DPØ, ANTARCTICA. Felix, DL5XL (ex DP1POL), states that time is running out to work DPØGVN. He informs, “This summer may very well be the last chance to work the German Antarctic base ‘Neumayer II’ (WAP DEU-Ø2, AA DL-Ø3) as the base is scheduled to close in February 2009, and there will be no radio amateur on the wintering team 2008.” Currently, there are three operators at “Neumayer II” who are regularly active during their spare time as DPØGVN.
Their main times of activity are daily between 1800-2200z, usually on 40/30/20 meters. Operators are: Mirko/DG9BHQ (SSB Op), Torsten/DL1TOG (SSB Op) and Felix/DL5XL (CW Op). All three operators will leave the station by March 10th. QSL route for all DPØGVN QSOs after 2006 is DL5EBE, direct or by the bureau. There is an online log check for all contacts for this summer’s season available at: http://www.
rrdxa.eu/logQSOs are expected to be uploaded to ARRL’s “Logbook of the World” (LoTW). [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #842 January 20, 2008]
(Source: ODXA Listening In-Ham Radio Corner, Feb. 08)
