It is commonplace that people smell a rat about successful persons. Athletes are tested for illegal substances, politicians are placed under scrutiny by other politicians, businessmen are always looked upon with suspicion.
While the majority of Amateur Radio operators choose only a few of the HF bands, below 30 MHz, to participate in contests, there are some broad-minded enthusiasts who go beyond this limit and have as much fun on VHF, UHF and SHF bands.
Pavel, OK1AW is 73 years old and lives in a small town about 10 miles from the famous spa in western Czechia, called Karlovy Vary, but which was also well known as Karlsbad in the past.
I run 500W into a 40ft bottom loaded vertical with 2 elevated radials 8ft above ground. Re. ON4KST chat.
Time 18-23.30z TX 1st 250Hz 17-18-19 and 21-22-23 Jan.
In view of the latest barrier measures to be strictly adhered to, in order to protect us from the COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed appropriate to postpone the 2020 6V1A GOREE island expedition AF045 to a later date.
XR1T. CE1DY, CE1OEB, CE1BF, CE1TBN, CE3KHZ, CE3PDF, CD1LEW, CE3OP will be active from Santa Maria Island, (IOTA SA-069), Chile in RSGB IOTA Contest 30 - 31 July 2016 as XR1T.
The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is a competition between two-person teams of amateur radio operators testing their skills to make contacts with other Amateur Radio operators around the world.
9Q0HQ/1, 9Q0HQ. Elvira, IV3FSG will be active from Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 April - 30 April 2016 as 9Q0HQ/1 and 1 May - 22 May 2016 as 9Q0HQ.
A recent DX-pedition to the remote archipelago of Tokelau, halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii, had one worthwhile point on their agenda - introduction of Amateur Radio to a group of local youngsters.
G3KHZ, SM6CVX, K5WQG will be active as P29VCX from Manus Island, IOTA OC - 025, 31 January - 5 February 2019 and as P29NI from Daru Island, IOTA OC - 153, 6 - 11 February 2019.
Arnaud, JG1XMV will be active as FK/JG1XMV, from Grand Terre Island, IOTA OC - 032, Lifou, Mare and two other islands, IOTA OC - 033, 23 February - 10 March 2019.
The tradition of summer radio amateur meetings in Lithuania goes back to 1989. This was at the end of the Soviet occupation, when the country was a republic in the Soviet Union.
Dateline DX is pleased to announce the final design of the front of our commemorative QSL highlighting both the history of and the unique nature of the Baker Island National Wildlife Reserve.
Following our DXpedition to Kanton Island (Central Kiribati) in 2016, we decided to come back to this extraordinary place this year - with a new plan and resources.
At the beginning I intended this expedition to be a relatively quick reconnaissance expedition with a two man team and with the main purpose to collect information and make new contacts for a larger expedition in future.
Somalia is a country located in eastern part of Africa, and consist of three regions; Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland - each having its separate Government.
Gerben, PG5M informs dxnews.com, that Johannes PA5X/C93PA and Gerben PG5M will be active as C8X and C81G from Ibo Island, IOTA AF - 061, Cabo Delgado District, 28 January - 4 February 2018.
Antonio, CT1DVV, does not like publicity and exposure. He has been licensed for 30 years now and apart from contesting from his home, he also participated in group activities, but prefers to keep a low profile.
The IOTA Management Team consisting of Roger, G3KMA and Cezar, VE3LYC describe a year of marked progress, made possible by the introduction of QSO-matching with logs on Club Log as a means of confirming IOTA contacts.
Radio Amateurs members of Yamato Amateur Radio Club, Kuni JA8VE, Mat JA1JQY, Kaoru JA3MCA will be active from Nauru Island, IOTA OC - 031, 8 - 14 November 2017 as C21VE, C21JY, C21MA.
Martin, LU9EFO inform dxnews.com that he and Camilo, HK3TU will be active as HK1/LU9EFO and HK3TU/1 from Rosario Islands, IOTA SA - 040 in November 2017.
I arrived at the site of the 2017 SN0HQ 14 MHz CW position merely minutes before the contest commenced. The host, Maciek, SP2XF, had not shaved for a week.
The Dateline DX Association (most recently the K4M team) is very pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Pacific Islands Refuges & Monuments Office of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to pursue an Amateur Radio expedition to Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge (KH1)
E51LYC operated from Pukapuka Atoll between May 12 and 23. Located about 1200 km north of Rarotonga, in the North Cook Islands, this remote atoll counts toward the IOTA group OC-098, which was confirmed by only 8% of the IOTA members prior to this operation.
CQ magazine today announced the induction of two new members to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame, which honors those contesters who not only excel in personal performance but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways.
CQ magazine today announced the induction of two new members to the CQ DX Hall of Fame, which honors those DXers who not only excel in personal performance but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways.
This year CQ is releasing three separate announcements for its Halls of Fame, with release time embargoes. The CQ DX Hall of Fame and CQ Contest Hall of Fame announcements will be released early Saturday and Sunday UTC.
I have a little over an hour until boarding the plane to Los Angeles. I was able to clear the carry-on, which includes one complete radio station (with headphones, key, mic and a multi-band vertical) along with the fiberglass telescopic poles.
At the 2017 Annual Board Meeting of the Northern California DX Foundation this past weekend at the Visalia International DX Convention, John Miller, K6MM, was elected President.
Here is an update on the preparations and logistical work carried out during the last month. Andy (E51AND) informed me that a boat named Lady Moana was scheduled to leave Rarotonga at the end of March,
Alexander, UA1OJL will be active from Bellinghausen Station, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, IOTA AN - 010, April 2017 - April 2018 as RI1ANO.
Scott, NE9U inform dxnews.com that, NE9U, KK9K, W9RE, K1TO will be active from Aruba, IOTA SA - 036, 9 - 23 February 2017 as P4/NE9U, P40RF, P4/W9RE, P4/K1TO.
Erik, K7ADD inform dxnews.com, that he will be active with team of supporters from Rarotonga Island, IOTA OC - 013, 5 - 9 January and 8 - 18 February 2017 as E51ADD.
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.
Gab, HA3JB inform dxnews.com that group of Radio Amateurs members of ORARI Daerah Banten will be active from Panjang Island, IOTA OC - 237, 18 - 20 November 2016 as YB16T.
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.
In celebration of Canada's 150th Birthday in 2017, The Yukon Canam Contest Club, VY1AAA, will be active using the special call XK150YUKON, January 1st through March 1st, 2017.
UX0LL and UT5UY, both members of Ukranian DX Peditioners Team (UDXT), will be active from Zanzibar - Unguja Island (IOTA AF-032) 13 - 22 August 2016 as 5H1XX.
Radio Amateurs members of Japan Amateur Radio Development Association (JARD), will be active from Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands 23 - 28 August 2016 as JD1YBV.
The organizers of the WRTC 2018 have the pleasure to announce that YAESU Musen will support WRTC 2018 as Prime Sponsor. During the Ham Radio 2016 YAESU Director Masao Mori and WRTC 2018 President Christian Janssen, DL1MGB, signed a “Memorandum of Understanding”. YAESU Musen, well renowned as a leading manufacturer of amateur radio equipment, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
CE1/IT9YRE CE1/I1SNW. Nando, IT9YRE and Claudio, I1SNW will be active from Pajaros Rocks (Huaira), IOTA SA- 100 14 - 18 June 2016 as CE1/IT9YRE and CE1/I1SNW.
ED1M. EA1DR, EA1AST, EA1RC, EA4TX, EA7KW, EC4TA, EC7AKV will be active from Mouro Island, (IOTA EU-142), in RSGB IOTA Contest 29 - 31 July 2016 as ED1M.
The Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce a number of supporting grants in furtherance of its goal of supporting the development of amateur radio.
The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to amateur radio.
CQ magazine today announced its 2016 Hall of Fame inductees, including only the second non-amateurs elected to the CQ DX Hall of Fame, two new inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame and 21 new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
VE1FA, VA1YL, VO1NO, VE1BAB, VY2OX, VA1CHP, VA2MM will be active from Bon Portage Island (IOTA NA-126), Canada in RSGB IOTA Contest 30 - 31 July 2016 as VC1A.
Radio Amateurs members of Papa Lima DX & Contest Group will be active from Little Saltee Island, (IOTA EU-103), Saltee Islands in RSGB IOTA Contest 30 - 31 July 2016 as EJ1Y.
By invitation of the Belize Amateur Radio Club, DL1AS, DM4IM, DK4BX will be active from Belize 20 April - 20 May 2016 as V31DL, V31IM V31BX and they will use also Radio Club Call V3V.
I2YSB, IK2CIO, IK2CKR, IK2DIA, IK2HKT, JA3USA, IK2RZP, I1HJT will be active from Iles de Los (Loose Islands), IOTA AF-051, Guinea 18 February - 4 March 2016 as 3XY1T.
Members of Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club DK7TF, DF1FF, DH6ICE will be active from Bali Island (IOTA OC - 022) 22 February - 2 March 2016 as YB9/DK7TF, YB9/DL1FF, YB9/DH6ICE.
The Radio Club Argentino (RCA) proudly announces to all radioamateurs that it will be operating from Carlini Base, South Shetland Islands (IOTA AN-010), during next February.
Radio Amateurs members of Radio Club Haiti will be active from Haiti (IOTA NA-096) with special call 4V1TL to mark 213th anniversary of the death of General Toussaint Louverture until 30 April 2016.
We are pleased to report that the R/V Braveheart has arrived in Stanley, the Falkland Islands and is making preparations for the arrival of the VP8STI/VP8SGI team.
It is a common practice these days using vertically stacked directional antennas, in particular yagi - udo type. The effect of vertical stacking was very well described by James Lawson W2PV in his historical "Yagi antenna design" book.
The VP8STI-South Sandwich, VP8SGI-South Georgia and VP8IDX (Falklands & /MM) licenses have been issued and are in hand. In just six short weeks, the team will be making their voyage to South Sandwich Island.
A71AM, A71CO, A71CV, A71BX, 9K2RR, 7Z1SJ, HZ1HN, HZ1BW, HZ1DG, A92AA, HZ1MX, HZ1BL, SQ9UM, SQ9DIE, SQ9CNN, SQ9FK will be active from Qatar in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 24 - 25 October 2015 as A71CV.
JI1LPF, JA1UNS, 7N4VPS, 7L4PVR will be active from Hachijo jima Island 八丈島 (IOTA AS-043) 15 - 19 October 2015 as JI1LPF/1, JA1UNS/1, 7N4VPS/1, 7L4PVR/1.
Roberto, EA2CNU and Arseli, EA2JG will be active from Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) 22 - 28 October 2015 as S01WS and S0S (S Zero S).
WZ1P, W3FF, KC4VG, W6HFP, W7ZT, K8EAB, KB9AVO, WG0AT will be active from Saint Martin Island 2 - 10 February 2016 as FS/WZ1P, FS/W3FF, FS/KC4VG, FS/W6HFP, FS/W7ZT, FS/K8EAB, FS/KB9AVO, FS/WG0AT.
The equipment, ~2,400 pounds (1,090kg) on 4 pallets is on the way to New Zealand, scheduled delivery August 26th, and the Advance Team will soon begin their journey to Auckland.
JA3ARJ, JA3IVU, JA3UJR, JF3HPN, JH3LSS, JA3AVO, JH3PBL (YL) will be active from Rarotonga Island 12 - 21 January 2016 as E51J, E51ARJ, E51IVU, E51UJR, E51SSS, E51LSS, E51AVO, E51PBL.
As you may know, when taking almost any type of expensive equipment into another country you must adhere to that country's import laws. Bringing in $40K - $50K of electronics, antennas and computers almost always requires payment of import duties and/or Value Added Taxes (VAT).
(Dayton, OH - May 15, 2015) -- CQ magazine today announced its 2015 Hall of Fame inductees, adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame, as well as nine new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
Expeditions signed a contract with Nigel Jolly, owner and operator of the Braveheart (above), for the expedition to Heard Island, and moved the project schedule to March-April, 2016.
The Intrepid DX Group’s VP8SGI/VP8STI team is pleased to announce our operating strategy which will allow us to work as many unique callers as possible during each of these activations.
Before sending out a press release, I wanted to share the following with those fellow hams who generously pledged to financially support the Bouvet Island "one-man three-month concept".
Sigi DL7DF, Tom DJ6TF, Manfred DK1BT, Frank DL7UFR will be active from Tasiilaq, Ammassalik Island (IOTA NA-151), Greenland 3 - 12 June 2015 as OX/DL7DF, OX/DJ6TF, OX/DK1BT, OX/DL7UFR.
Craig (K9CT) and Lou (N2TU) are proud to announce a DXpedition to Palmyra Atoll. Palmyra (KH5) ranks in the top ten on the Most Wanted List and #2 in Europe.
We are pleased to announce that the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands has issued our Dxpedition call signs. We will use VP8STI from South Thule Island (South Sandwich). We will use VP8SGI from South Georgia Island.
"This project actually started in February 2013, under the scorching heat of Uganda. I was in Entebbe involved with the 5X8C DXpedition alongside the other F6KOP operators. A long series of unanswered calls got suddenly interrupted by the ringing of my phone.
The K1N DXpedition team has only been home a few days, but we are slowly recovering from what was a difficult project. It was over too soon considering that it took 15 years to gain permission, plan and execute the DXpedition.
The SEISA/Foundation for Global Children is pleased to announce our next activity as “Eritrea Project 2015”. As part of this project, we will conduct an Amateur Radio DXpedition from Asmara Eritrea, from March 6th to 17th, 2015.
After analyzing all the Dxpeditions that were conducted in 2014, our preference for the Dxpedition that stood out the most, regarding communication with the ham community, goes to FT5ZM, the Dxpedition to Amsterdam I., that operated in January-February 2014.
Damn, another visit by Murphy last night !
You may have noticed that we were not on air after 22U3O . The whole citycentre had a power failure for seven hours!
We know that receiving is our main problem at this time, the noise level on most of the bands is very high. The first 2 days we had very high QRM level of humm and buzz on all bands.
We are happy to announce these new members of the team. We have one open position, were awaiting an answer from a well known DX-peditioner who is trying to fit the project into his work schedule. Stay tuned.
The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper.
For the second year in a row, DxCoffee will present the “Best Communication Award”.
Just like we did last year, the idea is to acknowledge the Dxpedition that showed the best communication skills towards the ham community, by using dedicated websites, newletters, bullettins and press releases.
2015 / 2016 are shaping up to be one of the best ever DX-pedition seasons. Along with the skipper of Evohe we developed our tentative sailing schedule. We will ship equipment to Auckland, New Zealand where the boat will be loaded and sail for Noumea, New Caledonia.
The idea came up during a conversation with Marco HB9OCR. After returning from Lampedusa Island for the CQWW SSB 2014 (IO9Y) We decided to organize small Dxpedition to the Palestine E4 .
HC2AO, UA1ANA/HC2ANT, RA1AGL/HC2RAT, OG2K/HC2OGT, RM0F/HC2RMT, R4WAA/HC2WAT, RC5A/HC2RCT will be active from Galapagos Islands in CQ WW DX CW Contest 29- 30 November 2014 as HC2AO/8.
Budi, YF1AR will be active from Banda Naira Island 23 - 24 October 2014 and from Banda Besar Island, Banda Islands (IOTA OC-157) 25 - 26 October 2014 as YF1AR/8.
AH0J (JA1NVF), KH2L, WH0V, KH0WF (JH1AJT), AH0R (JH6RTO), WS2Y (JF1LZQ), WS2M (JJ2VLY), JH1BXY, JA4DND, JA7MSQ will be active from Tinian Island 8 - 21 October 2014 as W1AW/KH0.
Members of the Papa Lima DX Group, plus guest operators, will be active from Great Blasket Island (IOTA EU-007), Blasket Islands 26 - 31 July 2014 as EJ0PL.
Welcoming The Double Tango. Last week Mr. Walaa Temraz & His XYL Mai Temraz Passed The Required Amateur Radio Exam In Ghaza, Palestine And Where Issued E41WT OM Walaa And E41MT XYL Mai.
This is not a story about contesting. I do like contests, and in my opinion every Amateur Radio operator should participate in a contest at least a few times in his/her lifetime.
HP1AVS, HP1COO, HP1CPE, HP1DBK will be active from Panama 19 April - 15 May 2014 with special call HO100CANAL celebrating 100 year anniversary of Panama canal.
Radio Club 9 de Julio with LU1DVE/D (Gonza), LW3DN/D (Nico), LU2EK/D (Paco), LU1DP/D (Dan) and LU4DGC/D (Gus) will be activating Querandí Lighthouse (ARLHS ARG-007 // ILLW AR0034) 21 - 23 February 2014 in the South America Lighthouse Weekend event.
The interest generated by the announcement of our project a few weeks ago is extremely important. We expect you to live this adventure with us and its organization throughout the year and to share with you our passion for these remote lands. In due course, we will give some details about the different aspects of the project, but you will find below some answers to questions related to the size of the team, the logistics and the organization required.
Most of the DXers consider entities as check boxes to tick once the country is worked and confirmed. That’s the game! However, we hope to bring you a lot more than just a simple check mark as you discover our next destination.
VK3XPT will be active from Rarotonga Island (IOTA OC-013), Aitutaki Island ( IOTA OC-083) and Atiu Island (IOTA OC-083) until 23 November 2013 as E51XPT.
ED8P – Canary Islands IOTA AF-004 Jaime WP3A informs : “I will be in Tenerife, Canary Islands for my operation in the CQWW SSB Contest with the call ED8P on 15 meters, single operator single band, low power as assisted.
After their successful operation from Campbell Island in Dec, 2012, six members of the ZL9HR team and additional operators are today announcing their intention to activate Mellish Reef in early 2014.
OTA AS146 CHINA HAM (JIMING ISLAND) Callsign;BY4IB(Marconi Radio Club from Weihai CHINA)
Date;July 21 UTC00; 00 (QRV UTC05;00) in 2013 - July 28 2013 UTC12; 00 29 go home.
After many successful dxpetitions in the past, F6KOP'team and F6KDF (Lyon DX Gang) are joining together in an effort to put Tromelin back on the air in 2014.
FR1JB, FR1GZ, FR4NP, FR4DJ, FR4OA, FR4OM, FR4OO, FR4OS, FR4OU, FR4OV, FR4PE, FR4PF, FR4PG, FR5CU, FR5FC and FR5HV will be active from Peak of the Furnace volcano, Reunion Island as TO1PF.
An International group, along with the DXP will be in collaboration with the Association des Radio Amateurs Tunisiens ARAT and the Engineering University of Gabes, are planning a second IOTA DXpedition to Djerba Island ww. loc. JM53KT (AF-083, WFF 3VFF-007, WLOTA L-1394 and ARLHS TUN-022), between April 29th and May 6th, 2013.
JA3ARJ, JA3BZO, JA3HJI, JA1CJA, JA3AVO, JH3PBL will be active from Lord Howe Island 11 - 18 January 2013 as JA3ARJ/VK9L, JA3BZO/VK9L, JA3HJI/VK9L, AE6XY/VK9L, W7AVO/VK9L, W7PBL/VK9L.
AU2 JCB special event call-sign is going to be operated by VU2DSI around the birth date 30 NOV of the great Indian scientist Aacharya Jagadish Chandra BOSE.
We are pleased to announce the next DXpedition by "Italian Dxpedition Team" will be in Burkina Faso, 15 days all bands all modes approximately between February and March 2013.
Group of radioamateurs from Switzerland will be active from Aitutaki Island (IOTA OC-083), Cook Islands 12 - 30 November 2012 as E51C, E51ABS, E51BZD, E51CHX.
OZ1BII will be active as XP2I from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland September 13th until september 17th 2012 Participating the Scandinavian Activity Contest CW 15/16 september.
First of all, Tnx very much to each of you who have responded thus far via the P5 Interest webform. I am extremely encouraged by the level of generosity already expressed for the Humanitarian part of this Project in such a short time.
An international team of radio amateurs and scientists travels by schooner to remote and barren Howland Island and is stranded for a week due to high surf.
Kristina Cruises Ltd with Radio Arcala, OH8X are in the process of testing whether a permanent
amateur radio station will suit the maritime environment and serve DXers in their leisure time, whether cruising in the Mediterranean or off West Africa or just doing island-hopping in the Caribbean.
Thirty years have passed since 1A made its way onto the DXCC list. And an activation by an International team looks to celebrate the uniqueness of this event.
Daniel ZS6JR and my self ZS6DJD will be operating from Mozambique for Seven to ten days starting on the 3th or 4th of may 2012 depending how quick we get the equipment up.
UA1PBA/ZS1ANF will be active from Bellinghausen station, Waterloo ( King George ) Island (IOTA AN-010), South Shetland Islands starting april 2012 as RI1ANF and possibly ZS7ANF/A.
Effective immediately - No longer will I list real time frequency information on my qrz.com page and I will no longer self spot on the cluster when I have limited time available.
W2LIS - Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex Club will be running a Special Event Station W2L to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty and to help promote the funding for the SOLEIF Foundation on October 28th and 29th 2011
EC1KR, EC4DX, EA4AOC, EA4TD, EA4GBV, EA7FTR, EB7DX, EC7AKV and EA8AUW will be active from Papa3 Contest Club in Avila (SPAIN) in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 29 - 30 October 2011 as ED1R
7Z1SJ, 9K2HN, 9K2RR, A41MX, A61ZX, A71AD, A71BX, A71CO, A71CV, A71EL, DH1TW, K5GN and N1DG will be active from Qatar in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 29 - 30 October 2011 as A73A.
I4UFH, IZ4DPV, IK2NCJ, IK1HJS, IZ8FWN, IZ4UEZ and IT9SPB will be active from Sao Vicente Island (IOTA AF-086), Cabo Verde 10 - 30 October 2011 as D4C and D44AC.
CT3BD, CT3DL, CT3DZ, CT3EE, CT3EN, CT3IA, CT3KY, CT3KU, CT3NT and CT1FFU will be active from Madeira Island in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 29 - 30 October 2011 as CR3A.
Members of the Symbol Technologies ARC (W2SBL) will be honoring the lives lost during the horrific events of September 11th, 2001, with activating special event station N1Y between 1400z (10:00 am local time) Saturday, September 10th, and 0400z (11:00 am local time) Sunday, September 11th 2011.
C31CT, C31JM, C31KC, C31US, C31VM, EA1CJ,EA1SA, EA2RY, EA5RM, EA7AJR, F5CWU, IN3ZNR, JH4RHF, RG8K and UY7CW/EA4CWW will be active from Andorra in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 29 - 30 October 2011 as C37N.
UA3A , RJ3FF, RN3AQU, RW6HJV, UA3EDQ, UA3EDP, RT3DX, UA1AIR, RN1CW and RN3DDR will be active from Novik Island (IOTA EU-133) in RSGB IOTA Contest 30 - 31 July 2011 as RI1AA.
BM5AAX, BV1EL, BV2DD, BV2KI, BV2KS, BV2NT, BX2AB, BX2ABL, BX4AF, BX5AA, JH3GCN and 9M6YBG will be active from Kinmen Island (Quemoy Islands), IOTA AS-102 in RSGB IOTA Contest 30 - 31 July 2011 as BV100.
Kazakhstan UN – Special Event stations UN50, UO50, UP50, UQ50 will be active in Kazakhstan from April/2011 то May 31/2011 - of 50th Anniversary of the first human flight to outer space.
NE8Z will be active from Pichicnha Province, Ecuador 23 February - 3 March 2011 as HC1MD and from 4 - 8 March 2011 from Manabi Province, Ecuador as HC1MD/HC4.
Firstly, we can confirm that the callsign T32C has been issued, in line with our previous callsigns (9M0C, D68C, 3B9C, 3B7C), the “C” recalling our origins in the UK’s CDXC (The Chiltern DX Club). The call took a little time to arrange, as single letter suffixes are not normally issued by the Kiribati Government.
Marion Island was first discovered in 1663 by the Dutch ship Maerseveen. The discovery was accidental, and they made no landing on the island. After about five years Captain Cook also saw the islands, but he couldn’t make a landing due to bad weather. The first recorded landing on the island was in 1803 by a group of sealers, but they found signs of earlier occupation.
IK0FVC, G4IRN, I0JBL, I0ZY, I8NHJ, IK0DWN, IK0FTA, IK0IXI, IK0PRG, IW0BYL, IZ0NRG will be active from Sovereign Military Order of Malta 27 - 30 January 2011 as 1A0KM.
IK2QEI, IK2SGC, CN8WK, CN8WW, IK1QBT, IK1SPR, IV3BAZ, IV3JCC and IV3ZXQ will be active from Morocco in ARRL DX CW Contest 19 - 20 February 2011 as CN3A.
YT1AD, K3LP, K1LZ, PY5EG, N6TQS, UA4HOX, SV2BFN, WD5COV, N6PSE, AA4NN, VK3FY, VK3FGRC VK3FT, RZ3AA, YU7AV and YT3WW will be active from Conway Reef 1 - 10 October 2011 as 3D2C.
To the DX Community at large – It’s with regret that as Team Leader, I have to announce the postponement of the DXØDX Spratly Islands DXpedition 2011, due to circumstances beyond the control of the DXØDX Team.
W2IJ, N7CQQ, EA1IR, K6ZH, N1EMC, N6HC, N7CW, N9NS, UX2HO, W6KK, W9IXX, YT1AD, EA3NY, K5YY, EA2RY will be active from Kanton Island, Central Kiribati 18 - 28 April 2011 as T31A.
Members of the Radio Club of Haiti will activate with special call sign 4V1 in remembrance of those who lost their lives during the earthquake that stroke Haiti on 12 January 2010.
Members of the Almaty Amateur Radio League (ARL) is organizing the activation of special event stations that
include UN2011G and 8 stations with UP2011 prefix (see list below) during the 7th Asian Winter Games between January 30th and February 6th. The suffix of UP2011 stations will imply the abbreviation of the 8 winter types of sports to be featured during the Games in Almaty and Astana.
OM2TW/OK8WW, OK1RI, OK1DO, OM6NM, OM2RA, OM5AW, OK1DIX, OK1FFU and OK1NY will be active from Gambia in CQ WW DX CW Contest 27 - 28 November 2010 as C5A.
CT3BD, CT3DL, CT3DZ, CT3EE, CT3EN, CT3IA, CT3KU, CT3KY, CT3NT, CT1CJJ, CT1FFU and CT1ILT will be active from Madeira in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 30 - 31 October 2010 as CR3A.
YB1TJ, YB2DX, YB2ECG, YB2VTO, YB2TJV, YB2LSR, YC2BBY, YB3MM, YB3KM, YB3PXF, YB9WZJ and YB2CPO will be active from Indonesia in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 30 - 31 October 2010 as YE2R.
JA6EGL, JA6JXN, JE6DND, JA6GLD, JR6DRH will be active from Saipan Island, (IOTA OC-086), 21 - 25 October 2010 as KK6WW/KH0, AC2BO/KH0, KH0R, WH0AA, KR1V/KH0.
DF9TM, DL2SWW, DL1RTL and DL2VFR will be active from Ammassalik Island, (IOTA NA-151), Greenland 20 - 30 October 2010 as OX/DF9TM, OX/DL2SWW, OX/DL1RTL and OX/DL2VFR.
K6AM, W0CG, K9SG, N8NR, K8LEE, W9JUV, DF7ZS, DL5RDO and DL5RDP will be active from Curacao Island in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 30 - 31 October 2010 as PJ2T.
W2WAS, WA2VYA, WA3RHW and N2VW will be active from Providenciales Island (IOTA NA-002), Turks and Caicos 26 October - 2 November 2010 as VP5/ Home call.
MM0DXC, MM0YMG, GM4UYZ, MM0VTV, MM0FZV, MM0MRM, MM0GZA, MM5AHO, M0RNR, G3VOU, G3UJE, MM0MRM and GM4GZW will be active from Tiree Island (IOTA EU-008) as GM2T.
Young operators (middle and high school age) and parents,along with team leaders, will operater from TI5 learing operating, logging, pileup handling and amateur radio from DX End of the pileup.
On Sunday 4TH July, 2010 the Radio Amateur Association of Martinique (FMHAMRA) will participate in a project to create long distance VHF connections using the call FM4KA.
G3USR, GM4FDM, PA1AW, PA1BDO, PA3EWP and PA9JO will be active from Jersey Island 29 June - 6 July 2010 as GJ3USR, GJ4FDM, MJ/PA1AW, MJ/PA1BDO, MJ/PA3EWP, MJ/PA9JO.
K1TO, WD4R, W4OV, NP2B, NP2C, KP2HC, KP2YL, NP2X, K9VV and W4LIS will be active from Saint Croix Island, US Virgin Islands in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 30 - 31 October 2010 as NP2B.
The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club will be active June 4th to 6th, 2010 with the call TP60CE (60th Anniversary of European Convention of Human Rights).
CE1URJ, CE1WBY, CE3WDD, CE3WDH, CE1YI, CE1VIL, CE1VCZ, CE1HGJ, CE1WJF, CE1URS, CE1URL (YL), CE1VXE, CE1VXF, XQ1KY, XQ1TY, CE1THU, CD4350, CD3183, CE1VXB, CE1FOU, CA1UGB,CE1KR (Team Radio Club Cavancha) will be active from Chile in CQ WW WPX CW Contest 29 - 30 May 2010 as CD1R.
YD1JZ, YD1DCF, YD1GCL, YD1ORZ, YC1KAF, YB1ALL, YB1CCF, YB1KAR and YB1NWP will be active from Indonesia in CQ WW WPX CW Contest 29 - 30 May 2010 as YE1C.
Sergey, UX0HX, Oleg, RK3FA, Alex, UT5UY, Yuriy, UT1HF, Oleg, US7UX, Leo, UR3HR and Yuriy Grushevskiy SWL will be active from Canton Island (IOTA OC-043), Phoenix Islands Group, Central Kiribati 22 May - 1 June 2010 as T31X.
JK1EBA, JA3MCA, JM1YGG and JA2ZL will be active from Chichijima Island, Ogasawara Islands 6 - 14 February 2010 as JD1BMV, JD1BNB, JM1YGG/JD1, JA2ZL/JD1.
For those wishing to claim credit for October 2009 contacts with C91VM (AF-061, AF-066, AF-088), please be aware that, in response to the operator's current published QSL policy, these three operations will not be accepted for IOTA accreditation.
IK1PMR, PA3LEO, PA0BWL, AA4NN, OE2SNL, DJ5IW, OZ1IKY and DJ7JC will be active from Raratonga Island, South Cook Islands 6 - 13 December 2009 as E51PMR.
XQ4CW, XQ1IDM, CE1TBN, CE1TT, CE1IOH, CA1UDI, CE2WZ, XQ3SA, CE3GFN, CE4UJU and CE1WUI will be active in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 24 - 25 October 2009 as CE1W.
Mohamad, HZ1MD, Firas/HZ1FS and Sulaiman/7Z1SJ, will be active as HZ1FS/p from the Red Sea Coast South/Jizan Province group, IOTA AS-192 (new one) on 19-23 March 2009.
It is time again for the SP DX Contest, a one-country event with a long tradition. The first Polish International Amateur Radio competition took place in 1933.
WRTC Sanctioning Committee is very pleased to announce that the organization of World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 was granted to a German group consist of representatives of DARC, BCC and RRDXA.
This is not a typical HF contest, not like the hundreds of weekend events that block the bands with meaningless “five-nine” or “5NN”. This is a slower pace, geographically focused chase for stations in the long stretched State of California.
It is only one month left to the only official contesting world championship. This contest is unique and distinguishable from all other competitions by a few factors. All organisations in the world sponsor this event through the Union.
This is a very unusual case when a small contest club in a small country is represented in the WRTC competition by four members second time in a row. Slovakia is small and not so populous, but in certain fields it is called The Tatra Tiger.
He is number one on the list of competitors in WRTC2014, representing Africa in Team AF. He is also the only participant from this huge continent, apart from two referees from South Africa. This is a paradox of short wave contesting - the highest scores in worldwide contests are generated in Africa.
He has been on the air for 40 years now, with an interruption during the Balkan War in the 90s. It is going to be his third WRTC as a competitor, so actually he does not need a presentation for the contester community.
My first visit to São Vicente took place in November 2000. I spent a few weeks in Mindelo, the only town on the island, and made thousands of CW contacts using my call sign D44CF.
WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is pleased to announce three of the four Sponsored Teams that will compete at WRTC2014.
WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC), is pleased to announce the fifty-nine referees that will be monitoring the competing teams during the competition July 12-13, 2014.
WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC), is proud to announce the fifty five teams that will be invited to compete in New England next July.
WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC), is proud to announce the operators that have been invited to form teams for the competition to be held in July 2014.
In the world of Radiosport we compete against all comers world wide – but never is it a level playing field when the Australian Authorities (ACMA) insist on keeping the approved power down on the old UK 400 Watt level.
WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is pleased to announce that the application process for individuals that would like to participate in WRTC2014 as a Team Leader is now open.
The station had been dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century (not yet into the 21st century though!) with the addition of a rotator for 15m the week prior to the contest.
Actually, the messages, which I’ve got copies of, are enough to understand the situation. Randy, K5ZD, has firmly stated his position that UA9BA will not be give the status of an official observer, but K5ZD will accept and consider Willy’s report.
There has been a Dark Side to the Force that has worked to diminish fun for some as ham radio operators. Previously it had landed solidly in DXing, with some operators of reasonable skill, claiming to on certain islands, or in certain countries, yet thousands of miles distant.
Looking at the spots after CQ WW WPX Contest 2010, I was "astonished" seeing 3V8CB Station QRV on 40.
I still the only local CW Operator in 3V land and I as far as I know, using CW skimmers is not allowed according the contest rules.
After CQ WPX SSB CC made log public(Thanks, great job!) I was thinking: may I check “big guns” logs?
If I participate as part of M/M, M/S etc., can I work my club station
Official results of the CQ WPX Contest were announced in the Contest web-site.
Along with congratulating all winners, I'd like to draw your attention at numerous yellow cards issued by Randy K5ZD.
Well, CQ WW DX Contest CW 2010 is smoothly becoming a history.
Though, the results are not available yet, those who insistently do not publish their scores at 3830@, perhaps forgot that most contesters do not search previous years results in magazines, but in 3830
Aha, ‘Pepsi Generation” did not withstand the competition. One must not declare all the time, that he is young, and therefore he knows what to do better, and it’s time for older people to have a rest.
First of all, I’d like to emphasize P33W result.
The MS team consisted of RA2FA, UA2FZ, RW4WR, RV1AW, & RA3AUU was able to make over 9000 QSO with excellent mults number, and claimed new World and Asia records !!!!
Well then, the time of CQ WW CW Contest 2010 is approached, it is to be happen the coming weekend.
Sure, as usual, great attention will be attracted to SOAB HP category.
K3EST made the last year observers’ visits into slapstick comedy.
As I noted in my previous interviews and articles, WRTC selection criteria are a bit far from perfection. In my opinion, corrections I’m going to tell you about might make the criteria more perfect.
In other words, if one John will participate in SO category, but without two radios, he violates nothing, and his log will be accepted for refereeing, and he even might be able to get one of the high places between other Johns, and between more advanced and ambitious Joses, who use TWO sets of equipment instead of one, but nevertheless, participating in the same category as Johns.
To me SO1R and SO2R are essentially the same - both are true single op - SO2R is just a single op station that is more complicated and sophisticated and harder to BUILD.
Once Crawfish, Swan and Pike
Set out to pull a loaded cart,
And all together settled in the traces;
They pulled with all their might, but still the cart refused to budge!
RV2FW, 4Z5TA, 4X6ZK and 4Z5KJ will be active in coming CQ WW 160 CW Contest 22 - 25 January 2009 from Israel with contest call 4Z5J in Multi Single category.
When CQ WW DX Contest start open log policy many radioamateurs start examinate the logs and even some groups of radio amateurs is start making own analyze of the logs.
D4C team is not present in the winners list so the circulating rumors about disqualification of the D4C team have been confirmed: I4YSS, I4UFH, IZ4DPV, CT1ESV. This has also been confirmed by the D4C project
team.
CQ WW 160m CW was a very promising event this year as we stuck an the bottom of the solar cycle so the low bands were good and the DX-activity in the contest was very high.
From 21 of january till 1st of february 2009 US and North American radioamateurs getting great opportunity to make a contact with Zone 17 and EY on 160m band
Many of us are in the process of preparation for this contest, but some contesters have already lost their chances for participation. For example, Radio-Sport website reports some losers from Russia, Ukraine and some other countries.
There are only 2 more qualifying tests left in the selection race to the WRTC 2010. These are - RDXC 2009 and “On site championship of Russian Federation” (I am talking here about Russians). I would like to share some thoughts about selection Formula or “Selection criteria for participation in”World Radiosport Team Championship 2010” (“WRTC 2010”)
This is the time of year when the deadline for the 2009 Honour Roll and Annual Listing looms large. Applications and updates submitted on-line on or before 1 February will count for the 2009 tables so long as the supporting cards sent to checkpoints are postmarked no later than that date. Updates postmarked after 1 February will be processed in the normal way but scores will be held over to the following appearance.