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DX Info
ON30ON - 30 jaar ON-contest
01-03-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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Special event station ON3ØON (Oscar November Thirty Oscar November) will be active during the months of March, April, September and October of 2010. Activity is to commemorate the 30th edition of the Belgian 'ON Contest'. The contest was first organized in 1980 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Kingdom of Belgium. Since then, the yearly event - lasting just four hours on a local Sunday morning - has become increasingly popular. QSLs for ON3ØON go via the UBA bureau or direct to ON4CAS. A special certificate which can be achieved for free has been created in PDF format. Full details are available here.
5R8UI - Nosy Be Island
01-03-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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Michele, IK5ZUI will be active as 5R8UI from Nosy Be Island,Madagascar, starting early March 2010 and he will stay there probably for one year.
QSL via home call.
QSL via home call.
NZ amateur radio operator licence change
01-03-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
The General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators has been amended to allow operators to use the frequency band 505 kHz to 515 kHz on a temporary basis from 1 March 2010. Requirements of the licence include a maximum radiated power of 25 watts e.i.r.p., maximum bandwidth of 200 Hz, and the requirement not to interfere with other services licensed to use that band.
UBA DX Contest
27-02-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
In case it slipped your mind: this weekend is UBA CW Contest time! |
9U1 - Burundi
27-02-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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A group of four German operators are currently on the air to 07/03/2010 under 9UXEV (DL3KBQ), 9U1KI (DH2KI), 9U1RSI (DL2RSI), 9U1VO (DJ2VO) from Bujumbura. They are mainly active on CW.
QSL via the buro to their respective homecall.
QSL via the buro to their respective homecall.
KH2 - Guam Island
25-02-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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Members of TIARA (Tokyo International Amateur Radio Association) namely Kawa AB2ST/KH2, Ken K0EN/KH2 and Toshio, KG6WTW/KH2 will be on the air from Guam from 25 February until 1 March. Activity will be on HF all bands, mainly beaming Europe.
QSL all calls via JF1TEU, JARL Bureau or direct.
QSL all calls via JF1TEU, JARL Bureau or direct.
V88/DL7JAN - Brunei
22-02-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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QSL is ok via DL7JAN either buro or direct.
TX4T - French Polynesia
09-02-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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QSL via G3TXF, direct or bureau. Further information can be found here.
ON6DSL - SOTA
08-02-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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Luc ON6DSL is a keen SOTA-operator, summer as well as winter time, publishing his outdoor journeys on YouTube.
YJ0MM - Vanuatu
21-01-2010
Submitted by: ON5EX
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