Amateur Radio Ham Radio Announcements Page 2

To commemorate 85 years from the date of the experiments carried out in the Gulf of Tigullio from G. Marconi, ARI Rapallo radio amateurs will be on the air from November 18 to December 4 2016 with special call IY1MR.

Tsunami arrives after 7,8 Earthquake South Island, New Zealand.

T31W. HA5AO, K5GS, W2LK, DJ9RR, HA0NAR, K6TD, KE4KY, N6HC, PY2PT, W1SRD, WA6O will be active from Kanton Island, Phoenix Islands (IOTA OC-043), Central Kiribati in 2017 as T31W.

Hurricane Matthew is crossing the Caribbean heading toward Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.

Bernie, ZS4TX will be active from Mauritius Island, IOTA AF - 049, 16 - 19 September 2016 as 3B8/ZS4TX.

Budi, YF1AR will be active from Java Island, IOTA OC - 021, several days starting 31 August 2016 as YF1AR.

2016 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, one of the greatest writers in Universal History. His most iconic novel, “Don Quixote” is the most edited and translated book in all Literature History, just behind The Bible.

The Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) and the United Radio QSL Management Bureau, owned and operated by Tim Beaumont M0URX, have entered into an exclusive relationship for United Radio and its partner M0OXO Online QSL Request Service operated by Charles Wilmott M0OXO to use PDXG’s QSL Management System.

Italian Radio Amateurs are conducting emergency traffic on the Amateur Radio Bands.

VI6DH400. Pavel, VK6NX inform dxnews.com that he is planning to be active from Dirk Hartog Island (IOTA OC-206) 14 - 18 August 2016 as VI6DH400.

ARRL is no longer making announcements about its awards programs via this email list. As part of ARRL’s expanding social media presence, we are resurrecting the Awards Branch Twitter feed, which has been inactive since 2013.

On 20 and 21 August, the Grupo DX Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) will be, as every year, on International Lighthouse Weekend, under the callsign AO8LH from Punta del Castillete Lighthouse on all HF bands (CW, SSB and RTTY).

The Belize Amateur Radio Club (BARC) is actively following the movement of Tropical Storm Earl as it makes its way across the Caribbean Sea towards Belize.

Radioamateurs from Malaysia will be active from Undan Island (IOTA AS-097) 19 - 22 August 2016 as 9M2MI.

The group of Market Reef lovers are pleased to inform the DX community that a new Force-12 beam was recently hoisted at the Market Reef lighthouse.