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day/month submittet day/month to be deleted Peru, OA. A group of operators from Peru and Germany will be active (on 80-6 metres SSB and CW) as OC4P from Pachacamac Island on 11-13 February. QSL via DL5WM. [TNX OA4DJW] (425 DX News #718) 06/02 2005 13/02 2005 Jersey Isl., GJ. Pete, K8PT & Craig, K3PLV will again operate from Jersey, March 9th-16th. We both will have amplifiers and will operate 160-6 meters. Modes: CW,SSB,RTTY and some PSK-31. We will do at least one all nighter on 80 and 160 meters. This year we will accept skeds. To set one up on CW or RTTY, e-mail: K8PT@chartermi.net, for SSB or PSK-31, e-mail: crahill@adelphia.net. Calls will be MJ/K8PT & MJ/K3PLV. QSL via home call. More at http://www.qrz.com/k8pt. (tnx F5NQL) (SM7AED notebook) 06/02 2005 16/03 2005 Gibraltar, ZB2. Adrian G0KOM, writes; I will be operating from ZB2 as ZB2/G0KOM for the UKSMG 6m contest in the first weekend in June, I will be QRV hopefully from Thursday the 2nd of June until Monday the 6th, I hope to travel down to ZB2 at least a further 2 times over the summer E,s season, although primarily for 6m I will have full HF capability and will operate on all bands appart from 160 when I have no 6m condx. Up to date info for my ZB2 opr. can be found on www.50mhz.org Adrian EA5/G0KOM, ZC4MK, VP8COI. 31/01 2005 06/06 2005 Spratly Isl., DX0. Eddie, DU1EV, informs OPDX that Nicodemus/DU1JXP, Mike/DU1MHX, Ed/4F1OZ, Gilbert/4F2KWT, Bebe/4F3BA and himself will be active on the Philippine side of the Spratly Island Group (Kalayaan Island) from January to May under the callsign DX0K. According to Eddie, look for Gilbert, 4F2KWT, to be active first from here. By the time you read this, he should be on the air and be active by himself for about a month. Towards the end of March, 2 to 3 other operators are expected to join 4F2KWT for around three weeks. Eddie mentions that they might pack up early after two weeks, or towards the tail end of April, as the typhoon season will be about to set in and they will be leaving there by boat. Activity is planned for all bands 160-6 meters including the WARC bands, mostly on CW and SSB. During March they "just might" work some digital modes like RTTY and SSTV. Eddie also mentions that this is a Hamcation/DXpedition, and these are their tentative plans. A Web page is in the planning stage, and the URL is forthcoming. QSL Manager is 4F2KWT. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #696) 31/01 2004 04 2005 Netherlands Antilles, PJ4. Geoff, W0CG (PJ2DX), presently in Curacao, informs OPDX of the following PJ2T contest activities. For the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 19-20th), the PJ2T operators will be Dan/N1ZZ, Tom/W8TK, Geoff/W0CG, Larry/N7DD, Noel/W9EFL, Charles/WA9S, Steve/N8BJQ and Alex/RA1AIP. They will try to defend their last year's # 1 World win as a Multi-2 entry. Geoff states, "It will be a special privilege to have Alex, RA1AIP, one of the RU1A contest station ops with us in Curacao." Operators will be active on 160-6 meters CW/SSB, +/- the week of the contest itself. For ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 5-6th), PJ2T operators will be Jerry/WB9Z, Tom/AE9B, Martin/NW0L, Jeff/K8ND and Geoff/W0CG. They will be going for what would be their third straight "World # 1" title as a Multi/2. Again, operators will be active on 160-6 meters CW/SSB, +/- the week of the contest itself. QSL via N9AG. Visit the PJ2T Web page at: http://www.pj2t.org (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #696) 31/01 2005 06/03 2005 Namibia, V5. Janusz/SP6IXF and Przemek/SP7VC will be active from here between February 25th and March 11th. They already have their airline tickets and visas and have applied for the callsigns V51IXF and V51VC, but they don't know if they will get these callsigns. Activity is expected on all bands 160-6 meters, but they will pay special attention to 160/80/40 meters. The equipment they will be taking is a FT-890, TS-50, IC-706 MKIIG and TS-2000; antennas - 3 element Mosley for 20/15/10 meters, 2 element for 17/12 meters and wire antennas for the other bands. They also plan to take a 2 element 40m Yagi, but it depends on the weight. They will also participate in the CQ WW 160 SSB Contest and the ARRL DX SSB Contest. They will also have a Web page up, and it will have an online log search on it after their DXpedition. The URL address is forthcoming. Visit the following Web page for more info and updates at: http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/dxpeditions/v5/en/index.php (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #696) 31/01 2005 11/03 2005 Montserra, VP2M. Art, N2NB, will be active as VP2MDY from February 24th through March 8th. Activity will be on all bands 160-6 meters, including PSK31. QSL via his home callsign. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #696) 31/01 2005 08/03 2005 French Guyana, FY. Update.
PY2ZX Ark, QSP´s; Hi friends,
TO7C - Salut Islands archipelago - Royale Island: A DX'pedition
by the F6KOP ARS, between March 7th to 17th. Bahamas, C6. Bill, K1CN and his wife Laurel, N1EBL will operate again as C6AMM and C6AWW from Harbour Island, Bahamas on 6-26 February. Expect activity on 40-6 metres SSB (CW on request). QSL via K1CN, direct or bureau. [TNX K1CN] (425 DX News #717) 31/01 2005 26/02 2005 St. Poul Isl., CY. Update. Twelve operators from Canada and the US (namely VA2DV, VE1PZ, VE2TKH, VY2LI, VY2OX, VY2RO, VY2SS, VE9GJ and VE9WH; K9MU, W1AIM and W1VE) plan to be active as CY9SS from St. Paul Island (NA-094) between 7 June and 7 July. They expect to have two stations for the HF bands, 2 stations for 6 metres (one for Europe only) and one station for 2 metres. QSL direct to VY2SS; logs will be uploaded to LOTW. The web site for the expedition is at http://www.cy9ss.com (425 DX News #717) 31/01 2004 07/07 2005 Sao Thome, S9. HF + 6 meters. Maurice F5NQL writes to the "DX Bulletin of XE1BEF" to inform us that of February 20-26 they will be active CT1APE, CT1FFU and CT2GLO like S92RI in the bands from 160 to 6 meters SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. 73 by Maurice, F5NQL. (DX Bulletin of XE1BEF) 31/01 2004 26/02 2005
Glorioso Island, FR/G. Update. HF + 6 meters - active F0CRS will be Of May 15-20, F1AKK, F5AEP, F5CW, F5IRO, F5JKK/FM5JC, F5MSR, F5OGL, F5PTM, F8UNF, FR5IZ, FR5ZU, TZ6SA and other more than they will be added. The Qsl via F5OGL. (DX Bulletin of XE1BEF) 31/01 2004 20/05 2005
Malta, 9H. HF + 6-2 meters. March 1-31 with reason of the World Carnival will be active the special callsign 9H2NCC. The Qsl via 9H4DX. [TNX 9H4DX]. (DX Bulletin of XE1BEF) 31/01 2004 31/03 2005
Belize, V3. Members of the NEWDXA will be operating from V31MD's shack from March 2-9th. The operators George/W9MDP, John/NZ9Z and Tom/W8JWN will also be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 5-6th) as a Multi-2 entry. The contest callsign and QSL info will be announced later. Look for activity on all bands and modes, 80-6 meters, before and after the contest. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #695) 24/01 2004 09/03 2005 St. Maarten, PJ7. While on vacation, Ron/ND5S and Sue/KF5LG will once again operate from Dutch St. Maarten as PJ7/ND5S and PJ7/KF5LG, respectively, from February 6-26th. Ron will be active as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry in both the CQ/RJ RTTY WPX Contest (February 12-13th) and the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 19-20th). Pre-contest activity will be on CW/RTTY/SSB and on 160-10 meters. Ron states some 20,000 contacts have been made from here in his past operations. For more details, please visit the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/nd5s/ (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #695) 24/01 2004 20/02 2005 Antigua, V2. Operators Larry/W1LR and Bill/W4WX, members of the Florida DXPedition Group, Inc., will operate from Antigua as V25LR and V25WX, respectively, from February 21-24th. The activity will primarily be on PSK-31 and RTTY on 20/17/15/12/10/6 meters. QSL direct only to their home callsigns. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #695) 24/01 2004 24/02 2005 Montserra, VP2M. Operators Larry/W1LR and Bill/W4WX, members of the Florida DXPedition Group, Inc., will operate from Montserrat on the 24th and operate from the Volcano Island, February 24th through March 2nd, using the callsigns VP2MHS (W1LR) and VP2MHX (W4WX). The activity will primarily be on PSK-31 and RTTY on 20/17/15/12/10/6 meters. QSL direct only to their home callsigns. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #695) 24/01 2004 02/03 2005 Somalia, 6O0. Update. Silvano, I2YSB, updates OPDX and its readers
on the upcoming February 3-17th DXpedition to Somalia. The tentative
transmitting frequencies for 6O0CW (CW and RTTY) and 6O0G (SSB)
are as follows: St. Poul Isl., CY. CY9SS Expedition Yes, it’s still on! Visit our website at http://www.cy9ss.com Our operator list is still growing and interest is high. Several more ops pending XYL approval. -Robby VY2SS (UKSMG ann.) 23/01 2004 07/07 2005 Glorioso Island, FR/G. Update. Hi all ! Hope to be ready EME/WSJT for next Dxpedition to Glorioso island. I 've got 4.9 update ok, will try in few days. We do have a 6 el for Glorioso, dont know if better yagi exist or not ? We are keen to try with a bigger one ! 73's and thanks for all infos Dany F5CW - Glorioso tech resp glorioso. F5CW@wanadoo.fr for any help or support ! (UKSMG ann.) 23/01 2004 20/05 2005 Sudan, ST. Paul, ST2PN is back in Sudan. He is likely to be stationed in Khartoum, which means he will have more time to spend on the amateur radio bands. Expect some RTTY activity in the future. QSL via PA7FM (direct requests received so far are being processed right now; bureau cards are not accepted for the time being). Logs and several new pictures can be found at http://www.pa7fm.nl [TNX PA7FM] SV - Look for George SV1QN/8, Fotis (425 DX News #715) 17/01 2004 ? 2005 Greece, SV. SV1AIN/8, Manolis SV1EQU/8, Giannis SV1GYG/8 and Nikos SW1GYN/8 to operate from Skyros Island (EU-060) on 24-28 March. They plan to be active with three stations on 160-10 metres SSB and digital modes; 50.140 MHz SSB and 144.300 MHz SSB will be monitored for possible band openings. [TNX SV1GYG] (425 DX News #715) 17/01 2004 28/03 2005 Glorioso Island, FR/G. A French team of 8 to 12 operators have planned a major DXpedition to Glorioso Island during May of this year. This one is in the top 10 most wanted DXCC Entities and has not been QRV since May 2000. The team, which is made up of some of the TO4E/TO4WW ops, plans to be QRV on all bands on SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK, with an emphasis on the low bands. They will be making sure to have full time AC power for this operation. They will also be putting in special efforts to work those in the more difficult areas. Glorioso Island is a wild life protected area and permission to land on this rare one is quite difficult to obtain. The team will be shipping equipment from France to Reunion Island then taking it on to Glorioso. Look for expected activity from May 15th to May 30th. Plans are to have five stations on HF plus one dedicated full time 6 meter station (with EME WJST or Beacon). The team will be specifically looking for North America, Pacific and East Asia. Most of participating operators are experienced DXpeditioners. They are requesting financial assistance. All sponsors will be credited as a supporter and identified on the QSL card, the official Web site and other publications. They have opened an account for this expedition and your donations can be sent to: F5OGL, Didier Senmartin, Boite postale 7, 53320 Loiron, FRANCE. You can also send an email to him via F5OGL@club-internet.fr. The final list of operators has not been decided but could possibly include: F5OGL, F5CW, F5IRO, TZ6SA, F5PTM, F1AKK, F5AEP, F8UNF, F5MSR, F0CRS, F5JKK/FM5JC, FR5ZU, FR5IZ. At the moment no YL is expected to operate. The QSL manager will be F5OGL. (The Daily DX #10, 1/14/05) (SMIRK) 16/01 2004 20/05 2005 Botswana, A2. German operators DL7CM, Hans, and DM2AYO, Sid, are heading to Botswana. They plan to be QRV as A25/DL7CM (or A25CM) and A25/DM2AYO on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Look for activity from April 6 to 20. They will have two complete stations with amps. For antennas they will use a 27 meter GP, 3 element 5 band beam, HF9V and 4 element 6 meter beam. The two have a Web site at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/A2.htm. QSL via their home calls. (The Daily DX #9, 1/13/05) (SMIRK) 16/01 2004 20/04 2005 The Gambia, C5. I'll be in C56 The Gambia for a week in the beginning of februari. Partly for business, but I hope I'll have some time for other things. I'm not sure about taking the IC706 along. I'm not sure about propagation. What can I expect? Does anyone has experience with obtaining a licence there? Rinze PC5C (UKSMG) 16/01 2004 12/02 2005 Brazil, PY.
Ark, PY2ZX, writes; Hello friends, New DX trip to Comprida Island
for Transequatorial Propagation experiences, now with better antennas
and longer time. Virgin Isl., VP2V. Look for operators Sigi/DL7DF, Frank/DL7UFR and Wolfgang/DL4WK to be active from here February 22nd through March 9th. Callsign will be VP2V/homecall. The team will have three stations with two linears available (at least one station will be on 24 hours a day). Activity will be on all bands (mainly low bands) CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV. Antennas mentioned are: 21m Vertical, R7, Hexbeam and Yagi for 6m, for RX K9AY loop and beverage antenna. QSL via DL7DF. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #693) 10/01 2004 09/03 2005 Malpelo Isl., HK0. Pedro, HK1XX, announced this past week that the DX Colombia Group are making plans for a possible Malpelo DXpedition between June 2005 and March 2006. They are looking to put together an international team of operators which will include 13 Colombian operators and 7 international guest operators. Suggested modes of operation are CW, SSB, Satellite, PSK, RTTY, 6 meters and possibly EME. The DX Colombia Group is looking for possible operators, sponsors and equipment. E-mails will be sent out to interested parties. More details are forthcoming at the 2005 Dayton HamVention. They also invite everyone to visit their Web page at: http://www.dxcolombia.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #692) 03/01 2005 2005/2006 Crozet Isl., FT5W. Update. Nicolas, F4EGX and Jean-Paul, F5BU (FT5WG) now expect to arrive on Possession Island, Crozet Islands around 5 February. They plan to be active in their spare time starting around 12 February until the end of March. Nicolas http://F4EGX.free.fr will operate on 6m, 2m and 70cm FM QRP (QSL via F6APU), while Jean-Paul will operate SSB, mainly on +/- 14278 kHz (QSL via F5BU). (425 DX News #712) 03/01 2005 30/03 2005 Crozet Isl., FT5W. Nicolas/F4EGX and Jean Paul/F5BU will take part in a job related mission on Crozet Archipelago at the beginning of 2005. They are hoping to do some ham activity during their spare time. They expect to depart (via a ship) on January 9th and are scheduled to arrive on Possession Island (AF-008 and DIFO FT-009) around February 5th. They expect to begin their activity on the 12th. They will stay on the island until the end of March, and their return to Metropolitan France is expected between the beginning of April and no later than the 15th. At this time (December 21th), they are awaiting for their callsigns. Nicolas, F4EGX, will not be active on HF bands. The reason given is that the CMR03 directives about the possibility of using the HF Bands without Morse code proof exam has not yet been put into effect in the French overseas territories; one being Amsterdam Archipelago. Without this permission, he will be only on 6, 2 and 70cm bands QRP, using FM mode. QSL via F6APU. Nicolas does have a Web page at: http://F4EGX.free.fr Jean Paul, F5BU, will be active on SSB, mainly 14278 kHz. QSL cards go via F5BU. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #691) 27/12 2004 30/03 2005 Fernando De Noronha, PY0. Look for Bill, W9VA, to be active as PY0FF during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 19-20th). His operating class is to be announced later. Bill will be on Fernando de Noronha, February 16-22nd. Before and after the contest, he will be mostly on the WARC bands and 6 meters using his personal callsign PY0ZFO. QSL all via W9VA. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #691) 27/12 2004 22/02 2005 Netherlands Antilles, PJ4. Dr. Rick, NE8Z, will be active as PJ4/NE8Z from Bonaire, February 4-13th. Activity will be mostly CW/SSB on the WARC bands and 6 meters. Rick mentions that he will use a Kenwood TS680s with an Ameritron AL-84 Amp into a Cushcraft R-7 Vertical (40-10m). He will also use a Yaesu FT-857 into a Cushcraft 3 element yagi on 50 MHz. QSL via NE8Z: Dr. Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #689) 12/12 2004 13/02 2005 Somalia, 6O. Update. It has been announced that the Italian group, which is going to Somalia in February 3-17th, now has a survey (for needs and wants on bands/modes) on their Web page. You are encourage to fill out the survey. The Web page can be found at: http://www.i2ysb.com/6o/need.htm (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #688) 06/12 2004 17/02 2005 Sudan, ST. ST2PN will be active from Sudan until 3 December. He will be back home in Norway for a few weeks, but will return to Sudan in January for another 6-month assignment. QSL via PA7FM (direct only, as Paul is not a members of the PA bureau). Online logs and pictures can be found at http://www.pa7fm.nl (425 DX News #707) 22/11 2004 03/07 2005 Grenada, J3. Dick, K5AND writes; I just wanted to let you know that Arliss, Johan and I will be headed to J3 from June 23-July 4. We will be concentrating on northern EU contacts to try to give this country to as many as possible. I know that southern EU has already worked it. 73 Dick, K5AND 17/11 2004 04/07 2005 St. Pierre, FP. If I am up in VO2 Labrador next June, it's not too far to drive down to the south coast of VO1 and take the car ferry over to FP. No problem using a CEPT authorization in FP. Can any readers in France advise on how to get a special "TP" call sign for FP? How many guys really need FP? 73, Pete VE3IKV - VA3RA (UKSMG Website) 01/11 2004 ?/06 2005 Somalia, 6O. 6O0G & 6O0CW. From 03 Feb. till 17 Feb. One of the main aims of this DXpedition is to bring ham equipment to the Somali radio amateurs, fostering in a concrete way the development of amateur radio in the country. To this end, we shall donate yagi antennas, verticals, dipoles, HF and VHF/UHF tranceivers, power supplies, a laptop, coax and accessories for the operation of one or two stations at the local radio club. We are investing all our efforts to make such a difficult and exotic country regularly active on the bands, so as to provide all hams worldwide a better possibility to get a rare new one. Donations towards the expenses of the DXpedition and helping in the procurement of the equipment to be donated are highly welcome. Silvano Borsa, P.O.Box 45, 27036 Mortara, Italy i2ysb@i2ysb.com (I2YSB Website) 01/11 2004 17/02 2005 Tadjikistan, EY. Georges F8OP, writes; Hi friends. Jean-Louis, F5NHJ (J28NH), is in Dushanbe, Tadjikistan until the end of march. QRV 6 meters, first with a vertical, then with a 3 elements. He will start on 6, as soon as he received the 6 meters licence, may be in a few days. More infos later. 73 Georges F8OP 23/10 2004 ?/03 2005 Bangladesh, S2. Some advance notice! I will be making 4 more trips to Bangladesh the last one in June 2005. The first amateur radio activity will possibly be in January to put a rare IOTA reference on the map. However more importantly I'm thinking of taking some 6m equipment in June 2005. There is already a 4 element beam in the country. I'd be grateful for any views on the best time of the month to operate (date and time) with respect to recent multi-hop openings to VU and YA. 73s Dave S2/EI3IO (UKSMG ann.) 18/10 2004 06 2005 French Guyana, FY. Members of the F6KOP of Provins ARS will once again be going on a DXpedition. The team will be active as TO7C from Salut Islands between March 10-17th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters including the WARC bands on modes CW/SSB/PSK. Operators mentioned are: Frank/F4AJQ (SSB), Bernd/F9IE (CW/SSB), Dany/F5CW (CW/SSB Low Bands), Serge/F6AML (CW/SSB Low Bands), Bruno/F5AGB (CW), John/F5VHQ/ OE5TGL (SSB), Jean-Paul/F8BJI (Digimodes/SSB), Franck/F5TVG (CW/SSB/ Digimodes) and Guenther/OE3GCU (Digimodes/SSB). QSL via F9IE. The TO7C Web page is avalible at: http:\\to7c.free.fr (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #681) 18/10 2004 17/03 2005 Svalbard, JW. JW5SIX (Hopen isl.) is back on air. JW4SNA arrived on the island with a IC-756pro a few days ago. I presume he will stay for approximately 6 months. All 3 JW beacons are operational now. The antenna for JX7SIX has arrived on Jan Mayen but is not installed on the mountaintop yet. Per, LA7DFA (UKSMG ann.) 12/10 2004 ?/03 2005 Ascension Isl., ZD8. Ian G8WVW has written the DX Bulletin of XE1BEF to inform us that in the first 4 months he has carried out mainly more than 1,400 contacts in the bands of 20 and 17 meters, but he reminds us that it is also activating the callsign VP8DHW from the Islands Falkland. Ian and his family will remain for those places until the end of March of 2006. The Qsl via G4LTI. http://www.zd8i.net (Best wish, Ian ZD8I (G8WVW & VP8DHW). (DX Buletin de XE1BEF 164) 12/10 2004 0?/03 2006 Korea, HL. In March of the 2005 it finishes Kim's activity DS4BHW from Island Cho, operating in the bands from 80 to 6 meters. The Qsl via DS4BHW (Kim, P.O. Box 27, Sunchon, 540-600, South Korea) but also via Desk. (DX Buletin de XE1BEF 164) 12/10 2004 ?/03 2005 Caribian tour. I'm gathering info on ham friendly hotels, hostels in the caribean. Particulary P4 FS PJ7 FM FG J8 J7 J3. If you have info on local hams that might assist in obtaining licences I'd like to have the info aswell. There are plans by a group to go island hopping in june/july 2005 and be active 6m ES and eme on 2m. (no 6m eme). Johan ON4IQ (From UKSMG website) 04/10 2004 06 2005 Ascension Isl., ZD8. Ian, G8WVW is QRV as ZD8I until June 2006. He hopes to be active on 80 to 6 meters using SSB. QSL via G4LTI. (ARRL DX Bulletin 036) 09/09 2004 0?/06 2005 Isle of Man., GD. Press Release, Adrian Rees M1LCR, writes; Please see www.gb4iom.co.uk for latest update. Site will now be updated on a daily basis, as we move into the operational phase. (M1LCR) 17/08 2004 ?/03 2005 |
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