Monthly Archive 04/11/2018

Chris, VO1IDX will be active from Negril, Jamaica as 6Y5IDX between April 29 to May 6, 2018. QRV on HF. QSL via H/c.

3G9A/MM was the callsign used by the 3Y0Z team during their voyage to Bouvet. Cards now being received [tnx PA2LO]

Walter, HB9XBG will be active from Bora Bora, Leeward Islands OC-067 as FO/HB9XBG between June 7-17, 2018. QRV on 20m SSB. QSL via H/c.

The weekend of May 12 & 13, three members of the YNOMY DX Group (PD7YY, PG8M and PH0NO) will be active from various nature reserves in HB0 using the calls HB0/PG8M and HB0/PH0NO. The team will use two or three radios in parallel on all usable bands from 80m up to 6m or even 2m […]

Wey, K8EAB will again be active as K4G from St George Island NA-085 during August 20-25, 2018 for the 4th year in a row. Full info here. St George Island webcam

FR4NP, FR4PF, FR4PM, FR5CB and FR5FC will be active from Rodrigues Island as 3B9RUN between May 11-16, 2018. QRV on 80-10m, SSB/FT8. See here for full info.

FEBRUARY 22 — Permit to stay Cato Reef arrived + expedition website FEBRUARY 8, 2018 — Dates of the expedition have been confirmed today. It will happen from 9th till 18th of April 2018 (of course, if the boat will be OK/no cyclones/the Moon is in proper position/I didn’t eat any poison, etc.). The trip […]

Johannes, DF5AU will be active from Aruba as P4/DF5AU between May 8-13, 2018. Aso QRV as P40AU during CQ-MIR-DX Contest (CW/SSB). QSL via H/c.

Ari, OH3KAV will be QRV as OH0KA from Eckerö, Åland Islands (EU-002) during May 6th to 11th, 2018. This will be a low profile, holiday style operation, mainly on HF bands using FT8 and CW modes, also on 60 meter band. QSL via OH3KAV and LoTW.

YB3MM, YB3LZ and YB3TET will be active as homecall/8 from Tinabo Island, OC-242 during 28 April until 1 May and from Selayar Island, OC-236 on 1-2 May. QSL via IZ8CCW.

Chungki, VA7YM (ex-YJ0YM, A31YM) was active from the Solomon Islands and Temotu Province during February 24 to March 17, 2018. QSL preview courtesy EA5GL (QSL manager).  

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

Douglas Haig, VK9JD has recently arrived on Christmas Island. Currently, he has no equipment but Cliff, VK9VKL left behind some masts and aerials which he intends to use upon finding a better location. Initial plans are for Douglas to setup some permanent aerials, form a club house and erect a 2m repeater to assist visiting […]

David, EB7DX will be active between 1 to 9 June 2018 from Sao Tome Island as S9ZZ. Look for him on 40-6m mostly SSB, RTTY, FT8 and some CW using 100w. Holiday style operation. QSL via H/c.

Dave, WJ2O announces plans for a South Pacific DXpedition. KH8 – 8 June (2 days) 5W – 11 June (2 days) KH8 – 13 June (4 days) KH1 – 27 June (10 days with KH1/KH7Z group) 3D2 – 13 July (4 days) Dates are approximate. Dave also mentions he was surprised to learn that KH8 […]

NEWS UPDATE — The DXpedition scheduled for August 1-9 has been cancelled. After considerable analysis and discussions as to expected band conditions, the “need-list” ranking significantly greater than 50, and in order for the team to achieve our goals for maximum Q’s and ATNO(s), dx’ers would be better served if we postponed the DXpedition. We […]

The second public test of FT8 DXpedition Mode will take place on April 7, and all radio amateurs are invited to participate. WSJT-X Developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, advises anyone planning to take part to download the latest “release candidate” (beta) version of WSJT-X — now called version 1.9.0-rc3 — and to read the latest revision […]

Charles, 8P6ET will be active as 8P1W during the following contests in 2018: CQWW WPX Contest CW (May 26-27) CQWW DX Contest, SSB (Oct 27-28) CQWW DX Contest, CW (Nov 24-25) QSL via KU9C.

Mike, DG5LAC wil be active from Fuerteventura AF-004, Canary Islands as EA8/DG5LAC during April 14-28, 2018. QRV on SSB & FT8. QSL via H/c.

Sho, JA7HMZ will be active again from Pohnpei (OC-010), F.S.M as V63DX between April 18-24, 2018. QRV on HF bands. QSL via H/c (direct).