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I.C.P.O. Bulletin (October 30 - November 07, 2008)
"Islands, Castles & Portable Operations"
Listing is by calendar date (day/month/year)
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30/10/2008: Members of the Lufthansa Amateur Radio club and DARC club
I09 are QRV as A43DLH until November 11 while guests of the Royal Omani
Amateur Radio Society. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and
various digital modes. They plan on using EME as well. They will also be
QRV as A43DLH/p from an Omani Scout Camp. QSL via DK7PE. [F5NQL]
30/10/2008: Rick, KI1G will be active as VQ9RD from Diego Garcia Island
(AF-006), Chagos Archipelago, between October 30th and November 11th.
QSL via home call, direct only or via LoTW - No Bureau Cards. [NG3K]
31/10/2008: Martin/G3ZAY and Michael/G7VJR will be active as GU3ZAY and
GU7VJR from Guernsey (EU-114, WLOTA LH-0013) between October 31st and
November 2nd. They will use verticals and a small amplifier with
activity on SSB and CW. They hope to be QRV on the low bands, if space
permits. QSL via G7VJR. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [425 DX News]
31/10/2008: The JA1KJW group plans to be active from Guam Island
(OC-026, also count for WLOTA LH-0064) from October 31st to November 3rd
on all HF bands, using SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV. The following operators
will be active: KH2/NI2J (QSL via JH1VVW), KH2/AK0J (QSL via JA1KJW),
KH2/WH7QL (QSL via JA1XVY), KH2/NV1J (QSL via JA1FUY), KH2/JJ1JGI (QSL
via JJ1JGI), KH2/JJ1HKS (QSL via JJ1HKS) and KH2/JF1GUQ (QSL via
JF1GUQ). You can QSL direct or via the bureau. [JI6KVR]
31/10/2008: Mat/JA1JQY (YJ0AQY) and Kuni/JA8VE (YJ0AVE) will QRV from
Vanuatu, New Hebrides (OC-035), between October 31st and November 6th.
They will operate 80m-10m using SSB, CW and possibly RTTY. They will
also try 160m. QSL YJ0AQY via JA1JQY. QSL YJ0AVE via JF1OCQ. [JI6KVR]
01/11/2008: Anne, OH2YL plans to be active November 1-8th from Malta
(EU-023, MIA MM-001, WLOTA LH-1113) as 9H3YL. QRV all HF bands, using CW
and SSB. QSL via home call. [NG3K]
01/11/2008: Nicolas, F4EGX, is expected to be active as FT5YI from the
French Antarctic scientific base Dumont d'Urville Base (WAP FRA-01),
located on Petrel Island (AN-017), during his spare time between
November to mid December. QSL via F4EGX. [OPDX Bulletin]
01/11/2008: Gene, K5GE/m plans to be in the following Texas counties on
November 1st: Comal, Kendall, Bandera, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Val
Verde, Edwards, Real, Kerr, Gillespie (short time), Kerr and back home.
QRV 40 and 20 meters, on the county hunting frequencies. QSL via home
call. [County Hunter Web]
01/11/2008: Toshi, JA8BMK will be active as T30XX from Tarawa, West
Kiribati (OC-017), from November 1st while waiting to start the voyage
to Central Kiribati (T31). QRV all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK-31
and SSTV. QSL direct to JA8BMK. [425DX News]
01/11/2008: Bob, VK2ABP / VK2MRP will be working at Davis Base (WAP
AUS-03, IOTA AN-016), Antarctica, starting around November 1, 2008 until
at least March 7, 2009, but could be until December. This is a work
related trip so Bob does not know when he will be able to operate on the
amateur radio bands. His call sign will be VK0BP (QSL via VK2CA).
Updates will be available at: www.vk0bp.org [425 DX News]
01/11/2008: Fernando, XE1MO plans to be active from Albania as
ZA1/XE1MO, November 1-9th. QRV 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter SSB only. QSL via
home call or via KE5FAH. [NG3K]
04/11/2008: Hugh, K6HFA will be QRV from Manus Island (P29, OC-025)
from November 4-9th. [425 DX News]
05/11/2008: Mike, RL3BM is heading to Phu Quoc Island (AS-128),
Vietnam, for a family vacation from November 5-13th. The call sign will
be XV4BM. Planned activity is for CW and SSB on 80-10 meters,
holiday-style. QSL via RL3BM (QRZ.com). [UA4CC]
06/11/2008: Markus/DL9RCF, Hartmut/DM5TI, Uwe/DL9NDS and Chris/DL5NAM
will be active in the WAE RTTY Contest (November 8-9th) from the station
of 9K2HN. Before and after contest (November 6-17th) they will focus on
the WARC bands using RTTY, SSB and CW. QSL via 9K2HN (see:
www.9k2hn.com). Online log search at: www.logsearch.de [NG3K]
06/11/2008: Look for J3/DL7CM (Hans) and J3/DM2AYO (Sid) to be active
from the island of Grenada (NA-024, WLOTA LH-0718), November 6-25th.
They will operate 160-6m CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK with 700W amplifiers.
They will have a yagi for high bands and a groundplane for the low
bands. QSL via home calls. [NG3K]
06/11/2008: Helmut/DL5DSM and Norbert/DJ7JC will be active as VU3NLG
and VU3NLF, respectively, from Panjim, Goa, India, from November 6-14th.
Activity is expected on all bands 160-10m using CW, SSB, BPSK and RTTY.
QSL via their home call signs. [QRZ.com]
06/11/2008: Operators JA3AVO, JH3PBL, JA3ARJ and JA3UJR will be active
as XU7AVO, XU7PBL, XU7ARJ XU7UJR, respectively, from Sihanoukville
[Kampong Som], Cambodia, from November 6-11th. QSL via home calls. [OPDX
Bulletin]
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LOOKING AHEAD -
09/11/2008: Ian G3YBY / F5VKT will be active as V8FKT from November
9th-21st. Activity will be mainly SSB and RTTY on 40m to 15m using 100W
to elevated verticals. QSL via G3YBY. [NG3K]
19/11/2008: Dave, 3DA0VM will be active from the Hawane Resort,
Swaziland, from November 19-23rd. Activity on 40-10 meters, SSB only.
QSL direct (see 3DA0VM on QRZ.com). [NG3K]
19/11/2008: Operators Roger/W7VV, Ralph/VE7XF and Brian/N9ADG will be
active from the VP5JM Hamlet, located on Providenciales (NA-002) from
November 19th to December 3rd, including a Multi-Single entry in the
CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as VP5W. Outside the contest they
will be QRV 160-6m using VP5/homecall. QSL via home calls. QSL VP5W via
W7TSQ. [NG3K]
21/11/2008: Lee, K5UN will be operating as TO5X from the QTH of
Laurent, FM5BH located in Ducos, Martinique Island (IOTA NA-107, DIFO
FM-001, WLOTA LH-1041), from November 21-30th, including an entry in the
CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th). Outside the contest look for
activity on all bands 160-10m and modes. QSL via K5UN, direct or bureau.
[NG3K]
22/11/2008: Hans-Peter, HB9BXE will be active as XV4BX from Phu Quoc
Island (AS-128), Vietnam, from November 22-30th, including a
Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
29-30th). Outside the contest he will be QRV 160-10 meters, mainly CW,
with 100 Watts into vertical and wire antennas. QSL via home call.
[NG3K]
23/11/2008: 5J0T and HK0/HK3JJH plan to be active from Bajo Nuevo
(NA-132) between November 23rd and December 2nd. The DXpedition will
focus on low band operation, especially 160 meters. Operators mentioned
are George/AA7JV, Tomi/HA7RY, Pedro/HK3JJH and Fero/HA8MT. The group
will operate two stations from 160 to 6m. QSL 5J0T via HA7RY either
direct or via bureau. QSL HK0/HK3JJH via home call, direct or bureau.
Further information and log search at: www.5j0t.com/ [K1XN]
25/11/2008: John, OH3SR will be active as OH3SR/VP9 from the QTH of
VP9GE located in Hamilton Parish, Bermuda (NA-005, WLOTA LH-0201, WW
Loc. FM72PI), between November 25th and December 2nd. John also plans a
casual entry in CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th). Outside the
contest John will be QRV 160-2m, holiday-style operation, using SSB, CW
and RTTY. QSL via home call. [NG3K]
29/11/2008: Champ, E21EIC will be active in the CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 29-30th), as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry from Bangkok,
Thailand. QSL via direct is preferred, but bureau ok. [NG3K]
29/11/2008: Valery/RD3AF, Alex/RZ3AZ and Willy/UA9BA will be active as
EF8M from Las Palmas, Grand Canary Island (AF-004, DIE S-005, WLOTA
LH-0969) for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Multi-2
entry. QSL via OH1RY, direct or bureau. [NG3K]
29/11/2008: Bob, GU4YOX will be active from Guernsey (EU-114, WLOTA
LH-0013) as a Single-Op/Single-Band 40m/Low-Power entry in the CQWW DX
CW Contest (November 29-30th). QSL via QRZ.com. [NG3K]
29/11/2008: Joel, KG6DX will be active from Guam (OC-026, WLOTA
LH-0064) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th), as a
Sinlge-Op/All-Band/High-Power/A entry. QSL direct (QRZ.com). Logs will
be uploaded to LoTW. [NG3K]
29/11/2008: Gord, VE6SV will be QRV as VC6R from Alberta, Canada (CQ
Zone 04), during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th), as a Multi-?
entry. QSL via VE6SV, direct or bureau.
29/11/2008: Radio Club Nikola Tesla, Z37M will be active in the CQWW DX
CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned
are Z31MM, Z32ID, Z35T, Z35X and Z36W. QSL direct (QRZ.com) or via the
bureau. [NG3K]
01/03/2009: Harry, W6DXO will be active as W6DXO/C6A from South Andros
Island, Bahamas (NA 001), March 1-7th. Activity will be holiday-style
with focus on the WARC bands as propagation allows. QSL via home call.
[Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
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SPECIAL EVENTS -
08/11/2008: The RC des Fagnes (F5KDB) will air the special call sign
TM90AA to commemorate the 90th anniversay of the armistice of the war
1914/1918 from November 8-21st. QSL via the bureau to F5SPW, or direct
to F4FIU. [UBA HF News]
31/10/2008: During the weekend of the Llandudno Radio Rally, the
Eddystone User Group call signs G3EUG and G7EUG will be aired from atop
the Great Orme at Llandudno. Using the special event club prefix of
"GC", will provide the rare call signs of GC3EUG on 80m and GC7EUG on
40m. Operation will be on Friday October 31st and Sunday November 2nd
from about 0900z with AM on 3605 kHz for an hour followed by LSB on
about 3710 kHz, both days. [Southgate ARC]
31/10/2008: Special event station GB617SQN will be aired from October
31st to November 27th to commemorate the 64th Anniversary of the sinking
of the battleship "Tirpitz" on November 12, 1944. The raid that sunk the
battleship was conducted by planes from the 617th Squadron. The station
will be operating on all bands and various modes. [UBA HF News]
31/10/2008: Special event station ON55INR will be aired from October
31st to December 31st to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first
Belgium TV Broadcast in 1953. QSL all bands, using SSB, CW and digital
modes. A special QSL will be sent for each QSO via the bureau. [UBA HF
News]
01/11/2008:
The ISWL Club Callsigns in use during November 2008 will be:
GX4BJC /A - Operated from Healing, in North East Lincolnshire, England,
by Cliff - G4YHP. (ISWL Honorary Treasurer and Monitor magazine Editor).
( /A WAB Square = TA21-LNE & IOTA = EU-005).
MS1SWL /A & MS1SWL /P - Operated /A from Annan, in Dumfries and
Galloway, Scotland, by John - GM6LYJ. ( /A WAB Square = NY16-DUM & IOTA
= EU-005).
The ISWL's WAB Book numbers are: 16316 and 16724.
All QSL Info is on www.iswl.org.uk or www.qrz.com or via www.eQSL.cc
NO LOTW!
ISWL Awards are available to all Hams and SWL's - see www.iswl.org.uk
for full details.
eQSL.cc cards ARE accepted for our awards. [Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
01/11/2008: Special event station IY1EY will be active November 1-9th
from Loano, Italy, to commemorate the experiments conducted by Guglielmo
Marconi from his yacht "Elettra" between 1919 and 1936. Expect activity
on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK-31. Special QSL via IK1QBT. [425 DX
News]
01/11/2008: On November 9th 2008, 20 navigators will set sails aboard
their monohulls, heading towards the three great capes, marking the
southern tips of the African continent, Australia and America. The
Vendee Globe will start, for the 6th time, from the harbour of Les
Sables d'Olonne, where it first began. At this occasion, the Radio Club
Vendeen is organizing a special activity around the race. The team which
consists of Bernard/F9IE, Patrice/F8BON, Roger, Pat/F6ACD,
Jean-Claude/F6AQI, Jean-Louis/F6CVK, Alain/F5HPY, Lucien/F5RFS,
Philippe/F5TRO and Eric/F4LJW will sign TM6VG from November 1st to 15th.
They will be QRV both HF 160-10m, included WARC bands, and 2m VHF, using
CW, SSB, and various digital modes. QSL via F6KUF. [F5NQL]
01/11/2008: Radio amateurs from Latvia will be using the special event
prefix YL90 for the entire month of November. This is to celebrate the
90th anniversary since the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia. The
Republic of Latvia was proclaimed on November 18, 1918. [OPDX Bulletin]
01/11/2008: Marq, CT1BWW will operate as CQ4IPY from November 1-7th to
celebrate the 4th International Polar Year. Activity will be on 10-80
meter SSB, CW, PSK-31, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. Further information on the activity and the relevant award can
be found at cq4ipy.bravehost.com [425 DX News]
01/11/2008: On November 1st and 2nd special Spanish stations will be
active on all modes and bands from the city of Mataro 40km NE of
Barcelona. The call sign used will be EH3MB. This is to commemorate the
160th anniversary of the Railway line between Mataro and Barcelona. At
the same time other stations will be active from Barcelona using the
EH3BM, from the "Estación de Francia". QSL via EA3APS, direct or by the
bureau. [F5NQL]
U.S.A. Special event station information can be found at:
www.arrl.org/contests/spev.html
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LIGHTHOUSE CALENDAR -
31/10-02/11 GU3ZAY: Guernsey Island (main) WLOTA:0013 QSL G3ZAY (d/b)
31/10-02/11 GU7VJR: Guernsey Island (main) WLOTA:0013 QSL G7VJR (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/AK0J: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL JA1KJW (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/JF1GUQ: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL HC (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/JJ1HKS: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL HC (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/JJ1JGI: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL HC (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/NI2J: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL JH1VVW (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/NV1J: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL JA1FUY (d/b)
31/10-03/11 KH2/WH7QL: Guam Island WLOTA:0064 QSL JA1XVY (d/b)
01/11-08/11 9H3YL: Malta Island WLOTA:1113 QSL OH2YL (d/b)
06/11-25/11 J3/DL7CM: Grenada Island WLOTA:0718 QSL HC (d/b)
06/11-25/11 J3/DM2AYO: Grenada Island WLOTA:0718 QSL HC (d/b)
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SIX METERS & UP -
(FP) SAINT PIERRE & MIQUELON
Eric, KV1J is planning to return to Miquelon Island for the ARRL SSB DX
Contest. This time his 14 year old son Matthew, W1MAT will not be going
as he will be in school. Eric will be staying at the Motel de Miquelon
(formerly Maxotel) from March 4-9, 2009. During the contest he will be
single-op all-band low power. Outside the test look for him on 3.5 to 50
MHz on SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK-31. Eric has a Website that he will post
any updates to at: kv1j.com/fp/March09.html . QSL via KV1J direct, via
the bureau and LOTW. [MMMonVHF]
(V5) NAMIBIA
VHF DXpedition to Namibia is presently in the final planning stages.
Although not yet 100% confirmed, it is most likely that the operation
will be from Luderitz and will concentrate on VHF with all authorized
bands and modes active. Moonbounce, meteor scatter and satellite
operation are planned on the amateur bands from 50 to 1296MHz.
Further information to follow from Hal, ZS6WB.
Dates: January 5 - 18, 2009
Activity in MS, EME
Bands: 50-144-432-1296
Callsign: To be announced. [MMMonVHF]
The UKSMG Summer Contest 2008 Results are now available at
www.uksmg.org/page.php?40. There is a comments section at the bottom of
this page so you can submit your own comments regarding the contest or
your experences, photos etc. [MMMonVHF]
GOT6??? - 6M Information by Andy, N8OFS (Updated October 31, 2008) at:
www.noars.net/got6/GOT6.txt
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QSL INFO -
Serge, F6AML reports that all the TY6A cards received directly up to
October 28, 2008 have been answered and mailed.
-------------------------------
The following operations are approved for DXCC credit:
4W6R - Timor Leste 2008 Operation
9N7BN - Nepal 2007 Operation
EP3BN - Iran 2008 Operation
TN5SN - Congo (still QRV)
TN5MM - Congo (still QRV)
YI9PT - Iraq 2008 Operation
Bill Moore NC1L
Awards Branch Manager
-------------------------------
QSLs received Bureau - 9X0R, 9N7BCC, BW0IR, CT/EA7TV/p (EU-145),
DH9YPA/p (EU-042), DM1DZ/HI7, E21YDP/p (AS-126), JW9DFA, MJ/DH8WLA,
MM0LON, OQ5M, TM5F (EU-095), UE6LHT, VY0TA and XO0TA (NA-047), YI9RKB,
YU2A and YZ7AA.
QSLs received Direct - 9K2/SP4R, A45WG, HR9/WQ7R, HV50VR, K7A (NA-042),
KL7DX (NA-234), KP4/NY6X, R1ANR, R1FJT, TF/DJ2VO, YI9WV and ZF1DX.
QSLs received LoTW - A22AA, EY8MM, IC8/OE1MHL, TF/M0BLF, VK9AA, XE1CT,
YB0ECT and YW5T.
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SILENT KEYS -
George C. Stone, VE6GCS of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada, has been
reported a Silent Key at the age of 85, on October 24, 2008.
============================================
BITS & PIECES -
CY0 - SABLE ISLAND
A report from the CY0X Dxpedition team of their recent activation of
Sable Island in June - July 2008. can be found at:
www.uksmg.org/download.php?view.46 [N8OFS]
EI - IRELAND
After a long process the first of the 5 MHz licenses were issued to EI
stations on Friday, October 17th.
Three 3kHz channels with centre frequencies of 5280, 5400 and 5405 kHz.
[Southgate ARC]
GU - GURNSEY
A quick report plus EME log is now online for MU/DH7FB and MU/DF2ZC at:
www.df2zc.de/hamradioresults/dxp/guernsey2008/index.html
LX - LUXEMBURG
Amateurs in Luxemburg may apply for a call sign with a 4 letter suffix
for a few months now and Andy, LX1DA who is an avid RTTY operator
fulfills his wish and will change his special call LX8DL to LX8RTTY on
January 1, 2009. His regular callsign LX1DA is still valid.
VK9 - WILLIS ISLAND
VK9DWX News #13 - 30.10.2008
The "VK9DWX Willis Island DXpedition 2008" is history.
We closed the log with more than 95,000 QSOs (that’s our first merger of
all logs except the VK9DWX/mm qsos during the voyage). A great adventure
full of unforgettable moments and sweet memories lays behind us. We
enjoyed a beautiful time of ham radio operation and are very happy of
being able to serve so many hams around the world with a new one or at
least with new and additional bandpoints for the DXCC.
We enjoyed nice and trusty fellowship within our team. Our two rookies
Josh, W4WJF, and Rhy, ZS6DXB turned out to be a real surprise for us:
They not only slipped into the team very easily but they also shouldered
the operating burden in amazingly good performance, they became a
valuable support for the DXpedition.
After 10 days of operation we welcome the sailing boat "Rum Runner"
which brought us new supplies (food and fuel) as well as the exchange of
our rookies: Josh had to leave and Rhy was coming to replace him. Also
our DXpedition visitor Gerd, DK2JW, came in as well as Dale, VK4DMC, our
valuable, trusty and very important support in Australia. They were very
happy to have solid ground under their feet again, because the voyage
was somewhat rough and not a real pleasure. We spent a nice evening with
exiting talks and a few cool beers. They stayed over night with us on
the island. Next morning it was time to say good bye, because the "Rum
Runner" went back to Cairns.
Operation on this DXpedition was a real challenge to everyone:
Fresh to strong winds every day, some days so powerful that the tents
were threatened to be blown away or at least heavily damaged. High tide
climbed the beaches often higher than expected and swept over the feed
points of the arrays, (perfect ground conductivity at least !!)
disordering the radial system completely. Turtles are really heavy (some
75 kg!) and snagged the coax or other cable from time to time, but
fortunately caused no major trouble with that. Hundreds (or were it
thousands ??) of different birds, screaming (and smelling !!) all day
and night and whom you might have noticed as the background noise in our
SSB-QSOs. Small crabs, flies and moths were perennial companions in our
tents, but surprisingly they did not bite at all. Day after day the sun
poured down and let the temperature soar to 35 to 40 degrees Celsius in
the tents. Unfortunately we could not open tents due to the wind and the
brightness of the sunlight: We simply would not have seen anything on
the laptop-screens anymore. Fans were only of little help and not a real
relief. In spite of these unfavourable conditions, the equipment worked
to our satisfaction. No major faults to mention. Only internet access
was limited to several hours a day, which made it impossible to update
the log in shorter periods.
Food was cooked on the MV Floreat daily and supplied to us day by day. A
great hug to our chef Susy who did a marvellous job in feeding the team
with delicious meals and perfect sandwiches as well as fresh fruit most
of the days. MV Floreat’s skipper Marcus Oke inspected the weather
forecast very thoroughly, took the development of wind and waves as well
as the tide in consideration and came to the conclusion that Sunday
would be the best choice for ferrying our material safely from the beach
to the ship. Safety of all our members first and the material second was
our biggest concern and we would never doubt the decision of our
experienced skipper.
So - sad to say - but we had to finish the CQWW SSB Contest already by
Sunday morning.
We took down all the 4 squares, vertical, and Vertical-Array-Dipoles
(VDAs) which served us as trusty companions throughout our DX-pedition
and made these many contacts possible. To tear down the whole stuff
turned out to be much easier than erecting it. We began very early in
the morning - just on sunrise - to get most of the job done before the
tropical sun would burn out our brains. It was a perfect manoeuvre,
everyone knew what to do. We packed all material in boxes, pelicases and
Skipper Marcus took all the stuff safely back to the MV Floreat. We did
not miss a single item and nothing got wet at all. So we managed to
finish the complete work already by early afternoon.
Once we were all back on the ship, the MV Floreat hoisted the anchors
and headed east back to Cairns. We waved a last Good Bye to the island
each of us with his own personal memories, leaving thousands of boobies,
frigatebirds, hermitcrabs and green turtles in their ancestral
environment.
After Norfolk Island in 2007 as VK9DNX we are very happy having
performed a new adventure with VK9DWX now in 2008. We enjoyed it very
much and hope that we could meet at least part of your expectations. May
be not every one could make it into our log. We are sorry for that and
hope that there will be a next chance for you soon.
We thank you very much for your cooperation and your understanding
during times of heavy pile-ups and difficult traffic, especially on the
low bands.
Thanks also to the many ham radio operators and other sponsors (like Ham
Radio-clubs, Societies and Foundations) from all over the world who
helped us with small and bigger financial contributions. Bringing this
all together makes a DXpedition like ours not only feasible but also
rather successful.
Good Bye Willis!
Thank you for this once in a lifetime adventure.
The VK9DWX Operation Team DJ5IW, DJ7EO, DJ9RR, DL1MGB, DL3DXX, DL5LYM,
DL8OH, DL8WPX, SP5XVY, W4WJF, ZS6DXB.
P.S.
When entering Cairns harbour after a smooth journey, Dale, VK4DMC
already awaited us with his car and trailer and helped us to unload the
MV Floreat. We sorted out everything which was to stay in Australia and
which was to send back to Germany by cargo-spediton. In the evening we
in invited the MV Floraet’s Crew (Marcus, Gordon and Susy) as well as
Dale, VK4DMC for dinner. We dined in a fashionable steakhouse
overlooking Cairns’ harbour in a stunning view and enjoyed a beautiful
farewell dinner with those, who gave us so much support and help and
made this DXpedition to come true.
Online-Log / QSO statistics -
We are very sorry that in the last days of operation the online log was
not available. Due to a crash of the database on our server we were not
able to fix it from the island (not at a rate of 6 EUR/MByte...). But
now the online log is available again and also the QSO statistics.
Donations Update -
We were very happy to see so many donations being sent from all over the
world to support our DXpedition. Nearly most of them are online in our
sponsor list. If anyone misses his donation please contact us via our
contact form.
Online QSL Request System -
Our Online QSL Request System (OQRS) is available now. Please support
us, help to minimize our workload and use this OQRS. There you can
choose between direct QSL card and bureau QSL card.
The advantages for you:
- No need to send your QSL card (directly or via bureau)
- Don't loose any money with direct post, just transfer your donation
online
- Get your QSL card earlier than through the oldfashioned way
The advantage for us:
- Much less work!
We will not offer any spectacular QSL card! We will offer a fast QSL
service! Remember VK9DNX? Exactly one month after we returned home from
DXpedition we got our QSL cards from the printer. And only a few weeks
later the first direct QSL cards were on the way to their recipients.
And exactly this QSL service we want to offer again.
So please help us and try to request your QSL card online and help to
make a good service better. Thank you! [AD1C]
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73 and Good DX!
Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ
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