DXNL 1657 - Jan 6, 2010
DX Newsletter
a free and weekly service of
DARC Committee "DX and HF contesting"
(http://www.darcdxhf.de)
editor: Helmut Schlaffer, DL7MAE
(e-mail: [email protected])
translation by: Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: [email protected])
A6 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gerry,A6/VE6LB, will be in Dubai from Jan 8 until Feb 8. He will work
holiday style in CW on 40m-15m with 100 watts and a G5RV antenna.
QSLs direct via his homecall or via LoTW.
Bureau QSLs may be requested also via his homepage:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/telwest/ve6lb.htm
Logsearch available at: http://logsearch.de/index.php/online-logsearch
C6 - BAHAMAS, NA-001
"It's better in the Bahamas" is a wellknown slogan which is taken
seriously by Tom,C6ANM, who will be active mainly from Nassau (NA-001)
in CW and SSB on 160m-6m from January until April. He will join the
CW and SSB parts of the 160m CQWW Contests and the ARRL DX SSB Contest.
QSLs preferred via LoTW or direct to his QSL manager Patricia, WA2IYO.
CE0Y - EASTER ISLAND, SA-001
Roberto,CE0/YV5IAL, will show up from Easter Island (SA-001) from
Jan 8-11. Roberto is mainly spending his holidays there but will be QRV
with his QRP radio mostly in PSK31 on 14070,15 kHz from 2200-0100 UTC
and sporadically also on 40m, 30m and 15m. QSL via his homecall YV5IAL.
E5 - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS/NORTH COOK ISLANDS
AD7AF will be QRV on Rarotonga (OC-013, South Cook) as E51WWA between
Jan 12 and Feb 1. His next stop will be on Manihiki (OC-013,North Cook)
from Feb 3-15, call sign to be determined. Activity is also possible
back on Rarotonga from Feb 17-20, again as E51WWA. Participation in the
ARRL International DX CW Contest for the first 24 hours is likely.
Activity will be mainly in CW and SSB on 40m-10m, with some activity on
RTTY and PSK31, all depending on propagation. Some activity on 80m will
be attempted, depending on antenna possibilities. His rig is a K3 with
a vertical dipole and horizontal wire antennas at the edge of the
lagoon. Check AD7AF and E51WWA pages on QRZ.com after Jan 12 for more
information including the North Cook callsign. The first three weeks
will be a combined DXpedition and holiday but after Feb 2 amateur radio
will be his primary activity.
Please send your QSLs via AD7AF, Dick Lemke, PO Box 1038, Ocean Park,
WA 98640, USA.
EL - LIBERIA
Chris,ZS6RI, is staying in Liberia again for one month starting on
Jan 2. Chris will be active as EL8RI mainly in CW on 30m but from time
to time also on 20m running 100 watts.
QSLs via his homecall, via bureau, direct or LoTW.
FM - MARTINIQUE, NA-107
Uli,DF8KN, has left for Martinique (NA-107) a few days ago. He is QRV
as FM/DF8KN until Jan 8. Uli is a QRP and CW freak working with 4 watts
and a small antenna. Last year he was active with the same equipment
from Cape Verde and produced nice signals in Europe.
QSL via bureau to his homecall.
HS - THAILAND
Eddy,ON4AFU, will stay in Thailand and Cambodia from Jan 12 till Mar 8.
His first activity will be as HS0ZJF from the mainland until Jan 20
succeeded by several IOTA activities. Please look for further announce-
ments in the IOTA section of the next DX newsletters. Eddy works in CW
only. QSLs via bureau to ON4AFU or to the address published at QRZ.com.
J2 - DJIBOUTI
Darko,E70A, who has been active as J28OO since Nov 2007 has changed his
callsign to J28AA now. Darko is working in CW, SSB and RTTY on 80m-10m
but mainly in CW on 80m/40m/20m in the last time.
QSL via his QSL manager K2PF, direct or LoTW.
J6 - ST LUCIA, NA-108
Vierzehn Jahre lang ist
Derek,VE3CZF, was travelling around the world for 14 years now and
finally chose St Lucia (NA-108) to settle down. He is working in SSB/CW
on 80m-10m signing J6/VE3CZF.
QSLs only direct via Derek N. Kirkham, Box 249, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia,
West Indies.
VP8/SS - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, AN-010
XR9JA will be the callsign of Luis,XQ5CIE, Carlos,CE6UFF, Didier,F6DXE,
and Dagoberto,CE5COX, from Jan 10-24. Their QTH will be the Chilean
naval base "Arturo Prat" on Greenwich Island belonging to the South
Shetland Islands (AN-010). Operation will take place in CW, SSB, PSK31
on 160m-6m and via the satellite AO-51.
Their QSL manager is CE5JA (direct or via bureau) and more information
is available online at: http://www.ce5ja.cl
POLAND, SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS
The Polish amateur radio club PZK has been founded 80 years ago. For
this reason Witek,SP9MRO, is activating the special call 3Z0RADIO (QSL
via SP9SX) through the whole year 2010. They also celebrate 85 years
of the IARU by putting following stations on the air: 3Z80PZK,3Z85IARU,
HF80PZK, HF85IARU, SN80PZK, SN85IARU, SO80PZK, SO85IARU, SP80PZK,
SP85IARU, SQ80PZK and SQ85IARU. A special award is issued as well.
You can find more information at: http://www.qrz.com/db/SN80PZK
THE NETHERLANDS, SPECIAL EVENT STATION
The Dutch city of Purmerend was founded 600 years ago and the local
HAMs will activate the special call PC600P three times in 2010: from
Jan 1-27, from May 1-28 and from Sep 1-28. The QSL manager PA3HGP will
confirm all QSOs via bureau automatically. Cards are also available as
eQSL or via LoTW. More special callsigns will be activated: PA600MIR,
PA601FR, PD602YL, PA602SWL, PA603HGP, PE603HG etc. and the VERON is
issuing a special award as well. Please check also the website:
http://hamradio.nikhef.nl/afdeling/waterland
SILENT KEY: Knut Haugland,LA3KY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Haugland)
passed away at the age of 92 on Dec 25, 2009. He was the last living
crew member who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki
expedition crossing the Pacific on a balsa wood raft. Knut Haugland and
Torstein Raaby (callsign LI2B) were the radio operators of the 101 day
expedition. Amateur radio was crucial for the safety of this adventure.
Other HAMs who passed away last week were Yuri V. Fedorov (RW0QO),
Jozsef "Joci" Skultety (HA7PB) and Zenon Dabrowski (SQ2EET).
LINKS: Current SOTA activities (mountain summits) are announced at:
http://www.sotawatch.org
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Detailed information about current VHF activities can be found on the
VHF DX portal "Make More Miles on VHF" at: http://www.MMMonVHF.de
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Die DX 2009 Soundbites und vieles mehr finden Sie auf
http://hamgallery.com/dx2009. Hier hat Tom,K8CX, insgesamt 146 Audio-
clips das ganze Jahr ueber gesammelt.
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Tom,K8CX, has collected 146 audio samples in 2009 and published them on
his website "Rare DX Sound Clips 2009" at: http://hamgallery.com/dx2009
UPCOMING CONTESTS
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Jan 10: DARC 10m-Contest
Jan 10: Midwinter Contest, CW
Jan 11: Midwinter Contest, SSB
IOTA collected by Fredy,DE0MST (e-mail: [email protected])
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Island activities:
AS-013, 8Q7, Maldives: Cezar,YO8TLC, will be active as 8Q7CE from Jan 8-25.
He announced operation in "holiday style" mostly in CW with some SSB
on 40m, 30m and 20m. QSLs via bureau or direct to his homecall.
NA-025, J8, St. Vincent: George,J8/K2CM, will stay on the Grenadine island
Bequia between Jan 8 and Feb 12. He will work in CW/SSB mostly on 20m
and maybe also in CW on 40m. QSL via homecall (direct/bureau).
NA-145, PJ5, St. Eustatius/Netherland Antilles: Jim,K1NA, is going to visit
St. Eustatius from Jan 10 until Mar 27. You will find PJ5NA in several
contests, during the daylight hours on the WARC bands and during the
dark hours on 160m, 80m and 40m. QSLs only direct via his homecall.
SA-006, PJ4, Bonaire/Netherland Antilles: Starting on Jan 10 PJ4/PE1MAE will
stay on Bonaire for severla months. OM Hennie promised to work mainly
in SSB on 40m starting around 0000 UTC.
His QSL manager PA2NJC confirms QSL cards direct or via bureau.
Lighthouse activities (WLOTA/ARLHS/ILLW)
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CE0/YV5IAL LH 0319 Jan 8-11
Bandspots of the last 7 days
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160m
C31CT 1.822 2230Z via EA3QS (B)
JD1BMH 1.825 2128Z Ogasawara, via JG7PSJ (B)
JN4MMO 1.817 2215Z via JG3GMG
K2OS 1.822 0410Z
K9CT 1.826 0415Z
KA8HOK 1.825 0402Z
KC0CF 1.825 0420Z
NN2L 1.829 0407Z
OY3JE 1.845 0211Z (d), (L)
VE3OSZ 1.825 0412Z
VE6WZ 1.824 0425Z
VE7IG 1.826 0408Z
VK3ZL 1.827 1940Z (B)
W0LS 1.824 0404Z
W8WD 1.828 0422Z
9M2AX 1.831 2300Z (d)
80m
JD1BLY 3.505 1800Z Ogasawara, via JI5RPT (B)
JD1BMH 3.506 1745Z Ogasawara, via JG7PSJ (B)
40m
HH2/HB9AMO 7.008 2205Z via PA7FM (B)
HV0A 7.086 2219Z via IK0FVC (d)
30m
SQ85IARU 10.121 1207Z via SP3MRM
9V1YC 10.105 2352Z via W5UE (B)
20m
C56SMT 14.004 0951Z via SM1TDE (B)
ES1/IZ2DPX 14.255 1252Z via IZ2DPX
EW6GF 14.243 0812Z via DL8KAC (d)
VK6IOA 14.041 1451Z OC-211, via VK4AAR
WY7FD 14.100 1752Z RTTY, Wyoming
YS1/HB9KNA 14.143 1335Z via HB9KNA (B)
4A1DXXE 14.085 1333Z via N7RO (B), (L)
4S7KKG 14.090 1113Z RTTY, via DC0KK (B)
17m
DU1/HL1IWD 18.071 1015Z via HL1IWD (B)
HH2/HB9AMO 18.077 1559Z via PA7FM (B)
VK6IOA 18.076 1203Z OC-211, via VK4AAR
VR2MY 18.081 1033Z (L)
VR2XMT 18.115 1035Z (d)
YS1/HB9KNA 18.113 1401Z via HB9KNA (B)
10m
FR1AN 28.490 1315Z via NI5DX (d)
* = new QSL manager
(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
(L) = LoTW
Preview
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DATE CALL DXNL
-06Jan 3D2 (WB2TJO) 1654
-31Dec 3Z0RADIO 1657 *
-31Dec 4A1B 1656
-07Jan 4S7KKG 1655
09Nov-10Jan 5W1QX & A31CE 1649
08Jan-25Jan 8Q7CE 1657 *
-31Dec 9A500AA 1656
NOW 9G5SW 1581
-Mar 9J2YO 1614
08Jan-08Feb A6/VE6LB 1657 *
Jan -Apr C6ANM 1657 *
08Jan-11Jan CE0/YV5IAL 1657 *
20Dec-23Feb CE1/K7CA 1655
21Dec-09Jan DL4IAL/VK 1654
2009 -Feb/10 DP1POL 1598/1619
-May DQ11APOLLO 1634
-Jan/11 DT8A 1652
12Jan-01Feb E51WWA (S.C.) 1657 *
17Feb-20Feb E51WWA (S.C.) 1657 *
03Feb-15Feb E51 (Manihiki) 1657 *
-10Feb EA8/ON6AK.. 1650
Jan EL8RI 1657 *
-Mar FG/F6AUS 1650
-08Jan FM/DF8KN 1657 *
-Aug/11 FO8RZ 1636
14Dec-10Jan GB1HF (GI) 1654
-Jan HH/HB9AMO 1656
30Dec-25Jan HS0ZGQ 1656
12Jan-20Jan HS0ZJF 1657 *
08Jan-12Feb J8/K2CM 1657 *
-Feb KG4YU 1644
-Dec KH9/WA2YUN 1568/1655
17Dec-06Jan N1CE/KH6 1654
01Oct-31Dec ON25BELGICA 1646
-Jan OR4TN 1653
-Dec OX3QM 1654
-Jun P29VAA 1654
05Jan-26Jan P4 (W2CG) 1656
08Jan-27Jan PC600P 1657 *
01May-28May PC600P 1657 *
01Sep-28Sep PC600P 1657 *
10Jan-27Mar PJ5NA 1657 *
-Dec R1ANP 1654
-Feb R1ANR 1656
-Apr S79DF 1620
-28Jan ST26ASC 1655
-Mar T6AG 1647
NOW TL0A 1616
-2011/12 TN5SN 1585/1591
-Jan/11 V73NS 1604
01Feb-31Mar VG7G 1647
01Dec-31Jan VG7W 1647
04Jan-14Jan VI2AJ2010 1656
-13Jan VK6/G6PAA 1655
-Jun VK9WBM 1653
-Mar VP6AL 1651
10Jan-24Jan XR9JA 1657 *
-Jul ZS10WCS 1539
* = new or updated
.. = and other calls
QSL information
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A6/DL3YM via DL3YM (B), eQSL
A65CA via RV6AJJ (B)
AO3T via EA3AKY
CN10NY via EA7FTR (B)
CN8VX via EA7FTR (B)
CT7/DC2CT via DC2CT (B)
DR800GRZ via DL1ARJ (B)
EW6GF via DL8KAC (d)
FK8GX via W3HNK (d)
GD0OUD via G0OUD (B)
HA2010S via HA1CW
HE8BHY via HB9BHY (B)
HF3WOSP via SP3KET
HF94FKS via SP4FKS
HH2/HB9AMO via PA7FM (B)
HK4OWI via EA5KB (B)
IX1/IW1CAB via IW1CAB (B)
IX1/IZ1FUM via IZ1FUM
K2V via K9WZB (d)
K3C via K3LP (2009, d)
3D2JS via WB2TJO
3V/KC7JEF/mm via UA6GO
3Z02PGA via SP2FAP (B)
3Z0FCH via SP7PAD (B)
3Z0RADIO via SP9SX (B)
3Z10HNY eQSL
6W7FZ via DK6ZZ
(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
* = new QSL manager
(L) = Logbook of the World (LotW)
QSLs arrived direct: HS0ZEE, KL7RRC (NA-233, UA9OBA), LX/PA6Z (PA9M),
R3CA/0 (AS-163, UA9OBA), R3CA/0 (AS-164, UA9OBA),
ZY0T (PY1NB)
QSLs arrived bureau: BW9/DL2JRM/p (AS-103), EA9/SP2JMB, EU1AG, EW4DX,
FM5LD (NA-107), XW1HS (E21EIC), ZS2EC, ZS6/GM3OOK,
4T6I (SA-098, DL2JRM), 5Z4/DL8NBE, 6M0W/4 (AS-060)
QSLs arrived LoTW: SV1AIN/8, SZ1A, TM0R, TM9R, TX9, UP4L, JA1XGI/VK9X,
YS4/N0AT, Z36W, ZV2C, 4L4WW, 4X6DK, 9L1NH, 9L5A, 9L7NS
Changes at the VK QSL bureau
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The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) has commenced the operation of
an Australian incoming bureau for all QSL cards destined for VK amateurs.
So there is no requirement anymore to send QSLs to the various Australian
State bureaus. The VK1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9/0 bureaus will remain
operational till all overseas bureaus become aware of the new arrangements.
The WIA is currently advising overseas bureaus of the change.
Many thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL are going to:
Carl Smith (QRZ DX), 425DXNews, OPDX Bulletin, AD7AF, DF5UG, DF6EX (WINQSL),
DJ5AV, DJ5MN, DK8JB, DL1SBF, DL2MDZ, DL7VOA, DL8LAS, DM3VL, F5NQL, NG3K,
ON4AFU, PA0MIR, VK6NE, YV5GRB, SWL Norbert Maibaum and others.
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