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Volume 29 Number 014
January 20, 2025
Editor/Publisher Bernie McClenny, W3UR
Written today by Rich Boyd, KE3Q
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DX News
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KH9 - Wake Island
KH7AL, Alan, continues to operate as KH7AL/KH9 in his spare time
until the end of February. He has a plan for the coming days. He
says subject to sudden tropical downpours, typhoons, "pestering
birds," "spooky noises in the dark," QRM, big spiders, rogue waves,
hermit crab rebel uprisings, and work, here are some specific
plans:
Today, January 20, 12M SSB around 20Z
Tomorrow, January 21, 12M SSB around 07Z.
January 26, 07Z, 12M SSB, and 27 January at 0730Z, 20M SSB.
ZD7 - St. Helena
ZD7DPX by IZ2DPX, Giovanni, plans SSB, FT8 and FT4 January 21 to
February 3. He is guesting at the ZD7CTO station. His targeted
transmit frequencies can be found at https://www.qrz.com/db/ZD7DPX
QSL via IK2DUW.
VE - Canada
Special callsign XL2Q from the "Contest Group du Quebec" will be in
the WPX RTTY weekend February 8-9, and other bands and modes all of
February, February 1-28. QSL on LoTW when he does the upload in
early March.
YS - El Salvador
YS3CW, operator I2JIN, Roberto (Bob) is on the air until January 31
with an FT-891, 100 watts, to a multiband vertical, 80-10 meters.
Bob is on CW and FT8. QSL via I2JIN or use Club Log or LoTW.
C5 - The Gambia
6W - Senegal
C5PL in The Gambia will be by ops LB0OG on SSB and MSHV; SP1C on
CW, SP1FM on SSB and MSHB; and SQ1GU on SSB between January 31 and
February 7 from the "One Love Beach Bar" near Ghanatown and Banjul
(and a side trip to Senegal). The stations will be an ICOM IC-
7300, Yaesu FT-891, Elecraft KX2 and 50 watt PA. The ICOM and
Yaesu will be 100 watts on SSB and CW, 20 watts on digital.
The antennas are a hexbeam for 20-6, DX Commander for 40-10, end
fed wire for 40, 20, 15 and 10, dipoles for 80 and 40, and VDA for
20-10, to cover 80-6 "but focus on 20-10." The modes, CW, SSB, FT8
and "maybe FT4." QSL via LoTW.
They also plan to upload their logs to POTA and WWFF. Paper QSLs
will be several months after the expedition, as they check the logs
and order the appropriate number of cards. QSLing via Club Log
OQRS should work too. https://clublog.org/charts/?c=C5PL#r They
say their QTH in The Gambia will be in a POTA and WWFF area, POTA
GM-0004 and WWFF C5FF-0004. They also plan POTA GM-0008 and WWF
C5FF-0001, with the C5PL/P callsign; and POTA SN-0002, WWFF 6W-0002
from Senegal with a 6W/p callsign.
9A - Croatia
9A2AA is switching to the 9A68AA callsign for all of this year.
He, Tom, has been on the air 68 years now. QSL to his home QTH.
Central America
The Russian Robinson Club is going to three countries, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, and Panama, February 11 to March 7. On the op team are
K5MSK, N3QQ, NL8F, OK8AU, R1BIG, R9LR and RW3RN. They will go to
various POTAs and IOTAs.
First, February 11-16 it'll be YN6RRC. Apparently, the group
splits into two teams because second, H7RRC (requested) from Isla
del Cardon (IOTA NA-212) by OK8AU, NL8F, N3QQ, is also February 11-
16. Next February 19-25 it's TI1RRC, and then to Isla del Cano
(NA-117) by four of the team members with three stations for 3-4
days. Finally, from February 26 to March 3, callsign 3F3RRC from
Panama. For all, QSL using M0OXO OQRS, with the LoTW uploaded by
late in the year, December 24.
VK9/N - Norfolk Island
VK9DX, Nick, is now encouraging 6M EME skeds, with his new 6-
element Yagi, which he says is a big improvement. It's no
elevation, moonrise and moonset only. Email him if you want a
sked. He is there on the island the next two weeks or so.
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DX Gathering
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The IDXC, the 76th International DX Convention, April 11-13 in
Visalia, California, says "Youth can attend IDXC 2025 for free!"
Registration is now open, hotel rooms are available, etc.
info@dxconvention.com
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On The WWW
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K3LR, Tim Duffy, says the (musical, not RF) band "Spurious
Emissions" will perform in the Hamvention contest super suite
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Tim says this is
their farewell performance. The super suite is at the Hope Hotel
near the Hamvention. The Hope hotel is now sold out for the
HamVention nights. https://www.contestsupersuite.com/
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QSN - Please share the interesting propagation you observe and
rare/semi-rare DX you work or hear especially on 12, 10 and 6
meters.
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K4ZW, Ken, began his South Sudan, Z81Z, mini DXpedition today by
starting off on 10 meters CW (28.003 MHz) just after 0900Z. "Looks
like a problem on 10 meters when we go over 200 watts", says
Ken. HE's only able to run 100 watts otherwise the VSWR goes up.
Hopefully this will not be the case on the other bands.
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IOTA
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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.
IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT
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AN-016 DP1POL 14025 2020 NA-109 J88BTI 28455 1735
EU-005 MM0MMN 14347 1425 OC-021 8E3R 14216 1845
EU-013 GJ0KYZ 3573 2050 OC-027 TX7N 18085 2230
EU-096 OH/SE2QRP 14054 1435 OC-143 YB4FIK 14222 1515
NA-027 VO1VK 24965 1545 SA-006 PJ4SON 28444 1545
NA-107 FM5FJ 24893 2245 SA-018 CE7VP 14240 2220
IOTA frequencies -
CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530
SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765
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Calendar
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Date End Prefix Call Manager Ref Vol-No
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20-Jan 30-Mar 4S 4S7KKG DC0KK 28-221
20-Jan 1-Apr 7Q 7Q6M K6ZO 28-191
20-Jan 8-Feb 8R 8R1TM PY1SAD 29-001
20-Jan 20-Jan 9V 9V1OL 29-011
20-Jan 15-Mar C5 C5SP SP3PS 29-010
20-Jan 25-Jan C6A C6APS 29-010 009
20-Jan 30-Jan CN CN2REB DB4REB 28-220
20-Jan 21-Jan CT3 CR3HA 29-009 008
20-Jan 21-Jan CT3 CT9/HA2KF 29-009 008
20-Jan 21-Jan CT3 CT9/HA2KMR 29-009 008
20-Jan 21-Jan CT3 CT9/HA4FF 29-009 008
20-Jan 21-Jan CT3 CT9/OE6JOZ 29-009 008
20-Jan 26-Jan FG FG/VA3QSL VA3QSL 29-001
20-Jan 27-Jan FM FM/F4IFF EB7DX 29-011
20-Jan 27-Jan FO/M TX7MAS (OC-027) 29-011 002
20-Jan 27-Jan FO/M TX7N (OC-027) 29-011 002
20-Jan 31-Jan GM GB200LB GM3WUX 28-222
20-Jan 25-Jan HI HI59UD 29-009
20-Jan 1-Mar HR HR5/F2JD F6AJA 29-209
20-Jan 25-Jan HR VE3VSM/HR9 (NA-057) VE3VSM 29-001
20-Jan 29-Jan I IG9/S51V 29-013 009
20-Jan 31-Mar JA JI3DST (AS-079) 28-232
20-Jan 1-Mar JD1/M JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY 29-013 012
20-Jan 20-Jan K K4AF 29-007
20-Jan ??? KC4 AT44I 29-009
20-Jan 25-Feb KC4 DP1POL DL1ZBO 29-001
20-Jan 31-Jan KC4 FT4YM F5PFP 28-216 211
20-Jan ??? KC4 IA0/IZ1KHY
20-Jan 1-May KC4 RI1ANE RQ8K 28-070
20-Jan 28-Feb KC4 ZS7ANF DL5EBE 28-215 211
20-Jan 28-Feb KH9 KH7AL/KH9 KH7AL 29-014 013
20-Jan 21-Jan OX OX3LX OZ0J 29-004
20-Jan 30-May P2 P29XZ 29-011
20-Jan 28-Jan P4 P40AA DL4MM 29-011
20-Jan 4-Feb PJ2 PJ2/PD1DRE 28-249 185
20-Jan 8-Apr PJ2 PJ2/W2APF W2APF 29-004
20-Jan 20-Jan PJ4 PJ4JA JA3AVO 29-001
20-Jan 28-Jan TG TG9BBV VE7BV 29-005
20-Jan 28-Feb TJ TJ/TK1CX EA5ZD 28-249
20-Jan 31-Jan TR TR8CR F6AJA 28-199
20-Jan 2-Apr TY TY5C F5RAV 29-010 006
20-Jan 20-Jan VU AU2WBRC (AS-153) VU2WB 29-002 001
20-Jan 6-Feb YB YB9/ON6HX ON6HX 29-001
20-Jan 31-Jan YS YS3CW I2JIN 29-014
20-Jan 24-Jan Z8 Z81Z K4ZW 29-010
21-Jan 28-Jan VK VK2/F5LIT F5LIT 28-246
21-Jan 3-Feb ZD7 ZD7DPX IK2DUW 29-014 001
Upcoming contest rules & dates -
https://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycont.php
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QSL Info
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The entire C91AHV logbook has been uploaded to Logbook of the
World, as of January 16.
Need a QSL route? The Daily DX website has multiple choices -
http://www.dailydx.com/QSLRoutes.html
QSL cards recently received direct and via managers: 3D2NB, 5R8IC
and N0GJW/6Y.
QSL cards recently received via the bureau: None reported today.
Confirmations recently received via LOTW: DJ4EL/P (EU-042), HA3NU,
KH6RF, VA6SZ and WH7Z.
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Credits
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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX
News, I2JIN, JH1LPZ, K3LR, K3SX, K4ZW, LB0OG, N6DHZ, QRZ, VK9DX,
W3RQ and Z81Z.
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