Results IARU Región I 50 MHz 2011 Contest

Ya han sido publicados los resultados del Concurso IARU Región I 50 MHz del año 2011. Mis felicitaciones a todos los participantes y en especial a mis amigos de EF7X por su brillante primer puesto en la categoría Multioperador. Enhorabuena!

http://www.vhfcontesten.nl/uploads/2011%2050%20MHz%20IARU%20region%20I%20contest.pdf

Special event station 4A0MAYA qrv on 6 meters

Special event station 4A0MAYA will be QRV from December 19 to 23 to commemorate the beginning of a New Maya Age that begins every 5125 years.  Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31.  QSL via XE3RCC. [tnx ARLD051 DX news]

New 6 m EME station at N3XX

N3XX is a new station qrv on 6m EME, 4 x 7 el LFA with full elevation

TX5K will be qrv on 6 meters

I've just received information from Lance, W7GJ, saying he will be qrv on 6 meters. He will be qrv with 1 Kw and a 6M8GJ 8 elements antenna. I don't expect to have any F2 conditions from Europe, so the only way to work him will be using EME. This is Lance's last mail about the operation:

Well, the contributions from serious 6m DXers rolled in - MNI MNI TNX!  As a result of your support, the travel costs are already paid, and I am planning on going to Clipperton with my proven portable 6m station:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/TX5K.htm

At this point, I am spending money as if I had it, shipping equipment down to California, and buying things like a $1400 generator to take on the trip. The good news is that I tested out the portable 6m station with the new 3kw Honda 110 VAC generator (the Honda 2000 would not work with my switching power supply above about 600w output), and I was able to run 1kw output on JT65A mode using my new Meanwell RSP-2000-48 power supply and 6M-1000 amplifier.  For almost 3 dB difference, I was not willing to compromise the success of the mission, so am now busy building a shipping crate for the generator.

So....please spread the word among serious 6m DXers.   I working very hard and spending lots of money to provide a serious 6m activation of Clipperton Island.   If we get any F2, I will hope to work you on that mode.  In case we do not, I am planning to be QRV for my moonrises through the European moonsets and then again for all the NA moonsets down to my moonset.   I am planning to take the two middle days off from EME and just concentrate on ionospheric prop possibilities those days, because they are unfortunately the worst days of the month for 6m EME.  The proposed tentative schedule is on the above web page, and obviously is subject to the uncertainties of weather, unloading, equipment/logistics problems, etc. etc. 

However, since the best EME days during the trip are right at the beginning of the operation, I sure am planning to do whatever I can to be QRV as soon as possible after we arrive and make this a successful venture for everyone.

So, if you have been planning on assembling that big 6m yagi that has been taking up space in your garage, or wiring up that new 6m amplifier, or meaning to get that computer interface connected so you can run digital modes, this is your early warning notice ;-)  You have 6 weeks to get ready!

I don't expect to have internet capability after February 17, so I will try to post any further information before then on the above web page.  Otherwise, please just watch for me on 6m! GL and I sure hope to be able to hand out a new 6m DXCC to many of you in a couple months!

MNI TNX again for your encouragement and support!  VY 73, Lance

 

Nos vemos en el XXVI Congreso URE 6 a 9 de Diciembre

http://www.ure.es/congresos.html

 Programa de Actividades

Día 6	Llegada y acreditación de congresistas	10:30 - 14:00
	Almuerzo buffet	14:00 - 15:30
	Ceremonia de apertura del Congreso	16:30 - 17:00
	- Presente y futuro de la Radioafición en España y el mundo - Novedades del Reglamento Radioaficionados - Charla-coloquio sobre el estado de la URE, por Junta Directiva	17:00 - 18:30
	Coloquio sobre el nuevo Estatuto de URE, por EA3FCY, EA1FB y EA2AR	19:00 - 20:30
	Cena buffet	21:00 - 22:30
Día 7	Desayuno	07:30 - 11:00
	Visita de todo el grupo a La Alhambra (Foto grupo)	09:30 - 14:00
	Almuerzo buffet	14:00 - 15:30
	Una estación de radio vale lo que valga su antena y su receptor, por EA7QD	16:30 - 17:30
	Redes Sociales y Radioafición. Aplicaciones para teléfonos inteligentes, por EB2DJB	17:30 - 18:30
	Evolución de las µW en España, a partir del congreso de Albacete, por EA3FLX	18:30 - 20:30
	Cena buffet	21:00 - 22:30
Día 8	Desayuno	07:30 - 11:00
	Diseño avanzado de directivas multibandas en HF, por EA5DY	10:00 - 11:00
	XX9E Expedición a Macao, por EA1ACP	11:00 - 12:00
	Expediciones a TY1KS Benin y D64K Comoros Is., por EA3QS y EA3AKY	12:00 - 13:00
	El uso correcto del Cluster. Coloquio, por EA5BZ	13:00 - 14:00
	Almuerzo buffet	14:00 - 15:30
	Concursos: Wintest, SO2R y escenarios avanzados, por EA5FV	16:30 - 17:30
	La red de direcciones IP de radioaficionados (44.0.0.0), por EA5BZ	17:30 - 18:30
	La Propagación ionosférica, por EA5DY	18:30 - 19:30
	Mesa redonda sobre emergencias, por EA9CD	19:30 - 20:30
	Cena de Clausura	21:30
Día 9	Desayuno	07:30 - 11:00
	Partida y fin de servicios

XU, Cambodia, QRV 6 m 5-17/12

XU1A will be reactivated from December 5-17, 2012 by Zorro, JH1AJT and others. FGC (Foundation for Global Children) will make another DXpedition to the Kingdom of Cambodia to support a vocational training centre for persons with disabilities, especially tragic landmine victims. The centre teaches skills such as repairing radio, TV and motorcycles so that they can become an active member of society and can be self-supported. This DXpedition will be also contain some members of the 1998 XU1A expedition for a reunion.

Team includes:

• Zorro Y. Miyazawa, JH1AJT, KH0WF, Team Leader
• Jay S. Oka, JA1TRC, KH2J
• Aki A. Seko, JA4EKO, ZL1GO
• Masaru Hanazaki, JA5AQC
• Champ C. Muangamphun, E21EIC, KY1A
• Kazu K. Fujita, JH1OGX, VR2KF
• + others.

QRV on 160– 10m (possibly 6m). CW, SSB and digital. Three stations simultaneously, with focus on 160-80m. QSL via JH1AJT // ClubLog and OQRS available later. [tnx DX World]

ZS6RI / 9J2RI now in Lesotho as 7P8RI

 

ZS6RI, Chris,  is now in Lesotho were he has received 7P8RI callsign. He expects to be qrv after December 17th. I hope he will be qrv on 6 meters as he was from Zambia (9J2RI). Chris has a radio blog called 'Amateur Radio all over Africa' http://zs6ri.blogspot.com.es/

Z81D has new 6 meters antenna

InnovAntennas and the UK Six Metre Group sponsors Z81D 

Glade Park, Colorado & Canvey Island, England, 2012:  InnovAntennas and the United Kingdom Six Metre Group (UKSMG) , along with some group members such as EA8AK, have helped fund the antenna setup at Z81D in South Sudan.

Diya, Z81D has had limited availability of anything other than wire antennas and decided upon InnovAntennas to help him make a bigger punch on the bands. 

Diya has taken delivery of a 6 element 50MHz OP-DES Yagi http://www.innovantennas.com/antennas-a-accesories.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=214&category_id=3

And also one of the soon-to-be-release DES-Dipoles which provides 3 bands (20/15/10) with a single feed point. The DES-dipole has no traps or coils either and a turning radius that would be expected from a 15m full sized rotating dipole.

The station at Z81D should be fully functional with the new antennas within the coming weeks and Dyia can be contacted via QRZ should skeds be required.

5X8C will not be qrv on 6m

Just seen in their web:
  
No 6m from 5X ...
Bad news today as we had a negative answer to our request for 6m. Here is the answer from the Uganda Communication Commission :
"In the case of Uganda, 6m band cannot be used because it is allocated for fixed and mobile services".
 That means that 6m is just forbidden in 5X.
We are very sorry about this. But we will be active form 160 to 10m !

Well, lucky me, I have worked 5X1NH some weeks ago....

XT, Burkina Faso, qrv 6 m February-March 2013

Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team will be active from Burkina Faso as XT1T on all bands and  modes  for  two weeks in February-March 2013. On 6 meters they will use their 3 el. cubical quad. Further information  is  expected  in due course.

More info:www.i2ysb.com/idt 

[Tnx 425 DX News #1125]

5W, Samoa, qrv 6 m 4-18/4

A large team of  German  operators  (namely  DF1AL,  DJ9HX,  DJ9RR, DK1AX,  DK1MA,  DK3CG,  DK7AN,  DL2HWA,  DL2RNS,  DL3KMS,   DL4SVA, DL7VEE, DL9GFB, DL9MS and DM2AYO)  will  be  active  as  5W0M  from Savaii, Samoa (OC-097) on 4-18 April  2013.  They  will  have  four stations QRV on 80 - 6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY plus 2m EME.  QSL  via DL4SVA, direct or bureau; QSL for EME QSOs  via  DL9MS.  Logsearch, OQRS for direct/bureau cards and further information can  be  found at http://5w0m.hkmann.de/ [Tnx 425 DX News #1125]

XV, Vietnam, qrv 6 m 23/11 - 10/12

Retu, OH4MDY will be active as XV2RZ from  Vietnam  from 23 November to 10 December. He will be QRV on 20 - 6 metres with a focus on digital modes. QSL via home call, direct only. [tnx 425 DX News #1125]