[TVARC] Upcoming DX Ops with an FT-8 Component

[Larry Peterson]

Here are some operations that have FT-8 plans for you digital 
operators.  Of course, cw and ssb work as well.  Go get them.

Larry N2AMW



8P - Willy, KB8YRX will be active as 8P9CA from Barbados (NA-021) from 
15 January to 4 February. He will operate mainly FT8 on 20 metres. QSL 
via LoTW or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

9X - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as 9X2AW from Rwanda between 18 
January and 14 February. He will focus on 160-30 metres (60m included) 
CW and FT8. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. On 23-30 January he will be joined by 
Dave, WJ2O (callsign TBA, but QSL via LoTW or direct to N2ZN). [TNX M0OXO]

CE0Z - Russian Robinson Club's members R7AL, RA1ZZ, RK8A, RL5F, RW9JZ 
and CE1TBN will be active as XR0ZRC from Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan 
Fernandez (SA-005) on 11-27 March. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 
160-10 metres with three stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via 
R7AL. See https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/xr0zrc for more information.

F - Special callsign TM5CQ will be used in several contests between 26 
January and 16 June in memory of Rafik Dandji, F5CQ (SK April 2018). 
Activity on the HF bands will be during the CW (26-27 January) and SSB 
(23-24 February) legs of the "Coupe du REF" (the French HF 
Championship), as well as during the CQ WPX RTTY (9-10 February), the 
ARRL DX CW (16-17 February) and the CQ WPX SSB (30-31 March) contests. 
QSL via F4FRG. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
HI - Tino, HI3CC and a group from the Loma del Toro DX Club (HI3LT) will 
be active as HI1LT from Isla Beata (NA-122) on 20-28 January. They will 
operate CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via W2CCW.


T31 - "Our preparations are on schedule", the T31EU team [425DXN 1433] 
reported on 9 January, and they are "looking optimistically forward to a 
successful DXpedition". Six operators (DL2AWG, DL6JGN, DJ9RR, DM2AUJ, 
DK5WL and PA3EWP) will be active from Kanton Island, Central Kiribati 
(OC-043) from 16 February to 5 March. Activity will be on 160-10 metres 
CW, SSB and digital modes with three stations. "Subject to a reliable 
Internet connection", they say, "we will upload the log to Club Log on a 
daily basis. Otherwise the complete log will be uploaded upon our 
return". QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via DL2AWG (direct or bureau). 
The websiste for the DXpedition is on http://www.kanton2019.de.


VP6 - The operators for the DXpedition to Pitcairn Island [425DXN 1441] 
are AA7A, EY8MM, JR4OZR, K0IR, K0PC, K9CT, N2TU, N4GRN, N6HC, W0GJ, 
W0VTT, W6IZT, W8HC and WB9Z. They will arrive on 17 October, and will 
remain 14 days on the island. This will be an all band, all mode 
operation with transportation to and from the island provided by the RV 
Braveheart. Plans are for eight stations, with mo-noband Yagis for the 
high bands and verticals with good radial systems and directional 
receive antennas for the low bands. Updates and more information can be 
found at https://pitcairndx.com/.

  From DKARS Magazine

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