Thursday, June 20, 2019

Around The DX World

Gibraltar Special Event

Members of the Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society (GARS) will activate ZB2IG19 between July 1-31st.
Activation is to celebrate the XVIII International Island Games which is being held in Gibraltar between July 6-12th.
Activity will be on various HF bands, 6 meters, and using CW, SSB, FT8, and FM on the satellites.

Afghanistan operation

Robert, S53R, will once again be in Kabul starting June 24th, and will be there for two years working with the UN World Food Program.
Activity will be limited to his free time, but he plans to be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
His callsign is not known at this time, but he was active in 2002 from Afghanistan as YA5T. Since then, the prefix YA was abandoned in 2005.
OPDX


TM5TFV - Special Sailing Event

TM5TFV - Tour de France à la Voile 2019 on the air!
The special callsign TM5TFV is activated by the Amateur Radio Section of the A2RS.
This nautical race, departuring from Dunkirk, that happens each year during the month of July on the North Sea and the Côte d'Azur.
This activation is valid from :
5 to July 11.
13 to July 14.
16 to July 21.
All bands and all modes
We look forward to contacting you during this activation.

A SPECIAL QSL CARD IS GOING TO BE SENT VIA BUREAU