Bert, CX3AN will be active from Upolu, Samoa as 5W0HA between August 19-26, 2017. Focus on 30 & 40 CW and 20 & 17 SSB. QSL via H/c. Note: Bert will also be active from Vanuatu the week after his Samoa trip. Callsign not yet known.
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RSGB IOTA Contest 2017
This weekend sees the ever popular RSGB IOTA contest taking place. A consolidated list of announced activations for the contest can be found here or here. Good luck to all participating. PS: Look out for DX-World’s Col MM0NDX who will be active as EJ3HB from Bere Island, EU-121 along with Jeremy EJ5GM.
Thailand IOTA activity
Champ, E21EIC informs DX-World of the following IOTA operations taking place this weekend during the RSGB IOTA contest. HS8HEX, Haw will QRV from Phuket Is. IOTA AS-053. He is permanent station in Phuket. QSL via HS8HEX and Buro. Group of Southern Thailand DX Club (STDXC) will QRV with two teams: Team A: HS3NBR, Noi will […]
PJ7PL – St Maarten
NEWS UPDATE – Ed WA1ZAM/PJ7PL informs….“well, needless to say our trip back to PJ7PL is off. Not sure when we will be able to get back. Will make a trip somewhere this year not sure where or when but won’t be for a contest.” JULY 27, 2017 — Ed, WA1ZAM will again be active from […]
V34AO – Belize
Robert, DL7VOA will be active from Hopkins, Belize as V34AO between November 18-30, 2017. QRV on 160-10m with participation in th CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via H/c.
[UPCOMING] VK9XI & VK9CI – Christmas Island & Cocos Keeling Island
JULY 27, 2017 – DXpedition website now available. FEBRUARY 21, 2017 – Team complete: Tony VK3TZ, Luke VK3HJ, Chris VK3FY, Peter VK3FN, David K3LP and Lee VK3GK. Flights and accommodation have been booked for both Christmas and Cocos. FEBRUARY 1, 2017 — VK3FY (Chris), VK3GK (Lee), VK3TZ (Tony) plus others TBA will be activating both […]
The FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin #208
After a 2 week break (Bjorn ON9CFG was on his Summer vacation), the ever popular FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin returns this week. As usual it’s a bumper edition. Download here.
ZV0R – Atol das Rocas, SA-038
Yesterday evening (July 24, approx 20:00z), Rodrigo PP5BT set sail from Fernando de Noronha to Atos das Rocas SA-038. It’s expected he will arrive later today and if possible will try to be active as ZV0R. Activity may be short (possibly just 1 day) due to weather conditions.
Launch of New IOTA Website
The time has come to tell you of the launch of the new IOTA website www.iota-world.org and the software system that in future will run the IOTA Programme. The Big Day will be 14 September. In preparation to moving IOTA to its new website we are disabling user logins on the RSGB IOTA website at […]
9X0TA – Rwanda
NEWS UPDATE — I am now QRV! As of now working JT65 on 20m with 40W and getting lots of attention. I’ll be moving to SSB sometimes. None of the electrical connections here are grounded, so I’m running an additional ground to a cold water pipe. I did get a few surprise jolts from that. […]
3D2SE – Fiji
Wes, ZL3TE will be active again from Viti Levu, Fiji as 3D2SE during the IOTA Contest (July 29-30). Activity before/after contest on 80-10m/ QSL via H/c, LoTW.
VOACAP D-I-Y Charts
Hi DX-World ! I am happy to announce that VOACAP Online has now an option to offer do-it-yourself HF propagation predictions, suitable for the websites of DXpeditions (and for other needs, too). Just embed a small snippet of code in your HTML codebase, and you are set to go. It’s free. Read more at: http://www.voacap.com/diy-charts.html […]
JD1BOI – Ogasawara
Koji, JI1LET will again be active from Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands as JD1BOI between August 3-12, 2017. QRV on 160-6m CW, SSB & RTTY. QSL via home call direct only.
[UPCOMING] E51JHQ – South Cooks
Nobuaki, JA0JHQ plans to be active from Rarotonga, South Cooks as E51JHQ (callsign pending) between September 1-4, 2017. Activity mainly during All Asian DX SSB Contest. QRV 80-6m. QSL via H/c.
9M2/IK2PFL – Perhentian Kecil, AS-073
Luca, IK2PFL will be active from Perhentian Kecil, AS-073 as 9M2/IK2PFL between July 22-27, 2017. QRV on HF bands, 100w & vertical. QSL via H/c.
9M2/IK2PFL – Perhentian Kecil, AS-073
Luca, IK2PFL will be active from Perhentian Kecil, AS-073 as 9M2/IK2PFL between July 22-27, 2017. QRV on HF bands, 100w & vertical. QSL via H/c.
7P8VRR & 7P8QM – Lesotho
Vaughan, ZS2VR and Quintus, ZS2KU will be active from the Sani Pass region, Lesotho as 7P8VRR & 7P9QM between August 18-21, 2017. QRV on 40, 20 & 15m. QSL via H/cs.
A25JK – Botswana
Arnold, WB6OJB will be active from Lotsane Game Lodge, eastern Botswana as A25JK between July 21-27, 2017. QRV on HF bands. QSL via H/c.
BG5UDN – Pingtan Isl, AS-138
Members of the Fuzhou Amateur Radio Club will again be active as BG5UDN from Pingtan Island AS-138 during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 29-30, 2017). QSL via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.
Dream setup!
Drone footage taken on July 14 at the QTH of Stan KE5EE. For sure, it’s certainly a dream station setup! Congratulations Stan on a job well done!