Old "Traffic News" messages
International lighthouse-lightship weekend
06-08-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
The Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS) is sponsoring its 18th annual ILLW (International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend) on August 6 & 7. Operating guidelines and scoring details can be found at the ILLW organization web site.
This annual QSO Party is held in conjunction with the International Lighthouse-Lightship Week, August 1 through August 8, and the National Lighthouse Day, August 7th. Further lighthouse information is on the ARLHS web site.
This annual QSO Party is held in conjunction with the International Lighthouse-Lightship Week, August 1 through August 8, and the National Lighthouse Day, August 7th. Further lighthouse information is on the ARLHS web site.
TY1KS - Benin
06-08-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
A team of 5 OM of DxCoffee.com will operate from Benin from the 6th to the 15th of August 2011 as TY1KS. The activity will be HF+6m SSB, CW and RTTY. They will operate 2 complete stations using Elecraft K3s and Elecraft KPA500 solid-state amplifiers.
SAQ - Extra Grimeton Radio transmission
05-08-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
There will be a special transmission with the Alexanderson alternator on 17,2 kHz on Friday, August 5, 2011 at 09:00 UTC. Start up and tuning from about 08:30 UTC. This time, no QSL/reports are required.
OP0P/P - Saint-Vitu & Abée castle activation
17-07-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
A castle activity for the Belgian Castles Awards is planned on Sunday July 17, 06:30 UTC till the end of the batteries), CW & SSB on 80/40m and perhaps 20m. The team will activate 2 NEW references in the province of Liège: LG-087 Saint-Vitu castle and LG-088 Abée castle.
OP0P/P operators: ON5PO, ON4LRG, ON6YH, ON6DP, ON7PC.
OP0P/P operators: ON5PO, ON4LRG, ON6YH, ON6DP, ON7PC.
South Sudan - DXCC entity
14-07-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
On Thursday, July 14, the UN General Assembly met to vote on whether or not to admit the Republic of South Sudan as its 193rd member state. The Republic of South Sudan was admitted by a vote of acclamation and is now a member of the United Nations.
Now that the Republic of South Sudan is a member of the United Nations, the new country is now a DXCC entity by way of Section II, 1(a) of the DXCC rules. The DXCC Desk will begin immediately accepting QSOs for this new entity, with a start date of July 14, 2011. According to DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, the Honor Roll numbers move from 340 to 341 for the Top of the Honor Roll, and for Honor Roll it becomes 332. “The deadline for the Honor Roll and annual listings is December 31, so you must submit the new entity to DXCC by then in order to retain your Honor Roll status,” Moore explained. “For Logbook of The World (LoTW), you may submit all your QSOs with the Republic of South Sudan stations anytime. There is no need to hold them out of your log or do anything differently from what you already have been doing. You do not need to assign country names or identifiers. After we issue certificates to the Republic of South Sudan license holders, LoTW will make matches and assign the correct entities automatically.”
As of July 14, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has not announced a prefix block for the Republic of South Sudan. For programmers and others who require use of the DXCC entity code, the code assigned to Republic of South Sudan is 521.
Now that the Republic of South Sudan is a member of the United Nations, the new country is now a DXCC entity by way of Section II, 1(a) of the DXCC rules. The DXCC Desk will begin immediately accepting QSOs for this new entity, with a start date of July 14, 2011. According to DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, the Honor Roll numbers move from 340 to 341 for the Top of the Honor Roll, and for Honor Roll it becomes 332. “The deadline for the Honor Roll and annual listings is December 31, so you must submit the new entity to DXCC by then in order to retain your Honor Roll status,” Moore explained. “For Logbook of The World (LoTW), you may submit all your QSOs with the Republic of South Sudan stations anytime. There is no need to hold them out of your log or do anything differently from what you already have been doing. You do not need to assign country names or identifiers. After we issue certificates to the Republic of South Sudan license holders, LoTW will make matches and assign the correct entities automatically.”
As of July 14, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has not announced a prefix block for the Republic of South Sudan. For programmers and others who require use of the DXCC entity code, the code assigned to Republic of South Sudan is 521.
IOTA AS-009 & AF-070
10-07-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
As a result of a policy change on deleted islands (see the IOTA web site), cards for contacts with Abu Ail or Penguin Islands may be submitted for credit to AS-009 and AF-070 respectively.
OR5EPC - BRARC special event call
01-06-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
Pour le 5ème anniversaire de l’EUROPEAN PSK CLUB, la station club ON7BR (Belgian Railways Amateurs Radio Club of the FIRAC) activera pendant le mois de juin l’indicatif spécial OR5EPC.
YL DAYS
21-05-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
Carine F5ISY, Sandra HK3JJB, Petra DF5ZV and Mona KI4PJC are organizing the worldwide "DAY OF YLs" on 21 and 22 May 2011. This weekend is intended to gather on the air all amateur radio women around the world and of course all OM are invited to participate. See here for further details.
TC1919ATA
18-05-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
TC1919ATA will be aired 18-20 May, commemorating the arrival of Atatürk in the city of Samsun on May 19, 1919.
QSL via TA6P or TA6U.
TC130ATA - Atatürk 130th birth anniversary
16-05-2011
Submitted by: ON5EX
TC130ATA will be aired on HF bands between 16 and 22 May, celebrating the 130th birth anniversary of Mustafa Kemel Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic.
