DX Info
EI8GQB – EI7T
08-07-2018
Submitted by: ON9TT
After many European SSB successes during the CQ WW WPX, CQ WW DX and the IARU World Champions contests in single operator low power category, Olivier ON4EI is back again to activate EI8GQB (8th-18th July) and EI7T (14th-15th July) during the IARU World Championship.He aims to be amongst the top 3 in the world.
Follow his activities on http://www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB.
Equipment:
Inverted L 16m V/24m H monopole for 160 & 80m + 32 radials.
Inverted V dipole for 160-80m-40m bands.
80m long beverage RX antenna East-West directional.
Spiderbeam & Mosley TA33Jr antennas for 20/15/10m bands.
Transceivers: 2 x Elecraft K3 + P3 SO2R 100W.
500Ah battery bank + 180W solar panel and 400W wind generator.
QSL MANAGER: PA3249
GR9RW Royal Wedding - Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle.
29-04-2018
Submitted by: ON9TT
GR9RW Royal Wedding - Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle.
The First Use of the “GR9” prefix in the United Kingdom.
GR9RW 19th – 23rd May 2018
Ofcom has issued this unique ‘Special Event Callsign’ to be used from 19th to 23rd May inclusive, and we believe it may be the first time that the ‘GR9’ prefix has ever been active.
The special callsign GR9RW will be active for five days in May to mark the occasion of the Royal Wedding between HRH. Prince Harry and Ms. Megan Markle is due to take place on 19th May 2018 at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in England. This commemorative amateur radio station will be operated by members of the Cray Valley Radio Society from their shack in Eltham, south-east London, UK.
GR9RW will primarily use SSB and CW, and additionally FM on the VHF and UHF bands. Two HF stations and one VHF station will be active and will cover all bands from 80m to 70cm. A very special QSL card will be sent on request, and cards can also be requested via OQRS.
Please see the club’s web site www.cvrs.org for further detail and look on the QRZ page for GR9RW for details of the station and how to obtain the special QSL card. Up to date information will also be posted on the Cray Valley Radio Society Twitter feed: @G3RCV.
For further information about the Royal Wedding itself please take a look at the following website https://www.royal.uk/royal-wedding-2018
The First Use of the “GR9” prefix in the United Kingdom.
GR9RW 19th – 23rd May 2018
Ofcom has issued this unique ‘Special Event Callsign’ to be used from 19th to 23rd May inclusive, and we believe it may be the first time that the ‘GR9’ prefix has ever been active.
The special callsign GR9RW will be active for five days in May to mark the occasion of the Royal Wedding between HRH. Prince Harry and Ms. Megan Markle is due to take place on 19th May 2018 at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in England. This commemorative amateur radio station will be operated by members of the Cray Valley Radio Society from their shack in Eltham, south-east London, UK.
GR9RW will primarily use SSB and CW, and additionally FM on the VHF and UHF bands. Two HF stations and one VHF station will be active and will cover all bands from 80m to 70cm. A very special QSL card will be sent on request, and cards can also be requested via OQRS.
Please see the club’s web site www.cvrs.org for further detail and look on the QRZ page for GR9RW for details of the station and how to obtain the special QSL card. Up to date information will also be posted on the Cray Valley Radio Society Twitter feed: @G3RCV.
For further information about the Royal Wedding itself please take a look at the following website https://www.royal.uk/royal-wedding-2018
EH5SUB - Submarine DELFIN S-61
19-04-2018
Submitted by: ON9TT
In het kader van de dag van de museumschepen zullen een aantal OM's van de Radio Club "CQ Torrevieja" op 2 en 3 juni 2018 de onderzeeër Delfin S-61 vanuit het park van de drijvende musea in Torrevieja zullen activeren. De roepnaam is EH5SUB en voor deze gelegenheid wordt een speciale QSL-kaart uitgegeven. QSL via EA5GVJ.
C’est dans le cadre des musées flottants que quelques OM's du Radio Club “CQ Torrevieja” vont activer les 2 et 3 juin 2018 le sous-marin Delfin S-61 depuis le parc des musées flottants à Torrevieja. L’indicatif sera EH5SUB et une carte QSL spéciale sera émise pour cette occasion. QSL via EA5GVJ.
73's Jean, ON5JV / EA5HZB
LX/OO9O
06-04-2018
Submitted by: ON9TT
Marc, ON7SS - OO9O, zal aktief zijn als LX/OO9O van 5 tot 9 juli 2018.QSL via eQSL, bureau of rechtstreeks.
Meer info op zijn website http://www.on7ss.be/lx_oo9o.html
Marc, ON7SS - OO9O, sera actif en tant que LX / OO9O du 5 au 9 juillet 2018.
QSL via eQSL, bureau ou directement.
Plus d'infos sur son site http://www.on7ss.be/lx_oo9o.html
Marc, ON7SS - OO9O, will be actve as LX/OO9O from july 5 untill july 9.
QSL via eQSL, bureau or direct.
More info on his website http://www.on7ss.be/lx_oo9o.html
OP18N - Commémorations WW1
04-04-2018
Submitted by: ON4BEN
Les membres de la section CRD (Club Radio Durnal) de l’UBA seront actifs cette année encore et pour la dernière fois avec l’indicatif spécial OP18N du 07/04 au 07/05 et à l’automne prochain afin de commémorer l’armistice de la première guerre mondiale où tant d’hommes et de femmes ont perdu la vie. Ces sacrifices nous ne pouvons les oublier raison pour laquelle, nous nous devons d’entretenir la flamme du souvenir pour tous ces hommes ayant fait le sacrifice ultime de leur vie et pour toutes ces victimes innocentes. Les traces de ce conflit sont encore bien présentes dans notre mémoire collective, rendons hommage à celles et ceux qui aussi de nos jours veillent à notre sécurité et à notre liberté. Nos activités ont toujours été ouvertes et le resteront à quiconque et ce, indépendamment de leur section d’origine ….
Samedi 07 avril, le CRD sera actif depuis la caserne du 2ième bataillon Commandos de Flawinne et ce, avec 2 stations HF en SSB et en CW. QSL spéciale via bureau.
3B7A - St-Brandon
31-03-2018
Submitted by: ON4BEN
Une équipe de 8 radioamateurs français sera active sur l’île de St-Brandon (AF-Ø15) avec l’indicatif 3B7A du 05/04 au 17/04/2018. Ils seront actifs du 160m au 10m en SSB, CW et, RTTY. Toutes les informations sur leur superbe website. Le pilote de cette expédition pour l'Europe et l'Afrique est ON9CFG. TM8U - Archipel des Glénan
24-03-2018
Submitted by: ON4BEN
Un groupe de radioamateurs belge parmi lesquels : ON8AZ, ON4KZ, ON5HC et ON7PQ seront actifs du 06/05 au 12/05/2018 sur l’archipel des Glénan (EU-Ø94) sous l’indicatif TM8U. Activités sur toutes les bandes et en tous modes. QSL bureau via ON8AZ. QSL cards to VK9 and VK0
21-03-2018
Submitted by: ON9TT
Greetings fellow amateurs,I am the National Manager of the Australian (VK) QSL Bureau, and write to seek your assistance in publicising to your country’s amateurs, problems that are experienced by sending QSL cards to the VK Bureau for VK9 and VK0 callsigns.
VK9 and VK0 represent a number of territories of Australia, and in fact, all eight (8) of these Territories are listed within the Clublog 100 most wanted DXCC. Accordingly, these Territories are frequently used as locations for DXpeditions (during 2018, there will be seven different DXpeditions to VK9 alone).
In almost all cases, these DXpeditions are managed by amateurs from countries other than Australia, however because of the VK9 or VK0 prefix, it is incorrectly assumed that QSL cards should be sent to the VK Bureau.
This creates a very heavy workload on the VK Bureau, which has to first seek where the QSL manager is located, and then sort, and re-direct those QSLs to a different DX Bureau. Having to re-direct so many cards incurs costs that we can longer absorb, and so the VK Bureau has taken the decision that we will no longer be re-directing QSL cards for VK9 and VK0, and nor will we be returning those cards marked as undeliverable.
This puts the onus back on your country’s amateurs to correctly identify the QSL process for these callsigns; in almost every case, this can be readily found from www.QRZ.com or other internet links. In many cases, such DXpeditions urge the use of OQRS as they do not wish to receive QSL cards. It is quite clear from the number of cards we receive, that many amateurs never look up QRZ.com to determine the correct path for VK9 and VK0 callsigns, thus leading to the problems we experience.
Therefore, it would be appreciated, if you could publicise this matter to your country’s amateurs, requesting that in all cases, before they send their QSL cards to the VK Bureau, that they identify the correct path for routing of QSL cards to VK9 and VK0 callsigns. If they do not do this, in all likelihood their card will never be answered, and nor will it be returned as undeliverable.
Any assistance that you can provide in advising your country’s amateurs of this matter would be greatly appreciated.
With best 73s
John Seamons
(VK3JLS)
National and Inwards QSL Bureau Manager for VK
IO9R - Aci Catena - Sicily Island - WPX SSB
21-03-2018
Submitted by: ON9TT
IT9BTI, IT9YAO, ON4LN, ON4FG, ON4CU, ON7CL, ON8PL, will be active as IO9R, from Aci Catena, Sicily Island, IOTA EU - 025, in CQ WW WPX SSB Contest 24 - 25 March 2018.They will operate in M/2 Category.
QSL via ON3AR buro, direct, LOTW, eQSL.
Address for direct QSL:
Alain Ramoisy, Hertog Jan 2 Laan 42, B-3070, Kortenberg, Belgium.
GB9OSA - île de Wight
16-03-2018
Submitted by: ON4CAS
Sept radioamateurs belges seront actifs du 08 au 13/05/2018 depuis l’île britannique de Wight (EU-12Ø) avec l’indicatif spécial GB9OSA. Vous retrouverez plus d’informations en cliquant sur ce website.