Archive - November 2016

Olof G0CKV will again be QRV from Rodrigues as 3B9HA 24th November to 12th December 2016 in particular during the CQWW CW Contest but also focusing on the low bands outside the contest.

From Olof ”Please DO NOT send your cards via the bureau. There was a time when I loved to receive all those cards but there is now not enough time left in my life to collect them. Please use OQRS to request bureau cards.

Apologies for delays in responding to QSL requests. As from October 2016 Charles has kindly offered to help me and the backlog will soon be sorted.”

 QSL via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.

During February and March 2017 (dates to be announced) Harald DF2WO (XT2AW, D44TWO) will visit Rwanda.

He will operate from Kigali and has been issued with the unusual callsign 9XB954. (This callsign has been validated by ARRL).

Enquiries to his QSL Manager, Charles M0OXO.

More information will follow when appropriate.

Chris VK3FY will be qrv from Fiji OC-019 later this year.

He will be active ‘holiday style’ as 3D3FY (tbc) between the 6th and the 14th of December 2016 on 80 through 10M Bands using SSB and CW modes.

QSL via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.

The following update from Juma A71EM via DX World;

“Very glad to announce that Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) will be active starting from 01-7 January 2017 from Al-Safliyah Island AS-088 on all bands as A70X using SSB, Digi and CW.

QSL Manager for this event is M0OXO.

The official website will be live soon as it’s not yet ready but we will keep you updated from time to time.”

 QSL via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.

XT2AGI Logs now uploaded to LOTW & Direct QSL requests sent.

QSL via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.

Gil F4FET, Antoine F5RAB & others will be active from Cezembre Island EU-157 as between December 26-28, 2016.

They will be QRV as TM1CEZ  with 3-4 stations, 80-10m; CW/SSB/RTTY.

Please QSL ONLY via M0OXO OQRS or  M0OXO by Direct Post Mail.

Marc, V31MA will try to be active during the next few weeks from Belize.

Everyday from 05:00-5:30 utc on +/-3510.0 Marc will be specifically looking for EU. Noise level on his side is very low and Marc hopes many 100watt EU stations will find there way into his log.

Please keep your eye on the DX Heat DX Cluster, M0OXO Blob, Facebook & Twitter for additional updates.

Please QSL ONLY via M0OXO OQRS or  M0OXO by Direct Post Mail.

Lee Hai from Cambodia!

As a wonderful and unforgettable adventure, from the coast of Cambodia, the final act is upon us. Today, in early afternoon , local time ,the team are gathering to begin the take down of the antennas. At this moment as we are writing this post, we decided to leave working only a vertical antennas for RTTY on 30 meters and 20 meters, the spiderbeam, five bands,and the 40 meters vertical, for the only SSB station remaining, and the Quad and vertical 80 meters for the guys of CW.

In any case all the antennas will be put down tomorrow at the local Sunrise. We’ll leave our QTH in Ream- Shinahoukville District in late morning to reach ,after a long way by bus the Phon Phen Airport and starting our come back route to Milano where we’ll arrive at 7 AM of Tuesday. We reached a target of 35.000 Qsos , with proudly a number of 6500 Qsos on RTTY mode. Thanks one again to the dxers of all over the world for calling and calling us in any band/mode. And thanks for your incredible support!!! The great big international family of the Mediterraneo Dx Club will come back on air with our unvualable members of the team .

So thinking about our next one, as well we are thinking about the next one!

Lee Hai from Cambodia!!!

73 de Antonio, IZ8CCW Team Leader, Gabriele, I2VGW Co-Leader ….And ALL THE ENTIRE FANTASTIC INTERNATIONAL TEAM !

A large amount of Qsl Cards received via the RSGB Bureau have been sorted ready for processing.

The photo’s show approx 3000 bureau cards that have been sorted into Callsign order ready to be processed through the logs.

The most disturbing thing is that ALL the Qsl Cards you seen in the image to the left have all been received via the Bureau but QRZ.Com clearly states ”Your QSL Cards are NOT required – Please DO NOT send them via the Bureau”.

This cards have taken 8 hours to sort by me alone after already being sorted by the RSGB Bureau Staff. They have to be packaged, mailed and postage paid for before they arrive at my door.

This is simply ‘Indiscriminate QSL’ing’ by YOU, the user.

TL8AO is primarily a single op DXpedition to take place from Bangui, Central African Republic (C.A.R) between 10th & 22nd November 2016. QSO target is 15,000. I go to Bangui to do the DXpedition and achieve as many contacts as possible. But we all realize that TL is a very poor country – so why not try some fundraising for the people of C.A.R?

My budget is 7000 USD. I am not seeking donations to cover my own expenses, but try to do some fundraising for Doctors Without Borders in C.A.R who have been there since 1997 providing humanitarian aid to local residents.

My goal is to generate as much donations as possible where 100% of donations received will be given to DWOB. It is important to state that this DXpedition is not in co-operation with DWOB – they are solely the recipient of the donation.

They have acknowledged this fundraising, and use of their logo. Please check http://activityreport2015.msf.org/country/central-african-republic/

• 100% of  donations received by individuals or clubs/organizations will go directly to Doctors Without Borders in C.A.R

• 100% of net income through OQRS and direct QSL will go to Doctors without border in C.A.R

ALL donations are voluntary – there is no expectation that you donate just because you made a QSO. LoTW will be uploaded on the same day I return to Norway no matter!

M0OXO is the QSL manager and will handle all QSLing, OQRS, direct and buro. Thanks!

INDEXA have already decided to contribute to this fundraiser, we all know they established a humanitarian fund founded by Zorro JH1AJT in 2015. I sincerely hope other clubs/organizations and individual want to contribute as well

More info is released on www.la7gia.com Donations can be given by paypal to tl8ao@la7gia.com