Friday, November 16, 2007

Amateur Radio 425 DX News


17 November 2007
A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 863
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

8R - Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE will be active as 8R1PW from Georgetown, Guyana on 22-29 February. They will operate CW only on 160-10 metres, and will concentrate on the low bands, and on 30, 12 and 17 metres (activity on 160m is possible, but will depend upon QRN and site conditions). Propagation permitting, they plan to have two stations on the air for as many hours every day as is possible. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau (for on-line requests for bureau cards please use the form at http://www.g3swh.org.uk/form.html . Logs will be available on http://www.g3swh.org.uk/ after the expedition, and will be uploaded to LoTW
about one year later. [TNX G3SWH]

A3 - Tomas, VK2CCC (LY1F) will be active as A35MT from Tonga on 19-26 November. He will concentrate on working the low bands CW, and operation will include an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSLling instructions at qrz.com under LY1F. [TNX The Daily DX]

BY - A large group of operators from the Zhuhai Radio Sports Association will be active as BY7KP from MiaoWan Island (AS-129) on 17-18 November. They plan to operate SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via BD7IFJ, direct or bureau. [TNX BG7LVL]

C5 - Jan, PA4JJ reports that his C56JJ operation from The Gambia [425DXN #855] is now scheduled to take place on 1-11 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (on-line form for bureau cards can be found at http://c56jj.pa4jj.nl/ . Please note that a minimum of 2 USD is
requested for direct QSLling outside Europe. Proceeds beyond return postage will be donated to the Baobab Nursery School project http://www.gambiahulp.nl/.

C6 - Ray, ND6S will operate as C6AGY from Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas from 18 November to 1 December, including an entry (SOAB or SOSB 15m) entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via ND6S. [TNX NG3K]

F - The Radio Club des Fourches (F6KSU) will operate again as TM7AJ from 18 November to 2 December. The special callsign commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of writer Alfred Jarry. QSL via F6KSU. [TNX F8REF]

G - Special callsign GB80GKZ will be aired on 8-9 December by members of the Eagle Radio Group in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire to commemorate 80 years of Humber Radio (callsign GKZ). Activity is planned on 80-15 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via 2E0NCG. [TNX 2E0NCG]

HK0_sa - Bill/W0OR, Vlad/N0STL, Ron/N0AT and Tom/K3WT will be active on 160-10 metres as HK0/homecall from San Andres (NA-033) on 20-26 November. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 5J0A (QSL via W0JAR, direct or bureau). All logs will be uploaded to LoTW. The webiste for the operation is at
http://frontiernet.net/~5j0a/ . [TNX The Daily DX]

J8 - Dave, G3TBK will be active as J88DR from St. Vincent on 21-29 November, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Expect activity also on 30, 17 and 12 metres outside the contest. QSL via G3TBK. [TNX NG3K]

JA - JA6RGJ/6, JK6IIS/6 and JO6RGZ/6 will be active from Muku Island (AS-012, JIIA AS-012-034) on 17-18 November. They plan to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]

JA - Look for JA6WFM to be active as JF6YME/6 from Yoron Island (AS-023, JIIA AS-023-013) on 21-24 November. He expects to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]

JA - Look for JS6RRR, JI3DST/JS6 and JH5YCW/JS6 to be active on 160-10 metres plus 6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and FM from Miyako-Jima (AS-079) on 22-27 November. QSL via bureau. [TNX JS6RRR]

JD1_oga - Harry, JG7PSJ will be active again as JD1BMH from Chichijima (AS-031), gasawara from 29 December to 4 January. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Further information and log search can be found at
http://sapphire.ganko.tohoku.ac.jp:8080/jd1bmh/ [TNX JG7PSJ]

KH2 - Look for KH2/JL3RCU (QSL via JL3RCU), KH2/N3MU (QSL via JA3CEK), 2/KI6MHU (QSL via JI3DNN) and KH2/K2JA (QSL via JL3SIK) to be active from Guam (OC-026) on 22-25 November. They plan to operate CW, SSB and some digital modes on 160-6 metres and to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Cards can be sent direct or via the bureau, and JL3SIK will upload the logs for KH2/K2JA to LoTW. [TNX JL3SIK]

KP2 - John, K3TEJ and Ed, K3VA will be active as KP2/K3TEJ and KP2/K3VA from the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 20-27 November. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as KP2M (QSL via AI4U). [TNX NG3K]

OH - Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) will be again active in December from the Artic Circle. Activity will be on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. Among others, Santa's helpers will include OH3BHL, OH9KL, OH9MDV, OH9MM and OH9RJ. QSL via OH9UV. [TNX OH9MM]

OZ - DF8AE, DF8XC, DK5QN, DL1YDI and DL1YAW will be active as 5P3WW from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (EU-171) on 20-27 November, CQ WW DX CW included. They will have three stations and will operate SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via DL1YAW, direct or bureau. [TNX http://www.rsgbiota.org/ ]

PJ4 - KU8E, K4BAI and K5OT will operate as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (SA-006) on 20-27 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as PJ4A. All QSLs via K4BAI. [TNX NG3K]

PY - Ed, PY4WAS and Julio, PQ2BT will be in the rare Brazilian State of Amapa between 22 and 26 November. They plan to be active on 10-80 metres CW and SSB as PQ8KL, and to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via PY4KL. [TNX PY4WAS]

R1_ant - Rif, RZ3BJ is currently active as R1ANR from "Blue One Runway" (aka "Novo Runway"), a logistic facility located some 14 kilometres away from Novolazarevskaja base, Antarctica. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX F5PFP]

S7 - Andy, UA3AB and Harry, RA3AUU will be active on 160-10 metres as S79AB and S79UU from the Seychelles on 19-28 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSLs via UA3DX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

T8 - Osamu, JR8VSE will be active as T88SE from Palau on 18-21 November. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]

T8 - JK2VOC (T88FY) and JF2IWW (T88IW) will be active from Palau on 23-26 November. During the CQ WW DX CW Contest look for T88FY as an SOAB entrant, while T88IW will operate on 12, 17 and 30 metres and on several satellites. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]

T8 - Yutaka, JQ2GYU (T88YU), Mihoko, JJ2VLY (T88LY) and their 13-year-old son Koki, JE1PGS (T88GS) will be active from Palau on 17-22 December. Expect activity on 6-80 metres CW and SSB during their mornings and evenings. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
JQ2GYU]

TA - LZ1NK will operate as TA3/LZ1NK from the Asian part of Turkey on 21-26 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as TC3A as a single operator entry on 40 metres low power. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]

TZ - Mac, TZ6JA will be back to Mali from 22 November to 14 December, and hopes to be QRV during his stay. On 1-12 December he will be working in a small village 150km east of Bamako, with no electricity. He will take a generator to supply a 500 watt amplifier, and will install a
2-element phased vertical for 80 and 40 metres, and a 7-element log periodic for 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL direct only to Makoto Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691 Japan. [TNX JA1ELY]

VP2M - K3VX (VP2MVX), K9FO (VP2MFO), K9NR (VP2MNR), K9CS (VP2MSC), plus WR9L (callsign pending) and W2EP (callsign pending) will be active (on 160-10 metres mostly CW) from Montserrat (NA-103) from 20 November through 3 December, including entries in CQ WW DX CW and ARRL 160 Meter CW contests. All QSLs via K9CS. [TNX K9CS]

VP9 - Seppo, OH1VR will be active again as OH1VR/VP9 from Bermuda on 24-27 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest on 20 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]

VP9 - John, OH3SR will be active as VP9/OH3SR from Bermuda on 23-27 November. He plans to operate holiday style on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY and to be active during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. [TNX NG3K]

YI - The Iraqi government has reopened the amateur radio service as of 20 November, and Scott, AD7MI will be operating as YI9MI from Camp Taji until 15 May. Expect activity on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, PSK-31 and RTTY. QSL via AD7MI. [TNX NG3K]

ZF - Ed, K3IXD will be active as ZF2XD from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) on 6-11 February. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 10-80 metres, and to participate in the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K3IXD]
(425 DX News #863 via Dave Raycroft)
N7MSU QSL card via Larry Van Horn/Teak Publishing Archive Collection