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* Antarctic, Sub-Antarctic and Peri-Antarctic News *
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* Bases, Activities and Informations for *
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* Bulletin nr.252 (05 January 2012) *
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* W.A.P. - W.A.D.A. (Worked Antarctic Directory Award) *
* Antarctic, Sub-Antarctic and Peri-Antarctic Directory *
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* List of more than 787 Bases, Camp, Hut, Refuge and Station used in *
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* Antarctic, Sub-Antarctic and Peri-Antarctic Directory *
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* For this number we thank: Bhagwati AT10BP/VU3BPZ, Dominik DL5EBE, Felix *
* DL5XL DP1POL, Michel F6DWQ, Francois F8DVD, Gabry IK1NEG, Ghis ON5NT, *
* OH2AQ, Bob K4MZU, Mike M0PRL/VP8DMH, Oleg RI1ANF, The Antarctic Sun, *
* Magazine, DX-World. *
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* Also check 14.160, 14.188, 14203, 14.243 MHz from 16:00z and ahead *
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LU1ZA (ARG-15) - Destacamento Naval Orcadas del Sur Base (Navy)
Operator is active now.
* QSL --> LU4DXU (Horacio E.Ledo, P.O.Box 22, 1640 Martinez, BA, Argentina)
* E-mail: lu4dxu@hotmail.com
* WEB pages: http://www.qsl.net/lu8adx/antartida/antartida.htm
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LU-X Various (ARG-23) - Tierra del Fuego Province (Tierra del Fuego Island)
Several stations are frequently on the bands from Ushuaia TdF. In this time,
with poor activity from Antarctica it's a fine oportunity to set up skeds.
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
KD4YDD 14076.0 LU1XPK 1854 31 Dec
JA1KXQ-@ 21070.5 LU1XT tnx psk31 QSO Mr DION 0539 16 Dec
LU2XPK 14107.0 LU2XPK ROS Mode cq cq 0234 04 Jan
LU7XWC 140140.0 LU7XWC cq cq de 0117 05 Jan
ZL3XDJ-@ 14010.0 LU3XPM
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VK0TH (AUS-08) - Macquarie Island Station (ANARE)
Trevor Hopps VK8TH is active now.
* QSL --> JE1LET (Masahiko Otokozawa, 985-7 Kuno, Odawara 250-0055, Japan)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
UA9CCP-@ 21365.0 VK0TH PsE sPlit 0853 05 Jan
I0ARI 24921.1 VK0TH pse ssb EU tnx 0724 05 Jan
RA4CC 24921.2 VK0TH UP 0.4 0629 05 Jan
DL8QS 28081.0 VK0TH up 1 rtty 1012 04 Jan
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OR4TN (BEL-02) - Belgian Princess Elisabeth Station
Karel ON5TN started operating December 4, and was QRV in CW on 20, 30, 40m
only running 100 watts. Karel hopes to get his amplifier running for the
coming weekend. Operating schedule (always work depending): during weekdays,
only in the local late evenings on 30, 40 and 80m, mainly CW.
* QSL --> ON5TN (Karel Moerman,St.Martinusstraat 52,B-9790 Wortegem-Petegem,
Belgium)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
UX2KA 21006.0 OR4TN 599 up1 0657 02 Jan
ON7ZM 7004.0 OR4TN UP 1 NEW ONE FOR ME HNY 2147 30 Dec
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CE9VPM (CHL-06) - Presidente Gabriel González Videla
CE3VPM Tomas Cruz Reyes is active now.
* QSL --> CE3VPM (Tomas Cruz Reyes, P.O. Box 13630, Santiago, Chile)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
PY2IU 14018.0 CE9VPM TNX QSO, 73 0306 04 Jan
K2ARB 14018.0 CE9VPM O'Higgins Stn Antarctica 0116 31 Dec
IK8DDN 14018.0 CE9VPM TNX QSO HNY 2337 30 Dec
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OJ1ABOA (FIN-01) - Aboa Station
Mika will operate from the Finnish Aboa Station from Jan.15 through Feb.15
We rimind the chasers that the 2 settlements (Finnish ABOA Station & Swedish
WASA Station) are jewst few hundred Meters one from the other. They are both
located in a place called Nordenskjold and that is Multinational site as it
guests 2 national Bases. Together Aboa and Wasa form the Nordenskjold Base.
* QSL --> OH2FFP (Mika Kalakoski, Naapurintie 3 B 10, FIN-00940 Helsinki,
Finland)
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DP1POL (DEU-08) - Neumayer III Station
Felix DL5XL is active till the end of Febr. 2012. He has received a new
Linear Amplifier and he's now quite active.Pay attention to Felix who will
probably operate shortly as /P from a site nearby a New-ONE WAP.
Las DL1LLL will winterover at Neumayer 3, so he will be there till February-
March 2013.
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
PY2DUN 14267.0 DP0POL tnx qso. HNY. 73. 2257 01 Jan
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EA1CYK/P (ESP-02) - Base Gabriel De Castilla
Adrian is active now in the XXV Spanish Antarctic campaign 2011-2012 till
March 6th 2012.
* QSL --> EA7LS (Jose Antonio "Quillo", P.O.Box 5167, Malaga 29080, Spain)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
RK0UT 14260.0 EA1CYK/P CQ Antarctic Base Gabriel 0343 02 Jan
9A4A-@ 28460.0 EA1CYK/P Amigo Adrian gracias nuevo 1701 01 Jan
EA1GHQ 21290.0 EA1CYK/P 58 tnx Feliz A?o 1032 31 Dec
IK1GPG 28490.0 EA1CYK/P WAP ESP-02 Base Gabriel 1049 17 Dec
EA5DY 14182.0 EA1CYK/P Antartic Base
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VP8DMH (GBR-19) - Station "Z" Edmond Halley V
Mike M0PRL will be active until the end of February 2012 working as a summer
operator and helping out with the move to the new base Halley VI.
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
V51B 14248.0 VP8DMH down 5 tu Mike 2148 01 Jan
EA3ZD 14200.0 VP8DMH 2106 31 Dec
LU7ART 14255.5 VP8DMH Antartic Halley Research S. 2343 29 Dec
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VP8DNT (GBR-25) - Stanley (East Falkland Island)
Zorro, JH1AJT will be operating all bands from the QTH of Bob VP8LP from 21
to 28 January 2012.
* QSL --> JH1AJT
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VP8LP (GBR-25) - Stanley (East Falkland Island)
Bob is always very active on all bands.
* QSL --> VP8LP (Bob McLeod, 75 Davis Street, Stanley, Falkland Islands,
British South Atlantic)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
G4RRM 28478.8 VP8LP RW2 stop calling over DX! 1127 30 Dec
PU1KGG 24951.0 VP8LP 1904 29 Dec
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VP8NO (GBR-25) - Stanley (East Falkland Island)
Michael is active now.
* QSL --> VP8NO (Michael Harris, P.O. Box 226, Stanley, Falkland Islands,
British South Atlantic)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
LY3W-@ 10140.8 VP8NO RTTY tnx 2224 27 Dec
PY5EW 50110.0 VP8NO Mike pse beam to GG46 2321 24 Dec
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II0MZ (ITA-01) - Mario Zucchelli Station
Massimo Dipaola IW0HEU, is actually operating from the Italian MZ Station at
Terra Nova Bay using II0MZ callsign. Activity on 20 and 40 mts, only SSB.
* QSL --> IW0EFA (Gian Paolo Volpato, Via Piave 13, I-01100 Viterbo (VT),
Italy)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
K2JSG 18128.0 II0MZ zilch here but QRM 1848 04 Jan
I1UWF 14333.0 II0MZ loud into vertical 1749 04 Jan
QSL of II0MZ is very fast coming thanks to the great job of his QSL Manager!
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VU3BPZ (IND-03) - Maitri Base
Bhagwati is actually sailing South on board od M/V Ivan Papanin.
He is expected to reach Antarctica around 11 Jan, then he will move first to
Maitri Base where he will remain till the end of February before moving to
overwinter at Bharti Base.
* QSL --> I1HYW (Gianni Varetto, Via Pancalieri 2, I-12030 Casalgrasso (CN),
Italy)
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VU3BPZ (IND-NEW) - Bharti Station
Bhagwati VU3BPZ will be active from Bharti Base from March 2012 to March 2013
He did apply for a special call which is not yet arrive. It should come
shortly anyway.
* QSL --> I1HYW (Gianni Varetto, Via Pancalieri 2, I-12030 Casalgrasso (CN),
Italy)
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8J1RL (JPN-03) - Syowa Station (NIPR)
Ootani is reported active.
* QSL --> JA QSL Bureau
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
JF2TOG-@ 21005.2 8J1RL up 2 0745 01 Jan
KO1E 7004.0 8J1RL 2137 29 Dec
LY3W 10108.1 8J1RL 1918 28 Dec
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RI1ANR (MNB-06) - Novo Runway (New callsign valid for WAP-WACA)
Alexey V. Shmarin UA1PAW will be active till the end of March 2012.
* QSL --> RK1PWA, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaya obl., Russia)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
I3MLU-@ 7019.4 RI1ANR 0002 01 Jan
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RI1ANF (RUS-01) - Bellingshausen Station
Oleg, UA1PBA/ZS1ANF will be operating as RI1ANF from Bellinghausen Base from
February-March 2012 until the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013. On the
way on to Antarctica (end of February) he will try to operate from the Ice-
breacker "Ak. Fedorov" as callsign/MM.
Ivan Sedychenkov RA3MAK is still active from Bellinghausen and will end his
shift next April 7th, 2012.
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RI1ANA (RUS-08) - Molodezhnaya Station
Slava UA1PAI is active now, till mid March 2012 operating for time to time
when work permitting
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
HA8AR 14024.0 RI1ANA Molodezhnaya Base(WAP RUS-08)1732 01 Jan
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RI1ANC (RUS-13) - Vostok Station
Alex RD1AV (ex RV1ZC) is active now.
* QSL --> RN1ON (Alexei V. Kuz'menko, P.O. Box 599, Arkhangelsk 163000,
Russia)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
RK1AS 14041.1 RI1ANC Alex, please split. HNY! 1553 03 Jan
RD4AF-@ 10124.0 RI1ANC Tnx 1953 29 Dec
A61QQ-@ 14160.0 RI1ANC Thanks ALEX 59 1906 13 Dec
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RI1ANC/P (MNB-NEW ????) East Antarctica Ice Core Drilling Camp
There is a rumor about a possible activity from Alex (RI1ANC) who told F8DVD
that he might operate in the beginning of January with call RI1ANC/P from
about 100 km of Vostok station. It's not really sure but it will depend of
weather conditions during a joint French-Russian-Italian scientific program
on ice drilling.
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KC4USV (USA-22) - McMurdo Station
Operator is reported active.
* QSL --> K1IED (Larry F. Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074,
U.S.A.).
WEB pages: http://mitglied.lycos.de/mapu2001/nsf.html
E-mail: k1ied@cox.net
VE7YY 14250.0 KC4USV Ralph 57 BC 0507 04 Jan
N0RC-@ 14243.0 KC4USV 1016 03 Jan
KA1JBE 14243.0 KC4USV justin - antarctica 0016 01 Jan
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KC4/KB0URN (USA-23) - McMurdo Station
Operator is reported active.
* QSL --> KB0URN (Ralph Schenck III, 923 White Street, Jackson, MN-56143,
U.S.A.)
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
K4MZU-@ 14250.0 KC4/KB0URN RE at McMurdo Stn 0424 04 Jan
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KC4AAC (USA-23) - Palmer Station
Francis KD0MUM is now based at Palmer Station until April 2012.
* QSL --> K1IED (Larry F. Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074,
U.S.A.).
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
9A4A-@ 14265.0 KC4AAC tks new one best 73 2201 01 Jan
W9CRE 14240.0 KC4AAC 0005 01 Jan
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KC4AAA (USA-36) - Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (New rebuilt Base)
Andy WA2DKJ is reported active.
* QSL --> K1IED (Larry F. Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074,
U.S.A.).
WEB pages: http://mitglied.lycos.de/mapu2001/nsf.html
E-mail: k1ied@cox.net
Last spots in the Packet Cluster:
N6VNI 14243.0 KC4AAA 59+ INTO LA HABRA, CA. 0445 28 Dec
F8DHE-@ 28032.0 KC4AAA qrt for this morning 0906 27 Dec
M0BZH 28032.0 KC4AAA VERY WEAK CNDX EVEN WORSE 0900 27 Dec
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KC4/N0RC (USA-42) - Pegasus Field Runway
The operator is active from 20 Dec. 2011 and ahead.
He can be active twice a week or so ... so better to stay tuned!
* QSL --> N0RC (Reid W. Crowe, 1520 Crossgate Dr., Lawrence, KS 66047-3504,
U.S.A.)
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ZS7KX (ZAF-03) - Sanae IV Base
Gerard ZS6KX is active now till Feb.15 2012.
* QSL --> ZS6KX (Gerard de Jong, P.O. Box 52126, V & A Waterfront 8002,
Republic of South Africa)
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HF35APAS SES will be active during the months of January and February 2012
WAP reference for HF35APAS is WAP-216
QSL Via SP9YI
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WAP QSL Gallery
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1945 till today. Recently we have add several new batches of cards.
Pay a visit and enjoy the Antarctic history trough the Ham Radio QSL cards.
QSL Gallery wait your vist at WAP web site or directly at:
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Thanks very much to all those who are sending scan copies of their cards, or
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K6EID Antarctic QSL Gallery & web site at: http://www.k6eid.com &
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Don't forget to read daily information on Antarctic News at WAP website at:
www.waponline.it to be always informed about Antarctica life.
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Antarctic Activity Week 2012
9th AAW will start next Feb. 20 and will last till Feb. 26 Several stations
could be active before and after the official dates: all will count anyway
for WAP Awards.
Join in with your special call to celebrate Antarctica with us!
Last SES calls and related WAP references issued:
WAP-214 II2MAL - 1st centenary of Malpensa Airport (IW2MNO)
WAP-215 HF36POL - To celebrate start 36th Polish Scientific Exped (SP9YI)
WAP-216 HF35APAS - Polish SES for Arctowski Antarctic Award (SP9YI)
WAP-217 TM9WAP - 9th AAW (F8DHE)
WAP-218 PA1RRSP - 100th Anniversary of the South Pole conquest (PA3FOE)
WAP-219 IR1SP - 9th AAW (IK1NEG)
WAP-22R TM9AAW - 9th AAW (F8DVD)
WAP-221 PA6ANT - 9th AAW (PA3FOE)
WAP-222 AO1POL - 9th AAW (EA1GHT)
WAP-223 YQRANT - 9th AAW (YO2LIW)
WAP-224 available
WAP-225 TM1RRSP - 100th Anniversary of the South Pole conquest (F8DVD)
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POLAR SHIP / MM sailing Antarctic waters
WB4SLM/MM in Antarctica.
Vic is QRV using Yaesu FT817 and various antennas from a cruise ship in the
Antarctic/South Pole area starting Jan 1st. He is working QRP.
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