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Nick, VK1AA has obtained permission from the NSW Parks and Wildlife
Group to operate from Montague Island (OC-223). The operation is
provisionally planned to start on 15 April for three nights, but
factors such as weather conditions may change the dates. He will
operate as VK1AA/2 mostly CW on 40, 30 and 20 metres, with 75 watts
and a vertical antenna. QSL direct to VK1AA, or via bureau to
VE3EXY.

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At Sat. 19.th April OZ5FM / Flemming plan to activate the LH of Roesnaes
DEN-034 and Asnaes DEN-121 (Both placed on Sjaelland Island EU-029 and DIA
SJ-001).
He will work as OZ5FM/P only on 20m ssb and QSL is via bureau or direct via
www.qrz.com

Pse respect He is a novice activator.

A specific time-schedule will be updated a day before the activity at
http://oz7aei.qrz.dk

Vy 73 de OZ7AEI / Jakob

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WARD 2008 Award
motto: Amateur Radio:
A Foundation for Technical Knowledge
Every year, April 18 is a holiday of radio amateurs from all over the world. It is celebrated to commemorate the formation of International Amateur Radio Union - IARU (April 18,1925).

An occasional award - WARD Award - is issued by MK QTC and PZK in memory of this event. It is available for 20 QSOs/HRDs on HF or 10 QSOs/HRDs on VHF+. Contacts with any licensed operators from all over the world are valid.

It is necessary to send a GCR list and 5 Euro or 7 USD or 5 IRC to obtain the award. Address: MK QTC, Suchacz-Zamek, ul. Wielmozy 5b, PL-82340 Tolkmicko, Poland (e-mail: qtc@post.pl). A new award is available every year (each of them has a new layout).

特別局 ＯＬ７６ＣＡＶ

Special callsign OL76CAV will be aired on 20 April from the Czech
Republic to mark the 76th anniversary of the founding of
Ceskomoravsti Amateri Vysilaci (Czech-Moravian Transmitting
Amateurs, http://www.c-a-v.com/). QSL via OK1UU.

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Kevan, 2E0WMG (2J0WMG) and Mark, M0MJH (MJ0MJH) will be active from
Jersey (EU-013) between 20 and 26 April. There is also the
possibility of activity from Les Minquiers (EU-099) at some point
during the trip. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.

ＹＫ９Ｇ オンライン・ログ

The UK team operating YK9G in Syria is getting into full swing with
6,300 CW QSOs in the log during the first 24 hours. They have two
stations. The YK9G logs are being uploaded to LOTW daily as well as a
log search at http://yk9g.com/onlinelog/, thanks to 5B4WN, Mario.
G3TXF, Nigel, says "The first night (Wed/Thur) was spent entirely on
30m/40m/80m". The team has installed a 160 meter antenna and expects
to be QRV on Topband "during the coming nights". Nigel also reports
"The five operators (G3SXW, G3TXF, G4BWP, G5LP and GM3YTS) are working
to a precise five-hour rota devised by Roger G3SXW. Five hours on,
and then either five or ten hours off, depending on the rota". The
YK9G Website can be found at www.yk9g.org. QSL via G3TXF.

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DK6AO, Klaus, says he will be back in Costa Rica between April 16th
and May 17th. While there he plans to be QRV from both NA-191 and NA-
117. His main activities will be over the weekends preferably on 17
and 20 meters. QSL information will be posted on his Website after
the operation. His site can be seen at www.dk6ao.de.

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YK1BA, Syria, from April 21st to MAy 2nd, 2008
Written by Xavier, EA3BHK
Friday, 11 April 2008
Update on my 2008 YK trip

I will be arriving Damascus on 4/20 evening and should be QRV as YK1BA again from 4/21 till 5/2, returning home to Texas on 5/3. As usual, the purpose of the trip is not a DXpedition, so my operating will be spotty.
However, I hope to be able to operate at least 3 - 4 hours a day.
With the current band conditions and my typical operating times, I suspect that I will spend most of my radio time on 30, 40, and 80 Meters. However, I will operate on whatever band (10 -- 80) and mode that have the best propagation at the time. Most probable operating times are between 20:00 - 23:00 UTC or between 02:00 - 05:00 UTC and possibly some occasional activities between 12:00 -14:00 UTC. I will be active on SSB, CW, and TTY.

QSL via N5FF

73s Saad N5FF