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31 October 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 965
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - Harald, DL7VSN (5H1HS) will be touring Tanzania in November, and
will operate mainly CW and RTTY on the HF bands with 100 watts and
various dipoles. He will be QRV probably from 1 November from the
Kilimanjaro area, and from 18 November from Serengeti and
Tarangire National Park. If flight/boat plans go well, he will
also try to go and operate from an IOTA group for one or two days.
QSL via home call. [TNX dx-hamspirit.com]
9J - Niko, S53A will be active again as 9J3A from Zambia on 25-30
November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL direct to S57S. [TNX
NG3K]
CE_ant - Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the indipendence of Chile,
the Radio Club de Concepcion (http://www.ce5ja.cl/) will operate
as XR9JA from the Chilean Navy Base "Arturo Prat" on Greenwich
Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) on 10-25 January 2010. The
operators will be Dago/CE5COX, Carlos/CE6UFF, Luis/XQ5CIE and
Didier/F6DXE. They plan to operate on all bands SSB, CW and PSK31,
plus Satellite AO-51. QSL via CE5JA, direct or bureau. [TNX CE1KR]
CE0Y - Announced frequencies for the 31 October-15 November XR0Y
DXpedition to Easter Island [425DXN 957] are as follows:
CW 1826, 3505, 7005, 10120, 14005, 18073, 21005, 24893, 28023
RTTY 3580, 7034, 14091, 18102, 21083, 24923, 28085
SSB 1843, 3725, 7075, 14200, 18140, 21295, 24935, 28480
There are three QSL routes. [1] Stan, SQ8X will handle cards for
Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania (direct and bureau). [2] The Radio
Club de Chile will handle cards for North, Central and South
America (direct and bureau). [3] An Online QSL Request System
(OQRS) will be activated on the expedition's website when XR0Y gets
on the air. In addition, the XR0Y logs will be uploaded to LoTW and
eQSL sometime in 2010. Please visit http://rapanui2009.org/ for
updates, further information and details on QSLling policy.
ES - Ben, OZ5AAH will operate CW and SSB as ES1/OZ5IPA from Estonia for
the International Police Association Contest (7-8 November, rules
at http://www.ipa-rc.de). QSL via OZ5AAH. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - The Radio Club Havrais (F8KHN) will be active as TM1TJV will be
activated on 4-8 November for the Transat Jacques Vabre, the
yachting race on the coffee trading route between Le Havre
(France) and Puerto Limon (Costa Rica). [TNX F8REF]
F - Look for Didier, F4ELJ/p to be active from Wrac'h Island (not
IOTA) and lighthouse on 7-8 November. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX F4ELJ]
FK/C - The TX3A license for the Chesterfield DXpedition [425DXN 962] has
been extended, and AA7JV and HA7RY will be able to use that
callsign from 2 November until 6 December. George and Tomi left
Gladstone (Queensland) on 26 October and reached Suamarez Reef the
day after. They had to stop there to wait for the weather to
improve; hopefully the voyage will be resumed on Saturday with
TX3A being expected to be QRV by 3 November in the local evening
hours. QSL via HA7RY. Bookmark http://tx3a.com/ for regular
updates.
GD - Tom, GM4FDM and Ronald, PA3EWP will be active as GD4FDM and
MD/PA3EWP from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 6-9 November. They will
concentrate on the low bands CW, and Tom will do some RTTY as
well. QSL GD4FDM via GM4FDM, QSL MD/PA3EWP via PA7FM. [TNX The
Daily DX]
HB0 - Kazik (DL2SBY), Tomi (HA4DX) and Laci (HA0HW) will be active as
HB0/homecall from Masessa, Liechtenstein on 6-13 November. They
plan to operate CW and some SSB with three stations, and to
concentrate on 160, 80 and 40 metres. QSL via home calls, bureau
preferred. [TNX HA0HW]
KP2 - Look for KP2/K1ZE, KP2/N3XF and KP2/W1EQ to be active from St.
Croix, US Virgin Islands on 4-11 November. QSL via home calls and
LoTW. They will operate CW, SSB and possibly RTTY on 160-10
metres, and will participate in the ARRL CW Sweepstakes (7-9
November) as KP2M (QSL via AI4U). [TNX NG3K]
LY - Orlando, PY2TJ, will be active on the HF bands as LU/PY2TJ from
Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) on 1-7 November. QSL via PT2OP. [TNX
www.dx-hamspirit.com]
PY - Special callsign PW2SIDC will be in use from several Brazilian
States, including Fernando de Noronha, until 22 November to
celebrate the V Seminario Internacional de Defesa Civil to be held
in Sao Paulo. QSL via PS7YL, direct or bureau. [TNX PS7YL]
PY - Fred, PY2XB and Alex, PY2WAS will be active as PW2IO and PW2TA
respectively from Cabras Island (SA-071) on 19-23 November. They
will operate SSB and CW with two separate stations, mainly on 15,
17, 20, 30 and 40 metres. Landing on the island is difficult and
the operation may be postponed in case of bad weather. QSL PW2IO
via PT7WA, QSL PW2TA via PY2WAS. [TNX PT7WA]
SM - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in physiscs
awarded to Guglielmo Marconi, eight special callsigns (SI0GM,
SI1GM, SI2GM, SI3GM, SI4GM, SI5GM, SI6GM and SI7GM) will be aired
from Sweden between 9 November and 10 December. Details on the
relevant award offered by the Swedish Amateur Radio Society can be
found at http://awardmanager.se/
T8 - Pista, HA5AO will be active as T88CI from Koror (OC-009), Palau
between 25 November and 10 December. He plans to operate holiday
style mainly CW on 80-10 metres, and to participate in the CQ WW
DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW.
Logsearch will be available at http://ha5ao.novolab.hu/ [TNX HA0HW]
UA_ant - Mike, RW1AI expects to depart St. Petersburg aboard the
oceanographic research ship "Akademik Fedorov" on on 1 November
and to reach Progress station (Antarctica) around 16 December. He
plans to be active from the local club station (R1ANP) throughout
2010. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK - Special event callsign VI50LZ will be in use on the HF bands
between 31 October and 8 November to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Elizabeth Amateur Radio Club. QSL via VK5LZ,
direct or bureau. [TNX W1AW]
VP2M - Tom/DL2RUM (VP2MUM), Rudi/DM2XO (VP2MXO) and Jan/DJ8NK (VP2MNK)
will be active from Montserrat (NA-103) on 3-15 November. They
will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VP9 - Look for Paul, VP9KF to operate CW only from Hamilton Parish,
Bermuda (NA-005) on 4-18 November. QSL direct only to W4/VP9KF
(Paul Evans, 6809 River Road, Tampa, FL 33615, USA). Further
information can be found at http://vp9kf.com
XV - Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Andy/DL5CW, Sigi/DL7DF and Frank/DL7UFR
will be active as XV4D from Phu Quoc (AS-128), Vietnam on 4-17
November. They will operate on 160-10 metres with two stations for
CW and SSB, and a third station for RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. Bernd,
DF3CB will be the pilot for the expedition. QSL via DL7DF, direct
or bureau. Further information and updates at http://www.dl7df.com/
YU - Alex/HA7JJS (YU9JJS), Laci/HA6NL (YU9NL), Laci/HA7PL (YU9PL) and
Zsolt/HA6PS (YU9PS) will be active from Serbia from 30 October to
8 November. Special callsign YT36QRP will be used during the
HA-QRP Contest on 80 meters CW (1-7 November). QSL YT36QRP via
YU7CM, others via home calls (direct or bureau). [TNX HA0HW]
Z2 - Fernando, EA4BB has been active as Z21BB from Harare, Zimbabwe for
a few days and expects to remain there for the next couple of
years. "For the time being I have only dipoles and delta loops for
10, 15 and 20", he says. "I plan to build new antennas for WARC
bands as well as two loops for 40 and 80, and maybe to increase
power (for the time being I am limited to 100W). Also, later in
the year I hope I will put up a 3-element beam for 10, 15 and 20.
For now I am mostly on CW, but I will scale up SSB operations as I
improve my antenna system". QSL via W3HNK. [TNX Z21BB]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC NEWS ---> 3D20CR and 3D2CV (Conway Reef, 2009 operations) and K4M
(Midway Island, 2009 operation) have been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX
NC1L]
MONGOLIAN DX CONTEST ---> The Mongolian Amateur Radio Society (MARS)
invites licensed amateurs and SWLs to participate in the Mongolian DX
Contest, to be held on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY on 21-22 November
(from 00.00 UTC on Saturday through 23.59 UTC on Sunday). Please e-mail
[email protected] fro further information. [TNX JT1CD]
PIRATE ---> The station signing TL8/IZ2EVL on 26 October was a pirate. The
genuine Emanuela, IZ2ELV was in Italy and she does not operate CW.
QSL VIA F4EFI ---> Gwenael, TU5KG operated from France as TM0C and TM0T
during this year's CQWW RTTY and CQWW SSB respectively. The QSL manager for
both these activities is F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX TU5KG]
QSL VIA W3HNK ---> W3HNK is taking over as QSL manager for either CR3E (to
be QRV during the CQ WW DX CW Contest) and CT3NT. [TNX CT1BOH]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Tito Livio Esteves
Xavier (CT1VM), Odoardo Tiberi (I0TIC), Dorando Guidotti (I5BKB), Raffaele
Cafaro (IZ8CET), George Hanna Hakim (OD5RL), Boleslaw R Stolkowski
(SP2CCO), Viktor I. Mudrenko (UA0LDX) and Paul Vydareny (WB2VUK).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4S7NE, 5B/AJ2O, 5B4AIF, 5B4AII,
5C5W, 5H3EE, 5K0T, 5Q1A, 5W0JT, 5X1VB, 6W/DL4SJ, 7P8R, 9H3QC, 9N7JO, 9Y4W,
A71A, AM8IL, C31PP, C52C, CC0Y, EP3PTT, EP3UN, FP/G3ZAY, FP/M0TDG, FY5PO,
HI3/LY3UM, KG4NL, KL7J, N7RO/p (NA-169), NH8/K3LP, OD5NJ, OF200AD (EU-140),
OH0R, OY2J, PY0FF, PZ5TT, R7HQ, RW2F, T6AB, T77NM, T88ZS, TO3R, TO5AA,
TO5AA, TO8YY, UM8LA, V31XX, V51AS, VK9DWX, VK9GMW, VO2/NF6J, VP2MSJ, VQ9LA,
XU7TZG, XU7XXX, YB0DJ, YI1RZ, YL2BJ, YL2KO, YT5W, ZF1A, ZK2V, ZP8VAO.
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