[DX-NEWS] ARLD034 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD034 ARLD034 DX news ZCZC AE34 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 34 ARLD034 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 25, 2005 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD034 ARLD034 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by EA2BXV, N2YO, the OPDX Bulletin, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL, WA7BNM and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. MADAGASCAR, 5R. Dino, IZ4AKV is QRV as 5R8HS from Nosy Be, IOTA AF-057, until September 8. Activity is mainly on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. SINGAPORE, 9V. Members of the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society are QRV as S61FD until August 29 from St. John's Island, IOTA AS-019. They are active during their Field Day. Activity is on 40 to 15 meters, and possibly 160 and 80 meters, using all modes, including digital. QSL via PA0KHS. OMAN, A4. A43JS has been QRV on 20 meters between 1915 and 2300Z yesterday. QSL via A47RS. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Abdullah, A61Q is usually QRV on 160 meters using CW around 0155z. QSL via EA7FTR. ETHIOPIA, ET. Michal, ET3TK has been QRV on 17 meters using CW around 1440z and then 40 meters CW around 1800z. QSL via OK1CU. WALES, GW. Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society are QRV as GB5FI from Flatholm Island, IOTA EU-124, until August 30. Activity is on all HF bands, as well as 6 meters and 70 cm, using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK. QSL via GW0ANA. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Look for Inigo, EA2BXV and Roberto, EA2RY to be QRV as homecalls/HI7 from Punta Cana, IOTA NA-096, from August 27 to September 7. Activity will be on all bands using SSB, SSTV and PSK31. QSL to home calls. SOUTH KOREA, HL. Pyongtaek DX Club members Han, DS2GOO, Kim, DS4PAI, Lee, 6K2CEW and Kim, 6K2CSD are QRV as homecalls/4 from Saok Island, IOTA AS-060, until August 28. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL to home calls. ITALY, I. Alberto, IW1RLF/IA5 will be QRV from Capo Sant' Andrea on Elba Island, IOTA EU-028, from August 29 to September 4. Activity will be on 6 and 2 meters. QSL via bureau. ANTARCTICA. Gustavo, LU1ZD is QRV from General San Martin Base on Barry Island, IOTA AN-016, and has been showing up on the Antarctic Net at 1900z. QSL via operator's instructions. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Mario, LU1ZI is QRV from Teniente Jubany Station on King George Island, IOTA AN-010, and has been showing up on the Antarctic Net at 1900z. QSL via LU4DXU. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Team members SM5HJZ, SM5AJV, SM0HPL, SM0GNS, SM0NJO, SM0EEH, SM0IEA, SM0IHR and SM5DJZ are QRV as OH0/homecalls until August 28. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, the digital modes and WSJT EME on 6 meters. QSL to home calls. SWEDEN, SM. Stations DL5ME and DG3HWO will be QRV as SM7/homecalls from Hasslo Island, IOTA EU-138, from August 27 to 31. Activity will be on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. SUDAN, ST. Jovica, T98A is QRV as ST0RM during his one-year UNHCR assignment here. Activity is on all bands, using mostly CW, with some SSB and digital. QSL via T93Y. PALAU, T8. Stations T88GG, T88BH T88YK, T88BE and T88CL are QRV until September 5. Activity is on all bands using CW and SSB. A few of these stations will also participate in the upcoming All Asian DX contest. QSL via operators' instructions. UKRAINE, UR. Special calls EN60EKR and EM60IG will be QRV from August 27 to September 4 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Activity is on all bands. QSL via UT4EK and UR7IA, respectively. MICRONESIA, V6. Nobi is QRV as V63NB and has been active on 30 meters around 1200 to 2000z. QSL via JA1JCF. INDONESIA, YB. Hot, YC0IEM will be QRV as YC0IEM/9 from Timor Island, IOTA OC-148, from August 29 to September 15. QSL via IZ8CCW. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ALARA Contest, Hawaii QSO Party, SCC RTTY Championship, YO DX HF Contest, Ohio QSO Party, SARL HF CW Contest, Kentucky QSO Party and the CQC Summer VHF/UHF FM QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see August QST, page 85 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] ICPO Calendar (Aug 25 - Sep 01, 2005)
I.C.P.O. Calendar (Aug 25 - Sep 01, 2005) Islands, Castles Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) = 25/08/2005: Dino, IZ4AKV, plans to be active as 5R8HS from Nosy Be Island (IOTA AF-057) between August 25th and September 8th. Look for activity on all HF bands. QSL via IZ4AKV (QRZ.com). [Tnx IZ4AKV] 25/08/2005: Jacques, F6BVB, plans to activate the Louche Castle (DFCF 77-096) as F6BVB/p during the morning of August 25th. Look for activity on 40 and 20 meters. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F6FNA] 25/08/2005: Look for Jean Pierre F6FNA/p to be QRV August 25th, in the morning (08:00z), from the Sannois Castle (DFCF reference 77-094). In the afternoon, Jean Pierre will activate the Etry Castle (DFCF 77-095). Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters, propagation permitting. QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx F6FNA]/p 25/08/2005: Peter, GM3OFT, plans to operate as GM3OFT/P on 80-15 meters from a few Scottish islands as follows: August 25-26th Eileen Horrisdale (IOSA CN-27, SCOTIA SC-12); August 26-27th Longa (IOTA EU-123, IOSA CN-28, SCOTIA SC-13); August 27-28th Gruinard (IOTA EU-123, IOSA CN-30, SCOTIA SC-09); August 28-29th Isle Martin (IOSA CN-31, SCOTIA SC-14); August 29-30th Isle of Ewe (IOSA CN-29, SCOTIA SC-29); and August 30-31st Ristol (IOSA CN-34, SCOTIA SC-20). In general he expects to be QRV mid or late afternoon of day 1 and QRT late morning or early afternoon of day 2. QSL via home call. [Tnx 425 DX News] 25/08/2005: Howard, G6LVB, will be travelling to Svalbard (JW, IOTA EU-026), current plans August 26-28th, to do some minor upgrades to a satellite station at: http://www.svalsat.com. He is intending to take some LEO satellite gear with him, so if you'd like to add JW to your DXCC list let him know at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Howard states, Despite its northerly location, it has coverage to Canada and the North Eastern U.S. as well as Japan. I will definitely be active on AO-51, SO-50, AO-27, PO-28 (let's hope) and if I have room for SSB equipment I will operate FO-29, VO-52 and possibly AO-7. The ISS never travels far enough North for me to take a shot at it. There are no plans to take any HF gear, whatever that is ;-). [Tnx OPDX] 25/08/2005: Ten Swedish amateurs from SM0/5-area will be active on Aland Island (OH0, IOTA EU-002) August 25-28th as OH0/homecalls. All bands from 160m up to 6 meters will be activated with CW, SSB, digital modes as well as some experiments on 6m WSJT, with emphasis on WSJT for EME. The team will consist of: Jonas/SM5HJZ, Ingemar/SM5AJV, Anders/SM0HPL, Peder/SM0GNS, Magnus/SM0NJO, Erik/SM0EEH, Olle/SM0IEA, Anders/SM0IHR, Torgny/SM5TXT, and Jan (John)/SM5DJZ. QSL via the bureau to the amateurs respective home call. Further information is available at http://www.mistra.se/oh0/ [Tnx SM5DJZ] 25/08/2005: Martti, OH2BH (T88BH) and Tim, N4GN (T88GG) at it again! Tim, N4GN and Martti, OH2BH have decided to put two T88 signals on the air at the same time; T88GG mostly on CW and digital modes and T88BH on SSB. The activity begins on August 25th and continues until September 5th, including the All Asian DX Contest during the first weekend of September. QSL cards featuring this newly independent Republic of Palau can be obtained via Jarmo Jaakola, OH2BN (Kiiletie 5 C 30, Helsinki FIN-00710, Finland). This DXpedition is supported by Vertex Standard (Yaesu) both in radio and manpower terms. Yuichi, JN1WTK/T88YK will be on the team to make sure that you can hear the cleanest audio on the bands from the latest lineup of state-of-the-art Yaesu gear. But not around the clock as ladies are involved, too--Joana and Leena, OH2BE/T88BE expect to establish a reasonable routine between radio and beach time while still guaranteeing that peak hours in both activities will not overlap as the path can be critical during these days of low sunspots. Additional information can be found at http://www.api-japan.com/palau/radio/english/radio1-e.htm [Tnx JN1WTK] 26/08/2005: The Barry Amateur Radio Society will be QRV August 26-30th as GB5FI from Flatholm Island (EU-124). Activity will be on all bands, 160-6 meters, and modes. QSL via GW0ANA, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 26/08/2005: Members of the Pyongtaek DX Club (D90HE) will be active from Saok Island AS-060 (KDN H32) August 26-28th. Operators mentioned are: Han DS2GOO, Lee 6K2CEW, Kim DS4PAI and Kim 6K2CSD. Operators will be active as homecall/4 on 80-10 meter SSB, RTTY and BPSK31. QSL via operator's home call, by the bureau or direct. Visit the Web page at: http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as060 [Tnx JI6KVR] 26/08/2005: After the successful 2003 event, the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (www.sarts.org.sg) will organize another local field day to be held August 26-29th on St. John's Island (AS-019). A fairly large group of local operators will be active as S61FD with 2-3 stations on 40-15 metres all
[DX-NEWS] P5 followup news release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Written by Tom Anderson, WW5L Vice-President and Information Director Lone Star DX Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa Apparent internal miscommunications within the North Korean government’s Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the Ministry of Telecommunications and Posts over the approval of an operating permit to Dr. David Borenstein, KA2HTV, led the government to halt his recent P5 DXpedition before it could even begin, the New York physician said today. However, the main purpose of his trip to North Korea was not amateur radio, but the donation of several thousand dollars worth of medical supplies from various Western countries to the Korean Medical Association. “I went to make sure these medical supplies got where they were supposed to,” he said. Dr. Borenstein specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Another situation that may have also played a part in the halting of Dr. Borenstein’s DXpedition operations was the death of his government assigned guide, one of the leading such guides in the country. The guide drowned at Wonsan, while he and other government assigned guides were escorting KA2HTV and others along the North Korean coast. Dr. Borenstein’s DXpedition costs were underwritten by the Lone Star DX Association (http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa) and equipment donated by many companies and individuals. Before he left the United States, Dr. Borenstein and the LSDXA were told his DXpedition operation should be fully accredited by the ARRL once he returned and submitted passport, visa, and photographic documentation showing he was in North Korea. This is standard procedure for DXCC DXpedition accreditation. “ The Lone Star DX Association is committed to the support of DX. We knew this would be a gamble, but thought the risk was worth it to try getting P5 back on the air. Hopefully our efforts and those of Dr. Borenstein has moved the ball forward in restoring amateur radio in North Korea,” said LSDXA President Mike Thomas, NA5U.. The miscommunications developed when a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Cultural Relations official issued the operating permit, while the government’s Telecommunications and Posts officials, had not formally processed KA2HTV’s request for a permit to operate. Both agencies are part of the North Korean government. Dr. Borenstein was planning on beginning his full time P5 operations on August 20, when DPRK officials suddenly called him into a meeting. “They told me the person who gave the authority in the committee should not have given it because of a mix up with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Posts,” he said. “Up until then I had no idea that I would not be allowed to operate” as government officials had given no hint that the operating authority issued previously was not valid. “I was able to demonstrate amateur radio to these same government officials and showed them how it would benefit the country.” “But the inability to operate was devastating,” he said. “After meeting with the government officials I just went back to my room for a while and watched the BBC, the only English language television program we could receive. I knew there were hundreds of stations around the world waiting to make a P5 contact and I could not get on the air.” “The Lone Star DX Association and I had planned this DXpedition for many months and many donors had given equipment and their time and effort to make this operation occur,” he said. Both KA2HTV and the LSDXA would like to thank the following sponsors for their donation of equipment: Tennadyne log periodic antennas, Yaesu and Vertex Standard radios, ACOM International amplifiers, Texas Towers, W4MPY—“The QSL Man”, GigaParts, Buddipole, Hex Beam, High Sierra, Press Jones—“The Wireman”, Heil Sound, North Alabama DX Club, Southeastern DX Club, LDG Electronics, DX Engineering, Ham Radio Outlet, and W4HT Electronics. In addition, the following individual hams provided logistical and other support: WW5L, WY5H, K4UEE, K9LA, KC2MWA, K7JA, W4WB, W4RT, W5QM, W9GJ, W2RC, QSL manager KK5DO, and the many members of the Lone Star DX Association. Dr. Borenstein said these government officials confided to him they were hopeful a license for him to operate could be obtained in the near future, however no definite date was given. “They told me they would welcome me back, despite the fact it is very difficult for Americans to get a visa there.” Also, he added, there is no prohibition by the U.S. government against Americans visiting North Korea. After the death of his guide, he said, many government leaders went into official mourning. “I couldn’t ask them about radio matters as these people were in mourning, so that delayed everything another two or three days.” When he arrived Aug. 9 all of the radio equipment was processed through North Korean customs without problem and “it all went
