E51

from OPDX news

E51, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Nigel, G4KIU, is now active as E51SC from the
Island of Rarotonga (OC-013). He has moved to the South Cook Islands and
is expected to be on 80-10 meters mainly on SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and with
some CW. He was heard this past week on 20 meters PSK31 between 0330-
0630z. Direct QSLs are to be sent to: Nigel Peacock, P.O. Box 880,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands (via New Zealand). Please send a SAE, plus 2 USDs
or 2 new style IRCs. Any direct cards received without the above items
will be returned via the Bureau. Bureau QSLs go to: E51SC via G4KIU/RSGB.
**IMPORTANT** There is no QSL Bureau in the Cook Islands. Cards without
G4KIU on them will NOT be received. Please "DO NOT" send direct cards
to any G4KIU address in England - they will NOT arrive. All E51SC contacts
will be loaded to LoTW about once a week. He does not use e.QSL at all.

CY0

from OPDX news

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Attention Topbanders). Randy, N0TG, informs OPDX that
the CY0 Sable Island Dxpedition team will incorporate the famous "Battle
Creek Special" antenna for 160 meters as well as 80/40m. This was made
possible by the generous loan program coordinated through George, W8UVZ.
The team thanks this special group for their support for not only for
their CY0 operation, but for the many DXpeditions down through the years.
The dates of the DXpedition are October 19-26th. operators are Randy/N0TG,
Ron/AA4VK and Murray/WA4DAN. Visit their Web page at:
http://www.cy0dxpedition.com

S9

from 425DX news

S9 - Georg, DK7LX will be active holiday style as S92LX from Sao Tome
(AF-023) on 13-25 June. He will operate CW only on 80-10 metres.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau (Georg welcomes e-mail
requests for bureau cards, see http://www.qrz.com/db/s92lx). A log
search will be available at www.logsearch.de

CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST 2009

CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST 2009



The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (30-31 May):

Call Category DXCC QSL VIA
----------------------------------------------------
3G1C SOAB LP Chile CE1KR
3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia IZ8CCW
3V9A SOAB HP Tunisia YT1AD
4J0K Azerbaijan RW6HS
4K3K Azerbaijan RW6HS
4L0A SOAB HP Georgia EA7FTR
4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia K1BV
4M5IR SOSB 80M Venezuela YV5KG
5B4AII M/S Cyprus RW3RN
8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
9A800VZ M/? Croatia 9A7A
AH0AA SO LP Mariana Isls JR2SCJ
AH2Y M/S Guam HL1IWD
AN8R M/M Canary Isls EA8AY
C4I M/? Cyprus LZ2HM
C4N M/S Cyprus W3HNK
C6AKU M/2 Bahamas K5WW
CS9L M/S Madeira Isls DJ6QT
CU2X SO Azores OH2BH
E21EIC SO LP Thailand E21EIC
E7DX M/S Bosnia & Herzegovina E77E
EE2W M/S Spain EB2BXL
EF8M SOAB HP Canary Is UA3DX
EJ6DX SOSB 40m Ireland RX3RC
G1A SOAB HP England M0DXR
GJ3WW SO LP Jersey G0DEZ
HC8N SOAB Galapagos Isls W5UE
IO4T SOAB Italy IZ4JMA
IR1Y M/S Italy IK1YDB
IR9Y M/S Italy (Sicily) IT9ABY
IU9T SOAB Italy (Sicily) IT9GSF
J48HW Greece HA0HW
KP2B SOAB LP Virgin Isls EA7FTR
LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA
LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA
LS1D M/S Argentina LW9EOC
LX7I M/2 Luxembourg LX2A
LY7A M/M Lithuania LY2ZO
LZ8E SOAB HP Bulgaria LZ2BE
LZ9W M/M Bulgaria LZ1PM
NP2SH M/2 US Virgin Isls K9CS
OF200AD SOSB 20m Finland OH5AD
OG50F SO Finland OH1NOA
OG5M SOSB 40M Finland OH5XT
OH0EC Aland Isls DL1EKC
OH0Z M/S Aland Isls W0MM
OH8X SO Finland OH2UA
OT5W SOSB 40M Belgium ON4RU
PQ4F SO Brazil PY4FQ
PR1T M/S Brazil PY1ZV
PR5W SOAB Brazil PY5FB
PT4C SO Brazil PY4XX
RK3K M/S Russia (EU) RK3QWW
RL4R SOSB 40m Russia (EU) RW4PL
SD40JZ SO Sweden SM5DJZ
SV9COL SOAB LP Crete SV9COL
SY2WT Greece SV2FPU
TA3KZ M/S Turkey TA3KZ
TA7KI SOSB 20m Turkey TA3YJ
TC4X SO Turkey OH2BH
TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK
TM6M M/S France F6KHM
UU7J M/? Ukraine UU0JM
UZ2M M/S Ukraine US0LW
VC2A M/S Canada VE3TA
VC6T Canada VE6SV
VC6X Canada VE6BF
VE3DZ/VP9 SOAB LP Bermuda VE3DZ
VK6AA SOSB 40m Australia DL8YR
XU7XXX SO LP Cambodia KC0W
YM3D SOAB Turkey TA3D
YN2GY SOAB LP Nicaragua K9GY
YP6C SOAB Romania YO6VCB
ZM1A M/2 New Zealand ZL1AMO
ZW5B M/M Brazil K3IRV

Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2009.html - good contest to you all!
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 May 2009 )

IOTA NA-233

f we find a new charter, we plan to operate from Ogliuga Island June 14-19th. IOTA NEW-ONE NA-233

If no charter is found, we will only have 24-36 hours time frame to operate from Gareloi Island June 12-14th NEW ONE NA-233

7P8R

Ivan, UR9IDX is currently in Lesotho and has received the callsign 7P8R.

As yet, unknown when active.

QSL direct only to:

* Ivan Borzenko
* P.O. Box 85, Mari
* Mariupol-31,, 87531
* UKRAINE

approved for DXCC

The following operation has been approved for DXCC credit:

7Z1CQ – Saudi Arabia

Current Operation

If anyone had this operation rejected in a DXCC application, send an e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org to be placed

on the list to have your account updated.



73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L

Awards Branch Manager

IOTA NA-129

VC8B - NA-129 Banks Island Expedition, July 24 - 27, 2009

QSL information:

* direct (SAE and IRC or 2 greenstamps)
* to VE8EV via bureau
* On-line QSL request and log lookup available after the operation.

Updated information can be found at: http://ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA

VP9

VP9/W5YDX holiday operation from 10-24 June 2009.

* 100Watts and a dipole, focus is on 17 & 20 Meters
* QTH: will be near Hamilton-capital of Bermuda
* QSL is via homecall - will have a nice QSL card.

Any infos please e-mail me W5YDX@yahoo.de

see ya guys in the PILE-UP ……..W5YDX

C6

from DXNL news

C6 - BAHAMAS, NA-001
Mark,NA6M, Renee,N5RNA, Craig,W5TSN, Scott,K2CK, and Pete,K9OWQ, will
show up as C6AMS from Nassau (New Providence/NA-001/WLOTA LH-1115) from
Jun 1-14. Activities can be expected in CW, SSB and digital modes on
160m-10m. QSL direct only via NA6M.
Updates and more information are available at: http://www.c6ams.com

HV

from DXNL news

HV - VATICAN CITY
A group of HAMs from the ARI section Saronno (I2OGV, I2RFJ, I2ZBX,
IK2DJV and IZ2LSC) will activate HV5PUL on Jun 1/3/4. They will work
in CW/SSB/RTTY on all bands (including 6m). QSL direct via HV5PUL,
Luva Della Giovampaola, P.zza S. Giovanni in Laterano,
400120 Citta del Vaticano, Italy.

8Q7CQ

Kuredu Island (AS-013)

QRV: June 1 - 15

QSL via G4DFI

C6

C6AMSのコールで May 31 - June 14にQRV予定。
QSLはダイレクトオンリーで via NA6M.

V2

from OPDX news

V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (Update). Jimmy, W6JKV, will be active as V29JKV
from Antigua (NA-100, WLOTA 1118) between June 24th and July 3rd. Activity
will be on the HF bands, but his focus will be on 6 meters (Grid FK97).
He has a very good location and will use a large antenna with power. QSL
via his home callsign in Austin, Texas.

4J

from OPDX news

4J/4K, AZERBAIJAN. Members of the Federation of Radio Sports of Azerbaijan
plan to undertake a DXpedition into the Nagorno Karabakh area (4J/4K)
between May 28th and June 1st. The team will use the callsigns 4K3K and
4J0K. The DXpedition is timed to be an entry in the CQWW WPX CW Contest
(May 30-31st). Please be aware that the mentioned callsigns are only legal
to operate in the assigned Nagorno Karabakh area. No other callsigns are
issued for the named territory by the Ministry of Communication of
Azerbaijan. Any other callsigns are considered illegal. The QSL Manager
for this DXpedition is RW6HS.