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25 August 2007
A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 851
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]). [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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]). [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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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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