[DX-NEWS] ARLD029 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD029 ARLD029 DX news ZCZC AE29 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 29 ARLD029 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 23, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD029 ARLD029 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. MEXICO, 4C. Look for special event station 4C12SG to be active until July 27. Operations will take place from ''Sotano del Barro'', one of the deepest places in the world. Also, look for 4C12SG to be active on the satellites (Grid EL01), and if conditions permit, also on 6 meters. QSL via XE1RCQ. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. AO8GTC will be active with four stations using CW, SSB and digital modes on July 25 and 26 to celebrate the commissioning of the largest optical telescope at the ''Roque de los Muchachos'' obervatory on La Palma (AF-004). QSL via EA8RCP. TAIWAN, BX5. Jimmy, BX5AA, will be active from AS-020 during the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via BX5AA. ANDORRA, C3. Vini, IK2CIO, will be active as C31/IK2CIO between August 6 and 12. Activity will be holiday style on 160 through 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to IK2CIO, via the Bureau or direct. CUBA, CO8. Raul, CO8ZZ, will be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest from NA-015, in the CW only category. QSL via DK1WI. MADEIRA ISLANDS, CR3. A groups of operators from the Madeira Contest Team and G.I.R.A. will be active as CR3D and CR3R from Chao Islet in the Desertas Islands group (AF-046) between July 24 and 26. Activity will be on the HF and VHF bands using CW, SSB and the digital modes. They will also be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest. BAHAMAS, C6. Pete, W2GJ, Ed, K3IXD, Dallas, W3PP, and Jim, K4QO, will be QRV until July 27. They will sign C6APR in CW and SSB on 80 through 10 meters and also during the IOTA Contest. Other calls used will be C6AXD in RTTY and C6AQO on 6 meters. All three calls also count for the Bird Rock Lighthouse (ARLHS BAH-005). The QSL manager for all their calls is K3IXD. CEUTA AND MELILLA, EA9. Yasuyuki, DJ1AIB/JR1AIB, will be active as EA9/DJ1AIB from Melilla until July 26. Activity will be on 160 through 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via JR1AIB. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. David, HB0/ON4DN/p, will be active July 24 to 26. He is working holiday style in SSB and digital modes on 40 through 10 meters, with a special focus on 30 meters. QSL via home call, direct or via bureau. JERSEY, GJ. Members of the Bristol Contest Group will be active as GJ6YB during the RSGB IOTA Contest from (EU-013, WLOTA L-0818) as a Multi-Op/Island-DXpedition entry. QSL via G3SWH, direct or by the Bureau. Also, Mat, F5SHQ, will be active as MJ0ASP during the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via MJ0ASP. ALAND ISLAND, OH0. Operators Juha, OH6XX and Timo, OH6GLE will be active as OH0Z during the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Multi-Op/Island entry. QSL via W0MM. DODECANESE, SV5. Tom, OK2PTZ, will be active as SV5/OK6Y from Kos Island (EU-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode entry. QSL via OK2PTZ. BELIZE, V3. Per, LA5OPA, will be QRV as V31NP from Ambergris Cay (NA-073) between July 26 and August 12. He will work in SSB and PSK31 mostly on 20 meters. QSL via bureau or direct to LA5OPA. TOGO, 5V. Franco, I1FQH, is QRV as 5V7PRF until July 30. You can find him mostly in CW on 80 through 10 meters but sometimes also in SSB. Please QSLs direct, via bureau, LoTW or eQSL via his home call. GREENLAND, OX. Bo, OZ1PIF, is operating OX3LX until August 1. He is QRV on six meters from grid square GP60. QSL via OZ1PIF. FAROE ISLANDS. OY. Thomas, OY/OZ1AA, is now QRV from the OY6FRA club station in the capital, Torshavn. He is on HF and 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via OZ1ACB, Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark. MOROCCO, CN. CN10FT is QRV until August 20 commemorating the 10th year of the reign of the King of Morocco, Mohamed VI. Operators are CN8ZG, CN8CMZ, CN8KD, CN8NK and CN8SG. QSL via EA7FTR. CROATIA, 9A. Operators 9A6NL, 9A/HA6PS, 9A/HA7JJS, and 9A/HA7PL will be QRV until July 29, including an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest from IOTA EU-170. They will be active before and after the contest on all HF bands plus 6 meters using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via the HA bureau or direct to the op's home call. UKRAINE, UT. Look for UU7J/P in the RSGB IOTA contest from Tuzla Island, EU-180. QSL via UU0JM. Ops US0KW/P, US0ZZ/P, UT2XQ/P, UT4ZG/P, UT7UT/P, UU0JM/P, UU1AZ/P, UU4JDD/P, UU4JMG/P, UY6IM/P, UT/ER1DA/P, UT/ER3DW/P, UT/ER3DX/P and UT/ER3ZZ/P will operate CW and SSB from this location until July 27. QSL via home calls. GHANA, 9G. Operators Alfeo, I1HJT, Silvano, I2YSB, Carlo, IK1AOD, Vinicio, IK2CIO, Angelo, IK2CKR, Marcello, IK2DIA, Stefano, IK2HKT, and Donato, IZ2CHO will be active
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #951
425 DX NEWS _ 25 July 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 951 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3DA0 - David, GI4FUM/EI4DJ (3DA0DJ) will be visiting Swaziland for the third time, from 30 July to 11 August. This year he will be joined by Tony/G4LDL (3DA0TB), Malcolm/GM3TAL (3DA0MH),Gerry/M0VAA (3DA0VA), Mike/NC4MM (3DA0MM) and Yuri/UT5EL (3DA0EL). The purpose of this trip is to service a scout radio station atan international scout camp near Manzini with the callsign 3DA0SS, using wire antennas and relatively low power. The main operation site will be at the Hawane Resort in Western Swaziland, where there is a good antenna farm and they can run high power. They will operate two HF stations around the clock, depending on propagation. QSLs via GI4FUM. Further details and photographs are available at http://www.gi4fum.co.uk [TNX GI4FUM/EI4DJ] 4W - Al, CT1GPQ will be active from East Timor (callsign TBA) between 3 August and 3 October. He plans to operate mainly CW, with some SSB and RTTY, on 40 and 30 metres (with a dipole) as well as on 20 and 17 metres (with square loops). Al will be part of a medical team, and will be QRV only when time permits. QSL via CT1GFK, who will also the pilot station (he can be reached at s...@algarvedx.com). Updates and on-line log searchwillbeavailableat http://algarvedx.com [TNX CT1GFK] 9G- Alfeo/I1HJT, Silvano/I2YSB, Carlo/IK1AOD, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/ IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/IK2HKT and Donato/IZ2CHO will be active as 9G5TT from Busua Beach, Ghana on 13-27 November. They will have three stations active on 80-10 metres (neither 160m nor 6m are allowed) CW, SSB and RTTY. They will also operate as 9G5XX from nearby Abokwa Island (AF-084), with one station on 20 metres. Activity form the island will be planned day by day, depending on sea conditions and weather forecast. QSL via I2YSB, direct only. Further information can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/ BY - The Wangjing DX club of Beijing will be active from the Liaoning Province East Group (AS-158) on 24-26 July, IOTA Contest included. Operators mentioned are BD1HFP, BG1MFE, BG1TEM, BG1UXS, BG1WUM, BH1BRF and BH1INL. Expect them to be signing homecall/2 on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via home calls. [TNX BH1INL] CP - Toni, EA5RM will be working in Bolivia in August, and expects to operate as CP1XRM in his spare time. [TNX EA5RM] CT8- Hermann/CT3FN, Antonio/CU8AS, Juergen/DJ2VO and Rudi/HB9CQL will operate CW and SSB as CR2N from the Caldeira do Faial Natural Reserve on Faial Island (EU-175), Azores on 29-30 July. QSL via CT1GFK. [TNX LZ1ZF] EA- Niko/DD1MAT, Oscar Luis/EA1DR, Kepa/EA2DCF, Chris/EA3NT, Pablo/ EA4TX, Rick/EA4ZK, Julen/EB2BXL and George/EC2ADN will participate in the IOTA Contest as AM1M from Mouro Island (EU-142). QSL via EA1DR. [TNX DD1MAT] EA - Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, special callsign EG5LB will be used again on 26 July, 2-9 August, 16 August, 23 August, 29 August and 6-7 September. QSL via EA3RKR, direct or bureau. [TNX EA3RKR] F - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Council of Europe, the local amateur radio club (http://ewwa.free.fr) will be active again as TP60CE on 24-26 July. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK] FK/C - George, AA7JV and Tomi, HA7RY will be active as TX3A from the Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) between 23 November and 6 December (actual operating dates are subject to change due to weather and other variables). The callsign TX3A is licensed for only 14 days of operation. Should they arrive earlier or leave later that the dates licensed, they will operate as FK/AA7JV or FK/HA7RY. Although George and Tomi intend be active also on the higher bands, this will be another simple low-band DXpedition with a strong focus on 160, 80 and 40 metres (in that order). QSL via HA7RY, direct or bureau. The use of the Online QSL
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #951 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS _ 25 July 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 951 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 25/07 IF9/IQ8PP: Favignana Island (EU-054) 945 till 25/07 TM1MV: special event callsign (France) 949 till 25/07 V6P (V63AQ): Pohnpei (OC-010) 947 till 26/07 BD1HFP/2, BG1MFE/2, BG1TEM/2, BG1UXS/2: AS-158 951 till 26/07 BG1WUM/2, BH1BRF/2, BH1INL/2: AS-158 951 till 26/07 CG200I: Ile Verte (NA-128) 937 till 26/07 CR3D and CR3R: Chao Island (AF-046)950 till 26/07 EA9/DJ1AIB: Melilla950 till 26/07 HB0/ON4DN/p: Liechtenstein 950 till 26/07 IM0M: Asinara Island (EU-165) 949 till 26/07 OZ0FR: Romo Island (EU-125)939 till 26/07 OZ7AEI/p: Bornholm Island (EU-030) 950 till 26/07 PD5CW, PE1OPM, PE1OXV: Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146) 950 till 26/07 RU3YA/p, RV3YR/p, UA3YA/p: Kotelny Island (not IOTA) 949 till 26/07 SV1DPI/p,SV3BSF/p,SV1CIB/p,SV1DPJ/p: Kythira (EU-113) 951 till 26/07 TK5UX: Corsica (EU-014)949 till 26/07 TP60CE: Council of Europe (France) 951 till 26/07 UA3YCX/p and UA3YY/p: Kotelny Island (not IOTA)949 till 26/07 W4T: Tangier Island (NA-083) 937 till 26/07 W8ND/VE1: Big Tancook Island (NA-081) 950 till 26/07 ZZ6Z: Itaparica Island (SA-023)951 till 27/07 C6APR, C6AXD, C6AQO: Crooked Island (NA-113) 937 till 27/07 EJ2CA, EJ5DI, EJ6EW, EJ7CC: Clare Island (EU-121) 948 till 27/07 EJ3GKB: Inis Oirr (EU-006) 950 till 27/07 EJ7CD, EJ8BP, EJ8CE: Clare Island (EU-121) 948 till 27/07 F5KKD/p: Sein Island (EU-068) 947 till 27/07 HL0C/4: Sonyu Island (AS-148) 951 till 27/07 IA5/IV3LZQ, IA5/IV3PUT, IA5/IV3ODE: Capraia (EU-028) 951 till 27/07 LZ/IK3GES, LZ1BJ/1, LZ1ZC/1: Sveta Anastasiya (EU-181) 950 till 27/07 MC0SHL and MW9W: Ramsey Island (EU-124)947 till 27/07 MM0NDX/p and GM5A: St. Kilda Islands (EU-059) 943 till 27/07 MM0TFU/p: Isle of Arran (EU-123) 947 till 27/07 MM1M and MS0SDC/p: Isle of Arran (EU-123) 951 till 27/07 N4A: South Core Banks (NA-067) 949 till 27/07 OZ8MW/p: Anholt Island (EU-088)947 till 27/07 PV6I: Itaparica Island (SA-023)951 till 27/07 RI1OP: Purluda Island (EU-153) 951 till 27/07 RN1NU/p and UA3EDQ/1: Yakostrov (EU-147) 951 till 27/07 SM5/G3LAS: Fogdo Island (EU-084) 950 till 27/07 SX8M: Milos Island (EU-067)950 till 27/07 TM1LB: special callsign (France) 950 till 27/07 UE1CBB: Bol'shoy Berezovyy Island (EU-133) 950 till 27/07 UR3GO/p,UR4QTP/p,UR7GO/p: Kalanchakskiye Isls (EU-179) 951 till 27/07 US0GH/p,US0GM/p,UV5QAW/p: Kalanchakskiye Isls (EU-179) 951 till 27/07 US0KW/p, US0ZZ/p, UT/ER1DA/p: Tuzla Island (EU-180)951 till 27/07 UT/ER3DW/p,UT/ER3DX/p,UT/ER3ZZ/p: Tuzla Isl.(EU-180) 951 till 27/07 UT2XQ/p,UT4ZG/p,UT7UT/p,UU0JM/p: Tuzla Isl. (EU-180) 951 till 27/07 UU1AZ/p,UU4JDD/p,UU4JMG/p,UY6IM/p: Tuzla Isl. (EU-180) 951 till 27/07 UV5QQ/p,UW1GZ/p,UY5HF/p: Kalanchakskiye Isls (EU-179) 951 till 27/07 VC8B: Banks Island (NA-129)943 till 27/07 VE3MOON: special callsign 949 till 27/07 VE3ZZ/VY2, VE2BR/VY2, VY2Z: Prince Edward Isl (NA-029) 943 till 27/07 YC0IEM/9: Bali Island (OC-022) 949 till 27/07 YJ0QB: Vanuatu 950 till 27/07 YW9A: Amazonas State 946 till 28/07 GW8K and GB5FI: Flatholm Island (EU-124) 951 till 29/07 9A6NL,9A/HA6PS,9A/HA7JJS,9A/HA7PL: Pasman I. (EU-170) 949 till 29/07
[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #918
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.918 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 918 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 918 BID: $OPDX.918 July 27, 2009 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN GoList, NJ1Q, K2JXW, NG3K, K4UEE,, N4AA QRZ DX, KH6BZF, AA7JV, K8YSE, Algarve STAR DX Team, C31CT, DD1MAT, DL7MAE The DX News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web Site, F5NQL UFT, HA0HW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH 425 DX News, I2YSB, IK7JWX, LZ1ZF, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, PT7WA, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SM0BYD, SV1DPI, VA3RJ ICPO and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late RSGB IOTA Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the RSGB IOTA Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 17th-July, through Friday, 24th-July there were 200 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report could contain Pirate/SLIM operations or more likely a BUSTED CALLSIGN. As always, you never know - Work First Worry Later (WFWL). 5B, CYPRUS. Terence, G4MKP, will be active as 5B/G4MKP from Tsada village near Pafos between August 14-25th. Activity will be mainly CW on 80-10 meters. QSL via M0URX. 7P, LESOTHO. Just a reminder that a group of operators will be active from here between July 29th to August 13th. They plan to have two stations active at all times with a third station to possibly be on for PSK and RTTY. Activity will be on all bands, but with a special effort on 160/80 meters. Operators are: Pista/HA5AO (7P8AO), Frosty/K5LBU (7P8CF), Laurent/ W0MM (7P8MM), John/9M6XRO (7P8OK) and Ben/DJ0YI (7P8YI). QSL 7P8OK via M0URX, others via their home callsigns. For more details, please visit the Texas DX Society's Web site at: http://www.tdxs.net 8Q, MALDIVES. Andrew, G7COD, will once again be active as 8Q7AK from Embudu Village, Embudu Island (AS-013, WLOTA L-3911), between October 12-25th. Activity will be on 80-12 meters including 30/17/12m using CW and SSB. Operating schedule (everyday) is as follows: 0730-0830z, 0900- 1030z, 1300-1500z and 1730-1800z. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 3503, 7003, 10103, 14003, 18073, 21003 and 24893 kHz SSB - 3795, 7063, 14147, 18133, 21253 and 24953 kHz QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau. Look for complete details at QRZ.com under 8Q7AK. 9G, GHANA (Update/Change). Silvano/I2YSB informs OPDX that there has been an update to their activity in Ghana between November 13-27th. Their activity will also include an IOTA trip to Abokwa Island (AF-084). They will use two different callsigns for their activities. Operations on the mainland will use the callsign 9G5TT, while operations on AF-084 will use 9G5XX. Activity will be on all HF bands (160-10 meters) and modes. Silvano states that they do not have a licence for 60 meters and 6 meters. On AF-84 there will be one station on 20 meters only. The time of the operation on the island will be on a day to day basis and will depend on the sea condition and weather forecast. QSL via I2YSB, direct only. More information can be found at: http://www.i2ysb.com C3, ANDORRA. Last week we reported that Vini, IK2CIO, would be active as C31/IK2CIO between August 6-12th. We have been informed by several sources that the Andorran Radioamateurs Union (URA) reminds that the local administration has not implemented the CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01; therefore, any C3/homecall activity should be regarded as illegal. An up-to-date list of licensed amateurs can be found at: http://www.ura.ad CR3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Operators Carlos/CT3CD, Carlos/CT3FQ and Ricardo/ CT3KN will be active as CR3T from Madeira (AF-014) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to CT3KN. DP3, GERMANY (Special Event). Members of the Waldkirchen Radio Club will
