S92LX by DK7LX

After the 2008 TX7LX Mayotte experience, my next destination is going to be Sao Tomé & Principe , AF-023 in june 2009. I will be active from around the 13th of June for a total of two weeks.

I’ll again use 80-10M and CW only as well as an online-log. Stay tuned for further details on a little website that might be online sometime later this year. Callsign is going to be S92LX.

QSL via buro, direct and via e-mail rq.

Vy 73!

DK7LX

H40

H40 - Siegfried, DK9FN provides further information on his 2-16 March
activity as from Lata, Nendo Island (OC-100), Temotu Province
[425DXN 923]. He hopes to get the same callsign he used back in
1999 (H40FN), and will operate CW only, while Bernhard, DL2GAC
(H44MS) will work SSB as H40MS and Herrmann, DL2NUD will be on 2m
EME (H40 callsign to be issued). They will have three separate
stations with amplifiers. Siegfried thinks he will concentrate on
160-30 metres, as the current propagation predictions do not
promise anything good on the higher bands. QSL H40FN via HA8FW:
all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau,
for those who need a direct card the address is Mihaly Bela,
Csongradi SGT. 122/A, H-6724 Szeged, Hungary. Further information
on this activity, including details on the antennas to be used,
can be found at www.hari-ham.com/h40fn

PJ7 and FS by W's

The “Buddies in the Caribbean” DX group which specializes in 100 watt or low power radios and the Buddipole portable antenna system is off again to a new DXpedition site Feb. 4-11.

This time the group will be operating at different times from BOTH the French and Dutch side of St. Bartholomey Island FS/PJ7. Various modes including phone, RTTY, and CW will be on the air, along with “golf cart mobile”, or “bicycle mobile” operations and other unique operational situations. Each of the operators has extensive experience operating from “unique” locations or various DXCC entities.

In 2007, four of the eight operators on the 2009 DXpedition were part of the Montseratt VP2M Buddipole DXpedition.

The DXpedition headquarters will be at Villa Ait Na Greine on the French side of the island, perched on top of a cliff overlooking the Caribbean with excellent take off angles toward North America and Europe. There will be other sites on the island, both on the French and Dutch sides, where operations will occur giving DXers a chance to work two separate DXCC countries.

Operators are:

* K8EAB
* KC4VG
* N7UN
* KB9AVO
* WW5L
* N0TU
* W3FF
* W6HFP

HI by EA's

HI9/EA3BT and HI9/EA3WL start to operating on January 21st and hope to be on air until January 27th.

They are in Cayo Levantado island (NA-122), the only one IOTA reference from the Dominican Republic, but the main island.

They know that this reference is very nedded for japanese ham radio, so today (22nd) thy will be for Japan on 20Mts around 21:30z.

They will try to send the logs every day, but not for shure. At the present time, you can check the frist batch of QSO at the EA3BT's website.

Stay tuned

J3 by G's

Colin (J38CW/G3VCQ) and Sharon (M3VCQ) will be active on the island from the 12th - 26th March 2009.

Colin is participating in the BERU CW contest on the 14th/15th and will be part of the “Rest of the World Team”. Operations will be from the beach QTH with FT857d, Expert SPE solid state amplifier. Antenna’s will range from a 3 el yagi for 14,18.21.24 and 28Mhz. On the lower bands the antennas will be verticals and Dipoles for 10,7 and 3.5Mhz. Modes will be SSB during none contest times and CW during the BERU of course.

Colin will only work Commonwealth stations during the contest. Sharon J38/M3VCQ will also be active with Colin from the island (SSB only chaps!). If your local listen out for us on 2m 6m and 70cm.

All QSL’s via G3VCQ please.

V2 by W's

QRV between March 10 - 19 [from V26B antenna farm]

160 - 6m.

* V25OP via W9OP
* V25WY via W4OWY

Buro, direct or eQSL all ok.

ZS8T

The ZS8T license has expired on the 31st of December 2008 with an expiry window period up and until 31 January 2009. Renewal and payment off the existing license has been made and Petrus ZS8T is licensed to operate from Marion Island up and until December 2009. All contacts made to date with the ZS8T callsign are legitimate and legal. The team is currently awaiting the paper copy off the new license that only expires in December 2009, Petrus can remain active with ZS8T for the remainder off his stay on Marion Island.

Kindly keep an eye on the ZS8T website for any further updates.

73
Rhynhardt Louw ZS6DXB
ZS8T Press Officer, Logistical Support
http://zs8t.net/
zs6dxb@kats.za.net

JY3ZH - Silent Key

JY3ZH - Silent Key
JYの中では比較的アクティブにQRVしていたが・・・。

CY0

The DXpedition team of Murray WA4DAN, Randy N0TG and Ron AA4VK have announced their October 2009 DXpedition to Sable Island CY0.

Permission to visit Sable Island has been approved.
The exact dates in October are not known at this point.

The date will depend on the operational requirements at Sable and cost-sharing with the charter aircraft (may be from 7th to 14th)

We plan to have three stations operational for at least a week with verticals, yagi antennas and amps.

This is the same team that operated from Navassa KP1 in 1992, Desecheo KP5 in Dec 92/Jan93 and St Paul's Island CY9 in 1995. Murray WA4DAN was team leader of the 1996 CY0XX DXpedition to Sable that netted over 25,000 Q's.

Please visit our website www.cy0dxpedition.com

More details will be announced in the coming months.

ZS8T

According to ZS8T website, a brief update has appeared - Petrus (ex-3Y0E) has been on air.

S21 QRV

S2 - BANGLADESH, AS-127
The DXpedition to St. Martin's Island (AS-127) originally scheduled for
the end of December 2008 is now expected to show up from Jan 16-22.
The callsign S21DX will be activated by S21RC, S21AM, S21DM, S21RO,
S21SA and S21S in SSB and RTTY on following frequencies (in MHz):
Band SSB RTTY
10m 28.465 28.085
12m 24.955 24.925
15m 21.265 21.085
17m 18.145 18.100
20m 14.265 14.085
40m 7.065 7.035
80m 3.795 3.580
The QSL manager EB7DX confirms QSLs direct via the following address:
David Lianez Fernandez, Box 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain. No QSL via bureau
but the logs will be uploaded to the LoTW after one year.
Check also their website at: http://s2iota.eb7dx.com

TS7C QRT

TS7C is now … QRT !

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TS7C : 57 222 QSO - RTTY : 12 388 - SSB : 22 468 - CW : 20 748 - PSK31 : 1 568

Band 40 m: 14 172 - 20 m : 10 064 - 160 m : 11 536 (1 780 RTTY)

Merci à tous - Many thanks !

IOTA SA-030

from ARRL DX news

URUGUAY, CX. A group of operators from Radio Grupo Sur will be QRV
as CV5A from Flores Island, IOTA SA-030, from January 22 to 26.
Activity will be on all HF bands and modes, with a dedicated
RTTY/PSK31 station active as well. QSL via CX2ABC.

CU

from ARRL DX news

AZORES, CU. Operators CU8AS, HB9CRV and HB9CQL will be QRV as CU8W
from Farol do Albarnaz Island, IOTA EU-089, from January 19 to 23.
Activity will be on the low bands using CW and RTTY. QSL via
operators' instructions.

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