Thursday, June 21, 2007

Amateur Radio DX Bulletin


3B7, ST. BRANDON ISLANDS (DXpedition Update). DXpedition leader, Witek, SP9MRO, and his team continue to be very active from St. Brandon Island until June 20th. Meanwhile, online logs are now available on the Web site as well as a daily diary by Wojtek, SP5BFX. QSL via SP9SX. For more details and updates, visit the 3B6SP Web page at: http://3b6.godx.eu/

4X7, ISRAEL (IOTA Op). Members of the Holyland DX Group will be active as 4X7AZ from Akhziv Island (AS-100, MIA MIR-001) between 0700z July 28th and 1200z July 29th. Operators mentioned are: Mark/4Z4KX, Ros/4Z5LA, Yuli/4X6HP, Reuven/4Z5FI and Jan/4X1VF. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, CW and SSB. They plan to have two stations on the air. Look for 4X7AZ to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via 4Z5LA. For more information, including a log search, visit the following Web page at: http://www.4z5la.net/4x7az/

9U, BURUNDI. Sigi, DL7DF, will be leading a team of operators to East Africa to be active as 9U0A between late evening (local time) September 26th and October 9th (noon local time). Operators mentioned are:
Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Sigi/DL7DF and XYL Sabine, Jan/DL7UFN, Frank/DL7UFR and Leszek/SP3DOI. Activity will be on on 160-6 meters on CW and SSB. One station will be exclusive on RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. There will be a special emphasis on the lower bands and digital modes. Pilot station for this DXpedition is Bernd, DF3CB. The QSL route is via DL7DF, either by the German QSL Bureau (DARC) or direct to: Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany. More info, plus an online log as well as updates during the their DXpedition will be available via the Web page at: http://www.dl7df.com/9u/index.html

9X, RWANDA. Vladimir, UA4WHX, continues to be active as 9X0VB from Kigali and states he will probably be around there for a while.

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, announced that the DXCC staff and approved card checkers will be checking cards in Germany for Ham Radio Friedrichshafen during all operating hours of the convention June 22, 23 and 24, 2007. There is a 120 card limit per applicant. Larger applications may be checked as time is available after all other applications are finished. PLEASE READ the important information listed on the DXCC Dialog Weblog page before attending at: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. On their way to Friedricshafen, operators Gerard/F2JD, Davy/F5JY, Alan/F6BFH and Robert/N6OX will be active from here as HB0/homecall from June 19-22nd. They will be on CW and SSB, and the H bands plus possibly 6m.

HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Dave, NA6DF, is expected to be active as NA6DF/HI7 from Punta Cana until June 23rd. Activity will be holiday style and QRP with most of the operations on 20-10 meters, CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign.

HP2, PANAMA (IOTA Op). Members of the Uruguay DX Group plan to activate Wichubwala Island in the San Blas Province Group (NA-170) between June 22-28th. The operators mentioned are: Mario/CX4CR, Bert/CX3AN and Gus/CX2AM. Look for them to sign HP2/homecall. Activity will be on 80-6 meters CW, SSB and the digital modes. QSL via CX2AM. For more info, please visit their Web page at: http://cx2an.servehttp.com/hp2
(Source: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #813 via Dave Raycroft)