[ETS/PARC List] DX May 15, 2017

Tue May 16 11:22:08 EDT 2017

From: Urb LeJeune <urb at w2dec.com>
> DX
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> VU7 - Lakshadweep Islands -
> VU2PAI has a family situation that prevents him from joining the
> upcoming operation.  This means there will be no CW this time and just
> one operator, W4VKU.  QSL via W4VKU.  OQRS will be available on Club
> Log after the operation.  The card will still need to be designed and
> printed.  W4VKU, Krish, still plans to go ahead with the operation,
> holiday style from Bangaram Island, May 15-19, on SSB and RTTY, 40-10
> meters, maybe some 80 meters for special requests, but Krish does not
> expect the 80M inverted L to do much at the low height of the 12-meter
> tall mast.  The latest report from Krish is that all his luggage
> arrived fine.  The Acom 1000 amplifier, mast and coax were already
> shipped ahead to VU7 by air.   He has had to drop plans to travel to
> other islands to meet officials and says he will be staying at
> Bangaram until Friday.
>
> CT9 - Madeira Islands -
> CT9/R7KW, Serge, and CT9/YL3JM, Oleg, will again be on Madeira, this
> time for the CQ WPX CW Contest, May 25-28.  QSL via K2PF, although
> they prefer you to go through Club Log's OQRS.
>
> TF - Iceland -
> Iceland's 60 meter privileges will remain unchanged until the end of
> the year.  TF3JB reports that the Icelandic Post and Telecom
> Administration made the decision on May 12th to extend the experimental
> license privileges in the 5 MHz band through December 31, 2017.  25
> Icelanders have an experimental license for 60.  They are on 5260-5410
> kHz, 100 watts EIRP, CW, USB, PSK-31 and other digital modes, the
> privileges extending to both N and G licensees.
>
> E5 - South Cook Islands -
> E51GHS will be manned by F4GHS, Alex, on Aitutaki Island, OC-083,
> August 7-16 and from Rarotonga, OC-013, August 16-25.  He plans to be
> on the various HF bands.  QSL to his home call.  From the Ohio-Penn DX
> Bulletin, additional info:  He will have a K3 to home-made 20M
> vertical.
>
> UN Kazakhstan -
> UN7LAN, Alex, invites DXers to get in the "UN DX Contest - 2017."  He
> says it starts May 20 at 0600 UTC, with further details on this site:
> http://undxc.kz/.
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> 8R - Guyana -
> KC0W, Tom, planned to be on the air from Guyana May 10-June 8,
> 8R1/KC0W, but is again disappointed, like his recent trip to
> Equatorial Guinea.  Once in Guyana he was unable to get a license.
>
> FG - Guadeloupe -
> FG/DL2AAZ, Reiner, will be there May 22-June 7, putting his CW and SSB
> signal on the air on 30 through 10 meters.  QSL direct or bureau to
> his home QTH.  Guadeloupe is IOTA NA-102.
>
> PA - The Netherlands -
> Callsign PH00GEVEEN with PD1TV and PA4HM, Tonny and Henri, operating,
> will be from the "Wings and Wheels" special event at the Hoogeveen
> Airfield, May 21-June 6.  QSL direct to PA4HM or go through the bureau
> system.
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> SP - Poland -
> HF79TG will be a special callsign May 11-23 for the 79th anniversary of
> pilot Tadeusz Gora's record-setting glider flight.  He was the first
> to win the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Lilienthal Gliding
> Medal.  QSL to SP5PPK.
>
> SV9 - Crete -
> SV9/WB2GAI/P, Ron, will be on the air July 2-September 29.  He will
> have a KX2 and KX3 to a LNR/PAR end-fed half-wavelength antenna.  He
> asks that USA stations QSL to his published address and others send
> through the bureau system.  He says he accumulates the cards for a
> month and answers them all at the end of each month.  A QSL collector,
> he still prefers paper cards and does not use LoTW.  He also still has
> his logs and QSLs for PJ8 from 1996 and SV9 from 2001, 2005, 2009 and
> 2011.
>
> K - United States -
> KU2US reminds us the 13 Colonies special event will again be July 1-6
> this year, the ninth annual running.  Celebrating the independence of
> the U.S. and honoring active and retired military, a station will be
> on from each of the 13 British colonies that became the first 13 U.S.
> states in the 1700s.  www.13colonies.net<http://www.13colonies.net>
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> QSN
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> 20 Meter Summer Night DX - K4PI in Georgia (USA) notes that usually
> every year starting in May and going through June and maybe into July
> there are some very strong paths to deep Asia on 20 meters in
> approximately the 00-02Z hours.  He notes that often coming through
> are the likes of UA9, UA0, BY and HS.
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> IOTA
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> The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.
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> IOTA   Call         Freq. GMT        IOTA   Call         Freq.  GMT
> ------ ----------   ----- ----       ------ ---------    ----- ----
> AF-014 CT9/DL5AXX   14023 2125       EU-015 SV9IOI       28475 1440
> AS-137 B4/BI4SCC    14023 1725       EU-028 IA5/DK8MY/P  14255 1730
> AS-201 TA0/DL7UCX    3530 2030       OC-098 E51LYC       21040 0000
> EU-004 EA6AM        28500 1740       SA-016 PR8BNP        7012 0145
> EU-014 TK4QL         7127 2245
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> UA0LCZ, Vladimir, has gotten a license to operate from Popov Peter the
> Great Bay, July 25-30, with the callsign R66IOTA.  This is AS-066.  He
> will be in the IOTA Contest, mixed mode, and outside it too.  Look for
> him near 3507, 7007, 10107, 14017, 18077, 21017, 24897 and 28017.  QSL
> to the QRZ.com or QRZ.RU address or through the bureau.
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> W4WFF/P from Tangier Island, Virginia, USA, NA-083, planned for May
> 13th was canceled due to forecast winds of up to 35 knots and high seas
> to get there.  N3JS, Jeff, says they will try again in a few weeks,
> likely June 10th.
>
> The 425 DX News reports eight operators will be using the 9A17B
> callsign from Veli Brijun, IOTA EU-110, a national park, May 19-21.
> QSL through 9A2MF.
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> SK1BL, the Gotlands Radioklubb, on Gotland Island, EU-020, will have
> two special callsigns on the air through the end of 2017.  They are
> 7S1GRK and SK70BL.  This celebrates the 70th anniversary of the club.
> On this website http://sk1bl.hamlogs.net/  there is info on an award
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> for working them.  They will send out a bureau card for every QSO.
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> TC0M will be on Kefken Island, AS-159, May 19-21.  The ops will be
> TA1BX, TA2ABC, TA2AWM and TA2DX.  They will give QSL instructions on
> the air.
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> IOTA frequencies -
> CW  28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530
> SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765
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