Bangladesh: Find Members of "Korea DX Club" Kim, 6K5YPW, Kang, DS2AGH, Lee, DS2BGV, Kim, HL3QP, Choi, HL5FUA, and Yoon, 6K2AVL, on 160 through 10 m with CW, SSB, and digital modes from Dhaka Mar 7th - 12th as S21KD.
Their equipment includes three amplifiers, verticals, and beams.
Planned frequencies:
Band CW SSB Digi -------------------------------------------- 160 m 1.822 - - 80 m 3.515 3.795 - 40 m 7.015 7.095 - 30 m 10.115 - - 20 m 14.015 14.195 14.082 17 m 18.075 18.130 21.082 15 m 21.015 21.295 - 12 m 24.895 24.950 - 10 m 28.015 28.460 28.100
A team of nine ZL DXers will be activating Chatham Island in the South Pacific during March 2009. The team leaders are Lee ZL2AL and Morrie ZL2AAA, The rest of the team will be Lee ZL2LE, John ZL1BYZ, Mike, ZL2CC, Phil ZL2RVW, Mark ZL3AB, Wayne ZL2WG AND John ZL1ALZ. Our Pilot will be Duncan ZL3JT in Christchurch.
The operation will commence on Thursday March 5th 2009 and end on Wednesday March 10th 2009 (both GMT). If ZL7T is spotted on the DXcluster outside of this date window, it’s probably not us and may be a pirate.
They will operate 160M to 10M with CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK modes.
QSL via Buro or Direct via ZL2AL CBA or QRZ.com
We will be uploading the logs to LoTW in approximately 6 months and we will also QSL via the Buro.
This prestigious Award is in conjunction with the Silver Jubilee National Day of Brunei Darussalam anniversary on 23rd. February 2009. Celebrating 25 years as an independent and sovereign nation. To mark this auspicious and historic occasion Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association, the organizer of this special event station launched this temporary Award and amateur radio stations worldwide are most welcome to join this joyful celebration.
Beginning : 12.00 UTC on Monday, 23rd. February 2009. Ending : 12.00 UTC on Tuesday, 10th. March 2009.
BANDS AND MODES. All metre bands – 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 No WARC bands. All modes of CW, SSB and / or RTTY may be used. There are no single mode sections.
Hand written logs should be sent by airmail to: Silver Jubilee Award Manager, Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association, P.O.Box 73, Gadong Post Office, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BE3978. Brunei Darussalam. Computer logs must be sent by email to: Silver Jubilee Award Manager : admin@bdara.net All entries must reached Brunei Darussalam not later than Thursday 31st. December 2009.
We've been given a DXpedition window of February 12 - 26, 2009.
These are planned bands, modes and frequencies. Of course these may get adjusted because of QRM:
BAND CW SSB RTTY ---- ------------- --------- --------- 160m 1826 up or dn 1843.3 up -- 80m 3523 up or dn 3781 up or dn 3589 dn 40m 7023 up 7084 up or dn 7089 up or dn 30m 10106 up -- 10149 dn 20m 14023 up 14190 up or dn 14089 dn 17m 18072 up 18165 dn 18108 dn 15m 21023 up 21295 up 21089 up 12m 24892 up 24987 dn -- 10m 28023 up 28470 up 28089 up 6m 50106 up 50130 up
Special Notes: 160m CW: RX - JA -10 kHz; Rest of the world up
80m CW: RX - Rest of the 3525 and up JA - 0830z QSY ti 3502 and listen up
75m SSB: RX - Americas 3800 kHz and above; Rest of the world 3799 kHz and below JA WINDOWS - 3704-3716, 3747-3770 and/or 3793-3805
40m SSB: RX - Americas 7228 kHz and above; Australia 7103 kHz and above; Rest of the world down
40m RTTY: 7089 will be good for NA, but EU has a hard time hearing above 7070. They might want to transmit 7050 or so IF they don't QRM their 40m CW operations JA RTTY WINDOW: 7025-7045
KP4-5 SSB Transmit windows: 7075-7099, 7125-7300 [They might need to transmit SSB on 7295 (listen down) if interference with CW on 40m]
Note: On 6m there will be only CW/SSB operations.
Note: They are fully aware of the (U.S.) bands plans and they will lso listen above 14225 kHz.
Caribbean and Puerto Rico Special notes: - 2m simplex 146.52 - 6m simplex 50.120 for KP4 & Caribbean - 10m simplex 28.315 for KP4 & Caribbean - 40m daytime 7.095 for KP4 & Caribbean
Visit the new "K5D Store" (the button is about 2/3 down on the Welcome page) on the our website: www.kp5.us
Patrick, ON4HIL and Guido, ON4BAG will be QRV as 6V7O and 6V7P from Le Calao, Senegal. Activity between Feb 22 - 28. SSB and digi-modes, all bands. 6V7O via ON4BAG 6V7P via ON4HIL Keep an eye on their blog which can be found here.
I had just received e-mail from RUSSIAN DX CONTEST Committee (Feb 3, 2009) about Winners of RDXC-2008. Below, here are the winners from Australia dan Oceania.
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Manager, reports: "In order to better accommodate new users as well as existing account holders, ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW) has been updated. According to ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Assistant Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, these improvements were made based on tracking Manager LoTW help questions and listening to users. 'Through the efforts of Membership and Volunteer Services Dave Patton and Information Technology Manager Jon Bloom, we have also added an automated results table on the LoTW Users Home Page that lists members in numeric order who have achieved the Triple Play Award,' said ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B. 'IT personnel have also fixed a number of long standing issues with Logbook in recent weeks, and some additional enhancements are underway.'
Some things that have been added:
* An LoTW User's Corner that includes quick links to log onto your account, save or renew a certificate and ways to address PC failure.
* The GET STARTED section http://www.arrl.org/lotw/start.html has been simplified with links for each of the four steps in the certificate process.
* LoTW instructions are now available in nine languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, Slovenian and Spanish. Options to select a language have always been available, but they have now been moved up front to the GET STARTED page. The languages are identified with icons of flags to represent each language.
* The GET STARTED pdf file has been updated to include new screenshots and refinement of some of the processes.
* The software download section now consists of only three icons representing the three operating systems for which software is available: Windows, Mac and Linux. The user simply selects their operating system and they are redirected to the download specific to their system.
* A new link has been added for QSL Manager, Club Calls and DX- peditions. This link gives details on establishing an account for these special operations and includes a section for 1×1 call signs.
* A new PowerPoint overview is available from the LoTW site. This presentation has also been added to our multimedia library. http://arrl.org/multimedia
The program is an overview of LoTW and what users can expect from the service. There are screenshots of LoTW pages, as well as a condensed version of the certificate and award application process.
With more than 200 million QSOs submitted, ARRL's Logbook of The World system is a repository of log records submitted by users from around the world. When both participants in a QSO submit matching QSO records to LoTW, the result is a QSL that can be used for ARRL award credit. Yaesu is the principal sponsor of the LoTW Web site."
Date and Contest Period:February 7 (Saturday), From12:00to 24:00 UTC (All contesters can use all 12 hours period without breaks)
Mode : CW and SSB
Bands: 160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 20 m, 15 m, 10 m. Entry Categories : 1. Single Operator. - SSB HP (more 100 Watt); - CW HP (more 100 Watt); - Mixed mode HP (more 100 Watt); - SSB LP (until 100 Watt); - CW LP (until 100 Watt); - Mixed mode LP (until 100 Watt); - Mixed mode SB 160m; - Mixed mode SB 80m; - Mixed mode SB 40m; - Mixed mode SB 20m; - Mixed mode SB 15m; - Mixed mode SB 10m; - Mixed mode QRP (until 5 Watt) This Category must be more than 10 contester-logs. You must use callsign like YourCall/QRP. Every contester yourself use plane of job in the air and use log-software. You can use spotting nets or packet. You must use your job with Terms and Rules of Amateur radio License of your country. Your Station must be have one transmit signal in one time. 2. Multi Operators, 1 TX, Mixed Modes. 3. HQ-stations. 4. SWL
Bangladesh: Find Members of "Korea DX Club" Kim, 6K5YPW, Kang, DS2AGH, Lee, DS2BGV, Kim, HL3QP, Choi, HL5FUA, and Yoon, 6K2AVL, on 160 through 10 m with CW, SSB, and digital modes from Dhaka Mar 7th - 12th as S21KD. 
