[South Florida DX Association] I.C.P.O. Bulletin (April 02 - 10, 2009)
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Thu Apr 2 20:38:11 EDT 2009
I.C.P.O. Bulletin (April 02 - 10, 2009)
"Islands, Castles & Portable Operations"
Listing is by calendar date (day/month/year)
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02/04/2009: Richard, G3RWL will be active as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021,
WLOTA 0999) from April 2-24th. He will operate holiday style on 160-10
meters using CW and digital modes. Better not to expect him on the bands on
8 April, as it will be his wedding day! QSL via home call, direct or Bureau
(e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to (g3rwl at amsat.org). [425
DX News]
02/04/2009: John/VE8EV, Wally/VE8DW and Gerry/VE8GER will be active from
Ellice Island (NA-192), April 2-5th, using the callsign VX8X. QRV 40, 20,
and 15 meter SSB/CW; 24 hours per day non-stop operation. Expect to see them
on CW, but most of the focus will be on 20 meter SSB on 14.260 MHz. QSL via
the information at QRZ.com under VX8X. [rsgbiota.org]
03/04/2009: Toshiyuki, JP1PZE will be active April 3-7th as K7XF/KH0 from
Saipan (OC-086). He plans to be QRV on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.
QSL via JP1PZE, direct or Bureau. [425 DX News]
03/04/2009: Members of the Aegean DX Group will be operate from Samos
Island (EU-049, GIOTA SAS-006, MIA MG-099, WLOTA 4163), as SX8P (Pythagoras)
between April 3-12th. Activity is to celebrate the 2500th anniversary and
honor the memory of Great Ancient Samian Philosopher and Mathematician
"Pythagoras". For more information, see QRZ.com. Operations will mainly be
on SSB and the Digital modes. On SSB, 14260, 18124, 7090, 3780 kHz (+/- 5
kHz), and if bands are open, check 21260, 24950, 28460, 50150 kHz (+/- 5
kHz). Look for them on BPSK31 and RTTY on 20/40/80 meters, and if the bands
are open 15/10m. There will also be activity on the AO-51 Satellite.
Operators mentioned are: Vassilis/SV8CYV, Alexandros/SV8CYR,
Kostandinos/SV8IIR, Ilias/SV8FMY and George/SV8IJZ. QSL via SV8CYV, direct
by the Bureau. [OPDX Bulletin]
03/04/2009: Wim, XU7TZG (ex-ON6TZ) will activate Koh Russei [aka Bamboo]
(AS-133), Kingdom of Cambodia, from April 3-6th. Koh in Cambodian means
island. QRV all HF bands using on CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL direct only via
ON7PP (SAE+2 US $). [UBA HF News]
04/04/2009: Gianni, I1UWF will be active as 3A/I1UWF from Monaco on April
4th, starting around 1300 UTC. He plans to be QRV on 17 and 12 meters
running 100 watts into a vertical antenna. QSL via home call, direct or
Bureau.. [425 DX News]
04/04/2009: François/F5JNE along with Claude/F5MCC will be active April 4th
as F5JNE/p from the castle of La Tasse (DFCF 77-174), located in the city of
Diant (CP 77940), in the canton [county] of Lorrez le Bocage (DDCF 77-16),
Department Deux-Sèvres/79, Province Poitou-Charentes (DPF 19). As usual
starting around 0600 UTC, 80/40m, CW/SSB. QSL via Bureau and SWL cards
welcome. [F5NQL]
04/04/2009: Wade, KU4OJ will activate Savage Island (Not IOTA, USi GA-038,
Bryan county) inside Fort McAllister State Park, near Savannah, Georgia. QRV
mornings and evenings (or whenever he can get the best propagation!) on or
near 14.260 and 7.225 MHz. QSL direct to home call w/SASE. DX can QSL via
home call either direct or by the Bureau. [USi]
04/04/2009: There will be a series of Lighthouse activations by TCSWAT from
the historical lighthouses around Istanbul / Republic of Turkiye. The dates,
locations and callsigns are as follows: April 4-5th Fenerbahçe Lighthouse
TUR 021 / TC2FLH. Stations contacting four or more of the lighthouses will
recieve "Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award". Details will be later
announced on the website: ta0u.com/ and nbsp;tcswat.tripod.com/ The
lighthouse TCSWAT team will be: Urcun/TA0U, Leonardo/TA1FR, Mert/TA1ST,
evfik/TA1HZ, Erhan/TA2DJ, Bekir/TA2RX, Mehmet/TB1J and Onur/TB2MYE. QSL
direct to TA1HZ (QRZ.com). [Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
04/04/2009: Haru, JA1XGI (W8XGI) will be active April 4-11th from Christmas
Island (OC-002) as JA1XGI/VK9. QRV all bands, focus on low bands, using CW
and digital modes. QSL to JA1XGI, Bureau or direct. [NG3K]
05/04/2009: Tor/DJ4MG (5P4MG) and Ela/DL1TM (OZ7TM) will be active April
5-16th from Vendsyssel-Thy / Nordjylland (EU-171, DIA NJ-001). QRV 160, 80,
40, 20, 17 and 15 meter SSB; also PSK31 on 20/40m. QSL 5P4MG via DJ4MG,
direct or bureau. QSL OZ7TM via DL1TM, direct or Bureau. [rsgbiota.org]
05/04/2009: Grandi Island, Goa, India (AS-177) is one of the new IOTA yet
to activate and is going to be activated from April 5th-7th. The team
consists with Sara/VU3RSB, Frank/DL4KQ, Jose/VU2JOS, Yamini/VU2YAM and
Manju/VU2SMS.The setup would be one CW and one SSB Station with Vertical and
Dipoles. QSL Via W3HNK for South and North America and DL4KQ for Rest of the
world. Further info at: www.mdxc.org/at9rs [PlanetHam.org]
05/04/2009: The Amateur Radio Club UBA-LGE Liege (ON5VL) will activate the
Castle of Wegimont (LG-075) as ON5VL/p on April 5th (0700-1200 UTC), 40
meters only. QSL via the Bureau to ON5VL, or direct to ON5PO. [ON5VL]
05/04/2009: Ben, DL7UCX will be operating holiday-style from the Seychelle
Islands (AF-024) as S79UCX from April 5-17th. QRV 80-10m with 100W, vertical
+ dipoles, mainly CW. QSL via DL7UCX, direct or by the Bureau. [NG3K]
07/04/2009: Oscar/EB1HF and Pablo/EC1DPM have plans for a DXpedition to the
island of Saint Barthelemy (NA-146, WLOTA 377) from April 7-12th. QRV asss
FJ/EB1HF and/or FJ/EC1DPM on 20, 15 and 10 meters using digital modes only
(mainly RTTY). Their equipment will consist of two Icom 706, Dipoles and a 2
element yagi. QSL both calls via EC1AE, direct only (Oscar Gancedo, P.O. Box
921, E-33080 Oviedo, SPAIN). [EC1AE]
07/04/2009: Daniel/DL5YWM and René/DL2JRM will stay in Lima, Peru, from
April 7th until the beginning of May. In their spare time they will operated
as OA4/homecall mainly in CW with focus on the lowband. During this stay
they will made a small detour to Costa Rica to participate in the German
DXpedition to IOTA NA-191 (www.ti7.info/) which takes place April 17-20th.
Any acitivity from peruvian IOTA's will be decided at the last minute.
[DL5YWM]
08/04/2009: Dan, W0CN will be active as KG4CN from Guantanamo Bay (NA-015,
WLOTA 0358, WW Loc. FK29kw) from approximately April 8-21st. Expect activity
on all HF bands/modes. QSL via home call, direct or Bureau. Logs will be
uploaded to LoTW. [rsgbiota.org]
08/04/2009: Fred, ON6QR will be active as LA/ON6QR from Moskenesoy Islnd
(EU-076), Norway, between April 8th and 12th. QRV only CW-QRP mainly 40-20m
during evenings. QSL to home call, direct or Bureau. [F5NQL]
08/04/2009: Between April 8 to 15th, look for Joachim, F6BUL to be active
as TK/HC/qrp, from Querciolo, about 25 km south from Bastia, island of
Corsica (EU-014, DIFM TK-001, MIA MCO-001, WLOTA 1390). Holiday style
operation using QRP, CW/SSB, with ICOM IC-703, 10W into walkabout or HF-5S
Diamond antenna. Frequencies: 7011, 7048, 10109, 14011, 14111, 18078, 18131
and if open 21011, 21211, 24898, 24928, 28011, and 28411 kHz. QSL via F6BUL
when back home, direct or via the French REF-Bureau. [F5NQL]
09/04/2009: Augusto HB9TZA/I2JJR obtained his visitor callsign 9H3JR for
his next stay in Malta (EU-023, WLOTA 1113) from April 9-14th. It will only
be a short stay there, and he will operate holday style having his XYL with
him. Augusto will look for some more detail about lighthouses or what else
may be able to activate from there. He will use IC7k, AH4, and FT817, with
some wire, hardware, and a fishing rod; so he will be able to put up a long
wire or dipole or vertical and operate HF to 6m. QSL via home call. [I2JJR]
09/04/2009: Operators ON4AEO, ON7BK, ON4CJK, ZS6GC, ZS5AYC, ZR6APT, ZS6IMO,
VK4AHT, VK4EMH and others will be active from Mozambique using the callsign
C91FC from April 9-13th. QSL via ON4CJK. Further information can be found
at: www.filipstattooshop.be/Mozambique/index.html [NG3K]
09/04/2009: Anne, OH2YL will be active as OH0/OH2YL from the Aland Islands
(EU-002) from April 9-14th. QRV all HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via home
call, direct (Anne Lähdes, Ullantorppa 11 A 15, Espoo, 02750, Finland) or
Bureau. [NG3K]
09/04/2009: Ben, DO1BEN will be active from Lolland Island (EU-029, DIA
SJ-015) as OZ/homecall from April 9-17th. QRV on all HF bands, using SSB and
somtimes digital modes. Location is 5 meters from the Baltic Sea. QSL via
home call, Bureau or direct. [rsgbiota.org]
09/04/2009: Retu, XU7MDY will be active from Shinanoukville, Cambodia,
between April 9th and 21st. QRV 80-10m using CW, SSB and Digital modes. QSL
via the information at QRZ.com. [NG3K]
10/04/2009: Operators Jorge/OA4BHY, Marco/CE6TBN, Zoli/HA1AG, Daniel/DL5YWM
and Rene/DL2JRM will be active from La Leona Island, Peru, as OA4BHY/6 from
April 10-13th. QRV all HF bands SSB/CW with 2 stations. Special callsign is
possible. QSL via DL2JRM, direct or Bureau. [rsgbiota.org]
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LOOKING AHEAD -
12/04/2009: Once again Zik, VE3ZIK will be active from Bilice (Croatian
coast) as 9A/VE3ZIK from April 12-21st. Also one day activity to IOTA:
Ugljan Island (ACIA 339, CIA-53, IOCA CI-134, MIA MC-441) as well as Pasman
Island (EU-170, ACIA 348, CIA-34, IOCA CI-085, MIA MC-291), only 20 and 40m
band, CW and SSB. QSL via DO7ZZ, Bureau 100%. LoTW and eQSL is also ok. He
really prefers paper QSL cards :) [NG3K]
12/04/2009: Tony/E21IZC and Kamroon/HS7UCQ will activate Lipe Island
(AS-126) as E21IZC/p from April 12-13th. QRV on all HF bands, around the
usual island and IOTA frequencies. QSL via E21IZC (QRZ.com). [rsgbiota.org]
18/04/2009: The Algarve STAR DX Team will activate Doca Olhao (Parsena
Olhao) West Lighthouse (ARLHS POR-129, DFFA Fa-32 for the Algarve Lighthouse
Award) on Amateur Radio Day, April 18th, between 0700 and 1300 UTC. Callsign
will be announced later. All information will be online at: algarvedx.com/
[Algarve S.T.A.R. DX Team]
29/04/2009: The Teresina DX Group is preparing a DXpedition to the Canarias
Islands (IOTA 072, DIB MA-05, DFB MA-11, WW Loc. GI97BF), on the coast of
Piaui, Brazil, from 1600 UTC April 29th to May 3rd. QRV 160 to 10 meters
(SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY), including 6 meters, 144 MHz (SSB and FM). They
also plan the following satellite activity (SSB/FM): AO-7 (A and B), FO-29,
AO-51, VO-52, SO-50 and the ISS in repeater mode if active. Team members
include PS8BBC, PS8DX, PS8ET, PS8FSM, PS8HF, PS8JN, PS8NF, PS8PY, PS8RF and
PS8TV. QSL via PS8DX (QRZ.com). [PS7AB]
30/04/2009: A Belgian group of die-hard amateur radio operators along with
ON4HIL, ON4ATW, ON6CC, ON4IA, ON5TN, ON7YT, ON6ZU, ON4AHF, ON5GS, ON6NL and
ON4BR took up the challenge to land and to be active from Rockall island as
MM0RAI/p (EU-189), in order to make thousands of radio contacts from the
"most wanted" spot for ten thousands of hams. They are planning to start
their activities on April 30th to May 3rd. Operations will be lead from 80
to 10m on CW and SSB only. QSL via the bureau or direct through ON4BR.
Further info at: www.rockall.be/ [UBA HF News]
07/05/2009: Special Event Station celebrates 100 years of the Fleet Air
Arm. On 7th May 1909 the Admiralty began a process that was to lead to the
formation of the Fleet Air Arm. As 2009 is the Centenary Year of Naval
Aviation, there are a number of events and publications throughout the year
to celebrate and commemorate this event.
RNARS will be operational with the SES GB100FAA from the 7 May to the 15 May
09 from HMS Collingwood and from 19 May to 21 May 09 from RNAS Yeovilton.
The RNARS Chairman Mick Puttick says: "This is a chance for us to assist in
publicising this historic occasion. Contacts with the special event stations
and with RNARS members will also count towards the awards issued by the
Society."
Operation will be on SSB and CW on the usual RNARS frequencies, band
conditions permitting, and, +/- QRM: SSB - 3740, 7055, 14294/14335, 18150,
21360, 28940 kHz; CW - 3520, 7020, 10118, 14052, 18087, 21052, 24897, 28052
kHz. It is expected that a 2 metre FM station will also be operational. More
information about the Society and the awards can be found at:
www.rnars.org.uk. [Southgate ARC/Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
23/05/2009: Fellow club members of CRD (Club Radio Durnal) of the UBA will
be aired as OT65ALG from May 23rd to 24th in order to be active from
Airfield of Temploux (Namur). They will be active from 80 to 15m on SSB and
digimodes only. Airfield of Temploux was considered as an Advanced Landing
Ground by USAAF during WWII. Her callsign was ALG Y47 air strip and
nicknamed as "gangway advanced". QSL cards are welcomed via the bureau or
direct with sufficient postage (USD 2,-) or equivalent in Euro. Insufficient
request will be answered via the bureau. Each QSO will be confirmed by a
special QSL card. [UBA HF News]
30/05/2009: Ulf/DL5AXX and Frank/DL8WAA will be active as CS9L from
Santana, Madeira Island (AF-014, DIP MA-001, LH-0053), during the CQWW WPX
CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. They are looking for 1
more operater. Pse email to dl5axx at darc.de . QSL via DJ6QT, direct or
Bureau. [NG3K]
25/06/2009: Alan/G0RCI, Pete/M0USY, Harry/G7DEH and Alan/G4VUA will be
active from Holy Island, Wales, as GW0GRC from 1100 UTC June 25th to 1200
UTC June 29th. QRV all HF bands, around the usual island and IOTA
frequencies. QSL via G0RCI, direct or Bureau. [rsgbiota.org]
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SPECIAL EVENTS -
The ISWL Club Callsigns in use during April 2009 will be:
GX4BJC /A - Operated from Great Sutton, in Cheshire, by Geof - M0BAU.
(WAB Square = SJ37-CHS & IOTA = EU-005).
MN1SWL /A - Operated from Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Frank - GI4NKB.
(WAB Square = J36-BEL & IOTA = EU-115).
The ISWL's WAB Book numbers are: 16316 and 16724.
All QSL Info is on www.iswl.org.uk or www.qrz.com or via www.eQSL.cc
NO LOTW.
ISWL Awards are available to all Hams and SWL's - see www.iswl.org.uk
for full details. eQSL.cc cards ARE accepted for our awards.
[Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
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Here are some Special event news With Thanks to
Terry G4PSH - at the RAFARS NEWS DESK.
100 YEARS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM.
RNARS will be Operational with the SES GB100FAA from the
7 May to the 15 May 09 from HMS Collingwood.
19 May to 21 May 09 from RNAS Yeovilton.
This is to celebrate 100 years of the Fleet Air Arm.
Primary Freq. will be SSB 3.740 7.055 14.294/335 CW 3.520 7.020 14.052
Yeovilton will be one day CW another day SSB and the third mixed mode.
It is also hoped that 2m will be operational from both stations.
RAFARS EVENTS.
1-7 Jun GB60BTF Bridge Too Far Contact Dennis GW4XKE
1-7 Jun GB2ADU Air Supply Units Contact Dennis GW4XKE
1 Jul GB0RAF HMYOI Deerbolt, RAF Memorial Day. Contact Mike G0NRK
GB2RAF Air Defense Radar Museum NEATISHEAD RAFARS PERMANENT S.E.S.
GB2RAF should be QRV every 2nd Saturday of the Month
1000-1500hrs local = UTC +1 Hour Air Defense Radar Museum QSL QRZ.com
AIRFIELDS ON THE AIR (AOTA).
2/3 May GB0AOA RAF Jurby Contact Mike GD0HYM
Aug/Sept GB0AOA RAF Andreas (Authorisation and Dates pending)
If Members put an Airfield on the air please advise Vince G4DQP and
News Desk, so that all will be aware of the AOTA date time and location.
[Pete's-DX-Newsdesk]
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ON65CLM - CANADIAN LIBERATION MARCH
The special event station ON65CLM stands for the "Canadian Liberation March"
and will be aired by UBA club station ONZ from March 1st until December
31st. This march is to remember the liberation of the Town Knokke by the
Canadian armed forces in November 1944. The original march of the liberators
started in Hoofdplaat in the Netherlands, 33 km away from Knokke. Nowadays
thousands of grateful marchers participate every year at this 33 km long
walk in remembrance of those brave men. QSL to the bureau. [UBA HF News]
U.S.A. Special event station information can be found at:
www.arrl.org/contests/spev.html
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LIGHTHOUSE CALENDAR -
02/04-24/04 8P6DR: Barbados Island WLOTA:0999 QSL G3RWL (d/b)
03/04-12/04 SX8P: Nisos Samos WLOTA:4163 QSL SV8CYV (d/b)
04/04-05/04 TC2FLH: Fenerbahce WLOL:TUR-021 QSL TA1HZ (d)
07/04-12/04 FJ/EB1HF: Saint Barthelemy WLOTA:0377 QSL EC1AE (d)
07/04-12/04 FJ/EC1DPM: Saint Barthelemy WLOTA:0377 QSL EC1AE (d)
08/04-21/04 KG4CN: Guantanamo Bay WLOTA:0358 QSL W0CN (d/b)
08/04-15/04 TK/F6BUL/qrp: Corsica Island WLOTA:1390 QSL HC (d/b)
09/04-17/04 3B8/SP2JMB: Mauritius Island WLOTA:0595 QSL HC (d/b)
09/04-17/04 3B8/SP2JMR: Mauritius Island WLOTA:0595 QSL HC (d/b)
09/04-14/04 9H3JR: Malta Island WLOTA:1113 QSL I2JJR (d/b)
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U.S. COUNTY HUNTING - USA-CA
N4AAT - Scottie - 6* - April 2nd to April 8th - SSB and CW
I will be running some counties in VA, WV, MD, PA, NY, and all of NJ. Then
back through some in PA, MD, VA, and NC. I will start early Thursday morning
and try to run counties on 80 and 40 meters, untill someone hears me. Then I
will run 40 and 20 SSB. I will run 80 SSB and 40 CW on request only, time
permitting. I will have with me 20, 40, 80 SSB and 17, 20, 30, 40 CW
resonators with me. If I'm next to a last county that you need, let me know
so I can take a little side trip and get it for you. I must be in NY by Sat.
Time premitting I will try to run Bronx, New York, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk,
Kings, Richmond, but maybe not in that order. I will run all the counties
that my truck takes me to, LOL. MY route looks like Northwest VA, Northeast
WV, Western PA, Western NY, southeast NY, all of Jersey and the middle of VA
south. Send me an E-Mail if you need something special within my route. Good
luck, and hope I can fill some needs. Good for all your stars, N prefix,
Bingo, Master Gold, Master Platium, and good for nothing, LOL. Scottie. Send
email requests to scoosh at pbtcomm.net [County Hunter Web]
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SIX METERS & UP -
01/04-12/04 5Z4EME: Kenya 2m & 70cm EME Grid:KI79MO QSL PA3CEE (d/b)
01/04-11/04 PJ2/PA4JJ: Curacao SA-006 6M Grid:FK52 100W QSL HC (d)
04/04-05/04 QCWA April QSO Party 6m-70cm bands included USB+FM
GOT6??? - Six Meter Information by Andy 'NEON' Sargent N8OFS at:
http://noars.net/got6/GOT6.txt (Updated March 31, 2009)
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QSL INFORMATION -
FF7AG - goes via Lionel, F9UF (Lionel de Faultrier, 61 Rue de la Concorde,
F-92600 Asnieres, FRANCE)
QSLs received Bureau - 1A4A, 3A/DL3OCH, 3XD2Z, 4L1FP, 4L1MA, 6V7E, 9K2CQ,
A25SL, A61TX, E51PDX, ET3JA, FY/F5IRO, J3/DL5AXX, PA3GIO/6W, T77NM, V51LK
and VU4AN/VU3RYJ.
QSLs received Direct - 4O/K1ZZ (via K1ZZ), 4U1UN (via HB9BOU), 5H3RK (via
QRZ.com), 5W0KI (via JF3MYU), 6Y1LZ (via K1LZ), 9L0W (via DK2WV), 9X0W (via
DK2WV), C4N (via W3HNK), C91LW (via UY5LW), CE0Y/N6NO (via N6NO), CM6RCR
(via W3HNK), EA9PY (via Direct), HI3K (via KB2MS), J7N (via K3TEJ), P40ZB
(via K9WZB), S21DX (via EB7DX), SV9/DJ7RJ (via DJ7RJ), TO4X (via KQ1F), V26G
(via N2ED), VU7SJ (via DL7GFB) and ZK2DF (via N1EMC).
QSLs received LoTW - 4M9YY, 4U1UN, 5K0CW, 6Y8XF, 8P9IR, 9A2009OS, AB7RW,
C6ANM, C6APG, EA3NY, GM0GAV, K5UV, K8AZ, KD2JC, KP2M, N5WR, N7TR, N9AU,
P40CG, PJ2T, PY2WC, RK9AWN, SP7GIQ, TM9C, V25WY, V4/G4FAL, V47CD, VA3RAC,
VA7ST, VE6BBP, VE6CNU, VE6WQ, VY2SS and W5KFT.
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SILENT KEYS -
ZL2CD Bill SK
To those who remember Bill Hamer ZL2CD this a sad message to say that Bill
passed away on Sunday 29 March 2009 at Wellington Hospital.
Bill received a QSM for services to radio but will be remembered by untold
thousands of amateur radio ops all over the world for his QSOs.
He was mostly active on CW but his voice was heard on SSB. His great times
were on 6m until NZ television on channel 1 finished that for him.
As QSL Manager for the Wellington Amateur Radio Club I can say that from the
huge number of cards received for him he was a constant operator. Not many
could match his activity.
I will miss Bill and there will be many, many hams all over the world who
will wonder why they do not hear from him any more. [ZL2MM]
Bart Cleo Anderson, K7EDU of St. George, Utah, passed away on Monday, March
23, 2009 at the age of 66.
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BITS & PIECES -
MELLISH REEF UPDATE
Station fully functional (01-04-2009 from AA7JV)
Apr 1 0000 UTC, Mellish Reef. The station is fully functional now, except
for RTTY, which we will get to in a couple of day's time.
We had an interesting opening on 15 m yesterday evening towards Europe:
stations were coming in at S9+ three hours past our sunset. The 20 m opening
to NA this morning was short but intense with a pile-up that sounded like a
waterfall. Could it be that the unusually good conditions on the higher
bands correspond to the poorer conditions on the low bands?
Low Bands: 160 m: Unfortunately, the pennant did not work due to a broken
transformer wire that I only found this morning (thin wire, needed the
light). Noise, however, was lower than the night before and NA was workable,
albeit at a low QSO rate. JA traffic seems to be thinning out; perhaps a
result of us moving the TX FRQ down to 1825.5 to allow for a wider split, or
perhaps with over 500 JA TB QSO-s, we have satisfied some of the demand.
Will be on TB again tonight, hopefully with a (well) working pennant. An
interesting aside on the faulty pennant. The primary of the transformer was
only connected to the lower wire. This has resulted in extremely weak
signals, except for signals from UA9 and UA6, at 90 degrees to the intended
RX direction. Totally unexpectedly, I was able to work stations from that
direction that were totally inaudible on the TX antenna through the S4-5
noise. After the West-Coast traffic faded out (sometimes around 1200 UTC,
quite early!), QSY-ed to 80 m for a second dip at the West-Coast and some
very good pile-ups from Asia and Eastern Russia. Went back to 160 for EU but
stations were weak and the QSO rate low. Many stations were being helpful by
sending actual reports. This is appreciated because our antenna has several
configurations and we are trying to find out which are the best for
particular directions, especially on 80. [K1XN]
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Midway Island 2009
Press Release Number 2 March 31, 2009
We are pleased to announce the anticipated dates for the DXpedition are now
set for 9 through 19 October. These dates have been selected to allow
maximum operation for the eleven days we will on the island and most
importantly provide Midway Island over two weekends. Logistical planning is
under way and equipment is being arranged. Plans for six stations to be
located in two separate locations are proceeding with two antenna fields
feeding these two operating sites. Modes will be CW, SSB and RTTY with at
least one station on 20 meters 24 hours a day to provide that new entity to
those who need it. A link is now provided showing the radio site at the X on
the beach area on the north side of the island where the operating positions
will be located.
The DXpedition web site www.midway2009.com is fully functional. New
additions are a poll to find out what bands and modes are most needed and a
Midway 2009 memorabilia store. Follow the links to tell us your Midway DX
needs and to add to your DX memorabilia collection.
The team is highly experienced and anxious. We invite you to become familiar
with some of the team by visiting http://www.midway2009.com/meettheops.html.
Tom N4XP & Dave WB4JTT
Co Leaders for Midway Island 2009 [K1XN]
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Urcun, TA0U points out that he has uploaded photos of lighthouses activated
by him lately to: www.ta0u.com/galeri2.asp?id=7
He also writes that his next activity will take place on Apr 4/5 using the
special call TC2FLH from Fenerbahce Lighthouse (TUR 021). This activity
counts for the Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award. The rules and more
details about the award can be found online at:
www.ta0u.com/detay.asp?id=4296 [DX Newsletter]
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DXCC Rule Change: At the request of the Program and Services Committee (PSC)
the DX Awards Committee (DXAC) investigated the impact of an amendment to
the DXCC rules. The DXAC and the PSC have unanimously decided to bring into
force the following rule from April 1, 2009, 0000Z: To meet the growing
outrages of direct-QSLs to put to an end only bureau mediated QSL-cards will
be credited for DXCC. Intended side effect is a higher degree of
organization of radio amateurs in the respective national associations
combined with a strengthening of the IARU and the total of Amateur Radio.
[DX Newsletter]
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ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future
From: "John Barber GW4SKA" <ska at bartg.org.uk>
Pat Leeper recently informed me that she would be unable to continue
managing the ANARTS RTTY contest due to failing health. She has made every
effort to find someone else in VK to take over the contest but with no
success.
BARTG have had close links with ANARTS over the years and we felt that we
should help in some way. After discussions between Pat and the BARTG
committee we have decided on a course of action which I hope will meet with
the approval of the RTTY contesting community.
For this year only the contest will be managed by John GW4SKA, the BARTG
contest manager, with help towards expenses from ANARTS. The rules are much
the same as in previous years but logs must come direct to
anarts at bartg.org.uk. You can find the rules at
www.anarts.com.au/rules2009.htm and they will also be available on the BARTG
website shortly. This will save any disappointment for those of us who have
made plans to enter the contest this year.
2009 will be the last running of the ANARTS RTTY contest. From 2010 we will
be moving the BARTG HF RTTY Contest from March to the 2nd weekend in June.
This will give us a bit more time between our Sprint and HF contests and
also avoid the March clash of dates with the very popular Russian DX
contest.
My thanks go to Pat for her cooperation and hard work in running the
previous contests. The ANARTS test has always been one of my favourites and
I know that Pat did not want to let anyone down at short notice.
73 and see you all in June,
John GW4SKA
BARTG Contest Manager
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ARGENTINA -
Hi friends
I have put on the web page of the GACW all useful information ( route,
suggested hôtels and so on ...) about our next meeting which will happen in
the coity of Santo Tome, Santa Fe.
We are also organizing with LU3DAT, LW2DX and LU7DSU, another meeting with
the LU ESCUELAS group, one day before.
We have booked double bedrooms in the Hotel Carlitos; the cost is $ 120
without breakfast.
Thank to send us your intend quickly.
http://gacw.no-ip.org/
Cordiales saludos
Alberto LU1DZ
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BROADCASTING STATIONS TO MOVE FROM 40M BAND
>From 29 March 2009, broadcasting stations will be moving away from the
7100-7200 kHz band as per WRC 2003 decisions to pave the way for extension
of the 40-metre Amateur Radio band. The frequencies between 7100 to 7120 kHz
were used by broadcast stations for decades.
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