5H - Win, DK9IP will be active as 5H2WK from Arusha, Tanzania from 28 May to 5 June. He will operate holiday style, with some activity being planned during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX MM0NDX]
8Q - Giulio, IW3HVB will be active holiday style as 8Q7GP from the Maldives (AS-013) from 26 May to 4 June. He will be running 100 watts to a multiband vertical antenna, with planned SSB and PSK31 activity mainly on 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
IW3HVB]
9A - Neno/9A5AN and Tom/9A2AA will be active from several different IOCA islands in IOTA group EU-170 between 24 May and 13 June. On 24-29 May they will be joined by Livio/9A3KS, while on 5-13 June they will be joined by Tibor/HA3HP. [TNX 9A2AA]
BY - Mee/BD4TQ, Meng/BD4TT (YL operator) and Dale/BA4TB, along with Rene/DL2JRM, will be active from Dayang Shan Island (AS-137) on 22-24 May. They plan to operate homecall/5 on all bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home calls. [TNX BA4TB]
EI - Robert/GI0NCA, Rudo/OM5FM and Vlado/OM7CA will be active as EI/homecall from Aranmore Island (EU-121) on 25-29 May, They plan to operate CW, RTTY and SSB on 80-10 metres from the local lighthouse (ARLHS IRE-02). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OM7CA]
F - Special callsign TM100C will be activated between 21 May and 4 June to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first flight of aviation pioneers Gaston and Rene Caudron. QSL via F1RR. [TNX F8REF]
F - Once again (for the 58th year) the Association des Radioamateurs de la Sarthe will activate special event station TM6ACO for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This year's operations will take place from 31 May to 14 June. QSL via F6KFI. Further information at
http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/ [TNX F5TJC]
G - Members of the Southport & District Amateur Radio Club (http://www.sadarc.org.uk/) will be operating special event station GB5BOO at the Best of Ormskirk Festival on 30 May. During the event they will raise money for MapAction (http://www.mapaction.org/ ), and they
would appreciate as many contacts as possible to raise public awareness of this charity. [TNX G7LFC]
H4 - Mike, KM9D (H44MY) and Jan, KF4TUG (H44TO) are now lying to anchor at Lever Harbour, New Georgia Island (OC-149) and "searching for an adequate operating location". QSL via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX]
HA - Laci, HA0HW will be active as SV8/HA0HW and J48HW from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 28 May to 6 June, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on various bands, with an emphasis on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via HA0HW, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Nuccio, I0YKN reports he will be active as IY0GM until 20 July. The special callsign celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in physiscs awarded to Guglielmo Marconi. QSL via I0YKN.
I - Mauri, IZ5OVP will be active as IA5/IZ5OVP from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 24-25 May. QSL via home call. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]
I - Look for IK4GLV/4, IK4JPR/4, IK4RUX/4, IZ4CCO/4 and IZ4ISX/4 to be active from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-155, IIA FE-001) on 31 May and 1 June. They will operate CW and SSB on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4RUX]
OH0 - Uwe/DL6NDK, Iris/DL6LI and Ralf/DL9GTI will be active from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 23-29 May. They plan to operate mainly CW on 80-2 metres, with some PSK31 by DL6LI. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DXNL]
OZ - Flemming, OZ5FM and Jakob, OZ7AEI will be active as homecall/p from the lighthouse of Vorupoere Mole Fyr (ARLHS DEN-235) on Vendsyssel-Thy Island (EU-171, DIA NJ-001) on 29 May. They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB starting around 19 UTC. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
PA - Special callsign PA08DWN will be aired on 30 May from Maassluis, near Rotterdam. Operations will take place from the radio shack of the "Elbe", a tugboat that is being restorated to serve as a museumship. Expect CW only operations to take place between 8 and 15 UTC. QSL via PA3ALM. [TNX PA9HR]
SV - Dick, PA3DEU will operate as SV8/PA3DEU from Alonissos Island (EU-072) from 25 May to 7 June. Look for him around the QRP frequencies, as he will be running 5 watts only. [TNX PA3DEU]
TA - Karl, WA2KBZ is active as TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada, near Istanbul (not IOTA) until 17 June. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX News]
DX News ... Good to Know
GEOPARKS WEEKEND ---> A number of stations will be active for the Geoparks Communication Weekend (23-24 May). Besides GB6GEO [425DXN 941], announced participating stations from Europe include CS8GEO (Portugal), DD0D, DK0GEO and DR9VARUS (Germany), EI2GEO (Ireland), GB1GEO (Scotland), GB2MAC (Northern Ireland), GB5GEO (Wales), YP2GEO (Romania). Geopark stations will operate around 3680, 7080, 14180, 21180 and 28480 kHz. The CS Silver Fox (YO2KAR) offers an award for working
"geo-stations" between 23 May and 30 December. Please e-mail cssilverfox@yahoo.com for further information. [TNX G3VOF and N2YO]
QSL A71BU ---> This is the brand new callsign of Juma Al Kuwari (A71EM and A92GT), whose QSL manager is NI5DX. The cards for A71BU will need to be designed and ordered, so plase allow 6-8 weeks before the first QSLs are sent out. Also please note that EA7FTR is still the QSL manager for either A71EM and A92GT. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
WPX CONTEST CERTIFICATES ---> CQ WPX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD, announced on 17 May that all those who took part in the WPX Contest (SSB and CW) for 2007-08 can now download electronic versions of their participation certificates in PDF format. Please visit http://www.cqwpx.com/blog/ for further information.
(Dave Raycroft/ODXA)