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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
F - The French Blind Radioamateurs National Union (Union Nationale des
Aveugles Radioamateurs de France) will operate special event
station TM2LBR from 28 December to 11 January to commemorate the
bicentenary of Louis Braille. QSL via operator's instructions.
[TNX F8REF]
GM - Terry, GM3WUX will be active as GB2HLB from 26 December to 22
January to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth Louis Braille,
whose tactile language for the sightless has been adapted
world-wide. Each QSO made by GB2HLB will receive a special QSL
card depicting Braille and raising awareness of the Royal National
Institute of Blind People. A fund raising web page can be found at
http://www.justgiving.com/louisbraille [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HB9 - Celebrating the 80th anniversary of USKA, the Swiss IARU Society,
amateur radio operators from Switzerland can replace their HB9 or
HB3 prefixes with HE8 and HB8 respectively. These special prefixes
will be in use from 1 January through 31 December 2009. [TNX
IZ1GJK/HB9EKS]
S2 - Korea DX Club members Kim/6K5YPW, Kang/DS2AGH, Lee/DS2BGV,
Kim/HL3QP, Choi/HL5FUA and Yoon/6K2AVL will be active from Dhaka,
Bangladesh on 7-12 March. They plan to operate (callsign TBA) on
160-10 metres CW, SSB and digital modes, with three amplifiers,
verticals and beam antennas. Suggested frequencies are:
Band CW SSB Digi
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160m 1822 - -
80m 3515 3795 -
40m 7015 7095 -
30m 10115 - -
20m 14015 14195 14082
17m 18075 18130 21082
15m 21015 21295 -
12m 24895 24950 -
10m 28015 28460 28100
QSL via HL5FUA. Logs will be available at http://dxpedition.co.kr/
[TNX 6K2AVL]
SP_ssh - According to the information posted by Henryk,SP9JPA on his blog
(http://sp9jpa.blogspot.com), Janusz,SP9YI is expected to stay at
the Polish Antarctic station "Henryk Arctowski", South Shetland
Islands (AN-010) until early November 2009. QSL via SP9YI. [TNX
SP9JPA]
T32 - Toshi, JA8BMK has been active as T32YY [425DXN 919] from Christmas
Island (OC-024), East Kiribati since 22 December and is expected
to remain there for a few more days. QSL via home call, direct
only. [TNX The Daily DX]
T8 - Hide, JM1LJS will be active as T80W from Palau (OC-009) between 28
December and 5 January. He will operate CW and SSB on 80-6 metres
in his spare time. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Amateur radio operators from Canada are allowed to use four
special prefixes between 1 January and 28 February: VA can use CF,
VE can use CG, VO can use CH, VY can use CI. This is to
commemorate Galileo's first use of an optical telescope and to
promote the International Year of Astronomy [TNX VA3RJ]
VQ9 - Jim, ND9M is back on Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Islands until
April. He is active as VQ98JC through the end of the year, after
that he will use VQ9JC. Expect him to be QRV in his spare time,
typically on 12-16.30 UTC (from Sunday to Thursday) and on
12-17.30 UTC (Fridays and Saturdays). Occasional overnight
operating will allow him to remain QRV until 1 UTC. QSL via ND9M.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - VE3IKV will be active as W4/VA3RA from Sanibel Island (NA-069)
from 29 December to 3 January. He plans to operate primarily CW on
20 and 40 metres. QSL via VE3IKV, direct or bureau. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
W - Special event call K3Y will be aired on 1-31 January to celebrate
the third anniversary of the Straight Key Century Club, "the
fastest growing group of straight key, morse code operators in the
world". Information on the event and QSLling istructions can be
found at www.skccgroup.com/k3y/
XE - The Daily DX reports that Ramon, XE1KK might be active as
XE1KK/XF1 from Isla Espiritu Santo (NA-124) during a sea lion
photograph safari with his family on 31 December, between 16.30
and 23 UTC. He will operate QRP on 20 metres SSB for a couple of
hours only. QSL via XE1KK.
ZF - Gary, W2VQ (ZF2VQ) and Paul, WQ2N (ZF2NN)will be active from Grand
Cayman Island (NA-016) from 28 December to 3 January. They will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres, with an emphasis on
Europe and Asia. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CASHOTA IRELAND ---> The Irish CASHOTA (Castles and Stately Homes on the
Air) will be launched on 1 January 2009. The web site for this new award
can be found at http://cashota-ireland.org/ [TNX F5NQL]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Ted, K1BV says he is not the QSL manager for D22CW
[425DXN 920], which is suspected of beng a pirate. [TNX The Daily DX].
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Valery, ER1DA says he is not the QSL manager for ER4DX
[425DXN 910]. We apologize to them for any misunderstandings.
RAEM CONTEST ---> Sponsored by Soyuz Radioljubitelej Rossii (SRR, the
Russian IARU society), the Ernst Krenkel Memorial, RAEM International
Contest will be held on 28 December, from 2 UTC to 09.59 UTC, on 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres CW. Complete rules (pay attention to the exchange
report!) can be found at http://www.srr.ru/CONTEST/cup_raem_engl_08.php
[TNX F5NQL]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Vladimir Viktorovic
Michajlov (RK3ABY), Valentin Ivanovic Skvortsov (RW4CTT), Jurij Nikolaevic
Kromin (RW9WF), Luciano Losi (SU9LL and EA7CHR), Viktor Komzjuk (UA0FDX),
Damir Abdulchaevic Khajretdinov (UA3ABW), Boris Nikolaevic Baranov (UA4WE)
and William E. Sadler (VK3AMH).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C7Y, 3D2YA (OC-121), 3DA0JK,
3V8BB, 5H3AP/3 (AF-054), 5H3G, 5H3VB, 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/3 (AF-075), 5H3VMB/5
(AF-074), 5U5U, 5X1NH, 5X1VB, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 7Q7VB, 7X2GX, 8Q7FD, 8Q7XR,
8R1PW, 8S6KOS (EU-043), 9A/S51FB (EU136), 9H3YL, 9J2BO, 9J2VB, 9L1X
(AF-056), 9M2AX, 9M2MRS, 9M6XRO/p, 9U0VB, 9X0VB, 9Y4W, A25/DL7DF, A35ZS,
B10DX, BG7JSQ, BT1OB, BT1OH, BT1OJ, BT1ON, BT1OY, BU2AI, BY4JN/4 (AS-150),
C21DL, C31CT, C31JM, C91TK, C91VB, C91VB/6 (AF-088), CE0Y/JJ2NYT, CE1/K7CA,
CN2IPA, CN8IG, CQ9U (AF-047), D20VB, D4C, D60VB, E73M, EL2DX, ER4DX,
FM/F5LGE, FM5CD, FM5LD, H7/AJ9C, HC5WW/HC8, HQ9R, HT2N, J20VB, J28JA,
J88DR, JD1BMM, JY4NE, KP2M, L50E, LA/F4BKV/p (EU-056), N3MK (NA-083),
OH1VR/VP9, OJ0B, OJ0J, OY1CT, P29NI (OC-041 & OC-181), PJ7/K2GSJ, PW2M,
PY0FF, PZ5RA, PZ5Z, R1ANR, RA2FF, RZ3AMW/1 (EU-162), S79UH, SU8BHI,
SV2ASP/A, T32CXX, T77C, T80X, T88IW, TB37F, TF4M, TI9KK, TO5DX, TR8CA,
TY5ZR, TY6A, UN7/JH4RHF, V25WY, V26B, V44KAI, V51VV, VE2XAA/2, VE8RCS/VY0
(NA-008), VO2A, VP2ETN, VP6DX, VP9KF, VQ9LA, VU7SJ, VY2ZM, WA2YUN/KH9,
XU7ABN, XU7ACY, XU7AEA, XU7AEB, XU7MDY, XW1B, YA4F, YJ0AQT, YJ0AQY, YJ0AVE,
YK9G, YL2KO, YU8/OH2R, Z2/UA4WHX, Z29KM, ZD7X, ZF2AH, ZK1EHH, ZK3AH,
ZL7/DL2AH, ZP6/N3BNA, ZS6CCY.
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