VP5

from 425DX news

VP5 - Art, N4PJ and Marsha, K4IRI will be active as VP5/N4PJ (CW and
RTTY) and VP5/K4IRI (SSB) from Providenciales, Caicos Islands
(NA-002) on 17-24 March. They will participate in the Russian DX
Contest as VQ5B. QSL via home calls.

IOTA NA-078

from 425DX news

XE - Bernardo, XE2HWB will be active as XE2HWB/XF1 from Isla Santa
Margarita (NA-078) on 21-23 March, possibly starting around 22 UTC
on the 21st. He will operate SSB only, using a battery and a
small generator to run 100 watts to a vertical antenna on the
beach. He expects to concentrate on 20 metres (+/- 14260 kHz);
other frequencies to look for him on are 28560, 28460, 24950,
21260, 18128, 7055 and 7155 kHz. QSL via N6AWD (direct only).

E5

from 425DX news

E5 - Tim, NL8F will be active as E51COF from Rarotonga (OC-013), South
Cook Islands from 21 March to 4 April. He plans to operate SSB on
10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and maybe 17 metres. QSl via K8NA

Special event stations

from ARRL DX news

ITALY, I. Special event stations II0IDP, II0IDR, II0IGU, II1ICS,
II1IGG, II8ICN and II9ICF are QRV until March 22 while representing
former coast radio stations of the Italian Navy. QSL via bureau.

Okay for DXCC

The following operation is approved for DXCC Credit:

K5D – Desecheo Island

2009 Operation

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L

Awards Branch Manager

KH4 in Oct

A multi national team of 19 operators will activate Midway Island in October 2009. The US Fish & Wildlife Service has authorized amateur operation from this rare US entity for only a 10 day period, its first radio activity in almost 10 years.

Midway Island ranks number 24 worldwide and number 13 in Europe on the DX Magazine’s “Most Wanted List”. Activity will be on 6 meters to 160 meters with 5 to 6 stations. At least one station will be active on 20 meters around the clock for those who need it for a new country. Major efforts will be made to meet the demand to the most needed geographical areas, the low bands and RTTY.

Team members are AA4NN, EA1IR, DJ9ZB, KH7U, KI6TVS, KL2A, N1DG, N4PN, N4XP, N6GQ, N7CQQ, WB4JTT, W6KK, W6OSP, WA7NB, W8CAA, W8GEX, WA8NJR, and OK1KT. Off site support is being provided by AA1V, W5DNT and W6XA.

Travel to Midway is only allowed by chartered aircraft. Because of the size of the aircraft, the team is presented with unique challenges. As such, the aircraft will only be able to carry the team requiring the equipment to be shipped by boat some months ahead. Adding to the high cost of transportation, daily fees and other charges established by the USF&WLS makes this operation very expensive.

A web site has been established and can be found at www.midway2009.com.

Please support this endeavor by sending a donation. To make it easy to donate you can contribute electronically using the web site or if you choose regular means you may do so. Instructions are given on the web site for either method.

Updates will be published on the web site as they become available.

Tom N4XP & Dave WB4JTT

Co Leaders for Midway Island 2009

S21 cancelled

from OPDX news

バングラディシュで内乱が発生、そのためKDXCチームは帰国したとのこと。



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

S2, BANGLADESH (Op Cancelled). Members of the Korea DX Club had to cancel
their operation from Dhaka due to a civil war that broke out in the city.
The KDXC team mentions that the "Situation is chaotic", and the team was
going back to Korea. Unfortunately, the team's callsign S21KD was cancelled
when they first arrived, and they tried to get a new license. However, Friday
and Saturday were holidays in Bangladesh. They did get a new license on
Sunday, S21ZCY, and moved to another location 2 1/2 hours away. The team
hoped to be on the air that day but could not retrieve the radio gear from
the airport. Safety was the team's first priority, so they cancelled and
headed back home. They hope to get another chance to operate from S2-land
soon. For more details and updates, please visit the following Web page
at: http://dxpedition.co.kr

C9

from OPDX news


Some members of the Texas DX Society will be active as C91TX from Bilene, Maputo Province, between March 25th and April 5th.

Bilene is 180km from the capital city of Maputo.

Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters with 3 active stations, one station each for CW, SSB, and the Digital modes.

They will participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th).
Operators mentioned are: Cal/WF5W, Paul/W5PF, Madison/W5MJ, Bill/K5WAF, Dale/KG5U and Jim/N4AL.

QSL Manager for C91TX is W5PF.

Depending on internet access, they hope to have an online log search page once operations start, but don't expect daily updates.
For updates, visit the Texas DX Society C91TX Web page at: http://www.tdxs.net/c91.html

ZL7T logserch

ZL7Tのログサーチができるようになった。

http://www.zl7t.com

5C

from OPDX news

Alfredo, IK7JWX, informs that he is preparing for a DXpedition (with 9 operators) to activate Mogador Island (AF-065), April 19-25th.

With almost 75% of IOTA participants needing this island, the group is still looking for sponsors and donations. If you can help, please contact Alfredo, IK7JWX, via E-mail at: ik7jwx2003@yahoo.itThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Activity will be on all HF-VHF bands and all modes (CW, SSB, RTTY PSK31).

Operators mentioned (with callsigns) to be active are: Oscar/IK2AQZ (5C2A), Carlo/IK6CAC (5C2C), Ernesto/I2FUG (5C2F), Del/IZ7GWZ (5C2G), Alfredo/IK7JWX (5C2J), Leo/I8LWL (5C2L), Simon/IZ7ATN (5C2SG), Pino/I8YGZ (5C2Z) and Nicola/I0SNY (5C2Y).

QSL via their home callsign.

ADDED NOTE: Some of the reference numbers to be activated during this operation are:

Mogador Island - AF-065; WW.Loc. IM51CM; ITU 37; CQ 33
Essaouira Island - WW.Loc. IM51CL
ARLHS Lighthouses (callsign/m):
MOR-019 Cape Sim-Essaouira; WW.Loc. IM51CL
MOR-036 Sidi Magdul-Essaouira; WW.Loc. IM51BJ
MOR-040 Grand Jetee-Agadir; WW.Loc. IM50EJ

For details on how to help and updates, visit their Web page at: http://www.mogador2009.altervista.org

ZF2ZB by W's

K7WZB & K9WZB will be QRV as ZF2ZB from the Cayman Islands between April 21 to May 6.

Activity 160-6m; SSB, RTTY, CW & PSK31. They will also monitor 6m for any openings.

QSL direct to K9WZB

CT3

from OPDX news


CT3, MADEIRA ISLAND (AF-014). Operators Hardy/DL3KWF and Rosel/DL3KWR
(XYL) will once again be active as CT3/homecall from the Hotel Royal
Orchid between now and March 19th. Activity will be mainly CW on 30/17/12
meters. Hardy is expected to try some RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via their home
callsigns. E-mail requests for Bureau QSL cards can be sent to:
dl3kwr@darc.de --or-- dl3kwf@darc.de
Visit their Web site at: http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr

C9

from OPDX news

C9, MOZAMBIQUE. Philip, ON4AEO, will lead a team of operators on a
DXpedition to Mozambique and sign C91FC from April 9-13th. You may
remember that Philip lead a team of operators last year to Lesotho for
the 7P8FC DXpedition. The "Fox Charlie DXpedition" team is made up of
the following operators: Philip/ON4AEO, Kath/ON7BK, Sid/ZS6AYC, Adele/
ZR6APT, Gert/ZS6GC, Lucas/ZS6ACT, Jan/ZS5JC, Deon/ZS6ABR, Jose/ON4CJK,
Herman/ZS5LH and Steffi/ON3AEO. They hope to activate the following bands,
80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. The QSL Manager
is ON4CJK. Send QSLs either by the Bureau or direct. It is requested that
direct cards be accompanied with 1 IRC or 2 green stamps with a self
addressed envelope (QSLs without this, QSLs will be returned via the
Bureau). The QSL address is: JOSE DUYCK, MOLENAKKER 56, 8740 EGEN, BELGIUM.
More information regarding the DXpedition can be obtained from their Web
site at: http://www.c91fc.be

VK9LA

VK9LA - LORD HOWE

“All equipment sent via the ship has safely arrived on Lord Howe Island. When we finished packing all the gear we ended up with more space taken up than we had booked so we quickly managed to get more freight space on the boat.

Frequencies of operation:

Band SSB CW RTTY
---------------------------------------------------
160m 1.813u/d -- --
80m 3.797u/d 3.513u --
40m 7.084u 7.013u --
30m -- 10.106u 10.135u/d
20 14.250u/d 14.023u/d 14.088u
17m 18.165d 18.072u 18.100u/d
15m 21.290u/d 21.023u/d 21.088u/d
12m 24.987d 24.892u 24.925u/d
10m 28.470u/d 28.023u/d 28.088u/d
6m 50.100u/d 50.100u/d

Notes:
1. u/d: Simply means we’re listening UP or DOWN
2. 6m: Call us when the beacon goes into RX mode.
3. 40m: RX for the Americas will be above 7.150
4. 80m: A special time on April 1 has been set up to work the VK and greater Pacific.(see the web site www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm for details). We would request that these areas not call us in the pile ups on 80m before this event.
5. Pilot: Don, N1DG will be our only pilot station.
6. VK4FW will arrive on Sunday March 22nd.



He will begin unpacking and sorting equipment and might manage to get a station on the air for Sunday evening local time.
On Monday (Mar 23) 4 more of the crew arrive and will begin further assembly.
We will try to get 2 stations on the air ASAP. Tuesday (Mar 24), when the rest of the crew arrives we will finish assembly and get all stations on the air ASAP.

QSLING PROCEDURES:
1. Direct via VK4FW
2. via the buro via VK4FW
3. OQRS www.odxg.org/qsl.htm direct or
4. OQRS www.odxg.org/qsl.htm buro”

regards
VK4FW

6W

IK4ALM, will be active as 6W/IK4ALM from Saly, Senegal between March 29th and April 9th.

Activity on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB with 100 watts into a ground plane.

QSL via home callsign.