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16 May 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 941
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4J - The Federation of Radio Sports of Azerbaijan is organizing an
expedition to Nagorno Karabakh from 28 May to 1 June. The team
will operate as 4K3K and 4J0K, including activity during the CQ WW
WPX CW Contest. QSL for both calls via RW6HS. [TNX 4J5T]
5B - John/5B4AIS, Paul/DH9VA, Stelios/SV1AAU, John/SV1GE, Chris/SV2DGH,
Takis/SV2FWV and Sakis/SV2HNC will be active as C4SV from Cyprus
(AS-004) on 23-29 May. They plan to be QRV on all bands SSB, CW,
RTTY. QSL via SV2DGH. [TNX SV2DGH]
DL - Thomas, DH1TS will be active as DH1TS/p from Amrum Island (EU-042)
on 20-28 May. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
E7 - The Akademski Radio Klub (E74EBL) will operate special event call
E709WRC on 17-24 May for the World Rafting Championship to be held
in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. QSL via E77E. [TNX E77E]
EI - Stan, EI6DX (UA1OUT) will be active as EJ6DX from Inis Mor, Aran
Islands (EU-006) on 22-24 May and again from 29 May to 1 June
(including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest on 40 metres). QSL
via RX3RC, direct or bureau. Updates will be available at
www.ei6dx.com [TNX EI6DX]
F - A few special event stations are or will be active from French
department 59 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of
radioactivity pioneer and Nobel laureate Pierre Curie: TM6RPC
(until 22 May, QSL via F8KOT), TM8RPC (until 24 May, QSL via
F6KTN), TM2RPC (23 May-5 June, QSL via F6BDM), TM5RPC (25 May-8
June, QSL via F8KGS). [TNX F8REF]
FO - Les (SP3DOI), Jan (SP3CYY), Wojciech (SP9PT), Jozef (SP9-31029) and
Michel/FO5QB will be active from the Austral and Marquesas Islands
between late September and late October:
29/09-12/10 TX5SPA (requested call) Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Isls
16/10-22/10 TX5SPM (requested call) Marquesas Isls (OC-027)
They will have three stations and will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and
Possibly PSK31 on 160-10 metres, with an emphasis on working Europe
on the low bands. QSL for both calls via SP9PT. The web site for
the expedition is at http://fo2009sp.pl [TNX SP9PT]
FR/G - The long-awaited DXpedition to Glorioso (AF-011) is now expected
to take place in July. Three or four military radio amateurs,
along with two film-makers from the Defence Press Service, will be
on the island on 9-28 July. The team (including F5PRU, F5IRO,
F5TLN, and maybe F4EGS or F5RQQ) will be active with three
stations on 160-6 metres on as many modes as possible. Callsign to
be announced, QSL via F5OGL. A log search will be available and
updated on a daily basis at http://glorieuses2008.free.fr [TNX
F6AJA]
G - John, M0XIG and Tony, 2E0SBS will operate special event station
GB2CT on 21-23 May from the site of the optical telegraph at
Chalton, Hampshire (England). The Chalton Shutter Telegraph was
one of a number that operated as a communication link for the
British Admiralty between London and Plymouth. QSL via M0XIG,
direct or bureau.
G - Promoting geological heritage to the general public, special
station GB6GEO will be on the air on 23-24 May from "Kent's
Cavern", England's oldest "home" situated in the English Riviera
Torbay). QSL via G3VOF. Details on this event, as well on the
relevant certificate, can be found at qrz.com under GB6GEO. [TNX
G3VOF]
GJ - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG are active as MJ/homecall from Jersey
(EU-013) until 27 May. They will operate RTTY, PSK and SSB on 80-6
metres. QSLs via DL7AFS, bureau preferred. Their website is at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DXNL]
HB0 - Tina, DL5YL and Fred, DL5YM will be active as HB0/homecall from
Liechtenstein from 20 June to 2 July. They will operate holiday
style on the HF bands mainly CW, possibly with some RTTY. QSL via
home calls. [TNX DL5YM]
HV - A group of operators from ARI Saronno (namely I2OGV, I2RFJ, I2ZBX,
IK2DJV and IZ2LSC) will be active from HV5PUL, the amateur radio
station at the Pontifical Lateran University (Vatican City), on 1,
3 and 4 June. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on the HF bands
and 6 metres. QSL to HV5PUL (see qrz.com). [TNX IW0DJB]
I - IW2MZX, IZ2AJE, IZ2GLU and IZ2GMT will be active as IF9E from
Levanzo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-009) on 21-24 May. They plan to
operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres.
QSL via IZ2GLU, direct and bureau. [TNX IZ2GMT]
I - Special callsign II6AN will be aired from 27 May to 10 June to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of ARI Ancona. Expect activity on
the HF, VHF, UFH and SHF bands SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via
IK6VXO. [TNX I6GFX]
J6 - John, W5JON will be active on 160-6 metres as J68JA from St. Lucia
(NA-108) on 20-30 October, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest. QSL via W5JON. [TNX W5JON].
KL - Don, N6IC will be active as N6IC/KL7 from Douglas Island (NA-041)
during a family visit on 21-30 May. QSL via home call. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
OH0 - DJ7JC, DJ9IE, DK3QZ, DL1EKC and PA0R will be active as OH0/homecall
(QSL via home calls, direct or bureau) from the Aland Islands
(EU-002) from 24 May to 3 June, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX
CW Contest as OH0EC (QSL via DL1EKC, direct or bureau). Look for
them on 30, 17 and 12 metres CW outside the WPX event. [TNX DL1EKC]
ON - Kurt, ON4CB and Francois, ON4LO will be active from Lillo
lighthouse (ARLHS BEL-028) on 23-24 May. They plan to operate SSB
on 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via bureau. [TNX ON4LO]
OZ - Harry/PA1H and Nico/PA7PA will be active as OZ/homecall from Lango
Island, off Langeland Island (EU-172) from 25 July to 1 August,
IOTA Contest included. They will operate SSB and digital modes on
10-160 metres, with some activity on the VHF bands. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX PA1H]
SV - Michael, DF3IS will be active as J48IS from Thassos Island
(EU-174) on 19-25 May. QSL via home call, bureau or direct. [TNX
DXNL]
SV - The White Tower DX Team (www.whitetowerdxt.com) will be active as
SY2WT from Posidhion Lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-111) on 22-31 May,
including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via SV2FPU,
direct or bureau. [TNX SV2FPU]
SV5 - Darren, G0TSM will be active holiday style as SV5/G0TSM from Kos
Island (EU-001) from 20 May to 3 June. He will focus on 6 and 12
metres (SSB and CW), running 100 watts to a 3-element yagi for 6m
and a quad loop for 12m. QSL via home call. [TNX G0TSM]
TA - TA0U, TA1FR, TA1HZ, TA2DJ, TA2JN and TA2RX will be active as
TC2009UC on 16-20 May. The special callsign celebrates the final
match of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup football (soccer) tournament to be
played in Instanbul on 20 May. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ]
TA - Special callsign TC2ATAM will be activated on 17-19 May to
commemorate the 90th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's
arrival to Samsun, the city where he initiated the War of
Independence. Main activity will be on 20-40 metres. QSL via
TA1KB. [TNX TA1HZ]
TA - Ondra (OK1CDJ), Frantisek (OK1DF), Zdenek (OK1FIA), Pavel (OK1MU)
and Slavek (OK1TN) will be active as TC098A from Kara Ada (AS-098)
on 17-22 May. They will operate SSB and CW on 10-40 metres, and
possibly via ES on the VHF bands. They plan to be on the air for
about 16-18 hours a day with two stations. QSL via OK2GZ, direct
or bureau. Further information can be found at
http://www.okdxf.eu/expedice/tc098a/en/ [TNX OK1MU]
TK - Eva, HA3FRE and Tomi, HA4DX will be active as TK/homecall from
Ersa, Corsica (EU-014) on 16-23 May. They plan to operate mainly
on 30 and 40 metres CW during their evenings and nights. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
TK - Enrico, I4GAD will be sailing in the TK waters between 17 and 23
May. He hopes to be able to operate as TK/I4GAD from the main
island (EU-014) and either the Cerbicales (EU-100) and the
Sanguinaires (EU-104) islands. Activity will be for a few hours
only, mainly CW. [TNX I4GAD]
TZ - Ed/W0SD, Arliss/W7XU and possibly others will be active as TZ6EI
from Mali from 26 June to 5 July. Their primary focus will be 6
metres on 50103 kHz, with some HF operation planned for late night
non-Sporadic E hours. "Please just send us your RST/RS signal
report", they say, "we do not need your grid square". Due to the
lack of an internet connection no on-line logs are planned. QSL
via W7XU. [TNX W0SD]
UR - Crisna, IZ3GWJ says he will be active as UT/IZ3GWJ from Ternopil,
Ukraine until 30 May. He plans to concentrate on 20, 10 and 6
metres (locator KN29).
UR - Special event station EM5UCC will be active on all bands and modes
on 20-25 May for the 19th Conference of the Ukrainian Contest Club
that will be held in Kiev. QSL via UY5ZZ. [TNX UY5ZZ]
V3 - Terry, W6WTG (V31UR) and Sharon, N2OWL (V31WL) have postponed
their July trip to Caye Caulker [425DXN 915]. New dates to be
decided.
VE - Dick/VE1AI, Frank/VE1FHW, Ella/VE1PEI, Scott/VE1QD, Gary/VE1RGB
and Ken/VY2RU will be active from Brier Island (NA-127, CIsA
NS-011) on 22-25 May. [TNX VY2RU]
VK9N - A group of operators from the Hellenic Amateur Radio Association
of Australia will be active as VK9AAA from Norfolk Island (OC-005)
on 22-29 July, IOTA Contest included. They plan to be active with
multiple stations on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W3HNK.
Further information can be found at http://vk9aaa.blogspot.com
[TNX NG3K]
YB - YB7IM and others will be active as YE7M from Payung Payungan, Laut
Kecil Islands (OC-268) on 22-24 May. They plan to operate SSB
(7080, 14260, 18150, 21260 and 28360 kHz) and CW (7023, 14040,
18098, 21040 and 28040 kHz). QSL via YB7KNV.
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Steve, 9M6DXX (G4JVG) will operate as FK/G4JVG from
Noumea (OC-032) from 22 May until 3 June, and as G4JVG/VK4 from North
Stradbroke Island (OC-137) on 7-9 June. Both operations will be holiday
style while celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with Eva, 9M6EVA.
Activity will be SSB only, using 100 watts to 'fishing rod' verticals on 40,
20, 17 and perhaps 15 metres. QSL both operations via M0URX, direct or
bureau. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX]
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CQ HALLS OF FAME ---> The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame was established in
January 2001 to recognize individuals - radio amateurs or not - who
significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio, as well as radio
amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio,
to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our
planet. This year's inductees are:
Bill Baker, W1BKR Jack Kilby
Loy Barton Alois Krischke, DJ0TR
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO Walt Maxwell,W2DU
William Bridges, W6FA Lt. Gen. Thomas Miller, K4IC (SK)
Fernando Fernandez Martin, EA8AK Wilse Morgan, WX7P
George Floyd, WA4DGA (SK) Ron Parise, WA4SIR (SK)
Eric Haseltine, AB3DI Clay Whitehead, W6WW (SK)
Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH
The CQ Contest Hall of Fame was established in 1986 to recognize Amateur
Radio operators who have made major contributions to contesting. This
year's inductee is the Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH.
The CQ DX Hall of Fame was established in 1967 to recognize major
contributions by DXers. This year's inductees are Neville Cheadle, G3NUG
and Tom Harrell, N4XP.
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
J20SE Djibouti 2009 Operation
A52DT Bhutan 2009 Operation
QSL 8P6DR ---> Richard, G3RWL says that all logs have now been recovered
[425DXN 939] and all outstanding QSL requests have been answered.
QSL 9V1YC ---> The QSL route is via N5ID, but serious health problems have
prevented Joe from responding to QSL requests for several months now. Randy
Becnel, W5UE is "temporarily taking over answering Joe's backlog of
requests", starting with direct cards for 9V1YC (bureau cards will follow
as time allows). Once he has the blank cards, he will also answer N1YC/VK9X
and 9V9HQ requests. [TNX Xthe Daily DX]
WRTC ---> Next year's World Radiosport Team Championship, to be held in
Russia on 8-12 July, will be for the first time a Field Day style
competition. The 50 teams will be scattered on a wide area in the open
country to the south of Moscow. The website for the event is at
http://www.wrtc2010.ru
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8MM, 3C0M, 3V8BB, 4K0CW, 4K9W,
4L1FP, 4L6QC, 4S7FMG, 4U1UN, 5H1DF, 5N0EVR, 5T5JA, 5U7JB, 5V7BR, 5W0DP,
5X1NH, 7Q7LA, 7Z1HL, 7Z1SJ, 8P5A, 8P9KA, 9J2CA, 9J2YO, 9K2/SP4R, 9L0W,
A7/M0FGA, A71AN, A92GE, AH0BT, C31CT, CE1KR, CE8SFG, CM6RCR, CO6XN, CO8LY,
CT3/DJ7RJ, D4C, DU3NXE, E51KAJ, E51QQQ, EK6TA, ER0WW, ER4DX, ES1QD, ET3JA,
EU1UN, FG/K9NW, FH/G3SWH, FJ/G3TXF, FJ/SP7VC, FK/G3TXF, FK/JA1KAJ,
FK/JK1FNL, FK8CP, FM/KL7WA, FM1HN, FP/VE7SV, FS/W3FF, FS/WW5L, FW5ZL, H40MS
(OC-065), H44MS (OC-047), H7/K9NW, HC1MD, HC8N, HH4/AF4Z, HI3/N3SY, HI3A,
HK0/EA7HEJ, HP3DX, HP3TA, HS0ZEE, HV5PUL, J28KO, J38JR, J6/W5JON, J88DR,
J88XF, JA1XGI/VK9X, JD1BMH, JD1BMM, JT1CO, JT1DN, JW9VDA, JY4NE, K5D,
KG4GY, KH2/JF2CRP, KH6/K9FD, KL7J, KL7Y, KP2/K3CT, LM9K75Y, N2OB/150, OA4O,
OH0R, OM8A, OX/G3TXF, OX2A, OX5AA, OY9JD, P29VCX, P40K, P40TA, PJ2/N4QQ,
PJ7MF, PY0FF, PZ5RA, PZ5TT, RK3AWL, RW2F, S79JF, SJ2W, SU8JOTA, T27OU,
T32BE, T77C, T88NF, T88WW, T8CW, TF3CW, TF4M, TS7C (AF-073), TY5ZR, UK9AA,
UN7QX, V26G, V31FB, V31WA, V63WW, V73M, V88HTL (OC-088), V8AQM, VK9DWX,
VK9N/G3TXF, VP2MPL, VP2V/K9NW, VP2V/SP3IPB, VP6TD, VP8DLQ, VP8KF, VP8YLB,
VP9KF, VR2PX, VU2PAI, VU2PHD, VX8X (NA-192), WP2B, XU7MDY, XW1B, YB0DPO,
YB1BA, YI1RZ, YI9KT, YJ0TXF, YK1BA, YK9G, YN2S, YS4M, ZC4VJ, ZF2DF, ZF2NN,
ZF2XY, ZG2FK, ZM1A, ZP0R, ZT2V.
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