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2M, SCOTLAND (Satellite Op). Paul, 2E1EUB, will once again be active as 2M1EUB from March 20th for 7 days. He will be active on all the satellites from northeast Scotland in the Cairngorms National Park. Also, look for him on 160 and 80 meters. Checkout QRZ.com under 2M1EUB for more info.

5H, TANZANIA (Update). Igor, UA3DJY, who was operating as 5I3A in Dar Es Salaam from the DIT Communications Club station, has finally received his own callsign and is now active as 5H3ACR. He will be there until March 1st. He will try to be active on all bands. This past week Igor was on 12/10 meters CW and 15 meters SSB. QSL via RK3AOL.

5K, COLOMBIA. A DXpedition is being planned to operate from the Laguna Grande de la Sierra, from where you get the legendary rock formation called Devil's Pulpit, the peak Sugarloaf Peak and Concave. Callsign will be 5K7SNC. This will be only a two day operation. Announced dates and hours of operation frequency are:

               April 1st - 7140 kHz between 1700-2400z

               April 2nd - 7140 kHz between 0000-1700z QSL via HK3OCH. For more details and possible updates, visit QRZ.com under 5K7SNC.

5R, MADAGASCAR (IOTA Op). Michele, IK5ZUI, will be active as 5R8UI from Nosy Be (AF-057) starting early March. He will stay there possibly for one year. More details are forthcoming.

5W, SAMOA (Update/ZK3 Cancelled). Operators Bill/N7OU and Bob/W7YAQ, who are currently active as 5W0OU and 5W0YA, respectively, from Apia, were expected to leave February 18th and set sail for Tokelau (ZK3). However, Bill informs OPDX that the boat trip to Tokelau has been cancelled because of bad weather (a developing tropical depression between Apia and Tokelau, 500 miles to the north). They will wait in Samoa and continue to operate as 5W0OU and 5W0YA. Look for them to be active in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) using the callsign 5W0OU.

7P, LESOTHO. Pista, HA5AO, will once again be active as 7P8AO from the Trading Post Lodge, Roma near Maseru, between March 8-22nd. Activity will be on the HF bands, 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He will be using an ICOM 7000 transceiver w/300 watt amp into a 10.2m wire vertical antenna with a SG-235 automatic antenna coupler. QSL via LoTW, or via HA5AO by the Bureau or direct. An online log search will be available

on Pista’s Web site at:            http://ha5ao.novolab.hu

8Q, MALDIVES. Alex, UX4UL, will be active as 8Q7IA from the Maldives

(AS-013) between now and May 18th. Activity will be mostly CW and PSK.

Currently Alex has antennas installed for 40/20/17 meters. QSL via UY5ZZ.

9M4, WEST MALAYSIA. Members of the Malaysia Amateur Radio Transmitters'

Society (MARTS) will activate the "Southern Most Tip of the Asia Mainland"

between February 26-28th. QTH will be Tanjung Piai, and their callsign will be 9M4STE. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10/6 meters using CW and SSB. For more details and updates, visit their Web page at:

                 http://dxpeditionmalaysia.blogspot.com/

9U, BURUNDI. A German team of operators will be active from Safari Gate Hotel in Bujumbara between February 22nd and March 6th. Operators mentioned are as follows with their callsign:

      Helmut/DL3KBQ as 9UXEV (Yes, this callsign is correct!)

      Henry/DL2RSI  as 9U1RSI

      Peter/DH2KI   as 9U1KI

      Jurgen/DJ2VO  as  9U1VO

They plan to have 4 stations with 100 watts using vertical or wire antennas. Operations will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns, by the Bureau or direct.

AAW ANNOUNCEMENT. Gianni, I1HYW, reports that I0METEO will be operating during the 7th Antarctic Activity Week (February 22-28th) from the Italian Air Force Base "Mario De Bernardi" located at Pratica di Mare near Rome.

He states, "This is the greatest Italian military airport and the second Base in Europe for largeness. It is a Center of several IAF units, amongst which we cite the most important ones: Experimental Flight Unit (with 311th Flight Group), 14th Flock (with 8th  and 71st Flight Groups) and 15th CSAR Flock (combat SAR). On the same IAF Base stands the National Center of METEOROLOGY and AERONAUTICAL CLIMATOLOGY (CNMCA). The weather station of Pratica di Mare is the main reference unit for the IAF Meteorological service and for World-wide Meteorological Organization; and is therefore, the site from where Meteorologists are studying and acquiring practice to leave for Antarctica during the Italian Research expeditions at MZS Station. Thanks to the General Staff of the IAF Gen. BA Daniele Tei, to Col. Costante De Simone Commander of CNMCA and the Official Commanders of Pratica di Mare AFB who granted permission and support. A group of referenced Italian Hams representing WAP-Worldwide Antarctic Program (www.waponline.it), will operate from inside the Base during the 7th AAW using a special callsign II0METEO (WAP-190) just issued by the Ministry of Communications. Operators will be: Carlo/IK2IWU, Gianni/I1HYW, Marcello/ IW2MNO, Lorenzo/IK1MDF, Gian-Luigi/IZ8EWB and Maurizio/IK5DEZ. QSL via IK2IWU."

AAW ANNOUNCEMENT. Scotty, WK3N, will operate in this year's Antarctic Activity Week as WK3N/AAW (WAP# 192) from February 22-28th. Just a reminder that the A.A.W. information is available at:

             http://www.waponline.it/Default.aspx?tabid=113

A WAP A.S.E.A. award is  available for working 5 Antarctic Activity Week special event stations. Information is available at:

               http://www.dreamingsea.it/diplomaasea.asp

CO6, CUBA. Operators Luis/CO6LP, Orelvis/CO6LC, Yordany/CM6YAC, Carlos/ CO6CAC, Jose/CO6EC and CO6YWR will be active as T46A during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via CO6LC.

CO6, CUBA. Luis, CO6LP, will be active in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February

20-21st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via CO6LP direct.

CO8, CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, will be in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February

20-21st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via EA7ADH.

Also, look for Juan Carlos, CO8TW, to be active in the contest as a Single-OP/Single-Band (15m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via HB9SVT. His log will

be on-line at:                 http://www.qsl.net/co8tw

CY0, SABLE ISLAND. The scheduled 2009 operation that was placed on HOLD due to a family illness is now proceeding with the planning for a DXpedition in the September/October 2010 time frame. Operators mentioned

include: Murray/WA4DAN, Ron/AA4VK, Randy/N0TG and Rick/AI5P. Team members will sign homecall/CY0. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including the 30/17/12m bands, using CW, SSB, RTTY and the FM Satellite (tentative).

The Web site will be updated as more details are available at:

                             http://www.CY0dxpedition.com

E2, THAILAND. Operators Dej/E21YDP and Champ/E21EIC will be active during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via E21YDP.

IOTA NEWS....................

   EU-040.  Twelve members of the Portuguese's Algarve Star DX Team will

            be active as CQ7OA from Berlenga Island between June 10–13th.

            QSL via CT1FMX.

   SA-077.  A group of Brazilian scout amateurs will activate Santana Island

            (ARLHS BRA-062, DFB RJ-04, DIB RJ-06 and WLOTA-0714) between

            February 25th and March 1st, and during the "2010 South American

            Lighthouses Weekend". Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW

            and SSB. Their frequencies will be near the usual DX/IOTA fre-

            quencies as follows:

              CW  : 3525, 7020, 10110, 14020, 18070, 21020, 24890 and 28020

              SSB : 3795, 7070, 14,260, 18140, 21270, 24960 and 28480 kHz

            Operators mentioned are: Orlando/PT2OP, Vieira/PY1LVF and Lima/

            PY1NEZ. Look for them to sign PV1S and homecall/p. QSL PV1S and

            PT2OP/p via PT2OP. QSL PY1LVF/p and PY1NEZ/p via PY1NEZ. Send

            QSLs either direct or by the Bureau.

KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For February 22-28th)....

  Feb  22    AN         SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS

  Feb  23    AN         --------------------

  Feb  24    AN          BN - Below Normal

  Feb  25    AN          AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET

  Feb  26    AN          LN - Low Normal

  Feb  27    AN          HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED

  Feb  28    AN          DIS  - Disturbed

                         VDIS - Very Disturbed

    GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE

    ---------------------

    QUIET - The "A" index is expected to be between

            0-7 and the "K" index will be 2 or less

    UNSETTLED - The "A" index is expected to be between

            7-16 and "K" index will be 3 or less

  *  PLEASE NOTE (From KH6BZF): THE NEXT 27.5-DAY SOLAR CYCLE IS FORECASTED

     FOR 1-6th MARCH, 2010, WITH SFI (SOLAR FLUX INDEX'S) BETWEEN THE HIGH

     80'S TO LOW 90'S....

LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Willfried/DF4PD, Chris/DL7CS, Mike/DF3VM and Philippe/LX2A will be active as LX7I during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LX2A. Also, operators Frank/DL4VCG and Philippe/LX2A will be active as LX7I during the CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest (February 26-28th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via

LX2A. Visit the following Web page at:    http://www.lx2a.com

LZ123, BULGARIA (Special Event). Members of the Balkan Contest Club

(LZ1KZA) will operate with special event callsign LZ132GO between March 1-31st. Activity is to commemorate 132nd anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman yoke by Russia. QSL via LZ1ZF. Special event station LZ132GO also counts for 10 points towards "St. Teodosii Tyrnovski

Award":              http://www.balkanclub.org/awards.htm

MM0, SCOTLAND (WFF Activity). Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS will activate MM0DGR/p from the Blawhorn Moss National Nature Reserve (GMFF-009) on Saturday, 20th February, 2010. The portable station will be located at the Langside Wood (southwest corner of the reserve, near small town Blackridge); grid locator IO85CV, WAB NS86, EU Area SC32 (West Lothian), IOTA EU-005. For more info please have a look at:

            http://www.srars.org/wff-reports/gmff-009.htm

   Their equipment: Icom IC-706MKIIG with HLA-300 Plus (300W) HF Power Amplifier. Antenna: 40m long multiband doublet fed with 450-ohm feeder line, and mounted as an inverted "V" on a 15m high escalated fiberglass pole. CG-5000 automatic antenna coupler will be mounted at the bottom of the pole.

   Participants of the ARRL International DX CW Contest will occupy all CW and PSK frequencies on Saturday, 20th February, 2010. Therefore, MM0DGR/p will adhere to the following frequencies ± QRM: 20m (SSB 14.244 MHz); 30m (BPSK63 10.142 MHz, CW 10.124 MHz); 40m (SSB 7.144 MHz). QSL cards via MM0DFV (preferably RSGB QSL-bureau).

   Blawhorn Moss National Nature Reserve (NNR) is the largest and least disturbed lowland raised mire or bog in the Lothians. It is situated in the hills northwest of Blackridge, west of Armadale. Peatland was once common in Central Scotland but very little remains today with most bogs being cut for peat, drained for farming or planted for forestry. This makes remaining areas such as Blawhorn Moss very important. This expedition is organized under the WFF award program. If you still don't know about the WFF (World Flora and Fauna) award program, please have a look at the

Web page:                       htt://www.wff44.com

NP4, PUERTO RICO (NA-099). Alfredo, WP3C, will be active as NP4DX in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m) entry. His activity will also count for the WLOTA as LH-2802. QSL via W3HNK, direct preferred, but Bureau is OK. Visit his web page at:

                         http://www.wp3c.qth.com/np4dx.htm

ON30, BELGIUM (Special Event/Contest). Egbert, ON4CAS, Secretary of the Belgian IARU Society UBA & Award Manager, informs OPDX that special event station ON30ON (Oscar November Thirty Oscar November) will be active during the months of March, April, September and October of 2010. Activity is to commemorate the 30th edition of the Belgian "ON Contest". The contest was first organized in 1980 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Kingdom of Belgium. Since then, the yearly event - lasting just four hours on a local Sunday morning - has become increasingly popular. QSLs for ON30ON go via the UBA bureau or direct to ON4CAS. A special certificate which can be achieved for free has been created in PDF format. Full details are available at: http://users.telenet.be/egbert.hertsen/on30on.html

P4, ARUBA. Andy, K2LE, will be active as P40LE during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) as a Single-Op/All-Band (80-10m)/Lower-Power entry. QSL via K2LE.

PACIFIC TOUR. Hugh, K6HFA, has announced that he will be in the South Pacific from early March until late April and plans to activate the following islands:

             Samoa (5W) - March 3–10th;  IOTA OC-097

             Tonga (A3) - March 12th–April 2nd; IOTAs include OC-049,

                          OC-064 and OC-123.

             Wallis (FW)- April 6–12th; IOTA OC-054

             Tuvalu (T2)- April 13–21st; IOTA OC-015

             Fiji (3D2) - April 23–26th; IOTA OC-016 or OC-156.

Hugh plans to be on CW, SSB and possibly RTTY using 100 watts into a multi-band vertical antenna (for 80-15m). Look for him on the IOTA frequencies or possibly other frequencies. Hugh plans to call by areas (EU, NA, SA, ASIA... etc..) per propagation. Callsigns are TBA. QSL via K6HFA. Look for more details to be forthcoming.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................

   QSLS VIA LoTW: 4Z4DX, D2QMN, EA1YO, EA6DB, EI9FBB, F5CQ, G3YBY, HB9TQL,

   HK3GXI, HI8LAM, HK4SAN, HK6P, IZ5HNI, J79XBI, JE1FQV, KL8DX, ON7MV,

   TX4T, UR5ZVP, UT0EA, VP5T, VX9NC, XE1KK, XE1R, XR0Y and YL3GP

   QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5H3EE, 6W/EI6DX, CE0Y/SM6CUK, CE0Z/SM6CUK,

   CP4BT, FK8CP, II1ANT, II1MNA, IR1WAP, T32BJ, TL0A, UA0FO, VK9WBM,

   YS4/N0AT and YS4U

   QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!

RADIO ARCALA NEWS (By Jarmo, OH2BN). "Radio Arcala, OH8X, reports great interest and we have received many applications from younger contesters to travel to 65 degrees North and contest under large frozen antennas at OH8X. < http://www.radioarcala.com >  Given the level of interest, the conclusion is that hosting young amateurs at contest stations should be promoted on a broader scale as part of the contesting landscape. The 2010 team will be welcomed to the city of Oulu by OH6KN and OH8NC.

             < http://www.ouka.fi/english/index.asp >

   Marius Hauki, LB3HC, will be heading a group of four and the team includes Andreas Kristiansen (30), LA8AJA, Stein Roar Brobakken (30), LA6FJA and Antti Nevantaus (28), OH7EA. They are experienced CW and contest operators who look forward to putting out big signals from Radio Arcala. They plan to run M2 in the ARRL DX CW Contest and also to be active the day before the contest. QSL via OH2UA.

   By the same token, Radio Arcala's Ville, OH2MM, is moving permanently to Brazil and will soon be QRV as PY2ZEA. His farewell operation from Europe will be in the ARRL DX CW Contest as CR2X. Ville will team up in the Azores with Martti, OH2BH, and Pertti, OH2PM, as a multi-op entry. QSL via OH2BH.

< http://www.cu2a.com >

T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI (Update). Last week we mentioned (in OPDX.947) that a team of operators would activate four uninhabited IOTA islands (in the Southern Line Islands Group) that have never been put on the air before between mid-March and early April. This past week, another operator was added to the team -- Steve, 9M6DXX.

T4, CUBA. Operators Doug/CO8DM and Raul/CO8ZZ will be active from their club's radio contest station as T48K during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via DK1WI.

TC2010, TURKEY (Special Event). All the stations for "Istanbul 2010 Award"

(TC2010CCE for Europe; TC2010CCA for Asia and TC2010CCI for the Islands) will be active during the Russian WW PSK Contest on different bands between February 19-20th. The "Application Form for the Istanbul 2010 Award" is now available at the following Web page (PDF or Doc format) at:

             http://www.ta0u.com/2010/Award/ApplicationForm.pdf

ADDED NOTE: Activity by TC2010PSG for the "Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Award" will take place between March 20-22nd. For details on this award and the rules, see the following URLs:

              http://www.ta0u.com/2010/eng/pdf/TC2010PSG.PDF

              http://www.ta0u.com/2010/eng/pdf/2010AWARDCatalogue.pdf

Some pictures from the opening night of the "Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture" are available at the following URLs:

                      http://www.ta0u.com/galeri.asp

                      http://www.ta0u.com/galeri2.asp?id=10

TI8, COSTA RICA. Operators Keith/W4KTR, Eddie/K4UN, Bob/W4BW, Lex/W4XO, Carlos/TI2KAC, Juan Carlos/TI2JCY and TI2ZM will be active as TI8M from Costa de Pajaros, during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via TI2KAC, direct preferred but bureau "OK".

TX5SPA/TX5SPM STORY. A story on last year's DXpedition to the Austral and Marquesas Island is now available on the following Web page at:

                    http://www.strangeradioteam.com

V2, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (Update). Alan, N3AD, will be active as V26M between March 4-7th. Activity will include the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. Alan informs OPDX that he will definitely be on Thursday afternoon and evening and on Friday before contest.  His activity will be on the HF bands only - 160/80/40m in evening and 20/15/10m during daytime. QSL via his home callsign.

V3, BELIZE. Operators John/WC0W, George/K5PI and Mike/K5NZ will be active as V31TP during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via WC0W.

YI9, IRAQ. Operators Dooley/W4VDW and Louis/KI4VEU will be active from Baghdad as YI9VDW and YI9VEU, respectively. Operations are anticipated to begin in late February or early March. Activity will be on 160-10 meters including the 30/17/12m bands. Plans are to also activate an EchoLink node. QSL YI9VDW to his home callsign W4VDW and YI9VEU via LoTW.

UPDATE: Echolink is YI9VDW-R (node # 496161), on daily between 1200-1230z (or when you see it active!). HF activity will take place for YI9VDW between March 1-7th. Suggested frequencies are: 20m: 14125-14300 kHz SSB between 1500-1600z; 40m: 7100-7200 kHz SSB between 1600-1700z.

ZL8, KERMADEC ISLANDS. On February 15th, a team of operators received the final approval from the DoC (Department of Conservation) in New Zealand to land on Raoul Island (OC-039) and stay there for about 18 days. The well-known boat called the "Braveheart" with its captain Nigel Jolly will take a team of operators and their equipment to the island.

Expected (preliminary) arrival date is November 18th, and the departure date is December 7th. They plan to be on the air as ZL8X between November 19th and December 5th. Operations are to be on all HF bands, 160-10 meters, with 7 stations - all capable of all modes (CW, SSB and RTTY).

The current list of operators are: Gerd/DJ5IW, Markus/DJ7EO, Heye/DJ9RR, Franz/DK1II, Chris/DL1MGB, Dietmar/DL3DXX, Andy/DL5CW, Tom/DL5LYM, Felix/ DL5XL, Ben/DL6FBL, Dieter/DL8OH, Joerg/DL8WPX and Robert/SP5XVY. An "Online QSL Request System" (OQRS) will be used for both Bureau QSLs and direct QSLs via their Web page. Also available on their Web page will be Propagation info, an online log search, QSO statistics and pictures of the operation. The team is looking for sponsors to help offset their expenses. This is a very expensive operation, and each operator is paying 100% of their own travel costs, hotel accommodation and food, together with their own contribution towards logistics. Their expenses will be over 140,000 USDs. For more details on becoming a sponsor or information about this DXpedition, visit the ZL8X Web page at:  http://www.kermadec.de Also see their FACEBOOK at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=339475816412

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS (NA-016). John, K6AM, will be active as ZF2AM during the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest (February 26-28th) as a Single-Op entry.

QSL via K6AM, direct or by the Bureau or LoTW.

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        The following stations are expected to be active in the

                  ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20-21st, 2010)

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       Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2010 ARRL DX CW Contest.

For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML format, please visit Bill's Web page at:

           http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2010.html  (By callsign)

           http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxcd2010.html (By entity)

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  Contest        DXCC          Class         QSL

Callsign       Entity                       Route

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5W0OU          Samoa          M/?           W7YAQ

8P3A           Barbados       SOAB          VE3DZ

9H3TX          Malta          M/2           LoTW

C6AKQ          Bahamas        SOSB 80M      LoTW; QSL also OK direct w/SASE

C6APG          Bahamas        SOSB 40M      LoTW; QSL also OK direct w/SASE

C6ARU          Bahamas        SOSB          LoTW; QSL also OK direct w/SASE

C6ASB          Bahamas        SOAB QRP      LoTW; QSL also OK via AK0M, Buro

                                             or direct (w/SASE)

C6AUM          Bahamas        SOSB 160M     LoTW; QSL also OK direct w/SASE

C6AWL          Bahamas        M/S           RX3RC

CO6LP          Cuba           SOSB 15M      CO6LP direct

CO8LY          Cuba           SOSB 20M      EA7ADH

CO8TW          Cuba           SOSB 15M      HB9SVT

CR2X           Azores         M/?           OH2BH

CR3L           Madeira        M/?           DJ6QT

E21YDP         Thailand       M/S           E21YDP

E51WWA     South Cook Islands               AD7AF Direct

EF8M           Canary Islands M/2           UA3DX

EF8N           Canary Islands M/2           LoTW

GM7V           Scotland       M/2           M0CMK

HP1DCP/9       Panama         LP            EA5KB

IQ9BF          Italy          M/S           IQ9BF Buro

J38A           Grenada        M/S           K4LTA

J38XX          Grenada        SOAB          DL5AXX

J88DR          St Vincent     SOAB LP       G3TBK

KP2M           Virgin Islands M/?           AI4U

LX7I           Luxembourg     M/2           LX2A

NP4DX          Puerto Rico    SOSB 80M      W3HNK

OH8X           Finland        M/2           OH2UA

OZ7A           Denmark        M/S

P40LE          Aruba          SOAB LP       K2LE

PJ5NA          St Maarten     SOAB          K1NA Direct

RT0C           Russia (Asia)  M/?           RW0CF

T48K           Cuba           M/S           DK1WI

T6AF           Afghanistan    SOAB LP       LoTW; QSL also OK via eQSL

TF3CW          Iceland        SOSB 20M      LX1NO

TX4T         French Polynesia M/?           LoTW; QSL also OK via G3TXF,

                                             Buro or direct

V31RR          Belize         SO            LoTW; QSL also OK via AI4U

V31TP          Belize         M/S           WC0W

VP9/W6PH       Bermuda        SOAB LP       W6PH Direct

YN2WW          Nicaragua      M/S           K8DD

XU7ACY         Cambodia       SO LP         W2EN

ZF2AM          Cayman Islands SOAB          LoTW; QSL also OK via K6AM,

                                             Buro or direct

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OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE):

      http://www.papays.com/opdx.html

ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB HOME PAGE:

      http://www.papays.com/nodxa.html

 5I3A - TANZANIA: Igor, UA3DJY is active from the DIT Comm Club Station in Dar es Salaam on all bands, and will continue until March 1. He has been spotted on 40, 20 & 15 CW and SSB on 17 & 15. QSL via RK3AOL.

 6V7T - SENEGAL: F5RAV will be active with this call February 18 to March 1. No details of the operation were given except QSL via home call.

 7Q7HB - MALAWI: Harry, GØJMU is beginning a 3 month stay in Malawi. Most activity will be on the digital modes and CW. QSL route is the same as before-via GØIAS, DIRECT ONLY with sufficient funds to cover return postage.

 CEØZ - JUAN FERNANDEZ: XRØZA: This is Toshi, JA8BMK and he will be active until February 2. QSL to home call CEØZ/LA9SN: Al will be active from Robin Crusoe Island March 10-23. He plans to operate mostly CW on 80-10. Ask about QSL route.

 J38XX - GRENADA: Ulf, DL5AXX will use this call February 10-23. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and will also be active for the ARRL CW contest. QSL to home call.

 KHØ/JA3EGZ - MARIANAS: Mega will be active from Saipan February 3-8, and plans to focus on 80 & 40 meters.

 T8 - PALAU: Mike, JA6EGL/T88sm and Hiro, JA6KYU/ T88HS will be active from Koror Island (OC-009 ) February 10-16. Look for them on CW/SSB 80-10. QSL to respective home call,  DIRECT ONLY.

 V31SU - BELIZE: Robert, N7MSU will be active from several locations in Belize between February 4-23. He will operate mostly 40 & 20 CW/SSB. QSL to home call.

 VK9 - NORFOLK ISL: VK2ACC/9 will be working 40-6 SSB (perhaps PSK31) February 4-9. He will run 100 watts with a Buddipole and end-fed wire. QSL to home call, bureau or direct.

 VP9/OH1VR - BERMUDA: Seppo will be here January 28 to February primarily for the CQ WW 160 CW contest. QSL to home

Dave, N8AG sent the following: “My brother Jim operated from the Marshall Islands in the late 80's through late 1991. I was his QSL Manager during that time. He recently found his log for operation as V73AS and has sent it to me. The period covered is from December 7, 1989 through September 2, 1991. I will get any QSLs needed to the stations requesting them (if they are in the log) as long as they supply sufficient postage along with an addressed envelope. I believe 1 IRC or a Green Stamp should cover it. Jim thought the log had been lost when he came back to the states. He also operated the club station, KX6DC/V73AZ but was not able to bring that log with him as multiple operators used it.”

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Date     End  Prefix Call                       Manager    Ref Vol-No

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29-Jan 14-Feb 3V     TS8RW                                     14-012

29-Jan  1-Mar 5H     5I3A                       RK3AOL         14-014

29-Jan 21-Mar 5X     5X1NH                      G3RWF   13-14-002 210

29-Jan  9-Feb 6W     6W/GM4FDM                  GM4FDM  14-002 13-219

29-Jan  9-Feb 6W     6W/PA3EWP                  PA7FM   14-002 13-219

29-Jan  8-Feb A6     A6/VE6LB                   VE6LB          13-232

29-Jan 23-Mar C6A    C6AGN (NA-080)             KM1E           13-242

29-Jan 30-Jan C6A    C6AKQ                      N4BP           14-016

29-Jan 23-Feb CE     CE1/K7CA                   NW7O           13-237

29-Jan  2-Feb CE0Z   CE0ZA (SA-005)             JA8BMK     14-011 008

29-Jan 18-Mar CN     CN10NY                     EA7FTR         13-243

29-Jan 31-Jan CN     CN2R                       W7EJ           14-009

29-Jan  1-Feb E5/S   E51WWA (OC-013)            AD7AF      14-010 003

29-Jan 31-Jan EA     ED5M                       EA5FL          14-017

29-Jan 10-Feb EA8    EA8/ON5JV (AF-004)         ON5JV          13-186

29-Jan 10-Feb EA8    EA8/ON6AK (AF-004)         ON6AK          13-186

29-Jan 31-Jan EA8    EF8M                       UA3DX          14-007

29-Jan  1-Feb EL     EL8RI                      ZS6RI          13-237

29-Jan  5-Feb FO/A   TX3D (OC-114)              DL1AWI     14-014 007

29-Jan  1-Feb HS     HS0ZJF                     ON4AFU         13-239

29-Jan  4-Feb J7     J79WWW (NA-101)            N4USA          14-012

29-Jan 31-Mar J7     J79XBI (NA-101)            SM0XBI         14-006

29-Jan 12-Feb J8     J8/K2CM (NA-025)           K2CM           13-223

29-Jan 31-Jan JA     8J6ISM                                    13-242

29-Jan 15-Feb JD1/M  JD1BMM (OC-073)                       13-235 232

29-Jan 20-Feb KC4    KC4USV (AN-011)            K1IED  13-215 191 186

29-Jan 28-Feb KC4    OR4TN (AN-016)             ON5TN   14-015 13-230

29-Jan  1-Feb KG4    KG4YU (NA-015)             KJ5YU      13-190 188

29-Jan 31-Jan KH6    KH6/N6RZ                                  14-017

29-Jan  1-Feb OY     OY/OZ7AM                   OZ7AM          14-012

29-Jan 30-Jan PA     PA30EPC                    PA4JB          14-009

29-Jan  1-Mar PA     PH50YA                     PD2RKG         14-012

29-Jan 15-Mar PJ2    PJ4/PE1MAE (SA-006)        PA2NJC         14-007

29-Jan 27-Mar PJ7    PJ5NA (NA-145)             K1NA       13-242 237

29-Jan  3-Feb PY0F   PY2XB/PY0F                 PT7WA          13-242

29-Jan 31-Jan T7     T70A                       T70A           14-002

29-Jan 31-Jan V2     V26VP (NA-100)             VE3LFW         14-005

29-Jan 28-Feb V3     V31GW                      DK9GG          13-215

29-Jan  1-Feb V3     V31YN                      DJ4KW          13-215

29-Jan 31-Jan VE     VG7W                                  13-239 200

29-Jan 15-Mar VP6    VP6AL (OC-044)             ZL1AMD     13-220 219

29-Jan 29-Jan VP8/F  VP8DMN (SA-002)            G7VJR      14-015 014

29-Jan 30-Nov VP8/H  DT8A                       HL2FDW         14-016

29-Jan  2-Feb VP9    OH1VR/VP9                  OH1VR          14-013

29-Jan  2-Feb VU     VU2RBQ                     DJ9RB      14-017 012

29-Jan  1-Mar ZL     ZL/G6PAA                   G6PAA          13-242

30-Jan 31-Jan 4X     4Z5J                       W0MM           14-001

30-Jan  6-Feb 6W     6W/HA0NAR                  HA0NAR  14-003 13-173

30-Jan 31-Jan C6A    C6ANM (NA-001)             WA2IYO         14-002

30-Jan 31-Jan CX     CX6VM                                     13-241

30-Jan 31-Jan E7     E7DX                       E77E           14-013

30-Jan 31-Jan ER     ER4KAA                     RA4LW          13-241

30-Jan 31-Jan EY     EY8MM                      K1BV           13-238

30-Jan 31-Jan HS     HS8JYX                     HS8JYX         13-241

30-Jan 31-Jan OH0    OH0Z                       W0MM           13-240

30-Jan 31-Jan OY     OY6A                       OY2J           14-014

30-Jan 31-Jan PJ2    PJ2T                       N9AG           13-231

30-Jan 31-Jan PY0F   PQ0F                       PT7WA          13-242

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Members of the VooDoo Contest Group plan to operate as 9L5A from Sierra Leone in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest.  This year's team includes AA7A, Ned; G3RWF, Nick; G4BWP/A65BD, Fred; N7CW, Bud; and ZL2IFB, Gary.  They will be either in the Multi-Two or Multi-Multi category.  During the contest they will be operating CW only on each of the six contest bands.  Outside the contest they may operate on 12,

17 and 30 meters.  Throughout the contest they will use 9L5A, as well as outside the test.  Also G3RWF will be using his 9L1NH call and AA7A his 9L7NS call.  They will not be posting their logs to a log search, but will post them to LOTW upon their homecoming.  "No cash donations are requested for this project, just the usual USD/IRC for direct cards."  QSL 9L5A via G3SXW.  QSL 9L7NS via AA7A.  QSL 9L1NH via G3RWF.

Yokohama DX Club member JJ1BMB, Jun, will be in Palau from November 9th to 22nd.  While there he'll be diving and operating as T88AA, mostly on November 14/15 and 21/22.  He'll be on CW and SSB on 3.5 through 28 MHz.

After recently meeting with T30MK on Tarawa NH6ZA, Doug, is in the initial stages of a planned multi-op DXpedition to Kanton Island, Central Kiribati (T31).  He has already obtained his T31ZA callsign.

No other details at the moment.

EI6DX, Stan, and UA1OMX, Mike, are heading to Somone, Senegal for activity as 6V7S from November 8th to 16th.  Plans are to have a TS870S and Acom 1KW amplifier.  They will have a three element yagi for 20, 15 and 10 meters and a V80 Titanex for 160, 80, 40, 30, 17 and

12 meters.  Suggested frequencies are as follows:

CW - 1821.5, 3523, 7020, 10116, 14005, 18085, 21005, 24905 and 28005.

SSB - 1842, 3790, 7085, 14170, 18130, 21280, 24985 and 28490.

The 6V7S duo have a Web page at www.ei6dx.com/travel/senegal/.  QSL 6V7S via RX3RC.

KG4 is the prefix for two different DXCC Entities.  Some are from Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) and others are from mainland USA.  Numerous cluster databases assume all KG4 callsigns are stations from Gitmo, says NT5C, John Warren.  So how does one know which are from America and which are from Guantanamo Bay?  KG4 stations with one or three letters in their suffix are from the good ole USA and those with two letter suffixes are from Gitmo.

N1CE will be QRV as N1CE/KH6 from Hawaii from December 17 to January 6.  QSL via N1CE.

Look for ZS6TAF, Mike, to be QRV from Mozambique starting Sunday November 11th.  Plans are to cross the border around 1030Z and to show up on 7070 or 7140 as C91BA.  Later in the day (1300 to 1730Z) listen for him on 21316 and 28480.  He'll be operating from his vehicle through Tuesday October 11th.  Mike plans to be on 7140 from 0530 to 0630Z on Monday and Tuesday.  QSL via ZS6TAF.

CT1ITZ, Paulo, began activity yesterday as D2PJB from Porto Ambo, Angola, which is about 300 kilometers from the capital Luanda.  He is using a Windom Antenna for activity on 3.5 through 28 MHz, running an

IC706 and 100 watts.  Paulo is hoping the Angolan authorities will issue him a new D2 call with a two letter suffix.  He is expected to be there until about November 29th.  His location is about 20 meters from the ocean, with a clear path to the Americas.  Look for him only on SSB and be aware he likes to ragchew.  QSL via CT1IUA.

OZ6TL, Henrik, is back on Rarotonga (OC-013) in the South Cook Islands.  He tells The Daily DX he be there for three weeks and will be QRV as E51TLA (ex ZK1TLA) on RTTY "from time to time".  QSL via OZ6TL.

ZL1RS, Bob, plans to be back on Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks starting November 8th for about 11 days.  While there he plans to install the new E51USA 6 meter beacon, which was donated by The Worldwide 6M Beacon Project Inc.  The beacon will be transmitting 50 watts into a Halo on 50.051 MHz from grid square BG08ct.  E51CG, Victor, reports recently working KH6Y and KH6HI.  He has also heard two KH6 beacons as well as being surprised to hear K6FV/B!

ZL1RS/E51RS, Bob, will also be taking a 7 element 6 meter yagi for E51WL, Warwick, who is now living on Penrhyn (OC-082) in the Northern Cooks.  The beam will be shipped from Rarotonga to Penrhyn and Bob hopes that Warwick will be able to "install it in time for the southern hemisphere Es season".

In commemoration of the 151st birth anniversary of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Amateur Radio operators are once again going to use special call AU8JCB.  Bose was a great Indian scientist and referred to by locals as the "Father of Radio Communication".

Activity is expected between November 28th and December 1st on all bands.  Suggested frequencies are 28510, 21280, 14200, 14270 and 7070 KHz.  QSL via VU2DSI.

K9WZB, Garry, has announced that he and K7WZB, Sharon, will be putting on a Special Event Christmas Festival during early December from Saint Croix Island, US Virgin Islands (NA-106).  They will be QRV as K2V from December 2nd to 14th, with planned activity on 1.8 through 50 MHz on SSB, RTTY, CW and PSK.  QSL direct only via K9WZB (no IRCs).  They will be posting their logs at www.clublog.org/logsearch/K2V.

Members of the TC SWAT will be operating TC1YLH from the Yesilkoy Lighthouse from November 6 to 23, mostly on weekends.  The main operators will be TA0U, TA1FR, TA1HZ, TA2DJ, TA2JN and TA2RX.

Amateur Radio operators from all of Canada will be able to use special prefixes between February 1 and March 31, 2010 in celebration of the Winter Olympics.

VA ops can use the VG prefix

VE ops can use the VX prefix

VO ops can use the XJ prefix

VY ops can use the XK prefix.

During the month of December look for special event station VE3PARK to be QRV in conjunction with the 100 anniversary of the Canadian National Parks System.  QSL via VE3NOO.

Throughout the CQ WW CW DX Contest VE2BR will be using special call VC2Z and VE3AT will be QRV as VC3O.  QSL via their home calls.

Member of the DXpedition group called "DX4DX Team" have announced their plans for their next DXpedition, to Narsarsuaq, Greenland.  Team members include: EA4BT, EA4NA, EA7AAW and EA7SB.  They will be QRV as OX/EA4BT, OX/EA4NA, OX/EA7AAW and OX/EA7SB from November 12 to 19.

Activity will be on 1.8 through 28 MHz on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK.  They have a Web page at www.dx4dx.com/ox/index.html.

QSL via EA4BT either direct, via the bureau or LOTW.  Those who wish to receive a QSL through the bureau can send an email with details of

the QSO to dx4dx@telefonica.net.   Plans are to have the log updated

daily at www.dx4dx.com/log/dx4dx_search_ox.html

ZS5Y, Derek, is planning a VHF Meteor scatter and 2 meter and 6 meter EME DXpedition to Mozambique starting December 4th for a week.

K6AM, John, will be operating the ARRL CW DX Contest, February 20-21, from the Cayman Islands as ZF2AM.  QSL via K6AM.

F6BFH, Alain, is heading to Chile and Argentina for a one month backpacking vacation.  Exact dates were not giving but it seems imminent.  While in Chile he plans to team up with CE3ESS, Mickey, and CE6TBN, Marco, for some possibly IOTA operations from SA-085, SA-018,

SA-032 and SA-094.  Alain has a Blog (in French) at http://alan- f6bfh.blogspot.com/.

3D20CR My Country #332 for DXCC: #100 For DXCC 17mts and #200 For RTTY

JD1BNN with operator JF3MYU, Kirk, will be on Ogasawara March 28-31, 2010 with three other operators joining.  Kirk will focus on 30, 17 and 12M.  QSL to the Japan bureau and write JD1BNN on the card for easy sorting.  Or, QSL direct to Kirk Itaya, 5-1-35, Daikaidori, KOBE,

652-0803 JAPAN, enclosing an SAE and postage or a new type IRC or two USD, if you're in the Americas, Europe or Africa.  Asia only takes one IRC or one USD.

The other three operators who will join Kirk:  KG8CO has gotten the callsign JD1BNJ, AC8W has JD1BNK, and K8AQM has gotten JD1BNM.  The ship leaves Tokyo March 27th, arriving March 28th on Ogasawara, where the three American ops will stay for two weeks.  They will be equipped with a pair of TS-480 radios with a K2 as backup.  On 160 they'll have an "Aki Special" or other vertical.  On 80, 40 and 30, "half squares."

On 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10M the ops will have an HB9CV and two Force 12 Sigma V antennas.  Their main goal is to "hit 160M-30M very hard and to focus when possible on NA."  JD1BNJ will be the only call used on RTTY and PSK.  QSL JD1BNJ, BNK and BNM via K8AQM direct or bureau.

It's possible another operator, K8QKY, will be added.  If so, his QSL will go via K8AQM too.  The logs will be put on LoTW when they return, and a web site will be created in January.

The TX3A team arrived at the Chesterfield Islands early today and expects to begin their activity around 0800Z on Tuesday November 3rd.

As a reminder the two will be heavily focused on the low bands and will get to the higher bands when they are ready to do so.  On Topband look for them to be camped out on 1830.5 KHz listening below 1825 for Japan and above 1825 KHz for the rest of the world (ROTW).  ROTW stations should avoid getting to close to TX3A's transmit frequency on

1830.5 KHz.

The Mongolian Amateur Radio Society is putting on the Mongolian DX Contest, November 21-22, 00Z Saturday through 2359Z Sunday, 160-10M.

It's CW, SSB and RTTY all at once. Email jt1kaa@gmail.com for more information.

The TL8/IZ2EVL station on CW October 26 was a pirate.  The real IZ2ELV, Emanuela, does not operate CW and was home in Italy.

Look for VP9/AA1AC, Mark, from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, December 6- 12.  QSL via AA1AC.

VP2V/DL7VOG, Gerd, will be on Anegada Island in the British Virgin Islands, November 15-December 2, "Like always with my IC-706MK2G into an HF9VX and an Inverted L on a 15M fishing rod pole for 160M."  Gerd likes CW and RTTY best and goes on all the bands that are open to anywhere.  QSL direct or via the bureau or send an email request to qsl@dl7vog.de.

G3RWF, Nick, says that it's definite, he will again be QRV as 5X1NH from Fort Portal, Uganda.  The dates for his operation are January 21- March 21, approximately.  QSL via G3RWF.

GB0AD is the special callsign from Wales (GW) for "Armistice Day,"

November 11th.  The Aberdara & District Amateur Radio Society will also operate from Aberdara, Wales November 6, 7 and 8th, the 8th being what is called "Remembrance Sunday."  They will be "on most bands, dependent on conditions."  QSL direct or bureau (RSGB) to 2W0XTP.

JK2VOC, Yoshihiro, "Yoshi," will be at the BA4TB QTH in China November 27-30 to operate in the CQWW CW Contest, single operator all band.

QSL via JK2VOC.

C4I in Cyprus will be manned by LZ2HM, G0ORH and maybe others for the CQWW CW November 28-29.  QSL via LZ2HM.

CR3L is the Madeira Islands callsign for a group in the CQWW CW.  The operators listed are DJ2YA, DJ6QT, DL1CW, DL5AXX and SV1RP.  They plan to go multi-two.  QSL CR3L via DJ6QT.  Each of the guys will operate CT9/home call during their entire stay, November 24-December 3.

EA8CMX in Galdar, Grand Canary Island, will also be in the CQWW CW.

Operator OH2BYS, Mauri, will go single op single band and hasn't decided or at least announced the band yet.

N7I will be in Honolulu, Hawaii, February 4-10 with WL7MY and KL7JR, Claire and John, operating, February 4-10 to celebrate the 16 years of the U.S. Islands Awards program.  Look for them on 28460 or 14260 with their TS-50 and mag-mount vertical.  QSL to KL7JR.  For more info on the program, here is the web site:  http://www.usislands.org.

OH0Z, Aland Islands, will be run by OH6EI, Tomi, in the CQWW CW, single op all band high power.  QSL via W0MM.

VK8NSB, Stuie, will be in the CQWW, single op all band.  QSL via VK6NE.

ZF2AM, Cayman Islands, will be K6AM, John, for the CQWW.  John will be single op all band.  QSL to K6AM direct, bureau or LoTW - I'm going to coin a new term today, "DBL."  John plans to be back in the Caymans for the ARRL DX CW February 20-21.

The XR0Y team, now on Easter Island, say they are missing some vital equipment.  Team leader SQ8X, Stan, says an IC-756 Pro-III and an RTTY interface did not arrive on the island with them.  It's unknown whether they're lost or stolen, or just delayed somehow by an airline mixup.  There is no internet connection at the team's QTH, though there is an internet caf, a little ways away where log updates can be done.  Ham radio and SMS are their main communications links.  They will not do any RTTY until the interface box arrives.  And the weather hasn't been great:  torrential rain and strong winds, delaying the launch of the 80/160 vertical, but the 30M vertical was going up soon.

http://dx-hamspirit.com/2009/11/news-from-easter-island/.

Another Easter Island operation is set for January 8-11, CE0/YV5IAL.

Operator Bob plans to operate PSK31 year 14070.15 between 2200-0100Z daily, with some operation also on 40, 30 and 15.  QSL via YV5IAL.

RW3AH reports on an event to raise awareness of AIDS and HIV.  A special call from Geneva, Switzerland, 4U1AIDS, will be on.  Operating from the "UNAIDS Headquarters," it counts for regular Switzerland, HB9.  "World AIDS Day" is December 1.  The UN estimates 33 million people in the world are living with HIV, including 2-1/2 million children, with 2-1/2 million people being newly infected in 2008.

Half of those get the disease before they are 25 and die by the age of 35.  Ninety-five percent are in "developing countries."  Work 4U1AIDS on at least three amateur radio bands and you qualify for a certificate, the "World AIDS Day Award."  Work them on five bands and you qualify for the "special commemorative UNAIDS pennant."  All QSOs will be sent a special QSL card.  For more info, contact:

Andrey Fedorov

UNAIDS

20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211

Geneva 27

Switzerland

Official UNAIDS WEB site: http://www.UNAIDS.org Amateur Radio 4U1AIDS WEB site: http://www.DX-World.com/4u1aids/

The "DX4DX Team" previously operational as TK9Z and C57R now plan to go to Greenland.  They will be EA4BT and EA7SB on SSB and digital, EA7AAW and EA4NA on CW.  The operation will be November 12-19 using FT-

857 rigs and amps to verticals, 160-10M.

http://www.dx4dx.com/ox/index.html.  Look for them to hit the air about 20Z on the 12th.

GU4YOX, Bob on Guernsey, will get in the CQWW CW, single op single band 20M, low power.  QSL direct or LoTW to GU4YOX.

G3TBK, Dave, has a job working in Antigua, V2, "and am not on the air."  But, Dave hopes to be QRV from VP2MDC, Montserrat, within the next few days, "but exactly when depends on the resolution of some technical work issues here."

PV8DX, Paulo, reminds everyone of the upcoming 2009 Guyana DXpedition by seven Brazilian ops starting this weekend.  The 8R1PY team will be QRV from Lethem city between October 31st and November 4th.  Activity is planed for on 1.8 through 50 MHz on SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK.  They will be operating from a location that has no electricity during their nights, so they will be using a generator.  Plans are to try Topband.

The team includes: PU8TEP, Edi; PV8AZ, Abilio; PV8DX, Paulo; PV8IG, Ivan; PY1YB, Ivan; PY2TNT, Anderson; and PY2WAS, Alex.  QSL via PY2WAS.

The two man TX3A team remains on Saumarez Reef waiting for a break in the weather before heading on to the Chesterfields.  They are hoping to set sail on Friday although the forecast for tomorrow "forecast for tomorrow is not as good as we expected but we are determined to try the crossing to Chesterfield".  The guys believe the trip will take about 44 hours and are hoping to "drop anchor at Chesterfield around Sunday noon (Ed. local time).

Special call PW2SIDC will be used in several Brazilian states, including Fernando de Noronha (PY0F) between October 22nd and November 22nd.  The call is being used in celebration of V DEFENCIL - V International Conference of Civil Defense which is taking place in Sao Paulo from November 17th to 20th.  Also participating will be the National Emergency Network Amateur Radio (RENER).  QSL cards go via PS7YL either via the bureau or direct to:

Monica Freitas

Av. Sao Miguel dos Caribes 31

Natal, RN 59086-500

Brazil

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi reception of the Nobel Prize of December 10, 1909 Sweden will have multiple special event stations QRV from November 9th to December 9th.  Look for SI0GM, SI1GM, SI2GM, SI3GM, SI4GM, SI5GM, SI6GM and SI7GM to be active from all eight of Sweden's call districts.  Foreningen Sveriges Sandareamatorer (SSA) is offering the Marconi Nobel 100 Award.

Details can be found on Sweden's IARU Society's Web site at www.ssa.se.  Click on "Diplom and then "SSA Awards".  Questions can be sent to hq@ssa.se.  QSL all eight of the SI#GM stations via SM6JSM.

This past weekend a team from Italy was QRV in Macedonia for a multi- op effort from Z37M.  The Italian team members came home on Tuesday October 27th.  IZ5MOQ, Alessandro (Alex) Graziani, and IZ7KHR, Francesco Cozzi, arrived at the Bari train station around 1230 local.

Francesco and Alex were together until 1330 local when Francesco departed for work.  Alessandro had to wait for his 1345 train which would take him to Rome and then on to Massa Carrara.  Unfortunately Alex, who is 34 years old, did not make it back home.  His mother and friends have not seen or heard from him since.  You can see a photo and some details on the Mediterraneo DX Club Web site at www.mdxc.org.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the safe return of IZ5MOQ.

This weekend Daylight Savings Time ends in the United States.  In most places in the United States at 2 AM local time on Sunday November 1st citizens will move their clocks back one hour.  That's fine to move your local time but do not change your GMT clocks!  GMT never adjusts, other than a leap second.  So for example here in the Eastern Daylight Standard Time (EDST) Zone we go from being four hours behind GMT to five hours (EST) behind.  While we are on the subject all Amateur Radio operators should be logging all QSOs in GMT and using GMT on their QSL cards for the time and the date!  As a reminder all references to time in The Daily DX are in GMT or Zulu, unless otherwise stated.  This includes the dates and times!  For more information on GMT, Zulu and UTC check out http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm.

Yesterday the ARRL DXCC Desk approved the October 2009 Conway Reef DXpedition for DXCC.  The call was 3D20CR, but they also accredited the call 3D2VC.  Today a correction was sent as the second call was 3D2CV.  As a reminder the Conway Reef DXpedition does not plan to post their logs to a log search.  The team does plan to post their logs to LOTW.  Those who donated to the Conway Reef DXpedition before the DXpedition have been reporting receipt of the 3D20CR QSL cards, which were apparently snail mailed from New Caledonia just a few days after the completion of the DXpedition.  Keep an eye on the 2009 Conway Reef Web site at http://www.conwayreef2009.de/.

Space Weather News (SWN) is reporting that Cycle 24 "sunspot 1029 has become the biggest and most active sunspot of 2009."  The solar flux reached a Cycle 24 high of 82 earlier this week.  The SF has been this high since March of last year.  "This one sunspot does not put an end to solar minimum, but it is a remarkable break from the calm", reports SWN.

The following operation is approved for DXCC credit:

3D2ØCR – Conway Reef

3D2VC – Conway Reef

C6APR Memorial CQWW SSB Station

In memoriam of C6APR, the Trident Amateur Radio Club (TARC) will be operating the CQWW SSB Contest using the clubs call sign N4EE. We will be operating a single station out of W3VT in Summerville, SC on 75m, 40m, and 20m, other bands as conditions permit. Frequencies and times will be published at a later time. A special QSL card will be made to memorialize the C6APR teams accomplishments and tragic loss. Please join us during this weekends test to remember our fallen friends, and pass on condolences to their families.

Charleston area hams are invited to assist with operations. Please contact W3VT for info.

W2GJ (C6APR) SK - Peter Radding of North Charleston, SC K4QO (C6AQO) SK - James "Randy" Hargenrader of Summerville, SC K3IXD (C6AXD) SK - Edwin F Steeble of Summerville, SC W3PP SK - E. Dallas Carter, of Laurel, DE

QSL will be direct with SASE - For LOTW and EQSL confirmation please note on QSL.

Condolences thread can be found here:

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=222654.

By David Berman
Summerville Journal Scene

Stefan Rogenmoser/Journal Scene

Dorchester County Administrator Jason Ward shows reporters an aerial photo of the Summerville Airport and points to the area where the twin-engine Piper Aztec crashed shortly after takeoff.

Four men on their way to a ham radio competition in the Bahamas were killed in a small plane crash Wednesday morning at the Summerville Airport in Jedburg, authorities said. About 6:20 a.m. the Summerville-based plane — a twin-engine, six-seat Piper Aztec — burst into flames after it crashed into a densely-wooded area shortly after taking off from Runway 24, Dorchester County Administrator Jason Ward said. Ward characterized the crash site 250 yards east of the runway as "extremely severe." A crew from the county public works department had to create a path to the wreckage. Chief Deputy Sheriff Sam Richardson said there was damage to treetops in the area of the crash. Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet has identified the four victims: pilot Peter Radding of North Charleston; front passenger James Randolph Hargenradar of Summerville; rear passenger Edwin Steeble of Summerville; and rear passenger Dallas Carter of Laurel, Del. Hargenradar was 55 years old, Nisbet said. The other men were in their 50s or 60s, he said. The four men were headed first to Fort Pierce, Fla. then onto the Bahamas where they planned to attend a ham radio competition, Nisbet said. Radding had flown to Delaware earlier this week to pick up Carter, Nisbet said. The men planned this weekend to participate in the CQ World Wide DX Competition, a contest that draws the participation of thousands of amateur radio operators from around the world, said Jon Zaimes, a friend of Carter's who lives in Delaware. Many operators, including Zaimes, communicate from their home stations during the contest, but traveling to another country, like the Bahamas, scores you more points, he said. Zaimes did not know Hargenradar or Steeble, but Radding and Carter were "major league amateur radio operators, known around the world for their endeavors," he said. Autopsies on all four men are scheduled for Thursday. Positive identification may require dental records, Nisbet said. Family members confirmed the men were planning to fly Wednesday. Radding's plane — the only one scheduled to depart from Summerville Airport on Wednesday morning — was missing from his hangar, but his vehicle was there, as was Steeble's, said Nisbet. Hargenradar's wallet was found in the wreckage, he said. Nisbet said it appears the severity of the crash, not the fire, is what killed the men. Before Radding was named as one of the victims, Ward alluded to him and his background in flying. "This person was a very experienced pilot who knew the area," Ward said. "He had been flying for over 40 years." It was extremely dark when the plane took off, Ward said. Airport Manager Don Hay said the weather was clear at the time. Nisbet said Radding filed a flight plan detailing his route and who was on board, but the plane never climbed high enough for those plans to be activated. County officials have said little about what may have caused the crash, instead deferring to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is the lead agency in the investigation and expected to arrive from Washington D.C. Thursday morning. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration in Columbia were already at the scene Wednesday. Stella Bazzle, who lives about a half-mile from the airport, described what she heard right before the plane went down. “The motor sounded like it was coming over the house. I heard the first explosion . . . then the second (explosion) wasn’t as loud,” she said. Of the engine noises, Bazzle said: “It was kind of a funny noise, like a grinding type thing.” Bazzle said she then heard ambulances and called her neighbor, who’d heard similar noises. Staff Writer Stefan Rogenmoser contributed to this report. Check back with journalscene.com for more details of the crash as they become available

3D2KJ (SP5DRH), Jacek and 3D2MJ (SP5EAQ), also Jacek, are now in the Fiji Island until October 28th.  They have not been able to erect the 80 meter antenna due to the weather conditions.  On Topband they have installed a 19 meter high vertical which has two elevated radials, located on the beach and most of the time in the water.  Jacek (3D2KJ) is using the vertical for receiving as they have not been able to install any receiving antennas do to space allocation.  They hope to soon have this resolved.

N4SF, Gay, AA4V, Steve, have plans to travel to Bermuda for this year's CQ World Wide Phone Contest.  They will be operating in the multi-two category and QRV as AA4V/VP9 during the contest.  Before and after the test they will be on the air using their home call/VP9.  QSL both calls via AA4V.  Bureau QSLs are OK.

As part of National Wildlife Refuge Week (www.nwrweek-radio.info/), the South Florida DX Association, K4FK, will activate the Arthur R.

Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

(www.fws.gov/loxahatchee/) on Saturday, 17 October 2009, from 1400- 1830Z, using the special 1x1 call W4R.  The station will be active on 20 and 40 meters SSB, and possibly CW.  QSL via WA4WTG, with SASE.

Starting October 17th look for V31MW, operated by N0HJZ, Rich, to be QRV from Belize.  He'll be there through October 26th and plans to be in the CQ WW Phone in the high power SOAB category.  QSL via N0HJZ (direct or via LOTW).

As a reminder W5JON, John, will be operating from a hilltop QTH overlooking the Caribbean Sea, and Marigot Bay, St. Lucia (NA-108).

He'll be there from October 20-30 and will be QRV as J68JA on 1.8 through 50 MHz.  He will be using an IC-7000 and KL-400 amplifier (350

watts) in multi-band dipoles on HF and a three element yagi on 6 meters.  He will be in the SOAB category in the CQ WW Phone.  QSL via W5JON.

Look for TK/IV3UHL to be QRV in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on October 24th and 25th.  He's planning to be single-op 20 meters only.

QSL via IV3UHL.

The followings Japanese special event stations will be QRV:

Call     Dates

8J1AXA   April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010

8N1ARDF  August 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009 8J1YUZU  October 24, 2009 - December 27, 2009 8J2GIFU  June 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009

8J2S     September 8 - November 8, 2009

8J2NU    September 19, 2009 - October 25, 2009

8J2MC    September 19, 2009 - November 23

8J3TS40O April 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009

8J3YS    August 8, 2009 - November 8, 2009

8J450YAB August 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009 8N0CLEAN July 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009

8J6SL    May 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009

8N0TOKI  April 1, 2009 - October 12, 2009

VK4CDI, Phil, will be spending a few days with 9N1AA, Satish, in Nepal between October 31st through November 3rd.  While there Phil is planning some 2 meter and possible 432 EME work.

Special call HG0WFF will be used for the next 12 months from different Hungarian National Parks.  The first stop will be from the Hortobagy National Park between October 12th and 18th.  QSL via HA0HW.

During the CQ WW SSB and CW DX Contests TF3CW will be doing a SO 40 meter efforts.  QSL via LX1NO.

Members of TCSWAT will be QRV with special call TC1ELH from the Tekirdag/Marmara Ereglisi Lighthouse in Turkey.  Operators will

include: TA0U, TA1FR, TA1HZ, TA2DJ, TA2JN and TA2RX.  QSL via TA1HZ.

W0CG/PJ2DX, G3NKC, G4XUM, WA4PGM, K6AM, K8LEE, W9JUV, N0VD and N0YY will be putting PJ2T on from Curacao in the CQ WW SSB Contest at the end of the month.  This will be a multi-multi effort.  The operators will be QRV outside the contest on all bands and modes operating as PJ2/homecall.  QSL PJ2T via N9AG.

The DXCC Annual List is scheduled for publication in the 2009 DXCC Yearbook. In order for your callsign to appear your total for an active award must increase by at least one credit. You do not have to reach the next endorsement level. Active awards are indicated by an asterisk(*). Award categories with 100 or more that do not have an asterisk will not appear. If you made a submission in 2009 and would like to have an award appear in the list that is not yet activated, you can contact DXCC to activate the award and receive the certificate. The fee to activate an award, including postage is $13.75 (USA) and $16.50 (non-USA). You will not be charged a submission fee for this action.

The DXCC Honor Roll list is scheduled for publication in August 2010 QST. For the 2009 calendar year the minimum requirement to appear in the Honor Roll list is 329 current entities. The Top of the Honor Roll total is 338 for this period. Remember, deleted entities do not count towards the Honor Roll.

Direct comments or questions to dxcc@arrl.org

PG5M, Gerben, who has been operating from Tuvalu as T2G was supposed to head back to Fiji today, however his flight was cancelled.  He's not sure when his flight will be rescheduled, so he did what any DXer/DXpeditioner would do.  Gerben set his station back up again and is QRV.

The International Amateur Radio Club station 4U1ITU, at the International Telecommunications Union Headquarters in Geneva, is expected to be QRV during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest over the November 28/29 weekend.  This will include operation on the 160 meter band.  Due to high noise levels the station is not normally QRV on 1.8 MHz.  The team hopes to be able to erect a Titanex V160 the week leading up to the contest.  They team will probably do a multi-single effort in the CW WW.  As always QSL via their Callbook address or via the bureau.

VU3BPZ, Bhagwati Prasad Semwal, is heading back to Antarctica again, as he will be part of the 29th Indian Antarctic Expedition, which will begin on November 15th until March of 2011.  He will be located at Maitri Base and operating with his VU3BPZ callsign as well as special call AT10BP (Alpha Tango One Zero Bravo Papa).

YB0ECT, Pri, says that he will be QRV this weekend in the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest.  He will be in the single-op 20 meter single band category.  QSL via K3AIR.

RW3AJX, Mikhail, is now on a two to three year work assignment in Zimbabwe.  He has recently been licensed as Z23MS and he has been QRV on 20 SSB.  QSL via UA3DX.

A team from Brazil will be putting on a DXpedition from Lethem, Guyana as 8R1PY from October 31st to November 4th.  Team members include PU8TEP, Ed; PV8AZ, Abilio; PV8DX, Paulo; PV8IG, Ivanildo; PY1YB, Ivan; PY2TNT, Anderson; PY2WAS, Alex; and 8R1WD, Peter.  Activity is expected on 6, 10, 12, 15 17, 20, 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters on SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK.  QSL cards should be sent to PY2WAS, directly or via bureau.

Finnish Operators OH2GI, Jukka; OH2LU, Tapio; OH2MZB, Pasi; OH3BHL, Raimo; and OH6XY, Carl will be operating this weekend in the CQ WW RTTY Contest from the costal QTH of OH2GI.  This will be a multi-two effort.  QSL via OH2ET.

Look for N3XF, Dave; and K1ZE, Ed; along with newcomer W1EQ, Bob; to be traveling to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands from November 4-11.

Plans are to be QRV in the ARRL CW Sweepstakes as KP2M.  Look for activity before and after the SS as the operators use their own calls.

They might also do some RTTY.  QSL KP2M via AI4U.  All others via their home calls and LOTW.

Yesterday a new Sunspot (1026) emerged on the south western limb of the sun.  The cycle 24 sunspot is the first sunspot in 19 days.  Keep an eye and ear on the higher bands over the next few days.  The solar flux is expected to remain in the low 70's for the rest of this week.

Yesterday (GMT) G3BJ, Don, finished up his 11 day operation from the Austral Islands (FO/G3BJ).  By the end of the day he was back in Tahiti, French Polynesia.  "Mediocre conditions were not helped by high power line noise from time to time which required me to QRT", says Don.  Today he and G4JKS, Hilary, will depart for Niue Island

(ZK2) via Auckland.  Don plans to begin activity early Saturday (GMT) as ZK2BJ, where he will be for one week.  Operation will be mainly on CW on 3.5 through 28 MHz.  QSL via G3BJ.

IK1PMR, Andrea, is heading up an international team which will be operating from Samoa, Tonga and South Cooks in November and December.

He is looking for someone in the LAX area to help with storing and then transporting some supplies around November 11/12.  If you can help please contact Andrea via email to pmr2008@ik1pmr.com.

The Southeast Michigan DX Association (SEMDXA) has elected the following officers for the 2009-2010 year:

President:         K8DD, Hank Kohl

Vice-president:    K8VFV, Bob Crawford

Treasurer:         N8SNM, Brad Nowak

Secretary:         AC8W, Stan Arnett

Program Committee: K8ESQ, Dave De Rain and N8LJ, Lee Dziekan

For more information about SEMDXA visit www.SEMDXA.org.

Special event station VC3COPP will be QRV in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Ontario Provincial Police Force (OPP) from October 2nd to 31st.  They have a Web page at www.qsl.net/ve3bdb/vc3copp.htm.

QSL via VE3BDB.

That active region on the sun mentioned in the Tuesday issue is still just on the eastern limb and could be visible from earth in a few days.  You can see the latest STEREO Behind satellite photo at

http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/beacon/latest/behind_euvi_195_latest.jpg.

Glorioso

September 16th:

Hi friends

After the first day only one station was set up.  The first day was reserved to exhibitions to the VIP.  At the end of the first day, a vertical for 80m was also in service.  They were on 80m all last night long.  A huge QRN annoyed the traffic.

Today a part of the crew sets up the antennas and the other, indoor is assembling rigs, PS, Pa’s and so on, for the two other stations.

The traffic will grow up during the day, more and more.

However, know that four times a day, the crew must stop the transmissions around 04h00, 09h00, 16h00 and 17h00 UTC, for control, especially of the AC supplies, by the Chief of maintenance crew and members.

Rafik, F5CQ, waits the first log to be uploaded on the web page at:

http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/searchlog.php tonight or tomorrow in the morning. The first part of the FT5GA log will be available, on Sept 17th, in the morning, + or less.

73

Didier, FT5GA, team leader

Through F5NQL’s mailbox, Maurice in charge of internet communication by mail for FT5GA.

September 14 2009

Hi all

The FT5GA team landed safe on late Saturday, at Saint Denis de la Reunion Airport.

While this week end, the members of the crew spent some time to check and finalize the laptops and the Wintest soft.  They were heard doing that on the bands, barefoot, on Sunday using CW and RTTY, from Sainte Clotilde.

This morning the departure to Mayotte is scheduled around 0900 local time (05Z Monday).  Then they will fly to Glorieuse, were they are expected to land around the end of the afternoon.

To night I’ll call them by satellite cell phone to know approximately when they will begin to traffic.

The Higher Authorities of the Territory and the other from the French Forces presence on the island, may delayed that a little bit.  So it seems reasonable to expect the first signals on Tuesday in the morning (GMT time).

By the way I will thank all of our pilots and friends who are ready QRV to collect all the useful information to permit us the best traffic organization.

Jeff, F6AOJ, did a good job and send it us, about propagations predictions, Floyd is ready to receive and transmit us all what will be useful for the Whole American Continent.

We know the poor conditions today for the FT/G - Americas way so with the pilot help we will try to be as top as possible for them.

This morning, Lee, ZL2AL sent us some predictions for the VK/ZL area.  The Middle and Far Asian observation are awaited, and will come soon.

The FT5GA has the chance to offer you a rare possibility to get the 4th Most Wanted country (The last time was in the 1999/2000); Could we ask the Ham community to don’t mess up the party?

Please hear and hear before coming in the pile up.  The operators will give also some instructions while being behind laptops, keys and mikes.  They have received strict orders to keep the traffic under their control. 

The logbooks will be able as soon as possible on the Web page at:

http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/searchlog.php.

Rafik, F5CQ our webmaster, will update as often as possible, receiving conditions permitting.

Thank to him too for the big job done in the past and for that he will have to do in the next days.

So beam your antennas, keep your ears and rigs ready.  The crew members are motivated as ever and they will do all their best to make all of you happy.

Didier F5OGL – Glorieuses 2009 leader 

As you begin to read this, members of the FT5GA team are expected to be on their way to Reunion Island (FR).  From there they will eventually take a military "transall" flight to Grande Glorieuse, the main island in the Glorioso Islands.  F5OGL, Didier Senmartin, who has been the point man for this DXpedition from day one, gives us some insight into why Glorioso is the number four DXCC entity on The DX Magazine's Most Wanted list.

This DXpedition project began some five years ago with a lot of behind the scenes work that many Amateur Radio operators are unaware of.

>From the very beginning the plan has been to combine an Amateur Radio

DXpedition with some needed maintenance to equipment in the Iles Eparses, says Didier.

The Eparses Islands, which translates into English as "scattered islands", are located in the Indian Ocean and include the islands of Europa, Glorioso, Tromelin and the Bassas da India atoll.  These islands were under the administration of the island of Reunion, until January 3, 2005.  Since then the islands have been administered by Terres Australes et Antartiques Francaises (TAAF).

The all French military FT5GA team have not received any special treatment and will be transported to the island just as any other "Zone Servicemen", as they are servicemen first and hams second.

The Eparses Islands are extremely protected as the French authorities are very keen about them.  The islands have very rare fauna and flora and the French are protecting the islands.  This is yet another reason of high difficulty to go to these islands.

Requests by tourist agencies and Amateur Radio DXpeditioners have been and will continue to be "systematically refused" in order to protect the islands.  Didier has been negotiating with both the "Reunion Prefect" and then the TAAF over the past five years.  In fact the TAAF will be sending a representative along with the crew on the military plane to Grande Glorieuse, where he will spend two days with the DXpedition team on the island.  He will be observing the DXpedition first hand as he watches the antennas and stations being assembled and then some actual operating.  "We think that's very important for the future of some DXpeditions to the Eparses Islands with our crew or some other", says Didier.

Sponsorship for this DXpedition, especially from the major manufactures was extremely difficult, probably because of the multiple postponements and the final short notice for this most recent attempt.

The team members going to Glorioso are supplying a majority of the equipment from their own gear, some of which was purchased, at no discount, with their own funds.  Didier thanks both the Provins F6KOP ARC and Batima, a French electronics store, for their support from the very beginning.  The team also thanks the many Amateur Radio clubs and associations for their support.

The FT5GA team of operators will include F5PRU, Jean Michel; F5LPY, Bernard; F5IRO, Freddy; F8CRS, David; and F4EGS, Philippe.  The pilot stations for this DXpedition are:

Europe - F6AOJ, Jeff - Glorioso-Eu-Pilot@orange.fr US East Coast - N5FG, Floyd - floydgee@datasync.com Japan - JA1ELY, Toshi - ja1ely@bb.mbn.or.jp Asia - UA0MF, Mike - ua0mf@mail.ru VK & ZL - ZL2AL, Lee - leejen@paradise.net.nz (note there is not a US West Coast or South American pilot station)

F5CQ, Rafik, is the team's Webmaster - http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/.

The FT5GA operating permit is valid from September 14th through October 10th.  The team will have four stations including a K3, two FT990's and an FT857D.  They will have three ACOM 1010 amplifiers and Dunestar band filters.  Spiderbeams will be used on 10 through 28 MHz and quarter wave verticals will be used on 160, 80 and 40 meters.  For receiving antennas on the low bands they will have access to K9AY receive antennas and beverages.

CLIPPERTON DX Club – Remaining

On Sept 18&19 Strasbourg ( NE France), will happen the 31^st Convention of The Clipperton DX Club.      ( It’s still time to register)

See information at :

Look until Sep 19, for TM9CDX all HF, VHF and more bands on CW, SSB and various diigital modes.

QSL via F5CWU.

 French Castles :

On next Saturday, Sept 13^th, look for François, F5JNE and Claude, F5MCC to be active as F5JNE/p from the Castle of  MONTFORT, DFCF 21084, in the city of Montgny-Montfort, zip code 21500, in the canton of Montbard, ddcf 31-21.

Starting around 0600 utc, 80 then 40m, CW/SSB.

QSL Bureau and swl cards welcome.

 France –  MIQUELON  

 - Tim/M0TDG, and Martin/G3ZAY from Miquelon  (NA-032, DIFO FP-002, WLOTA L1417) as FP/hc, between Sept. 24-27th.   CW and SSB; low band operation will depend on equipment availability (and airline baggage limits). Martin will also try to activate McNutt island (VE1, NA-126, CIsA NS009), Nova Scotia, on September 29th. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.  

 
- Eric/KV1J and Tom/W8TOM   as FP/hc from Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002, WLOTA L1417, WW Loc. GN17TC) between  October 20-27th, including a Multi-Single entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). Outside the contest, they will be active 160-6 meters. QSL via home calls, direct or Bureau. Further information at: www.kv1j.com/fp/october09.html

CONWAY REEF remaining :

We are glad to inform you that a group of eight ham radio operators will be on from Conway Reef (IOTA OC-112). Based on the crew that activated Chesterfield Islands as TX9 in 2004 Hawa (DK9KX, ex 3D2CR) formed a new crew, which will operate during the period of Oct. 1st to Oct. 10th 2009.

http://www.conwayreef2009.de/index.html

MONGOLIA

JT1UN & JT1YO   -
First ever EME DXpedition to Mongolia (ON37KW) to take place October 10-14th (First weekend of the ARRL International EME Competition). W7EME will operate JT65B on 144 MHz. K7YO operating on 432 MHz. Equipment on 2 meters will be a single M2 2mxp32 antenna and 450 watts output. (same equipment as used at VO2/W7EME). Equipment on 70 cm will be two long Yagi antennas and 250 watts. Operation will be from both the JT1KAA headquarters (JT1UN & JT1YO) and from the Ersine sum, the mountains to the east of Ulaanbaatar (JT1UN/JT5 & JT1YO/JT5). Thanks to JT1CD who has been a great help in arranging licensing and logistics. For further information and updates, please visit: www.w7eme.org/ulaanbaatar and www.qsl.net/k7yo/ . Also check out JT1UN at www.QRZ.com.  

VANUATU/

Begin date:             20091030
End date:               20091105
Submitter's callsign:   VK2CCC
Callsign(s):            YJ0...    TBC
DXCC entity:            Vanuatu
QSL route:              Buro VK2CCC
Operators:              VK2CCC

Notes:                  Web:
http://www.qrz.lt/foto/main.php?g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_itemId=3793

Info: part time operation. Mainly 160m/80m CW.

Aland Isl;

Begin date:             20090926
End date:               20090927
Submitter's callsign:   OH6EI
Callsign(s):            OH0Z
DXCC entity:            OH0
QSL route:              W0MM
Operators:              OH6EI

Notes:                  SSB, SOAB HP in SAC-test

Aland Isl;

Begin date:             20090919
End date:               20090920
Submitter's callsign:   OH6EI
Submitter's e-mail:     oh6ei@sral.fi
Callsign(s):            OH0Z
DXCC entity:            OH0
QSL route:              W0MM
Operators:              OH6EI

Notes:                  CW, SOAB HP in SAC-test

ANTIGUA
Begin date:             20091126
End date:               20091201
Submitter's callsign:   AA3B
Callsign(s):            V26K
DXCC entity:            Antigua & Barbuda
QSL route:              AA3B
Operators:              AA3B

Notes:                  CW only

CQWW DX Contest, SSB (October 24-25, 2009):

CUBA:

Submitter's callsign:   CO6LP
Contest callsign:       T46A
DXCC entity:            Cuba
Operation class:        M/S
CQ zone:                08
QSL route:              CO6LC
Operators:              CO6LP, CO6LC, CM6YAC, CO6EC and other one or two
more

TAIWAN:

Submitter's callsign:   BX5AA
 Contest callsign:       BX5AA
DXCC entity:            TAIWAN
Operation class:        SOAB High
CQ zone:                24
QSL route:              BX5AA
Operators:              BX5AA

Notes:                  Web Page   http://blog.yam.com/bx5aa

ANTIGUA

Contest:                CQWW DX Contest, CW (November 28-29, 2009)
Submitter's callsign:   AA3B
 Contest callsign:       V26K
DXCC entity:            Antigua & Barbuda
Operation class:        SOAB LP
CQ zone:                8
QSL route:              AA3B
Operators:              AA3B

SOUTH AFRICA
 Submitter's callsign:   ZS4TX
Contest callsign:       ZS4TX
DXCC entity:            South Africa
Operation class:        SOAB
CQ zone:                38
QSL route:              LotW
Operators:              Bernie, ZS4TX

ARGENTINA:

Activity from Railway stations, in activity or no:

1^st, by the Punta Alta Radio Club –LU6DG

Dates : 12&13 of september.

Name : “CALDERON” railway sytation

Reference : (DEF 140D)

Railway station with no activity.

Railway line :    Ferrocarril del Sur,  Rosario-Puerto Belgrano

Callsigns : HC/D

80/40m SSB.

QSL – 1  IRC à :  Punta Alta radio Club.  2 de Julio 793 ( 8109 ) Punta Alta. BA. Argentina.

2^nd (remaining)  by the Radio Club San Justo LU7FJ 
 

Reference: DEF023F
On 12 and 13 of September.

Callsign : LU7FJ/F
Station : San Justo.
Coordenadas: 30º 47` 02" S – 60º 35` 23" O
City of  San Justo.
Departamento: San Justo.
Belgrano Cargas – SOE, railways , in activity, metric scale.

Operators : LU3FLV, LU5FF, LU7FEC & LU7FNI.
80  40m,   SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31.
QSL via Radio Club San Justo LU7FJ -LU7FNI - Erardo Césari -Celular: 03498-15-404698, Argentina.

 - Web site:> www.lu7fj.org     

Seychelles,
Mauro, HB9ENI, will be active as S79MI from Praslin Island,   (AF-024, Grid LI75) October 21-26th. Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters using SSB and RTTY. He also plans to be on the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). QSL via his home callsign, bureau preferred or direct. Log will be uploaded to LoTW.

Turks & Caicos Isl., VP5.

-          Jack, N2VW will be active from the VP5JM Hamlet on Providenciales Island (FL31) from October 21-28th, including entry in the CQWW SSB Contest (October 25-26th) possibly using a special call. Outside the contest he will be signing VP5/N2VW on all bands and modes, 160-6 meters. QSL via home call.

-          Roger/W7VV, Ralph/VE7XF and others will operate from VP5JM's QTH on Providenciales from November 15th to December 3rd, including a M? entry in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) probably using a special callsign (TBA). Outside the contest look for the group to be signing VP5/homecall on all bands / modes 160-6 meters. QSL via home calls.

EASTER Isl         

The XRØY DXpedition to Easter Island will take a place between October 31 and November 15, 2009. It will be a lightweight, small expedition led by 6 operators:
SQ8X Stan (inventor of the expedition), SV2KBS Victoria, NI1L Leszek, Marco CE6TBN, PA3C Aart and SP7HOV Zbig. Thanks to fantastic support of Radio Club de Chile we will have an unique opportunity to activate Rapa Nui on 30 meters. Since the island is still most wanted on this band in Europe, 30m will be or priority.


MALDIVES:

Hello folks,

Andrew - G7COD / 8Q7AK now has a dedicated webpage at:

http://8q7ak.freewebspace.com/

Remaining : 8Q7AK will be operational from Embudu Island, Republic of Maldives from 12th
October to 25th October 2009. It will be operated by Andrew, G7COD, on all bands
from 80 to 12 metres including WARC frequencies using SSB and CW modes only.


Vy 73 to all

de Pete at the DX Newsdesk

SUDAN:

Robert/S53R, will receive a new assignment from the UN WFP. In Sudan until October as ST2X. He says his rig and PA are always in S5 but he hopes to get them quickly. More information to follow.

Central KIRIBATI

Craig, N3BQR, on  Phoenix  (OC-043) as claimed callsign T31AA between Sept 10-25. 20m SSB.

CAMEROUN:

F5PSA, Lionel, at his spare time as TJ3SL, on 20, 17, 15, 12 y 10m SSB . Length of the stay not informed.

QSL vía F5PSA.

VK2CCC (LY1DF), Tomas, reports he is going to Efate Island (OC-35), Vanuatu (YJ0) at the end of October.  He will be operating on 1.8 and

3.5 MHz and perhaps even some 40 meter activity if propagation on 160 and 80 is poor.  Dates for this operation will be October 30th to November 5th.  As of the moment he does not know his YJ0 callsign.

Tomas say this will be a "part time operation" and will emphasize openings during "European sunset and US sunrise times".  His station will consist of a 100 watt rig, a quarter wave vertical on 80 meters and an Inverted L vertical for 1.8 MHz.  QSL via the bureau to VK2CCC.

After two years of silence from ZB2X Finnish op OH2KI, Jorma, tells us he is heading back to Gibraltar in November for the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest.  Exact category has not yet been decided.  It will depend on the possibilities of where to put the antennas up at the crowded QTH, says Jorma.

Special event station 8J2S will be QRV through November 8th in celebration of the 24th National Cultrual Festival, which is being held in Shizuoka prefecture, Honshu (AS-007), Japan.  Activity will be on all bands.  QSL via the JARL QSL bureau.

In celebration of the 46th anniversary of Arecibo Observatory look for KP4AO to be QRV by WP3R and others on November 1st.  QSL via W3HNK.

OH6EI plans to be QRV as OH0Z from the Aland Islands during the CW and SSB Scandinavia Activity Contests, September 19 and 20 and September

26 and 27.  QSL via W0MM.

Cuban ops CO6LP, CO6LC, CM6YAC, CO6EC and possibly several others will do a multi-single as T46A in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on October 24th and 25th.  QSL via CO6LC.

BX5AA has announced his plans for the CQ WW SSB.  He'll be doing a SOAB effort running hi power.

FT5GA – Official press release :

Hi friends

291 kg of gear on the scale ( transceivers, PA’s, power suppliees, antennas , masts and miscellanous aso ..) have been picked up by Didier/F5OGL, Yves/F5PRU and Franco/F4EVR .

They gave it to Mr Alain LEFELLEC, Export freight manager of the LOGFRET Society, located at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport. W e thank him for his kind reception and his help to make this expedition a success.

Two pallets will flight to morrow to the Reunion island, were they will be got back by the Airforce base 181, freight service.

We now have in hand the authorisation to transmit on the Radioamateur Service bands , from Grande Glorieuse. This permission is beeing sawn on the Glorieuses 2009 webpage at : http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/index-e.htm

73

Didier, F5OGL, team leader,

OH2PM, Pertti, and OH0RJ, Lars, are planning to head to Market Reef

(OJ0) today to do maintenance work on the generator.  Limited low power activity may be possible over the next two or three days.  This operation is dependant on the weather.

 As a reminder the FT5GA, Glorioso DXpedition team expects to depart from mainland France on Friday September 11th.  First stop will be Reunion Island (FR).  From there they will take a military flight to Grand Glorioso, however as of yesterday the team did not know the details of the "transall" flight that will get them to the number four most want DXCC entity.  With this in mind there is definitely no need to miss work, or any other events on Friday, in anticipation of working the all French Military team on Glorioso.  The team will be returning, presumably from Reunion Island, on October 8th.

F5PSA, Lionel, is back in Cameroon and QRV once again as TJ3SL.  Look for him on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters SSB in his spare time.  QSL via F5PSA.

Fe'ao Vakata, the Radio Licensing Officer for the Kingdom of Tonga (A3), today authorized Amateur Radio operation on the 60 Meter band

(5.330-5.405 MHz) on a secondary restricted basis, says A35RK, Paul.

The 60 meter band plan will be the same as authorized by the FCC (i.e.

"channelized" on the following frequencies only, USB only, 2.8 Khz maximum bandwidth, with a 50 watt pep ERP limit): 5330.5, 5346.5, 5366.5, 5371.5 and 5403.5 KHz.  60 meter authorization in A3 is effective immediately.

The international team heading to Tonga in November is planning to operate on 60 meters.  In fact they have received their A31 licenses, along with authorization for running up to 400 watts and use of the newly assigned 5 MHz band.  Their calls are as follows:

A31A special call (ik1pmr and group)

A31MR = IK1PMR

A31LEO = PA3LEO/K2LEO (YL)

A31WL = PA0BWL

A31NN = AA4NN

A31SN = OE2SNL

A31IW = DJ5IW

A31JC = DJ7JC

The team plans to use their new A31 prefix calls from November 19th to December 1st.  For more details on this DXpedition check out their Web page at www.ik1pmr.com/plans/a3/.

The addition of 60 meters is not the only change in Tonga as A3 stations have also gained more allocation on the 40 meter band with the expansion now covering 7.0 to 7.2 MHz.  Hopefully in the near future Amateur Radio operators from Tonga will be able to operate from

7.2 to 7.3 MHz on a secondary basis, as permitted by the IARRU Region III band plan.  A big thanks to Fe'ao Vakata, the Radio Licensing Officer, for "his efforts in revising and updating the Amateur Radio regulations in Tonga".

A group from the Spanish IARU Society URE (Union de Radioaficionados

Espanoles) will join up with members of the Andorran URA (Unio de Radioaficionats Andorrans) to operate as C37URE from Andorra during the RTTY version of the CQ WW, over the September 26/27 weekend.  The joint effort is yet another collaboration between URA and URE in celebration of URE's 60th anniversary.  More details can be found at http://c37ure.ure.es/.

AA3B, Bud Trench, will be active from Antigua between November 26th and December 1st using the call V26K.  This will include the CQ WW CW DX Contest, in which he will be in the SO AB LP category.  This will be an all CW operation, on the HF contest bands only.  QSL via AA3B.

The newly formed Arizona Outlaws Contest Club (AOCC) recently elected the following officers for the 2009-2010 year:

President - K8IA, Bob Epstein

Vice President North Region - W7ZR, Dick Zalewski Vice President Central Region - KC7V, Mike Fulcher Vice President South Region - AB7E, Dave Gilbert Secretary/Treasurer/Webmistress - N7RQ, Sandy Farley PR/Awards - K7WP, John Arthurs

 The AOCC now has well over 100 members.  More details can be found at www.qrz.com/db/n7at.

Ukrainian ops UR2VA, UR7VA, US0VA, US5UV, UR7UT and UT7UT will be operating UR4VWA/p from the Kanev Nature Reserve (URFF-009) today through September 10th.  They will be on the various HF bands on CW and SSB.  QSL via UR4VWA.

K2LS, Larry, will again be in Israel from October 7 thru October 27.

He will be mostly on CW and operating from the rare Israeli grid square G18JS.  QSL via K2LS or via the bureau.

Starting September 12th look for DF8UO, Daniel, to once again be QRV as 5R8UO from Madagascar (AF-013).  He'll be mostly on CW and the digital modes on 7-28 MHz until September 20th.  Daniel will be using an FT857 and IC7400 into a log periodic for 10-30 MHz and longwires.

QSL via DF8UO.  He will be uploading his logs to LoTW and eQSL upon his return.

DJ8OG, Matthias, plans to operate as CT9/DJ8OG from the Madeira Islands (AF-014) from September 10-15.  He will be on 3.5 through 28 MHz.  During the WAE SSB Contest he will use special call CR3L.  QSL CR3L via DJ6QT, and CT9/DJ8OG via DJ8OG.

The international team of CX6VM, K2NG, N3BNA, PJ4NX, ZP5VAY, ZP5AZL, and maybe others plan to operate as PJ4K from Bonaire (SA-006) in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest in the multi-two category.  Members of the team will be on the island from October 20-26 and plan to be QRV as PJ4/home call.  QSL PJ4K via ZP5AZL and all others via the operator's instructions.

During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest EE2W, manned by the Ondarroa Group, will be a multi-multi effort from Ondarroa City, Spain.  QSL via EB2BXL.

During both the Phone and CW CQ WW's B7P will be QRV.  In the first the following ops will participate in the multi-single or multi-multi

category: BA7NQ, BA7JC, BA7JS, BA7IN, BD7IXG, BA7IA, BD7KSF and BD7MFB.  On code the team will include: BA7NQ, BA7JC, BA7JS, BA7IN, BD7IXG, BA7IA and OH7WV for a multi-multi effort.  QSL B7P via BD7IXG.

Look for IW9HLM to be using special call IR9X from Sicily Island (EU-

025) for the CQ WW CW.  This will be a single-op effort.  QSL via IW9HLM and LOTW.

The international team heading to Easter Island (XR0Y), from October 31st to November 15th, has announced their QSL route.  SQ8X will handle cards for Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.  Direct cards can go to Stan, P.O. Box 8, 38-600 Lesko, POLAND.  QSL cards for North, Central and South America go direct to: Radio Club de Chile, P.O. Box 13630, 330996 Santiago, CHILE.  Both routes can also go via the bureau.  For more details on QSLing see their Web page at http://rapanui2009.org/xr0y-qsl-information.

T31AA, Central Kiribati, is coming up soon.  Operator N3BQR, Craig Cook, left yesterday for Fiji and then will go on to Central Kiribati, to arrive around September 12.  This is a scientific reef survey from the New England Aquarium, planning to stop at each of the eight islands. All the islands are part of the Phoenix Islands, called Central Kiribati, T31, on the ARRL DXCC list.  They all count as IOTA OC-043.  Craig will be diving most of each day but hopes to be ashore in the afternoon on each island and getting on the air.  He says, "As far as I know, most of these islands, except for Kanton, have never been visited by any DXpedition, so this may be a first."  Look for T31AA mostly on 20M with his IC-7000 and SteppIR vertical and MFJ-1778 G5RV.  He is the only amateur on the expedition.  The island names are Birnie, Phoenix (Rawaki), Hull (Orona), Nikumaroro, Enderbury, McKean and Kanton.  The team heads home September 27.  QSL via N3BQR.

ET3JD, Jim DeLoach, WU0I, is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  He says for now he is only accepting direct QSL cards.  Include a self-addressed envelope and send them to:

     Jim DeLoach, ET3JD

     2030 Addis Ababa Place

     Dulles VA 20189-2030

     USA

Jim says indicate on the QSL you wish them to come back via U.S. mail, which he think is probably more reliable, or Ethiopian mail, which will have a pretty stamp and be more exotic but might be less reliable.  If you don't state a preference, he plans to send it to you whichever way is less expensive.  Jim believes the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society, EARS, is not in any way connected to any QSL bureau, so do not QSL via the bureau.  Jim is looking into on-line QSLing including eQSL and LoTW but internet access in residential locations in Addis Ababa is pretty scarce.

Jim says his current station status is that the formalities of bringing in gear are being wrapped up and he expects to have all the gear and the operating permission to use it within about two weeks.

Next he will build his antenna and set up the station.  He thinks he should hit the airwaves by October.  Jim plans to use PSK31 and do some RTTY in contests mostly, and SSB and CW, but his Morse is rusty, so be patient.  He says for sure he will try to get on 40, 20 and 15 and would like to try 30, 17, and 12 - especially 30 and 17.  He will be using homebrew wire antennas and will experiment with different designs.

S53R, Robert, has just arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, but his radio and amp were, at least report, still on the way from Slovenia.  He will try to get on the air as soon as he can, with the callsign ST2X hoped for.  Paperwork is in process.  Robert thinks he will soon be able to use the log periodic on the roof of his office building that is at about 25M off the ground and no one has been using it.  It should be pretty effective.  At his residence he will have an 80-10M full size vertical, hoping to be QRV by the end of September.  For those who need CQ Zone 34, this should be your chance.

Special event station PA30IPA will be active October 10-November 6.

The callsign celebrates the 30th anniversary of IPARC-PA, the International Police Association Radio Club of the Netherlands.  IPA members will be active on HF, VHF and UHF all modes including PSK31 and RTTY during this period.  QSL PA30IPA via PA9LUC.

FS/KT8X on St. Martin will be on next year, March 5-12, 2010 for the ARRL DX SSB Contest.  Outside that operating event he will be active on CW and RTTY as well as SSB, "holiday style."  QSL via LoTW.

5B/G3RWF will be QRV from Pissouri, Cyprus for two weeks starting this Wednesday, September 8.

IN3VZE is heading back to Malawi, where he has the callsign, 7Q7CE.

Look for Ely from there starting as early as October 3, for about a two-week operation.  He plans to be active on SSB and focus on working the USA on RTTY too.

A group of operators from Croatia are going to Vanuatu for an operation.  9A6DX, Nick, says at this stage he can confirm that the dates are January 20-February 5, 2010.  9A6XX and 9A8MM are both waiting for their YJ callsign assignments.  9A4DU, Ante, has already gotten YJ0DU and 9A6DX has gotten YJ0DX, though it's previously been issued to someone else.  He assumes this will be okay.  The four ops will have along two Yaesu FT857 rigs and an IC7000, plus a 500 watt amplifier.  For antennas, they'll have a sloper, an inverted V and a Spiderbeam..

A very unusual callsign, PA09MONUMENT, will be on HF and 2M for "Open Monumentendag," European Heritage Days in the Netherlands, September 12.  Noorwijk Lighthouse NET-019 will be open to the public.  QSL this one via the Dutch QSL Bureau, DQB, to PA7DA. 

9M6/JJ2CJB will enjoy the resort and ham bands both from the Langkah Syabas Beach Resort near Kota Kianbalu, Borneo Island, East Malaysia.

>From October 24-26, he will be in the CQWW SSB Contest running 400

watts to a Force12 C4 antenna.  QSL via LoTW, eQSL or the JARL Bureau.

TM2NN will be a special event call from France September 12-22 for the 21st "Les Nuits de Nacre," an annual accordion festival!  This is held in Tulle.  QSL via F5KTU.

S79MI is the callsign from Praslin Island, AF-024, in the Seychelles, for HB9ENI, Mauro, when he operates there October 21-26 including the CQWW DX SSB.  Other than the contest operating, he will be on SSB and RTTY on HF and 6.  QSL direct or bureau to his home call is fine, plus he'll put his log on LoTW.

Several operators from Uruguay will be operating from the Falklands in mid-November.  Look for VP8BUG on the digital modes and VP8BUH on SSB from November 14 to 21.  QSL via EB7DX.

Dear EasyLog5 users,

We just distributed an update of QRZcom.dll file to access the online callbook on QRZ.com web site after a change made on QRZ.com web site.

To download and install the new DLL click the following link and follow the instructions:

http://www.easylog.com/wiki/index.php?title=Download_New_QRZcom.DLL_-_02_September_2009

From Carl, N4AA

I could not announce this earlier as I had to be sure it was uploaded and ready for use.

THE 2009 DX MAGAZINE MOST WANTED SURVEY WEB FORM IS NOW READY FOR YOU TO USE.

JUST GO TO THE WEB SITE:  www.dxpub.com

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOME PAGE YOU WILL SEE THE LINK TO THE FORM.