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Monthly Archive 05/07/2018

PR5M – Mel Island, SA-047

An 8-man Brazilian team will be active from Mel Island SA-047 as PR5M during May 31 to June 3, 2018. QRV with 2 stations, HF bands. QSL via PP5BZ.

XV2D – Vietnam

Mats, SM6LRR / RM2D will be active from Phan Tiet, Vietnam as XV2D between November 19 to December 1, 2018. Holiday style operation with more serious effort in the CQWW CW contest (Nov 24-25). QSL via LoTW.

QSL preview – VK5MAV/9

VK5MAV/9 was active from Cato Reef OC-265 during mid-April. QSLs now designed/printed.

FR/F4HPX – Reunion Island

Thomas, F4HPX will be active from Reunion as FR/F4HPX between May 25 to June 15, 2018. QRV on 40-15m CW, SSB & Digi. QSL via H/c, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log OQRS.

[UPDATE] VK5CE/6 – IOTA tour

Craig, VK5CE will be active as VK5CE/6 from the following islands: 1) 4 – 7 June 2018 – IOTA OC-199 East Lewis Island. 2) 8 – 11 June 2018 – IOTA OC-140 Direction Island. 3) 15 – 18 June 2018 – IOTA OC-193 Cheyne Island. 4) 20 – 23 June 2018 – IOTA OC-170 Woody […]

Operations at 1U4UN

NEWS UPDATE — 1U4UN was again recently active from Bir Tawil. This was a short visit and activity by Dima RA9USU mostly to fix the SWR of the beacon previously installed. Dima mentioned the heat was overpowering (55c) and at times he was sick with heat exhaustion – he even got lost in the desert […]

EJ7NET – Inisheer Island, EU-006

A team consisting EI6FR, EI7DSB, EI5IQ, HB9DGV, GM3YEH and GM7WCO will be active as EJ7NET from Inisheer EU-006 during May 19-23, 2018. QRV on all modes, HF+6m.

V6J – IOTA plans

The V6J team (who activated Mokil Atoll OC-226 last year), have plans to be active from either the Mortlok Islands OC-254 or Hall Islands OC-253 in either June or July 2018. Full info at a later date..

VP5/KC5WXA – Turks & Caicos

Members of the Jake McClain Driver Memorial Amateur Radio Club KC5WXA will be on Providenciales, Long Bay (IOTA NA-002) (Grid FL31), Turks and Caicos, May 5 through May 14, 2018 operating holiday style as VP5/KC5WXA. Emphasis will be FT8 on HF using an Icom 7300, wire dipoles and a Buddipole. QSL to home call. LoTW […]

KL7RRC/P – Kagamil Island, NA-234 – Alaska

Tim, NL8F and Yuri, N3QQ will be active from Kagamil Island, NA-234 as KL7RRC/P during May 23-27, 2018. QRV on 80-17m mostly CW, some SSB / FT8 if propagation allows. QSL via N7RO. Webpage

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KL7RRC/P – Chuginadak Island, NA-234

Tim, NL8F and Yuri, N3QQ will be active from Chuginadak Island, NA-234 as KL7RRC/P during May 23-27, 2018. QRV on 80-17m mostly CW, some SSB / FT8 if propagation allows. QSL via N7RO. Webpage

T88UW – Palau

Ichy, JH7IPR will again be active from Palau as T88UW between October 4-10, 2018. QRV on CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via H/c (buro/direct). Logs uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.

3DA0AO – Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland)

During the second half of September, 2018 Pista HA5AO will operate from the Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland). Pista applied for the license in early April, it is expected to be issued soon. The requested call sign is 3DA0AO He will operate: 80 – 10m, CW, RTTY, FT8 and some SSB. Station equipment includes: Elecraft K3 […]

POLL – IOTA Performance Listings

This is the 3rd DX-World poll in as many weeks and we think readers enjoy the concept. The 2018 IOTA Performance Listing was recently published on the IOTA World website so we thought to breakdown the findings into a poll. Moreover, we have no idea (or have data) on how many IOTAchasers have a score […]

PJ8Z & PJ8RV – Sint Maarten

Zorro, JH1AJT and Nao, JN1RVS will be active from Sint Maarten as PJ8Z & PJ8RV between May 20-27, 2018. QRV on 40-10m; SSB/CW/RTTY/FT8. Activity also planned from FS (Saint Martin). QSL via LoTW.

[REMINDER] C8T – Mozambique DXpedition

A team consisting ON8KW (leader), ON7TQ, CS7ABG, CU2CO, DL8JJ, ON1DX, ON4ACP, ON4AMX, ON4CCV, ON4EI, ON4QX, ON5CD, ON6LY, ON7RU will be active from Mozambique during May 2-14, 2018. Callsign: C8T. Activity planned on 160-10m, CW/SSB/RTTY+2m EME. Full info here

3D2CR – Conway Reef

A “quick” activity from Conway Reef (OC-112) by Dom, 3Z9DX and others is planned for sometime in May. Full details to follow, however there are spaces available on the team.