9 June 2007
A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 840
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
1A0 - A multinational team lead by Francesco, IK0FVC will be active as 1A0KM from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on 12-22 July. QSL via IK0FTA. The log might be uploaded to LoTW. Further details are expected in due course. [TNX I0JBL]
3B7 - The 3B6SP team en route to Agalega encountered serious problems with the catamaran "Josephina", which lost one engine and a sail. All on board are safe and sound, and the catamaran, towed by the fishing vessel "Covadis", reached Raphael Island, Saint Brandon (AF-015). According to the lastest information from 3B8CF, the team expects to remain there for some 12 days and to be active as 3B7SP while waiting for the "Josephina" to be repaired. [TNX SP9PT]
4U1UN - LA5IIA, OH2BH and W3UR will operate from the United Nations Headquarters station (4U1UN) on 9 June. QSL via HB9BOU. [TNX The Daily DX]
5N - Marek, SQ8JCA will be active as 5N2/SQ8JCA from Cogi, Nigeria through the end of June. He operates SSB on 80-6 metres and is likely to be found on the bands between 10 and 16 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]
9A - Roland/9A3MR, Tibor/HA3HP and Tom/9A2AA will be active from verious islands in the IOTA EU-170 group on 16-20 June. They plan to go and operate (also on 6 metres, from JN73) from as many IOCA (Islands Of Croatia Award, http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/) new ones as possible. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A2AA]
9A - Jan, PA4JJ will be active as 9A/PA4JJ/p from Porec, Croatia from 16 June until 7 July. He plans to spend most of his time on the WARC bands using RTTY and PSK. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (a QSL request form for bureau cards can be found at http://www.pa4jj.nl). [TNX PA4JJ]
9A & T9 - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will be active as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia between 16 June and 5 September. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and FM on the HF bands, and to participate in the IOTA Contest. He might also operate as T9/VE3ZIK from Bosnia & Herzegovina on 20-27 June and again on 5-10 September. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to zik@tiscali.de) [TNX VE3ZIK]
EA8 - Wilko, PA3BWK will be active as EA8/PA3BWK from Lanzarote, Canary Islands (AF-004) on 10-16 June. He plans to operate mainly CW on 10-40 metres. QSL via PA0ZE. [TNX W1AW]
EU - Members of the Borisov Amateur Radio Club will be active as EW905B until 30 November to celebrate the 905th anniversary of the city of Borisov, Belarus. QSL via EW2EO. [TNX EW2EO]
HI - Dave, NA6DF will be active holiday style from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on 14-23 June. He will be operating QRP as NA6DF/HI7, mostly on 10-20 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX NA6DF]
I - Giacomo, I4FGG will operate CW and SSB as I4FGG/IF9 from Marettimo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-010) on 10-21 June. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX I4FGG]
I - The YACT (Yet Another Contest Team) will operate as II5I during the 50 MHz IARU Region 1 Contest on 16-17 June. QSL via IZ5FSA. [TNX IZ5FSA]
KL - Lanny, W5BOS will be active from two IOTA groups in Alaska on 2-7 August. The first operation will take place from the Semidi Islands (NA-235, new one) using W5BOS/KL7. This operation will be battery power only, because all of the Semidi Islands and associated rocks are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and are closed to mechanical equipment such as generators. The second operation will be from Unavikshak Island (NA-238) using W5BOS/AL0. Lanny was active from this island last year, but conditions were very poor and he wants to give those who missed it another chance. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5BOS]
KP - Pietro, IT9OPR reports he will be active holiday style from Puerto Rico (NA-099) on 15-28 June. He will operate from the QTH of Flavio, KP4AWX as well as mobile with Pedro, WP4CCQ.
LZ - Steve, G0SGB will be active (on 10-80 metres, mainly SSB) as LZ/G0SGB/p from Sveti Ivan Island (EU-181) on 15-17 June. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
OX - Look for Jan-Ole/DB8JO (SSB), Juergen/DJ5HD (CW) and Wolfgang/DJ5ZWS (RTTY and PSK31) to be active on 10-80 metres as OX/homecall from Nuuk, Greenland (NA-018) on 14-25 June. QSL via home calls.
TZ - Fredo, TU5GV will be active as TZ/TU5GV from Mali until 15 June. He operates on 10-80 metres. QSL via F4DXW, direct or bureau. [TNX F4DXW]
UA - Victor/RN1NU, Dmitry/UA1NFA and Roman/RN1NGJ will be active from a couple of island in Lake Onega, namely Puhtinsky and Devichiy, on 9-11 June. Both the islands do not count for IOTA, but are new ones for the Russian Robinson Award. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX UA1NFA]
VK - Stuart, VK8NSB and Joe, VK8VTX might be active Elcho Island (OC-185) on 14-19 June. Announced plans were to operate CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY with two stations on 80-10 metres. QSL via VK6NE. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (May 2007) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).
PIRATE ---> Father Apollo, SV2ASP/A was quite active on the bands in May, and he made 1,500+ CW, SSB and RTTY QSOs. He is receiving cards for CW QSOs made between 23 UTC on 16 May and 2 UTC on the 17th. Please note that at that time he was operating phone, and his callsign was pirated. Father Apollo is very busy at the moment, and he does not foresee any further activity for a while. [TNX IK3ZAW]
QSL N8S ---> Dragan, YZ1EW reports thathe first 1000 cards for the April 2007 expedition to Swains Island were mailed on 8 June. The others will follow within 30 days.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PHOTO GALLERY: The Dayton Hamvention 2007 Photo Gallery (259 pictures collected by Tom, K8CX) can be found at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2007/
YW1DX: The website for the 4M5 DX Group's operation from Cayo Sombrero (SA-089) [425DXN 829] can be found at http://yw1dx.4m5dx.org/. The group of seven operators will participate in the IOTA Contest, and plans to concentrate on the WARC bands and 160 metres before and after the contest. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Online logs will be available at http://logsearch.de. The team is looking for sponsors/donors for this operation. [TNX IT9DAA]
(Source: 425 DX News 840 via Dave Raycroft)