DXNL 1681 - Jun 23, 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: Mike, DJ5AV
                  (e-mail: [email protected])

C5 - Gambia: Arliss, W7XU, Ed, W0SD, as well as their XYLs Holly, N0QJM, and
     Edith, W0OE, will be on the air from Gambia June 26th through July 5th.
     Primary focus will be on 6 m band ( 50.103 MHz ). Requested call is
     C5E, to be released on arrival. They lost many contacts in the past on
     6 meters as signals have faded out before they got a report, so just
     send your report and NOT your grid square. Some HF SSB and CW activity
     is planned for late night non-Sporadic E hours, while RTTY on 17 and
     20 m will be concurrent with the 6 m operations. QSL via W7XU.

J6 - St. Lucia: Howard, J6/WB4WXE, will also use 6 m mainly June 21st
     through July 7th from St. Lucia. In times without propagation on
     6 m find him on 17, 15 or 40 m. QSL via homecall.

VP8 - Falkland-Islands: Richard, GM0VMW, currently is on duty on the
     island for 1 month and activates VP8DND/p on 20 through 2 m whenever
     possible. QSL direct via homecall.

XV - Vietnam: Through late June Wayne, K6ZSJ, operates from Nha Trang
     as XV7ZSJ on 40 and 20 m, CW and SSB. QSL via homecall.

YO - Romania: Look for group of Romanian OPs as YP1WFF/mm from National
     Parc Donaudelta (YOFF-021) June 23rd through 29th on board or from
     several lighthouses. QSL via YO3JW, find more informations on
http://wff-yo.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-dxpedition-by-yp1wff-in-yoff-021.html

9V - Singapore: Experienced DXer and Contester Lu, 9V1/W4LT, is on business
     since June 16th and will stay through about late July. As time permits
     he is active with TS-570D, MicroKeyer and portable vertical. After
     his stay he will visit Papua New Guinea, hopefully as P29VLT.

The Netherlands, Special Event call: PD80TT reminds the 80th Dutch TT Motor
     Grand Prix June 23rd through July 20th in Assen. QSL via PD7BZ.


DXCC: The operation from Palestine as E4/7K1REG (2000 operation) has been
 approved for DXCC credit: if you had this operation rejected in a past
 submission, send a note (dxcc[@]arrl.org) and note the year in which this
 credit was rejected based on the date at the top of your Award Credit Slip.
 DXCC may not reply to all requests due to the possibility of a large amount
 of mail. You can confirm that your record has been updated by checking your
 LoTW account and your total(s) in the live daily DXCC listings.

Pirate:
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TS7C was the call of a DXpedition to Tunesian Island Kerkenah in Jan 2009.
 This callsign has not been reissued and reported activity in May and June
 2010 is by a pirate.

6-m-Band in Thailand in CQWW VHF Contest special permission:
------------------------------------------------------------
During the Worldwide VHF Contest July 17th/18th 2010 operators in Thailand
 are allowed to use 6 m band 50 through 54 MHz. The last permission for 6 m
 happened 20 years ago.


LINKS:
Current SOTA activities (mountain summits) are announced at:
 http://www.sotawatch.org
        ---
Detailed information about current VHF activities can be found on the
     VHF DX portal "Make More Miles on VHF" at: http://www.MMMonVHF.de


UPCOMING CONTESTS
-----------------
Jun 26/27: King of Spain Contest


IOTA           collected by Fredy,DE0MST  (e-mail: [email protected])
----
Island activities:
AS-043, JA1, South Izu Islands: Ichy, JH7IPR, will be JH7IPR/1 starting
    June 26th on island Hachijo. QSL via homecall (d/B).

EU-055, LA, Sogn og Fjordane etc. County Grp.: Jindra/OK1AMM, Franta/OK1HH,
     and Bob/OK2BOB, will be on the air June 23rd-30th using LA/homecall
     on the island of Finnoy. QSL via H/Cs (d/B).

EU-072, SV, Thessalia Region Group: A groug of Greek operators lead by
     SV2FPU will visit Skopelos (GIOTA NAS-076, LH Guruni) June 19th-26th
     as J48S. QSL via SV2FPU (d/B).

EU-076, LA, Lofoten Islands: Look for Wolf, LA/DM2AUJ, in Kabelvag on the
     island of Austvagoya June 24th through July 8th operating holiday
     stile mostly on CW with some SSB. QSL via H/C (d/B).

EU-174, SV, Thassos: SV8/DL2DQL (Tony) and SV8/DM3DL (Gerhard) will be QRV
     from Thassos June 27th through July 18 including participation in the
     IARU HF World Championship. Time is limited because they are on
     vacation with their XYLs. QSLs via d/B/L, SV8/DM3DL also eQSL.

NA-105, FS, PJ7, St. Martin (Sint Maarten): Find Jimmy, FS/W6JKV, June
     24th through July 5th on the island of St. Martin (DIFO FS-001).
     QSL via HC (d/B).

OC-012, V63, Yape Islands: Hase/JK1EBA will be on the air as V63AKA
     June 22nd through 30th from Yap Island (Mikronesia). QSL via HC (d/B).


Lighthouse activities (WLOTA/ARLHS/ILLW)
----------------------------------------
GM4KGK     LH 1477   Lewis         resident
J48S       LH 2221   Skopelos      19.-26.06.
JH7IPR/1   LH 0436   Hachijo       ab 26.06.
RZ1OA/p    LH 1589   Sosnoveckij   through 23.06.
UA1OLM/p   LH 1589   Sosnoveckij   through 23.06.
SQ1KSA     LH 4120   Wolin         resident
TK5MH      LH 1390   Corsica       resident
VA7EWK     LH 0858   Vancouver Is. resident
VE7DP      LH 0858   Vancouver Is. resident
9H3BS      LH 0046   Gozo          resident


Following lighthouses were added to the WLOTA list recently:
------------------------------------------------------------
LH 3119   Ushino Shima    JR6
LH 3168   Hate Shima      JR6  AS-017
LH 3213   Rukan Sho       JR6
LH 3296   Kamiyama Shima  JR6
LH 3326   Sesoko Shima    JR6  AS-017



Bandspots of the last 7 days
----------------------------
 40 m
J48S         7.050  0743Z via SV2FPU (B)

 30 m
ZA/HA5X     10.116  0548Z via HA5X   (B)

 20 m
A61AB       14.015  2204Z via IZ8CLM (5)
IS0/OE9SDV  14.260  0720Z EU-024, via HC (B)
J48S        14.260  2106Z via SV2FPU (B)
J48S        14.003  0925Z EU-072, via SV2FPU (B)
KP4JFR      14.083  2145Z RTTY, (B), (L)
PX8L        14.260  2137Z SA-016, via PY7ZY  (B)
SV5/IZ4JMA  14.082  2002Z RTTY, via IZ4JMA (B)
SV5/IZ4JMA  14.256  0744Z EU-001, via IZ4JMA (B)
TA2/DL2JRM  14.034  0746Z via DL2JRM (B)

 17 m
EE5KB       18.076  0831Z via EA5KB  (B)
GD4WBY      18.135  0818Z
HI3TEJ      18.083  2055Z (d)
J48S        18.128  0636Z via SV2FPU (B)
ZA/HA5X     18.078  2203Z via HA5X   (B)
3C0C        18.072  1620Z via EA7FTR (B)
3C9B        18.145  1435Z via EA7FTR (B)
3C9B        18.071  0726Z via EA7FTR (B)

 12 m
EV1R        24.891  0758Z via EU1PA
J48S        24.960  1138Z via SV2FPU (B)

 10 m
E74WN       28.017  1838Z (B), eQSL
SG3U        28.010  1821Z EU-084 (B)
SM//DL6GU/p 28.566  1212Z EU-037
TA2/DL2JRM  28.007  0841Z via DL2JRM (B)
UP0L        28.010  0737Z via DL8KAC (B)
4L8A        28.013  1108Z via K1BV   (B)

   6 m
MD6V        50.184  1111Z via GD0TEP
MU0FAL      50.205  1716Z EU-114, (B)
SE6Y        50.087  1136Z via SM6DED (B)
TA2ZAF      50.231  1238Z via OK1TN  (B)
TM1W        50.204  1258Z via F5HRY
7X2ARA      50.090  1515Z (B)

(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
(L) = LoTW


             Preview
             -------
DATE         CALL        DXNL
01May-31Dec  3H100TW     1674
- 30Jun      3Z0FCH      1658
- 31Dec      3Z0RADIO    1657
- 31Dec      4A1B        1656
09Jun-23Jun  5J0BV       1679
- Apr 2012   5Z4RH ?     1674
28Apr-30Jun  8J1P..      1673
2010         8P55AW      1668
05Jun-25Jun  8Q7TB       1678
- 31Dec      9A500AA     1656
12Jun-25Jun  9H3BS       1679
19Jun-03Jul  9H3MK       1680
soon         9Q1EK       1669
06Jun-28Jun  9V1/AD6ZJ   1678
- late Jul   9V1/W4LT    1681 *

- Aug 2011   A92IO       1663
26Jun-05Jul  C5E         1681 *
- May 2011   D2AK        1675
- 22Apr 2011 D2QR        1675
- 31Dec      DR2010L..   1660
- 31Jan 2011 DT8A        1652
- Dec        DU1/G0SHN   1680
23May-15Aug  FH8ND       1677
- Aug 2011   FO8RZ       1636
24Jun-05Jul  FS/W6JKV    1681
- 31Dec      HA2010S     1659
22Jun-27Jun  HB0/OU4U    1680
- 30Jun      HF2010WECK  1672
- 31Dec      HG30FHA     1677
- late Jun   II2MAL      1680
- 31Jul      II2TRE      1678
15Mar-31Dec  IR1C        1667
- 30Jun      IR9ITALY    1676

- 2011/2012? J28JV       1680
19Jun-26Jun  J48S        1681 *
21Jun-07Jul  J6/WB4WXE   1681 *
ab 26Jun     JH7IPR/1    1681 *
- 31Dec      JT70AS      1680
- Jun 2013   KH2/N2NL    1680
17Nov-01Dec  KH5         1674
- Ende 2010  KH9/WA2YUN  1568/1655
24Jun-08Jul  LA/DM2AUJ   1681 *
23Jun-30Jun  LA/OK1AMM.. 1681 *
- 31Dec      LM50NRK     1659
- late Jun   OA/OE3NHW   1673
- late 2010  OD5/DL6SN   1665
Sep/Oct      ON30ON      1664
- Dec        OX3QM       1654
- Jun        P29VAA      1654
27Jun & 25Jul PA08DWN    1678
29Aug & 02Oct PA08DWN    1678
29May-26Jun  PC100AR     1677
01Sep-28Sep  PC600P      1657
23Jun-20Jul  PD80TT      1681 *

- Dec        R1ANP       1654
- late Jun   R90K        1679
12Jun-25Jun  SD1B/6      1679
27Jun-18Jul  SV8/DL2DQL.. 1681 *
- Dec        T6MB        1680
now          T88CF       1674
now          TL0A        1675
- 30Nov      UP25F       1675
22Jun-29Jun  V63JQ..     1680
- Oct        VK100WIA    1673
- Jun        VK9WBM      1653
-middle Jul  VP8DND/p    1681 *
09Apr-09Aug  VQ9JC       1670
- 31Dec      XR200R      1678
- late Jun   XV7ZSJ      1681 *
23Jun-29Jun  YP1WFF/mm   1681 *
- 31Dec      YR5EPC      1660
10Jun-24Jun  ZA/HA5X     1679
19Nov-05Dec  ZL8X        1664
- Jul        ZS10WCS     1539
- Apr 2011   ZS8M        1674

 * = new or updated
.. = and other calls


QSL information
---------------
AO5FUV     via EA5FL  (B)
CT7/DL9XAT via eQSL only
DA0EPC     via DG3RCE eQSL
DR44WFF    via DC7CCC (B), eQSL
ED7YAD     via EA7URM (B)
EE5HIH     via EA5HIH
EE5KB      via EA5KB  (B)
EE5RKX     via EA5KB  (B)
EH8DSJ     via EA8RKL (d), eQSL
EG2QB      via EA2RKO (B)
EH2EPC     via EC2AMN (B)
EH3EPC     via EB3JT  (B)
EH7EPC     via EA7URM (B)
EI10GPC    via EI8DD  (B), eQSL
ES0/LY2PY  via LY2PY
FR/DF8KN   via DF8KN  (B)
GB0LVA     via MI0GGB (B), (L)
GB1EPC     via MM0DFV (B)
GX4HRC/A   via G3SVK  (B)
HC2AQ      via EA5KB  (B)
HG3IPA     via HA3JB  (d)
HI3/W1JNZ  via W1JNZ
IB0CW      via IZ8CLM (B)
IM0/I0PNM  via I0PNM
IS0/OE9SDV via OE9SDV (B)
J48S       via SV2FPU (B)
J88CF      via EB7DX  (d), (L)
L50DG      direct
LY600KM    via LY2KM  (B), (L), eQSL
LY600Q     via LY4Q   (B)
LY600QT    via LY2QT
LZ1WR      via CT7/LZ1WR (d)
MS0INT     via M0URX  (B), (r), (L)
OL120ORT   via OK1GW
OL50KRASOV via OK1DRQ (B)
OL75PKY    via OK2PKY
R100T      via RV3LZ
R2SRR      via (B), 23.12.93: DK4VW (d)
R2SRR      via 8.-20.6.2010: RV3YR (d)
RP3AB      via RL3AB  (B)
RP3GTR     via RA3GJA
RP3L       via RV3LZ
RP3ND      via RV3ND  (B)
RP3NN      via RA3NN  (B)
RP3NZ      via RA3NZ
RP3RTG     via RU3RR
RP3SBO     via UA3SBO
RP3XRO     via RX3XP
RP3YPA     via UA3YAA
RP3YPT     via UA3YVZ
RP3YSP     via RA3YDA
RP3Z       via RN3ZOB
RP4AT      via RN4AT
RP4DTA     via RK4CYW (B)
RP4FTT     via RA4FLZ
RP4HBS     via RK4HZC
RP4NX      via RW4NX
RP4P       via RA4PO  (B)
RP4PXO     via UA4PIE
RP4U       via RK4UWA
RP49A      via RK3FWI
RP6ASP     via RV6BC
RP6EED     via UA6EED
RP65ANA    via UA3AHA
RP65ANW    via RK6AQM
RP65BB     via RA3BB
RP65BR     via GM0WRR (B), (L), eQSL
RP65BT     via RA3BT
RP65F      via UA2FFX (B)
RP65DPR    via RN3DG  (B)
RP65FPP    via RA9FDR
UE3EPC     via RZ3EC  (B)
UE3NSR     via RA3NQ
VK8NSB     via VK6NE  (B)
VP2EMR     via PA3LEO (B)
VP5/KD2JA  via KD2JA  (B), (L), eQSL
VP5/WB2REM via WB2REM (B)
XE1/VE7BDI via VE7BDI
XU7TAS     via ON7PP  (d)
ZS10JUN    via ZS6AMX

(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
(L) = Logbook of the World (LotW)
(r) = bureau QSL via e-mail request



* QSLs arrived direct: H44MS (via DL2GAC), HK3JJH (Miami/FL), C4N (AS-004,
                       W3HNK), CK8G (NA-182, VE8EV), H44MY (OC-127, OM2SA),
                       NP4A (NA-099, W3HNK), OR4TN (ON5TN), R1ANR/A
(RK1PWA),
                       V63MY (OC-260, OM2SA), VC8B (NA-129, VE8EV),
                       VX8X (NA-192, VE8EV).

* QSLs arrived bureau: GB4IPY (via M0OXO), MJ/DL7AFS, MU0FAL,
                       OK1FZM/6W (OK1DRQ), PB50RNARS (PA0XAW), S04R (EA5RM),
                       TF3VS, TF/DL2JRM, VY2/KD4D, YX0LIX (KU9C),
                       3DA0OK (M3SDE), 4S7KKG (DC0KK), 5Z4DZ (PA1AW),
                       9H3WM (OK1AD), and 9J2FM via JA4ATV.

* QSLs via LoTW:       BD1BYV, K2V, KP2/JA1BPA.


Many thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL are going to:
 Carl Smith (QRZ DX), 425 DXNews, OPDX-Bulletin, DF2CQ, DF5UG, DF6EX
 (for WIN-QSL), DJ1OJ,  DJ5AV, DK8JB, DL1SBF, DL3DUE, DL3IE, DL7VOA,
 DM2AUJ, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, NG3K, SWL Norbert Maybaum,
 and others.
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