The Beethoven anniversary year will take place under the auspices of the Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The aims of this anniversary are to convey Beethoven's work, to strengthen and promote innovative projects, and to increase Bonn's reputation as a Beethoven city. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in December 1770 in Bonn and lived there for the first 22 years.
QSL via direct or by the Bureau.
For more information and updates, see:
https://dl250bthvn.de
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VP6R Pitcairn Island photo book
Nodir, EY8MM, has put together a spectacular photo book of the recent VP6R Dxpedition.The photo book is 239 pages and is available to browse through or purchase at:
https://www.blurb.com/b/9820054-vp6r-expedition-to-pitcairn-island
South Orkney Islands DXpedition news
The following update was sent out by Gene, K5GS, on the VP8/VP8DXU South Orkney Islands (AN-008) DXpedition [edited]:* Team Staffing -- We're sorry to report that Dave, WD5COV, had to leave
the project, replacing Dave is:
Alan Cheshire, VK6CQ -- Originally from Scotland, Alan has lived in Perth, Western Australia for many years and was first licensed as G4EEL in 1975 whilst studying for his commercial Merchant Marine Radio Officer ticket.
He holds degrees in Physics & Telecoms Engineering and is a consultant telecom engineer in the offshore oil and gas industry.
He has over 5 years Antarctic and sub-Antarctic experience with the British Antarctic Survey, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions and has over-wintered four times with the callsigns VP8PJ and VK0LD. Other DX callsigns over the years: A4XYF, VS5AC, V85AC, P29AC, VK8AC, 9V1DX, 9V0A and CE9/VK0LD.
An A1 CW Op, he gave many an all time new one as VK0MM from Macquarie
Island over the year 2000 and was also a member of the 2016 VK0EK Heard
Island team. When not pounding away on a Morse key, Alan plays a mean
bluegrass banjo.
* Equipment Shipping -- After a short delay the equipment was accepted by our freight agent, placed on pallets, shrink wrapped and loaded into a sea container. The container was trucked to Oakland, California and after US Customs formalities it began its journey to Coronel, Chile. Expected arrival is December 21st. Subsequently, the shipment will be taken to Punta Arenas, Chile.
* Fundraising -- The estimated cost of this project is 310,000-325,000 (USDs), with the most expensive line items being the ship, freight and cold weather shelters. We expect fuel prices to remain within the contracted range, with minimal foreign exchange fluctuation. Our bills are paid in: US and New Zealand Dollars and Euros, we closely follow currency trends.
We appreciate the support from the worldwide DX and amateur radio organizations. Forty-nine clubs / foundations have signed on, and equally important are the over 400 individuals who have already supported the project, especially our 47 Premier Sponsors who each donated 200(USDs), or more. While we still have a long way to go, we continue to make progress towards our goal of the radio team paying 50% of the project cost with sponsorships paying the remainder.
The corporate sponsors: Elecraft, DX Engineering, WIMO, RadioSport, Low Band Systems, Spiderbeam, Rig Expert, Mastrant and Clamcleat are instrumental to the success of this project. We know that Max at ON5UR Print, working with our QSL Manager Tim, M0URX, will deliver a high quality QSL card.
Our next major milestones include finalizing the radio operating schedule and assigning team member responsibilities for camp setup, radio and antenna installation.
Thanks for your continued interest and support of our project.
Good luck in the pileups.
73, Team VP8/VP8DXU
Website: https://sorkney.com/
Please direct your questions to: info@sorkney.com
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New QSL Manager
QSL Manager Vasiliy, RW6HS, has informed OPDX that he is now the QSL Manager for the following station: CN19JIM (International Mountain Day, December 21-22nd, 2019), CN8YM and EC6FKSIDE NOTE: From Tom, KC3HFW:
"I just wanted to pass on my great experience with a responsive/ethical QSL Manager. I have used the services of RW6HS on numerous occasions with DX that he is the QSL Manager of.
"Upon my request he emails me the time when he will mail the QSL card and follows up on my receipt. He mentioned that if I did not receive the card within a certain time frame to contact him and he would re-mail the card free of cost. Does it get any better than that? I think not.
Please post in your publication. He is one of the finest QSL Managers I have worked with."
via OPDX
