[RVRC] FW: DX May 15, 2017

[John L. Manna]

> 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:

 


> 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.
>
> 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.   <http://www.13colonies.net> www.13colonies.net