May 2014 PileUp.pub

The North Florida DX Association
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The NFDXA Newsletter
In This Issue
Heard 2016 DXped
NFDXA Officers
Apr Attendance
President’s Msg
Apr Mtg Minutes
A Funny Thing . . .
VOR QRT
NU4Y’s World
VU Ham Radio Txt
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Spratly DXped
Ukraine-Russia
Vanuatu DXped
Special Event DX
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DX Europe
DX Indian Ocean
DX Africa
DX Pacific-Oc
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DX Asia
DX NA, CA, SA
DX Arctic-Antrc
May DX Calendar
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May, June July Cal 13
NFDXA Contest 14
W1AW WAS
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SKCC Contest
Heard Is Ops
World Cub Ops
Dayton News
ARRL—FCC
Cartoon
Last Word
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The May 17 NFDXA
Meeting will be 4pm at
the KX4WW QTH,
7878 Cahone Ct, Macclenny, Fl - 904-2597373. Please RSVP
http://nfdxa.com/
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http://nfdxa.com/
New ‘Official’ Web Site for 2016 ‘Multi-Disciplinary’
Heard Island operation - Ham Radio to provide On and
Off-Island Communications
The Heard Island DXpedition, originally scheduled for the fall this year - then later moved to 2015
- has now become as part of a multi-disciplinary
scientific operation called "The Heard Island Project: Discovering Life in the Extremes" and
rescheduled for January 2016. The overall Heard
Island Project site is now http://
www.heardisland.org/
As part of this reorganization the radio DXpedition has been renamed the “2016 Heard Island
VK0EK DXpedition” with a new web page http://vk0ek.org/., The ham radio responsibility includes providing both on and off-island communications for the expedition. This will be in addition to
responding to huge pileups from Hams around the world trying to contact number 5 most-wanted DXCC entity.
Transportation to Heard, an extremely remote Australian subAntarctic island in the southern Indian Ocean will be aboard the S.
A. Agulhas. Departure will be from Cape Town, South Africa in late
December, 2015, for the 12-day cruise directly to Heard Island. It is
expected that the entire stay at the island will be during January
2016, with return to Cape Town in February. If the Agulhas name
sounds familiar, the vessel formerly serviced the South African National Antarctic Program (SANAP) research bases: Gough Island
(ZD9), Marion Island (ZS8), and SANAE
IV in Antarctica.
The DXpedition plans to set up
two sites on the island:
1) They will set up stations at
the original 1997 VK0IR DXpedition site Atlas Cove.
2) The second site Sealers
Beach / Doppler Hill which is located at Spit Bay on the island’s eastern side..
The Web page states, "We expect worldwide demand for as many as 150,000 contacts, with as
many as 50,000 different stations. In order to satisfy this demand, we will operate four stations for a
period of nearly three weeks, with a team of 20 radio operators. We are developing a 'fast deploy'
strategy so that we can be on the air in one day, and break down in one day maximize the time on
the air. This will be a 'full service' operation (all-bands, all modes), with the four stations running
continuously. We plan to dedicate one station to making only 'All-time-new-ones' (ATNOs), giving
radio operators their first contact ever with Heard Island. We will also make special efforts to log
contacts with all license class operators, who have more limited band privileges."
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NFDXA OFFICERS 2013
The North Florida DX Association, Inc. is a group of Amateur
Radio Operators located in north Florida and south Georgia
whose interests are primarily Contests and DXing. NFDXA typically meets on the 3rd Saturday of the month at a location selected by a meeting organizer. Visitors are always welcome. Officers
were elected for the calendar year 2014 are:
President
Mike Garcia, WFO [email protected]
Vice President
Warren Croke, NW4C [email protected]
Secretary
Mike Reublin, NF4L [email protected]
Treasurer
Jim Hughes, KC4FWS [email protected]
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the elected officers of the
Association http://www.nfdxa..com
Editor, NFDXA PileUp Newsletter
Warren Croke, NW4C [email protected] or [email protected]
PileUp story ideas, manuscripts and photographs should be sent to
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April 2014 Meeting Attendance
Jay Garlitz
AA4FL 0
Steve Brown
AB4UF 0
John Hale
AC4ET 0
Larry Bostic
K3LB 0
Larry Junstrom K4EB 1
Dick Hicks
K4UTE 1
John Silberman KB4CRT 1
Jim Hughes
KC4FWS 1
David Smith
KI4DLS 0
William Walker KX4WW 1
Cory McDonald N1WON 1
Greg Wilson
N4CC 0
Mike Parnin
N4EPD 1
Ron Tivey
N4GFO 0
Joe Barnes
N4JBK 1
Ron Blake
N4KE
Dale Conner
N4NN
Billy Williams
N4UF
Mike Reublin
NF4L
Dave Mains
NO4J
Jim Iori
NU4Y
Warren Croke NW4C
Walter Cox, Jr. VP5YZ
Mike Garcia
W1FO
Pres Graham W4FDA
Bob Lightner
W4GJ
Steve Barber
WA4B
Robert Frey WA6EZV
Dick Knox
WR4K
Vic Moore
N4QK
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Members attending 15 — Guests 2
Notice to NFDXA Membership
Keep your records up to date. All NFDXA members are requested to go to the club web site and check
their entry on the on the NFDXA Roster page. If any changes in address, e-mail or other information are
needed please notify NFDXA Secretary Mike Reublin, NF4L ([email protected]) at your earliest convenience.
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President’s Message
Hello Fellow NFDXA members. Another month behind us and summer
weather is in full bloom. It is again time to start ensuring we disconnect,
ground or do whatever it is that one does to protect their equipment from
the upcoming lightning storms. The DX opportunities this month are not as
fruitful as the previous few moths but there are still some countries to be had.
I see that at least a couple of our members are putting up some big numbers in
the club contest. Jim NU4Y is currently at 293 with Dick WR4K close behind
with 290.
Jim announced at the last club meeting that he will be visiting China this
month so that should provide some of us lagging behind a good opportunity to
catch up.
Mike W1FO
This month also brings us the Dayton Hamfest. I know Larry K3LB and Dr.
Jay AA4FL are attending and Dr. Jay will once again be doing a presentation on the T33A Dxpedition.
Good luck Jay, I am sure Larry will be cheering you on from the front row. Take lots of pictures of any
new DX products on the market and of any other friends or club members who may attend.
On a final note, I will be off for summer break starting on May 9th. So, if you need some amplifier
work done, please let me know. Remember, it is always good engineering practice to go thru your amplifier a couple times a year and at least blow the cob webs out of them. Even if they have just been sitting around not being used, they always benefit from a good cleaning. Many an amplifier has met there
doom from clogged cooling fins. Especially those pesky, expensive ceramic tubes many of us use.
Well guys see everyone at the meeting, good DX.
— Mike, W1FO
Minutes of April 2014 Meeting
The meeting was called to order by Mike W1FO at 6:41P.M.
The March minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report:
Jim KC4FWS reported a balance of: $1057.26
Old business
Plans to participate in a contest from Pres’ station (W4FDA) were dropped due to lack of interest..
New business
Vic Moore, N4QK, was elected to membership .
Next Meeting
The Next meeting planner (May 17)) is Ron, N4KE
Guests
Bob Norman, K4GRD and Ted Jahan, K4YLX. Bob is a prospective member.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 PM.
— Respectfully submitted, Mike, NF4L, Secretary.
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO ZS8
Chapter 2
Have
You
By now I've
learned you don't just call up a concrete guy, and he comes out and digs a hole and fills it
with concrete.
It's
a delicate act of enticing one to do your bidding. I haven't accomplished that yet. The stuff is
Thought
in the back yard waiting
About Upgrading Your
License
Class?
In my idle time between dialing contractors, I've
been raasslin' with the problem of getting the tower vertical once it's mated to the base. Winches could be a hobby
all by themselves. Winch vs. hoist. Manual vs. electric.
Brake vs. worm-gear. Cable capacity and size. So in the
interest of efficiency and getting the real hard facts, I posted some questions to the Tower-talk reflector. Out of the
approximately 75 responses, I tallied over 78,654 different
opinions. Welllll.....you know.
The 4 element SteppIR is BIG on the ground,
Mike NF4L
One of the important lessons learned was how to calculate the load on the
winch. If only I'd paid attention in physics class.... Turns out the load when the tower is
horizontal is a bit over 4000 lbs. The tower with rotor and antennas weighs in at about
1200 lbs.
I decided on a manual worm-gear winch, driven by a motor. The consensus on
the reflector for a motor was a Milwaukee Hole-Hawg or Super-Hawg drill. Anything less tended to go up in flames. A problem with that
approach is that the drill is a two speed setup (~450 and ~1750 RPM), not continuously variable. That speed tended to heat the worm-gear
and shaft bushings to the point of smoking. Estimated duty cycle was 20 seconds on, 2 minutes off.
My friend Rob K6DQ had been following the thread and called me to suggest I use his setup, a manual winch driven by a wheelchair motor. The wheelchair motors are variable speed, high torque and designed to run for long periods of time.
He put me in touch with a guy in his town, Domingo the Wheel Chair Wizard. Domingo and I discussed the programming for the
controller. There are close to 100 different parameters, and some needed to be changed for this application. For instance in a wheelchair, if
the throttle is released suddenly, the motor coasts a bit so the rider isn't tossed out on his head. If you've ever
seen BattleBots on TV, think about how they react. We cut a deal and a week later, I had the motor, a controller,
a bag of parts and some paperwork. Rob had an extra 3000
lb. winch at a good price, so that came too. This is beefy
stuff. They are close to 30 lbs. each.
EVENTS
Battery cart and control box on left,
motor and gearbox on right.
A couple of days worth of poring over the wiring
diagrams and getting a box, the switches, a pot and the
external wiring, and batteries (2 12V 35AH) and I had a
working system, except for mating the motor and winch.
I learned I really hate crimping a bunch of the
almost invisible Molex pins the controller used. And it's
almost impossible to stuff 10 AWG wire into an Anderson
Power Pole connector.
The controller, wiring
and box on my desk
ITEMS FOR SALE
Did I mention I still haven't enticed a concrete guy? Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter — if it ever occurs.
— NF4L
Voice of Russia Goes Silent on Shortwave
After months of conflicting reports, the Voice of Russia permanently ended its shortwave
broadcasts at the end of March.
The station - formerly Radio Moscow - was a major propaganda tool of the former Soviet
Union during the Cold War and was usually among the first stations tuned in by new shortwave
listeners, as its powerhouse signals were hard to miss.
As with most other government broadcasters abandoning shortwave, the Voice of Russia
cited budgetary problems as the reason for its decision to terminate shortwave broadcasts.
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The World According to NU4Y
On the air recently was the ARRL centennial operations from CT
Have
Youfound NV on 15 RTTY, for a contact, never found
and NV.
I finally
them onThought
RTTY on any other band, but have a couple of more days.
About
Up-NE, and SD due to my vacation. I have UT on SSB
I will
miss UT,
grading
and CW
from Your
earlier in the year but no RTTY, have NE on all
modes but
will miss the SD. SD is scheduled for end of July, so have
License
another chance
Class?at it. This has been fun, but hate to miss a sweep of
all states on 3 modes.
I happened to tune across 10 Meters and found ZM90DX calling
CQ on SSB with few takers and snagged him for a new band. Then a
few minutes later heard and worked them on 10 CW. Just a lucky
opening I think, especially with my vertical.
Worked the FL QSO party near the end of the month, had a
good time. Band conditions were poor, no contacts on 10 meters at
Jim NU4Y
all. Ran low power and made 507 QSO’s , 506 were on CW, and
over 300 were on 20 meters due to the bands. One exciting experience during operating on 15 meters, was noticing a huge signal about 5 KHZ above my CQ frequency.
This was one heck of a signal, my Spectrum Scope is in 10 db divisions and it was up to the top at 60 db
and very, very bright. I had to close my eyes to get my vision back. I actually walked out the radio
room to see which one of my buddies was in the driveway playing with me. The giant 50 KW WOKV
only 3 to 4 miles away is only 70 db.
Turns out it was K5YAA/M CLA running stations. He must have been traveling down St Rd 21,
(Blanding Blvd.) right even with me. WOW was he loud. Turns out Jerry K5YAA has one heck of a
mobile setup. You really need to go to QRZ.com and see the KW mobile. As a note, I also worked
Jerry the next weekend, and he was in WY for the 7th district QSO party. Talk about getting around.
EVENTS
I have had some more thoughts
about pileup management. Seems that the QSO rate, on Phone, is
lower when operating split. People keep calling and calling. When operating simplex, they must stop to
hear. (At least some want to hear.) Of course, great ops manage the pileup well, and others,
well……
By the time you read this I might be atop the Great Wall, what an experience this is going to be.
More to follow.
Stay thirsty my friends.
ITEMS FOR SALE
— Jim NU4Y
HAM RADIO IN INDIA SCHOOL TEXT BOOK
Amateur radio is featured in the 9th grade school book "Our World Through English"
published by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. A four-page section concentrates
on the Disaster and Emergency Communications capabilities of amateur radio. For those
interested the book it is available via the web at tinyurl.com/india-ham-schoolbook for 35
Rupees which is about 60 cents in United States. — AR Newsline
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2015 SPRATLY DXPEDITION PLANNING UNDERWAY
QTH TO BE PAGASA ISLAND USING CALL SIGN DX0P
10 OPERATORS SIGNED SO FAR
Have You
Thought
A DX0P Spratly Islands expedition team is
About Upbeing put together. On the op list so far are
grading Your
4F2KWT, AD5MD, DU1BP, K6BF, K6BG,
License
WA6LOS, WE6DX, WJ1P and WW6CP, with
WA6LOS as the team leader.
Class?
The Spratly Islands currently are 57th on the
DX Magazine’s most-wanted list. For 2014.
Information flyers on the proposed operation
were being passed out at the Visalia DX Conven- Pagasa Island—Proposed DXpedition site
tion. Operation will be from Pagasa Island and is
planned for April, 2015 - next year.
The gear used in the operation will be left on the
island for the purpose of setting up a permanent ham radio station there.
The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays,
and islands located in the South China Sea. According to Wikipedia the Spratlys and
numerous other islands in the region, including the #7 most-wanted DXCC entity Scarborough, BS7, have been growing sources of tension in the region. China is extending its
power throughout Asia and enforcing its claims to sovereignty.
In addition to China, all or portions of the Spratly Island group are being claimed by
Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. The underlying reason for the
ongoing territorial dispute is the belief that there may be large deposits of oil and natural
gas In this particular area of the South China Sea.
Ukraine-Russian Political Intrigue Plays Out on Ham Bands
The political dispute between Russia and Ukraine is impacting the HF amateur bands,
according to Newsline. The International Amateur Radio Union's Monitoring System
newsletter reported recently that Ukraine's foreign intelligence service has been transEVENTS
mitting numbers and encrypted messages
every Wednesday at 1010 UTC on 14.280
MHz, using full-carrier AM. In addition, the newsletter reported the Russian Air Force
has been transmitting FSK signals on 7.018 MHz, which were also heard on harmonics of 14.036 and 28.072 MHz. — IARU
VANUATU DXPEDITION PLANNED FOR FALL 2014
YJ0X, Vanuatu, is the expedition
destination for team leader ZL3PAH
and fellow ops ZL4PW, ZL3GA and
ITEMS FOR SALEG3USR, October 3-15. The flights
are booked and a seaside villa is
secured. They will have a pair of K3
rigs with amps, a K2 in reserve, and
will be on CW, RTTY and SSB. For
antennas they have hexbeams, a 6element 6M Yagi, and verticals for 30, 40 and 80 at the edge of the sea. They are considering the cost/benefit of 160. See foldingantennas.com for more on the antennas they are taking along. They will have a Club Log online log and OQRS. The logs will go on LoTW
within three months. ZL3PAH will be the QSL manager. Updated info from ZL3GA says 160 is definitely being planned. On 6m there will
be a breakable beacon with a K3/KPA500 ready to switch to 6 if the band opens. 160M antenna options will likely be tried out from ZL3X
in the upcoming CQ WPX CW event.
The thing with DXing is to be on the air enough and live long enough. — G3RZP E-ham DX Forum
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Special Event Operations
3E – PANAMA (CQZ 07) The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin says 3E100PC from Panama by HP2AT, Jose, will be June 1-August 31. This celebrates the 100 years of the
Panama Canal. Jose will be on HF. QSL direct to HP2AT, and the log will go on
LoTW too. – OPDX, DDX
4X – ISRAEL (CQZ 20) In celebration of Pope Francis' visit to Israel special event
stations 4X266POPE (40-6 meters) and 4Z266POPE (all bands) will be QRV May
20-27. Activity will be on CW, SSB and digital. QSL via 4Z1TL. -- DDX, OPDX
6M – SOUTH KOREA (CQZ 25) 6M6M will be a South Korean call sign this
summer on six. HL2UVH, Kei, and possibly some helper ops will try to be operational June 1-July 31, with their most concentrated activity June 20-23 from AS
-026, Jeju Island - DDX
8J – JAPAN (CQZ 25) Japan is celebrating “QRP DayP. Stations 8J2VLP,
8J4VLP, 8J6VLP and 8J9VLP from Japan are QRV until June 30th. These are
"QRP day" special event stations, VLP standing for "very low power." Each is running
five watts. All QSOs will get a card through the JARL Bureau. – DDX, OPDX,
Southgate
A9 – BAHRAIN (CQZ 21) May 17 is World Telecommunication and Information
Society Day (WTISD). Bahrain ops A92AA, A93AR, A93LT and A95FQ will be QRV
with special event station A91WTIS. QSL via IZ8CLM. -- DDX
CK – CANADA (CQZ 04) Special event station CK3UG50 is QRV until May
31 to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the University of Guelph Act. Activity will be on 80 through 6 meters on the digital modes on the weekdays and SSB on weekends. QSL direct only to VE3ZUP. -- DDX
HO – PANAMA (CQZ 07) Listen for special event station HO100CANAL between Apr 19 - Aug 15 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. This operation is being sponsored by Radio Amateurs of the Republic of Panama with
activity planned on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. The QSL manager for the operation is HP1AVS. For more
information on the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, check http://www.qrz.com/db/HO100CANAL/?dxc=1
LY – LITHUANIA (CQZ 15) To celebrate the 10 anniversary of Lithuania's membership in the European Union (May 1st) LY stations
will be using the LY10 prefix during the month of May. There is an award available with complete details at
ON – BELGIUM (CQZ 14) Members of the UBA section of Midden West-Vlaanderen will be QRV as ON1418MWV until May 27
to commemorate the location of a German field hospital during World War I. QSL via ON6UB. – DDX
TM – FRANCE (CQZ 14) Special station in France, TM70BBC in Creully, Normandy, will operate June 3-13. It marks the 70 years
since BBC reporters sent the first Battle of Normandy reports from the a makeshift radio studio in the castle in Creully. That was in June
and July of 1944. QSL via F5UOW, direct or bureau. -- DDX
TM – FRANCE (CQZ 14) This year's Tour de France special event call will be TM68TDF with plans for activity July 5-18. Details (in
French) can be found at http://ref68.com/tdf/ QSL via F6KDL. -- DDX
YP – ROMANIA (CQZ 20) YO2CJX, Gil, will be operating special event station YP25CJX during 2014 to commemorate 25 years
from the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Other YP25 stations planning to be active this year include: YP25LLZ,
YP25MNE, YP25LRK, YP25SH, YP25MTG, YP25LGS, YP25MKL, YP25MSP, YP25CJX, YP25MCK, YP25MBU, YP25MNC and YP25LOJ.
Club station YP1989TM will also be QRV. There is an award available - details can be found at:
http://www.qrz.com/db/YP1989TM
ZX/ZY – BRAZIL (CQZ 11) One station in each of the 26 Brazilian states, and a 27th for the Federal District will be on the air June 1July 30 for the FIFA World Cup (soccer/futbol), with special prefixes, ZX14 and ZY14. The list of calls is: ZX14AM, ZX14BA, ZX14CE,
ZX14DF, ZX14MG, ZX14MT, ZX14PE, ZX14PR, ZX14RJ, ZX14RN, ZX14RS, ZX14SP, ZY14AC, ZY14AL, ZY14AP, ZY14ES, ZY14GO,
ZY14MA, ZY14MS, ZY14PA, ZY14PB, ZY14PI, ZY14RO, ZY14RR, ZY14SC, ZY14SE, ZY14TO. Every contact with one of these will get a
bureau QSL. You can also send direct, to PT2AA. There will be an award, "Brazil Land of Football” with info on this website: http://
www.labre.org.br./ -- OPDX
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DX Europe
3A – MONACO (CQZ ) I2GPT, Vic, is now QRV as 3A/I2GPT in Monaco. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via I2GPT. -- DDX
EK – ARMENIA (CQZ 21) To mark the 99th anniversary of the remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (Medz Yeghern) EK Amateur Radio operators are now using the EK99 prefix. Some of the stations
include EK99 GM, KE, KW, RCS and SI.
GJ – JERSEY (CQZ 14) GJ/WJ2O/m will be July 8-11 from Jersey, followed by GU/WJ2O/m from
Guernsey, July 12-15, including the IARU Contest single op all band low power. Before and after the
Channel Islands visits, Dave will be
F/WJ2O/m in France, July 4-7 and July 16-17. QSL via N2ZN and LoTW. -- OPDX
MJ – JERSEY ISLAND (CQZ 14) MJ5Z from Jersey Island is the CQWW WPX CW Contest call May 24-25 for JK3GAD. He will
use MJ0CFW before and after the operating event. QSL via M0CFW or LoTW. -- DDX
MJ – JERSEY ISLAND (CQZ 14) July 24 - 29, including the RSGB IOTA Contest, a team including G0VJG, G4FAL, 2E0TBO, M0TGV
and G0FDZ will be active from Minkies Reef (EU-099), Jersey. Plans are to have three stations running 100 watts into Geni verticals VDA
in the sea with activity on HF and 6 meters on SSB and CW. They will be using the calls GH3RCV outside the contest and MJ8C during
the IOTA Contest. QSL both via G4DFI. -- DDX
OJ0 - MARKET REE (CQZ 15) Pasi, OH3WS, will be active as OJ0W from Market Reef (EU-053) between June 2-7. He is there as a as a
voluntary worker and will operate during his spare time. Activity will be on 40-10 meters mostly CW. While waiting for transportation to
the reef he'll be on as OH0/OW3WS from the Aland Islands on May 31 and June 1. QSL via his home call sign. – OPDX, DDX
TF - ICELAND (CQZ 40) Jose, EA5IDQ, will be active as TF/EA5IDQ May 11-22. This will be his first DXpedition. Activity will be
holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (PSK/JT65/RTTY). QSL via EA5IDQ (see QRZ.com). -- OPDX
TK4 – CORSICA (CQZ 15) . Julien, F4FJZ, will be active as TK4QL from Corsica between May and October. Activity will be mostly mobile as TK4QL/M with operations on 17/15/12/10 meters using his FT-840 with 100 watts and a mobile antennas.Listen for QSL info
or check QRZ.com. His home call sign on QRZ.com states QSL only direct or eQSL. -- DDX
ZA – ALBANIA (CQZ 15) 10 Belgian Amateur Radio operators will be QRV from Albania as ZA/ON6NB June 6-15. Activity will be
on 3.5 through 50 MHz on SSB, CW, PSK and RTTY. Team members include ON4ANN, ON4ACP, ON4CAU,
ON4CCV, ON4CJY, ON4CKM, ON4DCU, ON5PDV, ON6MI and ON8CW QSL via ON4ANN
DX INDIAN OCEAN
3B8 – MAURITIUS (CQZ 39) By the time you read this, Robert, M0RCX,
should be active as 3B8/M0RCX from Mauritius until May 28. He announced several weeks ago that his trip to Mauritius is more as a tourist with his family and not
seen as a DXpedition. His power will be limited to 100 watts, and he hopes to have
a hexbeam, a wire beam for 6m (possibly made from the island's bamboo), as well
as a delta loop and long wire available for his activity. His operating position will be
close to the city center of Port Louis in the North West of the Island. He does
plan/hopes to operate at least 3 hours a day on the following HF Phone bands:
40/20/17/15/12/10 meters. He is also planning to operate on some PSK and JT65
making some contacts with low to modest power levels (NO amp). Robert has
been asked about moonbounce over the horizon but thinks this may be optimistic
with only 100 watts. He will set up a schedule on QRZ.com under 3B8M0RCX. He
has already posted suggested frequencies on his FaceBook page . Robert says, "I
plan to live over there in about four years so hopefully I'll get a feel for it. QTH is
inland about a mile from the ocean but there is a mountain behind me (east) this is
why I wish to push my signals over to the west." QSL via M0RCX, direct, by the
Bureau or eQSL. For updates and pictures, check out his FaceBook and Twitter
pages: https://www.facebook.com/3b8m0rcx or https://twitter.com/3B8M0rcx
— OPDX
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AFRICAN TOUR (cqz 38); A2 – BOTSWANA and Z2 – ZIMBABWE
(CQZ 38) Gerard, ZS6AYU will be Z21GF in Zimbabwe, May 16-20. Gerard
plans to operate holiday style on 40-10 with 6M possible. He will be using a HyGain AVQ-640 vertical. The dates are somewhat tentative. After the Z21GF operation, ZS6AYU goes to Botswana, A25GF, May 22-25,
same bands, vertical, holiday style, dates tentative. For both Z2 and A2, Gerard,
"Gert," says he will be trying 6M around
1600-1700Z "unless somebody alerts me on HF if there is a band opening." He will
not have Internet access. QSL via ZS6AYU. -- DDX
7Q – MALAWI (CQZ 37) German ops DK2WV, Karl, and DJ9AF, Heino, are
operating as 7Q7VW until May 21 from Radio Dinosaur FM – Karonga Museeum, Malawi with two Elecraft K3's and two 750 watt amplifiers. They are QRV
160 through 6 meters, including 60 meters,CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to DK2WV.
The MDXC, Mediterraneo DX Club, will have a webpage for the Operation -DDX, OPDX, DX Coffee
7Q – MALAWI (CQZ 37) As many as 24 operators will be on the multinational team for 7QAA, Malawi, Nov 10-Dec 2. One team will do SSB and RTTY on
160-6 Nov 10-20. Team two will be CW only, Nov 21-Dec 2, including a multitwo in the CQWW DX CW. Logs will go on LoTW and Club Log daily.
www.malawidx.org. -- DDX
CT9 – MADEIRA ISLANDS (CQZ 33) Listen for CT9/DL2JRM to be QRV from the Madeira Islands (AF-014) from June 12-19.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters on CW. QSL direct or via the bureau. -- DDX
TY – BENIN (CQZ 35) The Italian DX Team has announced they will be QRV from Benin (TY) for 15 days sometime between the end
of November and early December of this year. IK7JWY will be the pilot station for this DXpedition. More details to follow. -- DDX
DX PACIFIC
A3, TONGA (CQZ 32) Masa, JA0RQV, will active from Tonga May 28-June
3.. He will activate Niuatoputapu Island (OC-191) at the very small northern end
of Tongan territory with call sign A35JP/P. Operations will be on 80-6 meters
using CW and SSB. His equipment is an IC-7000 (w/100W) into a vertical antenna.
Activity will be limited and much is depending on the availability of electric power
since there is no commercial electric power at all. He must find a generator or car
battery. In case his flight is cancelled, Masa will be active from Vava'u Island (OC064) or Tongatapu Island (OC-049) instead. QSL via his home call sign, by the
Bureau, direct (SASE w/1 IRC) or LoTW. For more details and updates, visit his
Blog page at:
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv -- OPDX
E5 – SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (CQZ 32) E51AVE, E51KJW, E51JQY
and E51MCA are the South Cooks call signs May 22-31 by ops JA8VE, JA1KJW,
JA1JQY and JA3MCA. This is Rarotonga, Island on the Air OC-013. For gear
they will have a K2, three K3s, and an Ameritron ALS-500M amplifier, running 100 watts on CW and RTTY, 500 watts on SSB, to a homebrew lightweight spider beam, a hex antenna and a dipole. Look for them on 160-10. QSL to the operator's home
call with SASE or via the bureau. The ops are all members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club.
T30D - Western Kiribati (CQZ 31) A group of German ops will activate Southern Tarawa Atoll, Oct 2- 15 with operations planned
on 160-6 CW, SSB and RTTY. Four or more stations will be QRV, each with 500 watts. On 6M, look for T30D on 50120, CW and SSB
both. QSL via DL4SVA, plus OQRS. Direct or bureau are fine. The log will go on LoTW later.
http://t30d.mydx.de/ -- OPDX
ZK3- TOKELAU (CQZ 31) - Jacek, SP5EAQ and Marcin, SP5ES will be active as ZK3Q and ZK3E (requested calls) from
Nukunonu, Tokelau (OC-048) starting 8 Oct for three weeks (dates may change "due to the unpredictability of transport").
They will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL route TBA. Some activity from Samoa (5W) is planned in early November
on their way back home. Bookmark http://zk3.sp5drh.com for updates and logsearch. – 425 DX News
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ASIA
4K – AZERBAIJAN (CQZ 21) During the All Asian CW Contest, on June 21
and 22, Jeff, N6GQ, will be active as 4K9Z. He'll actually be in country June 20-25
and QRV at the 4K7Z club station, running 100 watts into a tri-bander and wires
with activity on on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via LoTW. – OPDX, DDX
6M – SOUTH KOREA (CQZ 25) 6M6M will be a South Korean call sign this
summer on six. HL2UVH, Kei, and possibly some helper ops will try to be operational June 1-July 31, with their most concentrated activity June 20-23 from AS026, Jeju Island. -- OPDX
9M – MALAYSIA (CQZ 28 ) G3YIV (9V1LX), Mike, has been in Nusajaya, Johor, West Malaysia and for the foreseeable future will be QRV as 9M2/G3YIV.
He notes this is a temporary call sign pending issue of a full 9M2 call sign after 12
months. Mike is using an FT-897D running 50 watts into a Little Tarheel II two
meters above ground level. Listen for him on JT65A and PSK31 on 7 through 28
MHz. -- DDX
9N – NEPAL (CQZ 22) W7WNN, Norm, is now in Dhulikhel, Nepal for the
next several months. He has been issued the call 9N7NN. Listen for him on 1421 MHz. -- DDX
A5 - BHUTAN (CQZ 22) Ryo, JH7EQW will again be active as A52EQW from Dochula Resort at the end of August and/or early
September. He mentions that he will be there with his friends who are probably Junichi/JH3AEF (A52AEF) and Jusei/JA3IVU
(A52IVU). Look for more details to be forthcoming. QSL via their home call sign. -- DDX
DX0 - SPRATLY ISLANDS (CQZ 26). A group of operators consisting of 4F2KWT, AD5MD, DU1BP, K6BF, K6BG, WA6LOS,
WE6DX, WJ1P and WW6CP are planning to be active as DX0P from Spratly (AS-051) sometime in April 2015. Look for more details to be forthcoming. The April 2015 DX0P Spratly Islands DXpedition team has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/
DX0P2015 -- OPDX, DDX
E2 – THAILAND (CQZ 26) Champ, E21EIC, informs OPDX that he received a new club call sign E20AX (hosted by E21EIC's station) from the NBTC this past week. This new call sign will be used for training new hams, contests and guest operators. QSL via E21EIC
(OQRS) and LoTW. -- OPDX
T6 – AFGHANISTAN (CQZ 21) 4O4A, Dragan, who is now in Mazar in the Balkh ?Province of Afghanistan has received his T6DD
license, which is good through Sept 15. He's using an IC-706 running 100 watts into wire antennas on 80 through 6 meters, mostly
CW, but all modes in his spare time. QSL via 4O4A, LoTW, Club Log OQRS, eQSL, but no bureau requests. He'll be uploading to
LoTW daily and will reply to direct requests in about 2-3 months, after arranging for QSLs to be printed by YU1YV. -- DDX
TC – TURKEY (CQZ 20) Rich, M5RIC, will be active as TC7V from Turkey during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (Oct 25-26) as a
Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Look for activity before and after the contest on 160-10 meters (no 30/17/12m) using SSB and
RTTY. No CW. He will be here Oct 22-28. Skeds if needed via E-mail. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog when
he can and a log search will be available at his Web page at: http://m5ric.co.uk/ QSL via M0OXO (OQRS preferred). Full details to be put
on QRZ.com. -- OPDX
VK9C, VK9X – COCOS KEELING AND CHRISTMAS ISLAND (CQZ 29) The Indian Ocean entities of Cocoas Keeling and
Christmas Island will be activated ‘holiday style’ by five Japanese operators in late July-early August. Neither VK9 call sign has been
issued. Plans at this time call for operations on Cocoas Keeling July 29-Aug 2, and on Christmas Aug 2-8. Activity will be “around
the usual DX frequencies” on 160-6 meters on SSB, FM, CW, RTTY and PSK 31. QSL direct via JF3PLF, LoTW or the JA bureau. http://
vk9.nobody.jp/index.html -- DDX
XW – LAOS (CQZ 2 ) E21EIC, Champ's next trip to Laos will be May 22-27 as XW0YJY. His main focus will be the CQ WPX
CW Contest in the SOAB low power category. QSL via OQRS or E21EIC and LoTW afterwards. -- DDX
ZC4 – UK SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS (CQZ 20) Mike, AG6IP is QRV as ZC4MIS for the next five months.
Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK and JT65. QSL to home call. – ARRL DX
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CARIBBEAN TOUR (CQZ 08) EA3GUO, Jose Sala, plans to hit seven DXCC Entities in the Caribbean May 16 – June7. They are: VP2MSP,
Montserrat; VP2E/EA3GUO, Anguilla; FS/EA3GUO, St. Martin; J8/
EA3GUO, St. Vincent; J7/EA3GUO, Dominica; FJ/EA3GUO, St. Barthelemy and PJ7/EA3GUO, Saint Maarten. Jose will be on phone on 10, 15 and
20 with 100 watts from his ICOM 706MKIIG to a dipole, quad or delta
loop. QSL direct only, to his QTH in Spain. Email [email protected]
for info. He will announce his band changes on DXfun@FB. He has a
Facebook page, 30at766. – DDX, OPDX
FP, MIQUELON (CQZ 05) Eric, KV1J will be QRV as FP/call between
July 5 and July 15. Active on HF. QSL via home call, direct or bureau,
LoTW. http://www.kv1j.com/fp/july.html/ -- DX World.net Bulletin
HI - DOMINICAN REPUBLI (CQZ 08). Ronny, OT4R, will be active
as HI7/OT4R from Punta Cana May 10-31. Activity will be on 20 and 10
meters SSB. QSL via LoTW or eQSL only. NO PAPER QSL CARDS. -OPDX
P4 – ARUBA (CQZ 09) Operators Michael/K5NOT (P40TX), Douglas/
W5BL (P40DL) and Larry/W5LJW (P40LW) will be active as P40DM
(group call sign) or their own individual call signs from Aruba (SA-036,
WLOTA 0033) in what they are calling "a suitcase vacapedition" May 29
- June 4. Activity will be on 20-6 meters, but with a focus on 10m and
6m. QSL P40DM via K5NOT. QSL all other cal lsigns via their home call
sign. -- OPDX
SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR (CQ Zones, 7, 9, 11 and 12) VK6LC,
Malcolm, is planning a "Grey Nomad DX Vacation" which includes 34 days
in the US and 42 days in South America including two stops with HK3JJH, Pedro. Mal will be in W6, W7 and W4 during the month of
May. Pedro will team up with Mal in the Colombian Amazon (HK9) and San Andres (HK0). Mal's itinerary will be as follows says QRZ
DX: June 5 to 9, HK9/VK6LC, the Amazon, COLOMBIA (Z9); June 13-17, HKØ/VK6LC, SAN ANDRES (Z7); June 18-24, HK3/VK6LC,
Bogota, COLOMBIA (Z9); June 26-29, CE3/VK6LC, Santiago, CHILE (Z12); July 1-7, PT7/VK6LC, Fortaleza, BRAZIL (Z11) and July 9-12,
CE3/VK6LC, Santiago, CHILE (Z12). http://www.qrz.com/db/VK6LC - OPDX, DDX
TO – GUADELOUPE (CQZ 08) Les Saintes Island, part of Guadeloupe, is the current TO6A activity until May 20 by F6AML. Sam
will be on 40-10 CW and SSB, "holiday style." This is IOTA NA-114. QSL direct or bureau to F6AML. -- DDX
TO – GUADELOUPE (CQZ 08) Sam, F6AML, will be active as TO6A from Les Saintes Islands (NA-114) until May 20. Activity will
be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. -- OPDX
V3 – BELIZE (CQZ 07) W7ZCK, Darrell, is planning to be QRV as V31DT from Belize in June. Details to follow.--OPDX
DX ARCTIC—ANTARCTIC
DP0 – ANTARCTICA (CQZ 38) DH1HB, Holger, is occasionally QRV as DP0GVN/p from the Sorasen Seismological
Observatory on Antarctica. Listen for him to possibly be
QRV around 1700Z. -- DDX
JW – SVALBARD (CQZ 40) SM5NAS, aka 8S5A, Kjel, is
back on Svalbard and QRV as 8S5A/JW.
Length of stay is unknown. QSL via SM5NAS. -- DDX
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Dates
2014 2014
Apr07 May15
Call Sign
QSL via
Balearic Is
EA6
ON4LO
2014
Jun08
St Vincent
J79WTA
HB9MFM
HB9MFM
20140421
By HB9MFM; 160-10m; SSB + digital; 500w; dipole, spider-beam; holiday style
operation
2014 2014
Apr27 May11
Ogasawara
JD1BMH
JD1BMH
Buro
JG7PSJ
20140310
By JG7PSJ fm Chichijima I (AS-031); 40-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via
JG7PSJ Direct
2014 2014
Apr30 May15
Corsica
TK1R
IK2DUW
OPDX
20140420
By IZ2ESV IZ2LSC I2RFJ IW3HXR IK3HAR IV3BSY; focus on WARC bands;
focus on digital; QRV for ARI International DX Contest (May 3-4)
2014 2014
May02 May28
Mauritius
3B8
EB7DX
DXW.Net
20140107
By M0RCX as 3B8/M0RCX; 40-6m; SSB + digital
2014 2014
May03 May12
Ogasawara
JD1YBT
LotW
JP1IOF
20140326
By JD1BLC JE2EHP; all bands; all modes; QSL also OK via JP1IOF, Buro or direct
2014 2014
May04 May18
Liechtenstein
HB0
DL5DRK
DL4HTK
20140228
By DL4HTK as HB0/DL4HTK; 80-10m; CW SSB PSK RTTY
2014 2014
May05 May09
Greenland
OX3LX
LotW
425DXN
20140426
By OZ1DJJ fm Aasiaat I (NA-134); HF; CW; spare time operation; QSL also OK
via OZ1PIF and eQSL
2014 2014
May05 May20
Guadeloupe
TO6A
F6AML
DXW.Net
20140420
By F6AML; 40-10m; CW SSB; holiday style operation
2014 2014
May06 May09
Laos
XW4ZW
K1SE
DXW.Net
20140505
By K4ZW fm Vientiane; HF
2014 2014
May06 May11
Mariana Is
NH0J
LotW
JQ2GYU
20140425
By JQ2GYU JJ2VLY fm Tinian I (OC-086, USi NI-003S, WLOTA 3108, QK24tx);
80-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via JJ2VLY JARL Buro or direct (w/ $2 +
SAE)
2014 2014
May06 May16
Crete
SW9XB
LotW
DJ9XB
20140427
By DJ9XB; RTTY; QSL also OK via DJ9XB
2014 2014
May06 May21
Malawi
7Q7VW
DK2WV
DXW.Net
20140428
By DK2WV and DJ9AF fm Karonga; 160-6m; CW SSB RTTY
2014 2014
May07 May14
Cyprus
5B
UR4MCK
425DXN
20140301
By UR4MCK as 5B/UR4MCK; CW
FO
RX3RC
OPDX
20140407
By EI6DX as FO/EI6DX fm Bora Bora (OC-067, WLOTA 0430); 80-10m; CW
SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct; holiday style operation
OPDX
20140210
By JA1XGI fm Pohnpei (OC-010); 40-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL OK via Buro or
direct (pse use Club Log OQRS)
2014
Apr21
Entity
2014 2014 French PolyMay07 May18
nesia
Source
OPDX
20140420
Details
By ON4LO as EA6/ON4LO/p fm Mallorca I (EU-005); 40-10m; SSB; QSL OK via
REF Buro or direct
2014 2014
May09 May15
Micronesia
V650XG
JA1XGI
2014 2014
May10 May14
Palau
T88KH
BM2JCC
2014 2014
May10 May17
Isle of Man
MT0WCB
M0TGN
2014 2014
May11 May22
Iceland
TF
EA5IDQ
EA5IDQ
20131217
2014 2014
May14 May14
Faroe Is
OY
Home Call
DXW.Net
20140325
2014 2014
May14 May17
Micronesia
V63PSK
JA1FMN
Direct
JA1FMN
20140408
By JA1FMN fm Moen I (OC-011); 20-10m; JT65A PSK; holiday style operation;
QSL also OK via eQSL
2014 2014
May14 May26
Balearic Is
EA6
DF7XE
DF7XE
20140501
By DF7XE as EA6/DF7XE fm Mallorca I (EU-004); 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY PSK;
100w; vertical; holiday style operation
2014 2014
May15 May25
French Guiana
FY
Home Call
2014 2014
May16 May18
Botswana
A25GF
ZS6AYU
BM2JCC
20140506
425DXN
20140503
425DXN
20140118
ZS6AYU
20140425
By BM2JCC; 80-6m
By G0FUW M0SFT M0TGN M0TTE fm EU-116; 40-10m; SSB CW + digital; QSL
OK via Buro or direct
By EA5IDQ as TF/EA5IDQ; 40-10m; SSB + digital; holiday style operation
By LA6RHA as OY/LA6RHA and LA8FOA as OY/LA8FOA; HF; SSB
By F8FUA as FY/F8FUA and F5UOW as FY/F5UOW fm Ile Royale (SA-020); 8010m; SSB CW, perhaps digital; QSL OK via REF Buro or direct
By ZS6AYU; 40-10m, perhaps 6m; vertical; dates tentative; holiday style operation
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Dates
Entity
Call Sign
QSL via
Source
Details
2014
May18
2014
Jun10
Malawi
7QNL
PA1AW
OPDX
20140317
2014
May19
2014 ZimbaMay23 bwe
Z21GF
ZS6AYU
ZS6AYU
By ZS6AYU; 40-10m, perhaps 6m; vertical; dates tentative; holiday style operation
20140425
2014
May22
2014 South
May31 Cook Is
E51
Home Call
2014
May28
2014
Jun03
Malawi
7QNL
2014
May29
2014
Jun04
Aruba
P40DM
2014
May31
2014
Jun01
Aland Is
OH0
OH3WS
2014
May31
2014
Jun08
Tonga
A35JP/p
LotW
2014
Jun02
2014
Jun07
Market
Reef
OJ0W
OH3WS
2014
Jun05
2014
Jun15
Albania
ZA
ON4ANN
2014
Jun05
2014
Jun18
St Lucia
J6
G4DFI
G0VJG
By G0VJG as J6/G0VJG fm NA-108; 40-6m; SSB; verticals
20140211
2014
Jun07
2014
Jun21
Bahamas C6ATT
K2TTT
K2TTT
By K2TTT fm New Providence I (NA-001); 40-6m; holiday style operation
20140503
2014
Jun08
2014
Jun27
St Martin
FS
LotW
DXW.Net By K9EL as FS/K9EL fm NA-105 (DIFO FS-001, WLOTA 0383, WW Loc FK88); 16020131202 10m; QSL also OK via K9EL and Club Log
2014
Jun19
2014
Jul02
Grenada
J38DR
W9DR
Direct
W9DR
By W9DR fm NA-024 (FK92ef); 6m, 50.115 MHz; breakable beacon; 5 ele yagi
20140302
2014
Jun20
2014
Jun25
Azerbaijan
4K9Z
LotW
N6GQ
By N6GQ
20140501
2014
Jun25
2014
Aug06
St Kitts
& Nevis
V47JA
LotW
W5JON By W5JON fm Calypso Bay, St Kitts; 160-6m, incl 60m; verticals + 6m yagi; QRV for
20140429 IARU HF, CQWW VHF, IOTA contests; QSL OK via W5JON direct.
OPDX
20140428
By PA3FYM; 80-10m; CW SSB; QRV for CQ WPX CW
By JA8VE as E51AVE, JA1KJW as E51KJW, JA1JQY as JA1JQY, JA3MCA as E51MCA fm
Rarotonga I; 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL OK via JARL Buro or direct
CQ WW WPX Contest, CW (May 24-25, 2014) Check here for pre-contest activity, too.
PA1AW
OPDX
20140317
By PA3FYM; 80-10m; CW SSB; QRV for CQ WPX CW
VA3RJ
By K5NOT W5BL K5RAU; 20-6m, focus on 10 6m; may also use P40TX (K5NOT),
20140502 P40DL (W5BL), P40LW (K5RAU)
OH3WS
By OH3WS as OH0/OH3WS; HF; mainly CW, some SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct
20140504
JA0RQV By JA0RQV fm Niuatoputapu I (OC-191); 80-6m; CW SSB; 100w; vertical; QSL also
20140425 OK via JA0RQV JARL Buro or direct (w/ SASE)
June
OH3WS
By OH3WS; HF; mainly CW, some SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct
20140504
ON4ANN By ON4ANN as ZA/ON4ANN, ON4ACP ON4CAU ON4CCV ON4CJY ON4CKM
20140508 ON4DCU ON5PDV ON6MI ON8CW likewise; 80-6m; SSB PSK RTTY
July
2014
Jul01
2014
Jul07
Dodecanese
SV5
OK6DJ
VA3RJ
By OK6DJ as SV5/OK6DJ fm Rhodes (EU-001, GIOTA DKS-006, MIA MGD-028,
20140327 WLOTA 0045); HF; holiday style operation; QSL OK via Buro or direct
2014
Jul07
2014
Jul15
St Pierre
& Miquelon
FP
LotW
KV1J
By KV1J as FP/KV1J fm Miquelon I (NA-032); 80-6m; SSB CW RTTY; QRV for DL-DX
20140213 RTTY and IARU HF contests; QSL also OK via KV1J direct
2014
Jul08
2014
Jul11
Jersey
GJ
LotW
425DXN
20140425
By WJ2O as GJ/WJ2O/m
2014
Jul12
2014
Jul15
Guernsey
GU
LotW
425DXN
20140425
By WJ2O as GU/WJ2O/m; QRV for IARU Contest, SOAB LP
2014
Jul13
2014
Jul24
Amcn
Samoa
KH8
See Web
425DXN
20140301
By W7GJ as KH8/W7GJ; mainly 6m EME, possibly also SSB CW
RSGB IOTA Contest (Jul 26-27, 2014) Check here for pre-contest activity too.
2014
Jul29
2014
Aug02
Cocos
Keeling
VK9C
LotW
JF3PLF
By JA3FVJ JA3QWN JA3TJA JF3PLF JH3FUK as TBA; 160-6m; SSB FM CW RTTY
20140301 PSK31; QSL also OK via JF3PLF, Buro or direct and Club Log
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NFDXA 2014 Dual Band DX Contest - Thru 5/08/2014
SKCC
Weekend Sprintathon
1200Z, May 10 to
2400Z, May 11
CW ONLY
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
RST + Name + (state/
province/country) +
(SKCC No./"NONE")
Work staons once perband—1 point per QSO
RULES
http://www.skccgroup.com/
operating_activities/
weekend_sprintathon/
NFDXA
Club DX
Contest
First Half of
2014 Work
Entities on
Two Bands
Use CQ Entity List.
This is a 6 month,
multi-band challenge in which contestants choose
one band from the
high group (2010m) and a second
from the low group
(160-30m).
Participants earn
one point per DX
entity in the bands
of their choice.
QSOs must be
made from each
entrant’s home
QTH or mobile.
The contest officially begins at
0000Z January 1,
2014 and ends at
0000Z June 30,
2014.
High
AB4UF
AC4ET
K3LB
K4EB
K4UTE
KB4CRT
KC4FWS
KX4WW
N1WON
N4EPD
N4GFO
N4JBK
N4KE
N4UF
NF4L
NO4J
NU4Y
NW4C
VP5YZ
W1FO
W4FDA
W4GJ
WA4B
Points
20M
17M
23
112
40M
40M
15M
0
40M
20M
175
40M
20M
62
160M
WA6EZV
WR4K
Low Points Total
0
0
31
65
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
118
0
0
40
0
0
0
54
177
293
102
0
20M
169
40M 121
290
W1AW Centennial Operations Shifted States May 7 (UTC)
The ARRL Centennial W1AW WAS operations taking place
throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will relocate at 0000
UTC on Wednesday, May 7 (the evening of May 6 in US time
zones), from Connecticut and Nevada to Nebraska (W1AW/0).
Nebraska is the first state to repeat as a W1AW Centennial host.
There will be just one state this week; Utah, which had initially
been scheduled to repeat this week, will instead host W1AW
starting July 2. Some additional schedule changes have been made,
and the schedule has been updated to reflect these.
During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at
least twice) and most US territories, and it will be easy to work all states solely by contacting W1AW portable operations.
“One of the advantages of contests being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”
N2MG - (With sincere apologies to A. A. Milne)
PileUp
Volume 6 Number 5
May 2014
Page 15
VK0EK Heard Island Operators — from page 1
Operators currently listed are Bob/KK6EK (Leader), Rich/KY6R
(Co-Organizer), Willy/HB9AHL, Adam/N2ARB, Bill/N2WB, Alan/
VK6CQ, Les/W2LK, David/WD5COV and Jackie/ZL3CW. The
Web page is still under construction, but has plenty of info and pictures to look at.
There’s room for more ops on the Heard Island 2016 DXpedition. According to the web site: “Currently we have room for additional team members, and we welcome inquiries from potential participants. We estimate that the
participant cost will be roughly $15k, all-inclusive (Cape Town→HI→Cape Town). We have established local teams in the San Francisco Bay Area and in South Africa to help plan and coordinate the expedition. We would welcome help with any aspect of this project.”
— OPDX, DX World.net, various
Operating in Brazil During FIFA World Cup
Amateur Radio operators visiting Brazil for the 2014 FIFA
World Cup (soccer world cup) in June and July of this year will
be able to operate in PY "regardless of having reciprocity agreement between Brazil and his/her country or regardless if he/she
has an IARP license" says PY2XB, Fred. Amateur Radio operators who wish to operate need to send a copy of the identification page(s) of your passport, a copy of your Amateur Radio
license along with a list of cities you plan to operate from, as
well as dates by sending details to LABRE (Brazilian National
Radio Club) at [email protected]. — DDX
DAYTON HAMVENTION NEWS
Credit for much the DX
news, illustrations and
information contained in this
publication goes to a variety
of sources including, but not
limited to the following:
The Daily DX (DDX)
(http://www.dailydx.com),
Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin
(OPDX) (http://
www.papays.com/opdx.html),
DX World of Ham Radio
(DX World.net) (http://
www.dx-world.net/),
425 DX News (425 DXN)
(http://www.425dxn.org/)
The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) has announced the final
details on the 29th annual DXDinner and the DX Forum; both held in conjunction with the 2014 Dayton Hamvention®.
The DXDinner will be on Friday, May 16th, 2014, at the Dayton Marriott,
1414 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH 45409. There will be a cash bar starting at
5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00. Following the meal, there will be a separate room and cash bar available for more fellowship. There will be drawings at
the end of the dinner for major prizes. Dave Collingham, K3LP, will be the keynote speaker. The CQ Hall of Fame will announce their next inductees, the
2014 DXPedition of the Year will be announced and there just might be an
additional surprise or two! This is an excellent opportunity to meet new hams and to renew old acquaintances
as well as to learn about past DXpeditions and those in the planning stages. The DXForum will be held on
Saturday, May 17th, in Forum Room 1 at Hara Arena. The program will include "K9W - Wake Island" by John
Miller, K6MM; "T33A - Banaba Island" by Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL; "VU7AG - Lakshadweep Island" by
Krish Kanakasapapathi, W4VKU/VU2VKU and "FT5ZM - Amsterdam Island" by Dr. Ralph Fedor, K0IR. Raffle
tickets will be available to have a chance to win a Yaesu FT-1200. "Come and See, Come and Learn, Come
and have a Good Time." For more information and to order dinner tickets, visit
<WWW.SWODXAEVENTS.ORG> and follow us on Twitter (@SWODXA). – Pres Release
NG3K Amateur Radio
Contest/DX Page (NG3K)
(http://www.ng3k.com/),
The DX Magazine (DXM)
(http://www.dxpub.com/),
DX Coffee (DXC)
http://www.dxcoffee.com/
eng/
DARC DXNL (DXNL)
(http://www.dxhf.darc.de/),
ARRL (ARRL DX)
(http://www.arrl.org),
Finally, Off- air and word of
mouth from those who
turned on their radios,
listened, and then told The
PileUp what they heard.
— NW4C
ARRL Calls for Quicker, More Visible FCC Enforcement
The ARRL has called for more timely and visible enforcement of the FCC's rules, especially regarding the
amateur service. According to the ARRL Letter, changes in FCC procedures over the past five years restricting
the public release of information about enforcement actions has resulted in "a widespread, albeit inaccurate,
public perception that there is no active enforcement in our service." That perception, said the League, has
resulted in "unacceptable increases in rule violations" because people think they won't be held accountable
He that is good for
making excuses.... is
seldom good for anything else.
(Benjamin Franklin)
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same me, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
PileUp
Editor
Warren Croke, NW4C
4092 NW 23 Circle
Gainesville, FL 32605
USA
The Monthly Newsletter of The North Florida DX Association
And so it goes . . .
Showers in May followed by Hurricane Season in June . . .
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The Last Word
A point of personal privilege, if I may.
Every now and then one has to step away from whatever
he’s doing and take a ‘break’—even from something he loves
like chasing DX or listening to chatter about a DXpedition
that’s underway or in the planning stages.
So, I’m going to do just that. Get outta Dodge and recharge the old batteries. Just the wife and myself, along with
some stuff to read that has nothing to do with work or Ham
Radio—which will be a first!
We’ll load up the Highlander with stuff to wear and a
Warren NW4C
road map or two, a bunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and just drive along wandering back roads that will take us in a general
northerly direction.
We’ll visit a number of state parks and maybe even walk a mile or two on the
lower part of the Appalachian Trail—just to say we did it! We did little over a
mile on the trail’s northern end many moons ago. The rest of the trail that lies
between its beginning and end will have to wait for my next life. : )
I fully expect while I’m gone that one or more of the entities I need will show
up with monster signals. And I when return I hope I’ll be able to really mean it
when I say “Aw gee, that’s too bad. Glad you got him. I’ll get him the next time.”
May the good DX be yours. — NW4C