Madagascar, 5R. French ops F1BCS, Jack; F1HDI, Jim; F5JBE, Gil; F6ABJ, Remy; F6COW, Mickael; F6EIE, Oliver; and F6EPD, Dan; are heading to Sainte Marie Island, one of the off shore islands located north east of Madagascar. Activity will be on 1.8 to 50 MHz on CW, SSB, SSTV, PSK31, RTTY and JT65 from September 18th to 27th. On SSB they will be on the usual IOTA frequencies. The team will be using the following calls: 5R8GM on SSB, 5R8JM on CW, 5R8IM on the digital mode and 5R8EM on 2 meter EME JT65 (144.114). On 2 EME they will be first and running all randoms with 4 X 8 elements and 500 watts. QSL direct or via the bureau to F1BCS. They plan to use LOTW. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 166) 28 Aug. 2008 - 27 Sep. 2008 Palau, T8.
HA5AO (ex HA7VT), Pista, and HA7TM, Tibi, are heading to Palau and
will be QRV as T88CI and T88CJ from November 22nd to December 3rd.
For equipment they will have an FT2000, FT1000MP, FT920, VL1000/VP1000. Activity
will be on 1.8 to 50 MHz. They now have a Web site at www.ha7tm.hu/t88/. QSL
cards should go direct or via the bureau to their home calls. QSL
T88CJ via HA7TM, Tibor Nemeth, P.O. Box 23, H-2030 Erd, Hungary. QSL
T88CI via HA5AO, Istvan "Pista" Gaspar, Rakoczi u. 25,
H-1196 Budapest, Hungary. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 165) 26 Aug. 2008 - 3 Dec. 2008 Gambia, C5. Members of the Spanish DX 4 DX TEAM (www.dx4dx.com) will be in The Gambia (C5) from October 14 to 24. Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters on SSB, CW and RTTY. Team members include EA4BT, EA4NA, EA7AAW, EA7JB, EA7SB and EA7LS. As of this moment they do know their callsign. QSL via EA4BT either direct to EA4BT, Apartado Postal 1315, 28800 Alcal de Henares (Madrid), SPAIN or via the bureau. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 164) 26 Aug. 2008 - 24 Oct. 2008 ConDX/SolarActivity. Australia's IPS, "The Australian Space Weather Agency",
has moved "moved the predicted solar cycle away by 6 months".
Check it out at http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/6
and read about it at http://tinyurl.com/5pv863. (The
Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 164) 26 Aug. 2008
- Montenegro, 4O. 4O/DL3NER, 4O/DL9MB, 4O/DG5NGI, 4O/DG5NGJ, 4O/DG8NGI, 4O/DK9NCX will be qrv from 160m-2m in SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31. From September 25. to October 04. For further information look at QRZ.COM/DK9NCX. Antennas: H2-Dipol (H2-rf-engineering.de), ECO-HF8B,INV.-V, 5El./6M and 9EL./2M best 73" DK9NCX and hope to work a lot of you. (F5NQL) 24 Aug. 2008 - 4 Oct. 2008
Greece, SV. A QSP from Arne SM7AED, says; "Gabi, HA1YA, will be on holiday trip to SV8 (KN20 and KM29) in the time frame of 17th to 31st august 2008. I will active as J48YA again from Thassos island (KN20) and in the second week from Limnos (KM29) with good take off to NW Eu. MS-QRG on 2m will be 144.363 MHz. I planing my activity on: HF( IC746+ SQ vertical), 6m IC746 simple wire delta loop, 2m IC746 +ME1500-V + DL6WU portable ant. I will active on evening and morning time only... Internet activity is not sure. 73, Gabi (Source MMMonVHF) E.d. Remark from Arne SM7AED, Gabi is on the air as SV8/HA1YA 15 Aug. 2008 - 31 Aug. 2008 September. Spain, EA. Members of the Group Amateur Radio RASE Dx will be participating in the IARU VHF Contest (REG1) as ED7URD from September 6-7th. They will be transmitting from the Sierra Filabres (2.168m, Locator IM87), Almeria, Spain. In addition to their activity in the IARU VHF Contest, they will have two stations to put into the air on 50 MHz, as well as various tests on 1200 MHz using the callsign EA7URD/P. The team will consist of Jesus/EB7BMV, Jose/EB7COL, Manolo/EA7IHV and Jose/EC7DND. QSL via EA7URD, by the bureau or direct. Photos, log and details of the operation will be on the Web at: http://www.rasedx.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #871) 18 Aug. 2008 - 7 Sep. 2008 Wales, GW. G1JCC, G4LBH, G4LOO, G4MVU, G4UEM, G8ATD and M0BIK will be active on 160-2 metres SSB as GB2CI from Caldey Island from about 18 UTC on 2 September until about 11 UTC on the 8th. Some operators may also use their own callsigns (GW#xxx/p) for data mode operation, e.g. PSK31 and SSTV. The group will also be aking part in the SSB Field Day and 2m Trophy contests over the weekend of 6-7 September using club callsign GW3SVJ/p. QSL cards should be sent via the bureau or direct to G8ATD. Further information can be found at http://vhfcomm.co.uk/lvg/ [TNX G4LBH] (425 DX News #897) 13 Jul. 2008 - 8 Sep. 2008 Aruba, P4.
The special issued prefix *P41USA* (remembering the USA attacks
on Sept 11, 2001) will again be activated from Sept 03 - 12th, 2008
from Aruba. (FK52) Operators will be P49T(W3BTX), P43JB and W3TEF
who is also the QSL manager. We will be operating all bands 160
through 2 Meters. 73's Bob P49T / W3BTX Balearic Isl., EA6. AO6VQ QRV between 14-June and 15-September. EA6VQ will be using the special callsign AO6VQ, celebrating the International Expo of Zaragoza. More information on the special prefixes issued in EA regarding this event can be found (in Spanish) at www.ure.es/noticias/16-noticias-generales/789-indicativos-especiales-expo-zaragoza.html (MMMonVHF Newsletter 2008-06-13) 16 Jun. 2008 - 15 Sept. 2008 Maldives, 8Q. DL1BKK, Werner, and his XYL DL1BKI, Gitte (Brigitte) will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary and 30 years of Ham Radio in the Maldives starting later this month. Werner and Gitte will operate holiday style as 8Q7KK between August 29th and September 17th from Kuramathi Island, in the Rasdu Atoll (MJ64lg). The couple will be using an IC-7000 with 100 watts into wire antennas hung from a fiberglass mast and a quad loop for 6 meters, if conditions warrant. The 8Q7KK callsign has been issued several times. In March 2000 and May 2001 it was by HA2SX. QSL the 2008 operation via DL1BKK either via the bureau (DL) or direct. (The Daily DX] Vol. 12 No. 158) 15 Aug. 2008 -17 Sep. 2008 Svalbard, JW. LA4LN, Tom, will be QRV from Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard from September 12-18. While there he'll be QRV on 60 meters as JW1V. He'll also operate JW4LN on 160 meters through 70 cm, mostly on CW with some SSB, digital modes and possibly Satellite. Tom will have an IC-7000, various wires, a beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters and possibly on 6 and Satellite. QSL cards must go direct only to LA4LN, Tom V. Segalstad, P.O. Box 15 Kjelsaas, N-0411 Oslo, Norway. More details can be found at www.qrz.com/jw1v. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 103) 23 May 2008 18 Sep. 2008 Scotland, GM. My Name is Kevin Redmond, G6FKE. I am currently the chairman of Sands contest group (M0SCG) over here in the UK. We will be running a small DX-pedition (GM0SCG) to the Isle of Jura, one of the Inner Hebrides islands off the west coast of Scotland between the 22nd - 29th of September 2008. We are working in collaboration with Workington ARS and will have a minimum of 10 operators. We hope to run 3-4 stations , 1 on 20 and/or 15M SSB, 1 on 17M DIGI / CW, 1-2 on 80/40/160M and 1 on 6M. We are hoping to get 10K QSO's. We are praying for no solar flares... I may be barking up the wrong tree but you appear to have access to the N0HR website and I was wondering if you would be good enough to put our small DX-pedition on the 'map' for us nearer the time of our departure. If you have any questions then please mail me. 73. Kev, the hat. G6FKE. (F5NQL) (Arne SM7AED´s notebook) 20 Apr. 2008 - 29 Sep. 2008 October. Jan Mayen, JX. Start looking for LA9JKA, Svein, to be "very active"
as JX9JKA from Jan Mayen starting this month through early October
2008. He plans to be QRV on 6 through 160 meters on SSB and
the digital modes. QSL via LA9JKA, Svein Rabbevag, Brendlia
12, N-6013 Alesund, Norway with at least one IRC or two greenstamps.
(The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 062) 27 Mar. 2008 - 8 Oct. 2008 USA., K. Oct 18, 1300Z-2200Z, Delaware City, DE. US Coast Guard Auxiliary, N3G. Commemorating the 69th Anniversary of USCG Auxiliary. 7.035 14.055 50.135 146.52. QSL. Robin M. Begley, 3 Pancoast Ave, Aston, PA 19014-2109. nd3e@comcast.net (Got 6 by Andy N8OFS) 9 Jul. 2008 - 8 Oct. 2008 U.S.A., K.
Howdy gang... I will be Cabbosse Portable from the AC&J Railroad
for the PAQSO Contest... on 2008 oct 11st and 12nd. Actual location
will be Carson Yard OH, SE of Ashtabula OH... (really close to the
I-90 / ST RT 11 cloverleaf)... I will be 6 Meters ONLY... 50.125,
50.130, 50.135 USB... 50.300 FM Horiz by request... 52.525 FM Vert
by sched only... NO CW or DIGI... If you have 6 Meters, please let
me know... Equipment List: Kenwood TS-60S, 90W... Horiz M2 HO Loop...
Vert Comet CHL-350 (modified)... around 20ft off the ground... Jamaica, 6Y. Peter, G4MJS writes at the UKSMG site; I will be part of a team visiting the 6Y1V contest station at the end of October for the BQ WW SSB contest. The station has 6m capabilities, and there's a good chance I'll get some time on the band before the contest - probably 22-24 October. More news nearer the time, including callsigns and so on. Peter, G4MJS (UKSMG ann.) 22 Aug. 2008 - 24 Oct. 2008 Willis Isl., VK9/W. After a very successful DXpedition to Norfolk Island in February 2007 with over 60.000 QSOs logged under VK9DNX the upcoming activation of Willis Island is planned for Oct 2008. The same experienced team from VK9DNX (DJ7EO, DJ9RR, DL1MGB, DL3DXX, DL5LYM, DL6FBL, DL8OH and DL8WPX as well as DJ5IW and SP5XVY) will be QRV as VK9DWX with four high power stations in CW, SSB and RTTY on 160m-10m from Oct 9 until Oct 27. They also intend to operate on 6m. A station with a CW skimmer will monitor the 6m band and will be manned if any activity occurs. Website: http://vk9dwx.de/contactus (DXNL 1581) 26 Jul. 2008 - 27 Oct. 2008 Antigua, V2. Andy N8OFS writes; Howdy gang... Got an email from WT3Q Sam... I wrote him about the possibility of 6 Meters... Here's some of the email... "I plan on trying, though it will probably be too late, but yes I will try 73 thanks Sam"... Below is the GOT6??? info... V26B, date; Oct19 - Oct28 2008; Opr, WT3Q Sam; QSL manager KA2AEV Mike; grid FK97BC, antenna 3 elm. at 40 ft. 4 Aug. 2008 - 28 Oct. 2008 Nicaragua, YN. KE9I, Jerry and AJ9C, Mike, will be going to the YN2N guest house in Nicaragua between October 21st and 30th. Plans are for a multi-single effort in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Their callsign is yet to be determined, although they are asking for a special call. Mike says, "At the very least we will be using H7/homecalls and using H7/AJ9C during CQWW unless a special call is issued or available for use". Activity before and after the contest will be on 6 through 160 meters on CW, RTTY and SSB.(The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 083) 25 Apr. 2008 - 30 Oct. 2008 St. Lucia, J6. WB5ZAM, Bill, has announced his plans to go back to St. Lucia in October. He'll be QRV as J68WI from October 16th to 30th. Watch for him on 10 through 50 MHz. No contest activity is expected. QSL via WB5ZAM. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 123) 21 Jun. 2008 - 30 Oct. 2008 Niue Island, ZK2. N1EMC, Dave, has announced he will be operating as ZK2DF from Niue Island between October 24th and 31st, including the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Look for activity on 40 meters as well as 20 through 6 meters. QSL via N1EMC. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 137) 11 Jul. 2008 - 31 Oct. 2008 St. Kitts, V4. John, W5JON will be active as V4/W5JON from the island of St. Kitts, October 22-31st. Activity is planned for 6-160m SSB, including an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). The QTH is mountain top with a 330 degree view. Equipment will be IC-7000, RM Italy KL-400 Amplifier (400 Watts), Alpha Delta 10-160 metre dipoles and a 3 element yagi on 6 metres. QSL via home call (QSP de Andy N8OFS) 28 Jan. 2008 - 31 Oct. 2008 Suriname, PZ. Amateur Radio operators from the Czech and Slovak republics will join forces for the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest (October 25/26). They will unite in Suriname as a multi op using the call PZ5Z. Team members include OM2TW, OM5AW, OM5AA, OK1RK, OK1NY and possibly others. Look for activity outside of the contest between October 21st and 30th. They will be QRV on 1.8 to 144 MHz on CW and SSB. The PZ5Z Web site is at http://www.om0c.com/suriname/. QSL via OM2FY either direct to Branislav Daras, P. O. Box 6, 82008 Bratislava 28, SLOVAKIA or via the bureau. (The Daily DX] Vol. 12 No. 160) 22 Aug. 2008 - ? Oct. 2008 West African tour. HA3AUI, Peter, is heading back to Africa next year. Look for him to be QRV in October from both Senegal as 6W2SC and Guinea-Bissau as J5UAP. He'll be QRV on 6 through 160 meters, mostly on the digital modes from Senegal and on 10 through 30 meters from Guinea-Bissau. He'll be on his spare time. QSL via HA3AUI either direct,via the bureau or LOTW. (The Daily DX Vol. 11 No. 240) 18 Dec. 2007 - Oct. 2008 Greece, SV. Laci, HA0HW will be active as J48HW and SV8/HA0HW from Thassos Island from 30 August to 10 September. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as well, on the HF bands (mainly on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres) and on 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] bureau or direct. (425 DX News #903) 22 Aug. 2008 - ? Oct. 2008 November and later. Sierra Leone, 9L. Dr. Karl-Heinz Ilg, DK2WV, will once again be active from here this time with a team of operators. Karl informs OPDX that in June this year, during his stay in Sierra Leone, he not only operated as 9L0W, but had the honor of speaking to the President of the University of Freetown. He was asked if he (and others) could conduct a course in Amateur Radio. In October and November this year Karl and his team will volunteer to help in the planning of the technical promotion and conduct training courses for those who are interested in Amateur Radio. Further-more, Karl will also present the university with materials and radio equipment. All training and activity is plannned to take place in the time frame of October 21st to November 11th, 2008. They expect to operate during this time under the same callsign, 9L0W. The German participants mentioned are Roland/DJ4LK, Franz/DJ9ZB, Karl/DK2WV, Hans/DL1YFF and one 9L1 national. All participants have a solid background of several successful DXpeditions. Activity will be on 160-6 meters. They are planning to operate with up to 3 stations, with amplifiers and different antennas. The antennas are Spiderbeams and for the low-bands phased arrays, K9AY loops and/or beverages are planned as low-band receiving antennas. QSL via DK2WV, direct (SASE w/sufficient funds to cover the postage) or by the bureau. E-mail requests will be sent via bureau, including those arrived without adequate funds. The 9L0W team is looking for sponsors to help cover the high costs of nearly 14,000 USDs for this operation in addition to the air fares of the participants. They are depending on donations from DX organizations. If you have any questions, please send them via E-mail to: k.ilg@arcor.de (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #871) 18 Aug. 2008 - 11 Nov. 2008Far East. Frank, DL8YHR, will have a new project for an EME-DX-Pedition to FAR EAST. He will be going between 8th and 15th of November to far east and be qrv with Longyagies, Preamps and 1KW on 50, 144, 432 via Moon. Calls and Locations later. (Arne SM7AED) 27 Mar. 2008 - 15 Nov. 2008 Grenada, J3. Update. J3/DM2AYO and J3/DL7CM, Sid and Hans, will be on from Grenada November 6-25. They are renting a nice QTH near Sauteurs on the north end of the island, where they will operate on 160-6M CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK with a pair of IC706 rigs to 700 watt amps. They will have a Yagi for high bands and a ground plane for low bands. QSL via their home calls. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 154) 12 Aug. 2008 - 25 Nov. 2008 Grenada, J3. J3/DL7CM and J3/DM2AYO will be QRV from Grenada November 6-25, 2008. Plans are for activity on 1.8 to 50 MHz on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. They will have two complete stations with amps. QSL via their home calls. They have a Web page at www.qsl.net/dl7cm. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 068) 3 Apr. 2008 - 25 Nov. 2008 Ending 2009 or later. Niue Isl., ZK2. VK3APM (ex VK3KIE), Phil McGill, is back on Niue Island for the next year or so and has been QRV as ZK2PM. He says he has a 1/4 monopole on tin roof for 20 meters, ATU on 1/4 for other bands, a 15 meter and 20 meter dipole, 2m/70cm 6m monopoles. After the cyclone season more will be made. Phil has an IC706 and small amplifier. He can sometime be found on the ANZA net on 14183. QSL via VK3APM. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 011) 14 Jan. 2008 - 01 Jan. 2009 Marshall Islands, V7. Neil, WD8CRThttp://www.qsl.net/v73ns will be active again as V73NS from Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. He should start around 5 January and remain there for at least two years. Expect him to operate mostly CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via bureau or direct to Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA. (425 DX News #811) 17 Nov. 2006 05 Jan. 2009 Bhutan, A5. Beginning in April, operator Kunio, JA8VE, is expected to be here on a two year work assignment through March 2009 as a JICA senior volunteer for Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coach the Bhutanese telecommunications ministry. He will be active as A52VE and will be operating from the capital city of Thimphu. Activity will be on all bands including 6 meters, SSB, Digital modes and some CW. Kunio states that he will use a Yaesu and Icom radio with ONLY 100 watts (amps are prohibited) possibly using a Spider beam and Inverted VEE or DP. QSL via JF1OCQ, using the (QRZ.com) address (OPDX Bulletin 803) 27 Mar. 2007 - Mar. 2009 Senegal, 6W. After successfuly passed HAM exam in Senegal, Jovica, T98A (ex. 9K2/T94FC, ST0RM, ST2A, T94FC) received 6W1SJ license today. As during previous activities you can expect most of the activity on CW, with some SSB and digital modes. Jovica stays in Senegal for at least two years with great possibilities to activate other West Africa countries. QSL via T93Y: Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bureau and E-mail requests are OK. 73's Boris T93Y -- E-mail: t93y@lol.ba or boris@t93y.com WEB Page: http://www.t93y.com (F5NQL) (Jovica managed to work 20,217 ST0RM QSO's on 80-6m in Sudan. Majority of activity was on CW where Jovica made 17,437 QSO.) (Arne SM7AED´s notebook) 12 Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2009 Sable Isl., CY0. Duane, WV2B, has announced that a group is in the early stages of planning a DXpedition to Sable Island during 2009. Currently, there are four operators mentioned: Duane/WV2B (CW/SSB), Rich/AI5P (CW/SSB), Dick/VE1AI (CW/SSB) and Scott/KA3QLF (RTTY/SSB). The callsign to be used is CY0ZZ. Activity will be on 160-6 meters and they plan to have a minimum of 3 stations on the air. A dedicated 6 meter station is a possibility. QSL routes are: AI5P/CY0 via AI5P, CY0ZZ via KA3QLF or VK4AAR for VK, JA, etc.. stations. The team is looking for sponsors to help them cover the large cost of chartering the Britain Norman Islander aircraft which must be used to land on the beach at Sable Island. The cost of this charter alone will be nearly $10,000. Further information is available on their Web site at: http://www.sabledx.com (OPDX Bulletin 818) 23 Jul. 2007 - 2009 Aghanistan, T6. VK1UN, Ross, plans to get on 2M and 6M EME (aka "moonbounce") from Aghanistan, grid MM57. He notes the old YA prefix is no longer in use, so T6 is now the official prefix for the country. He has the callsign T61AA. He was on 20 SSB for as much as an hour a day recently from his QTH in Faizabad. Ross has previously operated as VK1UN, VK8UN, 4W6UN and EX1UN. Ross will be there for up to two years and is equipped with a Tokyo Hi-Power amp for HF and 6 and a new Acom for HF and 6, a 2x8 element on two but he plans to add to it when the weather cooperates. (The Daily DX Vol. 12 No. 038) 21 Feb. 2008 - 2010 Congo, TN.
August 20, 2008 is the date F8FQX (ex 5T5SN), Nicolas Sinieokoff,
is departing for Brazzaville, Congo (TN). He will be there for some
three to four years. Nicolas has applied for the callsign TN5SN
and hopes to have receipt of it in the near future. He hopes to
be QRV on the HF bands in October or November of this year. "In
Brazzaville, there is a lot of electricity problem(s)", say
Nicolas. He will begin activity after the station is totally protected". Once
completely ready to operate look for activity from Nicolas on CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 1.8 to 50 MHz. If a good Internet connection
is available in Congo logs will be posted to his Web site at www.f8fqx.fr. As in the
past he will have his friend IZ1BZV as his QSL manager. His
address, which is listed in QRZ.Com is: Giorgio Tabilio, Casella
Postale 95 - SP Centro, La Spezia 19100, ITALY. (The Daily DX Vol.
12 No. 142) 17 Jul. 2008 - 2011
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