CQ Six - 50 MHz DX Information.

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MMXIV. edited by O. Bjørn "Matt" Madsen (MCMLX)
holder of; OZ6OM, OZ50MHz, 5Q6M, ex. OZ1IZB, G0DJJ & OZ7M

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Current email address to enter info is; oz6om(a)uksmg.net

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DX information - Stop press, news of the latest 7 days.

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Laos, XW. Champ, E21EIC, informs OPDX, "I will operate as XW0YJY in 2014 until June 30, 2014" which probably means his license expires on that date. However, he states that his next trip will be between February 13-18th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, with the focus on 17m, using modes CW, SSB and RTTY. Champ will also be in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16th). He prefers QSL requests via ClubLog's OQRS, as well as direct or by the Bureau via E21EIC. Champ will upload the log to LoTW after his trip.Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1149 11 Feb. 2014 - 18 Feb. 2014

Zambia, 9J. Members of the Italian DXpedition Team are planning to be active as 9J2T between February 28th and March 17th. Operators mentioned are Silvano/I2YSB, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/IK2HKT, Alfeo/I1HJT and Mac/JA3USA. Activity will be on all bands, 160-6 meters using all modes. Suggested frequencies are:
  CW   - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14030, 18068, 21030, 24893 and 28030 kHz
  SSB  - 3780, 7103, 14270, 18155, 21310, 24975 and 28420 kHz
  RTTY - 14087 kHz
   6m  - 50102/CW and 50123/SSB
QSL via I2YSB, direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be available for direct QSL and LoTW at:http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline/
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1149 11 Feb. 2014 - 17 Mar. 2014

Rwanda, 9X. Nick, G3RWF, will once again be active as 9X0NH from Rwanda between March 3-12th. Activity will be from Kigali on most HF bands and will be mainly CW with some SSB using K3 w/100 watts and wire antennas (Inverted V at about 40 Ft.). There will be no 160m, but he will be on 6 meters. Operations will include an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (March 8-9th). QSL via G3RWF. Nick states, "I use LoTW and do my own QSLing (prefer ClubLog)."Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1149 11 Feb. 2014 - 12 Mar. 2014

The Gambia, C5. Pedro, ON7WP/C5WP, announced on QRZ.com that he and Andre, ON7YK/C5YK, are or will be the only two permanent licensed hams in The Gambia for 2014 (as of now). Pedro will be active between April 8-12th, from the village Buntu (where he does charity care -see QRZ.com), and has set up his permanent base station (Kenwood TS480, Kenwood TRC-80, Yaesu FT897, a brand new 5 band Spiderbeam and a V-beam traveling wave antenna 2x120 meter. Activity should be on 80-6 meters using SSB and PSK. Outside these days, April 7-15th, Pedro will also be mobile on 21300 kHz. He has no grid power, only solar panels and a Chinese generator. Pedro also provided the following info [edited]: "After a 14 days round trip in The Gambia and Senegal now more than two years ago, I found out I was (according to African standards) incredibly rich and wanted to do something for the locals. So I gave my guide instructions to drive off the regular road into the Savanna and said the first village we would find, would give them some special sponsoring. So we ended in Buntu, where my wife sponsored a repair of a collapsing water well; we fixed a building that used to keep the grains safe from rains; we installed solar panels and donated two laptops to improve their English by watching movies on these. As a return gift, I was donated some land to build my own house, so we installed 4 small guest houses 'Kerr Pedro' to welcome future visitors-philanthropists.
Everybody is invited to stay over for free as long as they bring aid goods along (clothes and educational stuff, or invest in projects, buy food and groceries on their way). Last visit, I installed a big 5 Band spider beam, my friend ON5OF sponsored a 2.2 kW generator so now one of the houses is a fully operational ham radio shack available for guest operators/philanthropists. I can assist obtaining temporary licenses in The Gambia and provide local transport and guiding using a jeep we also sponsored as part of out Charity project. There is a Kenwood TRC-80 radio available on site. The 3 dollars we ask for direct QSL goes directly into the development of the village Buntu. QSL cards are sponsored by Max, ON5UR, so most of this donation can be effectively used apart for the return postage. Any more info can be found on the SmileGambia.org website. In April, we go back to check if the active building project for a community hall that also can be used for school will be finished where we will also install satellite TV for further improvement of their English. The amateur radio station could also use a low weight amplifier to improve our signal so if anybody could help on this point making us better readable that would be most appreciated."Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1149 11 Feb. 2014 - 12 Apr. 2014

Micronesia, V6. Haru, JA1XGI, plans to celebrate his 50th anniversary in amateur radio by using the special callsign V650XG from Pohnpei between May 9-15th. Haru informs OPDX that his activity will be on 40-10 meters, including the 30/17/12m, using CW, SSB and RTTY. He will also look for DX on 6 meters. Suggested frequencies are:
  CW   - 7025, 10105, 14015, 18080, 21015, 24895 and 28015 kHz
  SSB  - 7145, 14175, 18135, 21260, 24940 and 28450 kHz
  RTTY - 7030, 10140, 14088, 18102, 21088, 24920 and 28088 kHz
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be available on ClubLog. For more details and updates, visit his Web page or Blog at: http://island.geocities.jp/v63xg/index.htmhttp://kcv-net.easymyweb.jp/member/dxvacation
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1149 11 Feb. 2014 - 15 May 2014

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DX / Activity calendar. - Sorted by expiration date

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Starting	Ending	Call	WWL.	Opr.	QSL via	Remarks
Feb. 6 th.	Feb. 14 th.	V5/DC8QT V5/DD8ZX V5/DJ9KM	JG88DS	DC8QT DD8ZX DJ9KM	DC8QT DD8ZX DJ9KM
Feb. 11 th.	Feb. 16 th.	7P8ID		DK3ID OE8IDK	DK3ID OE8IDK	Direct
Feb. 6 th.	Feb. 18 th.	HR2/NO7B		NO7B	NO7B
Feb. 13 th.	Feb. 18 th.	XW0YJY		E21EIC	E21EIC	ClubLog OQRS
Feb. 18 th.	Feb. 26 th.	FK/K1HP		JE2EHP	JE2EHP	ClubLog & LoTW
Nov.	Feb.	4M5DX		Int. team	EB7DX	LoTW, YV0 entity, within given time span
Feb. 11 th.	Mar. 4 th.	C6AZZ		GM0IIO	KQ8Z
Feb. 24 th.	Mar. 11 th.	ZD8D		DJ9KH DK9BDN	DJ9KH	OQRS
Mar 3 rd.	Mar. 12 th.	9X0NH		G3RWF	G3RWF	ClubLog & LoTW
Feb. 28 th.	Mar. 17 th.	9J2T		I2YSB IK2CIO IK2CKR IK2DIA IK2HKT I1HJT JA3USA	I2YSB	OQRS & LoTW
Mar 12 th.	Mar. 18 th.	P40JH P40R		R3QFB JI3DST
Mar 10 th.	Mar. 23 rd.	4S..		Int. team	DL7DF
Feb. 19 th.	Mar. 25 th.	V47JA		W5JON	W5JON	LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs.
Mar 12 th.	Mar. 29 st.	PJ2/DK5ON		DK5ON	DK5ON
Mar 19 th.	Apr. 1 st.	VP2V/SP2FUD VP2V/SP6AXW VP2V/SP6CIK VP2V/SP9FIH VP2V/SP9WZS		VP2V/SP2FUD VP2V/SP6AXW VP2V/SP6CIK VP2V/SP9FIH VP2V/SP9WZS	SP2FUD SP6AXW SP6CIK SP9FIH SP9WZS
Apr. 8 th.	Apr. 12 th.	C5WP		ON7WP/C5WP
Apr. 29 th.	May 7 th.	T88ST		JR3STX	JR3STX
May 9 th.	May 15 th.	V650XG		JA1XGI	JA1XGI	ClubLog
May 2 nd.	May 28 th.	3B8/M0RCX		M0RCX	M0RCX	eQSL
Apr.	Aug.	T6JP		KB2OBQ		T6JP previous operated by other operator in 2012, be aware of new QSL route.
	Jun.	KH2/N2NL		N2NL	N2NL
Nov. 21 st. 2013	Nov. 20 th. 2014	AF1G/C6A		AF1G	AF1G	LoTW
Apr. 2013	Dec. 2014	6O0LA		LA4GHA	LA4GHA
Apr. 2013	Dec. 2014	5Z4/LA4GHA		LA4GHA	LA4GHA
May 21 st.	May 28 th. 2015	PJ4/WJ2O		WJ2O	WJ2O
Oct. 2013	Autumn 2015	FW5JJ		TK5JJ	F5RXL

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DX information - by expiration date.

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February.

Namibia, V5. Werner, DC8QT, Georg, DD8ZX, and Klaus, DJ9KM, will be paying the Otjikoko Guestfarm in Omaruru a visit from the 6th to the 14th and operate holiday-style as v5/homecalls on 160-6m in SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via h/cs.DXNL 1870 8 Feb. 2014 - 14 Feb. 2014

Lesotho, 7P. Ewald, DK3ID/OE8IDK, will be active as 7P8ID from Lesotho between February 11-16th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters SSB using 100 watts. QSL via DK3ID or OE8IDK direct.Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1142 26 Dec. 2013 - 16 Feb. 2014

Honduras, HR. "The Daily DX" reports that John, NO7B, will be active as HR2/NO7B from Javier/HR2J QTH in Honduras between February 6-18th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160 and 6 meters). QSL via NO7B.Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1146 20 Jan. 2014 - 18 Feb. 2014

Contest, Open / WW.
What to do on a Tuesday evening ?
- Well the 4th. Tuesday in the month brings You "The 50 MHz Open"
- This month thats Tuesday - the 25 th. 17 - 21 UT.- You could help participants out with some QSO´s
- or participate Your self ...
You may find the rules for "The 50 MHz Open" here
and check out the standings here.
- so are You keen to give "The 50 MHz Open" a try ?
Hope to see You down the log - and Your log ...
Vy 73 de Bjørn/"Matt" OZ6OM 25 Feb. 2014

New Caledonia, FK. Yoshi, JE2EHP, will be active as FK/K1HP from New Caledonia between February 18-26th. Activity will be on all the HF bands and 6m, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign. Both OQRS (via ClubLog) and LoTW will be available for this operation. Visit his Web page at:http://www.geocities.jp/k1hp
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1144 6 Jan. 2014 - 26 Feb. 2014

Aves Isl., YV0. The 4M5DX Group's Web page for their DXpedition to Aves Island is now active. The group plans to be active as YW0A sometime between November 1st, 2013, and February 28th, 2014. The group plans to be active on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK31, BPSK63 and SSTV. Suggested frequencies mentioned are:
CW     - 1822, 3500-3520, 7020-7030, 10100-10110, 14030-14045, 18088-18098, 21030-21045, 24890-24900 and 28015-28030 kHz
SSB    - 1845, 3790, 7055, 14190-14266, 18145, 21295, 24975 and 28490 kHz
RTTY   - 7040, 10140, 14090, 18100, 21080, 24920 and 28090 kHz
BPSK31 - 7038, 10137, 14071, 18100, 21070, 24920 and 28120 kHz
BPSK63 - 7038, 10137 and 14071 kHz
SSTV   - 14232 kHz
  6m    - 50110-50115/CW and 50110 kHz
Operators mentioned are Alex/YV6CQ (Team Leader), Rafael/YV5RED (Team Co-Leader), Franco/YV1FM, Julio/YV1RDX, Pasquale/YV5KAJ Gregorio/YV5OK, Jose/YV5TX, Reinaldo/YV8AD, Juan/EA8RM, Diego/LU8ADX and Olli/OH0XX. QSL Manager is EB7DX; QSL direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be available for direct and Bureau QSL requests. All QSOs will be confirmed via LoTW.http://www.avesisland.info
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1117 24 Jun. 2013 - winter 2013/2014

March or later.

Bahamas, C6. George, KQ8Z/GM0IIO, will once again be active as C6AZZ from Grand Bahama Island (WW Loc. FL06UO) between February 11th and March 4th. This time it will be for the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16th) and the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entries. He states that he will be on as many bands as possible outside of the contests. If it's like last time, activity will focus on 6 meters (CW, SSB, FM) if there are any band openings, otherwise on 80-10 meters, mainly CW with some SSB using his Icom 756 Pro3. George will use a 80m OCFD antenna at 40 feet. The 20m antenna will be a full sized 20m delta loop right on the beach vertically polarized with the apex at 40 feet. QSL via KQ8Z.Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1148 8 Feb. 2014 - 4 Mar. 2014

Ascension Isl., ZD8. Werner, DJ9KH, informs OPDX that he will once again be active as ZD8D from Ascension Island between February 24th and March 11th, for a more or less holiday-style-expedition. He states, "This expedition will start in Cape Town, South Africa, on board the RMS St. Helena. After a two days stop on St. Helena, where I hope to be QRV with a ZD7-callsign (Feb. 19th to Feb. 21st ), we (me and my wife) will arrive on Ascension Island Feb.24th. Activity will then start as soon as possible with a special focus on 160-40 meters. Werner mentions, "After having a lot of fun with CW on my 2013 A35WH - expedition, CW will be the preferred mode. We are also prepared for 60m and 6m." He will also be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (possibly 10m). QSL via DL9HO. During the second week, they will have a second operator join him. Axel, DK9BDN, will visit them and help them, especially on CW. DK1IP will be the pilot station for Werner in Germany. The ZD8D Web page <http://www.zd8d.de> will be updated soon with all the information. You can use the ZD8D Online QSL Request System to get your ZD8D card(s). The OQRS is available for direct and Bureau cards.Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1147 31 Jan. 2014 - 11 Mar. 2014

Aruba, P40. Operators Aki/JR3QFB/W3JH and Take/JI3DST/JS6RRR will be active as P40JH and P40R, respectively (callsigns pending and may be changed), from Aruba between March 12-18th (2014). Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including the 30/17/12 meter bands, using CW, SSB, FM and the Digital modes (RTTY/PSK31/PSK63/JT65A/JT9). QSL via their home callsigns, by the Bureau or direct (SASE with 2-GC or 1-IRC). Please check QRZ.com for details.Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1142 26 Dec. 2013 - 18 Mar. 2014

Sri Lanka, 4S. Sigi, DL7DF, will lead a team of operators to activate Sri Lanka next year between March 10-23rd. Operators mentioned are Manfred/DK1BT, Csaba/DH7KU, Tom/DJ6TF, Manfred/DK1BT, Georg/DK7LX, Wolf/DL4WK, Sigi/DL7DF, Juergen/DL7UFN, Frank/DL7UFR, Jan/SP3CYY and Leszek/SP3DOI. Pilot station for this DXpedition is Bernd, DF3CB. A callsign has not yet been announced. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using several stations, operating CW and SSB. One station will be exclusively dedicated to RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. Equipment will consist of 4 transceivers (3 x K2, 1 x FT857D), 2 x 18 m lowband vertical, a delta-loop vertical for 40m, a delta-loop vertical for 30m, 2 spiderbeam for 20/17/15/12/10m, a 5 element yagi for 6m and some beverage antennas. QSL via DL7DF, direct or by the Bureau. They will upload the full logs of the DXpedition to LoTW within 6 months after the DXpedition. For more details and updates, visit:http://www.dl7df.com/4s7/index.php
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1136 12 Nov. 2013 - 23 Mar. 2014

St. Kitts, V4. John, W5JON/V47JA, informs OPDX that he will be active once again from his vacation home in Calypso Bay, St. Kitts (WW Loc. FK87SG) bet