Monthly Archive 01/12/2018

The VK9MA card was sent to the printing company on January 11th. The team are expecting the cards to be delivered around Jan 22nd, and will be mailing out the direct cards immediately afterwards.

NEWS UPDATE — Zorro JH1AJT and the E31A Team will commemorate the upcoming operation in a memory of Dave, K3LP. E31A The FGC Radio Team will active from Eritrea between 14-22 JAN 2018 Zorro JH1AJT will travel to Asmara, Eritrea with Franz DJ9ZB, Dima RA9USU, Yan RZ3FW and Champ E21EIC. They will be on CW, SSB […]

Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active from La Desirade, Guadeloupe between January 29 to March 15, 2018 as FG/F6ITD. Look for him on SSB & Digi and also as TO7D during contests. QSL via H/c.

Here’s the very latest FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin written by Bjorn, ON9CFG. As always it’s packed full of info and this week runs to 14 pages. You can download it here.

As some people may know I was ready to activate 2 IOTAs in March 2018. Actual island names were a secret for a while. Now I can reveal – they are OC-211 and OC-183. Actually I’d planned to do flight bookings, hotel reservation, etc. this coming weekend. However, today my plans have changed dramatically. As […]

Craig VK5CE is pleased to announce his next DXpedition will be to three IOTAs in Western Australia. In June he’ll be away from home for a month activating OC-140, OC-170 and OC-199. Details are on the VK IOTA website at www.vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6

Steve, KG4LJB is currently active from Eleuthera Island, Bahamas as C6AJB. Activity lasts until January 20th. Holiday-style mainly 40-17m. Check 7.197Mhz. QSL via H/c.

Since January 4th, John, N6JW has been from Malawi as 7Q7JW. Activity mainly 40 & 20m SSB. QSL via H/c.

Hello! I am planning another holiday style DXPedition for 2018. This time me and my family are off to Vanuatu, staying on Efate (IOTA OC-035) about 20min from Port Vila. We depart Australia on the 16th of April 2018 and should be on air by sometime on the 17th. The operation will end on the […]

Major DXpedition to Bouvet Island is upcoming. 2nd most wanted DXCC entity. The team leave homes on January 9th heading to Punta Arenas, Chile. DX-World can now reveal the team will be signing 3G9A/MM en route to Bouvet aboard  the MV Betanzos. It’s a long voyage from King George Island, South Shetlands to Bouvet, so […]

NE9U, KK9K, K4BAI and K2NG will be active from Bonaire as PJ4A during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (Feb 17-18, 2018). QSL via NE9U, LoTW. Note: NE9U will also be active from Bonaire as PJ4/NE9U between February 10-24, 2018.

Since January 6th, Sadao JA1PBV has been active from Entebbe, Uganda as 5X2S. QRV on 40-17m CW so far. Length of stay unknown. QSL via H/c.

Iain, G4SGX will be active again from Ambergris Caye, NA-073, Belize as V31GX between March 7-16, 2018. Main activity during the Commonwealth Contest. QRV on CW, some FT8. QSL via Club Log OQRS or LoTW.

From January 28 till February 5, Johannes PA5X (C93PA) and Gerben PG5M will be active from Ibo Island, Mozambique with the call signs C8X and C81G respectively. Ibo Island is in the Cabo Delgado District IOTA group and counts for AF-061. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, including 60 meters and modes CW, SSB and […]

Uli, DL2AH informs DX-World.net that he will be active from Ofu Island, OC-077, American Samoa as WH8/DL2AH between October 2-29, 2018. QRV holiday-style on 80-10m SSB/FT8/RTTY. Participation in different contests (Oceania, WAG & CQWW SSB). IC-7300 and Windom antenna in use. QSL via H/c.

Very sad news recently received. David Collingham, K3LP, is Silent Key. David had been on over 70 DXpeditions, visited over 100 different DXCC entities, operating from 62 of them. He was a leader or co-leader on over 14 major DXpeditions. He was inducted as a member of the CQDX Hall of Fame in 2014. In […]

Art, NN7A, will operate as V31JZ/p from South Water Caye, Belize (NA-180) from 8-14 February 2018. This will be a one-person operation using a 100 watt transceiver and wire antennas. Operation will be mostly CW on 160-10m including WARC bands. Online logs available. QSL via Club Log OQRS, direct via NN7A or to NN7A via […]

Yuri, VE3DZ will again be active from Jamaica as 6Y2T between February 13-20, 2018. Participation in ARRL DX CW Contest (Feb 17-18). QSL via H/c.

Paul, VE3AXT is again active from Consejo Shores, Corozal, Belize as V31AX until April 4, 2018. QRV using an IC-7000, 100 watts to G5RV dipole. QSL via M0URX.

JANUARY 5 – The guys found the noise source. It’s a soccer stadium 300m from their hotel. When lights are switched off at 20z the noise drops from S5 on 20 and 30m to S0, and from S9++ to S5 on 40m. Also, they got all bags delivered by truck meaning they’ll install a proper […]