DX bulletin 368 03/09/2020 By ON9CFG [email protected] DX News YASME Foundation Supporting Grants The Yasme Foundation announces the following grants made at its August 26 board meeting. -DokuFunk Austria (Research and Documentation Center for the History of Radio Communications and the Electronic Media). Grant to continue hosting Lloyd and Iris Colvin DXpedition material, and to develop a historical presentation from existing pictures, video, and audio. Yasme also supported the transfer of the HZ1AB QSL collection to Dokufunk. -Grant to Seychelles Amateur Radio Association (SARA) for financial support on upcoming amateur exams. DX-World Quiz Here’s the latest DX-World Quiz. Thanks this week to Gust, ON6KE and Angel, WA2VUY for their help. https://www.dx-world.net/dx-world-quiz-2/ 4W6RR Timor Leste video by Roly ZL1BQD In October 2017, Roly ZL1BQD was active from Timor-Leste as 4W6RR. This video is about that trip. Other ZL1BQD DXpedition videos can be viewed here. DXCC This week on air This can change daily, please visit https://www.dx-world.net/ for updates. 4L, GEORGIA Peter G4ENL (ex 9X9PJ) is now active as 4L/call. Operation during his spare time on HF. QSL via home call or direct to N4GNR. 8P, BARBADOS Mathieu, VA2MVR is currently living in Pine Gardens, Barbados and is active as 8P9QC from time to time on 40 and 20 meter using a dipole sloping from a coconut tree. QRV until mid-September. 9G, GHANA Matteo, IZ4YGS is once again operating as 9G5GS from Sanzuele until September 15. Activity from 160 to 15 meter using FT8 with some SSB. QSL via home call, LoTW. 9H, MALTA Reiner, DL2AAZ is active as 9H3SAT until September 18. Operation on HF using CW and SSB, on 6 meter and especially the QO-100 sat. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN Tina DL5YL and Fred DL5YM will be QRV between September 8 and October 3. Operation on HF in ‘holiday-style’ with an entry in the CQWW RTTY contest. QSL via homecalls. HK, COLOMBIA Lothar, DK8LRF extends his stay until end December. QRV as HK3JCL. TK, CORSICA Frans, DJ0TP is active as TK/DJ0TP until September 14. QSL via LoTW, or via home call (direct and bureau). TF, ICELAND Norbert, DJ7JC is QRV as TF/call until October 18. Operation in ‘holiday- style’ from 160 to 10 meter using CW, FT8 and RTTY. QSL via DJ5BWD. V4, ST KITTS John, W5JON is once again QRV as V47JA from Calypso Bay until September 5. Operation from 160 to 6 meter using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW or home call direct. XW, LAOS Mike, UA0XB has received the call XW2DX during a 5 year stay in the country. Operation on 20, 15 and 10 meter. QSL via RM0L. YI, IRAQ Giorgio IU5HWS is active until end November. QRV on 40-20-10 meter. Giorgio will update his YI/IU5HWS page on QRZ.com with more details later. ZA, ALBANIA Franz, OE6TQG will be operating as ZA/call from September 6 until September 17. Operation on all bands using all modes. QSL via home call. Coming up 3A, MONACO Ennio, IW1RBI will be QRV as 3A/call on September 11-13. Operation from 80 to 6 meter using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via home call. FJ, SAINT BARTH Look for Marco FS4WBS, Claude FS5GL and Franck FG4ST as TO0Z on September 14-17. QRV using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via IZ1MHY. OY, FAROE ISLANDS Torsten DL4APJ and Udo DL2AQI will be operating as OY/calls from September 15 until September 23. Operation from 80 to 10 meter using CW, SSB and digi. QSL via homecalls, bureau and LoTW. SV5, DODECANESE Claudio, HB9OAU will be operating as SV5/call from Karpathos Isl between September 12 and September 25. Operation from 80 to 10 meter using SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW. T8, PALAU Look for JM1LIG/T88FM, JA6UBY/T88RR and JO3LVG/T88MK between September 12 and September 21. Operation from 160 to 6 meter using CW, SSB and digi. IOTA This week on air EUROPE EU-016 Lastovo Isl Tom 9A2AA and Neno 9A5N are operating as calls/P until September 11 from August 31. They also plan to activate 35 islets and rocks around Lastovo for IOCA. EU-028 Giglio Isl A team from ARI Modena will be active as IA5MO between September 3-8. Operation on HF using CW, SSB and digi. QSL via IK4ALM, direct or bureau. EU-042 Pellworm Isl A team consisting DJ1JB, DJ4EL, DJ5TM and others are QRV until September 3. Activity as DJ4EL/P from 40 to 10 meter using SSB and verticals & quads. QSL via LoTW, homecall. EU-057 Rugen Isl Jef, DD2CW is operating as DA2W until September 9. Operation in ‘holiday-style’ on HF from 40 to 10 meter using CW and SSB. QSL via home call. EU-064 Noirmoutier Isl Patrice, F6GCP is QRV as call/P until September 5. Operation using CW only. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. EU-125 Romo Isl Mike, DG5LAC is operating as OZ/call until September 4. Operation in ‘holiday-style’ using SSB and FT4/8. QSL via home call. NORTH AMERICA NA-067 Hatteras Isl Matt, AF2F is active as call/W4 until September 7. Operation in ‘holiday-style’ on HF and 6 meter using CW and FT8. NA-085 St George Isl Wey, K8EAB will once again be active as K4I on September 6-8. Operation on 40, 30 and 20 meter using mostly FT8. QSL via Club Log. NA-134 Aasiaat Isl Bo, OX3LX is once again active until September 20. QRV from 40 to 4 meter with main focus on 50 and 70 Mhz. QSL via OZ0J. NA-213 Dauphin Isl "Hurricanes permitting", look for Allan KV4T/P and Bridget KS4YT/P on September 4-7. They will operate FT4 and FT8 on 40 meter. QSL via home calls, eQSL and LoTW. Coming up EUROPE EU-017 Panarea Isl Dario IT9ZZO and IT9EJW, IT9GAC, IT9IDR, IT9LKX, IT9NKT, IT9VKY and IW9HSK will be operating as ID9/IT9ZZO from Seprember 16 until September 20. QRV form 80 to 10 meter using SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8. The activity marks the Oriental Sicily Contest Team's (IB9O) 10th anniversary. ANNOUNCEMENTS Announced DX THE NEWCOMERS V4, ST KITTS John, W5JON will once again be active as V47JA from Calypso Bay between February 13 and March 5. Operation from 160 to 6 meter using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW or via home call direct. VQ9, DIEGO GARCIA Dates are not confirmed, nor length of activity, but Bob DU7ET could again be active from Diego Garcia as VQ9ET later this year. Update to follow… THE REMINDERS 3B8, MAURITIUS A team with G0CKV and others will be active as 3B8M during the CQWW CW contest (Nov 28-29). Activity before and after the contest on the low bands. QSL via M0OXO. 3X, GUINEA The F6KOP team (E44CC) is preparing an DXpedition to Guinea and Kassa Island AF 051 during January 2021. Operation with 5 stations from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB and digital. More to follow. 3Y, BOUVET The Rebels will try to activate Bouvet somewhere December 2020. More to follow. 5H, TANZANIA Roman, RA/3W3RR (ex-9Q9RR) has announced plans to be active from Zanzibar island, AF-032. Currently no set dates as to when 5H1RR activity may happen due to COVID-19. More info to follow in due course.. A3, TONGA Stan LZ1GC and Ivan LZ1PM will be operating as A35GC from October 19 until November 2. Activity from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Logs uploaded during the DXpedition to Club Log. QSL via LZ1GC OQRS, direct or bureau. CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND The Polish DXpedition Team with Jan SP3CYY, Jurek SP3GEM, Wlodek SP6EQZ, Janusz SP6IXF, Roman SP9FOW and Piotr SP9RCL will be active somewhere during 2021 as XR0YSP. Plans are to be QRV with 3 stations from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB and FT8. CY0, SABLE ISL Permission for a DXpedition has been authorized with the team: WA2DAN, N2IEN, K5DHY, K5YY, K4UEE, WW2DX, AA4NC, N8AA, N2TU. The CY0C Sable Island DXpedition team learned this week that our DXpedition will have to be postponed until October 2021 due to the ongoing worldwide Coronavirus. http://cy0dxpedition.net/index.html E6, NIUE Stan LZ1GC and Ivan LZ1PM will be operating as E6AM during October- November 2021. Activity from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Logs uploaded during the DXpedition to Club Log. QSL via LZ1GC OQRS, direct or bureau. FP, ST PIERRE & MIQUELON Chris, VO1CH updates DX-World that due to Covid-19, the TO5T DXpedition to St Pierre & Miquelon has been postponed until August 8-16,2021. Activity from 160 to 6 meter using CW, SSB and FT8. http://www.to5t.com/ FP, ST PIERRE & MIQUELON Eric, KV1J will once again be active as FP/call between June 29 and July 13, 2021. Operation from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB and digi. QSL via home call, LoTW. http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July20.html FS, ST MARTIN David, F8AAN will once again be active as FS/call from November 18 until December 4. Operation from 40 to 10 meter using CW only. QSL via Club Log OQRS. FW, WALLIS & FUTUNA Tom, KH0/KC0W informs: due to Covid this trip will be postponed. As soon the situation changes Tom will let us know when he departs Saipan. HC8, GALAPAGOS ISL A DXfriends DXpedition will take place to San Cristobal. QSL via EA5RM. More to follow.