YB0NFL ::: ITU-54 CQ-28 IOTA:OC-021 WWL:OI33IU

November 28, 2009

5R8IC, MADAGASCAR (AF - 090)

Eric, F6ICX, will be Activity will be on 80-10 meters, QRV from 17 Nov to 14 Dec 2009 from Madagascar AF-090 as 5R8IC (Sainte-Marie Island).

Holidays style;

QSL via F6ICX

http://www.qrz.com/db/F6ICX

DT8A, South Korea’s Antarctic

DS4NMJ, will once again be active as DT8A from South Korea’s Antarctic King Sejong Station which is located in the Barton Peninsula, South Shetland Islands (IOTA AN-010) for 14 months.

He will leave for South Shetlands on November 29 and will be there between December 5th (2009) to January 31st (2011).

Activity on 160-10 meters – CW, SSB and RTTY.

QSL via HL2FDW

November 02, 2009

ZL4/DL2FAG, will be sporadically QRV between November 8^th and November 18^thduring my travel on the South Island of New Zealan.

On 10-40m - mainly in RTTY, PSK and SSB

QSL via DL2FAG

See Online Log : http://www.qsl.net/dl2fag/

5W0KH, SAMOA

5W0KH will be QRV between November 18^th and November 30^th2009

on 10-80m - mainly in RTTY, PSK and SSB

QSL via DL2FAG

See Online Log : http://www.qsl.net/dl2fag/

ZK2DL, NIUE

ZK2DL will be QRV between October 18^th and November 6^th , 2009

on 10-80m - mainly in RTTY, PSK and SSB

QSL via DL2FAG

See LOG Online : http://www.qsl.net/dl2fag/

October 09, 2009

JIDX 2008 Award

YB0NFL have received JIDX 2008 Award from Commite

Russian DX Contest 2008 Certificate

2 days a go, YB0NFL have received Russian DX Contest 2008 from Russian Commitee.

As a Continental Winner - Single Operator - All Band - HP

October 08, 2009

KH4, MIDWAY ISLANDS

A multi-national team of 18 operators will activate Midway Island (OC-030) between October 9-19th. The team will sign K4M and will operate from Sand Island (Reference numbers: USI OI-011S and Grid AL18). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has authorized this amateur operation from this rare U.S. entity for only a 10 day period -- the first radio activity in almost 10 years. Midway Island ranks number 24 world-wide and number 13 in Europe on the DX Magazine’s “Most Wanted List”.

The updated team member list consists of operators: Joe/AA4NN, Franz/DJ9ZB, Max/I8NHJ, Kevin/K6TD, Kimo/KH7U, Craig/K9CT, Don/N1DG, Tom/ND2T, Paul/N4PN, Tom/N4XP, Arnold/N6HC, John/N7CQQ, Dave/ WB4JTT, Charlie/W6KK, Bruce/W6OSP, Art/WA7NB, Joe/W8GEX and James/9V1YC. In addition to the on the air team members, K4M is ably assisted by the following off island support team: Don/AA1V (Web support/online logs), Markus/DL9RCF (European Fund Raising), Dan/W5DNT (Logistics), Paul/W6XA (Radio Setup and Testing) and Margarett(XYL AA4NN - Finance), Janet/W8CAA (Fundraising) and Vrata/OK1KT (QSL Card Procurement).

Activity will be on 160-6 meters with 5 to 6 stations. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1826.5, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024 kHz
SSB - 3799, 7078, 14200, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28475 kHz
RTTY - 7040, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080 and 28080 kHz
6m - 50115/CW and 50118/SSB

For more details, updates, online log, frequencies and bios, go to:

http://www.midway2009.com

QSL via online QSL Service, direct (Midway 2009, Box 333, Bethlehem, GA 30620-9989 USA) or LoTW.

J45, DODECANESE

Martin, ON4PO, will be active as J45PO between October 21-29th.
Operations will be from the SX5P contest station on Rhodes Islands, so look for activity before and after the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th), especialy on 40 meters.
During the contest, Martin will be the 40m operator.

QSL via J45PO via ON4PO.

FY, FRENCH GUIANA

Operators Marc/F1HAR, Herve/F5HRY, Gerard/F6FGZ, Laurent/ F6FVY, Sebastien/F8CMF and Didier/FY5FY will be active as FY5KE during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Multi-Single entry.

QSL via FY5KE, by the Bureau or direct.

A5, BHUTAN

Yasuo, JA1FJJ, will be active as A52FJJ between October 8-20th.

Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31.
He plans to use 500 watts into a G5RV antenna.

QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

September 25, 2009

Indonesian Amateur Radio Service Changes

On August 31, 2009, The Minister of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia has issued a new regulation pertaining to Amateur Radio service, called PERMEN33/2009. The highlights of the new regulation are as follows:

Siaga class (YD/YG - Novice) is now exempt from any code proficiency while Penggalang class (YC/YF - General) requires only 5 WPM code proficiency and Penegak class (YB/YE - Extra) 8 WPM.

The changes to the power allowance to the amateur radio classes are as follows:

.	(30 MHz and below)	(above 30 MHz)
Siaga	100 W	75 W
Penggalang	500 W	200 W
Penegak	1000 W	500 W

2000 W power limit is allowed with a special permit from the national organization for EME/Dxpedition/Int'l Contest. Under new regulation, the limitation on the number of pieces of equipment owned is removed. The 40m band is now expanded to become 7.0 to 7.2 MHz

In addition to the existing 80m (CW and Voice), Siaga class (YD/YG - Novice) can now operate in:

7.0 to 7.2 MHz including voice (used to be 7.000 to 7.035 CW only)

21.0 to 21.2 MHz (CW and Narrow Band (NB) Data)

28.0 to 28.5 MHz (CW and Narrow Band (NB) Data)

In addition to the existing full 160m, 80m, 40m, 15m, and 10m band privileges, Penggalang class (YC/YF - General) can now operate in:

14.0 to 14.150 MHz including voice

Additional of frequency allocation for Penegak class (YB/YE - Extra).

7.1 to 7.2 MHz voice

The 40m band is now expanded to become 7.0 to 7.2 MHz (CW, Digital, and Voice).

Good Luck

PACIFIC TOUR YT1AD

PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD and Miki, YU1DW will be travelling to a few Pacific islands between 30 September and 8 October as follows:

30 September-1 October KH8/N9YU (QSL via YT1AD) American Samoa
2-3 October 5W8A (YT1AD) and 5W0DW (YU1DW) Samoa
4-6 October 3D2AD (YT1AD) and 3D2DW (YU1DW) Fiji
6-8 October T30M (YT1AD) and T30W (YU1DW) Western Kiribati

The main reason for this trip is to prepare all necessary documents for the

expedition to T31,ZK3 and FW8 in September-October 2010

OD5F, Lebanon

The Radio Amateurs of Lebanon (RAL) will be operating special event station OD5F for the duration of the 6th Francophone Games, which will be held in Beirut from 27 September to 6 October.

QSLs will be handled by the RAL QSL bureau.

September 16, 2009

Grobogan Contest 2009 Result

SPECIAL EDITION HF 10TH GROBOGAN CONTEST 2009

Juara Umum :
YE0ANA score : 116.022

Juara Nasional SO 40m/80m Band (SO2B) :
1. Juara 1 YC0JWV score : 112.671
2. Juara 2 YB2UTX score : 108.052
3. Juara 3 YB9BXY score : 105.225

Juara Nasional SO 80 m Band (SO1B) :
1. Juara 1 YD1CBY score : 34.371
2. Juara 2 YD1CDV score : 32.868
3. Juara 3 YD1CIA score : 27.572

Juara Nasional Multi Operator 40 m/ 80 m (MO) :
1. Juara 1 YC2ZBD score : 51.058
2. Juara 2 YB2ZDT score : 48.956
3. Juara 3 YB2ZDN score : 37.234

Juara Call Area (CA) :
1. Juara Call Area 1 : YB1ALL score : 76.048
2. Juara Call Area 2 : YC2FAJ score : 93.960
3. Juara Call Area 3 : YC3ELS score : 94.285
4. Juara Call Area 4 : YB4KLN score : 91.584
5. Juara Call Area 5 : YF5WM score : 60.673
6. Juara Call Area 6 : YC6EN score : 32.190
7. Juara Call Area 7 : YC7FIA score : 60.312
8. Juara Call Area 8 : YC8AOL score : 53.792
9. Juara Call Area 9 : YC9CWK score : 21.344
10. Juara Call Area 0 : YB0NFL score : 62.985

September 12, 2009

3W - VIETNAM

Sergey (RA3NAN), Oleg (RK3FA), Eugene (RZ3EC), Andy (RZ3EM) and Andrey/ UA6BGB will be active from three Vietnamese IOTA groups between 24 September and 1 October as follows:

24-26 September XV6RRC Ngu Island AS-185
27-28 September XV7RRC Cham Island AS-162
29 September-1 October XV3RRC Tam Island AS-157

This is a tentative schedule, as actual dates will depend on local . They plan to operate on 160-10 metres with two stations equipped with amplifiers and several antennas.

QSL via RZ3EC, direct
Eugene Shelkanovtcev,
P.O. Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia
or bureau (bureau cards can be requested on-line).

The logs will be uploaded to loTW.

Bookmark http://xv6rrc.com for further information and updates.

JD1 - OGASAWARA

JD1 - OGASAWARA

JD1BLP (QSL via JO2JDJ) and JD1BLY (QSL via JI5RPT) to

be active from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 19-22 September.
They plan to operate on 40-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes.

QSL :
JD1BLP (QSL via JO2JDJ)
JD1BLY (QSL via JI5RPT)

August 26, 2009

AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS

AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS

Kuny/W1FPU (7L1FPU) and his nine-year son Yoshiki/ KH0UA (JF1UCV),
Tomo/N2QP (JQ1OCR), his wife Yuri/KE7TWK,
Hajime/AH0BR and Moto/W1NDE

will be active from the Mariana Islands between September 4-7th.

Activity will include a Multi/Multi entry in the All Asian DX SSB Contest (September 5-6th) as AH0BT.

QSL via 7L1FPU, by the Bureau and direct.

9H, MALTA

9H, MALTA

Members of the Dutch Society of Radio Amateurs (VRZA) will once again be active using their special callsign 9H9PA from Qawra September 5-28th.

Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.

QSL via PB9ZR, by the Bureau or direct to: Ruben van der Zwet, Van Speykstraat 238, 2161 VT Lisse, The Netherlands.

NO IRC coupons, they are not valid anymore in the Netherlands (2 USDs only).

PLEASE NOTE: Operators will also operate under their individual callsigns :
- 9H3AB (QSL via PA1SL)
- 9H3DZ (QSL via PA2AM)
- 9H3FD (QSL via PA3FHR)
- 9H3ON (QSL via PG9W)
- 9H3S (QSL via PA3HGP)
- 9H3X (QSL via PE1NGF)
- 9H3YM (QSL via PE1OFJ)
- 9H3ZR (QSL via PB9ZR)
- 9H9PA (QSL via PB9ZR)

August 24, 2009

RUSSIAN DX CONTEST RESULT 2009

Entry: SOAB-SSB Single operator - SSB Australia&Oceania

  Station          Claimed results:               Confirmed results:              %     %
             QSOs Points DXCC Obl   Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obl  Total  Pnlts CrsChk Unics


 1 YB0NFL        182   1050   77  27  109200   166    815   74  25   80685   135    92     0
 2 DU1AV         127    878   39  32   62338   103    437   36  29   28405   285    88   0.7
 3 VK3TZ         123    490   34  15   24010   120    473   34  14   22704     0    36  37.3
 4 VK7ZE          10     50    8   1     450     9     30    8   1     270    15    90     0

Entry: SOAB-SSB-LP Single operator - SSB - Low power Australia&Oceania

  Station          Claimed results:               Confirmed results:              %     %
             QSOs Points DXCC Obl   Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obl  Total  Pnlts CrsChk Unics


 1 YB1TJ         100    642   49  22   45582    94    585   48  22   40950    30    90     1
 2 DV1JM          95    594   40  20   35640    86    496   36  17   26288    45    75   4.2
 3 DU1EG          60    370   15  12    9990    56    290   15  10    7250    45    70     5

Entry: SOSB-7 Single operator - 7 Mc Australia&Oceania

  Station          Claimed results:               Confirmed results:              %     %
             QSOs Points DXCC Obl   Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obl  Total  Pnlts CrsChk Unics


 1 ZM1A          161   1088   25  35   65280   144    783   24  34   45414   195    79   1.8
 2 YC6EN          51    360   17  17   12240    44    235   16  15    7285    75    96     0
 3 VK8AV          49    296   20  11    9176    45    226   18  11    6554    45    90     0
 4 YB8FL          16     85   16   1    1445    15     65   15   1    1040    15    82     0
 5 ZL3TE           8     45    5   2     315     7      5    5   1      30    30    88     0
 6 YC2EUZ          9     41    6   0     246     3      0    3   0       0    69    89     0

Entry: SOSB-14 Single operator - 14 Mc Australia&Oceania

  Station          Claimed results:               Confirmed results:              %     %
             QSOs Points DXCC Obl   Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obl  Total  Pnlts CrsChk Unics


 1 VK7GN         137   1057   34  39   77161   126    852   30  37   57084   129    99     0
 2 YB3IZK         98    618   39  24   38934    76    299   32  17   14651   183    91     2
 3 YB0BCU         55    338   27  15   14196    45    183   25  12    6771    90    86   1.8

Entry: SOSB-21 Single operator - 21 Mc Australia&Oceania

  Station          Claimed results:               Confirmed results:              %     %
             QSOs Points DXCC Obl   Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obl  Total  Pnlts CrsChk Unics


 1 YC9MDX        177    947   43  19   58714   139    487   35  17   25324   315    78  10.1
 2 YC5OUB        120    767   27  18   34515   109    527   27  16   22661   165    77   1.6
 3 WH0S           47    290    4   5    2610    44    255    4   4    2040    15    49  10.6
 4 YC0MWM         35    151   20   2    3322    21      0   15   1       0   111    80  11.4

Entry: SOSB-28 Single operator - 28 Mc Australia&Oceania

  Station          Claimed results:               Confirmed results:              %     %
             QSOs Points DXCC Obl   Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obl  Total  Pnlts CrsChk Unics


 1 YC9MDX         54    266   14   4    4788    45    246   13   4    4182     0    62  15.9