Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4U - Special call 4U1WRC will be aired form the from the International Amateur Radio Club station (4U1ITU) at ITU Geneva for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007, which will take place from 22 October through 16 November. Expect 4U1WRC to be active also during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
6W - Javi, EA1FDI will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as 6V7G from Somone (Senegal). His licence is valid from 15 through 28 October, so you can expect some activity before the contest. QSL via home call. [TNX EA1FDI]
6Y - Filipe, CT1ILT will operate as 6Y3T from Jamaica (NA-097) on 23-29 October. He plans to concentrate on the low bands. QSL direct to home call. [TNX CT1ILT]
6Y - John, W2GB will be active as 6Y0B from Jamaica on 23-30 October, before and after the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via W2GB [TNX NG3K]
C6 - Alan, WQ5W will be active as C6AQW from Treasure Cay, Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas on 25-31 October. The primary purpose of this trip is to operate as a 40m low power entrant in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Outside the contest, he will concentrate on 160, 80, 30, 17 and 12 metres CW and SSB, plus RTTY on all bands. QSL via WQ5W, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Alan has set up a blog at http://wq5w.blogspot.com [TNX WQ5W]
CE0Y - Slaven, 9A4X and Zdenko, 9A5RR will be active from Easter Island (SA-001) on 23-31 October. Slaven will operate as CE0Y/9A4X on all bands, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as CC0Y on 15 metres. QSL via 9A2AA. [TNX 9A2AA]
GW - Chris, G1VDP and others (M0KCM, M0OXO, M3POV, M3SDE, M3SDO, MW0JZE, MW0RLJ, MW5HOC, OM0AAO) will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as MW5W (Multi-Multi) from the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. QSL via M3SDE. Some of the operators will be on the air before the contest signing their own call (G1VDP will become GW1VDP, etc) and operating also some CW and digital modes. [TNX G1VDP]
H40 - The Daily DX reports that bad weather forced H40MY to go QRT from Tikopia (OC-178). Mike, KM9D says he and Jan, KF4TUG have "no hope of any further HF radio activity from a land-based station".
HS - Special event station HS35SEA will be aired on 8-11 November for the the 35th SEANET Convention that will be held in Lampang. Full information on the convention can be found at http://www.sabah.net.my/seanet/seanet_2007.htm [TNX The Daily DX]
I - IT9ATF, IT9ORA, IT9NPR, IT9PPG, IT9RZU and IT9WDC will be active as IF9A from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 26-28 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL via IT9ATF. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
I - The Valdarno Contesting Radio Team (IK5AAB, IK5AFJ, IK5YOJ, IW5ECI, IW5EFR, IZ5AJP, IZ5DKG, IZ5IIN and IZ5ILF) will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as IR5A (Multi-Single). QSL via IK5AFJ. [TNX IZ5DKG]
JA - Look for JA6QIN/6 to be active from four different islands (Arifuku, Wakamatsu, Zuga and Nakadori) in the Goto Islands group (AS-040), Nagasaki prefecture on 5-7 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
ON - Rich, N0HJZ will be operating as ON9CMV from Belgium on 24-30 October, including a full time effort in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL direct to N0HJZ; logs will be uploaded to LOtW. [TNX N0HJZ]
PA - The VERON section Noord en Midden Limburg will be active as PA60LIM from 27 October to 11 November to celebrate their 60th anniversary. Expect them to be active also during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via PE1NCP, direct or bureau. [TNX PE1NCP]
PJ4 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as PJ4/N0VD from Bonaire (SA-006) until 30 October. QSL via home call. He will be one of the operators who will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Two entry from PJ4E (QSL direct to WA4PGM). [TNX N0VD]
SV - Gyuszi/HA2VR, Laci/HA6NL (J48NL), Zsolt/HA6PS (J48PS), Tibor/HA6ZV, Al/HA7JJS (J48JJ) and Laci/HA7PL (J48PL) will operate as J48RT, SV8/homecall and under their personal callsigns from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 24 October to 8 November. The group will be active on the HF bands, plus 6 and 2 metres, on CW, SSB, PSK31, MS and JT6M. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as J48RT (Multi-Single) and in the HA QRP Contest (1-7 November). QSL J48RT via HA6NL, direct or bureau. Others via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
UR - Ben, OZ5AAH/OZ5IPA will operate SSB and CW as UT/OZ5IPA from Kiev Borispol, Ukraine, from 30 October to 7 November. He will participate in the International Police Association's Contest (3-4 November). QSL direct to home call.
V2 - Once more Team Antigua will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as V26B (QSL via KA2AEV). The operators will arrive around 22 October and will will probably be active through the 30th using their personal callsigns. NI1N and N3KS are waiting for their calls to be issued by the licencing authority, the others will be V26BA (QSL via WA3RHW), V26BZR (QSL via W2BZR), V26CW (QSL via KM9M), V26JN (QSL via WX3B), V26OC (QSL via N3OC). [TNX KA2AEV]
V3 - John, W5JON (V31FB) will be back to Ambergris Caye (NA-073) for the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. He will be there on 25-31 October. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
VP2M - George/K2DM (VP2MDG), Peter/K3ZM (VP2MZM) and Glen/W4GKA (VP2MKA) will be active from Montserrat on 24-30 October, including a M/2 entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP2MDG. Look for VP2MDG on 6m SSB and VP2MZM on 160m CW outside the contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
VP5 - WA2VYA, K2WB, W2WAS, N2VW will be on Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 23-30 October. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP5T (QSL via N2VW, direct or bureau; logs will be uploaded to LoTW after 30 days ). Before and after the contest they will operate CW, 30, 17 and 12 metres as homecall/VP5 (QSL via home call). [TNX NG3K]
VP8_sg - Lars, MM0DWF (www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/index.html) will be active as VP8DIF from Husvik, South Georgia (AN-007) from around 27 January until 28 February 2008. Amateur radio operations will be on a spare time basis. QSL via DJ9ZB, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
W - Serge, W5ZZ and Vic, N8OO expect to be active as W5ZZ/p and N8OO/p from Grand Isle (NA-168) on 19-20 October. [TNX W5ZZ]
W - Paul, AA4ZZ will be active from Sunset Beach Island (NA-112) from about 12 UTC on 20 October until about 16 UTC on the 22nd. Expect him to operate mainly on 20 metres SSB, possibily with some 17m SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
W - Bren, G4DYO will be active as W4/G4DYO from Captiva Island (NA-069) for few hours on 16 November. He plans operate SSB on 20 metres. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
XW - Alex, RK3DT reports he will be active again as XW3DT from Laos from 25 October to 6 November. QSL to Alex Sinchukov, P.O. Box 11, GPO, Hong Kong.
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles DX, reports he will be once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from the YO3KPA club station in Bucharest, Romania from 27 October to 2 November. QSL via F6AJA.
JOTA ---> Further stations expected to be active during this weekend's 50th
Jamboree On The Air include:
* GB2JAM by the Wirral and District Amateur Radio Club. QSL via G4MGR.
* GB50RFR by the Bittern DX Group from the 1st Rural Roughton Scout HQ at Roughton Windmill. QSL via M0CNP.
* HB50S from the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland. QSL via HB9AOF.
* HL9BSA from the Yongsan Army Post in Seoul, South Korea. QSL to WX8C.
* HP1RCP (Radio Club de Panama), from the Panama City National Scout Center.
* II050SCOUT (QSL via IK0DWN or LoTW) and IR050J (QSL via IW0GOA) from the Abbey of Montecassino.
* II250SCOUT by a group of operatos from ARI Vigevano. QSL via IW2NOH.
* ON50JOTA, by members of the UBA section GDV.
* VR100S from the Hong Kong Scout HKIR IT Club (VR2HKS, www.it-scout.org). Activity will continue through the end of the year.
[TNX HP1AC, IK0DWN, IK0YQJ, IK2AVH, K1XN, OPDX Bulletin, VA3RJ, VR2XNG]
(Source: A.R.I. DX Bulletin # 859 via Dave Raycroft/ODXA)
