425DX news
PJ7 - Massimo, I8NHJ and Pier, W1NA will be active as PJ7DX from Sint
Maarten (NA-105) on 2-7 March. Main activity will be during the
ARRL DX SSB Contest, with some casual operating mainly CW outside
the ARRL event. QSL direct to I8NHJ.
from 425DX news
EL - Silvano, I2YSB and his team (Vinicio IK2CIO, Angelo IK2CKR,
Marcello IK2DIA and Stefano IK2HKT) will be active from Liberia
(callsign TBA) from 31 March to 13 April. They plan to operate CW,
SSB and RTTY on 80-10 metres with three stations on the HF bands
and one dedicated station on 6 metres. QSL direct to I2YSB.
Further information, band/mode survey and Online QSL Request
System can be found at www.i2ysb.com. Once again Arturo IK7JWY
will be the pilot station for the expedition (it will be possibile
to contact him through the dedicated forum at
www.hamradioweb.org/forums/
Operating Frequencies
| BAND | CW | RTTY | SSB |
| 160 | 1824 | - |
1845 |
| 80 | 3524 | 3584 | 3695 |
| 40 | 7024 | 7044 | 7095 |
| 30 | 10104 | 10144 | - |
| 20 | 14024 | 14084 | 14195 |
| 17 | 18074 | 18104 | 18145 |
| 15 | 21024 | 21084 | 21295 |
| 12 | 24894 | 24914 | 24945 |
| 10 | 28024 | 28084 | 28495 |
from OPDX news
VU4, ANDAMAN ISLANDS (Update). Members of the Amateur Radio Society of
India (ARSI) plan to be active as VU4PB from Port Blair, between March
15-31st. Operators mentioned are Ananth/VU2PAI, Aravind/VU2ABS, Basappa/
VU2NXM, Chetan/VU3DMP, Deepak/VU2CDP, Gopal/VU2GMN (Team Leader), Govind/
VU2GGM, Ramesh/VU2LU, Devadas/VU2DH, Krishna/VU2VKU, Prasad/VU2PTT,
Ramachandra/VU2RCT, Ramachandra/VU2RCR, Rohit/VU2RDQ, Sanjay/VU2SJD,
Suhas/VU2SMN and Vishnumoorthy/VU2MTT. Activity will be on all HF bands
using CW, SSB and RTTY; exploring 6m EME operations. They will have 4
stations on the air using the following equipment: Two Kenwood TS-2000,
Two ICOM 756 Pro, Elecraft K3, Yaesu FT 847, Kenwood TS-950, Two Spider
beams, SteppIR 3-element Yagi, SteppIR Big IR vertical, Wire and vertical
antennas for the lower band operations, 18m Spider poles for Low band
antennas, Force12 C3S Yagi, Yaesu Quadra VL1000 Amp, Kenwood TL-922 Amp,
Yaesu FL2000 Amp, Ameritron ALS-500 Amp and Ameriton AL-811H Amp. QSL
Manager will be W3HNK. A Web page will be available soon at:
http://www.arsi.info/VU4PB
Rwanda, 9X0SP, 2010 operation.
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SURINAME, PZ. Serge, RX3APM will be QRV as PZ5P from Paramaribofrom February 15 to 22. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters usingCW and SSB. This includes an entry in the upcoming ARRL DX CWcontest. QSL via UA4LU.
from 425DX news
XF4 - XE1B, EA4AK, EA5AFP, EA5FX, EA5KM, EA8AUW and EC4DX have been
authorized to be active as 4A4A from Isla Benito Juarez (Socorro,
NA-030), Revillagigedo on 3-20 March. They plan to operate SSB, CW
and RTTY on 160-10 metres, and maybe 6 metres, with 2-3 stations.
QSL via EB7DX (direct only) and LoTW. The website for the
expedition is at www.revillagigedo2011.com, propagation forecast
can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/EA4AK and updates will
be posted to https://twitter.com/EA4AK.
from４２５DX news
TT - Baldur, DJ6SI plans to be active as TT8DX from Chad on 14-24
February. Look for him mainly on CW. QSL via home call.
from OPDX news
PJ4, BONAIRE. Roger, N4RR, will once again operate in the CQWW WPX RTTY
Contest (February 12-13th) from Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA L1279) using the
callsign PJ4R. He will be signing PJ4/N4RR before the contest starting
on February 9th. All activity will be RTTY on 80/40/20/15 meters. QSL
via his home callsign.
from OPDX news
PJ2, CURACAO. Operators Don/W5FKX, Jim/N5HZ, Dave/W5XU and Mike/W5ZPA
will be active as PJ2T from Signal Point Station on Curacao (SA-099,
WLOTA LH-0942) between March 10-17th. Activity will be on all bands
and modes. QSL PJ2T via N9AG or LoTW.
from OPDX news
P4, ARUBA (Update). Tim, WD9DZV, will be active as P40D (not P40A as
announced last week) from Aruba between March 8-13th. Activity will
be holiday style on most bands and modes. QSL via WD9DZV.
from OPDX news
9G, GHANA. Operators Rob/PA3DEW and Vincent/PA3FQX will once again be
active as 9G1AA from Dorma Ahenkro Hospital in Ghana between March 1-20th.
Activity will be mainly on 20 and 15 meters SSB. QSL via PA3ERA.
from OPDX news
E3, ERITREA. It looks like a E30 DXpedition is planned for 2012. The last
operation, E30GA, took place from Asmara in November 1998. Currently the
information is limited -- no operators and specific dates were provided.
The only thing available via the below Web page is activity will be on
160-6 meters, including 30/17/12 meter bands, with operations on CW, SSB
and RTTY. The unknown team will have at least 4 stations on the air at
the same time on different bands and modes. The callsign is also not
clear on the Web page (is it E30A or E30AA). However, the below Web page
states, that the QSL Manager for E30A is S52RU. The Web for the 2012
DXpedition (still under construction) is:
http://www.seecc.net/Eritrea2012/index.html
There is a survey for "bands needs" available on the Web page. Hopefully,
more info will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
from DXNL
PJ4 - BONAIRE, SA-006Roger,N4RR, plans to join the CQ WPX RTTY Contest from Bonaire (SA-006,WLOTA L1279) using PJ4R.His activity starts on Feb 9 and will be onlyin RTTY on 80m/40m/20m and 15m.Roger will sign PJ4/N4RR before and after the contest.The QSL cards should be sent via his homecall.
from 425DX news
CY0 - "Although the two previous attempts to access the island were
unsuccessful, the team is eagerly looking forward to March
anticipating improved weather, propagation and a successful
landing", Randy, N0TG says. "We are pleased to note that routine
supply flights to Sable for the small staff on the island have
been successful and on schedule during January. Hopefully, this
will be a continuing trend of improved flight conditions as we
count down to an early March operation. Most of the DXpedition
equipment and supplies are stored in the aircraft hanger in
Halifax, Canada, ready to be loaded onto the aircraft". Bookmark
www.cy0dxpedition.com for updates.
