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DX News
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KH6 – Hawaii
N6TJ, Jim Neiger, will be back on the Big Island and QRV as KH7M
during the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest, November 27-28, in the SOAB
category. Jim indicated 160 and 80 meters “were often open to mainland
USA, Caribbean, JA/UA0, Zone 21 and stations there with big transmit
signals may find Hawaii calling them”.
V4 – St. Kitts
W5JON, John, is, who is finally going back to his Calypso Bay QTH,
November 10-24, is also planning to be there from June 16 to July 1.
Activity will be on SSB and FT8 on 1.8 through 50 MHz. Equipment
includes a Yaesu FT1000MP, FT450D and an Elecraft KPA500 Amplifier.
For antennas John has a Mosley Mini32A 10/15/20m, 33′ Vertical 10-40m,
35′ Top Loaded 80m Vertical, 160m Vertical and 6m 5 element Yagi. QSL
direct or via LoTW.
PJ5 – St. Eustatius
After just completing his first operation from Stasia W5JON, John,
plans to go back as PJ5/W5JON from July 2-9. He will be taking a Yaesu
FT-891, Elecraft KPA-500 Amplifier and dipoles. Listen for him on SSB
and FT8 on 7 through 50 MHz with an emphasis on 6 meters. QSL direct
or via LoTW.
PJ4 – Bonaire
WA3LRO, K1XX, W1MD, K3CT, N3RD, W4PA and N2NT are heading to Bonaire
Island for a multi-two effort in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest,
November 27-28. They will be using the call PJ4K. QSL via KU9C.
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DXCC News
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OE6MDF, Markus Dully, is the fifth Austrian DXer to achieve DXCC
Challenge 3000. Congratulations Max and welcome to the 3K Club.
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Silent Key
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F1HRE, Henri Gillares-Calliat, has passed away. He was a member of the
ARRL, REF, Clipperton DX Club, UFT, Bordeaux DX Group, F6KOP and
Mediterraneo DX Club. Henri was first licensed in 1984. He
participated in a number of DXpeditions including TS7C, TM7CC, IS0R,
TJ9PF, 9N7MD, PJ4C, V84SMD, S21ZB, 5R8M, 3W3MD, XU7MDC and TU7C.
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1B – Turkish Republic of North Cyprus
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In the October 25th issue of The Daily DX it was reported XW0LP, Simon,
was planning to depart Laos around the end of November due to “More
rules” being “imposed on” his “XW licence renewal” along “with the
crash in the local economy due to no foreign tourists.” We now know
his “controversial destination” will be to the Turkish Republic of
North Cyprus. He will be QRV as 1B/XW0LP. For the record this one does
not meet DXCC criteria and does not count for anything for DXCC
purposes. https://www.qrz.com/db/1B/XW0LP
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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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AF-019 IG9ITO 14215 1735 NA-024 J35X 7075 1027
AS-024 JR2TER/P 10136 2236 NA-088 HP4RWE 14347 1420
AS-053 HS0ZEX 28495 1108 NA-102 FG5GP 14286 2142
AS-200 JI3DST/5 21027 0023 OC-005 VK9DX 21010 1056
EU-023 9H4CM 18130 1333 OC-021 YB1BA 7074 2221
EU-031 IC8/UR8QX 7028 0237 OC-143 YB5QZ 24915 0039
EU-125 5P5XX 7160 1915 OC-146 YD8MUZ 7074 2020
EU-133 RA1ANM/P 14130 1225 SA-004 HD8R 14200 1326
NA-018 OX7AM 7026 2015 SA-068 8R1AK/P 7146 0351
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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5-Nov 5-Nov 3DA0 3DA0LP 25-195
5-Nov ??? 3X 3X2021 25-210
5-Nov 5-Jan 4L 4L2BM N4GNR 25-200
5-Nov 20-Nov 5H 5H3MB IK2GZU 25-170 165
5-Nov ??? 7Q 7Q6M K6ZO 25-210
5-Nov 30-Nov 8Q 8Q7RM HB9SHD 25-210 205
5-Nov ??? 9N 9N7AA S57DX 25-211
5-Nov 6-Nov A6 A60FD 25-213
5-Nov 8-Nov BV BW/JH4RHF OE1JUN 25-197
5-Nov 19-Nov C5 C5C F5RAV 25-210 205
5-Nov 31-Dec CE9 8J1RL (AN-015) JG2MLI 25-014 008
5-Nov 30-Nov CE9 VK0PD (AN-016) EB7DX 25-057 056
5-Nov 10-Nov CN CN46MS CN8WW 25-205
5-Nov 24-Nov CT3 CT3/DL3KWF DL3KWF 25-211
5-Nov 24-Nov CT3 CT3/DL3KWR DL3KWR 25-211
5-Nov 30-Nov DL DL35EUDXF DL4EAX 25-195
5-Nov 1-Aug FJ FJ/K2LIO K2LIO 25-206
5-Nov 5-Nov FM FM/EA1BP EA1BP 25-200 056
5-Nov 7-Nov FO/M TX7MB (EME) W7GJ 25-190 160
5-Nov 31-Mar FT#Y FT4YM F5PFP 25-210
5-Nov 7-Nov HC8 HD8R (SA-004) EA5RM 25-210 209
5-Nov 8-Nov J6 J68HZ K9HZ 25-180 160
5-Nov 7-Jan JA JR2TER/P (AS-024) 25-213
5-Nov ??? JD1/M JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8ELY 25-195 190
5-Nov 30-Nov K WA5LFD (NA-092) WA5LFD 25-180
5-Nov 6-Nov KH6 KH7M KH6ZM 25-206 180
5-Nov 8-Nov KL7 KL7FBI (NA-037) KB4DMQ 25-183 160
5-Nov 31-Dec LX LX40DA LX1DA 25-020
5-Nov 30-Nov OA OC200R OA4O 25-011
5-Nov 30-Nov OE OE35EUDXF 25-180 134
5-Nov 22-Nov ON OQ05PHI ON4PHI 25-202
5-Nov 30-Nov ON OQ35EUDXF ON6CC 25-205
5-Nov 31-Dec ON OQ60ANT ON1DX 25-210 202
5-Nov 3-Dec ON OT5IDPD ON6WL 25-185
5-Nov 9-Nov OX OX1AA OZ1ACB 21-210 200
5-Nov 9-Nov OX OX3LX OZ0J 21-210 200
5-Nov 9-Nov OX OX5DM OA1ACB 21-210 200
5-Nov 9-Nov OX OX7A OZ1ACB 21-210 200
5-Nov 9-Nov OX OX7AKT OZ1ACB 21-210 200
5-Nov 9-Nov OX OX7AM OZ1ACB 21-210 200
5-Nov 30-Nov PA P*35EUDXF PA1AW 25-195
5-Nov 5-Nov PJ6 PJ6/PD1BAT PD1BAT 25-197
5-Nov 30-Nov PY PV60CRASC PT2OP 25-193
5-Nov 11-Nov TA TC83ATA 25-210
5-Nov 15-Nov TL TL7M M0OXO 25-210
5-Nov 30-Nov UA R325xx stations 25-210
5-Nov 14-Nov UA UE35EUF RQ7L 25-200
5-Nov 7-Mar V3 V31XX K4XS 25-180
5-Nov 31-Mar V5 V51WH DK2WH 25-199
5-Nov 7-Nov VE VA2IDX (NA-077) VA2IDX 25-203 200
5-Nov ??? VK9/N VK9DX 25-205 162
5-Nov 4-Dec XE 4A0SLP 25-210
5-Nov 31-Dec ZC4 ZC4GR EB7DX 25-052 004
6-Nov 7-Nov VE VY0AAA 25-213 211
6-Nov 18-Dec VU VU2ABE AB1F 25-209
9-Nov 5-Apr HS HS0ZME SM6NT 25-181