1A, S.M.O.M. It was announced this past week that an international team of operators will be active from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) for the first time ever during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest (October 27-28th). The callsign 1A3A will be used during the CQWW SSB Contest. This callsign, 1A3A, is a new prefix, and it will be used for the first time from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. QSL via IZ4DPV. For all activity prior to and after the contest, operators will use the callsign 1A4A. There will be both SSB and CW activity on the WARC bands using the 1A4A callsign during the noncontest period. For updated information, please visit: http://www.1a4a.org/
3B7, ST. BRANDON. The 3B7C team continues to be active from Isle du Sud, St. Brandon (AF-015) until September 24th. As this was being typed Sunday morning, the 3B7C log states as of 2359z, September 15th, there are a total of 72077 QSOs in the database. First QSO was at 2000z, September 7th. Breakdown by bands and modes:
10m - 3232 30m - 7039 Phone: 28002
12m - 4488 40m - 10054 CW: 43599
15m - 9880 80m - 7266 RTTY: 476
17m - 10131 160m - 1739
20m - 18248
Currently, the team is reporting that their Web site has been running very slowly, probably due to the high volume of traffic. The on-line log section is particularly badly affected. They also mention that they are still having trouble with the on-line log server. It seems to be related to the "large number of entity/zone leaderboard requests", so for the time being they have disabled that facility. They will continue to work on a solution, and suggest to please bear with them. Remember, the 3B7C Web page is available at: http://www.3b7c.com
Update-to-date news is at: http://www.3b7c.com/news.htm
Daily log updates are at: http://www.3b7c.com/logsearch/search.php
Pilot station for the operation is John, G3WGV, and his E-mail address is: 3b7c@g3wgv.com
QSL via G3NUG, direct (Neville Cheadle, Lower Withers Barns, Middleton on the Hill, Leominster, HR6 0HY, England) or by the Bureau (Bureau cards can be requested via the 3B7C Web page). The QSL Manager for SWLs is Bob Treacher, 93 Elibank Road, Eltham, London SE9 1QJ, ENGLAND.
5J0/HK0, SAN ANDRES (NA-033). Operators Tom/K3WT, Vlad/N0STL, Bill/W0OR and Ron/N0AT will be active as HK0/homecall from November 19-27th. The team will also participate in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) as 5J0A and as a Multi-Single entry. QSL 5J0A via W0JAR. QSL all others via their home callsigns, direct or by the W0 QSL Bureau.
5R, MADAGASCAR. Willi, DJ7RJ, will be leaving for Nosy (AF-057), on September 25th. He will be active as 5R8RJ from September 26 through October 26th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW and SSB. QSL via the CBA.
7Q, MALAWI. QSL Manager Allan, G0IAS, informs OPDX that Harry, 7Q7HB (G0JMU), is once again in Malawi. He is expected to be there for about 2 months. Allan states, "SORRY Guys and Gals, NO Top Band Scheds this time, maybe when he goes back in January. QSL is via DIRECT ONLY to G0IAS. Cards are normally sent via return post, I sched Harry every day. He may just have some interesting new modes...Regards Allan."
8R, GUYANA. Operators Holger/DK6XR and Martin/DK8XT will be active as 8R1XR and 8R1XT, respectively, from Georgetown starting September 30th through October 13th. Activity will be on the usual frequencies on SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns.
8R, GUYANA. Operators Anderson/PY2TNT and Alex/PY2WAS will be active as 8R1PY from Georgetown, November 1-4th. Peter Denny, 8R1WD, may also be joining them. They plan to be active full time (24h) if propagation permits, on 80/60/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/2 meters SSB and CW. Their QSL Manager will be PY4KL, the official station of CWJF (both operators are members of CWJF). QSLs may be sent via the bureau or direct.
AM3, SPAIN. Ramon/EA3EJI and a group of operators will activate the Montserrat Monastery as AM3MM during next weekend, September 22-24th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via EA3MM, by the bureau or direct.
C5, THE GAMBIA. Jan, PA4JJ, will once agin be active as C56JJ between November 30th and December 7th. This will be a holiday style operation. Jan informs OPDX that he will only use 100 Watts (FT-897) and the antenna will be a vertical and a ZS6BKW. There may be some topband and 6 meter activity. QSL via PA4JJ. He states that there is a possibility of an online log this time on the Web site: http://c56jj.pa4jj.nl
CCF AND SRAL'S SAC. Even though the 49th Scandinavian Activity Contest (CW) was this past weekend, Jussi-Pekka, OH6RX, President of Contest Club Finland, wants to remind everyone that the SSB side will be this coming weekend between 1200z September 22nd and 1200z, September 23rd. The Contest Club Finland and SRAL invite all amateur radio operators to participate in their 49th Scandinavian Activity Contest 2007. Official rules are available at: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm
DX MAGAZINE'S MOST WANTED SURVEY. It is that time again to participate in the "DX Magazine's" annual "Most Wanted Survey". This survey will be conducted between now and October 15th. To participate in the survey, the form is available at: http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2007.html
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Michael/DL3FCG, Alfred/DL8MG, Carola/DL5FEX, Reiner/DL4ZF, Klaus/DK1EG, Tanja/DO6TPG, Lars/DL6FCB, Martin/DG6FDV and Irmgard/DL6FAE will be active as EA8/DL3FCG from La Orotava, Tenerife Island (AF-004, S-012 for the Spanish Islands Award, WLOTA LH-1276), October 9-17th. Activity will be on all HF and the WARC bands (no 160m) using CW, SSB and digitals. QSL via DL3FCG, bureau preferred. All QSOs will also be confirmed via LoTW and eQSL.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Freddy, F5IRO (aka TO4E, FK/F5IRO, FR/F5IRO, FY/F5IRO and TO7R) has received his 4 months assignment to Papeete, Tahiti (IOTA OC-046, DIFO FO-002). He is expected to be there until mid-January 2008. By the time you read this, Freddy may be active as FO5RU, or possibly FO/F5IRO until he picks up his new licence. Freddy will be active during his spare time on all HF bands, CW, SSB and RTTY. He may activate some other IOTAs during his stay. QSL via Rafik, F5CQ, either direct (SASE + Postage) or via the French REF-Union bureau (please only this bureau). Other information and online log can be found on Rafi's Web page at: http://www.f5cq.net/dxp/2007-FO5RU/fo5ru-fr.htm
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Operators Ekkehard/DF4OR, Tilman/DJ5BX, Peter/DL1FX and Rainer/DL1ZBO will be active as HB0/DF4OR during the CQ World Wide DX RTTY Contest (September 29-30th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via the home callsign.
HC1, ECUADOR. Marcos, EA1APV, will be active as HC1/EA1APV from Cotacachi between September 21st and October 20th. He will operate during his spare time because he is working on a project for an international cooperation. QSL via his home callsign.
(Source: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin # 825 via Dave Raycroft)