DX-tips
De DX-tips voor de week van 26 september – 5 oktober
5R Madagascar – Janusz, SP9FIH as 5R8WE and Leszek, SP6CIK as 5R8CI will be active from Nosy Be (AF-057), Madagascar from 23 October to 6 November. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 (also SuperFox for 5R8CI) on 40-10 metres with two stations and a focus on 12 and 10 metres. QSLs via Club Log’s OQRS (direct and bureau).
8R Guyana – Aldir, PY1SAD will be active as 8R1TM from Georgetown, Guyana between 12 October and 24 November. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on all bands and via satellite. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, QRZ Logbook, or direct to home call.
9J Zambia – Tom, DL2RMC is currently on a work assignment in Lusaka, Zambia, and has received the callsign 9J2FI. “Since I am working on a time-consuming project, I won’t be very active”, he says. “Still, you can hear me in many contests”. QSL via DL1RTL.
C5 The Gambia – A team consisting EA3NT, EI5GM, EI9FBB, MM0NDX and MM0OKG will be active from the Gambia on 25-29 November. They will operate on various bands and modes from the mainland as C5T, and as C5I from the Bijol Islands (AF-060) on 27 and 28 November. QSLs via LoTW, or via EA5GL. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/gambiafundxpedition/ for updates.
DL Germany – Mathias DK7LV, Ric DL2VFR, Klaus DL2YBG and Fred DL4BBH will be active as DM60IOTA from Borkum Island (EU-047) on 27-29 September. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, as well as uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.
DL Germany – Tom, DJ6OI will be active as DJ6OI/p from Wangerooge Island (EU-047) from 29 September to 4 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW.
EA Spain – Markus, DJ4EL will be active as EA5/DJ4EL from the islands of Benidorm, Escombreras and Tabarca (all part of IOTA group EU-093) on 17-25 October. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS (preferred) and LoTW. Updates will be posted to https://x.com/rapanuiman.
E51_nc Cook Islands – George, AA7JV is active as E51D/mm from the “Magnet” at anchor in Suwarrow Atoll until 27 September. Next, the catamaran will head to Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082), and E51D will be QRV from land for “a one week long RIB DXpedition”. Plans are to be QRV on CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW and HA7RY.
FR Reunion Island – Stephane, F5UOW will be active holiday style as FR/F5UOW from Reunion Island (AF-016) on 9-28 October. He will operate CW only on 17-10 metres. QSL only via LoTW.
I Italy – Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of regular radio broadcasting in Italy (6 October 1924), ARI local branches across Italy will be using special callsigns from 1 October to 29 December. The callsigns will be in the format II#Rxyz (e.g. II9RCAT for ARI Catania) and IR#Rxyz (e.g. IR1RVDB for ARI Valbormida). In addition, special event station I1MRTV will be active from the RAI Radio and Television Museum in Torino. Certificates and electronic QSLs will be available for download from the HamAward platform (direct link from each special callsign’s qrz.com page).
JA Japan – Hide, JO1CRA will be active again as JO1CRA/7 from Oshima (AS-206), Miyagi Prefecture on 5-7 October. He will operate CW and FT8 on 40, 30, 20, 17, 10 and 6 metres (50303 kHz FT8 as a beacon, QSOs on 50313 or 50303 kHz, plus SSB on 50260 kHz for JA stations). QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.
JW Svalbard – Look for JW7XK (QSL via LA7XK, Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW), JW9DL (QSL via LA9DL and LoTW) and JW6VM (QSL via LA6VM) to be active from the Svalbard Amatorradioklubb in Longyearbyen (EU-026) on 9-14 October. They will participate in the Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB) as JW5X (QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW, or via LA5X).
OX Greenland – Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Greenland between 27 September and 15 October. In his spare time he will be QRV from Kangerlussuaq (GP47ta), Qaqortoq (GP60xr) and Christian IV Island (NA-151, GP80kb) around 4 October. QSL via OZ0J, Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW.
PY0F Fernando de Noronha – Ben, DA1DX (ex DL6FBL) and other four operators will be active as PX0FF from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) sometime in October. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 (MSHV) on 160-6 metres. Updates will be posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/PX0FF. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, or via DJ4MX.
PZ Suriname – Members of the Royal Netherlands Army Signal Regiment (PI4VBD) will be active again as PZ5JT during the annual Jungle Warfare Training course in Suriname for a few weeks in October-November. The operators will be QRV in their spare time on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10m SSB using military equipment. QSL direct to PI4VBD.
SV Greece – Special callsign SX80FF will be used from various locations (including Crete as SV9/SX80FF) on 1-31 October. The purpose of this activity is to honor the 80 fallen Greek firefighters and aerial firefighting crews who lost their lives in the line of duty. QSL via LoTW, eQSL and QRZ Logbook; paper cards will not be available.
VP9 Bermuda – Josh, W9HT, will be active as W9HT/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on 11-14 October. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL direct to home call.
W USA – Special event stations N0F, N1F, N2F, N3F, N4F, N5F, N6F, N7F, N8F and N9F, plus KF2IRE and VE3FIRE (Canada) will be active on 6-12 October for the Fire Prevention Week 2024. QSL cards for any of the FPW stations should be sent direct to Fire Prevention Week Special Event, c/o Siemens Fire Safety USA, 2 Gatehall Drive, Parsippany NJ 07054, USA, See https://hamfire.com/ for more information on the event.
YJ Vanuatu – Team YJ0VV (namely N4VGE, K4QQG, K1NZ and K2SAV) will be active from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 16-29 October. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes (also FT8 SuperFox) on 160-6 metres with two high power stations and a choice of seven antennas, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via K4NHW (direct or bureau); QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.
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