[ETS/PARC List] DX INFORMATION

[Don WILSON]

DX   http://www.dxsummit.fi

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> VU7 - Lakshadweep Islands -
> Yesterday your editor was so excited to hear about the upcoming
> Bangaram Island trip by W4VKU/VU2VKU, Krish, and VU2PAI, Pai, that he
> forgot to mention the callsign.  They will be signing VU7KP from May
> 15-19.
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> PJ4 & PJ5/PJ6 - Bonaire & St. Eustatius/Saba -
> The following 60 Meter news comes from the Branch Manager / Senior
> Inspector Dutch Caribbean, Agentschap Telecom in Bonaire:  "Recently
> Agentschap Telecom (AT) has updated the frequency plan for
> Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba with the addition of the 60 meter
> band (5 351.5 - 5 366.5 kHz) for amateur radio, this with a secondary
> status. This means that the band may be operated by A, B or C Amateurs
> (full licence). The band has footnote 5.133B which limits the power in
> the Caribbean region of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to 25 Watt
> (e.i.r.p.)."
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> FR - Reunion Island -
> F4HPX, Thomas, is heading to the capital city of Saint-Denis as well
> as the west coast beaches and mountains where he will be QRV as
> FR/F4HPX.  Plans are to be QRV holiday style for a "few hours each
> day" between June 4th and 16th.  Equipment will include a Yaesu FT-
> 891 and Elecraft KX2 along with a small 30 watt amp for the KX2.
> He'll be running either 100 watts from his base location or 5-30
> watts from the beaches and mountains.  If the weather allows Thomas
> may do some SOTA activity.  He'll have multiple antennas and plans
> to be QRV, mostly on 20 Meters, but also 40, 30, 17 and 15 Meters
> operating on SSB, JT65, JT9, PSK31, RTTY, possibly CW (computer
> assisted).  QSL via F4HPX as well LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, HRDlog and
> QRZCQ.
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> 3A - Monaco -
> DF8DX, Bodo, is heading back to operate from Monaco as 3A/DF8DX.  He
> was last there in February of this year, when he "worked more NA than
> ever before".  During his 1998 through 2008 trips he had over 5,000
> QSOs and only 68 from North America.  This past February he worked 88
> NA stations out of a total of 460 stations.  Last time he did have "a
> lot of QRM and [he] didn't really hear well".  For this trip, Bodo
> will operate on April 29th and/or April 30 between 1700 and 2000Z.
> He'll have a KX3 running 15 watts to a monoband dipole with "good
> takeoff to NA".  He'll be on CW only on 17 and/or 20 Meters.  3A/DF8DX
> will be operating from outside and hopes to be able to operate for as
> long as he can, hope not to be "interrupted".  QSLs go via the bureau,
> direct to DF8CB as well as the much preferred OQRS on Club Log.  Logs
> will be done with pen/pencil and paper and then added to Club Log
> after the operation.
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> Silent Key
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> LU2HAM, Mario Wolcoff, has passed away.  He was the President of the
> Radio Club Cordoba (LU4HH).
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> On The WWW
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> Logs and OQRS are now available on Club Log for the recent 5A5A
> operations https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5A5A.  No word yet on
> if this one will count for DXCC.
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