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Tue Jan 17 07:10:58 EST 2017

>5T - Mauritania -
>5T0ITU will be a CW only operation on 80-10 starting February 1 during
>the ITU Council Working Group meeting that will be discussing having
>six official languages for the Union's work.
>https://www.qrz.com/db/5T0ITU.  SSB will be used in other upcoming ITU

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>events, but apparently not this one.  5T0JL will be the operator for
>5T0ITU.  QSL via ON8RA.
>
>VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands -
>VP5VJG from Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, operator John Graves,
>NW4JG, is scheduled to start tomorrow, three days of operating,
>January 17-19.  John hopes to hit the airwaves by tomorrow afternoon
>with an Icom 7200 and PW-1, 1,000 watts, to an Alpha Delta "LB Plus"
>antenna, SSB on 20, 17. 15 and 10M and apparently looking for IOTA
>chasers on those popular frequencies.  He does not plan to use LoTW or
>Club Log.  QSL to:
>
>John Graves
>3075 Ohio Street
>Miami, FL  33133
>USA
>
>8P - Barbados -
>One of the big upcoming activity weekends for CW operators is February
>18-19, the ARRL International DX Competition.  8P1W will be on, single
>operator, all band, low power.  QSL via KU9C.  Isn't it nice to see
>the continuing popularity and high activity levels on Morse, even
>though it's not required for a ham license anymore!
>
>8P - Barbados -
>March 4-5 is the ARRL International DX Contest, phone version.  8P1W
>will again be on, with 8P6ET, Tim, operating.  Again, he will be
>single operator all band low power.
>
>8P - Barbados -
>Fast forward to March 25-26, it's the CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB/phone
>version.  8P1W (8P6ET) will spend a third long weekend on the air,
>single op all band low power.
>
>XW - Laos -
>World "globetrotter" K4ZW, Ken Claerbout, notes conditions haven't
>been great but he's been at XW4ZW again.  Conditions picked up the
>last couple days with "some nice runs to Europe.  North America on the
>other hand is a tough haul."  Ken says the station is working well and
>the new Hi-Z array "plays nicely."  He was scheduled to depart today
>just after local sunrise.
>
>PJ2 - Curacao -
>PJ2/PA0VDV, Joeke, will be on Curacao again in February and March.  He
>will be on 80-10, CW only.  QSL to his home QTH.
>
>PJ2 - Curacao -
>PJ2/K8ND, Jeff, will be on Curacao January 13-February 1, operating on
>the HF bands and with a big presence in the CQWW 160M CW Contest from
>the well-known PJ2T station.  QSL via K8ND or use LoTW.  For the PJ2T
>callsign, go through QSL manager W3HNK or LoTW.
>
>T8 - Palau -
>Koror Island, Palau, is where JH0IXE, Ryosei, will be, June 9-18,
>callsign T8CW, from the popular VIP Guest Hotel's ham radio room.
>Ryosei plans to be on 80-6M CW, SSB, RTTY, JT65 and PSK31.  The
>options for a QSL are JA0FOX through the bureau, JH0IXE direct, or use
>LoTW or eQSL.
>
>V4 - St. Kitts and Nevis -
>V4/N8WD and V4/K4ZGB, Bryan and Tom, will operate on the HF bands from
>St. Kitts February 14-20.  Their QTH will be the Calypso Bay Resort,
>the villa that V47JA "calls home" when he is there.  For a card,
>V4/N8WD is direct to N8WD; US stations send SASE; DX 2USD with SAE, or
>use LoTW or eQSL.  But V4/K4ZGB, it's direct to K4ZGB.  N8WD says it's
>a "Buddies in the Caribbean Veterans" operation.  Bryan will have a
>KX3 and KXPA to Buddipole antenna setups.
>
>8Q - Maldives -
>8Q7RB from the Maldives is GM4DLG, Bob, working HF.  QSL to his home
>call.
>
>P4 - Aruba -
>P4/S50N is now on the HF bands.  QSL to his home QTH.
>
>VQ9 - Chagos Islands -
>W3HF, Steve, will be on Diego Garcia with the VQ9HF callsign January
>20-27.  He says variables of military transport could shift those
>days, you never know.  Primarily a work trip, he says operating
>opportunities will be when he finds free time between job
>responsibilities.  He notes the VQ9X club station doesn't exist
>anymore; he will use a portable station, his FT-857 and AD5X vertical,
>planning to be on PSK31, 40-10 meters "depending on propagation."
>He'll be putting his log on LoTW and eQSL, or you may send for a paper
>QSL direct or bureau to W3HF.
>
>3Y - Bouvet Island -
>Expected in early 2018 is the 3Y0Z Bouvet operation.  Last week five
>of the prospective ops, K0IR, N9TK, W8HC, W0GJ and WB9Z, plus at-home
>facilitator NV9L met with DX Engineering's K3LR and 11 members of the
>DX Engineering staff.  They discussed masts and antennas to withstand
>Bouvet's weather.  They are developing prototypes for testing, and
>looking past the Bouvet operation to how the things they come up with
>might help the broader ham community.
>
>V3 - Belize -
>V31JZ/p from South Water Caye, IOTA NA-180, Belize, is February 15-21.
>Operating will be NN7A, Art Phillips.  Send for a card direct to NN7A
>or use the ARRL bureau system.  Art will have 100 watts to wire
>antennas, "mostly CW," 160-10 including the WARC-79 bands.  Art will
>go single op all band low power in the ARRL DX CW and will not upload
>logs to LoTW or other online sites.  Here is the NN7A direct address:
>
>Art Phillips
>P.O. Box 73
>Eckert, CO  81418
>USA
>
>JW - Svalbard -
>JW2US by LA2US is on the air until June.  Erik is on Hopen Island,
>IOTA EU-063.  W9EWZ, Bob, has been chatting with him about getting on
>160.  Erik responds he is putting up a Windom with .33 and .67
>wavelength legs and it has a "nice low SWR," and a feedpoint about 60
>feet off the ground in an inverted V configuration.  He has to use a
>metal mast but is keeping the antenna and coax six feet away from it
>and says, "Hopefully this will do."  His amp runs 700 watts.  The
>wires run north/south.  Erik says he will try to be on the air from
>20Z "and sometimes early in the morning local time," all depending on
>his work obligations.  There have been spots for Erik on 160 in recent
>days.
>
>HR - Honduras -
>KB2OBQ/HR1 will operate from Tegucigalpa for the next few months.  Op
>Jesse says he is pretty limited antenna-wise but has a half wavelength
>end fed wire that works on 40 and 20.  His KX2 rig puts out 10 watts
>on SSB and 3-5 watts on digital modes.
>
>VK9C & VK9X - Cocos (Keeling) & Christmas -
>An expedition concentrating on 6M EME is upcoming to Cocos (Keeling)
>and Christmas Islands, VK9C and VK9X.  W7GJ, Lance, has bought his air
>tickets to Perth, Australia and made reservations for lodging in both
>the VK9 QTHs.  Operating schedules, dates, etc. will be forthcoming
>within the next few months.  Lance notes the many operators that have
>new digital capabilities so he will try to help them by giving out
>digital QSOs on six.
>http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Indian%20Ocean%202017.htm

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>
>HK0/A - San Andres and Providencia -
>The 425 DX News reminds us that 5J0NA from San Andres by LW9EOC will
>be February 13-March 29, and that he will be joined by ops AA4NC,
>AJ9C, HK6F and WJ2O for part of that.  Look for 5J0NA on the air for
>the ARRL DX CW, CQ 160, ARRL DX SSB, Russian DX Contest and CQ WPX SSB
>events.  QSL to LW9EOC, with a log search available on Club Log too.
>
>PY0F - Fernando de Noronha -
>PY2QI/PY0F, Erwin on Fernando de Noronha, will be February 15-21.
>Erwin plans to spend time on 40-10.  QSL direct to PY2QI, the home
>QTH.
>
>V6 - Micronesia -
>V63DX will again be a JA7HMZ, Sho, operation from Pohnpei, Micronesia.
>The dates for this visit are February 17-24.  Sho will switch to the
>V6A callsign during the ARRL DX CW.  Before and after that big event
>he will concentrate on working Europe on 160.  QSL to JA7HMZ, direct
>only.
>
>V6 - Micronesia -
>Another Micronesia operation is when JA6REX and JH6HZH go to the Chuuk
>(aka Truk) Islands, OC-011, March 19-April 3, callsigns V633KS and
>V633ZH.  They plan to be on 160-6 CW, SSB and RTTY.  Look for them on
>or near 1822, 3513, 7013, 10115, 14023, 18079, 21023, 24894 and 28023
>CW; 3750, 7082, 14200, 18130, 21285, 24950 and 28410 SSB; 3525, 7035,
>10142, 18099, 21080, 24920A and 28080 RTTY; and 50105 6M CW and 50105
>6M SSB.  Send your QSL for V633KS to JA6REX direct, bureau or OQRS.
>For V633ZH it's direct or bureau to JH6HZH, or Club Log.
>
>9X - Rwanda -
>The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin reports on the 9X2AW operation coming up
>February 3-March 11.  DF2WO, Harald, will operate from Kigali on HF
>bands, mostly on digital modes PSK31, JT65 and RTTY, and also CW.  QSL
>using M0OXO's OQRS system.
>
>TU - Ivory Coast -
>Another West Africa operation is TU5MH from the Ivory Coast, January
>22-February 2, as DF3FS, DJ7JC, DJ9RR and DL8JJ escape Germany's cold
>winter weather for a week.  They will be on 80-10, CW, SSB and RTTY.
>QSL to DJ5BWD direct, bureau or through Club Log.  They will upload to
>LoTW as well, soon after the operation.  http://www.TU5MH.com.

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