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19 September 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 959
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DX INFORMATION
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Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W- The 3W6C team members are starting to make the extensive
preparations necessary for the 10-18 April 2010 DXpedition [425DXN
948] to Con Co (AS-185), Vietnam. A large group of operators will
be running four stations 24 hours a day, with a target of 60,000
QSOs on as many different bands as possible, including 160 and 80
metres. Such an extensive operationrequiresconsiderable
financial resources, and fund raising has just started. Detailed
information on how contribute to the expedition can be found at
www.3w6c.qrv.ch [TNX HB9DST]
7Q - Barrie, G4AHK will operate holiday style as 7Q7BJ while travelling
around Malawi, from 23 September through 12 October. He plans to
focus on 160, 80 and 40 metres. QSL via G4AHK. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M6- Steve, 9M6DXX, will operate (SSB only) as 9M8Z from Sarawak, East
Malaysia (OC-088) on 22-26 October, including a SOAB HP unassisted
entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest. QSL via M0URX direct, bureau or
LoTW (see www.m0urx.com for details on e-mailing requests for
bureau cards). [TNX 9M6DXX]
9M6- Steve, 9M6DXX, and John, 9M6XRO will be active from Pulau Labuan
(OC-133) on 6-8 November (and possibly for one or two hours from
00.00 UTC on 9 November). Look for 9M6DXX/p on 10-80 metres SSB,
and for 9M6XRO/p on 10-160 metres CW and RTTY. They will be using
linearamplifiers to a multi-band vertical and a 160m inverted-L,
both mounted very close to the ocean. They hope it will be
possible to operate on 160m CW at the same time as SSB on the
other bands. QSL both 9M6DXX/p and 9M6XRO/p via M0URX, direct or
bureau or LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX]
A4 - San/A45WH (VU2CEO) and Manoj/VU2MCJ, along with a couple of SWLs,
will be active as A45WH/p from Masirah Island (AS-014) on 22-24
September. Expect activity on 160, 80, 40, 30 and 20 metres CW,
SSB and didgital modes. QSL direct to A45WH. [TNX The Daily DX]
C3 - A large group of operators from Spain will participate in the CQ
WW DX RTTY Contest as C37URE from Andorra. This operation is a
joint effort between the two IARU societies of Andorra (URA) and
Spain (URE) in celebration of URE's 60th anniversary. QSL via
EA4URE,directorbureau.Furtherinformation at
http://c37ure.ure.es/
C9 - Marco, IK1RAE says he will be active as C91VM from Mozambique on
5-23 October. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres running 100
watts into a vertical antenna. Side trips to one or more IOTA
groups (AF-061, AF-066, AF-072, AF-088) are also being planned.
QSL direct only, as proceeds will be donated to charity project in
the village of Malangute (QSLling policy details to be announced
on qrz.com under C91VM).
ET - Jim, WU0I is a US Foreign Service Officer presently stationed in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He expects to be QRV as ET3JD by about
October, and to operate PSK31 and possibly RTTY (for contests
mostly), SSB and CW (my CW is pretty rusty, he says, so please
be patient with me!). He will try to get on 40, 20 and 15 metres,
plus 30 and 17 metres, using home-made wire antennas. QSL direct
to Jim DeLoach, 2030 Addis Ababa Place, Dulles VA 20189-2030, USA
(please indicate if you would like his card to come via U.S. mail
or Ethiopian mail; no preference stated means he will use
whicheverischeapestforyourQTH).Bookmark
http://www.deloach.net/ET3JD.html for updates. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
G - The Bittern DX Group will operate special event station GB2TX on
19-20 September as part of Transmission 2009 to raise money for
theBritishWirelessfor theBlindFund
(http://www.blind.org.uk/). QSL via M0CNP. [TNX VA3RJ]
G - Kevan, 2E0WMG will be active from St. Agnes, Scilly Isles (EU-011)
on 22-23 September. He will operate SSB only on 80, 40 and 20
metres. QSL via home call, direct or
