Southgate has the video released by this operation
VP6T Video
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Fiji Islands
Operators Bob W7YAQ and Bill N7OU will return to the South
Pacific again and be active between February 2-21st.
Their schedule is as follows:
February 2-7th - Their callsign will be 3D2NB (W7YAQ) and 3D2OU (N7OU) from Nadi, Viti Levu Island (OC-016, WLOTA 0055), Fiji
February 8-21st - Their callsign will be 3D2RX (W7YAQ) and 3D2RO (N7OU) from Rotuma (OC-060)
Activity will be 160-10 meters, mainly CW but with some SSB and RTTY.
At both QTHs their vertical antennas will be next to saltwater on a north-facing shore.
During the ARRL CW DX Contest they will make a Multi-Single entry from Rotuma as 3D2RX.
QSL via their home callsigns. They will be uploading their logs to LOTW as soon as they get back to the USA.
Thanks Southgate...
Their schedule is as follows:
February 2-7th - Their callsign will be 3D2NB (W7YAQ) and 3D2OU (N7OU) from Nadi, Viti Levu Island (OC-016, WLOTA 0055), Fiji
February 8-21st - Their callsign will be 3D2RX (W7YAQ) and 3D2RO (N7OU) from Rotuma (OC-060)
Activity will be 160-10 meters, mainly CW but with some SSB and RTTY.
At both QTHs their vertical antennas will be next to saltwater on a north-facing shore.
During the ARRL CW DX Contest they will make a Multi-Single entry from Rotuma as 3D2RX.
QSL via their home callsigns. They will be uploading their logs to LOTW as soon as they get back to the USA.
Thanks Southgate...
Friday, January 25, 2013
DX Contests by WA7BNM
CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW: 2200Z, Jan 25 to 2200Z, Jan 27
Mode: CW
Bands: 160m Only
Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Assisted (High)
Multi-Op (High)
Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours
Multi-Op: 40 hours
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: W/VE: RST + (state/province)
DX: RST + CQ Zone
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with own country
5 points per QSO with other countries on same continent
10 points per QSO with other continents
5 points per QSO with maritime mobile
Multipliers: Each US state + DC (excluding KH6/KL7)
Each VE province
Each DXCC+WAE country (including KH6/KL7)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 1, 2013
E-mail logs to: 160cw[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail logs to: CQ 160 Meter Contest
25 Newbridge Road
Hicksville, NY 11801
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm
REF Contest, CW: 0600Z, Jan 26 to 1800Z, Jan 27
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Single (QRP/Low/High)
Club
SWL
Max operating hours: Single Op: 28 hours in no more than 3 increments of at least 1 hour each
Max power: HP: >100 Watts
LP: 100 Watts
QRP: 5 Watts
Exchange: French: RST + Department/Prefix
non-French: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: French: 6 points per QSO with French station same continent
French: 15 points per QSO with French station on different continent
French: 1 point per QSO with non-French station same continent
French: 2 points per QSO with non-French station on different continent
non-French: 1 point per QSO with French station same continent
non-French: 3 points per QSO with French station on different continent
Multipliers: French/Corsica departments once per band
French overseas prefixes once per band
non-French DXCC countries once per band (available only to French stations)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 11, 2013
E-mail logs to: cdfcw[at]ref-union[dot]org
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_dx.pdf
BARTG RTTY Sprint: 1200Z, Jan 26 to 1200Z, Jan 27
Mode: RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert
Single Op
Multi-Op
SWL
Exchange: Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once regardless of band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x continents
Submit logs by: March 1, 2013
E-mail logs to: logs[at]bartg[dot]org[dot]uk
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/contests/sprint/rules/bartg-sprint-contest-rules.pdf
UBA DX Contest, SSB: 1300Z, Jan 26 to 1300Z, Jan 27
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (Low/High)
Single Op QRP
Multi-Op
SWL
Max power: HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 10 watts
Exchange: ON: RST + Serial No. + province
non-ON: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with Belgian station
3 points per QSO with other EU stations
1 point per QSO with non-EU stations
Multipliers: Each Belgian province once per band
Each Belgian prefix once per band
Each EU DXCC country once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 11, 2013
E-mail logs to: ubassb[at]uba[dot]be
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-dx-contest-rules
WAB 1.8 MHz Phone: 1900Z-2300Z, Jan 26
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Low Power
SWL (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Max power: non-Low: >10 watts
Low: 10 watts
Exchange: British Isles: RS + serial no. + WAB square
Other: RS + serial no. + country
QSO Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 16, 2013
E-mail logs to: aebbooks[at]ntlworld[dot]com
Mail logs to: Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
14 York Avenue
Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
United Kingdom
Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#OtherRules
Mode: CW
Bands: 160m Only
Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Assisted (High)
Multi-Op (High)
Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours
Multi-Op: 40 hours
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: W/VE: RST + (state/province)
DX: RST + CQ Zone
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with own country
5 points per QSO with other countries on same continent
10 points per QSO with other continents
5 points per QSO with maritime mobile
Multipliers: Each US state + DC (excluding KH6/KL7)
Each VE province
Each DXCC+WAE country (including KH6/KL7)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 1, 2013
E-mail logs to: 160cw[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail logs to: CQ 160 Meter Contest
25 Newbridge Road
Hicksville, NY 11801
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm
REF Contest, CW: 0600Z, Jan 26 to 1800Z, Jan 27
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Single (QRP/Low/High)
Club
SWL
Max operating hours: Single Op: 28 hours in no more than 3 increments of at least 1 hour each
Max power: HP: >100 Watts
LP: 100 Watts
QRP: 5 Watts
Exchange: French: RST + Department/Prefix
non-French: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: French: 6 points per QSO with French station same continent
French: 15 points per QSO with French station on different continent
French: 1 point per QSO with non-French station same continent
French: 2 points per QSO with non-French station on different continent
non-French: 1 point per QSO with French station same continent
non-French: 3 points per QSO with French station on different continent
Multipliers: French/Corsica departments once per band
French overseas prefixes once per band
non-French DXCC countries once per band (available only to French stations)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 11, 2013
E-mail logs to: cdfcw[at]ref-union[dot]org
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_dx.pdf
BARTG RTTY Sprint: 1200Z, Jan 26 to 1200Z, Jan 27
Mode: RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert
Single Op
Multi-Op
SWL
Exchange: Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once regardless of band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x continents
Submit logs by: March 1, 2013
E-mail logs to: logs[at]bartg[dot]org[dot]uk
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/contests/sprint/rules/bartg-sprint-contest-rules.pdf
UBA DX Contest, SSB: 1300Z, Jan 26 to 1300Z, Jan 27
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (Low/High)
Single Op QRP
Multi-Op
SWL
Max power: HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 10 watts
Exchange: ON: RST + Serial No. + province
non-ON: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with Belgian station
3 points per QSO with other EU stations
1 point per QSO with non-EU stations
Multipliers: Each Belgian province once per band
Each Belgian prefix once per band
Each EU DXCC country once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 11, 2013
E-mail logs to: ubassb[at]uba[dot]be
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-dx-contest-rules
WAB 1.8 MHz Phone: 1900Z-2300Z, Jan 26
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Low Power
SWL (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Max power: non-Low: >10 watts
Low: 10 watts
Exchange: British Isles: RS + serial no. + WAB square
Other: RS + serial no. + country
QSO Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 16, 2013
E-mail logs to: aebbooks[at]ntlworld[dot]com
Mail logs to: Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
14 York Avenue
Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
United Kingdom
Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#OtherRules
YO4PX Fery
The previous article was written by my friend Fery, YO4PX. Please be sure to have a look at his blog and articles, many available in English.
Fery's Blog
Fery's Blog
9N1MM, Father Moran
This article was written by Fery YO4PX and is on his blog. I have featured it here and corrected some of the translation errors introduced by google.
Thanks to Fery for such an excellent article.
Denis Marshall Moran (SJ) was born in Chicago in 1906 and died in Delhi, India in 1992. He was an American Jesuit priest, a missionary in India and Nepal, where he founded several schools, including St. Xavier's High School in Patna and Godavari and St. Xavier's School in Kathmandu.
Writer and anthropologist Donald A. Messerschmidt devoted a book in 1997, "Moran of Kathmandu" with the subtitle "Priest, Educator & Ham Radio Voice of the Himalayas". The book was published in several editions, some of them with the title "Fr. Moran of Kathmandu ". The most recent edition was published in 2012 published by Orchid Press in Thailand. In this work his life, and his achievements are remembered, from his youth and during the 40 years he lived in India and Nepal. In a book review published in The Kathmandu Post in 1998 K. Pandey wrote:
Thanks to Fery for such an excellent article.
Denis Marshall Moran (SJ) was born in Chicago in 1906 and died in Delhi, India in 1992. He was an American Jesuit priest, a missionary in India and Nepal, where he founded several schools, including St. Xavier's High School in Patna and Godavari and St. Xavier's School in Kathmandu.
He was active as a radio amateur with the callsign 9N1MM He is considered a pioneer of amateur radio activity in Nepal. The location and his personality became one of the world's most famous amateur operators, who was visited and interviewed by journalists of the European and American amateur radio magazines .
He joined the Jesuits in 1924 and five years later left as a missionary to India. He was ordained as a priest in 1935. He founded the school of St. Xavier from Patna and young Moran was its first director and founder of the school. Endowed
with an excellent memory he knew the names of all students and their
parents and had good relations with the State of Bihar. Soon St. Xavier
with the His 700 students, 150 of whom lived in boarding-annex, became a
model school in India, hosting visitors from the neighboring states of West
Bengal, Calcutta and Nepal.
He met Mahatma Gandhi, and worked for Indian
independence and worked to restore peace during confrontations between
Hindus and Muslims. As
a member of the Senate of the University of Patna Father Moran
regularly visited Kathmandu , capital of Nepal, to oversee Trichandra
college exams. Enchanted from
the first moment he saw the Himalayas, he felt strongly attracted to the
mysterious kingdom of Nepal, so 20 years after his arrival in India with
his school already operating successfully in Patna , Moran requested a transfer in Nepal. In the early '50s Nepal was a closed society, an almost impenetrable mountainous country. There was no air travel, Moran's journey by train, bus and even carriage rides through the mountains took many days full of danger to finally reach Nepal.
Once
established in Nepal, the authorities
asked him to establish a school and home, offering a house and land
located about 10 miles from the capital. Godavari School St. Xavier opened in 1951, the first Christian institution of Hindu kingdom and Moran first Jesuit who entered Nepal since 1721.
Father
Moran - the name that was known not only in India and Nepal, and the
ether - was authorized for the first time in India to sign VU2SX.
After
the establishment of the school in Kathmandu he installed an amateur
radio station with the call 9N1MM, becoming the first amateur in Nepal. Before long he had about 90,000 QSO's with operators worldwide. It's
not surprising that the ham was involved in several actions in
emergency communications, including assistance and rescue efforts during
earthquakes and floods, on which occasion he saved the lives of
climbers on Everest and in the life of a boy another incident. For his work he was awarded a medal by King Birendra of Nepal and International Humanitarian Award from the U.S. amateur radio association American Radio Relay League This dDiploma
is granted to individuals or groups of amateurs who use their skills and have
rendered service to others in times of crisis
or disaster.
He was for decades the only amateur in Nepal. A QSO with him was desired by thousands of operators from all over the world. The call sign 9N1MM ("Nine N One Mickey Mouse"), the exotic location, and the kindness of Father Moran made him one of the most famous amateur in the world. When traveling in the West it was insisted that he be a guest of honor at meetings. Although
it appears that the Moran originally lacked written governmental authority to operate he probably received verbal and
written permission from the King of Nepal to make radio broadcasts, in
recognition for his work to rescue climbers on Everest. But
Moran was also involved in the crisis in Tibet. Many Tibetans who fled to Kathmandu after
the occupation by the Chinese army, He immediately set up a committee
to help support them, but his efforts were hampered by the local bureaucracy.
Moran directly address the king, who had become a close confident. The local difficulties were solved without delay.
Moran was extremely popular and loved by amateur radio community. The station has had the privilege to be operate many operators who had visited and enjoyed the hospitality of Father Moran.
In April 1983 a team of climbers from Yugoslavia tried to conquer the Manaslu Himalayan peak with a height of 8156 meters. Part of the team were YU2DX and YU2SOF as radio operators. Unfortunately the expedition ended tragically,as two of the climbers were killed by an avalanche on April 24.
In April 1983 a team of climbers from Yugoslavia tried to conquer the Manaslu Himalayan peak with a height of 8156 meters. Part of the team were YU2DX and YU2SOF as radio operators. Unfortunately the expedition ended tragically,as two of the climbers were killed by an avalanche on April 24.
In his spare time Tomislav (Tom) YU2DX, operated the station as Father Moran's guest. He made 13,100 QSO's with 114 DXCC entities, of which over 90% in CW. I
had the joy of working him on 15 meters CW and received a QSL card (No.
3), but my first QSO with 9N1MM took place in 1981 on 10
meter SSB, working Father Moran in person. I remember now the courtesy in his manner of working with pileups. Unfortunately the
QSL card received through his manager N7EB (SK) was lost on the road
between DXCC and YO, together with another 140 QSL cards, most of the QSO's on the 10 meter made during a phenomenal opening to all regions
of the world.
KE1R, Thomas W. Brooks, remembers his visit to Nepal,
KE1R, Thomas W. Brooks, remembers his visit to Nepal,
"I
met Father Moran 9N1MM, one of the most famous amateur in the world in
October 1990 in his school for boys in Godavari, south of Kathmandu. He invited me to come back the next day to operate the station, so the next morning at 6.00 was fixed (See photo) the station consisted of a transceiver and a linear from Drake (According
to some sources he used Heathkit SB200 - my note,
YO4PX) He also had a new Yaesu transceiver that he learned to operate but prefer
to use the Drake equipment . He had tubes and spare parts, skilled at repairing almost anything, as there was no workshop near the capital. (In his
teenage years he learned the skilled of repairing radios for neighbors, and earned pocket money - my note, YO4PX) He used a TH6 with a roof mount , but the rotor was
broken, so he had to move it manually.
I then worked Moran several times from Vermont, once on phone with 100 watts. And
every time he remembered me and was happy to welcome us, even in the
middle of a pileup, since he was the only active amateur in Nepal
during those years.
His schools teache ethics, but not religion. He dedicated his life to educating children, who without him would not have had this opportunity. "
In April 1992 Fr Moran was admitted to a hospital in Kathmandu. Diagnosed with leukemia, was transferred to New Delhi, India, where he died April 14, 1992. His death was mentioned in amateur publications worldwide.
In April 1992 Fr Moran was admitted to a hospital in Kathmandu. Diagnosed with leukemia, was transferred to New Delhi, India, where he died April 14, 1992. His death was mentioned in amateur publications worldwide.
Writer and anthropologist Donald A. Messerschmidt devoted a book in 1997, "Moran of Kathmandu" with the subtitle "Priest, Educator & Ham Radio Voice of the Himalayas". The book was published in several editions, some of them with the title "Fr. Moran of Kathmandu ". The most recent edition was published in 2012 published by Orchid Press in Thailand. In this work his life, and his achievements are remembered, from his youth and during the 40 years he lived in India and Nepal. In a book review published in The Kathmandu Post in 1998 K. Pandey wrote:
"Few are those able to create opportunities and to persevere to success in the face of unimaginable obstacles. Even fewer are those who leave behind a lasting legacy for future generations to remember and you'll treasure. There
are many that embodied in one person many different situations: priest,
educator, radio operator, social worker, practicing sports, etc. Father
Moran was blessed with all these qualities and skills, and life
dedicated to others is one that is properly remembered and cherished. "
Translated from the Romanian by W2MFT
Translated from the Romanian by W2MFT
Marion Island
David, ZS1BCE, has been appointed
to be the new radio technician on Marion Island (AF-021) for one year
between April and May (2014).
David is expected to depart from Cape Town on April 15th, and amateur radio activity will start about four weeks later.
Unfortunately, operations will only be on SSB and on most HF bands.
Currently, he does not have a ZS8 callsign, but he plans to applied for ZS8D. QSL via Pierre, ZS1HF, who was the last operator from Marion as ZS8M.
David is expected to depart from Cape Town on April 15th, and amateur radio activity will start about four weeks later.
Unfortunately, operations will only be on SSB and on most HF bands.
Currently, he does not have a ZS8 callsign, but he plans to applied for ZS8D. QSL via Pierre, ZS1HF, who was the last operator from Marion as ZS8M.
Norfolk Island
Ten amateur radio operators from the Oceania DX Group
(ODXG) will be active as VK9NT from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between May
3-13th.
Planning is now well underway with accommodations and air travel booked.
The group plans to have 4 stations covering all bands 80-10 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY.
Operators mentioned are Chris VK3QB (Team Leader), Luke VK3HJ, Lee VK3GK, Benton VK3CBV, Allan VK2CA (QSL Manager/Webmaster),
Catherine VK4GH, John VK4IO, Roy VK3GB, Peter VK3IJ & Graeme VK3GL.
An "Online QSL Request Service" will be available for Bureau, and direct cards on ClubLog which is the PREFERRED method. If for some reason you cannot use the OQRS or LoTW, QSL can go direct to VK2CA.
http://vk9nt.odxg.org
Thanks to Southgate ARC
Planning is now well underway with accommodations and air travel booked.
The group plans to have 4 stations covering all bands 80-10 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY.
Operators mentioned are Chris VK3QB (Team Leader), Luke VK3HJ, Lee VK3GK, Benton VK3CBV, Allan VK2CA (QSL Manager/Webmaster),
Catherine VK4GH, John VK4IO, Roy VK3GB, Peter VK3IJ & Graeme VK3GL.
An "Online QSL Request Service" will be available for Bureau, and direct cards on ClubLog which is the PREFERRED method. If for some reason you cannot use the OQRS or LoTW, QSL can go direct to VK2CA.
http://vk9nt.odxg.org
Thanks to Southgate ARC
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
425 GROUP DX NEWS
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - Sam, F6AML will be active as 5H1Z from Zanzibar Island (AF-032)
from 20 January to 28 February. He will operate CW and SSB on
40-10 metres in his spare time. Side trips to IOTA groups AF-054,
AF-063 and AF-075 are being considered. QSL via F6AML, direct or
bureau. [TNX DX Coffee]
5X - Announced frequencies for the 6-18 February 5X8C DXpedition to
Uganda [425DXN 1123] are:
CW 1826.5 3524 7024 10104 14024 18074 21024 24892 28024
SSB 1850 3785 7075 14145 18140 21295 24960 28480
RTTY 1842 3585 7042 10142 14082-90 18102 21082 24922 28082
PSK 3570 7040 10140 14072 18100 21072 24920 28122
RX frequencies on 160m CW will be 1834.5 for EU/NA and 1821.5 for
AS/OC. A large multi-national team (DF1LON, DJ7JC, DL1YFF, DL8OBF,
EI9FBB, F2DX, F2JD, F2VX, F5CWU, F5EOT, F5NHJ, F5NKX, F5UFX, F5UOW,
F5VHQ, F6ENO, F8BJI, F8IXZ, F9IE, FM5CD, K4SV, ON4LO, ON7RN, RG8K
and UA9KGH/1) will be active with six stations and a focus on the
low bands; operations are expected to start on 8 February around
noon. F4TTR and V51B will be the pilot stations. QSL via F1NGP,
direct or bureau (OQRS provided by Club Log), and LoTW. Further
information at www.5x2013.com. [TNX F5NQL]
6W - Jean-Claude, F6IRS will be active holiday style as 6W/F6IRS from
Senegal from 21 January to 7 February. He plans to be QRV on all
bands SSB, typically in his late afternoon-early evening hours.
QSL via bureau. [TNX F8REF]
A3 - Werner, DJ9KH [425DXN 1131] will not be able to collect his
licence (hopefully A35WH or A31WH) until he arrives in Tonga. He
will be active from Tongatapu (OC-049) on 13-23 February and from
Vava'u (OC-064) from 24 February to 2 March, with activity on
160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. He plans to post updates to http://www.qrz.com/db/A31WH on
a regular basis while on the islands.
CT8 - Rudi, HB9CQL and Hermann, HB9CRV will be active as CT8/HB9CQL and
CT8/CT3FN from Flores Island (EU-089), Azores on 22-25 January.
They will team with Antonio, CU8AS and Toze, CT1GFK and
participate in the CQ WW 160M Contest (CW) as CR2W. After the
contest expect them to be signing CR2V until 8 February, with a
focus on the low bands and an entry in the Mexico International
RTTY Contest (2-3 February). QSL CR2W and CR2V via HB9CRV, direct
and bureau, and LoTW.
FT - Gildas, TU5KG is leaving on a new fishing campaign in the Southern
Indian Ocean. He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet
areas; when on land he will use his new callsigns, FT5XT
(Kerguelen) and FT5WQ (Crozet), otherwise he will be signing /mm.
QSL via F4DXW, direct only. [TNX DX World]
HK - Once again Lothar, DK8LRF will be active as HK3JCL from Colombia
between 18 January and 1 April. He will operate SSB on 40-10
metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred.
JA - Nobu, JP1EWY will be active as JP1EWY/1 from Hachijo Island
(AS-043) on 19-21 January. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB
on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
PY - Ed PS7DX, Nazareno PS7NN, Mac PS7GL, Carlos PS7KC and Nat PS7HD
will be active as PW7F on 18-20 January to celebrate the 415th
anniversary of the Fortaleza does Reis Magos, located in the city
of Natal. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10
metres. QSL via PS7HD, direct or bureau, plues LoTW and eQSL.
S7 - Bert, CX3AN will be active as S79AN from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles
on 4-11 February. He will operate mainly SSB and CW on 80-6
metres. QSL via CX3AN. [TNX CX3AN]
SM - Raf ON5RZ, Dirk ON7DS and Jean ON4JW will be active from SI9AM
(the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society,
www.si9am.se) in Ragunda on 23-28 January, including an entry in
the UBA DX Contest (26-27 January). Outside the contest they will
be on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via SM3CVM, direct or bureau.
[TNX SM3CVM]
TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team will be active as TC150RC
until 31 January and again on 1-31 July to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of Robert College of Istanbul, the oldest American
school still in existence in its original location outside the US.
All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
TCSWAT's activity calendar for 2013 can be found at www.tcswat.org
[TNX I3TGW]
VK - Look for VK4NM/p to be active from Fraser Island (OC-142) on 15-18
February. Two operators (Andrew, VK4NM and Peter, VK4LAT) plan to
be QRV on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on the higher bands. QSL
via M0OXO. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
VK9C - Chris, GM3WOJ and Keith, GM4YXI will be active as VK9C/GM2MP from
the Cocos-Keeling Islands (OC-003) from 30 March to 13 April. They
will operate SSB and CW, with some RTTY. They hope to have a
real-time logging system and daily LoTW uploads if possible. More
details are expected in due course. [TNX GM3WOJ]
ZF - Ted, K8AQM will be active as ZF2TA from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) from 26 January to 2 February. He will operate holiday
style on 20-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via K8AQM. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS8 - David, ZS1BCE has been appointed as the new radio technician for
Marion Island (AF-021). He will depart Cape Town on 15 April, and
expects to be QRV about four weeks later until May 2014. He will
operate SSB only on most HF bands (callsign still to be applied
for). QSL via ZS1HF. [TNX DX World]
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - Sam, F6AML will be active as 5H1Z from Zanzibar Island (AF-032)
from 20 January to 28 February. He will operate CW and SSB on
40-10 metres in his spare time. Side trips to IOTA groups AF-054,
AF-063 and AF-075 are being considered. QSL via F6AML, direct or
bureau. [TNX DX Coffee]
5X - Announced frequencies for the 6-18 February 5X8C DXpedition to
Uganda [425DXN 1123] are:
CW 1826.5 3524 7024 10104 14024 18074 21024 24892 28024
SSB 1850 3785 7075 14145 18140 21295 24960 28480
RTTY 1842 3585 7042 10142 14082-90 18102 21082 24922 28082
PSK 3570 7040 10140 14072 18100 21072 24920 28122
RX frequencies on 160m CW will be 1834.5 for EU/NA and 1821.5 for
AS/OC. A large multi-national team (DF1LON, DJ7JC, DL1YFF, DL8OBF,
EI9FBB, F2DX, F2JD, F2VX, F5CWU, F5EOT, F5NHJ, F5NKX, F5UFX, F5UOW,
F5VHQ, F6ENO, F8BJI, F8IXZ, F9IE, FM5CD, K4SV, ON4LO, ON7RN, RG8K
and UA9KGH/1) will be active with six stations and a focus on the
low bands; operations are expected to start on 8 February around
noon. F4TTR and V51B will be the pilot stations. QSL via F1NGP,
direct or bureau (OQRS provided by Club Log), and LoTW. Further
information at www.5x2013.com. [TNX F5NQL]
6W - Jean-Claude, F6IRS will be active holiday style as 6W/F6IRS from
Senegal from 21 January to 7 February. He plans to be QRV on all
bands SSB, typically in his late afternoon-early evening hours.
QSL via bureau. [TNX F8REF]
A3 - Werner, DJ9KH [425DXN 1131] will not be able to collect his
licence (hopefully A35WH or A31WH) until he arrives in Tonga. He
will be active from Tongatapu (OC-049) on 13-23 February and from
Vava'u (OC-064) from 24 February to 2 March, with activity on
160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. He plans to post updates to http://www.qrz.com/db/A31WH on
a regular basis while on the islands.
CT8 - Rudi, HB9CQL and Hermann, HB9CRV will be active as CT8/HB9CQL and
CT8/CT3FN from Flores Island (EU-089), Azores on 22-25 January.
They will team with Antonio, CU8AS and Toze, CT1GFK and
participate in the CQ WW 160M Contest (CW) as CR2W. After the
contest expect them to be signing CR2V until 8 February, with a
focus on the low bands and an entry in the Mexico International
RTTY Contest (2-3 February). QSL CR2W and CR2V via HB9CRV, direct
and bureau, and LoTW.
FT - Gildas, TU5KG is leaving on a new fishing campaign in the Southern
Indian Ocean. He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet
areas; when on land he will use his new callsigns, FT5XT
(Kerguelen) and FT5WQ (Crozet), otherwise he will be signing /mm.
QSL via F4DXW, direct only. [TNX DX World]
HK - Once again Lothar, DK8LRF will be active as HK3JCL from Colombia
between 18 January and 1 April. He will operate SSB on 40-10
metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred.
JA - Nobu, JP1EWY will be active as JP1EWY/1 from Hachijo Island
(AS-043) on 19-21 January. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB
on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
PY - Ed PS7DX, Nazareno PS7NN, Mac PS7GL, Carlos PS7KC and Nat PS7HD
will be active as PW7F on 18-20 January to celebrate the 415th
anniversary of the Fortaleza does Reis Magos, located in the city
of Natal. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10
metres. QSL via PS7HD, direct or bureau, plues LoTW and eQSL.
S7 - Bert, CX3AN will be active as S79AN from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles
on 4-11 February. He will operate mainly SSB and CW on 80-6
metres. QSL via CX3AN. [TNX CX3AN]
SM - Raf ON5RZ, Dirk ON7DS and Jean ON4JW will be active from SI9AM
(the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society,
www.si9am.se) in Ragunda on 23-28 January, including an entry in
the UBA DX Contest (26-27 January). Outside the contest they will
be on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via SM3CVM, direct or bureau.
[TNX SM3CVM]
TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team will be active as TC150RC
until 31 January and again on 1-31 July to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of Robert College of Istanbul, the oldest American
school still in existence in its original location outside the US.
All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
TCSWAT's activity calendar for 2013 can be found at www.tcswat.org
[TNX I3TGW]
VK - Look for VK4NM/p to be active from Fraser Island (OC-142) on 15-18
February. Two operators (Andrew, VK4NM and Peter, VK4LAT) plan to
be QRV on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on the higher bands. QSL
via M0OXO. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
VK9C - Chris, GM3WOJ and Keith, GM4YXI will be active as VK9C/GM2MP from
the Cocos-Keeling Islands (OC-003) from 30 March to 13 April. They
will operate SSB and CW, with some RTTY. They hope to have a
real-time logging system and daily LoTW uploads if possible. More
details are expected in due course. [TNX GM3WOJ]
ZF - Ted, K8AQM will be active as ZF2TA from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) from 26 January to 2 February. He will operate holiday
style on 20-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via K8AQM. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS8 - David, ZS1BCE has been appointed as the new radio technician for
Marion Island (AF-021). He will depart Cape Town on 15 April, and
expects to be QRV about four weeks later until May 2014. He will
operate SSB only on most HF bands (callsign still to be applied
for). QSL via ZS1HF. [TNX DX World]
425 DX GROUP CALENDAR
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* CALENDAR *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 20/01 5Z4/DF3ZS and 5Z4/DL1QW: Kenya 1130
till 20/01 PW7F: special callsign 1133
till 20/01 ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1130
till 21/01 K5KUA/5: Galveston Island (NA-143) 1129
till 21/01 PY0F/PP1CZ: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 1129
till 24/01 J8/W6HGF: Saint Vincent (NA-109) 1130
till 25/01 N4D: special callsign (Puerto Rico) 1131
till 30/01 FY/F5UII: French Guiana 1131
till 31/01 9X0PY: Rwanda 1131
till 31/01 TC150RC: special callsign 1133
till 31/01 YS3CW: El Salvador 1132
till 01/02 OA4/PA3GFE: Peru 1127
till 07/02 RI1ANC: Vostok Station (Antarctica) 1127
till 12/02 EA8/IK1PMR and EA8/PA3LEO: Canary Islands (AF-004) 1126
till 12/02 II3CV: special callsign 1130
till 18/02 OE2013: special prefix 1131
till February DP0GVN: Neumayer Station III (Antarctica) 1087
till 03/03 5W0W: Samoa (OC-097) 1127
till 09/03 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1121
till 10/03 6W2SC: Senegal 1132
till 10/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 1132
till 01/04 HK3JCL: Colombia 1133
till 11/04 JX9JKA: Jan Mayen (EU-022) 1024
till 15/04 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1132
till October T6MH: Afghanistan 1125
till 31/12 DL50FRANCE: special station 1131
till 31/12 EI13CLAN: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Gx100RSGB: special callsigns 1130
till 31/12 HB30OK: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 OU1RAEM: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 S5300TP: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Z320RSM and Z320A-Z320Z: special callsigns 1130
19/01-21/01 JP1EWY/1: Hachijo Island (AS-043) 1133
20/01-28/02 5H1Z: Zanzibar Island (AF-032) 1133
20/01-27/01 C6AGH and C6DX: Great Exuma (NA-001) 1132
20/01-27/02 WA2USA/4: St. George Island (NA-085) 1131
21/01-07/02 6W/F6IRS: Senegal 1133
21/01-08/02 FR/F8APV and FR/F8EOI: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1132
21/01-18/02 HS0ZJF/8: Koh Samui (AS-101) 1129
22/01-25/01 CT8/HB9CQL and CT8/CT3FN: Flores Isl (EU-089), Azores 1133
22/01-01/02 J77A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
22/01-11/02 J76A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
23/01-28/01 SI9AM: King Chulalongkorn Memorial ARS 1133
24/01-27/01 L22D: Isla Gama (SA-022) 1130
25/01-27/01 CR2W: Flores Isl (EU-089), Azores 1133
26/01-08/02 CR2V: Flores Isl (EU-089), Azores 1133
26/01-02/02 ZF2TA: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1133
January C6AGT: Green Turtle Cay (NA-080) 1126
January T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
January VI6AHR30: special event callsign 1129
01/02-31/12 RI1ANP: Progress Station (Antarctica) 1132
04/02-11/02 S79AN: Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles 1133
06/02-18/02 5X8C: Uganda 1133
13/02-23/02 A31WH: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1133
14/02-23/02 9U4U: Burundi 1131
15/02-18/02 VK4NM/p: Fraser Island (OC-142) 1133
18/02-28/02 H44KW: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1117
20/02-02/03 HS0ZJF/9: Koh Butang (AS-126) 1129
24/02-02/03 A31WH/p: Vava'u (OC-064), Tonga 1133
28/02-10/03 TX5K: Clipperton Island (NA-011) 1097
February ST2SF: Sudan 1131
February T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
February-March XT1T: Burkina Faso * by I2YSB and others 1125
01/03-08/03 9M6/N6MUF: East Malaysia 1132
08/03-25/03 H44G: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1123
09/03-17/03 YE6A: Rondo Island (OC-245) 1128
10/03-18/03 9M4SLL: Spratly Islands (AS-051) 1132
12/03-23/03 H40T: Nendo Island (OC-100), Temotu Province 1123
30/03-13/04 VK9C/GM2MP: Cocos-Keeling Islands (OC-003) 1133
March HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
March ST2SF: Sudan 1131
04/04-18/04 5W0M: Samoa (OC-097) 1125
27/04-04/05 TS8IT: Djerba Island (AF-083) 1117
April HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
April ST2SF: Sudan 1131
May HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
May ZS8: Marion Island (AF-021) 1133
01/07-31/07 TC150RC: special callsign 1133
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* CALENDAR *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 20/01 5Z4/DF3ZS and 5Z4/DL1QW: Kenya 1130
till 20/01 PW7F: special callsign 1133
till 20/01 ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1130
till 21/01 K5KUA/5: Galveston Island (NA-143) 1129
till 21/01 PY0F/PP1CZ: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 1129
till 24/01 J8/W6HGF: Saint Vincent (NA-109) 1130
till 25/01 N4D: special callsign (Puerto Rico) 1131
till 30/01 FY/F5UII: French Guiana 1131
till 31/01 9X0PY: Rwanda 1131
till 31/01 TC150RC: special callsign 1133
till 31/01 YS3CW: El Salvador 1132
till 01/02 OA4/PA3GFE: Peru 1127
till 07/02 RI1ANC: Vostok Station (Antarctica) 1127
till 12/02 EA8/IK1PMR and EA8/PA3LEO: Canary Islands (AF-004) 1126
till 12/02 II3CV: special callsign 1130
till 18/02 OE2013: special prefix 1131
till February DP0GVN: Neumayer Station III (Antarctica) 1087
till 03/03 5W0W: Samoa (OC-097) 1127
till 09/03 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1121
till 10/03 6W2SC: Senegal 1132
till 10/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 1132
till 01/04 HK3JCL: Colombia 1133
till 11/04 JX9JKA: Jan Mayen (EU-022) 1024
till 15/04 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1132
till October T6MH: Afghanistan 1125
till 31/12 DL50FRANCE: special station 1131
till 31/12 EI13CLAN: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Gx100RSGB: special callsigns 1130
till 31/12 HB30OK: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 OU1RAEM: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 S5300TP: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Z320RSM and Z320A-Z320Z: special callsigns 1130
19/01-21/01 JP1EWY/1: Hachijo Island (AS-043) 1133
20/01-28/02 5H1Z: Zanzibar Island (AF-032) 1133
20/01-27/01 C6AGH and C6DX: Great Exuma (NA-001) 1132
20/01-27/02 WA2USA/4: St. George Island (NA-085) 1131
21/01-07/02 6W/F6IRS: Senegal 1133
21/01-08/02 FR/F8APV and FR/F8EOI: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1132
21/01-18/02 HS0ZJF/8: Koh Samui (AS-101) 1129
22/01-25/01 CT8/HB9CQL and CT8/CT3FN: Flores Isl (EU-089), Azores 1133
22/01-01/02 J77A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
22/01-11/02 J76A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
23/01-28/01 SI9AM: King Chulalongkorn Memorial ARS 1133
24/01-27/01 L22D: Isla Gama (SA-022) 1130
25/01-27/01 CR2W: Flores Isl (EU-089), Azores 1133
26/01-08/02 CR2V: Flores Isl (EU-089), Azores 1133
26/01-02/02 ZF2TA: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1133
January C6AGT: Green Turtle Cay (NA-080) 1126
January T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
January VI6AHR30: special event callsign 1129
01/02-31/12 RI1ANP: Progress Station (Antarctica) 1132
04/02-11/02 S79AN: Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles 1133
06/02-18/02 5X8C: Uganda 1133
13/02-23/02 A31WH: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1133
14/02-23/02 9U4U: Burundi 1131
15/02-18/02 VK4NM/p: Fraser Island (OC-142) 1133
18/02-28/02 H44KW: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1117
20/02-02/03 HS0ZJF/9: Koh Butang (AS-126) 1129
24/02-02/03 A31WH/p: Vava'u (OC-064), Tonga 1133
28/02-10/03 TX5K: Clipperton Island (NA-011) 1097
February ST2SF: Sudan 1131
February T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
February-March XT1T: Burkina Faso * by I2YSB and others 1125
01/03-08/03 9M6/N6MUF: East Malaysia 1132
08/03-25/03 H44G: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1123
09/03-17/03 YE6A: Rondo Island (OC-245) 1128
10/03-18/03 9M4SLL: Spratly Islands (AS-051) 1132
12/03-23/03 H40T: Nendo Island (OC-100), Temotu Province 1123
30/03-13/04 VK9C/GM2MP: Cocos-Keeling Islands (OC-003) 1133
March HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
March ST2SF: Sudan 1131
04/04-18/04 5W0M: Samoa (OC-097) 1125
27/04-04/05 TS8IT: Djerba Island (AF-083) 1117
April HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
April ST2SF: Sudan 1131
May HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
May ZS8: Marion Island (AF-021) 1133
01/07-31/07 TC150RC: special callsign 1133
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Road to Mandalay
We left the horns and tourists and dust of Bagan to head farther north.We knew we had a long day and started early with a 70 km day then a
130 km day and we were very happy to arrive in Sagaing. This was a smaller city across the river. The river is over a mile wide there. The town was more peaceful than most . The hotel we had made reservations with on the internet never answered. We found out when we got there that they were tearing it down by hand. They will rebuild it soon. Fortunately there was a hotel right down the block.
We spent the day visiting the many temples and exploring the market .We rode to see the 1200 year old teak bridge across the bay but left before sunset as all the tourist buses began to arrive to watch the monks walk back to the monastery. There are so many monks here and even a group of female monks that wear a pink robe under the monks robes. There are a lot of very young girls as young as 5 or 6 out walking with their offering bowls. They have their heads shaved and it only makes their smiles brighter. We get a lot of smiles as we pass by and say hello back. Many say the few English words they have learned from TV which include “I Love You” or “kiss me” most often we have hello and Bye Bye as we go past.
Today we rode to Mandalay and it was small towns all the way. it seems like the women do most of the work. The road crews are mostly women and even mixing cement and carrying it to the site is done by women and then the men place the bricks.
When we have passed road construction and we have seen a lot of it… rocks are broken by hand to be fed into the crusher which runs off the engine of a truck. Then they are hand sorted to size. The piles are left to the side of the road every 20 feet. There they are sorted again and placed by hand to cover the road.
These first are 4 inch rocks then tar heated by wood fires under the barrels is hand poured over the large rocks and it is filled in with 2 inch rocks and then more tar and small gravel sprinkled on top before the road roller rolls over all of it to flatten it. This is done in small stretches with 40 to 50 people working each area. The crews live in tents near the site and the kids are hanging around while the parents work.
Tonight we are in Mandalay.
130 km day and we were very happy to arrive in Sagaing. This was a smaller city across the river. The river is over a mile wide there. The town was more peaceful than most . The hotel we had made reservations with on the internet never answered. We found out when we got there that they were tearing it down by hand. They will rebuild it soon. Fortunately there was a hotel right down the block.
We spent the day visiting the many temples and exploring the market .We rode to see the 1200 year old teak bridge across the bay but left before sunset as all the tourist buses began to arrive to watch the monks walk back to the monastery. There are so many monks here and even a group of female monks that wear a pink robe under the monks robes. There are a lot of very young girls as young as 5 or 6 out walking with their offering bowls. They have their heads shaved and it only makes their smiles brighter. We get a lot of smiles as we pass by and say hello back. Many say the few English words they have learned from TV which include “I Love You” or “kiss me” most often we have hello and Bye Bye as we go past.
Today we rode to Mandalay and it was small towns all the way. it seems like the women do most of the work. The road crews are mostly women and even mixing cement and carrying it to the site is done by women and then the men place the bricks.
When we have passed road construction and we have seen a lot of it… rocks are broken by hand to be fed into the crusher which runs off the engine of a truck. Then they are hand sorted to size. The piles are left to the side of the road every 20 feet. There they are sorted again and placed by hand to cover the road.
These first are 4 inch rocks then tar heated by wood fires under the barrels is hand poured over the large rocks and it is filled in with 2 inch rocks and then more tar and small gravel sprinkled on top before the road roller rolls over all of it to flatten it. This is done in small stretches with 40 to 50 people working each area. The crews live in tents near the site and the kids are hanging around while the parents work.
Tonight we are in Mandalay.
60 Meter News!
For those on 60 meters:
Greenland has changed to a full 5 MHz band allocation of 5250 - 5450 kHz from its previous channelized status (first permitted in February 2008), according to recent information received from Peter Thulesen, OX3XR.
Full 5 MHz allocation for Greenland
Greenland has changed to a full 5 MHz band allocation of 5250 - 5450 kHz from its previous channelized status (first permitted in February 2008), according to recent information received from Peter Thulesen, OX3XR.
Upcoming DX Contests by WA7BNM
LZ Open Contest: 0000Z-0400Z, Jan 19
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40m
Classes: Single Op
Multi-Op
QRP
Max power: QRP: 5W
Exchange: 3-Digit Serial No. + 3-Digit Serial No. received from last QSO
Work stations: Once each 30 minutes
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: January 29, 2013
E-mail logs to: LZ1GL[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.lzopen.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rulesF.htm
Hungarian DX Contest: 1200Z, Jan 19 to 1159Z, Jan 20
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (CW/SSB)(Low/High)
Single Op All Band Mixed (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (Mixed/CW/SSB)(Low/High)
Single Op Two Radio Mixed High Power
Multi-Single (Low/High)
Multi-Multi
SWL
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 10 watts
Exchange: HA: RS(T) + 2-letter county
non-HA: RS(T) + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with same country
1 point per QSO with different country, same continent
3 points per QSO with different continent
6 points per QSO with HA station
Multipliers: Hungarian counties, once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 19, 2013
E-mail logs to: hadx[at]mrasz[dot]axelero[dot]net
Upload log at: http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/
Mail logs to: MRASZ
1400 Budapest
P.O. Box 11
Hungary
Find rules at: http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/html/rules_en.html
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
YO4PX Blog
Here is a link to my friend, Fery's Blog YO4PX...be sure to select English on the top left corner of the page!
http://yo4px.blogspot.ro/
http://yo4px.blogspot.ro/
More Spratly Confusion
From Radio Tiawan International:
Taiwan has reaffirmed its sovereignty over the Diaoyutai Islands in the East China Sea.
On Tuesday, foreign ministry spokesman Steve Hsia said sovereignty over the islands is expressed in the constitution of the Republic of China (ROC).
The Republic of China is Taiwan's official name.
Under the ROC constitution, the nation's territory includes Mainland China, the Diaoyutai Islands, the Pratas, the Paracel Islands, the Spratlys and the Macclesfield Islands.
Hsia's comments came after a map published by the People's Republic of China's state-run publisher included the Diaoyutais and islands in the South China Sea as part of its territory. The publisher said the map carries significant political and diplomatic meaning for Beijing.
Hsia declined, however, to comment on whether Taiwan will lodge a protest with Beijing, saying that the matter will be handled by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC). The MAC is the top governmental body in Taiwan that deals with the country's Mainland China policy.
On Tuesday, foreign ministry spokesman Steve Hsia said sovereignty over the islands is expressed in the constitution of the Republic of China (ROC).
The Republic of China is Taiwan's official name.
Under the ROC constitution, the nation's territory includes Mainland China, the Diaoyutai Islands, the Pratas, the Paracel Islands, the Spratlys and the Macclesfield Islands.
Hsia's comments came after a map published by the People's Republic of China's state-run publisher included the Diaoyutais and islands in the South China Sea as part of its territory. The publisher said the map carries significant political and diplomatic meaning for Beijing.
Hsia declined, however, to comment on whether Taiwan will lodge a protest with Beijing, saying that the matter will be handled by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC). The MAC is the top governmental body in Taiwan that deals with the country's Mainland China policy.
IARUMS Frequency Specific Reports
For more specific frequency and intruder reports be sure to download their entire report in PDF format at:
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2012/news1212.pdf
To report intruders go to:
http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi
This is very interesting reading and will answer some of those "What the hell is that" questions.
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2012/news1212.pdf
To report intruders go to:
http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi
This is very interesting reading and will answer some of those "What the hell is that" questions.
IARUMS Region 1 Intruder Report
This info is from their report which is published several times a year. Hopefully this will explain some of the intruders we hear on our bands.
CODAR on 14 MHz – no change as usual
The CODAR ocean surface radar on 14075 - 14125 kHz is still active from North-East India daily, all day.
Radio Tehran with spurious on 21 MHz – still problems in December
Radio Tehran on 21500 kHz produced spurious signals on 21445, 21390, 21335, 21280, 21225, 21170, 21115, 21060 and 21005 kHz. (55 kHz increments) Every morning at about 0800 UTC. The German BNetzA and the Swiss BAKOM filed complaints.
KOL Israel – Fake or Mistake?
A BC transmission from KOL Israel was observed on 14000.0 A3E on Dec. 16th and 17th. The bearings showed the area of Israel. The announcements said “KOL Israel”. HB9CET noticed that the bandwidth was 6 kHz instead of 9 kHz (usual BC bandwidth). A mistuned transmitter could have been the source. It was also possible that someone tried to give a bad name to KOL Israel by transmitting the BC program using a HAM-transceiver.
Mysterious signals on 7000, 14000 and 21000 kHz from Central China - no change
The mysterious multitone signals, often as A3E and 6 kHz wide ang the chirpy signals on 21000 were active daily.. The purpose is still unknown. Perhaps a new kind of communication??? The Dutch, Swiss, UK, Austrian and German PTTs were informed.
6. Russian daily taxi business on 21 MHz Taxi net from Kaluga on 21404.2 kHz in FM. The Austrian, Dutch, German and Swiss PTTs were informed. PB2T, Hans, filed a complaint to the Russian Amateur Society. This is another example for excellent cooperation. The daily violations of our 10 m-band by CIS taxis are going on as usual.
Russian harmony
We found several harmonic emissions from Russian teleprinters on 21 MHz, sometimes even the 4th of a lower frequency. The Radio-Amateurs do not like such kinds of harmony on their bands. It is easy to detect the harmonics. They often have a shift of 2 kHz. For example: Calculation: 21400 kHz : 4 = 5350 kHz. The shift on 5350 kHz is 500 Hz. HB9CET and me checked the fundamental transmissions. We saw, that our calculations were correct. The Russian military is often using F1B (teleprinters) with 50 and 75 Bd and 200, 250, 500 and sometimes 1000 Hz shift.
The 1st harmonic from 7018 (F1B - REA4 – Russian Airforce Moscow) is causing strong interference on 14036 kHz. Shift on 7018 = 1000 Hz, shift on 14036 = 2000 Hz. The signal has a very bad quality and is active daily,all day.
From our fellow hams in Portugal...
OTH radars still interfere and are like a plague in a meadow. Almost all Bands are interfered and sometimes, inside WARC segments, the BW of signals are occupying a great part of the Band with only one transmission. It seems some Northern part of Africa operators are doing big 15m SSB QRM on CW segment activities. We shall take it into consideration and monitoring will be made in the future with better propagation conditions.
There are many discussions and pricking on 7070 kHz, Lower Sideband, between Italian and Portuguese Hams because of pretense rights over that frequency. It’s an old problem with bad attitudes like music, jamming and offenses. We hope it will finish in the near future for the best image of Amateur Radio and the Countries involved. 10m Band is quite calm at moment, but at 1700Z to 1900Z (Trans-Equatorial), we have detected many AM and FM operations from Brazil between 28000kHz and 28500kHz daily. Some Portuguese and Spanish fishermen are talking sometimes on these frequencies too.
There are (buoys ?) transmitting F1B burst group on 28025.0kHz (+/-) with 51 Bd, 300 Hz shift and 28100kHz, F1B, 51 Bd, 320 Hz shift or 29525.0kHz, transmitting in F1B with 81.9 Bd, 140 Hz shift. ICP-Anacom, the Portuguese Authority for Telecomm is very active and collaborating with us to detect and stop those intrusions on our 10m Band.
It is with great pleasure we may report that a giant operation was executed by our National Telecom Authority – ICP Anacom with our Maritime Police during tree days, where were verified 30 fishing boats in Algarve and arrested several Tx/Rx equipments not authorized for maritime communications and illegally used on Amateur Bands. Five boats were arrested because they had no valid telecom certification but had equipments working over not permitted frequencies for the maritime traffic.
The big operation has been carried on December 11, 12 and 13 in Portimão, Albufeira, Lagos and Sagres in Algarve, and our Anacom is decided to stop the abuse, interference and infringes over several communications services, namely on Amateur Radiocommunications Bands, by the clearly illegally installed and operated stations inboard of fishing vessels. After all reports and demerges made, it's a fair very good year-ending for our IARU-R1 Ms in Portugal.
Worldwide cooperation and results in 2012
IARUM
One of our highlights in 2012 was disabling Radio Free Asia on 21450 kHz. DK2OM (Region 1) got an alert from ZL1GWE (John - Region 3) concerning “Radio Free Asia” on 21450 kHz. Wolf informed K1ZZ (Dave – Region 2). Dave could solve the problems in Region 3 by his special connections. New intruders like the mysterious signals from China or OTH radars appeared and caused strong interference on our exclusive bands. The Russian military preferred our 7 MHz-band for digital traffic daily and often with bad quality. Chinese radars on 7 MHz were even audible in Europe, Japan, Australia and California. Many problems will wait for us in 2013 (as usual...).
K1ZZ and DJ9KR at the Hamradio 2010 DK2OM teaching Ophelia PSK analysis
11. Introduction of HB9CET First my very best wishes, best of health and prosperity in 2013
Thank you most sincerely for your trust and confidence in me as new Vice-Coordinator IARUMS R1 and successor of Uli, DJ9KR. I will proudly fulfill this task, being firmly convinced that our monitoring job remains very important and indispensable also in the future.
My specialism are digital emissions and I'm broadly equipped with several modernest analysis
tools from Wavecom. Running a remote site with a Perseus SDR and several antennas at a calm location; soon extended by a Winradio G33DDC SDR rx. At home I use KX-3, IC-7600 and IC-8500. Hope that I may see as many as possible of you in Friedrichshafen 2013 by the next Ham-Radio 2013. Will be there all 3 days.
CODAR on 14 MHz – no change as usual
The CODAR ocean surface radar on 14075 - 14125 kHz is still active from North-East India daily, all day.
Radio Tehran with spurious on 21 MHz – still problems in December
Radio Tehran on 21500 kHz produced spurious signals on 21445, 21390, 21335, 21280, 21225, 21170, 21115, 21060 and 21005 kHz. (55 kHz increments) Every morning at about 0800 UTC. The German BNetzA and the Swiss BAKOM filed complaints.
KOL Israel – Fake or Mistake?
A BC transmission from KOL Israel was observed on 14000.0 A3E on Dec. 16th and 17th. The bearings showed the area of Israel. The announcements said “KOL Israel”. HB9CET noticed that the bandwidth was 6 kHz instead of 9 kHz (usual BC bandwidth). A mistuned transmitter could have been the source. It was also possible that someone tried to give a bad name to KOL Israel by transmitting the BC program using a HAM-transceiver.
Mysterious signals on 7000, 14000 and 21000 kHz from Central China - no change
The mysterious multitone signals, often as A3E and 6 kHz wide ang the chirpy signals on 21000 were active daily.. The purpose is still unknown. Perhaps a new kind of communication??? The Dutch, Swiss, UK, Austrian and German PTTs were informed.
6. Russian daily taxi business on 21 MHz Taxi net from Kaluga on 21404.2 kHz in FM. The Austrian, Dutch, German and Swiss PTTs were informed. PB2T, Hans, filed a complaint to the Russian Amateur Society. This is another example for excellent cooperation. The daily violations of our 10 m-band by CIS taxis are going on as usual.
Russian harmony
We found several harmonic emissions from Russian teleprinters on 21 MHz, sometimes even the 4th of a lower frequency. The Radio-Amateurs do not like such kinds of harmony on their bands. It is easy to detect the harmonics. They often have a shift of 2 kHz. For example: Calculation: 21400 kHz : 4 = 5350 kHz. The shift on 5350 kHz is 500 Hz. HB9CET and me checked the fundamental transmissions. We saw, that our calculations were correct. The Russian military is often using F1B (teleprinters) with 50 and 75 Bd and 200, 250, 500 and sometimes 1000 Hz shift.
The 1st harmonic from 7018 (F1B - REA4 – Russian Airforce Moscow) is causing strong interference on 14036 kHz. Shift on 7018 = 1000 Hz, shift on 14036 = 2000 Hz. The signal has a very bad quality and is active daily,all day.
From our fellow hams in Portugal...
OTH radars still interfere and are like a plague in a meadow. Almost all Bands are interfered and sometimes, inside WARC segments, the BW of signals are occupying a great part of the Band with only one transmission. It seems some Northern part of Africa operators are doing big 15m SSB QRM on CW segment activities. We shall take it into consideration and monitoring will be made in the future with better propagation conditions.
There are many discussions and pricking on 7070 kHz, Lower Sideband, between Italian and Portuguese Hams because of pretense rights over that frequency. It’s an old problem with bad attitudes like music, jamming and offenses. We hope it will finish in the near future for the best image of Amateur Radio and the Countries involved. 10m Band is quite calm at moment, but at 1700Z to 1900Z (Trans-Equatorial), we have detected many AM and FM operations from Brazil between 28000kHz and 28500kHz daily. Some Portuguese and Spanish fishermen are talking sometimes on these frequencies too.
There are (buoys ?) transmitting F1B burst group on 28025.0kHz (+/-) with 51 Bd, 300 Hz shift and 28100kHz, F1B, 51 Bd, 320 Hz shift or 29525.0kHz, transmitting in F1B with 81.9 Bd, 140 Hz shift. ICP-Anacom, the Portuguese Authority for Telecomm is very active and collaborating with us to detect and stop those intrusions on our 10m Band.
It is with great pleasure we may report that a giant operation was executed by our National Telecom Authority – ICP Anacom with our Maritime Police during tree days, where were verified 30 fishing boats in Algarve and arrested several Tx/Rx equipments not authorized for maritime communications and illegally used on Amateur Bands. Five boats were arrested because they had no valid telecom certification but had equipments working over not permitted frequencies for the maritime traffic.
The big operation has been carried on December 11, 12 and 13 in Portimão, Albufeira, Lagos and Sagres in Algarve, and our Anacom is decided to stop the abuse, interference and infringes over several communications services, namely on Amateur Radiocommunications Bands, by the clearly illegally installed and operated stations inboard of fishing vessels. After all reports and demerges made, it's a fair very good year-ending for our IARU-R1 Ms in Portugal.
Worldwide cooperation and results in 2012
IARUM
One of our highlights in 2012 was disabling Radio Free Asia on 21450 kHz. DK2OM (Region 1) got an alert from ZL1GWE (John - Region 3) concerning “Radio Free Asia” on 21450 kHz. Wolf informed K1ZZ (Dave – Region 2). Dave could solve the problems in Region 3 by his special connections. New intruders like the mysterious signals from China or OTH radars appeared and caused strong interference on our exclusive bands. The Russian military preferred our 7 MHz-band for digital traffic daily and often with bad quality. Chinese radars on 7 MHz were even audible in Europe, Japan, Australia and California. Many problems will wait for us in 2013 (as usual...).
K1ZZ and DJ9KR at the Hamradio 2010 DK2OM teaching Ophelia PSK analysis
11. Introduction of HB9CET First my very best wishes, best of health and prosperity in 2013
Thank you most sincerely for your trust and confidence in me as new Vice-Coordinator IARUMS R1 and successor of Uli, DJ9KR. I will proudly fulfill this task, being firmly convinced that our monitoring job remains very important and indispensable also in the future.
My specialism are digital emissions and I'm broadly equipped with several modernest analysis
tools from Wavecom. Running a remote site with a Perseus SDR and several antennas at a calm location; soon extended by a Winradio G33DDC SDR rx. At home I use KX-3, IC-7600 and IC-8500. Hope that I may see as many as possible of you in Friedrichshafen 2013 by the next Ham-Radio 2013. Will be there all 3 days.
WB2CJL Obit
I was asked to write the obituary for Bob Dow, WB2CJL, as he and I were very good friends.
WB2CJL, Sk
Robert Dow, one of WNYDXA’s founders and an early President went QRT on Thanksgiving of 1995, at his home, with his family and grandchildren.
Bob was licensed originally as WN2CJL and quickly upgraded to WB2CJL, which he held for the remainder of his life. He recalled some of his original equipment as a model 29 Teletype machine and fondly remembered a Genave 2 meter rock bound transceiver.
He held “court” daily at DiPaulo’s Pizzeria and was joined by many members of the club there. His handheld could be heard above the din of the noise of the pizzeria, letting all know what DX was on at any particular time. Many members remember piling into someone’s car to run back to Bob’s house to work one DX expedition or another. His chosen modes of operation were cw and rtty, holding honor roll on rtty at a time when it was a very difficult proposition and he was on a genuine first name basis with many of the rtty ops around the world. Bob will be remembered by all for his sense of fair play and gentleness in carrying out the purpose of the club, namely, assisting members in working DX or increasing their cw dx-ing proficiency. He was often heard on 2 meters coaching and helping others with the weak ones. “Now! Call Em Now!” was often heard on the repeater or on simplex. When the bands were slow, he could be heard working Japanese Kens, in numerical order, or working Oblasts in the Soviet Union.
Bob will be remembered and missed as a friend and dx-er! -… _._
WB2CJL, Sk
Robert Dow, one of WNYDXA’s founders and an early President went QRT on Thanksgiving of 1995, at his home, with his family and grandchildren.
Bob was licensed originally as WN2CJL and quickly upgraded to WB2CJL, which he held for the remainder of his life. He recalled some of his original equipment as a model 29 Teletype machine and fondly remembered a Genave 2 meter rock bound transceiver.
He held “court” daily at DiPaulo’s Pizzeria and was joined by many members of the club there. His handheld could be heard above the din of the noise of the pizzeria, letting all know what DX was on at any particular time. Many members remember piling into someone’s car to run back to Bob’s house to work one DX expedition or another. His chosen modes of operation were cw and rtty, holding honor roll on rtty at a time when it was a very difficult proposition and he was on a genuine first name basis with many of the rtty ops around the world. Bob will be remembered by all for his sense of fair play and gentleness in carrying out the purpose of the club, namely, assisting members in working DX or increasing their cw dx-ing proficiency. He was often heard on 2 meters coaching and helping others with the weak ones. “Now! Call Em Now!” was often heard on the repeater or on simplex. When the bands were slow, he could be heard working Japanese Kens, in numerical order, or working Oblasts in the Soviet Union.
Bob will be remembered and missed as a friend and dx-er! -… _._
425 DX Calendar
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* CALENDAR *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 12/01 V31ME: Long Caye (NA-123) 1129
till 12/01 V5/DJ2HD: Namibia 1128
till 13/01 4T4RDP and 4T4DKR: special callsigns (Peru) 1130
till 13/01 IOTA Tour by F4BKV 1132
till 13/01 TG9IDX: Guatemala 1124
till 14/01 C6AVA: North Bimini Island (NA-048) 1129
till 14/01 T88SM, T88CP, T88HK: Koror (OC-009), Palau 1131
till 15/01 VK3GK/9: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1131
till 18/01 6W7SK: Senegal 1129
till 18/01 AE6XY/VK9, W7AVO/VK9, W7PBL/VK9: Lord Howe (OC-004) 1131
till 18/01 DU9/M0GHQ: Mindanao (OC-130) 1127
till 18/01 JA3ARJ/VK9, JA3BZO/VK9, JA3HJI/VK9: Lord Howe (OC-004)1131
till 18/01 V5/DJ2BQ: Namibia 1128
till 20/01 5Z4/DF3ZS and 5Z4/DL1QW: Kenya 1130
till 24/01 J8/W6HGF: Saint Vincent (NA-109) 1130
till 25/01 N4D: special callsign (Puerto Rico) 1131
till 31/01 YS3CW: El Salvador 1132
till 01/02 OA4/PA3GFE: Peru 1127
till 07/02 RI1ANC: Vostok Station (Antarctica) 1127
till 12/02 EA8/IK1PMR and EA8/PA3LEO: Canary Islands (AF-004) 1126
till February DP0GVN: Neumayer Station III (Antarctica) 1087
till 03/03 5W0W: Samoa (OC-097) 1127
till 09/03 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1121
till 11/04 JX9JKA: Jan Mayen (EU-022) 1024
till October T6MH: Afghanistan 1125
till 31/12 DL50FRANCE: special station 1131
till 31/12 EI13CLAN: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Gx100RSGB: special callsigns 1130
till 31/12 HB30OK: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 OU1RAEM: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 S5300TP: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Z320RSM and Z320A-Z320Z: special callsigns 1130
12/01-12/02 II3CV: special callsign 1130
12/01-20/01 ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1130
12/01-17/01 V31ME: Abergris Caye (NA-073) 1129
12/01-16/01 XV4LU and XV4DDD: Phu Quoc Island (AS-128) 1128
13/01-30/01 FY/F5UII: French Guiana 1131
15/01-31/01 9X0PY: Rwanda 1131
15/01-15/04 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1132
15/01-18/02 OE2013: special prefix 1131
15/01-21/01 PY0F/PP1CZ: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 1129
17/01-10/03 6W2SC: Senegal 1132
17/01-10/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 1132
18/01-21/01 K5KUA/5: Galveston Island (NA-143) 1129
20/01-27/01 C6AGH and C6DX: Great Exuma (NA-001) 1132
20/01-27/02 WA2USA/4: St. George Island (NA-085) 1131
21/01-08/02 FR/F8APV and FR/F8EOI: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1132
21/01-18/02 HS0ZJF/8: Koh Samui (AS-101) 1129
22/01-01/02 J77A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
22/01-11/02 J76A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
24/01-27/01 L22D: Isla Gama (SA-022) 1130
January C6AGT: Green Turtle Cay (NA-080) 1126
January T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
January VI6AHR30: special event callsign 1129
01/02-31/12 RI1ANP: Progress Station (Antarctica) 1132
06/02-18/02 5X8C: Uganda 1123
14/02-23/02 9U4U: Burundi 1131
18/02-28/02 H44KW: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1117
20/02-03/03 A31WH/p: Vava'u (OC-064), Tonga 1131
20/02-02/03 HS0ZJF/9: Koh Butang (AS-126) 1129
28/02-10/03 TX5K: Clipperton Island (NA-011) 1097
February ST2SF: Sudan 1131
February T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
February-March XT1T: Burkina Faso * by I2YSB and others 1125
01/03-08/03 9M6/N6MUF: East Malaysia 1132
08/03-25/03 H44G: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1123
09/03-17/03 YE6A: Rondo Island (OC-245) 1128
10/03-18/03 9M4SLL: Spratly Islands (AS-051) 1132
12/03-23/03 H40T: Nendo Island (OC-100), Temotu Province 1123
March HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
March ST2SF: Sudan 1131
04/04-18/04 5W0M: Samoa (OC-097) 1125
27/04-04/05 TS8IT: Djerba Island (AF-083) 1117
April HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
April ST2SF: Sudan 1131
May HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
******* CALENDAR *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 12/01 V31ME: Long Caye (NA-123) 1129
till 12/01 V5/DJ2HD: Namibia 1128
till 13/01 4T4RDP and 4T4DKR: special callsigns (Peru) 1130
till 13/01 IOTA Tour by F4BKV 1132
till 13/01 TG9IDX: Guatemala 1124
till 14/01 C6AVA: North Bimini Island (NA-048) 1129
till 14/01 T88SM, T88CP, T88HK: Koror (OC-009), Palau 1131
till 15/01 VK3GK/9: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1131
till 18/01 6W7SK: Senegal 1129
till 18/01 AE6XY/VK9, W7AVO/VK9, W7PBL/VK9: Lord Howe (OC-004) 1131
till 18/01 DU9/M0GHQ: Mindanao (OC-130) 1127
till 18/01 JA3ARJ/VK9, JA3BZO/VK9, JA3HJI/VK9: Lord Howe (OC-004)1131
till 18/01 V5/DJ2BQ: Namibia 1128
till 20/01 5Z4/DF3ZS and 5Z4/DL1QW: Kenya 1130
till 24/01 J8/W6HGF: Saint Vincent (NA-109) 1130
till 25/01 N4D: special callsign (Puerto Rico) 1131
till 31/01 YS3CW: El Salvador 1132
till 01/02 OA4/PA3GFE: Peru 1127
till 07/02 RI1ANC: Vostok Station (Antarctica) 1127
till 12/02 EA8/IK1PMR and EA8/PA3LEO: Canary Islands (AF-004) 1126
till February DP0GVN: Neumayer Station III (Antarctica) 1087
till 03/03 5W0W: Samoa (OC-097) 1127
till 09/03 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1121
till 11/04 JX9JKA: Jan Mayen (EU-022) 1024
till October T6MH: Afghanistan 1125
till 31/12 DL50FRANCE: special station 1131
till 31/12 EI13CLAN: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Gx100RSGB: special callsigns 1130
till 31/12 HB30OK: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 OU1RAEM: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 S5300TP: special callsign 1130
till 31/12 Z320RSM and Z320A-Z320Z: special callsigns 1130
12/01-12/02 II3CV: special callsign 1130
12/01-20/01 ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1130
12/01-17/01 V31ME: Abergris Caye (NA-073) 1129
12/01-16/01 XV4LU and XV4DDD: Phu Quoc Island (AS-128) 1128
13/01-30/01 FY/F5UII: French Guiana 1131
15/01-31/01 9X0PY: Rwanda 1131
15/01-15/04 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1132
15/01-18/02 OE2013: special prefix 1131
15/01-21/01 PY0F/PP1CZ: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 1129
17/01-10/03 6W2SC: Senegal 1132
17/01-10/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 1132
18/01-21/01 K5KUA/5: Galveston Island (NA-143) 1129
20/01-27/01 C6AGH and C6DX: Great Exuma (NA-001) 1132
20/01-27/02 WA2USA/4: St. George Island (NA-085) 1131
21/01-08/02 FR/F8APV and FR/F8EOI: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1132
21/01-18/02 HS0ZJF/8: Koh Samui (AS-101) 1129
22/01-01/02 J77A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
22/01-11/02 J76A: Dominica (NA-101) 1132
24/01-27/01 L22D: Isla Gama (SA-022) 1130
January C6AGT: Green Turtle Cay (NA-080) 1126
January T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
January VI6AHR30: special event callsign 1129
01/02-31/12 RI1ANP: Progress Station (Antarctica) 1132
06/02-18/02 5X8C: Uganda 1123
14/02-23/02 9U4U: Burundi 1131
18/02-28/02 H44KW: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1117
20/02-03/03 A31WH/p: Vava'u (OC-064), Tonga 1131
20/02-02/03 HS0ZJF/9: Koh Butang (AS-126) 1129
28/02-10/03 TX5K: Clipperton Island (NA-011) 1097
February ST2SF: Sudan 1131
February T6LG: Afghanistan 1111
February-March XT1T: Burkina Faso * by I2YSB and others 1125
01/03-08/03 9M6/N6MUF: East Malaysia 1132
08/03-25/03 H44G: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1123
09/03-17/03 YE6A: Rondo Island (OC-245) 1128
10/03-18/03 9M4SLL: Spratly Islands (AS-051) 1132
12/03-23/03 H40T: Nendo Island (OC-100), Temotu Province 1123
March HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
March ST2SF: Sudan 1131
04/04-18/04 5W0M: Samoa (OC-097) 1125
27/04-04/05 TS8IT: Djerba Island (AF-083) 1117
April HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
April ST2SF: Sudan 1131
May HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1131
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