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15 November 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 915
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
DX INFORMATION
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B7- Rachid, 3B8FQ says that "unforeseen difficulties" have arisen with
his working trip to St. Brandon that was expected to take place
later this month [425DXN 914]. The trip has officially been
delayed until sometime in 2009. Further information is expected in
due course. Meanwhile, Rachid is very active from Mauritius on
40-10m, with an emphasis on 30, 17 and 12 metres. CW is Rachid's
currently preferred mode. QSL via K5XK. [TNX K5XK]
6W - Carsten, DL1EFD will operate mainly CW as 6V7N from Senegal from
23 November to 5 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
9M6- Bob, MD0CCE, will be active as 9M6/N2BB from Sabah (OC-088) from
25 November through 1 December, including the CQ WW DX CW contest.
He will take a 160m antenna with him, and if local noise
conditions allow, he will concentrate on Top Band on 25-28
November. QSL via MD0CCE. [TNX MD0CCE]
C6 - Tom/N6BT (C6ARR), Fred/KE7X (C6AKX) and Kenny/K2KW (C6ATA) will be
active on 160-20 metres from the Bahamas from 23 November to 1
December, including single band entries in the CQ WW DX CW Contest
(C6ARR on 160m, C6AKX on 20 metres and C6ATA on 80 metres). QSL
for all of them via WA4WTG. [TNX NG3K]
CO - Ed, CO7PH and possibily other operators will be active from IOTA
group NA-086 on 16-21 December. Plans are to operate mainly CW
with some SSB on 160-10 metres, hopefully under a T47 or CO0
callsign. [TNX CO7PH]
E5 - Aki, JA1KAJ will be active as E51QQQ from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014),
North Cook Islands from 18 November to 9 December. He plans to
operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
FK - Jean-Pierre, F5AHO will be active as FK/F5AHO from three New
Caledonia's islands as follows: from the main island (OC-032) on
23 November-5 December, from Lifou (OC-033) on 7-8 December and
from Ile des Pins (OC-032) on 10-12 December. He plans to operate
SSB on 40, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX F8REF]
FT5W - Florentin, F4DYW expects to arrive at Crozet [42DXN 913] around 8
December, and to start amateur radio activities sometime between
10 and 15 December. He will operate as FT5WO in his spare time,
using 100 watts and dipoles on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via F4DYW (be
prepared to be patient, as he will be back home in early 2010).
[QSL via F6AJA]
GM - Russell, G5XW will be active as GM5XW from the Orkney Islands
(EU-009) between 19 and 23 November. QSL direct only to G5XW. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
GM - Col, MM0NDX will be active as MM0NDX/p from the St. Kilda Islands
(EU-059) on 24-27 July. He plans to operate holiday style on 80-10
metres SSB, and to take part in the IOTA Contest. QSL direct to
home call. [TNX MM0NDX]
H4 - Mike, KM9D and June,KF4TUG left Honiara and are going to Pohnpei
(OC-010), Micronesia (V6). According to their latest position
report (http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/track.cgi?call=KM9D) now they
are lying to anchor adjacent to Luaniua village, Ontong Java
(OC-192), from where they may show up as H44MY. [TNX DXNL]
I - Tony, IK1QBT and Emilio, IZ1GAR will be active from Lampedusa
Island (AF-019) from 25 November to 1 December. They will
participate from African Italy in the CQ WW DX CW Contest, Tony as
IG9X (SOSB 80m) and Emilio as IG9W (SOSB 40m). Outside the contest
they will operate as IG9/IK1QBT and IG9/IZIGAR, with a focus on
the low bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK1QBT]
OD - Salvo, IV3YIM is currently active as OD5/IV3YIM from Lebanon until
April 2009. He operates SSB and RTTY on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres, with some possible activity on CW, PSK and the other
bands. QS
