Sixitalia Weekly Info Page - Oct. 24 - 30, 2017

Daily Report (Opening reported in Italy, and some interesting reports from EU and North Africa)

Pse send any update to: sixitalia@sixitalia.net

To realize this Bullettin Sixitalia use news (except when clearly indicate) extract by (in alphabetic order): 425dxn, 50 MHz DX News by OZ6OM, ARRL DX bullettin, Dxcoffe, DXitalia DXnews by I2MQP, DXNL, www.dx-world.net, Got6 by N8OFS, ICPO, MMMonVHF, OPDX, www.rudius.net & 70mhz.org.

Oct. 23 - No reported opening today.

  From the left: IK0FTA, Sergio, met 9H1PI, Ivan in Malta.
 

6Y - Jamaica - 24.10.17

Rick, W4GE (6Y4T), Gay, N4SF (6Y4F) and Dave, K8AJA (6Y4J) will be active from Jamaica between October 24-31st. Activity will be on various HF bands, including the WARC bands and 60m, using CW and FT8. Operations will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 28-29th) as 6Y4T as a Mult-2 entry. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct to W4GE. NO Bureau QSL cards.

9U - Burundi - 24.10.17

Luca, IK5HHA, informed us that the upcoming dxpedition in Burundi 9U4M http://www.mdxc.org/9u4m/ instead as wrote in the web site will be active also on 6m.

A5 - Bhutan - 24.10.17

A5A will be activate again between October 27th and November 3rd. Zorro, JH1AJT, will travel to Bhutan with Jin, JF1IST, Franz, DJ9ZB and Champ, E21EIC. Their main purpose of this trip is to continue to support the launch of Paralympic Committee in Bhutan with Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC). The team will participate in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 28-29th) as a Multi-Single or Multi-2 category. Before and after the contest, they will be active on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. (If possible they will try FT8 mode). Champ will be focusing on 80m and 160m. QSL via JH1AJT: PO Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, KANAGAWA 259-0111, Japan. An OQRS will be available at ClubLog after Zorro's return to Japan.


JA - Japan - 24.10.17

Takeshi "TAKE", JI3DST (JS6RRR) will once again be active as JI3DST/5 from Shodo Island (AS-200, in the Shikoku's Coastal Islands) between November 3-5th. Activity will be on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FM. This operation is subject to change because of bad WX or other conditions.
QSL JI3DST/5 via the Bureau or direct by ClubLog's OQRS. Please check QRZ.com for more details. For more details and possible updates, see QRZ.com or http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ji3dst.


T8 - Palau - 24.10.17

Ted, JA7XBG, will once again be active as T88GA from Koror Island (OC-009) between October 27-30th. Activity will probably be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and some Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign direct or LoTW. He will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry signing T8ED. PLEASE NOTE: Ted told OPDX he has "no plan to prepare a T8ED paper QSL. Only LoTW will be available."


V8 -  Brunei - 24.10.17

Tom, KC0W, has announced that after his VR2 and 3W9 operations he will be active as V85/KC0W from Brunei between December 3-18th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW and FT8. There will be an emphasis on North America on FT8. QSL direct via KC0W. ADDED NOTE: Tom states, "More DX-peditions after Brunei".