UPDATE – During May 25-29, Thomas will be active from Lamu Island AF-040 Thomas, OZ1AA is now active from Kenya, staying there until June 15th. QRV when time permits as 5Z4/OZ1AA. QSL via OZ1ACB, Club Log OQRS or LoTW.
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OY/DF3MC & OY/DL8JJ – Faroe I.
Martin, DF3MC and Emil, DL8JJ will be active from the Faroe Islands as OY/DF3MC & OY/DL8JJ between May 20-25, 2017. QRV primarily as a SOTA expedition – there are 108 peaks in the Faroe Islands and they hope to be active from as many as possible during their visit. They also plan some mobile /M […]
VK9MA – Mellish Reef
UPDATE – Rob N7QT and Brian N9ADG arrived in Cairns, VK4 today towing about 200lbs of gear with them. Note: Regular VK9MA updates will appear here, perhaps daily. JUNE 2, 2017 — A 9 operator team, led by Rob, N7QT will be active from Mellish Reef as VK9MA, QRV from November 3rd, 2017 through November 16th, […]
ZA/OU2I – Albania
Henning, OZ1BII / OU2I will be active from Albania as ZA/OU2I between May 25-29, 2017. QRV on CW only, participation in CQ WW WPX Contest, CW (May 27-28). QSL via OU2I.
8Q7PW – Maldives
REMINDER – Philip, G4PWO will be active from Fonimagoodhoo Island, Baa Atoll, Maldives as 8Q7PW starting July 18, 2017 for two weeks. Bands and modes will be condition dependent will probably be concentrating on 40, 20 and 15m – SSB if conditions are good, Digimodes if bad. QSL via H/c.
R66IOTA – Popov Island AS-066
Vladimir, UA0LCZ will again be active from Popov Island AS-066 as R66IOTA between July 25-30, 2017. QRV on 80-10m, CW/SSB. Participation in IOTA contest. QSL via H/c.
[UPDATE] A7/MW0BRO – Qatar
Martin, MW0BRO updates DX-World readers regarding his planned A7/MW0BRO activity. “Disappointed not to get my A7/MW0BRO callsign despite jumping through all the hoops, licence application, airline tickets, passport copy, home licence copy, letter of approval from QARS secretary. It seems that the authority just doesn’t want to issue visitor licences as my application has been […]
Sint Maarten DXpedition
UPCOMING — June 14-20, 2017 – PJ7 group operation from Sint Maarten Is. Three full time stations: 1. 6 Meters – 1kw 2. All bands 10-80m – 500w CW, Digital 3. All bands 10-80m – 600w Voice See www.pj7.w9kxq.com for details. PJ7/W9DR will operate on 6m. Beacon – 50.115.7 PJ7/W9AEB, PJ7/K9UK, PJ7/KK9N, PJ7/W9KXQ will operate […]
QSL card preview – A25UK
With thanks to QSL manager, M0OXO and the A25UK team. Cards on the way soon.
VU7KP – Lakshadweep Islands
MAY 22 UPDATE – The trip to Bangaram was to scout out the facility and plan for a future VU7 operation with a multi-national team towards the end of 2017. See here
5L3BI – Baiyah Island, AF-111P – Liberia
NEWS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1 @ 19:45z–After trying for 2 days the 5L3BI team couldn’t make a landing. Way too dangerous. Jeremy EI5GM and Col MM0NDX almost capsized next to rock. The swell around the rock never eased. There’s lots more to say but not at this moment in time. (73 Col MM0NDX) OCTOBER 28, 2017 […]
CT9/R7KW & CT9/YL3JM – Maderia
Serge CT9/R7KW and Oleg CT9/YL3JM are planning to be active again from Madeira Island AF-014 between November 21-26 with participation in CQWW DX CW Contest. QSL via K2PF (OQRS on Club Log preferable).
[UPDATE] E51GHS – Cook Islands
NEWS UPDATE – Due to excessive surcharges at the airport, the trip to Aitutaki was cancelled. This means activity from Rarotonga (at QTH of E51AND) will begin on August 16th. MAY 12 – Alex, F4GHS informs DX-World.net that he will be active from the Cook Islands as E51GHS between August 7-25, 2017. August 7-16 from […]
Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC Entities
NEWS UPDATE – I am very frustrated that every time this issue comes up, in the initial announcement, and this now, undoing of the announcement of the deletion, it is NEVER mentioned that the decision to delete these entities was made by the ARRL Awards Committee, and it did so entirely without consultation of the […]
T2R – Tuvalu
NEWS UPDATE – John, KK7L is returning to Tuvalu (May 23-29) and will be active during the CQ WPX CW contest as T2R. Activity outwith contest expected. Local resident T2AT may also be active. T2R via N7SMI, LoTW & Club Log. SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 – John (KK7L) and Jared (N7SMI) will be underway to Tuvalu soon. […]
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S21ZBD – Bangladesh
Jun, JH4RHF will be active from Dhaka, Bangladesh as S21ZBD between May 14-16, 2017. QRV on HF bands. QSL via OE1ZKC.
TJ3PD – Cameroon
Dan, AA9WO is now active from Yaounde, Cameroon as TJ3PD. Activity so far on 20m SSB. Today was his first day active. Paperwork sent to ARRL for DXCC credit soon.
Palau DXpedition
Kay, JH3AZC informs that JH3AZC, JP3EXR, JH3QFL, JH3VAA will be active from Koror Island, OC-009 as T88CX, T88DG, T88CU, T88CV & T8EM between October 11-17, 2017. Expect a mixture of activity on EME, Satellites and HF bands.
S07X – Western Sahara
The ARA is organizing in collaboration with the URS (Sahraoui Amateur Radio Union) and the RASD embassy in Algiers a DXpedition to Bir Lahlou locator IL56FI from 11th to 15th May 2017. Callsign: S07X The operators will be as follows: 7X2RO SSB, S01A SSB, 7X5FG CW, 7X2UV, 7X2DF, 7X2OR and 7X2ZZ SSB and DIGIMODE and […]