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26 May 2012 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1099
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5B - Members of the Paphos District of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society
will be active as P3EU between 1 July and 31 December to celebrate
the first Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
QSL via 5B4AHO, direct or bureau. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
CT - CT1EPV, CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CT1IUA and CT3FN will participate in this
weekend's CQ WPX CW Contest as CS2W from Culatra Island (EU-145).
QSL via HB9CRV and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
DL - Mike, DG5LAC will be active as DG5LAC/p from Usedom Island
(EU-129) on 27-29 July. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres SSB and
will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX
DG5LAC]
EI - "Father Ted" was a popular sitcom set on the remote fictional
Craggy Island. EI0TED (EJ0TED) is the callsign issued to the
Craggy Island DXpedition Group, whose members are dedicated to
activation of offshore islands around the coast of Ireland. Their
inaugural activity will be on 27 May from Glenquin, Co. Clare,
main island of Ireland (EU-115). Announcements of future
operations will be posted to www.galwayvhfgroup.com
F - Keith, G3TTC will visit and be QRV from several French islands
between 26 May and 22 June:
26 May F/G3TTC/p Cezembre (EU-157)
28 May F/G3TTC/p Brehat (EU-074)
2 June F/G3TTC/p Batz (EU-105)
5 June F/G3TTC/p Molene (EU-065)
6 June F/G3TTC/p Ouessant (EU-065)
9 June F/G3TTC/p Sein (EU-068)
12 June F/G3TTC/p Glenan Islands (EU-094)
14 June F/G3TTC/p Houat (EU-048)
16-22 June F/G3TTC Chausey Islands (EU-039)
He will operate SSB on 40 metres and higher bands. QSL via G3TTC,
direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
F - Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the wireless station
established by radio pioneer Roberto Clemens Galletti di Cadilhac
at Leschaux (Savoie), special callsign TM6GAL will be active from
28 May to 10 June. QSL via F6HQP. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
F - Diego, F4HAU and Gil, F4FET will be going on a "Morbihan Gulf
Island Tour" on 1-8 June. They plan to be active as TM0MIT from
Moines Island (DIFM AT-014, not IOTA), which will be their main
QTH, as well as from other ten non-IOTA islands in that area. QSL
via F5CWU. Details can be found at http://tm0mit.webs.com/ [TNX
F4FET]
FO - Pat, F4EBT will operate as FO/F4EBT from French Polynesia on 1-24
June. He will visit and be active holiday style from the islands
of Tahiti (OC-046), Moorea (OC-046), Raiatea (OC-067), Huaine
(OC-067), Bora-Bora (OC-067) and Maupiti (OC-067). QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
HL - Kei, HL2UVH and another operator will be active from Ch'ung Island
(AS-060) on 26-27 May. Look for HL0V during the WPX CW Contest,
while HL0A will be used outside the CQ event. QSL via HL2UVH. [TNX
DX World]
I - ARI Fidenza will participate in the Museum Ships Weekend (2-3
June) as II1WIL from La Spezia, where the former presidential
yacht USS Williamsburg has been moored for nearly twenty years.
QSL via IQ4FE, direct or bureau. Further information can be found
at qrz.com [TNX IK4VFB]
I - Gianni I7PHH, Davide IK4DCT, Andrea IK4OLQ, Vin IK7IMO, Art
IK7JWY, Piero IK7VJX, Roby IK7XIV, Bartolo IW7ECA and Luigi IZ7PDX
will be active as IJ7A from San Pietro Island (EU-073) on 26-29
July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via IK7XIV. Further information
can be found at http://ij7a.jimdo.com/
JA - Kan, JE1SCF and Yoshi, JG4IQC will be active as JE1SCF/6 and
JG4IQC/6 from the Daito Islands (AS-047) from 29 June to 2 July.
They will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
JT - Alex UA9YAB (JT0YAB) and Alex UA9YPS (JT0YPS) will be active from
the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park from 31 May to 4 June. See
qrz.com for QSLling instructions. [TNX UA9YAB]
KH8 - Yuri, N3QQ and Dick, N7RO plan to be active in their spare time as
KH8/KL7RRC from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa for one week in
late May or early June. When in Pago Pago, they will be meeting
FWS officials and boat owners discussing the possibility of
activating Rose Atoll (OC-190) in December/January. [TNX DX World]
KL - Rick, K6VVA has "suspended for an indefinite period" his 28-30 June
expedition to IOTA group NA-240 [425DXN 1067] for a number of
reasons. "In considering ALL factors now and the costs involved"
he says, "re-activating NA-240 at this time is simply not a
prudent decision" (read the details at www.k6vva.com/iota/na240).
He adds that "with few exceptions, future IOTA activations will
NOT be announced in advance. Notification will be made just before
leaving for the airport, or while in route to the IOTA
destination". You may want to check Twitter (@k6vva).
OZ - Once again the OZ1RDP Scout team (www.oz1rdp.de) will be active
from Romo Island (EU-125) on 25-29 May. They plan to operate SSB on
10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and maybe 160 metres, and BPSK31 on 30 metres.
QSL via DL9BCP, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
SM - Look for 8S0DAY to be active from Rindo Island (EU-084) on 26 May.
QSL via SM0MPV, bureau preferred. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV9 - Look for Alex, SV9/SQ9UM to be active from Crete (EU-015) until
28 May. He operates mainly CW and RTTY on 40-6 metres, and will
take part in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX SQ9UM]
VP5 - Look for VP5/W9RN and VP5/KX4WW to be active on 160-6 metres
from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands from 31 May
to 7 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - The Malabar Amateur Radio & Scouting Society (VU2MLQ) will be
active field day style as 8T1M on 27-30 May. They plan to run two
stations on the HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via VU2MLQ and LoTW.
W - The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club (KK5W) will operate SSB and
CW on 40-10 metres from the radio rooms of USS Cavalla (submarine)
and USS Stewart (destroyer escort) during the Museum Ships Weekend
on 2-3 June. The ships are located at Seawolf Park on Pelican
Island (NA-143). QSL direct to KK5W. [TNX KF2TI]
YB - Kadek, YB9BU and others are expected to be QRV from Wamar Island
(OC-249) on 25-28 May. [TNX JN6RZM]
YV - Alex, UA9YAB and Alex, UA9YPS will be active from two Venezuelan
island groups between 2 and 9 August. Look for them to be signing
YV7/homecall from Margarita (SA-012) and as YV5/homecall from Los
Roques (SA-035). QSL via home calls. [TNX UA9YAB]
CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 May):
Call Category Country QSL
----------------------------------------------------
4L0A SOAB Georgia LoTW
4U1GSC SOAB HP Italy 9A2AA
5X1RO SOSB 15M Uganda F8DFP
6O3A SO Somalia qrz.com
6V7S SOAB Senegal RK4FF
6Y3W SOAB Jamaica RA4LW
9H3PP SOSB Malta HA5PP
A5A M/? Bhutan LoTW
CS2W M/S Portugal HB9CRV
EE8X SOAB Canary Isls W2GR
HK1NA M/M Colombia K6IPM
HK1NA M/M Colombia K6IPM
HL0V Korea HL2UVH
HP1WW SOAB Panama OH0XX
HQ2N SOSB Honduras EA5GL
J48HW SOAB HP Greece HA0HW
KP2M M/S Virgin Isls AI4U
KP2MM SOAB Virgin Isls LoTW
LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A
MJ0CFW SOAB LP Jersey M0CFW
NH2T SOAB HP Guam W2YC
OH0X SO Aland Isls OH2TA
OH10X SO Finland OH2BH
OH8X SO Finland OH2UA
P40H Aruba OK7MT
P49Y SOAB HP Aruba AE6Y
PR5B SOSB 80M Brazil 6K5YPD
PR5W SOSB 80M Brazil PY5FB
PT5T SOAB HP Brazil K3IRV
PW0F SOAB LP F. de Noronha OH2BH
PW5D SOSB Brazil M0OXO
PX2W M/S Brazil PY2YU
PZ5P Surinam UA4LU
SF0530COH Sweden SM0PSO
SJ2W M/S Sweden LotW
ST2AR SOAB Sudan S53R
SV5/N6GQ SOAB QRP Dodecanese N6GQ
SV9/SQ9UM SOAB LP Crete SQ9UM
SW8A Greece LZ1QN
T6MO SOAB LP Afghanistan K9GY
TC2X SO Turkey (AS) OH2BH
TC7C SOAB Turkey RA1QQ
TK4A M/2 Corsica LoTW
TX8CW SOAB LP New Caledonia ZL3CW
V26E SOAB LP Antigua AB2E
V31UB SOAB Belize KU5B
V6A SOAB Micronesia JA7HMZ
VC3T SOAB Canada VE3DZ
VC6Z Canada VE6BF
VK9PN M/? Lord Howe Island VK2PN
XP2I SOAB LP Greenland OZ1BII
YE0X M/2 Indonesia YB0ZZ
ZP9MCE SOSB 10M Paraguay EA5ZD
ZW5B SOAB HP Brazil K3IRV
ZX5J SOSB Brazil AI4U
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, at http://.com/Misc/wpxc2012.html - good contest to you all!
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXPEDITION COSTS ---> The enlightening presentation given by Don, N1DG at
the recent Dayton hamvention is now available for download on the Northern
California DX Foundation's website (www.ncdxf.org) - it's good food for
thought.
GRENADA ---> Harry, AC8G (J37K) is planning a 6 (can be more) night stay in
Grenada for the CQ WW SSB Contest (27-28 October), with considerable
operating the days before the contest with emphasis on non-contest bands
and modes. If interested in joining the team, please contact Harry at
hflasher[@]dayton.net for more details. [TNX AC8G]
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND ---> Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur
Radio Station (NJ2BB), this year's Museum Ships Weekend will be held from
00.00 UTC on 2 June until 23.59 UTC on the 3rd. Information on the event,
including the relevant certificate and the listing of participating ships,
can be found at www.nj2bb.org
QSL 7O6T ---> The OQRS (Online QSL Request System) for 7O6T is now up and
running at www.yemen2012.com/log.php, and can be used for either direct and
bureau cards. Traditional requests can be sent to UA3DX, direct (Nick
Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Vlasikha, Moskovskaya obl. 143010, Russia) or
bureau. The entire log will be uploaded to LoTW by the end of November.
QSL HK0NA ---> The QSL cards have been printed and delivered to the QSL
manager (N2OO). Approximately 35,000 QSOs have been pre-processed so far,
and the first mailings will start going out around 2 June. "LoTW upload is
scheduled for sometime around early September 2012", N2OO says. "This gives
us proper time to purify the log". Bookmark www.sjdxa.org/hk0na.htm for
updates.
RADIO ARCALA & CQWW WPX CW CONTEST ---> Radio Arcala (www.radioarcala.com)
will deploy five stations in this year's event: OH0X from the Aland Islands
(operated by OH2TA), OH10X from Finland (operated by OH6KZP), OH8X from
Finland (operated by OH2UA), PW0F from Fernando de Noronha (operated by
OH2MM/PY2ZEA) and TC2X from Asiatic Turkey (operated by OH2PM). [TNX OH2BN]
+ SILENT KEYS + Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML passed away on 23 May. A former
First Vice President of ARRL, one week ago he was inducted into the CQ
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Other recently reported Silent Keys include
Xavier Paradel (EA3ALV), Masahisa "Maza" Matsubara (JA1BHK), David G.
Gardner (K6LPL), Homer D. Wibel (K9ECE), James M. Mozley (W2BCH), Ronald C.
Williams (W9YZ), Lou Grubb (WA7HZO) and B.A.N. Raju (VU2NR).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/SP2FUD, 3C0E, 3C6A, 3DA0NW,
4K8M, 4L0A, 4L8A, 4W0VB, 5R8RJ, 5X4B, 6O3A, 6Y0A, 7X5QB, 8Q7DV, 9M6/JA1PBV,
9N7MD, A25JR, A35XG, A35YZ, A52JR, A65OO, A71BU, AT2DW (AS-175), B4R/5,
C21HA, C6AKQ, C6ANM, C91NW, CE9VPM, CO6LE, CO6LP, CP4BT, CR6K, CX5BW,
D44AC, DP0GVN, DP0GVN/A, DV1UD, E51BKV, E51EWP, E51M, E74X, EA9AI, ES3AX,
ET3SID, EY7AD, FK/F4BKV, FK/I2GPT, FK8GN, FR/DJ7RJ, FW0NAR (OC-054),
GR100MGY, HB0/DL2SBY, HC2/W7SE, HK1AA, HV5PUL, IS0/DL2SBY, J28AA, J88DR,
KP2/W1EQ, LU1ZI, LY1FW, PJ2T, PJ4X, R0/US0IW (AS-039), R2KW, S01MZ, SU9VB,
SV2ASP/A, SX5P, T2T, T6BP, T6RH, T88ZO, TA0/WA2KBZ, TC3HQ, TI5/KI7Y, TO4M,
TT8ES, TX6T/p, UK8AR, UM20Y, UN7QX, UP2L, V25AA, V26M, V5/DJ2HD, V55V,
V73/KJ6BBP, V85SS, VK0TH, VK8BI/p (OC-185), VK9/ZL1RS, VK9XS, VP2MMM, VP6T,
VP9/W6PH, VR2KF, XR0Y, XV1X, XV2RZ, XW3DT, YN2NW, YS3CW, Z32KI, ZD7FT,
ZD7XF, ZD8XF, ZF2OE, ZK2C, ZL1RS, ZL7J, ZX2S (SA-028).
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No 1099
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5B - Members of the Paphos District of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society
will be active as P3EU between 1 July and 31 December to celebrate
the first Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
QSL via 5B4AHO, direct or bureau. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
CT - CT1EPV, CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CT1IUA and CT3FN will participate in this
weekend's CQ WPX CW Contest as CS2W from Culatra Island (EU-145).
QSL via HB9CRV and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
DL - Mike, DG5LAC will be active as DG5LAC/p from Usedom Island
(EU-129) on 27-29 July. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres SSB and
will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX
DG5LAC]
EI - "Father Ted" was a popular sitcom set on the remote fictional
Craggy Island. EI0TED (EJ0TED) is the callsign issued to the
Craggy Island DXpedition Group, whose members are dedicated to
activation of offshore islands around the coast of Ireland. Their
inaugural activity will be on 27 May from Glenquin, Co. Clare,
main island of Ireland (EU-115). Announcements of future
operations will be posted to www.galwayvhfgroup.com
F - Keith, G3TTC will visit and be QRV from several French islands
between 26 May and 22 June:
26 May F/G3TTC/p Cezembre (EU-157)
28 May F/G3TTC/p Brehat (EU-074)
2 June F/G3TTC/p Batz (EU-105)
5 June F/G3TTC/p Molene (EU-065)
6 June F/G3TTC/p Ouessant (EU-065)
9 June F/G3TTC/p Sein (EU-068)
12 June F/G3TTC/p Glenan Islands (EU-094)
14 June F/G3TTC/p Houat (EU-048)
16-22 June F/G3TTC Chausey Islands (EU-039)
He will operate SSB on 40 metres and higher bands. QSL via G3TTC,
direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
F - Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the wireless station
established by radio pioneer Roberto Clemens Galletti di Cadilhac
at Leschaux (Savoie), special callsign TM6GAL will be active from
28 May to 10 June. QSL via F6HQP. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
F - Diego, F4HAU and Gil, F4FET will be going on a "Morbihan Gulf
Island Tour" on 1-8 June. They plan to be active as TM0MIT from
Moines Island (DIFM AT-014, not IOTA), which will be their main
QTH, as well as from other ten non-IOTA islands in that area. QSL
via F5CWU. Details can be found at http://tm0mit.webs.com/ [TNX
F4FET]
FO - Pat, F4EBT will operate as FO/F4EBT from French Polynesia on 1-24
June. He will visit and be active holiday style from the islands
of Tahiti (OC-046), Moorea (OC-046), Raiatea (OC-067), Huaine
(OC-067), Bora-Bora (OC-067) and Maupiti (OC-067). QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
HL - Kei, HL2UVH and another operator will be active from Ch'ung Island
(AS-060) on 26-27 May. Look for HL0V during the WPX CW Contest,
while HL0A will be used outside the CQ event. QSL via HL2UVH. [TNX
DX World]
I - ARI Fidenza will participate in the Museum Ships Weekend (2-3
June) as II1WIL from La Spezia, where the former presidential
yacht USS Williamsburg has been moored for nearly twenty years.
QSL via IQ4FE, direct or bureau. Further information can be found
at qrz.com [TNX IK4VFB]
I - Gianni I7PHH, Davide IK4DCT, Andrea IK4OLQ, Vin IK7IMO, Art
IK7JWY, Piero IK7VJX, Roby IK7XIV, Bartolo IW7ECA and Luigi IZ7PDX
will be active as IJ7A from San Pietro Island (EU-073) on 26-29
July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via IK7XIV. Further information
can be found at http://ij7a.jimdo.com/
JA - Kan, JE1SCF and Yoshi, JG4IQC will be active as JE1SCF/6 and
JG4IQC/6 from the Daito Islands (AS-047) from 29 June to 2 July.
They will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
JT - Alex UA9YAB (JT0YAB) and Alex UA9YPS (JT0YPS) will be active from
the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park from 31 May to 4 June. See
qrz.com for QSLling instructions. [TNX UA9YAB]
KH8 - Yuri, N3QQ and Dick, N7RO plan to be active in their spare time as
KH8/KL7RRC from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa for one week in
late May or early June. When in Pago Pago, they will be meeting
FWS officials and boat owners discussing the possibility of
activating Rose Atoll (OC-190) in December/January. [TNX DX World]
KL - Rick, K6VVA has "suspended for an indefinite period" his 28-30 June
expedition to IOTA group NA-240 [425DXN 1067] for a number of
reasons. "In considering ALL factors now and the costs involved"
he says, "re-activating NA-240 at this time is simply not a
prudent decision" (read the details at www.k6vva.com/iota/na240).
He adds that "with few exceptions, future IOTA activations will
NOT be announced in advance. Notification will be made just before
leaving for the airport, or while in route to the IOTA
destination". You may want to check Twitter (@k6vva).
OZ - Once again the OZ1RDP Scout team (www.oz1rdp.de) will be active
from Romo Island (EU-125) on 25-29 May. They plan to operate SSB on
10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and maybe 160 metres, and BPSK31 on 30 metres.
QSL via DL9BCP, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
SM - Look for 8S0DAY to be active from Rindo Island (EU-084) on 26 May.
QSL via SM0MPV, bureau preferred. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV9 - Look for Alex, SV9/SQ9UM to be active from Crete (EU-015) until
28 May. He operates mainly CW and RTTY on 40-6 metres, and will
take part in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX SQ9UM]
VP5 - Look for VP5/W9RN and VP5/KX4WW to be active on 160-6 metres
from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands from 31 May
to 7 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - The Malabar Amateur Radio & Scouting Society (VU2MLQ) will be
active field day style as 8T1M on 27-30 May. They plan to run two
stations on the HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via VU2MLQ and LoTW.
W - The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club (KK5W) will operate SSB and
CW on 40-10 metres from the radio rooms of USS Cavalla (submarine)
and USS Stewart (destroyer escort) during the Museum Ships Weekend
on 2-3 June. The ships are located at Seawolf Park on Pelican
Island (NA-143). QSL direct to KK5W. [TNX KF2TI]
YB - Kadek, YB9BU and others are expected to be QRV from Wamar Island
(OC-249) on 25-28 May. [TNX JN6RZM]
YV - Alex, UA9YAB and Alex, UA9YPS will be active from two Venezuelan
island groups between 2 and 9 August. Look for them to be signing
YV7/homecall from Margarita (SA-012) and as YV5/homecall from Los
Roques (SA-035). QSL via home calls. [TNX UA9YAB]
CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 May):
Call Category Country QSL
----------------------------------------------------
4L0A SOAB Georgia LoTW
4U1GSC SOAB HP Italy 9A2AA
5X1RO SOSB 15M Uganda F8DFP
6O3A SO Somalia qrz.com
6V7S SOAB Senegal RK4FF
6Y3W SOAB Jamaica RA4LW
9H3PP SOSB Malta HA5PP
A5A M/? Bhutan LoTW
CS2W M/S Portugal HB9CRV
EE8X SOAB Canary Isls W2GR
HK1NA M/M Colombia K6IPM
HK1NA M/M Colombia K6IPM
HL0V Korea HL2UVH
HP1WW SOAB Panama OH0XX
HQ2N SOSB Honduras EA5GL
J48HW SOAB HP Greece HA0HW
KP2M M/S Virgin Isls AI4U
KP2MM SOAB Virgin Isls LoTW
LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A
MJ0CFW SOAB LP Jersey M0CFW
NH2T SOAB HP Guam W2YC
OH0X SO Aland Isls OH2TA
OH10X SO Finland OH2BH
OH8X SO Finland OH2UA
P40H Aruba OK7MT
P49Y SOAB HP Aruba AE6Y
PR5B SOSB 80M Brazil 6K5YPD
PR5W SOSB 80M Brazil PY5FB
PT5T SOAB HP Brazil K3IRV
PW0F SOAB LP F. de Noronha OH2BH
PW5D SOSB Brazil M0OXO
PX2W M/S Brazil PY2YU
PZ5P Surinam UA4LU
SF0530COH Sweden SM0PSO
SJ2W M/S Sweden LotW
ST2AR SOAB Sudan S53R
SV5/N6GQ SOAB QRP Dodecanese N6GQ
SV9/SQ9UM SOAB LP Crete SQ9UM
SW8A Greece LZ1QN
T6MO SOAB LP Afghanistan K9GY
TC2X SO Turkey (AS) OH2BH
TC7C SOAB Turkey RA1QQ
TK4A M/2 Corsica LoTW
TX8CW SOAB LP New Caledonia ZL3CW
V26E SOAB LP Antigua AB2E
V31UB SOAB Belize KU5B
V6A SOAB Micronesia JA7HMZ
VC3T SOAB Canada VE3DZ
VC6Z Canada VE6BF
VK9PN M/? Lord Howe Island VK2PN
XP2I SOAB LP Greenland OZ1BII
YE0X M/2 Indonesia YB0ZZ
ZP9MCE SOSB 10M Paraguay EA5ZD
ZW5B SOAB HP Brazil K3IRV
ZX5J SOSB Brazil AI4U
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, at http://.com/Misc/wpxc2012.html - good contest to you all!
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXPEDITION COSTS ---> The enlightening presentation given by Don, N1DG at
the recent Dayton hamvention is now available for download on the Northern
California DX Foundation's website (www.ncdxf.org) - it's good food for
thought.
GRENADA ---> Harry, AC8G (J37K) is planning a 6 (can be more) night stay in
Grenada for the CQ WW SSB Contest (27-28 October), with considerable
operating the days before the contest with emphasis on non-contest bands
and modes. If interested in joining the team, please contact Harry at
hflasher[@]dayton.net for more details. [TNX AC8G]
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND ---> Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur
Radio Station (NJ2BB), this year's Museum Ships Weekend will be held from
00.00 UTC on 2 June until 23.59 UTC on the 3rd. Information on the event,
including the relevant certificate and the listing of participating ships,
can be found at www.nj2bb.org
QSL 7O6T ---> The OQRS (Online QSL Request System) for 7O6T is now up and
running at www.yemen2012.com/log.php, and can be used for either direct and
bureau cards. Traditional requests can be sent to UA3DX, direct (Nick
Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Vlasikha, Moskovskaya obl. 143010, Russia) or
bureau. The entire log will be uploaded to LoTW by the end of November.
QSL HK0NA ---> The QSL cards have been printed and delivered to the QSL
manager (N2OO). Approximately 35,000 QSOs have been pre-processed so far,
and the first mailings will start going out around 2 June. "LoTW upload is
scheduled for sometime around early September 2012", N2OO says. "This gives
us proper time to purify the log". Bookmark www.sjdxa.org/hk0na.htm for
updates.
RADIO ARCALA & CQWW WPX CW CONTEST ---> Radio Arcala (www.radioarcala.com)
will deploy five stations in this year's event: OH0X from the Aland Islands
(operated by OH2TA), OH10X from Finland (operated by OH6KZP), OH8X from
Finland (operated by OH2UA), PW0F from Fernando de Noronha (operated by
OH2MM/PY2ZEA) and TC2X from Asiatic Turkey (operated by OH2PM). [TNX OH2BN]
+ SILENT KEYS + Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML passed away on 23 May. A former
First Vice President of ARRL, one week ago he was inducted into the CQ
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Other recently reported Silent Keys include
Xavier Paradel (EA3ALV), Masahisa "Maza" Matsubara (JA1BHK), David G.
Gardner (K6LPL), Homer D. Wibel (K9ECE), James M. Mozley (W2BCH), Ronald C.
Williams (W9YZ), Lou Grubb (WA7HZO) and B.A.N. Raju (VU2NR).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/SP2FUD, 3C0E, 3C6A, 3DA0NW,
4K8M, 4L0A, 4L8A, 4W0VB, 5R8RJ, 5X4B, 6O3A, 6Y0A, 7X5QB, 8Q7DV, 9M6/JA1PBV,
9N7MD, A25JR, A35XG, A35YZ, A52JR, A65OO, A71BU, AT2DW (AS-175), B4R/5,
C21HA, C6AKQ, C6ANM, C91NW, CE9VPM, CO6LE, CO6LP, CP4BT, CR6K, CX5BW,
D44AC, DP0GVN, DP0GVN/A, DV1UD, E51BKV, E51EWP, E51M, E74X, EA9AI, ES3AX,
ET3SID, EY7AD, FK/F4BKV, FK/I2GPT, FK8GN, FR/DJ7RJ, FW0NAR (OC-054),
GR100MGY, HB0/DL2SBY, HC2/W7SE, HK1AA, HV5PUL, IS0/DL2SBY, J28AA, J88DR,
KP2/W1EQ, LU1ZI, LY1FW, PJ2T, PJ4X, R0/US0IW (AS-039), R2KW, S01MZ, SU9VB,
SV2ASP/A, SX5P, T2T, T6BP, T6RH, T88ZO, TA0/WA2KBZ, TC3HQ, TI5/KI7Y, TO4M,
TT8ES, TX6T/p, UK8AR, UM20Y, UN7QX, UP2L, V25AA, V26M, V5/DJ2HD, V55V,
V73/KJ6BBP, V85SS, VK0TH, VK8BI/p (OC-185), VK9/ZL1RS, VK9XS, VP2MMM, VP6T,
VP9/W6PH, VR2KF, XR0Y, XV1X, XV2RZ, XW3DT, YN2NW, YS3CW, Z32KI, ZD7FT,
ZD7XF, ZD8XF, ZF2OE, ZK2C, ZL1RS, ZL7J, ZX2S (SA-028).
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