[DX-NEWS] ICPO Bulletin (April 02 - 10, 2009)
I.C.P.O. Bulletin (April 02 - 10, 2009) Islands, Castles Portable Operations Listing is by calendar date (day/month/year) 02/04/2009: Richard, G3RWL will be active as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021, WLOTA 0999) from April 2-24th. He will operate holiday style on 160-10 meters using CW and digital modes. Better not to expect him on the bands on 8 April, as it will be his wedding day! QSL via home call, direct or Bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to (g3rwl at amsat.org). [425 DX News] 02/04/2009: John/VE8EV, Wally/VE8DW and Gerry/VE8GER will be active from Ellice Island (NA-192), April 2-5th, using the callsign VX8X. QRV 40, 20, and 15 meter SSB/CW; 24 hours per day non-stop operation. Expect to see them on CW, but most of the focus will be on 20 meter SSB on 14.260 MHz. QSL via the information at QRZ.com under VX8X. [rsgbiota.org] 03/04/2009: Toshiyuki, JP1PZE will be active April 3-7th as K7XF/KH0 from Saipan (OC-086). He plans to be QRV on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JP1PZE, direct or Bureau. [425 DX News] 03/04/2009: Members of the Aegean DX Group will be operate from Samos Island (EU-049, GIOTA SAS-006, MIA MG-099, WLOTA 4163), as SX8P (Pythagoras) between April 3-12th. Activity is to celebrate the 2500th anniversary and honor the memory of Great Ancient Samian Philosopher and Mathematician Pythagoras. For more information, see QRZ.com. Operations will mainly be on SSB and the Digital modes. On SSB, 14260, 18124, 7090, 3780 kHz (+/- 5 kHz), and if bands are open, check 21260, 24950, 28460, 50150 kHz (+/- 5 kHz). Look for them on BPSK31 and RTTY on 20/40/80 meters, and if the bands are open 15/10m. There will also be activity on the AO-51 Satellite. Operators mentioned are: Vassilis/SV8CYV, Alexandros/SV8CYR, Kostandinos/SV8IIR, Ilias/SV8FMY and George/SV8IJZ. QSL via SV8CYV, direct by the Bureau. [OPDX Bulletin] 03/04/2009: Wim, XU7TZG (ex-ON6TZ) will activate Koh Russei [aka Bamboo] (AS-133), Kingdom of Cambodia, from April 3-6th. Koh in Cambodian means island. QRV all HF bands using on CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL direct only via ON7PP (SAE+2 US $). [UBA HF News] 04/04/2009: Gianni, I1UWF will be active as 3A/I1UWF from Monaco on April 4th, starting around 1300 UTC. He plans to be QRV on 17 and 12 meters running 100 watts into a vertical antenna. QSL via home call, direct or Bureau.. [425 DX News] 04/04/2009: François/F5JNE along with Claude/F5MCC will be active April 4th as F5JNE/p from the castle of La Tasse (DFCF 77-174), located in the city of Diant (CP 77940), in the canton [county] of Lorrez le Bocage (DDCF 77-16), Department Deux-Sèvres/79, Province Poitou-Charentes (DPF 19). As usual starting around 0600 UTC, 80/40m, CW/SSB. QSL via Bureau and SWL cards welcome. [F5NQL] 04/04/2009: Wade, KU4OJ will activate Savage Island (Not IOTA, USi GA-038, Bryan county) inside Fort McAllister State Park, near Savannah, Georgia. QRV mornings and evenings (or whenever he can get the best propagation!) on or near 14.260 and 7.225 MHz. QSL direct to home call w/SASE. DX can QSL via home call either direct or by the Bureau. [USi] 04/04/2009: There will be a series of Lighthouse activations by TCSWAT from the historical lighthouses around Istanbul / Republic of Turkiye. The dates, locations and callsigns are as follows: April 4-5th Fenerbahçe Lighthouse TUR 021 / TC2FLH. Stations contacting four or more of the lighthouses will recieve Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award. Details will be later announced on the website: ta0u.com/ and nbsp;tcswat.tripod.com/ The lighthouse TCSWAT team will be: Urcun/TA0U, Leonardo/TA1FR, Mert/TA1ST, evfik/TA1HZ, Erhan/TA2DJ, Bekir/TA2RX, Mehmet/TB1J and Onur/TB2MYE. QSL direct to TA1HZ (QRZ.com). [Pete's-DX-Newsdesk] 04/04/2009: Haru, JA1XGI (W8XGI) will be active April 4-11th from Christmas Island (OC-002) as JA1XGI/VK9. QRV all bands, focus on low bands, using CW and digital modes. QSL to JA1XGI, Bureau or direct. [NG3K] 05/04/2009: Tor/DJ4MG (5P4MG) and Ela/DL1TM (OZ7TM) will be active April 5-16th from Vendsyssel-Thy / Nordjylland (EU-171, DIA NJ-001). QRV 160, 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 meter SSB; also PSK31 on 20/40m. QSL 5P4MG via DJ4MG, direct or bureau. QSL OZ7TM via DL1TM, direct or Bureau. [rsgbiota.org] 05/04/2009: Grandi Island, Goa, India (AS-177) is one of the new IOTA yet to activate and is going to be activated from April 5th-7th. The team consists with Sara/VU3RSB, Frank/DL4KQ, Jose/VU2JOS, Yamini/VU2YAM and Manju/VU2SMS.The setup would be one CW and one SSB Station with Vertical and Dipoles. QSL Via W3HNK for South and North America and DL4KQ for Rest of the world. Further info at: www.mdxc.org/at9rs [PlanetHam.org] 05/04/2009: The Amateur Radio Club UBA-LGE Liege (ON5VL) will activate the Castle of Wegimont (LG-075) as ON5VL/p on April 5th (0700-1200 UTC), 40 meters only. QSL via the Bureau to ON5VL, or direct to
[DX-NEWS] ARLD013 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news ZCZC AE13 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 13 ARLD013 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 2, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Mart, DL6UAA is QRV as 3B8MM until April 15. He is generally active on 20 meters around 1400z. QSL to home call. RODRIGUES ISLAND, 3B9. Piotr, SP2JMR and Slavo, SP2JMB are QRV as 3B9/home calls until April 8. Activity is on all bands using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. BARBADOS, 8P. Richard, G3RWL is QRV as 8P6DR until April 24. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW and digital modes. QSL via operator's instructions. MALTA, 9H. Augusto, HB9TZA will be QRV as 9H3JR from April 4 to 14. Activity will be on the HF bands, including 6 meters, in his spare time. QSL to home call. ANGOLA, D2. Vasil is QRV as D2QMN and has been active using RTTY on 20 meters between 1800 and 1900z. QSL via RZ3EC. ANTARCTICA. Felix, DL5XL is a member of German team over-wintering from Neumayer III and is active as DP1POL until early 2010. He is active mostly on 40 and 20 meters using CW. QSL via DL1ZBO. IRAN, EP. Sadegh, EP3HF has been QRV on 17 meters SSB around 0930Z. QSL direct. ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Operators Oscar, EB1HF and Pablo, EC1DPM plan to be QRV as FJ/EB1HF or FJ/EC1DPM from April 7 to 12. Activity will be on 20, 15 and 10 meters using RTTY. QSL direct via EC1AE. HUNGARY, HA. In commemoration of the 1848 attack on Hungary that prompted their independence, special event station HG160FNY is active until July 31. QSL via HA0DX. NORWAY, LA. Fred, ON6QR will be QRV as LA/home call from Moskenesoy Island, IOTA EU-076, from April 8 to 12. Activity will be on 40 to 20 meters using CW and QRP power. QSL to home call. BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. Jan, PA4JJ is QRV as PJ2/home call from Curacao, IOTA SA-006, until April 11. Activity is on all HF bands using RTTY and possibly PSK31. QSL direct to home call. SEYCHELLES, S7. Bernd, DL7UCX will be QRV as S79UCX from April 6 to 16. Activity is on the HF bands using mostly CW. QSL to home call. GREECE, SV. Members of the Aegean DX Group are QRV as SX8P from Samos Island until April 12 in celebration of the 2500th anniversary and in honor of the memory of mathematician Pythagoras. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using mainly SSB with various digital modes. They may also be active on Satellite AO-51. QSL via SV8CYV. PALAU, T8. Operators JH0IXE and JA0FOX will be QRV as T88CW and T88NF, respectively, from April 4 to 12. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. QSL to home calls. TURKEY, TA. Members of the Special Wireless Activity Team will be QRV as TC2FLH from the Fenerbahce Lighthouse, ARLHS TUR-021, on April 4 and 5. QSL via operators' instructions. CANADA, VE. In celebration of the 50 years since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Canadian amateurs can use special callsign prefixes XL, XM, XN, and XO until May 31. MELLISH REEF, VK9M. Operators George, AA7JV and Tomi, HA7RY are QRV as VK9GMW until April 6. Activity is on all HF bands. QSL via HA7RY. CHRISTMAS ISLAND, VK9X. Haru, JA1XGI will be QRV as JA1XGI/VK9 until April 11. Activity is on all HF bands using CW and digital modes. QSL to home call. INDIA, VU. Frank, DL4KQ, Sarath, VU3RSB and Jose, VU2JOS will be QRV as AT9RS from Grandi Island, IOTA AS-177, from April 5 to 7. North and South American stations QSL via W3HNK and all others QSL via DL4KQ. CAMBODIA, XU. Nob, JA1FMZ will be QRV as XU7FMZ beginning April 6 for about six weeks. QSL to home call. SYRIA, YK. Saad, N5FF is QRV as YK1BA until April 10. Activity is mainly on 80, 40 and 30 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, from around 2000 to 2300z, and the 0200 to 0500z. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, LZ Open 40-Meter Sprint CW Contest, Montana QSO Party, ARCI Spring CW QSO Party, Poland DX Contest, Spain RTTY Contest, Missouri QSO Party, QCWA Spring QSO Party, RSGB RoPoCo 1 CW Contest, RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship, 144 MHz Spring Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for April 7. Please see April QST, page 84 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-NEWS] Sun has fewest sunspots since 1913
Who cares about GPS accuracy? :-) By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer – Thu Apr 2, 5:20 pm ET WASHINGTON – The sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century. A quiet sun is good for Earth: GPS systems are more accurate, satellites stay in orbit longer; even the effects of manmade global warming are marginally reduced, though just by three-tenths of a degree at most. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_sc/sci_quiet_sun_2 -- Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
