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De DX-tips voor de week van 22 februari – 1 maart
5W Samoa – Dave, G4BUO will be active as 5W0UO from Samoa (OC-097) between 22 February and 3 March. He is a 99% CW operator. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW in early April.
6Y Jamaica – Iain, G4SGX will be active as G4SGX/6Y from Jamaica (NA-097) on 1-21 March. He will operate CW only on 80-10 metres (hopefully also “some top band action”), and will take part in the RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest (8-9 March). QSL via LoTW, or via M0OXO’s OQRS.
8Q Maldives – Mamoru, JH3VAA will be active as 8Q7VA from the Maldives (AS-013) between 26 February and 5 May. QSL via home call and LoTW.
C6 Bahamas – Chad, WE9V will be active as C6ACK while visiting “various islands” in the Bahamas between February and May. He will be QRV on 40-6m. QSL via LoTW (preferred), or direct to WD9DZV. “I will eventually set up Club Log”; he says.
D6 Comoros – Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as D68Z from the Comoro Islands (AF-007) from 3 until at least 18 March. She will operate SSB, CW, FT8, FT4 and RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL direct to IK2DUW; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log, whose Livestreams feature will be enabled, and LoTW.
HD8 Galapagos Islands – A very large multi-national team (26 operators) will be active as HD8G from Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands (SA-004) on 18-26 April. Plans are to operate SSB, CW, FT8, FT4 and RTTY on 160-6 metres with 8 stations from two different operating sites. One station will be dedicated to satellite, one to EME, and one to 6 metres. QSL via M0URX’s OQRS; full LoTW upload 12 months after the end of the DXpedition. See https://hd8g.com for more information, detailed QSLling policy included.
ON Belgium – Celebrating the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), the local divisions of the Belgian IARU society (UBA) will activate 28 special event stations between 15 March and 15 May:
ON100I, ON100A, ON100R, ON100U
OO100I, OO100A, OO100R, OO100U
OP100I, OP100A, OP100R, OP100U
OQ100I, OQ100A, OQ100R, OQ100U
OR100I, OR100A, OR100R, OR100U
OS100I, OS100A, OS100R, OS100U
OT100I, OT100A, OT100R, OT100U
In addition, members of the UBA Board and HF Committee will be active as OQ0IARU and OR0IARU. A series of certificates will be available, see https://www.uba.be/en/news/uba-iaru-100-event for the details and the OQRS for bureau cards (TBA soon).
OX Greenland– Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Greenland between 25 February and 14 March. His main QTH will be the city of Nuuk (GP44de) on the main island (NA-018), with possibly a day-trip to Manitsoq (NA-220, GP35nj). As always, this will be a working trip and he will be QRV only in his spare time. QSL via OZ0J, Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW.
T32 Eastern Kiribati Islands – Ken, KH6QJ will be active again as T32AZ from Kiritimati/Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati on 28 February-3 March and 18-20 April. Usually he operates SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via KH6QJ, direct or bureau.
VK Australia – VI100SIG, the special callsign celebrating the centenary of the Australian Corps of Signals, has been QRV since 14 February . QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS. See https://www.qrz.com/db/VI100SIG for more information.
VU India – The DX India Foundation is organizing a DXpedition to take place from Arnala Island (AS-169) from 29 May to 1 June. This IOTA group was activated back 2004 and 2006, and has been silent ever since. Requested callsign is AU2M. The team includes VU2RS, VU3WEW, VU3DXA, VU3TPW, VU3GDS, VU2HIT and VU2KWJ. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS. Donations to help offset the significant costs are gratefully accepted. See https://vu2rs.com/au2m/ for more information.
YB Indonesia – Look for YB7MP/p, YB7HYK/p and YE7HIO/p to be active from Laut Island (OC-166) on 21-23 February. They will operate SSB and digital modes on various bands.
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