Friday, May 10, 2019

Around The DX World

Åland Island operation

Operators Toni OH5CY, Niko OH5CZ, Juha OH5CW, Hannu OH5FP, Jouni OH2JIU and Jarkko OH5XK (members of the "OldHouseRadioClub") will be active as OG0C from Åland Islands (EU-002) between May 22-28th.
Activity will be on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB, FT4, FT8 and MSK144. The group will be active during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th) as a Multi-Multi entry.
QSL via OH5C, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW.
For more info on the "OldHouseRadioClub", see: http://www.OH5C.com


Liberian update

The Italian DXpedition Team will be active from Liberia between September 28th and October 11th. They plan to use two callsigns:
A82X for CW and SSB; A82Z for the Digital modes.

Operators mentioned are Silvano/I2YSB, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/ IK2DIA, Stefano/IK2HKT, Alfeo/I1HJT, Franco/I1FQH, Tony/I2PJA, Gino/ IK2RZP, Alberto/IZ2XAF and Mac/JA3USA.

Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14030, 18068, 21030, 24890 and 28030 kHz
SSB - 3775, 7090, 14240, 18130, 21310, 24950 and 28470 kHz
RTTY - 14084 kHz
FT8 - 1843, 3585, 7056, 10131, 14080, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz
For JA STATIONS ONLY -- FT8 on 160m use normal mode. RX frq is 1908 kHz
QSL via OQRS (http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline/). QSL via I2YSB direct only or LoTW after the operation. They will also be using a "Real-Time Online Logging", including their FT8 activity as A82Z.
For more details, updates, and a survey on bands/needs, see: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt


Slovak Republic Special Event

Members of the Slovak Amateur Radio Association (SARA) will activate special event stations OM83IHWC and OM2019IIHF during the 83rd Ice Hockey World Championship (May 10-26th).
The stations will be on the air between May 1-31st, on various HF and VHF bands.
A special award is available. For details, see:
http://awards.szr.sk/index_eng.html
QSL Manager for OM2019IIHF and OM83IHWC is OM2FY.
All logs will be up- loaded to ClubLog. You can request a QSL card via OQRS or by the Bureau.