A3, Tonga, qrv 6m 7/3 - 24/3

Sigi DL7DF and crew (9 experienced ops) plan activity from Tonga as  
A35YZ between March 7 – 24, 2012.

They will be active with several stations on 160m to 6m – CW, SSB with one station exclusively dedicated to RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV.
Webpage.

[tnx DX World.net]

VP2M, Montserrat, qrv 6 m 18/11-6/12

Beginning November 18 to December 6, 2011 look for DF7OGO, K3WT, NØAT, NØSTL and WØOR operating as VP2MGO, VP2MWT, VP2MTA, VP2MTL and VP2MOR respectively.
During the CQWW CW DX and ARRL 160 meter contests, the group will be signing VP2MWG. Before and after the contests, activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6m. [tnx DX World.net]

wkd TU2T on 6m, new one #185

Worked at 17:02 gmt, on 50.105 cw, signal 539 with tep flutter. New country n# 185, getting closer to 200 frontier....:-)

TX7, Marquesas Isl., qrv 6m

2011 expedition to Marquesas Islands is qrv on 6m. TX7M team is composed of the following operators:

R3FA - Oleg Zhukov (Team Leader), FO5QB - Michel Huin, UU4JMG - Andrey Kotovsky, RK7A - Andrey Zhukov, UR5MID - Serge Redkin, RU3UR - Mike Alekseev , UT5UY - Alexey Yakovlev (Co Team Leader), US0KW - Aleksandr Betsan, UX0LL - Alexandr Pavlenko, UA7A - Leonid Kashigin, US7UX - Oleg Evtushenko.

French Authorities have been issued the following callsigns:

TX7M from QTH: Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Isl. Dates: October, 19 till November, 1 2011.
TX5A (CQWWSSB) from QTH: Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Isl. Dates: October, 28 till October, 30 2011.
TX3T from QTH: Papeete, Tahiti. Dates: October, 16 till October, 19 and November, 1 till November, 4 2011

They are active 160m - 6m. Look for them on 50.106 cw or 50.130 ssb.
QSL via Eugene Shelkanovtcev, PO Box 70, Orel, 302028, RUSSIA

3B8, Mauritius, qrv 6 m

IK5MEJ, Stefano, reports today in on4kst chat about his friend, 3B8DB, Taher, will be qrv from today on 6 meters starting 17z up to 19z. Good luck to all.

8P, Barbados, qrv 6m 7-21/11

Frank DL8YHR, Joachim DL9MS and Hermann DL2NUD will be active from Barbados between November 7 – 21, 2011 as 8P9DL, 8P9MS and 8P9HP. Look for them on HF and 6m/2m EME. QSL via H/cs.

wkd C91KHN, dxcc #184 on 6m

Conditions on 6m are better every day. Today i have worked 6V7Q and heard 5N7M and C50C with strong signals s9+. Heard FR1GZ beacon for 30 minutes too, first time this sun cycle, unfortunately no one was active there today.

At 18:56 i worked C91KHN (KG64) for a new dxcc # 184, he was not strong, best at s3.

Now i'm hearing the usual ZS stations and beacons, some s9 signals with tep fluttery signals. V51YJ is now peaking s9 on 50.098. Hope some good dx to South America later...

GD DX on 6m!

Special event station 4C1JPG

Special event station 4C1JPG will be active  until  30  October  to celebrate the XVI  Pan  American  Games  that  are  being  held  in Guadalajara. Activity will be on 160-6 metres CW,  SSB,  RTTY,  PSK and satellite. QSL via LoTW (preferred), by the  bureau  or  direct to XE1GZU.

XV, Vietnam qrv 6m 1/11 - 12/12

Retu, XU7MDY/OX3RZ/OH4MDY will once again be active from South East Vietnam as XV2RZ from November 1 to December 12, 2011. QRV on 80m to 6m CW/SSB. QSL only direct via XU7MDY. [tnx DX World]

8Q7, Maldives, qrv 6m around cq ww contests

8Q7DV will be active during both SSB & CW WW Contests. Note the following:

• R9DX will operate as 8Q7DV for CQ WW SSB (October 29-30)
• R9DX, UA9CDC, RN4WA, RA9CMO and UA9CGA active as 8Q7DV for CQ WW CW (November 26-27)

Outside both contests, look for activity on 160 and 80m. Also plans to be active on WARC bands and 6m.
QSL via UA9CLB (R9DX) [tnx DX World]

C50C qrv on 6m

C50C has been qrv this afternoon on 6m with great signals in southern and central Europe. They didn't published were going to be active in the magic band. They are there from October 21th till November 1st and November 20th till November 29th 2011. They have been on 50.102 and 50.110 ssb.
 
Full details/website: http://www.om0c.com/?Gambia_2011_-_C5A

ZD8, Ascension Isl. qrv 6m 8/11-22/11

Operators Al/W6HGF/ZD8F and Tom/K7ZZ/ZD8ZZ will be active from Garden Cottage on top of Green Mountain on Ascension Island (AF-003) between November 8-22nd. Look for Al to focus on RTTY, while Tom will provide the CW operations.Both operators will operate SSB at times, and there may be some 6 m opening opportunities. QSL via their home callsigns direct only or LoTW. It appears that there is no internet available for them on the mountain. SOURCE: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1032. [tnx MMMonVHF Newsletter]

XV, Vietnam, qrv 6m until 25/10

Stations XV2FM, XV2JP and XV2LU are QRV at various times from Vung Tau until October 25.  Activity is on 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters.  This includes using FM on 10 and 6 meters.  QSL via operators' instructions. [tnx ARLD043 DX news]

H4, Temotu, qrv 6 m 7-20/2

Siegfried DK9FN (H40FN) y Hans DG1FK (H40FK) vuelven a Temotu del 7 al 20 de febrero 2012 para operar desde Nendo Is OC-100 en el Lata Motel. H40FN se ocupará de operar en Cw, mientras que H40FK trabajará Psk. 

En 6 metros usaran una 2 elementos multibanda 20m-6m y 500w. 

[tnx info EA1CS blog]

Albania, ZA, qrv 6 m 25/10 - 1/11

El equipo compuesto por HA0DU/Steve, HA0MK/Imi, HA0LC/Joe, ZA1G/Fatos y HA0NAR/Laci, estarán operando desde Vlore, en Albania del 25 de octubre al 1 de noviembre como ZA20QA, en CW, SSB y RTTY de 6 a 160 metros, incluso participarán en el CQ WW DX SSB Contes.Qsl vía HA0NAR. [tnx Lynx DX Group]

worked ZP5SNA on 6m, dxcc 183

Finally, TEP with South America arrived here yesterday. I worked on 6m :

20:57 PY2OE (GG66)

21:14 PY2DO (GG66)

21:19 PY7RP (HI22) new square #817

21:38 ZP5SNA (GG14) new dxcc # 183, new square #818

22:06 PP5KR (GG42) new square #819

Heard also LU5FF and some more PYs with weak signals and heavy flutter. 

Latitude 41 North seems the border as i did not see anyone more to the north working SA, and EA5, EA6 and some southern EA3 were working LUs at s9. You know, some Kilometers makes a big difference...

Solar Cycle is improving as it arrives to it's maximum, so conditions should be better as we move to it, this is last chart published at NOAA web:

6V, Senegal, qrv 6m 22/10 - 11/11

Seb, F8IJV will be active once again as 6V7Q from Senegal  from  22 October to 11 November, including an entry in  the  CQ  WW  DX  SSB Contest. He will operate mainly SSB,  possibly  with  some  CW  and digital modes, on 160-6 metres. QSL via F8IJV,  direct  or  bureau, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] [tnx 425 DX News #1067]

S9 expedition postponed until March 2012

Latest Update:  "We have been watching the solar cycle closely and it has been decided our chances of F2 propagation better by delaying until March.  We have the flexibility to move the trip without any $ penalities.  Our licenses, VISA's, airline and hotel reservations are all in order".

Plans are to be active 16-23 March 2012.

 

9L, Sierra Leona, qrv 6m 22/11-4/12

Un equipo alemán formado por Jan DJ8NK, Andy DL5CW, Andreas DL9USA, Karl DL2VV y Heye DJ9RR estarán activos como 9L0W desde la isla Banana AF-037 en Sierra Leona del 22 de noviembre al 4 de diciembre 2011. Participarán en el CQ WW DX Cw contest durante su estancia. Operarán de 160 a 6mts en Cw, Ssb y Rtty. Qsl vía DK2VW. La isla Banana se encuentra a 25 al Sur de Freetown, 30 minutos en barco.

La licencia pertenece a Karl DK2VW desde el año 2008. [thanks EA1CS blog]

Draconidas 2011, 8 de Octubre

En pocos días se producirá la lluvia de meteoritos conocida como Draconidas.

Las Draconidas es una lluvia anual que ocasionalmente ha producido tormentas de hasta 10.000 meteoros por hora en los años 1933 y 1946. En otros años la actividad ha variado entre 20 y 500 meteoros/hora, dependiento de si el cometa generador pasaba por su perihelio, y concretamente, este nivel máximo de la lluvia se produce siempre que el comenta cruza su punto nodal en su órbita.

El periodo orbital es de 6,6 años y su nuevo paso por el perihelio será en el año 2012.

Este año se espera que el máximo se produzca entre las 16 horas y las 21 horas UTC, con pronósticos de entre 200 y 600 meteoritos/hora.

Es una buena oportunidad para verlos o para trabajar Meteor-Scatter en 6 metros o en 2 metros.

Os dejo un enlace que me ha pasado EA3BTZ por si estáis más interesados en el tema:

http://www.somyce.org/draconidas2011/SOMYCE-Draconidas-2011.pdf

CAMBODIA, XU, qrv 6m for two weeks

Hiroo, JA2EZD is QRV as XU7SSB and XU7AAA for two weeks.  Activity is on 17 to 6 meters using SSB.  QSL direct to home call. [thanks ARLD040 DX news]