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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Amateur Radio special events calendar


Nov. 6-9
GD - Tom, GM4FDM and Ronald, PA3EWP will be active as GD4FDM and MD/PA3EWP from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 6-9 November. They will concentrate on the low bands CW, and Tom will do some RTTY as well. QSL GD4FDM via GM4FDM, QSL MD/PA3EWP via PA7FM. [TNX The Daily DX]

Nov. 6-Dec. 6
FK/C - The TX3A license for the Chesterfield DXpedition [425DXN 962] has been extended, and AA7JV and HA7RY will be able to use that callsign from 2 November until 6 December. George and Tomi left Gladstone (Queensland) on 26 October and reached Suamarez Reef the day after. They had to stop there to wait for the weather to improve; hopefully the voyage will be resumed on Saturday with TX3A being expected to be QRV by 3 November in the local evening hours. QSL via HA7RY. Bookmark http://tx3a.com/ for regular updates.

Nov. 6-15
VP2M - Tom/DL2RUM (VP2MUM), Rudi/DM2XO (VP2MXO) and Jan/DJ8NK (VP2MNK) will be active from Montserrat (NA-103) on 3-15 November. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

Nov. 6-17
XV - Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Andy/DL5CW, Sigi/DL7DF and Frank/DL7UFR will be active as XV4D from Phu Quoc (AS-128), Vietnam on 4-17 November. They will operate on 160-10 metres with two stations for CW and SSB, and a third station for RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. Bernd, DF3CB will be the pilot for the expedition. QSL via DL7DF, direct or bureau.
Further information and updates at http://www.dl7df.com/

Nov. 7-8
F - Look for Didier, F4ELJ/p to be active from Wrac'h Island (not IOTA) and lighthouse on 7-8 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F4ELJ]

Nov. 9 - Dec. 10
SM - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in physiscs awarded to Guglielmo Marconi, eight special callsigns (SI0GM, SI1GM, SI2GM, SI3GM, SI4GM, SI5GM, SI6GM and SI7GM) will be aired from Sweden between 9 November and 10 December. Details on the relevant award offered by the Swedish Amateur Radio Society can be found at
http://awardmanager.se/

Nov. 19-23
PY - Fred, PY2XB and Alex, PY2WAS will be active as PW2IO and PW2TA respectively from Cabras Island (SA-071) on 19-23 November. They will operate SSB and CW with two separate stations, mainly on 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40 metres. Landing on the island is difficult and the operation may be postponed in case of bad weather. QSL PW2IO via PT7WA, QSL PW2TA via
PY2WAS. [TNX PT7WA]

Nov. 21-22
Mongolian DX Contest - The Mongolian Amateur Radio Society (MARS) invites licensed amateurs and SWLs to participate in the Mongolian DX Contest, to be held on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY on 21-22 November (from 00.00 UTC on Saturday through 23.59 UTC on Sunday). Please e-mail jt1kaa@gmail.com for further information. [TNX JT1CD]

Nov. 25-Dec. 10
T8 - Pista, HA5AO will be active as T88CI from Koror (OC-009), Palau between 25 November and 10 December. He plans to operate holiday style mainly CW on 80-10 metres, and to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. Logsearch will be available at http://ha5ao.novolab.hu/ [TNX HA0HW]
(DX News 965 via Dave Raycroft/ODXA)
QSL card courtesy of Larry Van Horn