ITH Geneve, 4U. After both C37MS and C56EME did win
the trophy MMM expedition of the year 2011 section MS and EME, Chris
and Rene where thinking to celebrate this by doing something back
for all those voters. Palau, T8. Look for Takeshi, JH1WGP, to be active as T88WG from the West Plaza by the Sea Hotel, Koror Island, Republic of Palau (WW Loc. PJ77FI) from 9-15th February, 2012. QRV 80-6 metre CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via home call. (Sixitalia Weekly) 07 Feb. 2012 - 15 Feb. 2012 Vietnam, 3W. Jacek, SP5APW, is expected to visit Phu Quoc Island between March 7-12th. He has applied for the callsign 3W4JK. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB, PSK31 and RTTY, with possible operations on 6 meters. He mentions that he will use a Elecraft K3 with microKEYER II and Buddipole antennas. For updates, watch Jacek's Blog page at: http://as-128.blogspot.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1048) 07 Feb. 2012 - 12 Mar. 2012 Togo, 5V. Franco, I1FQH, will once again be active
from Kpalime Village in central Togo, but this time as 5V7V (last
year he was 5V7DX). Activity will be between February 5-17th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters using a 20-10 meters Spiderbeam, and on
160-80m and 40-30m using a homebrew vertical. There was mention
that he will have an emphasis on lower bands. His rig will be a
K3 w/KL500 solid state amplifier and a Yaesu FT-817 for 6 meters.
QSL via the LoTW (preferred) or via his home callsign, direct (w/SASE)
or by the Bureau. Visit the 5V7V Web page (with an online log check)
at: http://www.mdxc.org/5v7v (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1048) 07 Feb. 2012
- 17 Feb. 2012 Tonga, A3. Haru, JA1XGI, will be active as A35XG
from Tonga between April 2-9th, 2012. Activity will be on 20-6 meters
(especially 30/17/12m) using mainly CW, with some SSB and the Digital
modes. Suggested frequencies are: Bahamas, C6. Operators George, K4IIO/GM0IIO, will be
active as C6AZZ between March 1-8th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters,
mainly CW with some SSB. His activity will also include the ARRL
DX SSB Contest (March 24-25th). QSL via K4IIO. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#1048) 07 Feb. 2012 - Macau, XX9. Nine members of the "A DX Group"
(ADXG) will be active from Coloane Island, WW Grid OL62SC between
May 17-23rd. Operators mentioned are Ruben/EA5BZ (Team leader),
Jose/EA1ACP, Jose/EB5BBM, Pasqua/EA5CEE, Fernando/EA5FX, Biel/EA6DD,
Francoisco/EA7FTR, David/EB7DX and Adrian/F5VLY. Activity will be
on 160-6 meters, including the 30/17/12 meter bands, using CW, SSB
and RTTY, with at least 3 stations on the air at the same time on
different bands and modes. Suggested frequencies are: South Shetland, VP8/S. Adrian EA1CYK/P is active from VP8/S Until March 2012, Adrian EA1CYK/P is active on 6m SSB and digital modes during spare time from the Antarctic base of Gabriel de Castilla on Deception Island, South Shetland. If possible he will also try to be active from the Juan Carlos I base on Livingstone Island. He will be qrv 06:00 AM UTC y las 14:00 PM UTC at weekends and 15:00 y 18:00 PM UTC on working days. QSL via EA7LS. (MMMonVHF Newsletter) 07 Feb. 2012 - Mar 2012 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 Equatorial Guinea,
3C0. Operators Elmo/EA5BYP
and Javier/EA5KM will once again be active from Annobon Island and
Bioko Island using the callsigns 3C0E and 3C6A, respectively. According
to their Web page they arrive at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, by the
middle of February. (dates to be determined). In Malabo, they will
purchase all needed provisions as there are on stores on the island
of Annobon. A representative of the Ministry will also be traveling
with them to Annobon. If they have free time, they will have a active
station on the air on CW or SSB and RTTY using the callsign 3C6A
from Malabo, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Then they will travel
to Annobon and be active as 3C0E. Activity will be on 160-6 meters.
Suggested frequencies are: Democratic Republic of Congo, 9Q. Barney, ZS4U (ZS6TQ) will be active from the Democratic Republic of Congo between March 10 to April 5, 2012 as 9Q6/ZS4U. QRV on 40-6m CW, SSB and PSK. QSL via home call. (MMMonVHF Newsletter / No. 1 - 04/2012) 07 Feb. 2012 - 5 Apr. 2012 Conway Reef, 3D2C. The YT1AD team have planned their next DXpedition to be active from Conway Reef (Grid Loc. RG78) between 25 September and 6 October, 2012. The team already has received the callsign 3D2C. They will be QRV on all HF bands 160-10m, all modes. They will also be active on 6 and 2 metre 6 EME with WSJT65 A,B,C on 50.375 MHz and 144.375 MHz. A 6 metre beacon will be setup on 50.095 MHz. Operators include Hrane YT1AD Team leader, David K3LP Technical Co-leader, Aleksej UA4HOX Organization Co-leader, Paul N6PSE PR, Atilano PY5EG, Vasily RW4NW, David WD5COV, Carlos EA1IR, Joe AA4NN, David AH6HY, Alan AD6E,Gabriele I2VGW and Alan K6SRZ Medical Doctor of our team. Note: They still have room for 2 more operators! Due to travel time between Suva, Fiji, and Conway Reef actual operating dates from Conway will be between 27 September and 4 October (approx.). QSL via YT1AD (Dr Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia - EU). For direct QSL please send: QSL + SAE + SASE (1 US$ for normal post, 2US$ for Airmail). QSL via bureau - only send QSL card. Further information, frequencies and log search can be found at: www.yt1ad. (MMMonVHF Newsletter / No. 1 - 04/2012) 07 Feb. 2012 - 6 Oct. 2012 Ogasawara, JD1. Koji, JI1LET, will once again be active as JI1LET/JD1 from Chichijima Islands between April 29th and May 5th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign. (MMMonVHF Newsletter / No. 1 - 04/2012) 07 Feb. 2012 - 5 May 2012
February. El Salvador, YS. A team consisting of Juergen/DF7TT, Ruediger/DK8YY, Oliver/DL2ARD,
Rene/DL2JRM, Ralf/DL3JJ (Team Leader), Ingolf/DL4JS, Daniel/DL5SE,
Lu/DL8ALU, Jaroslav/OK4MM, Andres/YS1AG, Mario/YS1GMV, Mario/YS1MAE
and Florencio/YS1ZC will be active as HU2DX from Capricho Beach
House, Barra de Santiago, El Salvador, between January 29th and
February 10th, 2012. Most of the team members are from the successful
2008 5T5DC Mauritania DXpedition. Activity will be on 160-10 meters
with the main focus on the lower bands and using up to 4 stations
on the air. Their radios (all with amps): 2 x K3, 1 x K2 100W and
for the Digimodes a FT-840. Antennas are: 160m Phased Array @ 2
x 26m Spiderbeam - Pole, 80m Phased Array @ 2 x 18m Spiderbeam -
Pole, Spiderbeam 20-10m, Spiderbeam 17/20/30m and 2 x SteppIR Vertical
40-6mm (phased for 40m or single for Highbands). The group is looking
for support (see Web page for info). QSL via DH7WW, by the Bureau
or direct to: Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstasse 1, 08304 Schoenheide,
GERMANY. For more information, a Web page is now available at: http://www.hu2dx.de (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1040) 17 Dec. 2011
- 10 Feb. 2012 Guam, KH2. Take, JS6RRR, will be active as KH2/JS6RRR from Guam between February 10-14th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FM, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via JS6RRR. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1043) 8 Jan. 2012 - 14 Feb. 2012 Vietnam, XV2. Take, JA6CNH, will be active as XV2CNH from Ho Chi Minh City between February 10-15th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JA6CNH direct only. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1044) 9 Jan. 2012 - 15 Feb. 2012 ITU Geneve, 4U1. The International Amateur Radio Club,
4U1ITU, will be operating with the special callsign 4U1WRC between
January 23rd and February 17th. Activity will take place during
the ITU World Radio Conference 2012 (WRC-12) from Geneva, Switzerland.
Operations will be from 160-6 meters, eventually higher, all modes.
All QSOs will be confirmed with a special QSL available via 4U1ITU.
Short updates of the operation will be posted on twitter at: http://twitter.com/4u1itu More detailed information is availabe
on the Web site at: http://life.itu.int/radioclub (Sixitalia Weekly) 30 Jan. 2012
- 17 Feb. 2012 Niue, ZK2. A group of German operators will be active as ZK2C from Namukulu, Niue, between February 3-17th (2012). Operators mentioned are Heidi/DK1MA, Sid/DM2AYO, Rolf/DL7VEE, Jan/DL7JAN, Klaus-Dieter/DK1AX, Jürgen/DF1AL, Heye/DJ9RR, Dietmar/DL2HWA and Uwe/DJ9HX. Activity will be on all bands 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, with three stations on air simultaneously using 500 watt solid state amplifiers and various antennas. QSL via DL7JAN, by the Bureau or direct or OQRS. Online log will be available at ClubLog. For more information and updates, visit their Web site at: http://zk2c.hkmann.de (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1028) 21 Sep. 2011 - 17 Feb. 2012 Temotu Province, H40. German operators Peter/DG1FK and Sigi/DK9FN will once again return to Temotu Province for a third time and be active as H40FK (PSK/RTTY) and H40FN (CW), respectively. Activity will again be from Lata Motel on Nendo Island between February 7-20th, 2012. Operations will probably be on 160-6 meters depending on the band conditions. QSL H40FN via HA8DD, and H40FK via DG1FK. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1032) 24 Oct. 2011 - 20 Feb. 2012 Palau, T8. Al, JA9APS,
will be active as T88KF from Palau between February 17-21st. Activity
will be holiday style probably on 40-6 meters using SSB, CW and
RTTY, with a TS-570S and R8 vertical. QSL via his home callsign.
Direct address is: Narumi Kawai, 1-10-14 Suwanokawara, Toyama, 930-0088
Japan. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1038) 27 Nov. 2011
- 21 Feb. 2012 Antigua, V2. Operators Tom/AA9A and Bob/W4OWY will be active from here as V25AA and V25WY, respectively, between February 13-22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsign. Tom does use LoTW. ADDED NOTE: "The Daily DX" reports that Ed/N2ED (V26G) will team up with Tom and Bob for the ARRL CW DX Contest (February 18-19th). The callsign is not yet known. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1041) 26 Dec. 2011 - 22 Feb. 2012 Wallis & Futuna, FW. Laci, HA0NAR, and two other operators will be active as FW0R from Uvea Island (aka Wallis, WW Loc. AH16VS) next year (2012) between January 25th and February 23rd. Operations will be from Vailala village (Hihifo district). They plan to have two stations on the air with amps operating on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Focus will be on the lower bands, especially 160/80/40/30 meters using Spider (18m) verticals. A week long side trip will be also organized to Futuna Island (WW Loc. AH05WQ) in early February. The team also plans to take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th). For more info/updates and an online logsearch, see the Web page at: http://www.ha0nar.hu (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1013) 7 Jun. 2011 - 23 Feb. 2012 Contest, Open / WW. Ukraine, EM. (Special Event). Members of the Black Sea Contest Club (BSCC) are very pleased to announce their special marine mobile operations in order to popularize the Club's activities between December 1st and February 28th, 2012. They will be using the callsign EM0BSCC/MM. As a member of Black Sea Contest Club (BSCC), Yuri, UT1FG/MM, will be operating and will use the above special callsign from his marine mobile station. Yuri is reportedly here on business, so activity will be during his free time. Operations are expected on all amateur bands 160-2 meters, 70cm including the Satellites. For more details about BSCC, please visit their Web site at: http://www.bscc.in (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1038) 27 Nov. 2011 - 28 Feb. 2012 Swaziland, 3DA.
Update. Operators Phil/G3SWH
and John/G3OLU (aka EA5ARC) will be active as 3DA0PW from the Hawane
Resort in western Swaziland between February 21-29th. The Hawane
Resort has a well equipped station with Elecraft K3 transceivers,
ICOM IC2KL amplifiers, an A4S at 24m and an A3WS at 20m, a wire
4 square for 40m and a vertical for 80m complete with 30 x 20m long
radials. Activity will be on CW only on all bands 80-10 meters.
There will be no 160, 6 meters or EME activity. Propagation permitting,
they plan to have two stations on the air for as many hours every
day as is possible. Their main objective is to work as many European,
North American and ROTW stations on as many different bands as possible
and plan to make at least 15,000 QSOs. QSL via G3SWH, either via
the OQRS facility on Phil's Web site www.g3swh.org.uk (preferred), direct with SAE and adequate return postage,
or via the Bureau. Subject to a good Internet connection, there
will be an on-line log on Phil's Web site and daily uploads to LoTW.
The 3DA0PW Web site is now up and running at: http://www.g3swh.org.uk/3da0pw.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1043) 8 Jan. 2012 - 29 Feb. 2012 Swaziland, 3DA. Operators Phil/G3SWH and John/G3OLU (aka
EA5ARC) will be active from the Hawane Resort in western Swaziland
between February 21-29th, 2012. The Hawane Resort has a well equipped
station with Elecraft K3 transceivers, ICOM IC2KL amplifiers, an
A4S at 24m and an A3WS at 20m, a wire 4 square for 40m and a vertical
for 80m complete with 30 x 20m long radials. Phil informs OPDX that
they will use a single callsign for the DXpedition, which is yet
to be allocated. Activity will be on CW only on all bands 80-10
meters. There will be no 160, 6 meters or EME activity. Propagation
permitting, they plan to have two stations on the air for as many
hours every day as is possible. Their main objective is to work
as many European, North American and ROTW stations on as many different
bands as possible and plan to make at least 15,000 QSOs. QSL via
G3SWH, either via the OQRS facility on Phil's Web site www.g3swh.org.uk (preferred), direct with SAE and adequate return postage,
or via the Bureau. Subject to a good Internet connection, there
will be an on-line log on Phil's Web site and daily uploads to LoTW.
Phil will issue an update once the callsign has been issued and
he has the Web site up and running. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1041) 26 Dec. 2011 - 29 Feb. 2012 March. Chagos Isl., VQ9. Jim, ND9M/VQ9JC, informs OPDX that he is back on Diego Garcia after 10 months off the island and is expected to be active at least until March 1st, 2012. He states, "The local licensing office renewed my regular license for two years and was also kind enough to issue me another short-term special prefix callsign (VQ91JC [numerals nine one]) to use between November 19th and December 4th. In fact, the signed licenses were handed to me less than 90 minutes after I made my request! I'll be on during the upcoming CQWW DX CW Contest as VQ91JC as an All-Band/Low-Power entry." It seems that Jim is the only operator on the island at this time. He mentions, "Larry, VQ9LA, and I left the island within 48 hours of each other in January. Unfortunately, Larry is not returning, and the only other regular operator, VQ9ZZ, has also left for good." While Jim was away from the island, the club station on the island has developed some major issues. He states, "Visitors over the last few months disconnected a number of coax and other cables without labeling them first, so I'm doing a lot of cable tracing (and labeling!). Much of the cabling work that VQ9LA did over the years has been removed for no apparent reason. The finals in both amps (Alpha 99 and AL80B) have failed, so I'll be running barefoot for the foreseeable future. The amps are owned by the Navy, but the Navy hasn't provided any equipment repair support for several years, and I'll have to buy the replacement finals out of pocket, but that won't happen for several months. Also, the log periodic (10-30 MHz) works well, but the rotator binds around 20 degrees when turning clockwise (from north towards east). There is an apparent issue with strain on the coax caused by turning the rotator and maybe even the connection at the top of the 30-meter tower; the SWR skyrockets when the rotator is turned beyond 20 degrees as it moves to the east. Fortunately, the problem corrects itself when returning the antenna to the north or further west which makes me think the cable may have become jammed beneath the rotator. For now, the antenna will be left facing northwest rather than risk causing permanent damage until I can get up there. This heading favors the path to Europe and the Americas, but obviously hurts the paths to JA and VK/ZL to the east as well as Long Path to NA to the south, but it can't be helped at this point. The single remaining HF rig is an IC-760 which has a lot of years and miles on it, but its performance is still adequate. (There's an FT-920 that is barely good enough for QRP on a couple bands.) I brought an FT-857 from home which I'm using to work the LEO satellites. It will also serve as a back up for HF should the IC-760 come into hard times. I'll be putting up a 5-element 6m beam. That antenna won't be on the tower, but should still be high enough to take advantage of the openings that have finally started appearing. I'll use the FT-857 for working 6m as well as the satellites. My usual QRV hours are 1200-1630z on most days. Finally, there is no air conditioning in the shack, so I leave both the front and back doors open to get a little natural air flow. The geckos that live in the shack love it because they don't have to go hunting for bugs any more; the bugs come to them!" (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1037) 24 Nov. 2011 - 1 Mar. 2012 Nicaragua, YN. Jeff, N6GQ, will once again be active as YN2AA from Grenada, Nicaragua. He informs OPDX that he will be there a few days before the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 3-4th, 2012). Activity will be on 160-10 meters, possibly 6 meters EME (maybe 2m too). Jeff will use a K3 radio and 1 KW amp into the following antennas: a Tribander, 2 element 40m beam, wires and beverages for 80/160m. QSL via NN3W, by the Bureau or direct. U.S. stations, please send SASE; DX stations, please send SAE with GS or IRC. Bureau service will take time. Logs will also be uploaded to LoTW. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1039) 4 Dec. 2011 - 4 Mar. 2012 Northern Mariana Islands, KH0. Look for Masayoshi, AE6YW/JI1DSO to be active as AH0/AE6YW from the island of Saipan (WW Loc. QK25UF), Northern Mariana Islands betweeen 29 February and 6 March, 2012. QRV on 80-6m, plus the satellites. QSL via JI1DSO, direct or bureau. (MMMonVHF Newsletter / No.1 - WEEK 50/2011) 17 Dec. 2011 - 6 Mar. 2012 Belize, V3. Guenter, DL2AYK,
will be active as V31YK from Belize between February 27th and March
11th, 2012. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, possibly 6 meters,
using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly some PSK31. He also plans to be
active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 3-4th) as a Single-Op entry.
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. (Ohio/Penn DX
Bulletin #1039) 4 Dec. 2011 - 11 Mar. 2012 Sint Maarten, PJ7. A group of Polish operators are planning to be active as PJ7PT from Sint Maarten between March 5-18th, 2012. Operators mentioned are Wojciech/SP9PT, Bogdan/SP2EBG, YL Gala/SP2GKS, Jurek/SP3GEM, Czeslaw/SP3HLM and Jozef/SP9-31029. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via SP9PT. For more details and updates, visit the PJ7PT Web site at: http://www.pj7pt.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1041) 26 Dec. 2011 - 18 Mar. 2012 Sao Tomé and Principe, S9. Operators Matt/K0KKO and Ed/K0GUV will be active from Ilheu das Rolas, Sao Tome, using the callsigns of S92DX, S9CW and S9SX, between March 16-23rd (not October 21 - 27th, as first announced). Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters. They plan to have two 6 meter stations on the air (50.105/SSB and 50.105.7/CW). They also plan to use EME. No other details were provided. For updates, watch: http://www.k0kko.net/pb/wp_5bd6e10c/wp_5bd6e10c.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1032) 24 Oct. 2011 - 23 Mar 2012 Tonga, A3. Sigi DL7DF and crew (9 experienced ops) plan activity from Tonga as A35YZ between March 7 - 24, 2012. They will be active with several stations on 160m to 6m - CW, SSB with one station exclusively dedicated to RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. Dedicate Webpage http://www.dl7df.com/ (MMMonVHF Newsletter / No.1 - WEEK 44/2011) 8 Nov. 2011 - 24 Mar. 2012 St. Kitts, V4. Jon, W5JON, will once again be active as V47JA from the Calypso Bay, St. Kitts (WW Loc. FK87SG), hillside QTH located 300 feet from overlooking the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, between February 8th and March 28th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters (including 60m) using 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 ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 3-4th), and CQ WPX SSB Contest (March 24-25th) as a Single-Op / All-Band entries. XYL Cathy (W5HAM) will occasionally operate as V47HAM. ALL QSLs go to W5JON. Also LoTW. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1035) 8 Nov. 2011 - 28 Mar. 2012 Curacao, PJ2. Andy, DK5ON, will be active as PJ2/DK5ON from Curacao between March 12-30th (2012). Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via his home callsign. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1030) 10 Oct. 2011 - 30 Mar 2012 Antigua, V2. Operators YL Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG will once again be active as V21ZG from Antigua between March 5-31st. Their holiday activity will be focused on 15-6 meters, looking for JA and QRP stations, operating mainly on SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DL7AFS. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1043) 8 Jan. 2012 - 31 Mar. 2012 April. Guinea-Bissau, J5. Info for J52 DX Expedition are in the site: http://www.ari.verona.it/veronadxteam/en/ Call J52EME for the Moon bounce transmission. Call J52HF for 6 mt and HF. Best Regards, 73 Lucio I3LDP 26 Dec. 2011 - 6 Apr. 2012 Tonga, A3. Haru, JA1XGI, will be active as A35XG from Tonga between April 2-9th, 2012. Activity will be on 20-6 meters (especially 30/17/12m) using mainly CW, with some SSB and the Digital modes. He is expected to use a 2 element beam on the HF bands. QSL via JA1XGI, direct or by the Bureau. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1036) 14 Nov. 2011 - 9 Apr. 2012 North Cook Isl.,
E51. Operators (and members
of the 3D20CR) Jan/DJ8NK, Uwe/DJ9HX, Werner/DJ9KH, Hawa/DK9KX, Hans/DL6JGN,
Ron/PA3EWP and Leszek/SP3DOI will be active as E51M from Manihiki
between March 27th and April 10th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters
using CW, SSB and RTTY. Flights are booked and paid for. All equipment,
except the transceivers, are already on Manihiki. In all they have
eleven vertical antennas and a small 4 element beam for 6m. They
plan to set up 5 stations using K3's with 500W amplifiers. QSL via
DJ8NK, direct or by the Bureau. Online QSL Requests Service (OQRS)
for the Bureau and direct cards can be made after April 20th. The
E51M Web page is available at: http://www.manihiki2012.de/index.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1044) 9 Jan. 2012 - 10 Apr. 2012 Eritrea, E3. Interesting news; It looks like a E30 DXpedition is planned for 2012. The last operation, E30GA, took place from Asmara in November 1998. Currently the information is limited -- no operators and specific dates were provided. The only thing available via the below Web page is activity will be on 160-6 meters, including 30/17/12 meter bands, with operations on CW, SSB and RTTY. The unknown team will have at least 4 stations on the air at the same time on different bands and modes. The callsign is also not clear on the Web page (is it E30A or E30AA). However, the below Web page states, that the QSL Manager for E30A is S52RU. The Web for the 2012 DXpedition (still under construction) is: http://www.seecc.net/Eritrea2012/index.html There is a survey for "bands needs" available on the Web page. Hopefully, more info will be forthcoming. Stay tuned! (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #997) 12 Feb. 2011 - 2012 Thailand, HS. E2E EME-DXpedition in Thailand around April 2012 I am happy to announce that there will be an EME-DXpedition in Thailand around 18th of April. A group of Expats (HS0ZFZ, HS0ZFD, HS0ZGQ and me HS0ZIL) are planning to activate some rare squares in northeastern Thailand daywise! The special callsign will be "E2E". (MMMonVHF Newsletter) 26 Dec. 2011 - medio Apr. 2012 Guinea Bissau, J5. The VERONA DX TEAM is happy to announce our upcoming 144 EME activity from J5 Guinea Bissau (IK45GJ) Hello, after the foundation of the VERONA DX TEAM is happy to announce our upcoming 144 EME activity from J5 Guinea Bissau The 144 MHz EME operations are scheduled for March / April 2012. Simultaneously we'll be also active with an all-mode station on HF and 50 Mhz, supposedly with the same or maybe a different call. We'll keep you updated. The callsign requested is J52EME, locator IK45GJ. EME station setup: 2 x 8 Xpol, gasfet preamp and some power (abt 700w), IC-7000. Maybe we'll have the possibility of an internet connection. Freq will be 144.130 and J5 always first. The Team members will be I3LDP, I3EJ, IK3ESB, IK3RBE, IZ3BUR, and more! In the coming weeks will be online the web site of the VERONA DX TEAM, with the news about the expedition. We'll keep you informed. This is our first EME expedition ! With the passing of time we hope to operate as well as the ATLETICO TEAM ! Thanks Renè (PE1L) for your support and hints, we are copying from you! Give us a call on band ! (MMMonVHF Newsletter 2011-08-25) 01 Sep. 2011 - April 2012 Macquare Isl., VK0. Trevor, VK0TH, continues to be very active on various bands (40/20/17/15/12/10m) using SSB, HELL, PSK31 and RTTY, during various times. He informs OPDX: "Working very hard down here to give operators the chance to get VK0/MM in their logs. We are working on a 6m antenna and are hopeful that we can make a few contacts with this too before it is time to go home next year (End of April 2012)." QSL via JE1LET (direct only). (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1042) 26 Dec. 2011 - Apr. 2012 May or later. Honduras, HR. Gérard, F2JD, will once again be active from Copan, Honduras, as HR5/F2JD. He will leave on 2 February and back on 6 May, 2012. He plans to be active on all bands and modes. QSL via F6AJA. Online log will be available at: lesnouvellesdx.fr/voirlogs.php (Sixitalia Weekly) 30 Jan. 2012 - 6 May 2012 Grid / Wet activity. Yuri, UT1FG, will once again be traveling across the Atlantic Ocean and will be active from some "Wet grids" as UT1FG/MM between November 25th, through the end of May 2012. First trip will be from the Panama Cannal to Huelva, Spain (EA7), and then to Brunsbuttel, Germany (From there, he will inform us later). Yuri is reportedly a crew member on the ship, so activity will be during his free time. Operations are expected on all amateur radio bands, 160-2 meters, 70 cm, and also including the satellite. His activities will be mainly through the satellite, but also look for him on the HF bands. He will also be active on 6 meters, conditions permitting. QSL via his home callsign, direct (see QRZ.com), by the Bureau or to his QSL Manager UX0FY. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1037) 24 Nov. 2011 - Ultimo May 2012 Guam, KH2. Dave, N2NL is returning to Guam on 17 June, and will remain there for three years. He plans to be active on 160-6 metres as either KH2/N2NL and NH2T. QSL via W2YC and LoTW. (425 DX News #997) 12 Jun. 2010 - Jun. 2013 Congo, TN. TN9SN is the
new callsign issued to Nicolas Sinieokoff, ex-TN5SN, by the new
licensing authorithy in the Republic of Congo. He plans to have
it renewed for 2012, as he will be there until July. (MMMonVHF Newsletter
/ No.1 - week 47/2011) 25 Nov. 2011
- Jul 2012 Bahrain, A9. Dave EI3IO, will show up as A92IO soon. He has only an oral promise concerning his licence so he still has to be patient. Dave will stay in Bahrain until August 2013. Usually he is working mostly in CW and SSB on 80m-10m (including the WARC bands). He also plans to become active on 6m during the upcoming summer and on 160m during the winter season 2010/2011. QSL cards should be sent directly to Dave Court, PO Box 31183, Budaiya, Bahrain, direct to the address of EI3IO (this mail will be fowarded to him only twice a year) or via bureau to EI3IO. More information is available online at: http://A92.ath.cx (DXNL 1662) 19 Feb. 2010 - Aug. 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
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