[DX-NEWS] Kure Dxpedition Bulletin #4
Kure-Osity #4 7 September 2005 by H. Ward Silver, NØAX ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) K7C Team Member K7C Web site: http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/ Working and QSLing the Expedition Team members are converging on Honolulu to complete preparations and sail for Kure on the 15th of September. Captain Bill Austin is preparing the Machias to be our home away from home for the next month and local kahunas Kimo KH7U and Pat NH6UY are doing yeoman service in handling gear and shipping chores. For example, to prevent importation of invasive species to Kure, new clothing is required and all supplies will be deep frozen before shipping! To do my part, I've purchased the world's ugliest tennis shoes just for the island and you'll no doubt seen my colorful apparel in several photos. Now, the important part - working the Expedition. For those DXers located around the Pacific Rim, we ask your forbearance and patience as we take advantage of any openings to the other side of the world. Kure is very rare in Europe and the propagation path takes us directly over the North Pole and through the auroral zone. If the propagation gods smile upon us, we will be able to put many EU call signs in the log, but only if our friends closer to Kure give them a chance. The same goes for the various regions of North America - be disciplined and stand by when requested. While you are listening for Kure, also take some time to listen to the NCDXF beacon system's outpost in Honolulu, KH6WO. (The system is described at www.ncdxf.org/beacons.html) If you can hear that beacon, you can probably hear us and maybe we can hear you. We will be particularly interested in reports from the US, SA, and JA of 10- and 12-meter beacon reception. From EU, reception reports on 17-meters and up will be of interest. You can contribute those reports through our relay stations listed on the Web site and in the previous Kure- Osity Bulletin. Our first goal will be to give as many different DXers a contact with the island and that may mean focusing on the one or two most reliable bands for the first few days. Later in the expedition, we'll try to explore openings on more marginal bands. Pay close attention to the DXA Web site and to the K7C operators instructions and bulletins. Because we are at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, we won't have the luxury of big openings on any band we choose. Be alert and don't depend on the spotting networks to lead you to us - keep that Big Knob turning! Speaking of DXA, the K7C expedition will aim for the highest standards of logging accuracy, even under trying conditions of personal or ionospheric circumstance, but don't presume that if the call sign is close you'll get a card. Use the band-mode status display on the DXA Web site (www.cordell.org/DXA) to confirm that your call is in the log. If it is, don't make insurance QSOs, depriving some other DXer of their contact. Make sure that your clock and calendar are set properly to avoid time and date errors on your QSL. The mark of a good DXer is accurate logging and QSLing - after all, are we radio operators or computer screen watchers? If possible, I will file one more bulletin before the Machias shoves off from the pier and we begin our adventure. All is well, and we hope to be QRV on schedule from the oldest and furthest of the Hawaiian Islands, setting your imaginations and S-meter needles jumping! The NJDXA is a proud sponsor of the K7C DXpedition Additional information can be found at: http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/index.html -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
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GOOD LUCK DE DOV 4Z4DX - Original Message - From: Steve-KF2TI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-news@njdxa.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:57 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] Kure Dxpedition Bulletin #4 Kure-Osity #4 7 September 2005 by H. Ward Silver, NØAX ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) K7C Team Member K7C Web site: http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/ Working and QSLing the Expedition Team members are converging on Honolulu to complete preparations and sail for Kure on the 15th of September. Captain Bill Austin is preparing the Machias to be our home away from home for the next month and local kahunas Kimo KH7U and Pat NH6UY are doing yeoman service in handling gear and shipping chores. For example, to prevent importation of invasive species to Kure, new clothing is required and all supplies will be deep frozen before shipping! To do my part, I've purchased the world's ugliest tennis shoes just for the island and you'll no doubt seen my colorful apparel in several photos. Now, the important part - working the Expedition. For those DXers located around the Pacific Rim, we ask your forbearance and patience as we take advantage of any openings to the other side of the world. Kure is very rare in Europe and the propagation path takes us directly over the North Pole and through the auroral zone. If the propagation gods smile upon us, we will be able to put many EU call signs in the log, but only if our friends closer to Kure give them a chance. The same goes for the various regions of North America - be disciplined and stand by when requested. While you are listening for Kure, also take some time to listen to the NCDXF beacon system's outpost in Honolulu, KH6WO. (The system is described at www.ncdxf.org/beacons.html) If you can hear that beacon, you can probably hear us and maybe we can hear you. We will be particularly interested in reports from the US, SA, and JA of 10- and 12-meter beacon reception. From EU, reception reports on 17-meters and up will be of interest. You can contribute those reports through our relay stations listed on the Web site and in the previous Kure- Osity Bulletin. Our first goal will be to give as many different DXers a contact with the island and that may mean focusing on the one or two most reliable bands for the first few days. Later in the expedition, we'll try to explore openings on more marginal bands. Pay close attention to the DXA Web site and to the K7C operators instructions and bulletins. Because we are at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, we won't have the luxury of big openings on any band we choose. Be alert and don't depend on the spotting networks to lead you to us - keep that Big Knob turning! Speaking of DXA, the K7C expedition will aim for the highest standards of logging accuracy, even under trying conditions of personal or ionospheric circumstance, but don't presume that if the call sign is close you'll get a card. Use the band-mode status display on the DXA Web site (www.cordell.org/DXA) to confirm that your call is in the log. If it is, don't make insurance QSOs, depriving some other DXer of their contact. Make sure that your clock and calendar are set properly to avoid time and date errors on your QSL. The mark of a good DXer is accurate logging and QSLing - after all, are we radio operators or computer screen watchers? If possible, I will file one more bulletin before the Machias shoves off from the pier and we begin our adventure. All is well, and we hope to be QRV on schedule from the oldest and furthest of the Hawaiian Islands, setting your imaginations and S-meter needles jumping! The NJDXA is a proud sponsor of the K7C DXpedition Additional information can be found at: http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/index.html -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options -- -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ICPO Calendar (Sep 08 - 16, 2005)
I.C.P.O. Calendar (Sep 08 - 16, 2005) Islands, Castles Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) = 08/09/2005: David, BA4DW, reports that he will operate as BA4DW/7 from Nan'ao Island (IOTA AS-129) September 8-13th. QSL direct via home call (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China). [Tnx 425 DX News] 08/09/2005: Wrexham ARS are going back to the Isle of Man!! Not quite as big an event as last time, 4 members of Wrexham ARS (Steve MW1STE, Colin MW3JNI, Mike GW6NLP and Arthur GW0GXQ) will be operating from Scarlett Point Tower on the Isle of Man (IOTA EU-116) until September 9th. They hope to run for at least 12 hours a day, from Top Band to 2M (especially looking for 6M contacts) on the frequencies posted in the 'Members Activities' section of the Wrexham club website. They plan to run the callsigns GD4WXM/P and the rare callsign GT4WXM/P on Morse and phone, as well as personal callsigns. For more information, see the club site at http://www.qsl.net/wars . [Tnx UKSMG] 08/09/2005: Jari, OH1BOI, plans to be QRV September 8-10th as OH1AV/p from Skinnarskar Island (IOTA EU-096) which is located near Vano Island, WW Loc KP19CU. OHC105 Dragsfjard for the Finnish Counties Award. Look for activity on all bands, CW and SSB. QSL via OH1BOI (QRZ.com). [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 09/09/2005: Nick, RW4HIF, will be active September 9-11th as RW4HIF/4 from the Staromajnsky area (RDA UL-22), Ulyanovskaya oblast (UL). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 09/09/2005: Kyle, WA4PGM, will be QRV September 9-13th as VP9/WA4PGM from the island of Bermuda (IOTA NA-005). His activity will include entries in the WAE SSB, ARRL VHF and NA SPRINT CW contests. Outside of the contests, look for him on 160-6 meters CW/SSB. QSL direct with return postage to his PO Box address only: Kyle Chavis, POB 127, Farmville, VA 23901. [Tnx OPDX] 10/09/2005: Starting September 10th until October 3rd the Dutch VRZA will be operating from Qawra (JM75fv) on the Island of Malta (IOTA EU-023, MIA MM-001). Call sign for the group will again be 9H0VRZ. Group members may also use their individual 9H3 callsign. Activity will be on all bands from 80 to 6 meter CW, SSB and Digi modes; and a 160 meter operation is planned from Baghria together with the Maltese amateurs using a 150 ft high antenna. We will try to activate the special call 9H0VRZ for the whole period and hope for good conditions. Nico, PA0MIR who will try and operate in both legs of the SAC contest and may try some casual operation in the WAE SSB. Also he may look for Oceania stations the first weekend of October if the antennas will stay up in good form. QSL info: 9H3X via PE1NGF; 9H3IE via PA0BEA; 9H3XYL via PA0XYL; 9H3YT via PA3GUU; 9H3HS via PE2HSB; 9H3XQ via PA0CKV; 9H3ZR via PB9ZR; 9H3MIR via PA0MIR; 9H3ON via PG9W; 9H3YM via PE1OFJ; and 9H0VRZ via PB9ZR (Ruben v.d. Zwet, Barentszstraat 1, 2161 TJ Lisse, Netherlands). [Tnx VRZA] 10/09/2005: Svein, LA6IKA, will be on board a cruise ship (CE/LA6IKA/mm) starting September 10, 2005, through January 13, 2006. The trip will include multiple stops with expected activity from Chile and Easter Island as CE/LA6IKA and CE0/LA6IKA in the December 6-13th time frame. He will have an IC-703 and simple vertical antennas for activity on 6 through 40 meters mostly on CW and some digital modes and SSB. QSL via LA6IKA. [Tnx SM7AED] 10/09/2005: Radioclub F5KBD will be QRV September 10th as F5KBD/p from the Mill La Platière (DMF reference 39-006), Commune of Arinthod (CP 39240) and Department of Jura (39). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5PEZ] 10/09/2005: Claude, F6AEW, will be active September 10th as F6AEW/p from the Castle of the Epinay (DFCF reference 53-030) and the Mill of Rock (DMF reference 53-007, DDCF 5307), Department of the Mayenne (53). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F6AEW] 10/09/2005: The Metropolitan 222 Amateur Radio Society (K2MET) will sponsor a September 11th Memorial Station on Governors Island, NY (IOTA NA-026 USI NY-012 - new one for USI), September 10, 2005. Operations will take place between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM EDT (1500-2000z) on 21340 kHz, 14250 kHz and 7250 kHz (+/- QRM). QSL via W2SN. [Tnx NA2M] 10/09/2005: Peter RW3PF and Toly RW3PN will be active September 10-19th as R625KB from the Kurkinsky area (RDA TL-26), Tul'skaya oblast (TL). QSL via RA3PW, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 11/09/2005: Operators Patrick F8DYD, Claude F5GTW and others will be QRV September 11th as F8KOP/p from the Castle of Chartreuse (DFCF reference 86-015) and the Mill of Clan (DMF reference 86-005). The castle and mill are located in the Commune of Jaunay-Clan (86), Canton Saint Georges les Baillargeaux (86-23, CP 86130). Activity will be on 40 meters only. QSL via F8KOP (QRZ.com). [Tnx F6FNA] 11/09/2005: Laci, HA0HW, will go to Thasos Island (IOTA EU-174, MIA MG-124) as J48HW and SV8/HA0HW/p September
[DX-NEWS] ARLD036 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD036 ARLD036 DX news ZCZC AE36 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 36 ARLD036 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 8, 2005 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD036 ARLD036 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by KQ2I, the OPDX Bulletin, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL, WA7BNM and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. ALGERIA, 7X. 7X0RY has been active using RTTY on 30 meters around 1930z and 17 meters around 1500z. QSL via OK1DYW. MALTA, 9H. A group of Dutch amateurs will be QRV as 9H0VRZ from Qawra, IOTA EU-023, for their 18th holiday and DXpedition, from September 10 to October 2. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters, and possibly 160 meters, using CW, SSB and the digital modes. QSL via PB9ZR. They may also be QRV using their own 9H-callsigns. QSL to home calls. CHINA, BY. David, BA4DW/7 is QRV from Nan'ao Island, IOTA AS-129, until September 13. QSL direct to home call. URUGUAY, CX. Stations CX1SI and CX5BW have been QRV on 160 meters around 0230z. QSL direct to home calls. ETHIOPIA, ET. ET3TK has been QRV on 20 meters using CW between 1440 and 2100z. QSL via OK1CU. FRENCH GUYANA, FY. David, FY/F0CRS and Freddy, FY/F5IRO are QRV for the next four months. QSL both calls via F5KIN. ITALY, I. Andrea, ID9/IZ0EHO is QRV from Isola Lipari Island, IOTA EU-017, until September 18. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 meters, using SSB and digital modes. QSL to home call. ALASKA, KL7. Bill, K4XS is QRV as AL0/K4XS from Saint Paul Island, IOTA NA-028, until September 15. His activity is primarily on 40 and 20 meters using CW from to 0700z. QSL to home call. ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS, PY0S. Joca, PS7JN is QRV as PY0S/PS7JN until September 22. He is active on all HF bands using CW and SSB, but also various digital modes. QSL to home call. GREECE, SV. Laci, HA0HW will be QRV as J48HW and SV8/HA0HW/p from Thassos Island, IOTA EU-174, from September 11 to 18. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL to home call. PALAU, T8. Tony, KQ2I is QRV as T88AT until September 15. Activity is on 160 to 15 meters using mainly CW. He is active generally during his spare time. QSL to home call. TURKEY, TA. Charlie, GI4FUE is QRV as TA4/GI4FUE from Marmaris until September 13. He is normally QRV on 20 meters SSB between 0800 to 1300z daily. He may also be active on 17 and 15 meters as well. He will participate in the Worked All Europe contests and the upcoming All Asia SSB contest. QSL to home call. FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Mike, VP8NO has been QRV on 30 meters around 0030z. QSL via operator's instructions. CAMBODIA, XU. Wim, ON6TZ is QRV as XU7TZG until September 27. He is normally QRV on 20 and 15 meters. QSL to home call. SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, YU. Special event stations YU15ARDF and 4N15ARDF are QRV until December 31. QSL both calls via YU1SRS. ANTARCTICA. Bede, ZL4KX is active as ZL5K during his short stay at Scott Base on Ross Island. Activity is on 40 and 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL September VHF QSO Party, Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest, Swiss HTC QRP Sprint, Arkansas QSO Party, SOC Marathon CW Sprint, North American CW Sprint, Tennessee QSO Party, ARCI End of Summer PSK31 Sprint and the YLRL Howdy Days will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Contesters are reminded to please avoid operating near the frequencies being used for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Please see September QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] DX Magazine Most Wanted Survey
The 2005 Most Wanted survey conducted by The DX Magazine is now available at http://www.dxpub.com. Please let all of your DXer friends know about the survey. The more input we get, the better the results. Deadline for response is October 15, 2005. Click on the survey notice at the bottom of the home page and submit your needs. Please be careful when marking the boxes for your Continent and/or USA TIME ZONE. Marking the wrong box will invalidate your response. The complete results will be published in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of The DX Magazine, with a breakdown by mode in the Mar/Apr 2006 issue. The Top 100 will be posted to the web site in mid-January 2006. GL/73, Carl Smith, N4AA Editor/Publisher QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Web site: http://www.dxpub.com Phone/FAX: 828-683-0709 TOLL FREE: 877-397-8254 DX Column Editor for CQ Magazine
