5z -
enrico, iv3sbe is returning to kenya and will remain there through
2007. he plans to operate as 5z4es mainly during the weekends. qsl
via the kenyan bureau. [tnx iv3sbe]
9a -
uba-dst members on4azp, on4caq, on6kl, on6kn, on6vp, on7fh and
on7uz will operate (mainly on 80 and 40 metres ssb) as 9a8dst/p
from losinj island (eu-136) on 4-9 may. activity from nearby
islands will depend on the availability of a boat. qsl via on4dst
(bureau) or on4amm (direct). [tnx on4bba]
9a -
zik, ve3zik (4n1dx) will be active as 9a/ve3zik from bilice,
croatia on 7-17 may. he plans to operate on all hf bands cw and
ssb, plus 10m fm on 29610 khz. qsl via dl3ps, direct or bureau
(please do not send cards to the ve3 bureau as zik has moved to
germany). logs will be available at
http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik [tnx ve3zik]
9h -
karl, oe3jag will be active (requested call 9h3jag) from malta
(eu-023) on 2-6 may. he plans to operate qrp mainly cw, psk and
rtty. qsl via home call. [tnx k1xn and the golist]
9h -
mathias, dl4zj will operate cw and ssb as 9h3zj from gozo island,
malta (eu-023) on 3-13 may. qsl via home call. [tnx opdx bulletin]
c6 -
gerd, dl7vog will operate as c6aka from long island (na-001),
bahamas on 1-15 may. he plans to be active on 10-80 metres cw and
rtty, and possibly on 6 and 160 metres as well. qsl via dl7vog
(e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to
c6aka@dl7vog.de).
[tnx the daily dx]
cx -
jorge, cx6vm says he will operate on 12, 17 and 30 metres for the
coming two weeks. look for him on +/- 24911, 18081 and 10111 khz.
qsl via w3hnk.
dl -
ralf, dh7no and ric, dl2vfr will be active as homecall/p and da0glh
from usedom island (eu-129, gia o-13) and the karnin lighthouse on
7-8 may. qsl via dl2vfr, direct or bureau. [tnx va3rj]
ea6 -
christian, dl6kac will be active again as ea6/dl6kac from mallorca
(die e-021), balearic islands (eu-004) on 4-24 may. he will operate
holiday style on 10-40 metres mostly ssb. qrz via home call, direct
or bureau. his web site is at
http://www.dl6kac.de [tnx dl6kac]
eu -
four special event calls - namely ev6zk from orsha, ev7dp from
mogilev, ev8dp from gomel and ev60br form baranovichi - will be
aired from belarus on 1-15 may to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of the end of world war ii. qsl via ua3fdx. [tnx ua3fdx]
f -
the tm380 special event station [425dxn 729] has been active since
27 april and will close down operations (80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10
metres) on 9 may. qsl via f5gny. [tnx f5nql]
f -
special event station tm6pie (peace in europe) will be active on
1-14 may. qsl via f6ktw, direct or bureau. [tnx f8ref]
f -
the f6kif radio club will be active as tm8may on 3-17 may to
commemorate the 60th anniversary of the treaty signed in reims (7
may 1945) ending worl war ii. qsl via f4drc. [tnx f8ref]
f -
the f5kcq radio club will operate from houat island (eu-048) on 4-8
may. plans are to operate on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres ssb. [tnx
f8ref]
gj & gu -
the british channel islands of jersey and the bailiwick of guernsey
will celebrate 60 years of peace and freedom on 9 may. to mark this
historic event, guernsey will be using the callsign gu60lib and
jersey will use gj60lib. the callsigns are valid for the month of
may, although operations are likely to be between the 7th and the
15th, with particular emphasis on the 9th. qsl gu60lib via gu3hfn,
qsl gj60lib via gj3xze. [tnx gu0sup]
i -
michele, if9zwa will operate from a few islands and lighthouses in
the egadi group (eu-054) between 12 and 18 may. he plans to be
active as if9zwa/p from levanzo (iia tp-009, mia mi-050), il
faraglione (tp-013, mi-277), galeotta (tp-005, mi-031), prevedo
(tp-007, mi-079), favignana (tp-011, mi-025) and galera (tp-014,
mi-032). [tnx it9daa]
ja -
special event station 8n5sait will be active from 1 may to 31 july
for the shikoku information telecommunication month. the suffix
letters stand for sanuki, awa, iyo and tosa, the ancient names for
the four prefectures on the island of shikoku (kagawa, tokushima,
ehime and kouchi). qsl via the jarl bureau. [tnx ji6kvr]
ja -
look for ja6pnr/6 and jq6kja/6 to operate from azuchi island
(as-012, jiia as-012-006) on 30 april and 1 may. qsl via hoe calls,
direct or bureau. [tnx ji6kvr]
ja -
look for ja5bex/5 to be active from honjima island (as-076, jiia
new), kagawa prefecture on 29-30 april. qsl via home call, direct
or bureau. [tnx ji6kvr]
ja -
jn2tzb plans to be active from take island (as-117, jiia
as-117-021), aichi prefecture on 30 april. qsl via home call,
direct or bureau. [tnx ji6kvr]
ja -
je4yar, jj4vqu and jn4bbm plan to operate as homecall/4 miya island
(as-117, jiia as-117-021), hiroshima prefecture on 4-5 may. qsl via
home calls, direct or bureau. [tnx ji6kvr]
ja -
look for jr5dpb/5 and je5hxl/5 plan to be active from teshima
island (as-076, jiia new) on 8 may. qsl via home calls, direct or
bureau. [tnx ji6kvr]
lz -
special station lz05km will be active on 1-31 may to celebrate st.
kiril and methodius' day. qsl via lz1pj, direct (ivan ivanov, p.o.
box 15, bg-1324 sofia, bulgaria) or bureau (e-mail requests for
bureau cards can be sent to
lz1pj@qsl.net). [tnx k1xn and the
golist]
oz -
stefan, db3lsp will operate mainly cw as oz/db3lsp from sjaelland
island (eu-029, dia sj-001) on 1-14 may. qsl via home call. [tnx
opdx bulletin]
pa -
martin, ve3mr (p49mr) will be active again as pa9mr from eu-146
until 16 may. qsl via home call. [tnx the daily dx]
pa -
the netherlands amateur radio league (vrza) will operate special
event calls pi25bea and pi25trix from 30 april to 31 may as part of
the celebrations for the silver jubilee of queen beatrix. qsl via
pe2hsb (hans sneeboer, els van roodenstraat 50, 2036 ae haarlem,
the netherlands). [tnx pb9zr]
r1a_ant -
dmitry, rz3dj reports that vlady, ru3hd will remain at
novolazarevskaya (ua-08 for the antarctica award, iota an-016),
antractica until around april 2006. vlady operates as either r1ann
and ru3hd/ant on all bands, mainly cw with some ssb, in its spare
time. more than 7000 qsos have been logged so far. qsl via rz3dj
(dmitry tsyplakov, p.o. box 5/3, pushkino - 5, 141205, russia).
sm -
amateur radio stations in sweden are allowed to use the following
special prefixes from 17 may to 7 june to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the end of the union with norway: se (sm stations),
sf (sa stations), sj (sk stations) and sg (sl stations). [tnx the
daily dx]
sp -
a number of special event stations will be aired from poland on
1-15 may to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the "victory day".
callsigns will include 3z#vd, hf#vd, hf60vd, sn60vd and sq60vd,
plus possibly 3z60vd and sp60vd. details on the relevant "victory
day award" at
http://www.ot25.pzk.org.pl/htm/victory%20_day.htmsu -
the navy forces in control of the area prevented the su8iota team
[425dxn 721] from landing on nelson island (af-new) on 23 april and
asked for additional permissions from the army headquarters. the
expedition has been postponed "to an indefinite date", as said,
su1sk and his friends do not know how long it will take for these
authorizations to be issued to them. updates will be posted at
http://www.qrz.com/su8iotasv5 -
wolfgang, dl3drn and joachim, dj5aa will be active from rhodes
(eu-001) on 2-16 may. qsl via operators' instructions. [tnx opdx
bulletin]
sv5 -
look for andrea, sv5/ik1pmr and claudia, sv5/k2leo to operate on
80-10 metres cw and rtty from rhodes (eu-001) on 5-19 may,
including ari international dx and volta rtty contests. qsl for
both callsigns via ik1pmr (
www.ik1pmr.com). [tnx ik1pmr]
sv8 -
look for sv8/ik7jwx/p, sv8/iz8ezp/p, sv8/iz7avu/p and sv8/iz7atn/p
to operate from corfu island (eu-052) and a few lighthouses on 6-9
may, including and entry in the ari international dx contest. qsl
via home calls. [tnx ik7jwx]
ua -
special station rp3xmv will be active (on 10-160 metres cw, ssb and
digital modes) on 5-9 and 14-15 may (cq-m contest) to commemorate
the 60th anniversary of the end of world war ii. the station will
be located at strelkovka, birthplace of marshal georgi
konstantinovich zhukov, known as "the man who did not lose a
battle". qsl via ua3xac. [tnx rk3xwd]
un -
a group of operators (namely un6p, un5pr, un7pby, un4pg, un8po,
un8pim, un7pyl and un9p) from temirtau, kazakhstan will be active
on all bands and modes as up60p on 5-12 may to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the end of world war ii. qsl via un5pr (romeo y.
loparev, p.o. box 73, temirtau, 472300, kazakhstan). [tnx un5pr]
ur -
slava/us7igf, roman/ur7ijq, alexandr/ur7ikv and roman/uy7iq will
operate on 40-17 metres ssb and cw from slavian'skyi island (sd-09
for the uia programme) on 2-3 may. qsl via home calls. [tnx us7igf]
ur -
special call em60ig will be aired on all bands on 5-10 may from
ukraine to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of world war
ii. qsl via ur7ia, direct (leonid v. aniskin, p.o. box 1901,
gorlovka-46, donetsk reg. 84646, ukraine) or bureau. [tnx ur7ia]
ur -
igor, ur3gm and andy, ur5gar will operate special event station
eo60g on 5-15 may to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of
world war ii. qsl via ur3gm, direct (igor pulin, p.o. box 23,
kherson 73022, ukraine) or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards
can be sent to
ur3gm@tlc.kherson.ua). [tnx ur3gm]
ve -
canadian radio amateurs are authorized to use the following special
event prefixes during the perdiod 1-31 may to mark the opening of
the new canadian war museum in ottawa (8 may), coincident with the
60th anniversary of victory in europe day: cf for va stations, cg
for ve stations, ch for vo stations, ci0 for vy0 stations, ci1 for
vy1 stations and ci2 for vy2 stations. [tnx opdx bulletin]
ve -
special event station cf3veday will be active on 5-11 may to mark
the official opening of the new canadian war museum in ottawa and,
coincidentally, the 60th anniversary of the end of ww ii in europe.
the station will be operated by members of the wireless set no. 19
group, a canada-based world-wide group of radio amateurs who
collect, restore and/or operate vintage military communications
gear. qsl direct only to ve3bdb. full details can be found at
www.qsl.net/vc3vday/ [tnx va3rj]
ve -
james, ve3tpz and mark, va3mah plan to operate on 10-40 metres as
cg3tpz and cf3mah from a "new" ontario island on 8 may (15-20 utc).
in case of poor weather, they will try again on 14-15, 21-23 or
28-29 may. qsl via operator's instructions. information on the
canadian island awards and the maple leaf awards programmes can be
found at
http://www.qsl.net/ve3tpz [tnx ve3tpz]
za -
alfredo, ik7jwx will operate (ssb, rtty and psk31 on the hf bands)
as za2/ik7jwx/p from fier and the cape durres lighthouse (alb-002)
on 1-4 may. qsl via home call. [tnx ik7jwx]
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