425 DX News #1082
I1JQJ
No 1082
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B8 - Slavo, SP2JMB and Dorota, SP2TO will be active as 3B8GY from
Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 5-25 February. They will be QRV on
all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY, and will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via SP2JMB. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
3C0 - Elmo, EA5BYP and Javier, EA5KM have announced plans to be active
from Annobon Island (AF-039) in February-March (dates to be
determined). They will travel to Malabo (Bioko Island, AF-010),
Equatorial Guinea around mid-February and possibily be active from
there as 3C6A. They will purchase "all needed provisions" in
Malabo, and then they will travel to Annobon along with a
"representative from the Ministry". While on the island they will
be signing 3C0E on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL for both
callsigns direct to EA5BYP. The log will be uploaded to LoTW "a
few months after the DXpedition". Bokmark www.gdgdxc.net/3c0e/ for
updates. [TNX EA5BYP]
4U1ITU - The International Amateur Radio Club at ITU HQ in Geneva will
operate with special callsign 4U1WRC until 17 February, during the
World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12). Operations will be
on 160-6 metres all modes. Expect activity during this weekend's
160m contest. QSL via the HB9 bureau or direct to IARC, P.O. Box
6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
6Y - Gerhard, OE3GEA will be active as OE3GEA/6Y5 from Jamaica (NA-097)
on 2-12 February. He will operate holiday style, mainly CW. QSL
via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CE - Marco, CE1TBN will be active as CE1TBN/7 from Las Huichas Island
(SA-064) on 18-20 February. He will operate SSB and some CW on 20,
15 and 10 metres only. QSL via home call. [TNX islandchaser.com]
FJ - JA1MZL and JJ1LIB will be active as TO3J from St Barthelemy
(NA-146) on 1-6 February. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on
80-6 metres. QSL via JA1HGY, direct or bureau (OQRS through Club
Log).
FW - FW0NAR is the callsign to be used by Laci, HA0NAR and his wife
Susanne (the third team member, HA0DU, cannot join them) from
Wallis Island (OC-054) [425DXN 1078]. The expected QRV dates are
28 January-20 February, with a side trip to Futuna Island (OC-118)
originally planned for 5-10 February with the callsign TW0F. QSL
via HA0NAR. Please visit www.fw0nar.blogspot.com for updates.
HS - Eddy, ON4AFU (www.on4afu.net) is currently active as HS0ZJF/8 from
Koh Samui (AS-101). On 5-14 February look for him to be signing
again HS0ZJF/8 from Koh Butang (AS-126), while on 16-25 February
he will operate as XU7AFU from Kampang Song, Cambodia. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau.
KG4 - Expect quite a bit of activity to take place from Guantanamo Bay
bewteen early February and early March as follows:
4-18 Feb KG4KL (op. KN4KL) SSTV, RTTY, SSB, PSK, maybe CW
6-14 Feb KG4DL (op. WB4DNL) mostly CW
6-23 Feb KG4WV (op. W4WV) SSB, PSK, RTTY, maybe CW
18-25 Feb KG4AS (op. N4SIA) SSB, RTTY, PSK and CW
25 Feb-3 Mar KG4OS (op. KD4OS) CW and SSB
25 Feb-10 Mar KG4SS (op. K4MIL) RTTY, CW and SSB
QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Celebrating the Brazilian Amateur Radio League's 78th anniversary,
the Federal LABRE station (PT2AA) will be active using the special
callsign ZY78AA on 1-29 February. Also expect special operations
by LABRE stations in the various States to take place on 1-5
February. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau. Direct cards should be sent to PT2AA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
TR - Sebastien, F4EIH will be in Gabon for at least three years
starting on 1 February. He plans to operate SSB, PSK31 and JT65 on
the HF and VHF (EME and Satellite) bands. [TNX F6AJA and Les
Nouvelles DX]
V3 - Alexandra, DO5ALX (V31RU) and Torsten DG7RO (V31TF) plan to be
active from Belize on 4-26 February. They plan to concentrate on
30, 17 and 12 metres RTTY and SSB, and to take part in the CQ WW
WPX RTTY Contest as a Multi-Two entry. QSL via home calls.
V6 - William, V63YWR, is a new operator resident on Federai Island,
Ulithi Atoll (OC-078), Micronesia. "He uses amateur radio mainly
for family phone patches with AH7G in Hawaii", 9M6DXX says, "but
will happily exchange reports in a relaxed fashion (not pile-up
style) with callers after the phone patch business is over. There
are apparently no telephone lines on the island and the local
inhabitants cannot afford to use satellite phones". At present
V63YWR runs 100 watts into a long wire, "but the KH6s are shipping
out a Hexbeam for him to improve his signal". AH7G will be getting
QSL cards printed for V63YWR later.
CQ WW 160-METER DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Objective of the contest is for
amateurs around the world to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and
countries as possible on 160 metres CW (cq160.com/rules.htm). The following
stations have announced their participation in this year's event (from 22.00
UTC on 27 January through 22.00 UTC on the 29th):
Call DXCC QSL via
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3V8SS Tunisia LX1NO
4L5O Georgia N3SL
9A7T Croatia 9A2EU
C6ANM Bahamas WA2IYO
CR2W Azores HB9CRV
D2QV Angola UT0EA
ED1R Spain EA4RCH
EF8X Canary Isls EA8AY
GB4SEN England G4AMT
GJ2A Jersey K2WR
HK0NA Malpelo N2OO
HK3W Colombia HK3W
LS1D Argentina LW9EOC
LX7I Luxemburg LX2A
NH0J Mariana Isls JQ2GYU
PI4W Netherlands PA8F
PJ2T Curacao W3HNK
RA0FF AS Russia RA0FF
T32XX East Kiribati KB8TXZ
UU7J Ukraine UU0JM
V31JZ/p Belize NN7A
V31YN Belize DJ4KW
VK3EGN Australia VK3EGN
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2012.html
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CLIPPERTON 2012 CANCELLED ---> The 10-15 March TX5Q operation from
Clipperton Island [425DXN 1072) has been cancelled, "due to unforseen
problems with logistics and costs. We will plan to carry out a major
DXpedition to Clipperton in early 2013. If you are interested in the
project, please contact KK6EK at cordell.org".
DX UNIVERSITY ---> The first session of DX University (DXU), twin to the
very successful Contest University (CTU), will be held on 20 April at the
Holiday Inn in Visalia, California. Among the lecturers are AA7A, G3SXW,
K4UEE, K9LA, N7NG, W3UR, W6OAT, W9KNI and XE1KK. Learn the secrets of
operating techniques for working DX, optimizing stations & antennas for
DXing, about propagation, information sources, awards, and ethics, remote
operating, QSLing and much more. You will also get the DXpeditioner's view
of how DXers should operate to get into the log. Over half of the limited
student places have already been reserved since Registrations opened only
three weeks ago. Complete information can be found at www.dxuniversity.com
[TNX G3SXW]
LOTW & CQ AWARDS ---> The ARRL and CQ Communications,Inc. have signed an
agreement to begin providing support for CQ-sponsored operating awards by
the ARRL's Logbook of the World electronic confirmation system. CQ's awards
will be the first non-ARRL awards supported by LoTW and will be phased in,
beginning with the CQ WPX award. Additional CQ awards will follow. The
target date for beginning LoTW support for WPX is 1 April 2012. Amateurs
will be able to use LoTW logs to generate lists of confirmed contacts to be
submitted for WPX credit. Standard LoTW credit fees and CQ award fees will
apply.
QSL 3B8FA ---> Patrice "Pat" Momple, 3B8FA has been inactive for a long
time and is now QRV again. He has chosen Buzz, NI5DX, as his QSL manager.
He will be able to confirm only contacts made with 3B8FA from 23 January
2012 onward. Buzz will be designing a card and having it printed; it will
take about 5 weeks for him to receive the cards from the printer. [TNX The
Golist]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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4J9M DL7EDH DQ0STRATEX DK4REX PJ4M DJ7JC
4L0CR DL8KAC EI80IRTS EI4GXB PJ7TM K2GSJ
5H3CMG ZR6CMG EK6TA DJ0MCZ PX7C PY7CRA
5N7M OM3CGN EK85DX EK7DX S01MZ EA1BT
5R8AL G3SWH EK85GB EK7DX SI9AM SM3CVM
5R8FL G3SWH EK85GM EK7DX SN2012WW SP9KRT
5R8UI IZ8CCW EK85H EK7DX SN4DWZR SP4KSY
6W7SK F6BLP EK85KE EK7DX ST2AR S53R
7Z1SJ EA7FTR EK85RL EK7DX SV0XCA/5 LZ1WL
9A201A 9A1A EK85TA EK7DX SV0XCC/9 LZ1YE
9A205K 9A5K EW6DX EB7DX SX1912K SZ2RCP
9K2/SP4R SP7DQR EY8MM K1BV T32AU VO1MX
9K2GS EA5KB FK8DD LZ1JZ T32CO KB8TXZ
9K2UU EA5ZD FO4BM F4FJH T32LJ K8ESQ
9K2YM EA5KB GB0PLB MW0RHD T32TR KB8TXZ
9N1AA N4AA GB1FBS M0EDU T32TX KB8TXZ
A31GQ DK7AO GB1LBC G4USW T32WW KB8TXZ
A31IO DK7AO GB2LBC MX0WRC T6BP 9A6AA
A31YL DK7AO GB2RNLI G4YHP T6JM CT1FKN
A52SV JA2PSV GB4OL GM0IFM T6KK KE7KUS
A61AD N1DG GB5LBC G4USW TN2T M0URX
A61AM NI5DX GB5SLB M6KAH TR8CA F6CBC
A61K EA7FTR HG7SNOW HA7PL TT8FC EA3GWK
A61LL EA5ZD HK0NA N2OO TX6T G3TXF
A61Q EA7FTR HL0A HL2UVH UN9PQ IK2QPR
A61QQ IZ8CLM II3CV IK3HHX VP6T G3TXF
A61R EA7FTR JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY VP8DNT JH1AJT
AH0J JA1NVF JT5DX JT1CO VP9HE W2AF
AX0TH JE1LET KG4AJ NI5DX VQ9JC ND9M
C5YK ON3TZ KG4JR KJ4TLB WP3A NP3O
C6AKM N5KM KH2L W3HNK WY2X/KH0 JF1CDX
C6AKQ N4BP KH7Y EA5GL XU7AEN JA3BZO
C6ANM WA2IYO KP4LH KP4UNO XU7ARJ JA3ARJ
CE1/K7CA NW7O KT3Q/6 DF8DX XU7AVO JA3AVO
CM8CAD EA7TV LZ133SOF LZ1KZX XU7CJA JA1CJA
CN2OS PD0JOS N2Y K1NIU XU7UJR JA3UJR
CN8CZM EA7FTR NA1AA/KH2 JL3LSF YS3CW I2JIN
CN8QN EA7FTR NH0Z JJ2VLY Z21BB W3HNK
CN8ZG EA7FTR NP3X NP3O ZF2JS N4BFR
CO8WZ EA7TV OX3OA OZ1FAO ZF2KO N4EWT
CT8/CT3FN HB9CRV P29FR I2RFJ ZF2TE W7TAE
DP0GVN DL5EBE PI9SRS PD9RAY ZL3FRI JA3FRI
9A6AA Emir Mahmutovic, Slovenska 15, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
DL7EDH Alexander Spielmann, P.O. BOX 400005, 12631 Berlin, Germany
EA1BT Fernando Rebolo, P.O. Box 4, 33600 Mieres (Asturias), Spain
EK7DX Karen Karapetyan, Abovyan 26A apt 5, 0001 Yerevan, Armenia
F9IE Bernard Chereau, B.P. 211, 85330 Noirmoutier en l'Ile, France
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, KT13 0BS,
United Kingdom
HZ1HN Hani Ahmad Alzahrani, P.O Box 10214, Khamis Mushait 61961, Saudi
Arabia
JA8CJY Susumu Sanada, 5-17 Shinei 5-Jo 4-Chome, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo-shi,
Hokkaido, 004-0835, Japan
M0URX Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087-0345, USA
ON3TZ Eddy Generet, P.O. Box 86, 4800 Verviers, Belgium
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