Belize, V3. A QSP from Arne SM7AED says; W6JKV (Jim reports from EM10AH on upcoming V3 DXpedition) And all going well here. We are going on a family vacation to Belize on 20th June and will return on 1st July. Have a good location for prop to EU and USA and will have normal long antenna and power. Call will be V32IV. Grid square will be EK68BC; last time I was in EK67. 15 May 2013 - 1 Jul. 2013 St. Martin, FS. John, K9EL, will once again activate FS/K9EL
in June. Operating dates this year are June 11-28th. Activity
will be on 80-6 meters. Daily uploads to ClubLog and LoTW are planned.
John has a new QTH this year and should have a better signal to
the USA on 6 meters. QSL via his home callsign. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#1112) 12 May 2013 - 28
Jun. 2013 Italy, I. Between 22-10-2013 and 26-10-2013 qrv
on 4 and 2 meter band from Lampedusa Island. Also 6 meter. Locator:
JM65HM. North side of the island. Callsign will be IG9Y. The Expedition
is part of a big expedition on the HF bands. Canada, VE. VUCC grid hunters who need Canadian grid EO40 may want to listen for WB8BZK/VE3 who will activate EO40ud for six days from Seseganaga Lake in Ontario between May 26 and May 31. Frequencies: 50.135 MHz (starting on the calling freq, 50.125 MHz and moving up to 50.135 during an opening). Equipment: Icom 706 with 100W into a 3-element beam up 30 feet, Battery powered. He will check for activity each morning at 1230Z and then again between 2230Z and 2300 each evening. He will also give it a try if the WX is too nasty to go out fishing. QSL to WB8BZK address on www.qrz.com (Sixitalia Weekly) 9 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 Juan fernandez, CE0Z. "After many months of careful planning, the XR0ZR team is pleased and proud to announce preparations for a multi-national Dxpedition to Robinson Crusoe Island in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago (CE0Z), using the callsign XR0ZR. It is our privilege to activate this entity during the period November 8-20th, 2013. The Juan Fernández Islands (Spanish: Archipiélago Juan Fernández) are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about 600 kilometers off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island. On the Club-Log's most wanted DXCC list, Juan Fernandez, CE0Z ranks as #35 on the most wanted list for all amateur radio operators, #23 on the most wanted list for Asia, #27 on the most needed list for CW operations, and #18 on the most needed list for Digital Operations. The Team is meeting in Santiago, Chile, and will depart by a chartered aircraft on November 7th. The Team expects become active on November 8th. The main goals of this DXpedition are to work every amateur radio operator who needs Juan Fernandez, (CE0Z) for a new DXCC country. In addition, we will be active on all bands and modes from 1.8 MHz to 50 MHz with special attention to be made to accommodate distant stations during periods when propagation permits. We are planning to have 4 stations running simultaneously and hope to make thousand contacts worldwide. We are kindly seeking Club and Individual Sponsors to help us defray the costs of carrying out this important Dxpedition. Our team will consist of the following Operators: Fabri-IW3SQY (Team Leader), Franco-IZ8GCE, Paolo-IV3DSH, Josep-EA3AKY, Les-SP3DOI, Dino-CE3PG, and Art-WA7NB. We wish everyone good propagation and we hope that you enjoy working the XR0ZR Team. Thank you for your assistance in helping make this a world class DXpedition. You can follow us on: Website: http://www.juanfernandez2013.com 73 de XR0ZR Team" (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1111) 6 May 2013 - 20 Nov. 2013
May. Contest, Open / WW. Nicaracua, YN. Eric, K9GY/T6MO, will be departing Afghanistan
in about three weeks (shut down the T6MO station on April 28th).
He informs OPDX, "Hope to be at Dayton if I can process through
Ft Benning quick enough, hah!" In late May, Eric will once
again be active as YN2GY from Octavio's, YN2N, QTH in Grenada. He
states that he will be there May 22nd (probably more like May 23rd
with the late flight) until early May 28th. While there he will
also be in the 2013 CQ WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th) as a Single-Op
/All-Band /Low-Power entry. Outside of the contest, look for CW
activity on 30/17/12 meters. Also look for him on 6 meters (he's
hoping for some good 6m propagation). QSL via LoTW or to his home
callsign, direct or by the Bureau. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1107)
8 Apr. 2013 - 28 May 2013 Ireland, EI. Andy, G7SQW, will be active as EJ/G7SQW from Arranmore Island between May 27-29th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters. A radio, possibly with a yagi, will be dedicated for 6 meters and will activate two WW Loc. grids IO54 and IO55. This will be Andy's first IOTA activation. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1107) 19 Apr. 2013 - 29 May 2013 Jersey, GJ. A Belgian team will be active as MJ/ON6NB from Jersey between May 24-30th. Operators mentioned are Philippe/ON4ACP, Erik/ON4ANN, Jose/ON4CAU, Erik/ON4CCV, Walter/ON8CW, Cedric/ON4CKM and Rudi/ON6MI. The pilot station will be Frans/ON6QB. Activity will be on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB and PSK. An emphasis will be on the higher bands, conditions permitting. QSL via ON4ANN, direct or by the Bureau. There will be an online log search at: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/mj/on6nb A Web page is available at: http://users.telenet.be/on4ann/MJ/index.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1100) 15 Feb. 2013 - 30 May 2013 Greece, SV. Francois continues to be active till the
30th of May as SV3/ON4LO/p from Peloponnes on 40 - 6m in SSB. QSL
via h/c. (Sixitalia Weekly) 22
Apr. 2013 - 30 May 2013 June. Greece, SV. Laci, HA0HW, will once again be active from Thassos Island (QRA KN20HS), but this time as SW8WW (ex-J48HW) between May 23rd and June 5th. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB and RTTY, on the HF bands (usually on 40/30/20/17 meters) and on 6 meters. He will enter the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th) as a Single Op/All-Band entry. His rigs are usually a FT-840 with a MOS-FET amplifier (300-400 watts) and an IC-706 (for 6m only). Antennas are a monoband Gps and dipoles on fishing poles. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the HA Bureau. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1109) 22 Apr. 2013 - 5 Jun. 2013 Malta, 9H. Look for Floris PA1FW (9H3E), Jasper PB2JJ
(9H3JN), Rinus PA2HEM (9H3MS), Marion PD3MV (9H3MV), Wim PG9W (9H3ON),
Andre PA3HGP (9H3S) and Sjirk PE1OFJ (9H3YM) to be active from Malta
between 18 May and 5 June. They will be QRV on 80-6 metres, and
will use their personal calls as well as 9H25 (QSL via PI4KGL),
a very special callsign chosen to celebrate the group's 25th trip
to Malta. (Sixitalia Weekly) 22
Apr. 2013 - 5 Jun. 2013 Ireland, EI. I plan to set up a /P field station during
my holiday in Ireland, activating some fairly rare squares during
the 2013 Sporadic-E season. Tentative dates: onsite from 31/05/2013
until 16/06/2013. Virgin Isl., VP2V. Dave, W9DR, will be active as VP2V/W9DR from the north shore of the Island of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands (FK78TR) between June 14-28th. Activity will be on 50.115 MHz (SSB) and 50.115.6 MHz (CW). He will also be running a beacon on 50.115.6 when the band is not open. Please submit confirmation request (QSL) to W9DR home address (QRZ.com). (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1100) 15 Feb. 2013 - 28 Jun. 2013 Guantanamo bay, KG4. Operators Terry/K4RX (KG4RX), Ken/AC4TO (KG4TO) and Tip/N4SIA (KG4AS) will be active from GITMO for a 6 meter DXpedition in WW, grid FK29kv between June 22nd-29th. They will use a K3 with PR6 and KPA500 into a 6M5XHG optimized 6 element yagi. There will also be some simultaneous CW HF operations on all bands. KG4RX and KG4TO will have their logs on ClubLog. QSL to their respective home callsigns. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1110) 30 Apr. 2013 - 29 Jun. 2013 July. Curacau, PJ2. Wim, ON6DX, will be active as PJ2/ON6DX
from Curacao between June 28th and July 7th. Activity will be holiday
style on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Wim will play special
attention on: Saint Pierre & Miquelon, FP. Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon, Grid GN17 as FP/KV1J between July 6-16th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 (but primarily SSB and RTTY). He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open, and he may try 6 meters if there is any indications of openings. Also, look for him on the satellites, weather permitting. Eric will also be in the IARU HF Contest (July 13-14th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Mixed-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via KV1J, direct or by the Bureau and also LoTW. For more details and updates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July13.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1101) 11 Mar. 2013 - 16 Jul. 2013 Haiti, HH. Tom, KC0W, will be active as HH5/KC0W from the extreme northern tip of Haiti for 18 days in July. Activity will be 80-6 meters using CW only. He will use a vertical antenna placed directly over salt water. Tom states, "My operating location in Haiti has unobstructed HF takeoffs to North America, Europe & Africa. Haiti has been underrepresented on CW so hopefully HH5/KC0W will go into many CW enthusiast's logbooks." QSL only direct to his home callsign. Look for more HH5/KC0W information as July approaches. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1110) 30 Apr. 2013 - 25 Jul. 2013 August. Jersey, GJ. We are going to Jersey from August 2-9 2013. We will be active from the JARS Headquarter. We will be activating on all HF bands (160-10) and also the magic band, 6m. The modes will be CW / RTTY / PSK / SSB. Our team will consists of ON8ZL (Team Leader), ON8ZZ and ON5NQ. The call we are using is MJ/OT9Z. I'll hope you can put this information on your site. More information? www.dxpeditionchannelislands.weebly.com Groeten Greetings Frederik Dudal 19 Apr. 2013 - 9 Aug. 2013 St. Kitts, V4. Jon, W5JON, will once again be active as V47JA from his vacation home in Calypso Bay, St. Kitts (WW Loc. FK87SG), hillside QTH located 300 feet from overlooking the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, between July 9th and August 10th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters (including 60m) using SSB and RTTY/Digital modes. Equipment is a Kenwood TS-590S, Yaesu FT-857D, and SB200 Amplifier. Antennas include: a 80-10m Multi-band Dipole, and metal roof mounted S9, 18' and 31' Verticals and 3 element Yagi for 6m. His operations will include the IARU HF Championship Contest (July 13-14th) and the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th0 as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Also, XYL Cathy, W5HAM, will occasionally operate as V47HAM. ALL QSLs go to W5JON direct or via LoTW. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1106) 30 Mar. 2013 - 10 Aug. 2013 Bermuda, VP9. Eric, K9GY/T6MO, announced that he will be active possibly as VP9/K9GY or K9GY/VP9 in the Worked All Europe CW Contest in mid-August. He informs OPDX that he plans to be there between August 8-15th. Activity will probably be mainly CW on 40-10 meters. He also mentions, "Might be late in the season for 6m propagation, but it would be great to work Europe :-)". Activity will be from Ed's, VP9GE, Hamilton apartments QTH see the Web page at: http://vp9ge.com. QSL via K9GY. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1107) 8 Apr. 2013 - 15 Aug. 2013 September or later. Laos, XW. Steve, 9M6DXX, informs OPDX that a multi-national, multi-operator, DXpedition to Vientiane, Laos, is being planned for September 6-16th, 2013. Team members are Steve/9M6DXX, James/9V1YC, George/EA2TA, Christian/EA3NT, Raul/EA5KA, Vincent/F4BKV, Don/G3XTT and Col/MM0NDX. They plan to operate five stations from 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. A Web site is currently under construction and will be available soon. The callsign and more details will be announced later. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1108) 19 Apr. 2013 - 16 Sep. 2013 Wake Isl., KH9.
Press Release. Joe, W8GEX,
sent out the following press release on March 1st [edited]: "Press
Release - Team Leader Lou, N2TU, and the Management Team of Joe/W8GEX,
Craig/K9CT, and Joe/AA4NN are proud to announce they are planning
a 'Commemorative DXpedition' to a rare DX entity. This DXpedition
will be to Wake Atoll (KH9) in October 2013. Mayotte, FH. Members of the "Italian Dxpedition Team" have announced that their next DXpedition will be to the Island of Mayotte Island between October 3-17th. The only other details that were provided are: HF Pilot station: Fred, IK7JWY. 6m Pilot station: Sergio, IK0FTA. Software Management (real-time log on line) by Giacomo, IH9GPI. More details will be forthcoming. Related Web pages are: Official website: http://www.i2ysb.com Official forum: http://www.hamradioweb.org (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1106) 30 Mar. 2013 - 17 Oct. 2013 Dominican Rep., HI. Operators "Yukon John"/KL7JR and XYL Claire/WL7MY will be back to their Dominican Republic ocean front condo on the north shore of Hispaniola Island around mid-September through 2013. The HI3/KL7JR license has been renewed for a year, so expect to hear them on HF SSB concentrating on 12, 17, 40 and 80 meters and 6 meters! They also plan to continue their antenna experimenting with MFJ mobile verticals and Wilson FGT-2 CB verticals as mini yagis from their 3rd floor patio. Rigs include Kenwood TS-570D and Ten Tec 599. Antennas: Vertical Loop (10-20m), TAK-tenna 80 (40 and 80m) and misc. 6 meter wires. QSL per info on QRZ.com. E-mail for skeds are welcome KL7JR@Yahoo.com. They expect to check in on 40 and 80 meters (OMISS and 3905 CCN) frequently. Check out John's article on "An Indoor Reduced Size Rectangular Loop" at: http://www.hamuniverse.com/kl7jrindoorloop4010.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1022) 11 Aug 2011 - Dec. 2013 United kingdom,
G. Celebrating the Radio
Society of Great Britain's centenary, special event stations
callsign Gx100RSGB (where "x" is replaced by the
secondary location identifier, M, W, I, D, U and J as appropriate)
will be used from 1 January through 31 December 2013 from
a number of different locations in the UK. 2014 or later. Antartica, VK0. VK0JJJ - Mawson Station - Mac Robertson
Land, Antarctica Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
2013/14 Operator: Craig, VK6JJJ http://xml.qrz.com/db/vk0jjj Afghanistan, T6. Jesse, KB2OBQ will be active from Kandahar
Province, Afghanistan beginning May 15, 2013 to August 2014. Operating
as T6JP he will be QRV on 160-6M using SSB & CW. Further info
at T6JP2013@gmail.com
(Sixitalia Weekly) Kenya, 5Z. Roger, LA4GHA is now active from Kenya
and Somalia while on work assignment. QRV (160-6 CW, SSB & Digi)
until December 2014, look for him to sign 5Z4/LA4GHA or 6O0LA. QSL
via LA4GHA. Note add by Sixitalia: We hope that Roger will be able
to have a 6m permits from Kenya; GL! (Sixitalia Weekly) 19 Apr. 2013 - Dec. 2014 Gabon, TR. Sebastien, F4EIH will be in Gabon for at least three years starting on 1 February. He plans to operate SSB, PSK31 and JT65 on the HF and VHF (EME and Satellite) bands. (Sixitalia Weekly) 07 Feb. 2012 - 01 Feb. 2015
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