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ET - Ken, K4ZW and Bob, W9XY will return to ET3AA, the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society's club station at the Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology, on 19-29 June. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on the HF bands (neither 160 nor 80 metres) and 6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via N2OO.
F - Members of Radio Club F5KDC will be active as TM400BPA on 17-20 June and again on 6-16 October. Look for activity on 80, 40 and 20m SSB and CW. The special callsign memorializes the 400th anniversary since the birth of Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher and writer (19 June 1623). [TNX F8REF]
G - GB0ECA and GB0WCA are two special callsigns used from various locations (castles, forts, stately homes, etc) across England. QSL via eQSL. Established in January 2021 and managed by Bob Saunders (M0MJA), the English Castles Awards (ECA) is an awards programme for chasers and activators of Castles On The Air (COTA), and it is an integral part of WCA (World Castles Awards). Complete information can be found on https://englishcastlesawards.uk/.
GI - Paul, G4PVM will be active holiday style as GI4PVM from Rathlin Island (EU-122) on 25-29 June. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres, possibly also on 80 and 6m. QSL via LoTW and eQSL; he will also upload his log to Club Log for QSO matching on the IOTA website.[TNX DX World]
JA - Masa, JF3ELH will be active as JF3ELH/6 (CW and SSB) and JF3ELH/p (FT8) from Okino Erabu, Amami Islands (AS-023) on 23-26 June. He will be QRV on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX JI3DST]
KH2 - Yas, JA1QQU will be active as KH2/JA1QQU from Guam (OC-026) from 29 June to 4 July. He plans to be QRV between 23-2 UTC, and 10-14 UTC. QSL via LoTW and eQSL (after 7 July), or via home call.
KH8 - Yuri N3QQ, Hal W8HC and James KB2FMH will be active as KH8RRC from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa on 4-18 July. They plan to operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 80-6 metres from a mountaintop location within the American Samoa National Park. This will be the first ever POTA activity on the island. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to KB2FMH, "LoTW afterwards".
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano (LU4AAO) will be active on 17-25 June to celebrate Argentine Flag Day. Look for activity on all bands SSB, FT8, CW and SSTV. Special award and QSL will be available, see http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_de_la_bandera.htm for information. [TNX LU4AAO]
VP2V - Dave, W9DR will be active as VP2V/W9DR from Anegada (FK78tr), British Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 23-29 June. He will operate FT8, Q65, SSB and CW on 6m only. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]
VP6 - VP6A started operations from Ducie Island (OC-182) [425DXN 1675] on 12 June around 23 UTC. Activity is now expected to continue until 26 June. See https://www.qrz.com/db/VP6A for the band plan. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via HA7RY; logs will also be uploaded to LoTW as QSLs are ordered, and full log when the flow of direct requests decreases.
"VP6A is on the air with four stations", George, AA7JV reported on 16 June. "We have started with two remotely operated FT8 stations, and one locally operated CW/SSB station. The remote FT8 operation is going well with over 20,000 QSOs in the log. The local CW and SSB operation has been seriously curtailed by the difficult conditions we are operating under.
When we arrived at Ducie, the entrance to the lagoon, where it is easy and safe to land - and where past DXpeditions were operating from - was completely blocked by huge crashing waves. We have es tablished a very precarious hold for the boat on the exposed north shore and landed the RIB boat across the rocky bars and surf.
The three of us (KN4EEI, W6IZT and AA7JV) have been working hard to keep the boat safe and to keep the stations operating. We have only a limited time to operate the local SSB/CW station. We understand that demand for CW and SSB is high. We have just brought on the air the fourth station, which is a remotely operated CW station. We hope this will be able to satisfy the demand for more CW operations.
We continue hanging on under difficult conditions. Forecasts indicate favorable weather for the next two days, followed by some very strong NW winds and the passage of a cold front. This will require us to relocate for one or two days. Once the front has passed, we will be able to return to the north shore, hopefully for the rest of the operation.
This is an entirely self-funded DXpedition, mainly to prove that remote operation is possible with a small support team and a minimal footprint. As environmental restrictions increase, this may be the only future way to activate many much wanted entities. We appreciate the support of the Amateur Radio community in our efforts".
Z6 - Tapani, OH5BM and Naim, Z62NS will be active as Z66X on 60 and 6 metres from 14 June until late on 18 June. QSL via OH2BH. The 5 Mhz frequency band has been recently approved for amateur radio services in Kosovo. [TNX OH2BH] |