Contest, Open / WW. Zimbabwe, Z2. Z21SIX isn't operational due to Z21GH
silent key. Z21LV will be move the beacon in his QTH soon as possible.
Fourter info soon when beacon will be active agn. (Sixitalia Weekly
Info) 19 May 2012 Sable Isl., CY0. Update. Al, VE1AWW, who has been active as CY0/VE1AWW as of April 17th, and will be there for about the next two months, reports on May 11th: "The 40-80-160 antenna is dead. I won't be replacing it anytime soon. I can work 30m (PSK 31) 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m. I will soon have a 6m beam as well." Remember, his activity will be limited to his spare time as he is there to work. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1062) 19 May 2012 - 17 Jun. 2012 St. Martin, FS. John, K9EL, will once again be active from French St. Martin (Grid Loc. FK88) between June 8-24th. Activity will be holiday style (on a family vacation) and he will be operating as FS/K9EL whenever possible. He will be using an IC7000 and verticals for 80-10 meters, a 3 element yagi for 6 meters and will be operating on CW, SSB, and he plans to put an emphasis on RTTY this trip. He will also bring an amplifier with him to better his signal on 6 meters. John states, "Schedules are welcome and QSL to my home call. I will also attempt to do daily uploads to Club Log and LoTW. Part of the trip will include planning for 160 meter antennas as I plan to operate 160 in November as part of my planned CQWW CW participation." (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1062) 19 May 2012 - 24 Jun. 2012 Iceland, TF. Operators Bill/W4TAA and Pete/VE3IKV will
be active as TF/VX3T from the south coast of Iceland between June
17-30th. Activity will be 6 meters CW and SSB from Grid HP83SU (and
possibly some other grids) with 100 watts into a 8 element yagi.
They will be looking for SSSP propagation to JA in the mornings
and for Es or AuEs to North America at other times. The VX3T special
callsign and prefix commemorates the 100th anniversary of the world-famous
Calgary Stampede. QSL via VE3IKV direct. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#1062) 19 May 2012 - 30
Jun. 2012 Conway reef, 3D2C. Update. An international team of operators will be active as 3D2C from Conway Reef (OC-112) between September 24th and October 5th. The current list of operators are Hrane/YT1AD (Team leader), David/K3LP (Technical Co-leader), Aleksey/UA4HOX (Organization Co-leader), Paul/N6PSE (PR), David/WD5COV, Vasily/RW4NW, David/AH6HY, Alan/AD6E, Alan/K6SRZ (Medical Doctor), Craig/K9CT, Sergej/RZ3FW, George/N6NKT, Stanislav/LZ1GC, Al/K3VN, Alexander/RW3RN and Peter/PY5CC/PT5XX. Most of these operators were active from Rotuma as 3D2R last year. Activity will be on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. Suggested frequencies were published in OPDX.1045. QSL via YT1AD, direct (w/SAE or SASE + 1 USD for normal postage, 2 USDs for Airmail) or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, visit the 3D2C Web page at: http://www.yt1ad.info/3d2c/index.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1061) 19 May 2012 - 5 Oct. 2012
May. Macau, XX9. Nine members of the "A DX Group"
(ADXG) will be active from Coloane Island, WW Grid OL62SC between
May 17-23rd. Operators mentioned are Ruben/EA5BZ (Team leader),
Jose/EA1ACP, Jose/EB5BBM, Pasqua/EA5CEE, Fernando/EA5FX, Biel/EA6DD,
Francoisco/EA7FTR, David/EB7DX and Adrian/F5VLY. Activity will be
on 160-6 meters, including the 30/17/12 meter bands, using CW, SSB
and RTTY, with at least 3 stations on the air at the same time on
different bands and modes. Suggested frequencies are: Belize, V3. Colin/KU5B will once again be active as V31UB between May 23-29th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY. He will also be in the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 26-27th). QSL direct to his home callsign or LoTW. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1053) 2 Apr. 2012 - 29 May 2012 Belize, V3. Mike, VE2XB, will once again be active as V31XB from Caye Caulker Island between May 11-31st. Activity will be on all HF bands, as well as 6m, using CW and SSB. He will be using his K3 into a Hexbeam. Mike states that he will be looking especially for JA stations to work this IOTA (as well as everyone else). QSL via VE2XB (see QRZ.com). (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1058) 16 Apr. 2012 - 31 May 2012 Somalia, 6O. Andy, RN3AKK, reports that Darko, J28AA/E70A, will once again be active as 6O3A from Hargeisa between May 25-31st. Activity will be on SSB, RTTY and 50 MHz. QSL via K2PF. For possible updates (under news), online log, and pictures, check out the Bosnia and Herzegovina Contest Club's Web page [BHCC] at: http://bhcc.ba (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1059) 3 May 2012 - 31 May 2012 June. Montserat, VP2M. John, KB4CRT, will once again be active as VP2MRT from Gingerbread Hill, St. Peters Parish, Montserrat (WW Loc. FK86VS) between June 6-12th. Activity will be on 80-2 meters using SSB, some CW, possibly PSK, and be in the June VHF Contest. He will be looking for AS and OC stations. QSL via KB4CRT, direct (w/SASE or DX2GS). NO Bureau QSL. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW within a week of his returning home. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1059) 3 May 2012 - 12 Jun. 2012 Bhutan, A5. A JA team of operators will be active
from a hotel (altitude 10,000 ft.) in Thimpu between June 6-14th.
Operators mentioned with their A5 callsigns are Shigeo JA1JQY (A52JY),
Nakayama JA1KJW (A52KJ), Kaoru JA3MCA (A52MA), Akira JK1EBA (A52BA)
and Kunio JA8VE (A52VE). Activity will be on 160-6 meters [with
an emphasis on 6 meters] using CW, SSB and RTTY. A beacon will be
on 50.125 MHz. QSL via their home callsigns. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#1060) 3 May 2012 - 14 Jun.
2012 Sable isl., CY0. Al, VE1AWW, is once again active as CY0/VE1AWW
as of April 17th, and will be there for the next three months. He
is an assigned worker on the island and his schedule is 3 months
ON and 3 Months OFF. His activity will be limited to his spare time.
Al mentions on QRZ.com, "I need to replace the feedline for
the the 40/80m antenna, but up and running on 20/17/15/12/10 and
6m." He was heard this past week on 15 meters SSB - 21336 kHz
between 2230-0000z. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the
Bureau. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1059) 3 May 2012 - 17 Apr. 2012 Contest, Open / WW. Guernsey, GU. Members of the Telford and District Amateur
Society will once again visit the Island of Guernsey and be active
as GP3ZME/P between June 22-27th. Activity will be on the following:
HF - 160 meters to 10 meters. VHF - 50 MHz, 70 MHz, 144 MHz
and UHF 1.3GHz SHF - 2.3 GHz, 3.4, GHz, 5.7 GHz, 10 GHZ and 24 GHz.
Their Locator Square of the camping site is IN89QK, but members
of the Guam, KH2. Dave, N2NL is returning to Guam on 17 June, and will remain there for three years. He plans to be active on 160-6 metres as either KH2/N2NL and NH2T. QSL via W2YC and LoTW. (425 DX News #997) 12 Jun. 2010 - Jun. 2013 July. British Virgin Isl., VP2V. W9DR, Dave, will be operating from the British Virgin Islands on 6 meters from June 21, 2012 to July 2, 2012. The call will be VP2V/W9DR and he will be on 50.115.6 Mhz.CW and 50.115 Mhz. SSB. Please submit conformation request (QSL) to W9DR's home address. (Sixitalia Weekly) 2 Apr. 2012 - 2 Jul. 2012 St. Pierre & Miquelon, FP. Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon (Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between July 10-17th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 (but primarily CW, SSB and RTTY). He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open, and he may try 6 meters if there is an indications of openings. Also, look for him on the satellites, weather permitting. Eric will also be in the IARU HF Contest (July 14-15th). QSL via KV1J, direct or by the Bureau and also LoTW. For more details and updates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July12.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1055) 30 Mar. 2012 - 17 Jul. 2012 England., 2O. Look for the following special event callsigns to be activated to celebrate the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games: 2O12L - Members of Cray Valley Radio Society (CVRS) will activate the London, England, station through the duration of the Games, and will be located at the historic Eltham Palace, southeast London. Activity will be on 160-2 meters using all modes. More information is available on the Web at: http://www.2O12L.com QSL via G4WNF. Contact the Press Officer, John Warburton, G4IRN at: press@2o12l.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1055) 30 Mar. 2012 - Jul. 2013 Congo, TN. TN9SN is the
new callsign issued to Nicolas Sinieokoff, ex-TN5SN, by the new
licensing authorithy in the Republic of Congo. He plans to have
it renewed for 2012, as he will be there until July. (MMMonVHF Newsletter
/ No.1 - week 47/2011) 25 Nov. 2011
- Jul 2012 Haiti, HH. Tiho, 9A7GAE, is on a Red Cross mission
in Léogâne, and is expected to receive his Haitian
license by the time you read this. He will be active as HH2/9A7GAE
on 80/40/20/17/10/6 meters using as CP6 antenna. Activity will be
limited to his free time (this is not a DX-pedition). He will operate
on SSB and later on the Digital modes. His equipment arrived from
the USA, but now he has a problem of finding any tower sections,
cables, connectors...etc. (there is nothing available in Leogane).
QSL card via his home callsign (LoTW later). (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#1058) 16 Apr. 2012 - unknown August or later. St. Kitts &
Nevis, V4. John, W5JON,
will once again be operating as V47JA from his Calypso Bay, St.
Kitts, W.I., hillside vacation home (Grid FK87pg) between July 12th
and August 2nd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB. Equipment
will be: Kenwood TS-590S and a SB200 Amplifier and a 80-10m Multiband
Dipole and S9 Vertical; 6m will be a 3 element yagi. His XYL Cathy,
W5HAM, will St. Paul Isl., CY9. St. Paul Island is called the Graveyard of the Gulf and that is where an international, seasoned team of DXers will be heading to later this year. Plans are well under way for a 10-man team to activate this now wanted DXCC entity which was last on air in 2005. When you consider most needed entities (perhaps out with the Top 10) are activated every five years or so, it is now time to mount a serious effort from CY9. Most operators will be unaware that in 2010, St. Paul Island became the highest mover on DX Magazines most wanted list; from #77 to #47. Today, according to that list and ClubLog, CY9 is needed more than entities such as Tokelau (ZK3) or PY0T (Trindade & Martim Vaz). The team consists of Mike/AB5EB, Oscar/EA1DR, George/EA2TA, Christian/EA3NT, Simon/IZ7ATN, Col/MM0NDX, Bjorn/SM0MDG, Vicky/SV2KBS, Steve/VA3FM and Kevin/VE3EN. From late July to early August, IOTA Contest included, the group will be active all bands, modes (160-2m) with special attention on 6m and 160m, if propagation allows. A Web site is currently under construction and will be ready in a few short weeks where much more info can be found. The QSL Manager for the expedition is M0URX." (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1049) 13 Feb. 2012 - Primo Aug. 2012 Comoros, D6. A team of Europeon operators will be active as D64K from Comoros Islands in August 2012. Operators mentioned are Fabrizio IW3SQY, Paolo IV3DSH, Antonello IT9YVO, Franco IZ8GCE, Giorgio IZ4AKS, Les SP3DOI and Salvador C31CT/EA3QS. The team has already obtained all permissions, and the license has been sent to the DXCC Desk. It was mentioned that at the present time it is appropriate to maintain confidentiality about dates and locations for safety reasons given the delicate political situation on the island. The official D64K Web site will go online about a month before the DXpedition. Their license covers from 160 to 6 meters, so the guys will be active on all bands and modes, and they are even considering the possibility of working on 60m and 6m. The QSL Manager will be Paolo, IV3DSH. More details will be forthcoming. Watch the following for updates: http://www.d64k.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1056) 2 Apr. 2012 - Aug. 2012 Bahrain, A9. Dave EI3IO, will show up as A92IO soon. He has only an oral promise concerning his licence so he still has to be patient. Dave will stay in Bahrain until August 2013. Usually he is working mostly in CW and SSB on 80m-10m (including the WARC bands). He also plans to become active on 6m during the upcoming summer and on 160m during the winter season 2010/2011. QSL cards should be sent directly to Dave Court, PO Box 31183, Budaiya, Bahrain, direct to the address of EI3IO (this mail will be fowarded to him only twice a year) or via bureau to EI3IO. More information is available online at: http://A92.ath.cx (DXNL 1662) 19 Feb. 2010 - Aug. 2013 Swains Isl., NH8/S. (Excerpts from a Press Release). Operators Joe/W8GEX and Craig/K9CT will lead a multi-international team of operators to the rare DX entity Swains Island in September (their Web page states September 4-18th). Joe and Craig are the same co-leaders of the very successful PJ7E DXpedition on 10-10-10, and were also part of the team that re-activated Midway Island (K4M) in 2009. Swains Island is ranked number 31 on the "DX Magazine's Most Wanted Survey" and number 30 on the "ClubLog's Most Wanted list". Because of the anticipated demand, a highly experienced team of 20 operators has been formed. The team will operate six stations over a 14 day period, from 160-6 meters on all modes, using the callsign NH8S. A great emphasis will be put on Europe where it is most needed. The current list of team members include Joe/AA4NN, Norbert/DJ7JC, Dietmar/DL3DXX, Massimo/I8NHJ, Alan/K5AB, John/K6MM, Kevin/K6TD, Craig/K9CT, Fred/KH7Y, Lou/N2TU, Arnold/N6HC, Mark/NA6M, Tom/ND2T, Garry/NI6T, Hawk/SM5AQD, George/W4BUW, Charles/W6KK, Joe/W8GEX, David/WB4JTT and Jerry/WB9Z. Swains is a privately owned island, and the only way to get there is from American Samoa via a ship. The time frame of this operation may not be the best for the low bands, but dates are dictated by transportation and weather. The team of international operators will first gather in Honolulu and then travel to American Samoa together. Landing permission has been granted for the tent and generator operation by the owner for this timeframe. A Web page is currently under construction by team member John, K6MM, which will provide updates as they become available at: http://www.nh8s.org There are no communication systems on Swains, but logs will be uploaded daily via satellite phone. Later, the group will also have an OQSL link on the Web site for easy QSLing. All equipment must be sent from the U.S. via cargo ship in June. Location, transportation, island costs, and other logistics make this a costly trip. Therefore, donations are very much appreciated. Details of how to donate to help defray their expenses are on the Web site. The team wants to thank ICOM who will be supplying IC7600s for their use. Also, they would like to thank Joe, AA4NN, who will be their QSL Manager, and to Carl, N4AA, Editor of "The DX Magazine" who will sponsor the log search. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1052) 6 Mar. 2012 - 18 Sep. 2012 Niue, ZK2. Well, I wanted to provide as much advance
time as I could so you could mark your calendars and/or get everything
in your 6m station optimized by the end of August ;-) As those of
you know who completed JT65A mode contacts with me on 6m EME when
I was in E51, 3D2 and 5W, I will do my best to set up and be active
during our common moon windows - especially during the optimum days
of the month for 6m EME. Conway Reef, 3D2C. The YT1AD team have planned their next DXpedition to be active from Conway Reef (Grid Loc. RG78) between 25 September and 6 October, 2012. The team already has received the callsign 3D2C. They will be QRV on all HF bands 160-10m, all modes. They will also be active on 6 and 2 metre 6 EME with WSJT65 A,B,C on 50.375 MHz and 144.375 MHz. A 6 metre beacon will be setup on 50.095 MHz. Operators include Hrane YT1AD Team leader, David K3LP Technical Co-leader, Aleksej UA4HOX Organization Co-leader, Paul N6PSE PR, Atilano PY5EG, Vasily RW4NW, David WD5COV, Carlos EA1IR, Joe AA4NN, David AH6HY, Alan AD6E,Gabriele I2VGW and Alan K6SRZ Medical Doctor of our team. Note: They still have room for 2 more operators! Due to travel time between Suva, Fiji, and Conway Reef actual operating dates from Conway will be between 27 September and 4 October (approx.). QSL via YT1AD (Dr Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia - EU). For direct QSL please send: QSL + SAE + SASE (1 US$ for normal post, 2US$ for Airmail). QSL via bureau - only send QSL card. Further information, frequencies and log search can be found at: www.yt1ad. (MMMonVHF Newsletter / No. 1 - 04/2012) 07 Feb. 2012 - 6 Oct. 2012 Western Kiribati, T3. We proudly announce a DXpedition to Tarawa Island, Western Kiribati, from Oct 16th, 2012 to Oct 25th, 2012, when two call signs will be used: T30PY for use from 10 to 160m and T30SIX to 6m. It is expected to have 3 stations running simultaneously on HF and one on six meters. The following modes will be used: SSB, CW and RTTY. EME on six meters may be possible, but not yet confirmed. The team, at this time, is formed by the following Brazilian ham ops: PT2OP - Orlando, PY2PT - Rick, PY2XB - Fred, PY2WAS - Alex, PY4BZ - Fernando, PY7XC – Jim, PY7ZY – Ciro, PY3MM – Miguel and PY1KN - Marcelo. The dxpedition web site will be launched in a couple of days at www.mcdx.org/t30py, to be supported by the Mediterraneo DX Club. Considering the high cost of logistics, donations are welcome to help the team to support all related costs. There will be a donation button in the site, for which the donor may click and use Paypal to accomplish it. 73, T30PY/T30SIX Team 6 Mar. 2012 - 25 Oct. 2012 Nicaragua, YN. Jeff, N6GQ, plans to travel to several
different locations this year and operate using his Elecraft K3/100.
A.o. October 23-29th - Nicaragua; callsign YN2AA; plans to be in
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as SOAB HP entry. QSL
via LoTW or NN3W. Outside of contest weekend, look for him on 160-6
meters, and he may try 6m JT65 EME. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1058) 16 Apr. 2012 - 29 Oct. 2012 Jan Mayen, JX. Svein, LA9JKA, will once again be active as JX9JKA from Jan Mayen between March 29th through approx. March 20th, 2013. He plans to operate SSB and the digital modes on 160-6 meters. QSL via his home callsign direct only (see QRZ.com). (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1054) 30 Mar. 2012 - 20 Mar. 2013 Dominican Rep., HI. Operators "Yukon John"/KL7JR and XYL Claire/WL7MY will be back to their Dominican Republic ocean front condo on the north shore of Hispaniola Island around mid-September through 2013. The HI3/KL7JR license has been renewed for a year, so expect to hear them on HF SSB concentrating on 12, 17, 40 and 80 meters and 6 meters! They also plan to continue their antenna experimenting with MFJ mobile verticals and Wilson FGT-2 CB verticals as mini yagis from their 3rd floor patio. Rigs include Kenwood TS-570D and Ten Tec 599. Antennas: Vertical Loop (10-20m), TAK-tenna 80 (40 and 80m) and misc. 6 meter wires. QSL per info on QRZ.com. E-mail for skeds are welcome KL7JR@Yahoo.com. They expect to check in on 40 and 80 meters (OMISS and 3905 CCN) frequently. Check out John's article on "An Indoor Reduced Size Rectangular Loop" at: http://www.hamuniverse.com/kl7jrindoorloop4010.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1022) 11 Aug 2011 - Dec. 2013 Gabon, TR. Sebastien, F4EIH will be in Gabon for at least three years starting on 1 February. He plans to operate SSB, PSK31 and JT65 on the HF and VHF (EME and Satellite) bands. (Sixitalia Weekly) 07 Feb. 2012 - 01 Feb. 2015
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