[ETS/PARC List] DX April 17, 2017

[Don WILSON]

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> TG - Guatemala -
> TG7/KC0W is set to start today and go to May 8.  Tom says it's an
> ultra lightweight DXpedition with a Yaesu 857D to a telescoping
> portable antenna "directly over salt water."  He will set it up as an
> inverted L to operate on 40 and 30.  On higher bands up to six meters
> it is apparently a regular vertical.  He will have 100 watts, CW only.
> Tom says he's traveling very light with the entire setup weighing just
> nine kilograms.  In Europe on CW, Guatemala is currently the #45 most
> needed entity.  He requests DXers not make duplicate contacts on the
> same band.  QSL direct to KC0W, USA with SASE, DX with 2 USD, no LoTW.
>
> 8R - Guyana -
> This is KC0W's next stop, May 10-June 8, callsign 8R1/KC0W.  With the
> same station setup as Guatemala, he will put a "strong emphasis" on
> working Japan, where Guyana is the #10 most needed entity on CW.
>
> GU - Guernsey -
> GU/ON6EF and GU/ON4AFW (see editor's note below) will be on the air
> May 23-27 with apparent side trips to Sark Island on May 25 and maybe
> Herm Island May 26.  When not on Guernsey they may change their calls
> to MU/ON6EF and MU/ON4AFW.  They will have 100 watts to verticals and
> Buddipoles.  (Editor's Note:  Visiting Amateur Radio operators
> operating from the United Kingdom, as well as the Isle of Man, Jersey
> and Guernsey should be using the M, MD, MI, MJ, MM, MU and MW prefixes
> slash home calls, not G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU or GW prefix.)
>
> LX - Luxembourg -
> LX/OO9O will be April 24-27 from "Reisdorf on the bank of the River
> Sauer, near the Luxembourg-Germany border.  This is a different QTH
> than his previous operations, 18 km northwest of Echternach and 10 km
> east of Dierkirch, at the "Camping de la Riviere" site,
> http://www.campingreisdorf.com/.  His station is an FT450D to 1/4
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> wavelength vertical and SG230 tuner.  QSL using eQSL or OQRS.  No
> LoTW.  He asks that if you request a QSL online, he would like getting
> a paper one from you as well, saying "I prefer old school QSLing...I
> like to see a QSL card, even if it is only a standard one (even
> digital)."  "So only QSL via bureau (or direct), eQSL or an email."
> http://www.on7ss.be/lx_oo9o.html
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Next operation will take place from may 26 untill may 30, 2016. Participation in the WPX CW Contest. During the remaining days focussed on 30 meters



>
> 8Q - Maldives -
> UA1QV, Mike, plans to be on the air April 20-25, holiday style,
> callsign 8Q7QV.  He will be on 40 meters and high bands, CW and SSB.
> He will be on Fihalhohi Island, AS-013.  This will be his second trip
> to the Maldives, his previous trip being in 2012, "on the island
> paradise," he says.  He is taking a friend who is recovering from a
> car accident and that is the main purpose of the trip, rest and
> recuperation.  He has an FT-450D, 100 watts, to an inverted V for 40
> and 30, verticals for the bands above that, up through 10 meters.  He
> will be on CW and SSB with daily Club Log uploads.  He will upload to
> LoTW as soon as possible after the operation. www.qrz.com/db/8Q7QV<http://www.qrz.com/db/8Q7QV>.
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> The license is valid for three months. A representative of the
> government telecom will meet his flight with the paper license to give
> him.
>
> V8 - Brunei -
> V84SWA is a special callsign for Amateur Radio Day and part of the 92nd
> World Amateur Radio Day.  V84SWA will be on the air for a week, April
> 18-24, working SSB, CW and digital modes.
>
> SV9 - Crete -
> SV9/OH1VR will be QRV April 27-May 3, mainly CW, 80-10 meters.  He
> will have an Elecraft KX3 to a Juma PA1000 amp and EFHW 80-10 meter
> wire.  QSL direct only, to OH1VR's published address.
>
> E4 - Palestine -
> In Bethlehem, E44WE by SP9FIH will be May 16-30.  Janusz will have an
> ICOM 7200, 100 watts, to wires, operating on 17, 10, 6 and maybe 20,
> SSB and RTTY.  QSL via SP9FIH or use OQRS.  No LoTW.
> http://www.e4.dxpeditions.org/
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>
> HK0 - San Andres & Providencia -
> HK0/OZ1AA will be active April 20-23.  QSL via OZ1ACB or OQRS.
>
> 3B8 - Mauritius -
> Last week there were reports that 3B8GF, Patrick, was QRV from
> Rodrigues Island as 3B9GF.  He was not.  In an email he has told us he
> was active as 3B9GF in 2005 and 2008 (and not since) but is actually
> in Mauritius presently, not on Rodrigues.
>
> VP2E - Anguilla -
> VP2EHC and VP2ESM by OH3JR, Henri, and OH1VR, Seppo, will be November
> 21-December 2, including the CQWW CW event using the VP2ESM callsign,
> Seppo operating.  They will be on 160-10 CW, SSB and RTTY during the
> visit.  QSL direct only.  See the QRZ.com info.
>
> T8 - Palau -
> T88MZ by JH0CKF/DU1CKF/AF1Y, Akira, will operate from the VIP Guest
> Hotel on Koror, May 12-19.  The gear will be an IC-7300 and TL-933 to
> a 3-element Yagi covering 14, 18, 21, 24 and 28 MHz and an inverted V
> for the lower bands.  Akira plans to be "mainly on SSB."  For a QSL
> it's bureau or direct via JH0CKF or use OQRS, LoTW or eQSL.  It's a
> holiday style operation with his XYL, T8KA/JJ0RIK and T8VE/JA8VE.
>
> J8 - Saint Vincent -
> J8/AK4T, Igor, is currently active.  No other details at the moment.
>
> EA6 - Balearic Islands -
> EA6VQ, Gabriel, is now active on the 60 meter band.  He has 15 watts
> to a dipole.  That is the maximum allowed power on the new band.
>
> EW - Belarus -
> The 425 DX News reports that EV1450 will be on from Rechytsa city,
> April 24-June 22.  This one will be for the 145th anniversary of the
> Water Rescue Society there.  QSL bureau or direct using the QRZ.com
> address.
>
> HB9 - Switzerland -
> HB600NVF is on the air until the end of the year.  It marks the 600
> years since Niklaus von Flue was born.  He is the "patron saint" of
> Switzerland.  LoTW for your confirmation is preferred.  For a paper
> QSL send to HB9JOE. https://www.qrz.com/db/hb600nvf has info on an
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> award program.
>
> I - Italy -
> IQ1TO from the ARI Torino club will be from what is left of the
> submarine Andrea Provana, April 22-23.  Launched in 1918 and
> decommissioned in 1928, the boat's conning tower has been on the bank
> of the Po River in Torino since decommissioning.  Through the bureau
> for a card is the organizers' preference.
>
> OE - Austria -
> OE17ATOM will be on the air from the Zwentendorf power plant, said to
> be "the world's only nuclear power plant to be completed but never put
> into operation."  This operation will be April 21-22.  QSL through the
> bureau.
>
> SM - Sweden -
> SC90SM is a special call to the end of the year for the 90th
> anniversary of longwave broadcasting from the station on Motala.  It
> went on the air in 1927 and shut down in 1962 and was one of the most
> powerful broadcast stations in Europe.  QSL bureau or direct to
> SM5ELV.
>
> TG - Guatemala -
> TG9BBV and TG9/VE7VZ will be on the air April 21-May 15.  A few days
> on the air from Honduras, HR5, is also a possibility.  QSL any of
> these via VE7BV, bureau or direct, LoTW or eQSL.
>
> UA - Russia -
> Special calls R1961GP and R1961AG are on the air until April 30 to
> remember the April 12, 1961 first manned space flight, by cosmonaut
> Yuri Gagarin.  QSL R1961AG via RA4DR and R1961GP via OQRS.
>
> V4 - St. Kitts -
> V4/W1CDC, Alex, will be holiday style April 24-May 7, mainly CW.  QSL
> direct only, to his home QTH.  This is IOTA NA-104.
>
> H4 - Solomon Islands -
> H44MS, Bernard, is in a new QTH, probably on OC-047, Malaita Island,
> where he will be until May 10.  The QTH is less noisy than the last
> one and near the shore.  He does not have Internet.  It is suggested
> that European stations who need the Solomons should call him, he says,
> near 3755 kHz between 1850-1930Z.  Bernard says "I am confident I can
> hear them then and come back."  QSL bureau or direct to DL2GAC.
>
> 8Q
> Maldives - On April 10th UA4WHX, Vladimir, finished up his 4S7VBG
> operations from Sri Lanka and is now QRV as 8Q7VB from Fulidhoo Island
> (grid locator MJ63QQ), Vaavu Atoll.  Listen for him on CW, SSB and RTY
> on 160-10 Meters.  As usual we have no details from Vlad on the ending
> date from this QTH, but most likely it will be a week of operating, we
> think.  QSL via UA4WHX.