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Antarctica OP0LE

2008-09-17 06:35:17 | Weblog
An official amateur call sign is assigned to Princess Elizabeth base, OP0LE and one more good news an amateur radio operator will be operating from that base from December 2008 until March 2009.

That guy is a new comer and never operated on amateur radio frequencies, your understanding is more than necessary.
After 40 years of silence, Belgium is back on air from Antarctica.


5R8

2008-09-17 06:33:45 | Weblog
The OPs Jack,F1BCS, Jim,F1HDI, F5JBE,Gil, F6ABJ,Remy, F6COW,Mickael, F6EIE,Oliver, and F6EPD,Dan, are going on DXpedition to the island Sainte Marie (AF-090) from Sep 18-27.

They will work in SSB/CW/SSTV/PSK31/RTTY/JT65 on 2m-160m using the calls: 5R8GM (SSB), 5R8JM (CW), 5R8IM (digital modes) and 5R8EM for 144 MHz EME operation.

5R8GM will work in SSB mostly on the IOTA frequencies.

QSL manager for all calls is OM Salomon, F1BCS, and he confirms direct, via bureau, LoTW or eQSL.


A2

2008-09-17 06:32:38 | Weblog
To the delight of many lowband DXers team leader Sigi, DL7DF, chose Botswana as his next destination.
Sigi will be accompanied by his friends Manfred,DK1BT, Wolfgang,DL4WK, Andy,DL5CW, Frank,DL7UFR, and Leszek,SP3DOI.

The team will be active with two stations at the same time in CW and SSB on 10-160m plus another one reserved only for the digital modes RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV between Sep 23 and Oct 6.
Their callsign will be A25/DL7DF, pilot stations will be Bernd,DF3CB, and Floyd,N5FG.

As usual the QSL cards should be sent to DL7DF direct or via bureau.

Updates can be found online at: http://www.dl7df.com/a25


T8

2008-09-17 06:29:17 | Weblog
from OPDX news


T8, PALAU. Operators Kiyoshi/JA7RPC and Masahiro/JF7RKV will be active
as T88RP and T88SB, respectively, from October 16-20th. Activity will be
on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, by the
Bureau or direct.

T8, PALAU. Naito, JF2IWW, will be active as T88IW from Koror Island
(OC-009) between September 20-28th. Activity will be on the 80-6 meters
using CW and SSB. Also look for him on the satellites. QSL T88IW via
JF2IWW.

T8, PALAU. Nemeth, HA7TM, will be active as T88CJ during the CQWW DX CW
Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via his
home callsign.