FT5GA update

from DXNL news

FT/G - GLORIOSO ISLANDS, AF-011
The team of FT5GA holds the flight tickets to Reunion in their hands
now and hopefully they will not see any other problems on their way to
activate Glorioso. Their flight to St. Denis, Reunion, is scheduled for
Sep 11 and their return flight for Oct 8. They plan to stay on the
island Grand Glorieuse (AF-011) for about three weeks. The members of
the team are Didier,F5OGL, Yves,F5PRU, Bernard, F5LPY, Philippe,F4EGS,
David,F8CRS, and Freddy,F5IRO. Jeff,F6AOJ, will be their pilot station.
They will run up to four stations simultaneously on 160m-10m (but not
on 6m) all with a digital interface, band filters and a notebook (with
Win-Test MMTTY).
Station 1: Elecraft K3, PA Acom 1010,
station 2: Kenwood TS-870, PA SPE EXPERT 1KFA,
station 3: Yaesu FT-857, PA Acom 1010,
station 4: Yaesu FT-100, PA Acom 1010.
FT5GA announced to show up on following frequencies (QRGs in kHz):
Band CW SSB RTTY
160m 1823.5 1842.5 ---
80m 3508/3530 3795/3775 ---
40m 7002/7022 7057/7047 ---
30m 10115/10105 --- 10141
20m 14014/14040 14274/14182 14085
17m 18078/18073 18148/18138 18101
15m 21021/21040 21271/21191 21095
12m 24900/24894 24974/24954 24921
10m 28028/28040 28460/28428 28088
If you want to listen for PSK31 signals as well you should watch also:
14071, 21071 and 28118 kHz. A logbook search is available online at:
http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/searchlog.php

ST2X coming soon

Robert S53R, has a new work assignment (for UN WFP) which takes him to Sudan. He expects to be on the air by the end of September or early October. His possible callsign will be ST2X.

Currently, his radio and amp are still in Slovenia, but will be shipped soon.

ET3JD

from OPDX news

ET3, ETHIOPIA. Jim, WU0I, currently in Addis Ababa as a U.S. Foreign
Service Officer, expects to be on the air by October as ET3JD after
certain formalities are taken care for the importation of his amateur
radio equipment. He expects to have his gear and the permission to
use it completed within 2 weeks. Activity will be mainly 40/20/15
meters, but he would also like to spend more time on the WARC bands -
particularly 30 and 17 meters. Modes will be CW, SSB, PSK31 and possibly
RTTY (for contests mostly). Jim mentions, "My CW is pretty rusty, so
please be patient with me!" QSL only direct to: Jim DeLoach, ET3JD,
2030 Addis Ababa Place, Dulles VA 20189-2030, USA. For more details
and updates, visit: http://www.deloach.net/ET3JD.html

about A3

from OPDX newsw

A3, TONGA (News). Paul Kidd, A35RK, reports that the first special non-
resident "contest" callsign, A31A, was just issued to a group of European
operators who will be in Tonga in November, he presumes for the CQWW DX
CW Contest. Also, Paul was granted the first "resident" special callsign,
A35A, which he will only use for contests and special events. A35RK is
still his "regular" callsign. Paul provides the following special announce-
ment by the Department of Communications (dated September 2nd):
The Radio Licensing Officer for the Kingdom of Tonga, Fe'ao Vakata, has
today approved the following changes in licensing procedures:

1) Callsigns issued to citizens and long-term residents of Tonga will
be in the A35xx format.
2) A Tongan citizen or long-term resident can, upon request, be issued
a "special" callsign for use in contests and special events. This
"special" callsign will be in the A35x format.
3) Visiting operators will be issued an A31xx format callsign upon
presentation of a valid license from their home country and payment
of license fee.
4) Visiting groups of operators, for contest and special event purposes
only, may request a special callsign in the A31x format.
Note that, hereafter, all visitors will be issued callsigns from the
newly authorized A31 prefix block. The A35 prefix block is reserved for
residents only.

Further information and license applications may be obtained from:
Fe'ao Vakata, Licensing Officer
Ministry of Communications and Information
P.O. Box 1380
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
ph: (676) 28-170
email: fvakata@pmo.gov.to
fax: (676) 24-861

5B

from OPDX news

5B/C4, CYPRUS. Andy, LZ2HM, will be active as 5B/LZ2HM between September
10-15th. Activity will be on the HF bands plus 6 and 2 meters (KM64HV).
Also, he will be active as C4I (on SSB) in the Worked All Europe DX
Contest (WAEDC), September 12-13th. QSL via LZ2HM, using info on QRZ.com.

5B, CYPRUS. Nick, G3RWF, will be active once again from the Island of
Cyprus (AS-004, MIA MCI-002, WLOTA L0051) as 5B/G3RWF between September
8-22nd. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the Bureau.