CT7 - CT1GZB, CT1CSY and CT2JXT ill be active as CR6LH from the lighthouse at Cabo Espichel (ARLHS POR-009) on 15-16 August. They plan to operate SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some slow CW on as many bands as possible. QSL via CT1GZB, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1GZB]CT7 - CT1GZB, CT1CSY and CT2JXT ill be active as CR6LH from the lighthouse at Cabo Espichel (ARLHS POR-009) on 15-16 August. They plan to operate SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some slow CW on as many bands as possible. QSL via CT1GZB, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1GZB]
CX - The Radio Club Uruguayo will be active as CW1R from the lighthouse at Punta del Este (ARLHS URU-008) on 14-16 August. They plan to have at least two stations up and running on 80-15 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL direct to Radio Club Uruguayo, P.O. Box 37, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay. [TNX CX3AL]
DL - Michel/HB9DLO, Pierre-Yves/HB9OMI and Pierre/HB9SMU will be active as DL/HB9LH from Schleimunde lighthouse (ARLHS FED-217) on Lotsen Island (not IOTA, O-020 for the German Islands Award) on 8-16 August. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 80-6 metres. QSL via HB9DLO, direct or bureau. [TNX I2JJR]
EA8 - EA8ANE, EA8AZM, EA8CAC and EA8DP will be active as AO8FLH from La Entallada Lighthouse on Fuerteventura Island on 15-16 August. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via EA8AKN, direct or bureau. [TNX EA8CAC]
G - The Border Reivers Amateur Radio Society (MX0BRS) will be active as GB4SML from St Mary's Lighthouse on St Mary's Island (EU-011) on 15-16 August. QSL via M1DZT.
Rachid, 3B8FQ [425DXN 948] will leave Mauritius by boat on 11 August and will be active as 3B7FQ from St. Brandon Island (AF-015) starting on the 12-13 through the end of the month (and possibly for a few extra days in early September). He will operate CW and SSB in his spare time. Look for him on 30-10 metres, although Rachid expects 40 and 20 metres to be most productive. He will use the island's G5RV and a vertical with a 100 watt transceiver powered by a 12 volt battery that will be charged daily. Rachid's anticipated frequencies are 7008, 10108, 14008, 18078, 21008, 24898, 28008 kHz (CW) and 7050, 14191, 18141,21241, 24941, 28491 kHz (SSB). QSL via K5XK, direct preferred. [TNX K5XK]
3D2_cr - Uwe, DJ9HX has joined the 1-10 October DXpedition to Conway Reef [425DXN 948], which means that they will be able to run up to four stations simultaneously. The callsign will be 3D20CR (3D Twenty CR), to mark the 20th anniversary of the first operation (3D2CR) from the newly born DXCC Entity. QSL via DJ8NK. The website for the expedition is at
http://www.conwayreef2009.de/ [TNX DJ8NK]
4J - Gerard, F2VX and Yannick, F6FYD will be active as 4J/homecall from Azerbaijan on 11-29 August. They will operate SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
5B - Terry, G4MKP will be active as 5B/G4MKP from Cyprus (AS-004) on 14-25 August. He will operate mainly CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via M0URX. [TNX NG3K]
9M - Mirek, VK6DXI will be active in his spare time as 9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia until 13 August. Then he will go and operate holiday style as 9M8DX from Kuching, Sarawak (OC-088), East Malaysia until the 18th. He will operate mainly CW from both locations. QSL via SP5UAF. [TNX VK6DXI]
BY - A group of six operators will be active as BA7IO/4 from Heng Sha Island (AS-136) on 8-17 August. QSL direct to BA7IO. [TNX http://www.rsgbiota.org/]
C2 - Dani, EA4ATI (9M2TI) expects to be active as C21TI from Nauru (OC-031) on 17-23 August. Plans are to operate SSB and CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via EA4ATI. Further information can be found at http://c21ti.madrono.net/index.html
CE0Y - XR0YA is the callsign issued to the expedition to Easter Island (SA-001) which will take place between 31 October and 15 November [425DXN 945]. The six team members (namely Marco/CE6TBN, Leszek/NI1L, Art/PA3C, Zbig/SP7HOV, Stan/SQ8X and Victoria/SV2KBS) have been granted permission to operate on all bands, and they plan to focus on 160, 80,40 and above all 30 metres (CW only, as digital modes on 30m are not allowed). Working Europe on 30 metres will be their priority during the first week on the island. XR0YA will have three stations with two amplifiers and several antennas. Although SSB will not be neglected, CW will be the main operating mode, with some RTTY being planned as well. QSL route TBA. Further information can be found on the expedtion's web site (http://rapanui2009.org/ ). [TNX MM0NDX]
CT8 - Frank, DK5FT will be active holiday style as CT8/DK5FT from Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores on 10-22 September. [TNX DK5FT]
F - Martin, F4UKP will be active as F4UKP/p from Ile de Re (EU-032) on 15-22 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. He plans to operate SSB and CW, with some PSK31 and RTTY. [TNX http://www.rsgbiota.org/ ]
FO - FO8RZ is the callsign issued to Phil, F5PHW (http://f5phw.chez.com/) for him to use during his two-year stay on Tahiti, French Polynesia [425DXN 945]. The vertical antenna has been set up, he says, the others will follow in due course. QSL via F8BPN, direct or bureau. Phil's log will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX F5NQL]
G - Viv, G4PLY will be active as GB111HP for the rest of August. The special callsigns is a tribute to Harry Patch, who passed away on 25 July, a few weeks after his 111th birthday. He was the oldest surviving World War I veteran living in the UK. QSL via G4PLY, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
G - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first British amateur radio station (H. Woodhead, G2NX) to use SSB, the Marches Amateur Radio Society will be active as GB1SSB on 8-9 and 22-23 August. QSL via the RSGB bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
I - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in physiscs awarded to Guglielmo Marconi, Frank, IZ7AUH is active as IY7GM through the end of the year. On 9 August he will operate on 6 metres during the Alessio Ortona 50MHz Memorial (7-15 UTC). QSL via home call (see qrz.com under IY7GM for QSLling instructions). [TNX IZ7AUH]
I - Giorgio, IZ4AKS will be active as IE9X from Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) on 16-21 August. He will operate mainly SSB, with some RTTY and CW, on 40-10 metres. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX IZ4AKS]
JD_oga - Tack, JE1RXJ is active as JD1BNE from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara until 9 August. He operates CW, SSB and digital modes on 80-6 metres. QSl via home call. [TNX JE1RXJ]
JW - This year's SYLRA (http://www.sylra.is/) meeting will be held in Kolbotn, Norway on 3-6 September (special callsign LA1SYL). After that, on 7-11 September, Ingrid/LA8FOA, Unni/LA6RHA and several other YL operators will be active as JW1SYL from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard. QSL via LA8FOA, direct or bureau.
KL - Boris, N3SY will be active on 40-10 metres as KL7/N3SY from the Denali National Park on 6-15 August. QSl via home call. [TNX NG3K]
KP - The Caribbean Amateur Radio Group (WP4CRG) will be active as W4L from the Arecibo Lighthouse (ARLHS PUR-001), Puerto Rico (NA-099) between 14 and 23 August. QSL direct to CARG, P.O. Box 140031, Arecibo, PR 00614-0031, USA. [TNX VA3RJ]
LA - Henk/PA3FMC, Ruud/PE1BTV and Hans/PH0V will be active from Utvaer Island (EU-055) on 11-17 August. Expect LA/PE1BTV and LA/PH0V to be QRV on 2 and 6 metres respectively, while LA/PA3FMC will operate SSB, CW and PSK on the HF bands. Further information can be found at http://la2009.dxpedition.nl/ [TNX http://www.rsgbiota.org/ ]
LA - Mario will be active as LA2NK and/or LA/DL5ME from Mageroya (EU-044) on 13-16 August. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL direct to DL5ME. On 19 August he will operate for some eight hours as OH9AA/p from Syvaletto (EU-126). QSL direct to DH5MM.
LU - The Radio Club Argentino will be active as LR5D from Martin GarcĂa Island (SA-055) and lighthouse on 14-17 August. They plan to operate CW, SSB and FM on 160-6 metres, plus 2m and 70cm. QSL via LU4AA, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at http://www.lu4aa.org/mgi2009.htm [TNX LU1BCE]
LZ - Plamen, LZ3FM will be active as LZ02WFF from Biosphere Reserve Kamchia between 11 and 18 August. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL for this activation via LZ1PJ, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
OJ0 - OJ0B and OJ0J have been active from Market Reef (EU-053) since 6 August. During the weekend, Pertti/OH2PM will participate in the Worked All Europe CW Contest as OJ0B, while Pekka/OH2TA and Henry/OH3JR will operate OJ0J mainly on 30, 17 and 12 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. On 10 August OJ0B will go QRT, but OJ0J will continue until the 12th with a
new team including Masaru/JA5AQC, Taka/JA5AUC, Katsu/JA4JBZ and Jaakko/OH1TX. QSL OJ0B via OH2BH, QSL OJ0J via OH0RJ. [TNX The Daily DX]
ON - ON4CB, ON4LO, ON5GQ and ON6HP will be active as OR9W from the lightship "Westhinder 1" on 15-16 August. They plan to operate SSB on various bands. QSL via ON4CB, bureau preferred. [TNX ON4LO]
PA - Special event station PD55EA (http://www.pd7bz.nl/pd55ea ) will be active until 28 August to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the open.air museum "Ellert and Brammert" in Schoonoord, The Netherlands. Expect activity on 10, 20 and 40 metres SSB and digital modes. All of the QSO will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Direct cards should be
sent to PD7BZ. [TNX PD7BZ]
PA - Members of the PI4VPO group will operate CW, SSB and PSK on the HF and VHF bands from Stenen Baak old lighthouse (ARLHS NET-071) on 15-16 August. QSL via PA2CNR. [TNX PA0AKN]
PY - Jose/PY6HD, Beto/PY6RT and Nilzo/PY6AWU will be active once again as ZZ6Z from Itaparica Island (SA-023) on 14-16 August. They will operate SSB only on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via PY6HD, direct or bureau. The log will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX PT7WA]
PY - Mor, PT7ZT will be active as PT7ZT/p from Pecem Lighthouse (ARLH BRA-285) on 15-16 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PT7ZT]
SP - Wilhelm, SP8AJC and Henryk, SP9JPA will be active as 3Z8WFF from Krempna, Magurski National Park on 20-23 August. QSL via SP8AJC, direct or bureau. [TNX SP9JPA]
SP - Special event station SN120OSP will be active from 21 August to 31 October from Gorowo Ilaweckie, Poland to celebrate the 120 anniversary of the creation of the volunteer fire brigades. QSL via SP4CUF. [TNX SP4CUF]
SV - Look for J48LH to be in use from the lighthouse at Cape Dukato on Levkas Island (not IOTA) on 6-9 August. Plans are to have three stations active on CW and SSB. QSL via SV3DCX. [TNX http://www.southgatearc.org/ ]
SV - Kostas, SV2MAC will be active as SV2MAC/8/p from Samothraki Island (EU-174) on 16-30 August. He plans to operate SSb on all the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SV2MAC]
TA - On 17 August 1999 a major earthquake struck northwestern Turkey and killed some 17,000 people. In remembrance of those who lost their lives, the Turkish Special Wireless Activity Team (http://www.tcswat.org/) will operate as TC99Y (from Bozburun Lighthouse
at Yalova) and TC99K (from Yelkenkaya Lighthouse at Kocaeli) on 15-16 August. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ]
TK - Heinz, DF6ZY will be active as TK/DF6ZY from Corsica (EU-014) from 16 September to 3 October. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres mostly RTTY, with some SSB and SSTV on request. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DF6ZY]
UR - The Ternopil Amateur Radio Club will use special callsign EM360B on 14-18 August to commemorate the 360th anniversary of the historical battle of Zboriv. QSL via UY5BC. [TNX UR5BCP]
VE - Neil, VE3SST will be active Salisbury Island (not IOTA, CIsA ON-284) on 15-20 August. QSL via home call. [TNX VE3SST]
VE - Cezar, VE3LYC reports that his VY0O IOTA trip to the Ottawa Islands (NA-230) [425DXN 950] has been rescheduled for 5-8 September. The islands are quite far from the mainland, and weather conditions can influence his schedule. [TNX MM0NDX]
VK - Wally, VK6YS (http://www.westozdx.net/index.html ) is in the process of organizing an IOTA expedition to Robertson Island, Houtman Abrolhos (OC-211) to take place between 29 December and 4 January 2010. QSL via VK4AAR. Permissions, lodging and transport have been For the time being the team includes Wally and Nigel/VK6NI, but they are looking for another two operators to share the costs. Please contact Wally (vk6ys@iinet.net.au) if interested. The Abrolhos were activated for the first and only time by VK9XZ/6 back in January 1996. [TNX
http://www.rsgbiota.org/ ]
VU - Special event station AT8LHC will be active on 20 and 40 metre CW, SSB and digital modes from Kadalur Point Lighthouse (ARLHS IND-013) on 7-16 August. QSL via VU2JHM, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] (DX News #953 via Dave Raycroft/ODXA)