. [TNX N6NO]
EA - The first railway in Spain was the line Barcelona-Mataro, opened
in 1848. Celebrating that anniversary, special event stations
EH3MB (from Mataro) and EH3BM (from Barcelona) will be active on
all bands and modes on 1-2 November. QSL EH3BM via EA3GLB, QSL
EH3MB via EA3APS. [TNX F5NQL]
E7 - Special event station E760DPR is active until 31 December to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of Radio Club Trebinje. QSL via
E73DPR. [TNX E73XL]
F - The Radio Club of Fagnes (F5KDB) will be active as TM90AA on 8-21
November to commemorate the 90th anniversay of the armistice of
World War I (11 November 1918). QSL via F5SPW (bureau) or F4FIU
(direct). [TNX VA3RJ]
FR - RA3AUU, RW3RN and UA4HOX will be active as TO3R from Reunion
Island (AF-016) from 25 November to 6 December. They will
concentrate on the low bands and will participate in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest. QSL via RW3RN. [TNX NG3K]
FT5W - Florentin, F4DYW says he will be working at Alfred Faure Base on
Ile de la Possesson, Crozet Islands (AF-008) between 1 December
2008 and 30 November 2009. He plans to operate as FT5WO on 20, 15
and 40 metres SSB during his spare time, using 100 watts and
dipoles. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
G - The Thorpe Camp Amateur Radio Group will operate special event
station GB617SQN from 31 October until 27 November for the 64th
anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Tirpitz by 9 and 617
squadrons on 12 november 1944. The station will be operating on
all bands and various modes. The QTH will be the former RAF
Airfield, known as RAF Woodhall Spa
(http://www.thorpecamp.org.uk). QSL via 2E0PRD, direct or bureau.
[TNX 2E0PRD]
G - Mick, G3LIK reports he will be active as GB4RN (GB4 Royal Navy) on
1-23 November, which will include the RNARS CW Activity Contest on
15-16 November (rules at
http://www.rnars.org.uk/RNARS_Contest_2008.htm).
HK0_sa - AA7JV, HA7RY, HA8MT and HK3JJH will be active as 5J0T and
HK0/HK3JJH from Roncador Bank (NA-133) on 18-21 November and from
Bajo Nuevo (NA-132) between 23 November and 2 December. The DXCC
Entity for both reefs is San Andres. They will operate two
stations with amplifiers on 160-6 metres, with a focus on the low
bands, especially 160m. Antennas will be verticals mounted over
salt water. Expect 5J0T to be active during the CQ WW CW Contest.
QSL 5J0T via HA7RY (direct or bureau), QSL HK0/HK3JJH via home
call (direct or bureau). The website for the operation is at
http://www.5J0T.com/ [TNX AA7JV]
I - Celebrating the last flag-lowering ceremony that will take place
on 19 November, special event station II1ADV will be active from
the Italian Navy frigate "Carabiniere" on 15-19 November. Expect
SSB, CW and PSK activity from 8 to 19 UTC. QSL via IW1RLR, direct
or bureau. Information on the relevant award can be found at
http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk [TNX IT9MRM]
I - Look for Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Andrea/IW9HQP, Andrea/
IT9RKR and Enzo/IT9GCG to operate as ID9/homecall from Salina
Island (EU-017, IIA ME-015) from about 11 UTC on 21 November
until about 11 UTC on the 23rd. QSL via home calls, direct or
Further information, including live audio and video, can be found
at www.095dxteam.org [TNX IW9GUR]
J3 - Look for Hans, DL7CM and Sid, DM2AYO to be active as from Grenada
(NA-024) on 6-25 November. They plan to operate as J3/DL7CM and
J3/DM2AYO on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK, with two stations
with amplifiers. QSL via home calls. They have a web page at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/J3/J3.htm [TNX DL7CM]
KH2 - JA1OZK (W6LJ), JA1CGC, JF1TAB, JH1FUD, JL1LOW, JK1DRM and 7N1AZY
will be active from Guam (OC-026) on 8-12 November. They will
operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands, apparently as
either K6Y (QSL via JA1OZK) and/or under personal callsigns.
According to http://www.ncvec.org/, K6Y is for celebrating "the
60th anniversary of Yokohama opening a port". [TNX NG3K]
OX - Nigel, G3TXF reports he will be active as OX/G3TXF from
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (NA-018) on 6-10 November. He will
operate CW, but he also hope to participate in the Worked All
Europe (WAE) RTTY Contest (8-9 November). QSL via home call. The
web page for the activity is at
http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/OX/OX.html
S7 - Iwa, JA0UH (S79UH) and Tohru, JA0UMV (S79MV) will be active from
Praslin Island (AF-024), Seychelles on 9-14 November. They plan to
operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres with 400 watts. QSL via home
calls. [TNX JA0UH]
SP - Celebrating the 90th anniversary of Poland's independence, the
following eighteen special event stations will be active on 3-23
November: 3Z1918PR, 3Z2008PR, 3Z90PR, HF1918PR, HF2008PR, HF90PR,
SN1918PR, SN2008PR, SN90PR, SO1918PR, SO2008PR, SO90PR, SP1918PR,
SP2008PR, SP90PR, SQ1918PR, SQ2008PR and SQ90PR. Contacts made
with them are eligible for the Polonia Restituta Award, issued by
the Association of Polish Radio Amateurs (PZK) and the Polish
Defence League (LOK). Information on the award can be found at
http://www.sp5kcr.piwko.pl [TNX SP5PB]
UA_ant - Alex, RV1ZC (ex-UA1ZCK) is going to winter again at the Russian
Antarctic station Vostok. He will operate once more as R1ANC on
the HF bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via RN1ON (ex-UA1PAC),
direct or bureau. [TNX RN1ON]
V8 - Ian, G3YBY will operate as V8FKT from Brunei on 9-21 November.
Activity will be mainly SSB and RTTY on 40-15 metres using 100
watts to elevated verticals. QSL via home call. [TNX G3YBY]
VP9 - Juhani, OH3SR will be active as OH3SR/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005)
from 25 November to 2 December. He will operate holiday style on
all bands SSB, CW and RTTY; some casula activity during the CQ WW
DX CW is also planned. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
VU - On 6-14 November, after their VU4RG activity from the Andamans
[425DXN 910], Helmut/DL5DSM and Norbert/DJ7JC will be active
respectively as VU3NLG and VU3NLF from Panjim (Goa). Helmut plans
to concentrate on the low bands, while Norbert will operate mostly
on 40 metres and higher bands. QSL via home calls.
XU - JA1CJA (XU7CJA), JA3ARJ (XU7ARJ), JA3AVO (XU7AVO), JA3UJR (XU7UJR)
and JH3PBL (XU7PBL) will be active from Cambodia on 6-10 November.
They plan to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres;
XU7CJA has special permission to operate on Satellite for the
first time in Cambodia. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
YJ - Suggested frequencies for YJ0AVE and YJ0AQY's activity from
Vanuatu (31 October-6 November) [425DXN 912] are 1818, 3507, 7007,
10117, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897, 28007 kHz (CW), and 3798, 7080,
14170, 18135, 21270, 24940, 28470 kHz (SSB). QSL YJ0AVE via
JF1OCQ, QSL YJ0AQY via JA1JQY.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A5100A ---> The website for the 7-25 November A5100A activity from Bhutan
[425DXN 909] can be found at www.f5lmj.net/a5100a.htm [TNX F5LMJ]
EU-169 ---> The operators on Sazan Island (I0SNY, I8LWL, I8YGZ, IK2AQZ and
IK7JWX) went QRT after 15,228 QSOs. A log search will be available at
http://www.sazan2008.altervista.org [TNX IK7JWX]
INORC CONTEST ---> The 28th Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club's Contest will
take place on 15-16 November. Complete rules can be found at
http://www.inorc.it/contest-e.htm
LOG VU7SJ ---> The log search for VU7SJ (Lakshadweep Islands) can be found
at www.dl9grb.de/vu3/search.html.
OQRPC ---> The QRP Contest Community invites QRP enthusiasts to participate
in the 25th Original QRP Contest (OQRPC), which will take place on 27-28
December (from 15 UTC to 15 UTC) on the CW portions of the 80, 40 and 20m
bands. For further information please visit http://www.qrpcc.de or e-mail
Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX DJ7ST]
QSL GM7R ---> Effective immediately, the QSL route for contest station GM3R
is via Kim Larson, daughter of N3SL, via N3SL's callbook address
(http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm). [TNX N3SL]
QSL TO5DX ---> The Texas DX Society is getting a lot of QSL cards to K5DX
for phone contacts actually made with TO5DX, the recent DXpedition to
Saint-Barthelemy. The QSL Mgr for TO5DX is AA4NN, stations in doubt as to
who they worked can check the online logs for TO5DX at www.to5dx.com. [TNX
W9DX]
VK4 QSL BUREAU ---> The new VK4 QSL Bureau Manager is VK4HDX, whose address
is: Ray Crawford, 53 Moore St, Kingaroy, QLD 4610, Australia. [TNX VK4AN]
VK9DWX ---> The DXpedition to the Willis Islands (OC-007) went QRT around
19.45 UTC on 25 October. The on-line log now contains 95312 QSOs (53783 CW,
32904 SSB and 8625 RTTY) with 23128 unique callsigns. The Online QSL
Request System (OQRS) is now available on their website
(http://www.vk9dwx.de/): please use it in order to help the QSL manager to
minimize the workload! You can choose whether to receive your card direct
or through the bureau.
VO2A ---> The story of VO2A (NA-194 and NA-205) is now available on
IZ1CRR's blog at http://i121171.blogspot.com/
SILENT KEYS ---> Italian VHF guru Gino Lipari (IT9JLG) passed away at 63
years of age. Other recently reported Silent Keys include John Jackson
(G3TZZ) and George C. Stone (VE6GCS).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0OK, 3DA0VB, 3V8SS, 4L0A,
4S7DXG, 5J0M, 5X1VB, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 6E4LM, 6J1J, 7Q7VB, 7Z1CQ, 8J3YAGI, 9J2VB,
9K2/SP4R, 9K2MU, 9M6JC, 9X0R, 9Z4FE, A43GI, A43MI, A43SI, A45WG, AP2JZB,
BT1OB, BT1OH, BT1OJ, BT1ON, BT1OY, C6APR (NA-113), C91R, CQ2I (EU-150),
CT9L, CY0AA, CY0X, D20VB, D44AC, D44TD, D9D (AS-045), E51KJE, E51NOU,
EI9JF, EK8PL, EL2DX, EP3HF, ER3ZZ, ER5GB, ES5QX, EY7AF, HC8N, HI3TEJ, HQ8R,
HR9/WQ7R, HS0AC, HV50VR, JX/G7VJR, K6UMO/KL7 (NA-070), K7A, KH7XS, KL7DX
(NA-234), KL7HBK (NA-004), KL8C, KP2/NY6X, LX/DJ9VA, OA4/DL5YWM, OA4TT,
P49X, R1ANR, R1FJT, SU/ZS6WPX, T209DX, TA3D, TF/DJ2VO, TO5E, TU2IG, TY6A,
UA2FFW, V36M, V63VE, V8AQM, VE7XT (NA-036), VE8RCS/VY0, VK9XHZ, VP6DX,
XF2K, XF4DL, XU7ABN, XU7YYY, XW1B, YB1ALL, YI9WV, YL2MR, YU8/OH2R,
Z2/UA4WHX, ZA1E, ZC4VJ, ZD8LP, ZF1DX, ZS2DL.
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