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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6O - Ken, LA7GIA and Adrian, KO8SCA will be active as 6O6O from Somalia
on 3-16 January. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10
metres with two stations. QSL via LoTW or via M0OXO's OQRS;
logsearch on Club Log. The DXpedition will also have a humanitarian
aspect. 100% of donations received from individuals, clubs or
organizations will go to Medecins Sans Frontieres. See "Doctors
Without Borders Fundraiser" on http://la7gia.com/6o6o/index.html.
[TNX KO8SCA]
8Q - Roland, HB9VQQ will be active holiday style as 8Q7HB from the
Maldives (AS-013) on 22-30 December. He is likely to operate mainly
JT65 and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via home cal; he will also upload
his log to Club Log, LoTW and eQSL.
9Y - Thomas, DL9OBQ will be active as 9Z4/DL9OBQ from Trinidad (SA-011)
from 19 December to 7 February. He will operate mainly CW on 30, 17
and 15 metres. QSL via bureau to home call.
C5 - Forthcoming activities from The Gambia include:
Pedro, ON7WP again as C5WP between 25 December and 1 January. This
time he will focus on the digital modes, with main activity on 60
metres JT65. QSL via ON7WP, direct only.
Frank, ON7RU as C56RU from 26 December to 1 January. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, via ON7RU and LoTW.
Przemo, SP3PS as C5/SP3PS from 30 December to 12 January. He will
be QRV on 40, 20 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
DL - Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from Foehr Island (EU-042)
from 22 December to 2 January. He will operate CW and some SSB
on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
EA8 - Mauro, IV3HAX will be active as EA8/IV3HAX from Fuerteventura,
Canary Islands (AF-004) from 24 December to 5 January. He will
operate CW, RTTY and FT8 with a focus on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to IV3HAX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as either JS6RRR/6 and JI3DST/6 from
Kita-Daito Island (AS-047) from 28 December to 9 January. He will
operate SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL JS6RRR/6
via JS6RRR, QSL JI3DST/6 via JI3DST.
VK - Special callsign VI70HI will be active from mainland Australia to
commemorate the first ANARE expedition to Heard Island in December
1947. Look for activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and possibly
other digital modes from 19 December to 28 February. QSL via
M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso between 30 December and 18 January. He will operate
CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
ZD8 - Andy, M0HLT will be working on Ascension Island (AF-003) for the
next two years. He plans to be active as ZD8AC on 40-10 metres SSB.
QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX The Daily DX]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
9E1C ---> Gabriele, IK3GES (ik3ges[@]alice.it) has uploaded to LoTW the logs
for IV3OWC's activity as 9E1C from Ethiopia (some 36,000 QSO made between 23
January 1999 and 29 November 2000).
EL2DT RADIO FUND ---> Dickson, EL2DT participated in the attempt to activate
Baiyah Island (AF-111), a new IOTA, in November 2017. You can find the story
here: https://af111new.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/5l3bi-story-pdf.pdf.
"The outcome of the expedition was that the team was unsuccessful in even
landing on the island. The financial losses were significant for everyone.
In addition to the money, Dickson's primary home station radio (an older
TS-50) was dunked in the sea and is a total loss".
When the Voodoo Contest Group left Liberia in 2012, they donated one of
their Kenwood TS-930s to Dickson. "He quickly discovered that it only ran on
110/220 VAC and is a current hog. So he acquired the TS-50 and most of his
operating has been from battery power. Since he has no power at his home, he
must pay his neighbor to run a generator to re-charge the battery".
Bud, N7CW is now soliciting "donations for 1 of 2 solutions to Dickson's
problem of getting back on the air. He can purchase a generator in-country
to run the 930. This option has the added benefit of providing power to his
home at other times, however, gasoline is expensive and sometimes hard to
find. The second alternative is to find or buy him a replacement radio,
perhaps another TS-50, an IC-706, an FT-857/897 or something similar. The
negative side of a radio is that we have to get it into Liberia, which
usually means finding someone willing to carry it in their personal
luggage".
If you have a radio you can donate, please let Bud know (bsemon[@]gmail.com)
as soon as possible. He would prefer not to collect money if he can find a
radio. If you wish to donate money, he has set up a MoneyPool with PayPal at
this link: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/802uhKeOBz. [TNX N6VR]
VK IOTA POLL --- > Craig, VK5CE is planning "a range of rare and semi-rare
IOTA operations". He invites island chasers to visit the new VK IOTA website
(www.vkiota.wordpress.com) and take the poll (click on "What VK IOTA's do
you need?") to help guide his future IOTA activations.
WRTC 2018 ---> WRTC 2018 e.V., host of the 2018 World Radiosport Team
Championship in Germany, has announced the 65 referees (63 on site and 2
alternates) that will be monitoring the teams during the competition (14-15
July 2018): AA4NC, AJ9C, CE3CT, DK3GI, DL2OBF, DL7FER, DM5EE, ES5RY, G0CKV,
G4BUO, HA3NU, HB9CAT, HB9DHG, I2WIJ, IK1HJS, JH4RHF, JK3GAD, K1CC, K1RX,
K4AB, K4BAI, K7BV, K7GK, K9ZO, KC7V, KU5B, LW9EOC, LY7Z, LZ2HM, N2GA, N2IC,
N3RD, N6AN, NF4A, NN3W, OE5OHO, OE6MBG, OH1RX, OK2FD, OZ1IKY, PA3AAV, PP5BZ,
RC0F, RM2D, S50R, S50XX, S53R, S56A, SP4Z, UA9MA, UT7QF, VA2EW, VA2WA,
VE3EY, VE3XB, W0YK, W1UE, W1VE, W6OAT, W6PH, YL1ZF, YL2KL, YT6W, YT7AW,
YU1EA. A referee will be on site at each of the 63 competing stations to
verify compliance with the rules and make decisions on any rule questions by
the teams. The referees must be top-level contesters because they must
simultaneously listen to the audio from both operators for the entire 24
hours of the WRTC2018 competition. The referee application and verification
process was managed by Ulf Ehrlich, DL5AXX. There were over 130 applications
received. The selection process considered many factors, including
geographical areas, language skills and SO2R ability. The final selection
was done by the Judging Committee of the WRTC 2018.
+ SILENT KEYS + World class contester Jim Sullivan, W7EJ passed away a few
days ago aged 64. His contest career began in 1973 and in 1989 he started to
operate outside the US. He constructed three stations in DX locations - FG5R
9M8R and CN2R (http://cn2r.net) - where he achieved several records in the
CQWW, WPX, RUDXC, and CQ160 DX contests. Besides being a top-notch single
operator, Jim contributed to several winning multi efforts.
Ulrich Bihlmayer, DJ9KR passed away on 16 December after a long illness.
"Uli served in the DARC Bandwacht for 45 years of which 26 years as
Coordinator", IARU Region 1 reports. In 2005 he was appointed deputy
coordinator of the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System. "Together with IARUMS
coordinator Wolfgang Hadel DK2OM, he led a team that grew from 5 to 24
members. Being a polyglot, Uli specialised in broadcast intruders and
pirates on telephony. Uli was presented the IARU Region 1 medal in 2011
before he stepped down from the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System in 2012".
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
7X5FG Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice L'Exil,
France
CE7VPQ Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, 22 de Mayo 274, 5790166 Quellon,
Region de Los Lagos, Cile
FR4QT Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
97435 St Paul, France
H44DA Shane Lynd, 17 Atherton Crescent, Glenden QLD 4743, Australia
WX3MAS Christmas City ARC, 14 Gracedale Ave, Greystone Building, Nazareth,
PA 18064-9211, USA
XR2K Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
ZW5T Marcelo Teixeira, Rua Francisco Maravalhas 246, Curitiba-PR,
81540-360, Brazil
ZZ4X Marcio Henrique dos Reis Lopes, Rua Oscavo Gonzaga Prata 150,
Juiz de Fora-MG, 36033-220, Brazil
Суббота, 20.04.2024, 01:44
