Charles M0OXO informs DX-World that today he received the following information from Leo YC9MLL; “I have bought travel tickets for Flores Island IOTA OC-151. I will be on air there most probably on January 21-22 and 24th, 2017. I will also be QRV in July 2017 again on the same days 21-22 & 24th. I […]
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6W/UA4WHX/P – Carabane Island AF-078
NEWS UPDATE – Vlad recently got in touch about his “midnight meeting” with the 6W military on Carabane island. Basically, the second-in-command initially detained Vlad due to his ham radio activity. However, the next morning he was released. The picture is of Vlad with the man who arrested him! Indeed, the military man later emailed […]
TF/DL1NX – Iceland
Alex, DL1NX (also PY2SEX) will be active from Iceland (holiday-style) as TF/DL1NX between January 20-26, 2017. Rigs will be KX3 and Buddipole, 80m to 10m. QSL Card information will come later but LoTW will be 100% confirmed.
CU2/SP7VC – Azores
Mek, SP7VC will be active from the Azores as CU2/SP7VC between December 27 to January 3. He will be taking an IC-7300 + PA. Verticals for 40-10m and Inv–L for 160-80m.
FG/F6ITD & TO7D – Guadeloupe
Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active from La Desirade, Guadeloupe between January 19 to March 9, 2017 as FG/F6ITD. Look for him on SSB & Digi and also as TO7D during contests. QSL via H/c.
RI1F – Viktoriya Island, EU-190NEW
NEWS UPDATE – The RI1F team (up to 12 ops) depart for the NEW IOTA on September 23, 2017. Depending on sea conditions, it should take approx 3-4 days to reach the island. QRV thereafter. Bookmark for updates. DECEMBER 14, 2016 – Announcement of IOTA DXpedition RI1F – Viktoriya Island, EU-190NEW….keep an eye here for […]
ZZ8P – Poldros Island SA-072
A 5-man Brazilian team will be active from Poldros Island SA-072 as ZZ8P between January 14-18, 2017. QRV all bands, CW/SSB/Digi. QSL via PT2GTI, LoTW.
ZF2WE – Cayman Brac
Jeff, K5WE, will be active as ZF2WE from Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands beginning December 21 through December 30, 2016. He will operate all bands 160 through 10 meters, mostly CW with some RTTY. Equipment will include a Kenwood radio with Amplifier. Antennas will be verticals on the beach. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog daily. […]
LU4ZS – Seymour Island, AN-013
NEWS UPDATE – Operator Juan, LU4ZS is active from Marambio Base, Seymour Island, Antarctica for 4 more days. Activity mostly on 40m. QSL via LU4DXU.
PJ2/KH0UN – Curacao
Steve, PJ4DX will be active (holiday style) from Curacao as PJ2/KH0UN between December 28-31, 2016. QSL via LoTW. *Recording of previous PJ2/KH0UN activity from 2015 below.
8Q7AZ – Maldives
NEWS UPDATE – Rolf reports he has a very high noise level (especially after sunset) and bad propagation. Mostly Asian stations in the log so far. Pictures courtesy 8Q7AZ / DL8AZ. December 12, 2016 — Rolf, DL8AZ will be active from Meerufenfushi, North Male Atoll, Maldives as 8Q7AZ between January 2-11, 2017. QRV on 40-10m, […]
8Q7ND – Maldives
Nevin, LZ1COM will be active from the Maldives as 8Q7ND between December 30, 2016 to January 5, 2017. QRV on HF bands. QSL via H/c.
XF2L – IOTA NA-221 & NA-224
UPDATE / CANCELLED — This weekend, the XF2L team was scheduled to operate on Lobos Island, NA-221, however weather conditions are getting worse, predicting adverse conditions to navigation. For this reason the harbor master, has decided that on Friday, the day on which the outbound trip to the island is scheduled, the port is closed […]
XX9D – Macao
NEWS UPDATE – XX9D will be QRT on February 26, 24 UTC. In the last 12 hours until our sunrise on Monday we will be QRV only on 17m CW/SSB/RTTY, 160m CW and 40m CW/SSB/RTTY for everybody with two stations. Please no dupes! No 160m on the weekend because of CQWW 160 m SSB Contest. […]
XR7T – Ascencion Island, SA-043
The Chilean DXpedition Team announces its next DXpedition to Ascencion Island (IOTA SA-043 FE36dc) The call will be XR7T. Likely dates will be in the period January 10 to 17 2017. The main aim of the DXpedition will be to work the greatest possible number of unique calls, thus offering a possibility also to Little […]
QSL preview – 5T5TI, AF-050
Full info on the recent 5T5TI Tidra Island AF-050 DXpedition can be found here
VQ9SC – Chagos Island, AF-006
Steve, WB4GHY is currently active from Diego Garcia, Chagos Island.
[On Hold] Bouvet Island DXpedition 2017
NEWS UPDATE – Many will know that a planned expedition to Bouvet by 3Z9DX and others has, for the moment, been put on hold. While DX-World initially broke the news (below) about “strong rumours” of a Bouvet activity in 2017, we have since remained pretty quiet while others have continually published info about 3Y0G without […]
YJ0AA, YJ0FM & YJ0WW – Vanuatu
JH2BNL as YJ0AA, JI2UAY as YJ0FM and JA2NQG as YJ0WW from Port Vila, Vanuatu. (Callsigns requested). 160-10 meters. CW, SSB, FM & RTTY. Two 500W stations and one x 200W station. Inverted L, dipoles, CrankIR and HB9CV. QSL LoTW for YJ0AA, others via their home calls.
PJ7/OH2IS – Sint Maarten
Ismo, OH2IS informs DX-World: “I am traveling to PJ7, Sint Maarten, in February with intentions to have a DX Holiday with family, just like last year as V26IS in Antigua & Barbuda, where I did some 3300 QSOs. We will be in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, between 17th and 25th of February 2017. The QTH is […]