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25 August 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 851
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Tomas, LY1F/VK2CCC will be active as 3D2MT from the Fiji Islands
from 28 August to 4 September. He plans to operate mostly CW on
80-17 metres, and to participate in the All Asian DX SSB Contest
(1-2 September). QSL via VK2CCC (direct) or LY1F (bureau). [TNX
NG3K]
5Z - Chris, DL2MDU will be active as 5Z4/DL2MDU from Kenya on 10-24
September. He plans to operate holiday style mainly CW. QSL via
bureau to home call. [TNX DL2MDU]
8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active for the third time as 8Q7AK from
Embudu, Maldives (AS-013) from 30 September to 12 October. He plans
to operate mainly SSB with some CW on 30-12 metres, tipically from
8.30 to 10.30 UTC and from 13 to 15.15 UTC. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX G7COD]
9A - Tony, IN3YGW will be active from Rab Island (EU-136) from 25 August
to 8 September. He plans to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands and 6
metres. QSL via home call (outstanding QSOs will be confirmed via
the bureau after a couple of years). [TNX IN3YGW]
9A - Niko, DD1MAT will operate holiday style as 9A/DD1MAT from Dugi Otok
(EU-170, CI-018) on 1-15 September. QSL via home call. [TNX DD1MAT]
9A - Francois, ON4LO will be active as 9A/ON4LO from Mali Losinj (EU-136)
on 8-28 September. Expect activity on the HF bands as well as on 6
metres. [TNX ON4LO]
9A - Look for 9A/OK1JK, 9A/OK1UXH, 9A/OK1JST and 9A/OK1HWS to be active
from Porer Island (EU-110) on 9-14 September. They plan to operate
SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on 80-10 metres. QSL via OK1JST. [TNX F5NQL]
9M2 - Aziz, 9M2AU will operate as 9M50MB on 31 August. This special
callsign celebrates the 50th anniversary of Malaysian indipendence.
[TNX 9M2AU]
A3 - Ron, ZL1AMO plans to operate holiday style from Lifuka (OC-169),
Tonga from 27 August to 16 September. He hopes to have his old
callsign (A35EA) renewed. [TNX The Daily DX]
BY - BD7KLO will be joined by BA4ALC, BA4ED and BD4HD for the 23-26
August operation from Pingtan Island (BY5, AS-138) [425DXN 850].
They plan to operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres. [TNX BA7NQ]
BY - BG7JSQ expects to go and operate CW only on 10-40 metres from
Xiachuan Island (AS-131) on 24-25 August. [TNX BA7NQ]
DL - Marcel, DJ5MS will operate SSB as DJ5MS/p from Helgoland-Duene
(EU-127) on 27-29 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
EA - Five special callsigns - namely AN0EB, AN4EB, AN5EB, AN6EB and AN7EB
- will be aired between 1 and 16 September for EuroBasket 2007, the
Basketball European Championship that will be held in Granada,
Sevilla, Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Alicante and Madrid.
QSL for all callsigns via EA4RCH, direct or bureau. Information on
the relevant award can be found at www.radioclubhenares.org [TNX
EC8AUA]
EI - Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Irish national society,
EI75IRTS will be aired on 29-30 September as HQ Station for the CQIR
Contest (see below). QSL via EI6HB.
F - Special event call TM8CDX will be aired between 8 and 22 September
for the 29th Convention of the Clipperton DX Club, that this year
will be held at Puyloubier on 21-22 September (full details at
www.cdxc.org/Conventions/2007-Puyloubier/puyloubier2007-e.htm). All
of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct
requests should be sent to F5CQ. [TNX F5CQ]
GM - Look for Ed, GM0WED/p and Glenn MM3XUI/p to be active on 17, 20, 30
and 40 metres CW and SSB from North Ronaldsay Island (EU-009) until
around 14 UTC on 25 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX GM3VLB]
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/p from Lunga, Treshnish Isles
(EU-108) on 1-3 September. He plans to operate on 80-15 metres all
modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
HR - A team from the Radio Club de Honduras and four operators from the
US plan to be active from the rare Swan Island (NA-035) on 23-28
September, weather permitting. A special callsign (HQ0S or HQ6S) has
been requested. Further information will be published in due course.
[TNX HR2J]
I - Marco, IK1RAE (10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres) and Max, IZ4JMA
(80-6 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31) will be active as IL7/homecall
from San Domino (IIA FG-001), Tremiti Islands (EU-050) between 1 and
8-9 September. Depending on local conditions, they might go and
operate from other nearby islets. [TNX IK1RAE and IZ4JMA]
I - ARI Frascati members will operate as II0ERN on 14-30 September. The
special callsign is for the second edition of the European
Researchers' Night, that will take place on the 28th. QSL via
operators's instructions. [TNX IZ0DIB]
I - ARI Spezia and local INORC and ARMi groups will be active as
IY1SP/IP1 from Palmaria Island (not IOTA, IIA SP-001) on 20-23
September. Back in 1897 Guglielmo Marconi carried out experiments
from the Navy arsenal at Spezia to the island and a few months later
Palmaria hosted the first wireless coastal station in Italy. QSL via
I1SAF. [TNX I1SAF]
I - Helmut, OE1MHL will be active holiday style as IC8/OE1MHL from
Ischia Island (EU-031, IIA NA-001) on 7-12 October. He plans to
operate SSB on the HF bands between 5-9 UTC and again between 17-20
UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be available at
http://www.amrs.at [TNX OE1MHL]
IS0 - Piero, IZ1CRA reports he will be active mainly on 20 metres from
Palau, Sardinia (EU-024) from 26 August to 6 September. QSL via home
call, bureau preferred.
J2 - Darko, T95A is on a work assignment in Djibouti and expects to be
there for at least one year. He plans on setting up a station in the
near future and will be operating as time permits. The callsign
J28OO has been issued to him and the QSL route will be via K2PF.
[TNX K2PF]
J3 - Gerd, DL7VOG will be active as J3/DL7VOG from Grenada (NA-024) on
27-31 August and then from Carriacou Island in the Grenadines
(NA-147) until 16 September. He plans to operate on 160-6 metres CW
and RTTY, with some SSB upon request. QSL via homecall, bureau
preferred (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to
qsl_at_dl7vog.de). [TNX The Daily DX]
JD1_mt - Masafumi, JA6GXK expects to be back to Minami Torishima (OC-073)
from 27 August to 18 September. He plans to operate CW, SSB, PSK,
RTTY and SSTV on 10-80 metres as JD1BMM. [TNX The Daily DX]
ON - Special callsign ON4WAR will be aired on 1-2 September as a tribute
to the Belgian resistance during World War II. QSL via ON7RY. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
OZ - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ/DL2VFR from Romo Island (EU-125)
from 26 August to 1 September. He will operate mostly CW on 40-10
metres, and will concentrate on working Japan, the Far East and
North America on 40 and 30 metres between 19 and 22 UTC. QSL via
homecall through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
OZ - Stefan, DF8HS will operate SSB, PSK31 and RTTY as OZ/DF8HS from
Samso Island (EU-172) from 26 August to 8 September. QSL via home
call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
SM - DL5ME and DG3HWO will be active ss SD7ME from Oland Island (EU-037)
on 6-11 September. They will operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 17
metres. QSL route at qrz.com under SD7ME. [TNX DL5ME]
SP - A group of operators from the Radio Club SP9PZU will be active as
SN10IPA from 26 August to 16 September to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the foundation of the IPA (International Police
Association) Slesian Provincial Group. QSL via SP9PZU (bureau) or
SQ9ZM (direct). [TNX SQ9IWT]
SU - Gab, HA3JB (http://www.qsl.net/ha3jb) will be active as SU8BHI from
Cairo, Egypt from 21 September to 30 November. He plans to operate
CW, RTTY, SSTV, PSK and some SSB, and to participate in the CQ WW DX
RTTY and CW contests. QSL via home call. [TNX HA3JB]
SV - Geza, HA4XG will be active (on the HF bands plus 6 and 2 metres)
from Greece between 31 August and 14 September. First he will
operate as either J48XG and SV8/HA4XG from Corfu/Kerkyra Island
(EU-052) from 31 August to 6 September. On 1-2 September he will
take part in the IARU VHF Contest. Then he will move to Amaliapoli,
on the mainland Thessalia, and be active as J44XG and SV4/HA4XG on
7-14 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
SV - Vito, I3BQC will be active from Limnos Island (EU-049) on 9-26
September. [TNX I3BQC]
SV5 - Alberto, IW1RLF will operate as SV5/IW1RLF from Rhodes (EU-001) on
10-17 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1RLF]
SV9 - Dick, G3URA will operate mostly CW as SV9/G3URA from Crete (EU-015)
from 27 August to 4 September. He will participate in the Russian
RTTY Contest (1-2 September) as J49X. QSL via G3URA, direct or
bureau. [TNX ARRL DX BUlletin]
T32 - Gordon West, WB6NOA is expected to operate as T32GW from Fanning
Island (OC-084), East Kiribati between 24 August and 3 September.
This is not a DXpedition, and Gordon will be QRV in his spare time,
"as long as power is available". QSL via WB6NOA. [TNX The Daily DX]
TA - TA1HZ will be active again as TC25SG [425DXN 844] on 27-31 August.
He expects to operate SSB on 17, 20 and 40 metres. The special
callsign celebrates the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the
Turkish Coast Guard. QSL via home call. [TNX TA1HZ]
TK - Wolfgang, DL1DVP and Mike, DL3VTA will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and
PSK31/63 as TK/DL1DVP and TK/DL3VTA from Corsica (EU-014) on 7-14
October. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DL3VTA]
VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY will be active from Orleans Island
(NA-128, CISA QC-007) on 2-3 September. Operation will be mobile
with 100 watts on 20 and 40 metres, after 18 UTC depending on band
conditions. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau (e-mail requests
for bureau cards can be sent to ve9my_at_rac.ca). [TNX VE9MY]
VE - George, K3GV will be active as K3GV/VY2 from Prince Edward Island
(NA-029) on 2-15 September. Activity will be on 15 and 20 metres
around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX K3GV]
VE - Juergen, DL7RV will be active as VO2/NF6J from Battle Island
(NA-044) on 6-13 September. QSL via DL7RV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
VK - Nobi, JA1JCF might be active as VK4JCF from Horn Island (OC-138)
from 31 August to 2 September. "This activation is not very
certain", he says, as "there may be unknown local difficulties at
the planned QTH". If he can be QRV, expect activity on 30, 20 and 17
metres CW. QSL via home call, direct or through the JARL bureau.
[TNX www.islandchaser.com]
VK9W - George, AA7JV (VK2NU) and Tomi, HA7RY plan to be active as VK9WWI
from the Willis Islands (OC-007) between 24 Septmber and 4 October,
depending on weather. Further information is expected in due course.
[TNX The Daily DX]
VK - Steve, G0UIH will be active again as VK2IAY/4 from a couple of
Australian IOTA groups between mid-December and mid-January. Look
for him to operate from Great Keppel Island (OC-142) on 16-22
December and from South Molle (OC-160) on 7-11 January. As with his
previous DXpeditions, activity will be centered around 14260, with
the possibility of 15 and 17 metres also. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. Steve's website is at http://www.percy.me.uk [TNX G0UIH]
VU - Celebrating the 60th anniversary Indian Independence, members of the
National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad will be active as
AT60MY until 17 November. QSL via VU2NRO. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
W - Jeff, VA3QSL will operate holiday style as VA3QSL/W4 from either
Chincoteague Island (NA-083) and Assateague Island (NA-139) between
27 and 31 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Rich, K3RWN will be operating from Isle of Palms (NA-110) on 1-7
September. Look for him on 10-40 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via
K3RWN. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - A large group of operators from the Tennessee Valley DX Association
(www.tvdxa.com) - namely N4HL, WA4RMC, AD4F, WA4NFO, W4KRY, AB4GG,
WA4IVO, K0MAI, K2NAN, WA4AA, KB3PGU, K4VCM, W4FOA and KI4MPK - will
be active as N4R from Folly Island (NA-110) from about 23 UTC on 22
September until sometime in the morning of the 29th. The group will
use 100 watt transceivers and plan to be active on 10-80 metres
(SSB, CW and digital modes) and 6 metres (SSB and CW). QSL via
K4KWK, direct or bureau. [TNX WA4AA]
ZD9 - Brian, ZD9BCB is now expected to leave the SANAP weather station at
Gough Island (AF-030) around 14 September, a couple of weeks later
than planned. According to his QSL manager, Brian is likely to be
found this Sunday on 14315 kHz at 17.30. QSL SQ8AQD, direct only.
[TNX SQ8AQD]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Ulli, DL2AH will be active (on 40-10 metres SSB and RTTY)
from Niue (ZK2) from 29 September to 12 October, from the Chatham Islands
(ZL7/DL2AH) on 16-30 October and then from Norfolk Island (VK9ANH) on 1-14
November. [TNX DL2AH]
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CQI-IRELAND CALLING ---> The Irish Radio Transmitters Society celebrates its
75th anniversary this year and invites all radio amateurs to take part in
CQIR - a once-off contest. Anyone with 75 or more QSOs logged has the chance
to win a free trip to Ireland (travel and accommodation included) for two
people for one week. CQIR takes place on 29-30 September from 12 UTC to 12
UTC. Rules at http://www.irts.ie/cgi/cqir.cgi [TNX EI5DI]
ROCKALL 2008 ---> A team is being assebled for another attempt at operating
from Rockall (EU-189) for a couple of days in June 2008. Current operators
include MM0NDX, DD1MAT, EC3ADC and EC2ADN. Further information will be
available at http://eu189.bravehost.com/ [TNX 4X4-2238]
QSL RA1QKI/1 & UA1QV/1 ---> Direct cards for either RA1QKI/1 and UA1QV/1
should be sent to UA1QV's address: Mike S. Koutjumov, P.O. Box 23, Vologda
160000, Russia.
QSL YC5XIP ---> Fulvio, I1WFF is still able to confirm contacts made by
Syafry, YC5XIP from the following IOTA groups:
OC-106 11, 12, 23, 24, 27 October 1997; 28 November 1997; 6 September 1998;
23-25 October 1998
OC-107 5-11 April 2000
OC-109 2-4 October 1997, 30-31 October 1998, 1-2 November 1998
Please contact Fulvio at fulvio.i1wff_at_alice.it before sending your direct
request. [TNX I1WFF]
TU2/F5LDY ---> Jean-Luc, F5LDY is expected to go QRT from Ivory Coast on 25
AUgust, after more than 20,000 QSOs. On-line logs and pictures can be found
at http://f5kee.free.fr/. QSL via F1CGN, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
WRTC 2010 ---> The selection criteria for the next World Radio Team
Championship, to be held in Russia, can be found at http://www.wrtc.info/
+ SILENT KEY + Sigi Kleine, DL3AMA passed away unexpectedly on 14 August at
66 years of age. Please note that he was to be the QSL manager for the 27-31
August YW5AS IOTA operation from SA-051; the new QSL manager is DM4TI.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3B8/OM5RW, 3D2ER,
3XD2Z, 4A3IH, 4U1UN, 4W6AAV, 5B4AIF, 5H3EE, 5W0AA, 5W0NU, 5Z4/9A3A,
5Z4/IK4ALM, 5Z4DZ, 8R1K, 8S30JC, 9A2AA/p, 9J2BO, AA4V (NA-110), BS7H, C52T,
CN2A, CO7PH/p, CU2AF, CU3GD, CX6VM, E51YAQ, EL2DX, ES1GE, FK8GX, FM5AA,
FR5ZU/T, FW5ZL, HC7AE, HK1/AC8W, HK1X, HR4/TI5KD, J20RR, J8/W6JKV, J88DR,
JD1BMM, JW0HU, K1VSJ (NA-046), KH8/AI4VU, KH8/K6SRZ, LU8XW, N2US (NA-083),
N8S, NA8O/AH0, NE1RD/1, NP4A, OA4/DL5YWM, OA4/N6XQ,OY/PA3BAG, P40H, PJ2/W9VA,
PZ5RA, R1FJ, RK2FWA, RU1A, S21XA, S53EO, S92FM, SM6EQO/p (EU-043), ST2R,
SU9HP, T77GO, TF9AFX, TI5N, TR8CA, V26HS, V31LZ, V44KAI, V85SS, V8ASV,
VK9DNX, VP2EREM, VP2MFF, VP8/LZ1UQ, VQ9LA, VU7RG, VY2/KV8Q (NA-029), XT2C,
XW3DT, YA/LY1Y, YB0JIV, YJ0IR, YL2KO, YM1907FB, YN2N, YU6DZ, YW0DX, ZB2FK,
ZC4LI, ZK3RE, ZL8R.
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