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22 January 2011 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1029
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B - Slavo, SP2JMB and Bogdan, SP2FUD will be active as 3B8/SP2JMB and
3B8/SP2FUD from Mauritius Island (AF-049) between 4 and 24
February. Expect them to be QRV on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY,
including an entry in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest (12-13 February). On
18-22 February they will be active as 3B9/SP2JMB and 3B9/SP2FUD
from Rodrigues (AF-017). They plan to operate CW and RTTY on 80-10
metres, and to take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via home
calls. [TNX SP2JMB]
9K - Amateur radio operators from Kuwait are allowed to use special
prefix 9K50 from 26 January through February to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the independence of their country. The Kuwait
Amateur Radio Society (KARS) will operate as 9K50NLD on 24-28
February. [TNX The Daily DX]
A3 - Yoshi, JA1NLX will be active as A35AY from Fafa Island (OC-049),
Tonga on 4-9 February. He will operate mainly CW with some RTTY on
80-10 metres, using 100 watts and a vertical antenna "with lots of
radials" on the beach. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and
LoTW. Visit www.ne.jp/asahi/ja1nlx/ham/A35_2011.html for further
information. [TNX NG3K]
CN - The team of operators for the 1-5 February expedition to Herne
Island (AF-068) [425DXN 1027] now includes Mounaim CN8QY (QSL via
I8LWL), Leopoldo I8LWL (5C2L, QSL via home call), Ruggero IK2PZC
(5C2P, QSL via home call) and Alfredo IK7JWX (5C2J, QSL via home
call). They will operate SSB and maybe digital modes on the HF
bands and 6 metres. Check www.i8lwl.it for updates and log search
after the expedition. [TNX IK7JWX]
FH - Bruno, DH1BL will be living on Mayotte (AF-027) for the next three
years. Currently active as FH/DH1BL, he expects to get a FH
callsign in the near future. QSL via DL7BC, direct or bureau
(cards will be printed when the FH callsign is issued to him).
FJ - Daryl, W7TAE will be active as FJ/W7TAE from St. Barthelemy
(NA-146) on 23-28 January. He plans to operate mainly SSB on 40,
20 and 17 metres in his spare time. [TNX The Daily DX]
FM - Rene, F5LGE is active as FM/F5LGE from Martinique (NA-107) until
30 January. He operates CW only on 80 and 160 metres. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NBU]
HB9 - Special event callsign HB60LU will be in use until 31 December to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of USKA branch of Lucerne,
Switzerland. QSL via HB9DWL, LoTW and eQSL. Information on the Old
Lucerne Award can be found at www.award.hb9lu.qrv.ch [TNX DX
Newsletter]
HI - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active as HI7/HB9OAU from the Dominican
Republic on 6-18 February. His main QTH will be Bayahibe (NA-096),
with possible one day operations as HI2/HB9OAU from either Saona
and/or Catalina islands (NA-122). He will operate holiday style on
10, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX HB9OAU]
I - Sam, LY5W will be active again as IT9/LY5W from Sicily between 24
January and 1 February, including an entry in the CQ WW 160-Meter
CW Contest. QSL via home call (requests for his October-November
2010 activity are being processed right now). [TNX LY5W]
I - Special station IO5ANT will be active during the 8th Antarctic
Activity Week (21-27 February) from the National Museum of
Antarctica in Siena. QSL via IW5EFX. [TNX IW5EFX]
JT - Ken, K4ZW will be active as either JT1ZW and JT5DX from Mongolia
between 24 January and 2 February, with an an emphasis on the low
bands and the CQ WW 160 CW Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
JX - The new dates for the operation from Jan Mayen (EU-022) [425DXN
987] are 6-14 July. The group callsign issued to the expedition is
JX7VPA. The team will operate CW, RTTY/PSK and some SSB on 30-6
metres - no activity at all is planned on 160 and 80 metres, and
also 40m "might not be usable at tat time of the year". All
details will be available on a dedicated website currently under
constructon (http://janmayen2011.org).
KH2 - Nobu, JR3STX and Take, JS6RRR will be active on all bands and
modes as W3STX/KH2 (QSL via JR3STX) and KH2/JS6RRR (QSL via home
call) from Guam (OC-026) on 10-15 February. [TNX JR3TVH]
P4 - Dee, W1HEO will be active as P4/W1HEO from the P49V contest
station on Aruba (SA-036) on 3-16 April. He will operate CW and
SSB on 160-10 metres, with a focus on 30-10m. QSL via W1HEO,
direct or bureau. [TNX W1HEO]
PJ - EA1PP, EB1HF and EC1DPM will be active holiday style from Bonaire,
PJ4 (SA-006) on 5-10 February and from Curacao, PJ2 (SA-099) on
11-16 February. They will operate SSB and RTTY, including activity
during the CQ WPX RTTY Contest from PJ2. [TNX EA1PP]
PJ6 - Mike, G4IUF will be active holiday style as PJ6/G4IUF from Saba
(NA-145) between 27 January and 3 March. He will operate CW and
SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
PY - A group of eight operators from APRE (Associacao Paulista de
Radioamadores Escoteiros, www.apre.com.br) will be active as PR2R
from Comprida Island (SA-024) on 28-30 January. They will be QRV
on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 metres. QSL via PY2OP. [TNX NG3K]
SM - ON4AWT, ON5RZ and ON7DS will be active from SI9AM (the King
Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society, www.si9am.se) in
Ragunda from 26 January (evening local time) to 31 January
(morning local time), including an entry in the UBA DX Contest.
QSL via SM3CVM, direct or via bureau. [TNX SM3CVM]
T8 - Mike, JA6EGL and Hiro, JA6KYU will be active as T88SM and T88HS
from Palau (OC-009) on 10-15 February. They plan to be QRV on 80-6
metres CW and SSB, QSL via home calls, direct only. [TNX JN6RZM]
TA - Special callsign TC2011EWU will be in use between 27 January and 6
February for the XXV Winter Universiade (the World University
Games organized by the International University Sports Federation)
to be held in Erzurum, Turkey. QSL via operator's instructions.
V3 - V31ME and V31ML are active from Ambergris Caye (NA-073) until 26
January, as their announced operation from IOTA group NA-180
[425DXN 1023] has been cancelled. QSL via DJ4EL and DJ1JB,
respectively. [TNX PB1TT]
V3 - Ken, N2ZN will be active as V31AM from Placencia, Belize on 2-8
March, including a SOAB HP entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest.
Activity before and after the contest will be mostly on CW, with
maybe some digital modes also. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau, and LoTW. [TNX N2ZN]
VE - Christian, F5IDM will be active as VE7/F5IDM from Quadra Island
(NA-091) on 29-31 January. Christian has lived in Hawaii since
1996, and QSLs either direct (Christian Veillet, P.O. Box 2124,
Kamuela HI 96743, USA) or through the KH6 bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
W - A group of operators from QCWA Chapter 119 will be active as W4T
from Tangier Island (NA-083) on 27-31 July, IOTA Contest included.
They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on 80-10 metres. QSL
via K5VIP. [TNX W4VIC]
XT - Jon, K3QF will be in Burkina Faso "for the next few weeks". He is
QRV as XT2RJA in his spare time, usually during his evening hours.
He hopes to be active in the CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest. QSL via
K3QF. [TNX The Daily DX]
XU - Wim, XU7TZG and Peter, XU7ADW will be active as XU7KOH from Koh
Russei (AS-133) on 21-24 January. They will operate SSB and PSK31
on 80-10 metres. QSL via ON7PP. [TNX DX World]
ZS8 - "The polar supply ship arrives on 15 March", Pierre, ZS8M says,
and adds that his "SSB operation will most likely end on this
date". However, there is a "possibilty that PSK operations will
continue until May". Pierre will depart Marion Island on 5 May.
AFRICAN TOUR ---> Peter, HA3AUI is going back to Africa. He will be active
in his spare time as either 6W2SC (from Cabrousse, Senegal) and J5UAP (from
Varela, Guinea-Bissau) between approximately 1 February and 31 March. Peter
plans to operate mainly CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via HA3AUI, direct
only. His website is at www.cqafrica.net [TNX NG3K]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> In preparation for the September-October expedition to
Conway Reef (www.yt1ad.info/3d2c/index.html), Hrane, YT1AD is in the South
Pacific area until 29 January. Plans are to visit and be QRV from Samoa
(5W8A, until 22 January), American Samoa (KH8/N9YU, 22-25 January) and Fiji
(3D2AD, 26-29 January). QSL via YT1AD.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CONTEST DINNER ---> The 19th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner will be held on
21 May at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Tickets are available only on
http://contestdinner.com
CQ DX MARATHON ---> Log submissions for the 2010 DX Marathon must be in by
23.59 UTC, 31 January 2011. The DX Marathon email server crashed and was
down from 05.00 UTC to 22.00 UTC on 19 January. Any logs sent during that
period are unfortunately lost and will need to be re-submitted. A complete
list of all logs received is posted on the website (www.dxmarathon.com).
[TNX K9EL]
PIRATE ---> John, ZD9GI (Gough Island, AF-030) was pirated on 17 and 20
metres CW. He has been active on SSB (15, 17 and 20m) and PSK (15 and 17m),
but he does not operate CW at all. [TNX DX World]
QSL HG3DX ---> The new QSL manager is Tibi, HA1DAE. He is collecting the
logs, which will be uploaded to Club Log (www.clublog.org). QSL direct or
bureau. [TNX HA1DAE]
SOUTH ORKNEYS 2011 ---> Announced frequencies for the VP8ORK expedition to
the South Orkney Islands (27 January to 8 February) are as follows:
BAND SSB CW RTTY
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160m 1.843 1.827 -
80m 3.781 3.524 3.590
40m 7.055 7.024 7.040
30m - 10.104 10.149
20m 14.190 14.024 14.089
17m 18.145 18.070 18.103
15m 21.295 21.024 21.089
12m 24.987 24.892 24.917
10m 28.470 28.024 28.089
An Online QSL Request System (OQRS) will be available and you will be able
to request your QSLs one of three ways: OQRS Direct, OQRS Bureau,
traditional direct to VE3XN. The website for the expedition is at
www.vp8o.com
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Livio Marocco
(IK1RLI), Alain Martinet (C31LN), Drago Grabensek (S59AR), Ken Stenback
(W8KS) and Sigrid Handke (DL7CN), who passed away on 24 December 2010. She
was the wife of the late Frank Turek, DL7FT (SK since August 2004).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 3B8DB, 3DA0GF, 3DA0TM,
4S7ULG, 4X6HP, 5N7M, 5R8IC, 5V7TT, 5X1NH, 8R1RPN, 9H3NO/p, 9H3UM, 9K2HN,
9L0W, 9L5VT, 9M6DXX/p (OC-295), 9U0A, 9U1RSI, 9UXEV, 9X0SP, AH0BT, C50C,
C56E, C5A, C6APT, C6ARR, C6ATA, C91DL, C91JR, C91WW, CN2MR, CO4SM (NA-056),
CP4BT, CP6XE, CT9/DL5AXX, CX/N3BNA, D2QV, DU1/JJ5GMJ (OC-128), E20MDN,
E73M, EJ4II (EU-103), EJ8GQB (EU-103), EK6TA, EL2DX, ER1DA, ER650M, EY8MM,
FK8CP, FM/JE1JKL/p, FO8RZ, GM0DHZ/P (EU-012), H40FK, H7V, HH2/OH2TA,
HH2/PY3SB, HK4CZE, J28RO, J6/WB4WXE, J7N, JY4NE, JY5HX, KG6DX, KG6SL,
KP2/N1WON, LA2GRA (EU-033), LU/F5AHO/p (SA-049), LU1ZA,LU1ZD, MD0CCE,
MU/F5CWU, MW5B, OH0/PA3ALK, OH9AA/p (EU-126), OM2VL, OM8A, OX/DF9TM
(NA-151), OX/DL2SWW (NA-151), OX/DL2VFR (NA-151), PJ2/DL5RDO, PJ2/K2TQC,
PJ2/K8LEE, PJ2/N0YY, PJ2/N2MF, PJ2/W1NG, PJ2/W5MPC, PJ2/WI9WI, PJ2T, PJ4B,
PJ4D, PJ4I, PJ4N, PJ4W, PJ5/AA4NC, PJ5/AH6HY, PJ5/K1XM, PJ5/SP6EQZ,
PJ5/SP6IXF, PJ6A, PJ7/K1GI, PJ7/K1XM, PJ7E, PJ7MF, PJ7UQ, PQ0F, PX8J, PX8L,
PZ5T, RI1FJ, S79K, ST2AR, SV0XCA/5, SV5/SM8C, TC0T (AS-159), TF3CY/5
(EU-168), TL0A, TO5T, TO7ZG, TX4T, V31RG, V44KAI, V47KP, V47Z, V51AS, V73TM
(OC-087), VK0KEV, VK4LDX/p (OC-171 and OC-172), VP2V/NY6X, VP9HE, WH0/WH7C,
XV2RZ, XW1B, XX9TLX, YC9AOS, YC9CYN, YC9DEB, YE0A, YI9PSE, YJ0HA, YJ0VK,
YW5LF (SA-059), ZB2FK, ZD9AH, ZD9GI, ZL7/W1SY, ZS8M.
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