UBARoyal Belgian Amateur Radio Union

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EI8GQB / EI1A one-man activation
07-07-2013
Submitted by: ON5EX
From July 7 to July 31, Olivier ON4EI is back to Ireland to operate EI8GQB/EI1A from a caravan with green energy. He will also activate EI1A callsign during:

- the IARU HF Worldchampionship contest, July 13-14
- the CQ WW VHF contest July 20-21 (50 MHz only)
- the Island On The Air contest July 27-28

Activities and antenna experimentation can be followed here, where you will find a live information banner with on air frequencies and information. Also LIVE video streaming from the caravan will be provided here.

Equipment:
  • 18m top loaded vertical monopole for 160-80m-40m bands + 32 radials
  • 3 elements East-West directional inverted V beam for 40m band
  • 200m long beverage RX antenna East-West directional
  • 2 x Spiderbeam antennas for 20/15/10m bands
  • 5 elements ZX Yagi 6m band
  • Elecraft K3+P3 & Kenwood TS2000 100W
  • 500Ah battery bank + 180W solar panel and 400W wind generator

Objective: enjoy radio, run the contests on green energy only and score amongst TOP 10 world stations in SOABLP category.

QSL manager is PA3249.
OJØV – Market Reef
01-07-2013
Submitted by: ON4BEN
Belgian ops ON5JT, ON6QO, ON4CCP, ON4LEM and ON8VP will be active from Market Reef (EU-053) between July 1-6, 2013 as OJØV. QRV on HF – SSB & CW.

QSL via ON8VP to the bureau.

ON6GX/P - Castle activations
30-06-2013
Submitted by: ON6GB
June 30th 2013: ON6GX/P from Château Bayard, in Dhuy – BCA NM-120 – WCA ON-01302 ON6GX/P - Club UBA of Gembloux will be active on 2013, June 30th from Château Bayard (Dhuy) from 06:00-10:00 UTC mainly on 7 MHz – References: Belgian Castle Award NM-120 - World Castles Award ON-01302 www.on6gx.be.
LX/OO6P - IPA Belgium QRV from Luxembourg
29-06-2013
Submitted by: ON6OM
After a series of successful operations in MJ / HB0 / EU-038 and EU-146, 4 Belgian operators (ON6OM, ON6ZV, ON7EG and ON4MW) will be QRV as LX/OO6P (IPA callsign) from Luxembourg, 29/06 to 05/07 on the HF bands in SSB, RTTY and PSK31 and PSK63.

QSL via ON6ZV.
Championship Guadeloupe 10m SSB
29-06-2013
Submitted by: ON6HI
Radio club ACRA invites you to participate in the 10m SSB contest Guadeloupe on 29-29 June 2013, 01:00 UTC to 23:00 UTC.

All entries must be submitted within fifteen (15) days after the end of the contest.
PG2013SAIL - Sail Den Helder
23-06-2013
Submitted by: ON5EX
The special event callsign PG2013SAIL will be operational during Sail Den Helder 2013 and the Royal Netherlands Navy Fleet-days 20/23 June 2013, daily from 08:00 UTC - 20:00 UTC.

LX/OO9O - Dillingen, Luxembourg
17-06-2013
Submitted by: ON9TT
LX/OO9O will be QRV from 17/6 until 20/6. QTH is Dillingen, JN39DU. Main focus will be on 30 meters, CW and PSK.

QSL via buro, eQSL and LoTW.

SV9/ON4KCY - Crete
13-06-2013
Submitted by: ON4KCY
From 13 June up to 5 July 2013, Yves will be QRV signing SV9/ON4KCY.

He will operate on a free time schedule, perhaps not every day, most probably in the evening between (18:00) 19:00 and 21:00 UTC.
Preferred frequencies

7.125 +/- 5 QRM
14.175 +/- 5 QRM (alternate: 14.306)
18.135 +/- 5 QRM
21.175 +/- 5 QRM (alternate: 21.306)
EG5SUB - S-61 submarine DELFIN
01-06-2013
Submitted by: ON5JV
For the second time consecutively the Radioaficionados of the Vega Baja (ARVB) and the local section of URE Orihuela will return to activate the S-61 Submarine DELFIN located in the port of Torrevieja (Alicante) with the call sign “EG5SUB”.

They will start on Saturday, 1st of June at 9 am GMT through Sunday, 2nd in the evening using several modalities of transmission, digital SSB and CW, in the HF bands.

II4BTK - Ham Radio Activation “Elettra” Yacht
01-06-2013
Submitted by: ON5EX
On the occasion of the international exhibition Museum Ships Weekend Event on 1-2 June 2013, radio amateurs of ARI Fidenza Club will activate a radio station II4BTK nearby the portion of the yacht Elettra kept at the Museum of Villa Grifone in Pontecchio Marconi (BO). The "Elettra" yacht was the “mobile laboratory” of the great scientist Guglielmo Marconi, on board of which were carried out important experiments related to radio communications.

QSL Manager: IQ4FE