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DXITALIA NEWS #511

Posted on October 14, 2012 in DXing by iz7auh

TNX NG3K, ARRL, OPDX, DXNL, ICPO Bulletin & Six Italia

 

                              RED       = Important operation

                          BLUE     = Delayed or cancelled

                         GREEN  = Details not yet fixed

          ON NOW OR WITHIN ONE MONTH —  IN ARIA ORA O ENTRO UN MESE

 

 

PFX

Country

Date

Info

QSL Info

 

3A Monaco Nov 9 – Nov 17 ON5UR will be /3A

ON8AK will be /3A

MoURX
3B9 Rodriguez Island Oct 16 – Oct 23 Members of the HB9FR group will be on as 3B9SP HB9ACA dir & OQRS
3D2 Fiji Oct 8 – Oct 14 PT2OP will sign 3D2OP H.C. dir & bur
3D2 Fiji Oct 11 – Oct 15 3D2AS, 3D2XC, 3D2ZY, 3D2XB will be on  
3D2 Fiji Oct 27 – Nov 3 PY2PT will sign 3D2PT H.C. dir & bur
4O

 

Montenegro Now – 2012 end 4O60GBP special call 4O3Z
4S

 

Sri Lanka Nov 9 – Mar 9 DC0KK will be again on frequency as 4S7KKG mainly CW & digi H.C: bur & die
5H

 

Tanzania Sep 23 – Oct 13 DL7VSN will be on as 5H1HS & 5H1HS/3 H.C.
5H

 

Tanzania Oct 2 – Oct 17 OH2NNE will sign 5H2DK H.C
5H

 

Tanzania Oct 8 – Oct 15 WB0VGI will be in HF as 5H3NP H.C.
5R Madagascar Nov 10 Dec 9 F6ICX will sign again 5R8IC H.C.
5U

 

Niger Oct 1 – Oct 15 F6EXV as 5U6E and DJ8NK  as 5U8NK will be on H.C.
5V

 

Togo Oct 26 – Nov 5 ON4CIT will be active as 5V7TH Dir, bur & LoTW
5X

 

Uganda Oct 17 – Dec 10 G3RWF will be again in 5X and will sign 5X1NH all bands/modes  
5Z

 

Kenya Nov 5 – Nov 22 SM1TDE will be /5Z4 H.C.
5Z

 

Kenya Oct 27 – Oct 28 5Z4EE will be in the contest NV7E
5Z Kenya Oct 27 – Oct 28

Nov 24 – Nov 25

NV7E will be in the contest as 5Z4EE H.C. dir & bur
6W

 

Senegal Oct 17 – Oct 18 F5VHJ will be on as 6W1RY H.C.dir bur  LoTW
6W

 

Senegal Oct 22 – Nov 3 RK4FF will be on as 6V7S H.C.
7X

 

Algeria Jul 1 – Dec 31 7T50I, 7V50I, 7W50I & 7Y50I special calls will be on See QRZ
8P

 

Barbados Now – Oct 17 G3RWL will be on as 8P6DR H.C.
8P

 

Barbados Oct 27 – Oct 28 8P6SH will be in the contest KU9C
8P

 

Barbados Oct 27 – Oct 28 8P2K will be in the contest KU9C
8P

 

Barbados Oct 27 – Oct 28 8P5A will be in the contest NN1N
8Q

 

Maldives Oct 29 – Nov 11 G3VDB as 8Q7EJ H.C.
9H

 

Malta Oct 27 – Oct 28

Nov 24 – Nov 25

HA5PP will sign 9H3PP in the contest H.C.
9J

 

Zambia 2011 – 2012 ZS6RI is active as 9J2RI during his several visits in Zambia H.C. dir & bur & LoTW
9J

 

Zambia NOW JA7SGV is on as 9J2JA mainly CW H.C.
9J

 

Zambia Oct 19 – Oct 22 ZS6AYU will be on as 9J2GR H.C. dir & bur
9M2  W. Malaysia Now – Oct 15 JA1XXI is on /9M2 H.C.
A7

 

Qatar Oct 27 – Oct 28 A73A team will be in the contest EA7FTR
BV

 

Taiwan Oct 27 – Oct 28 BX5AA will be in the contest H.C. dir
BY

 

China Oct 27 – Oct 28 BY5CD team will be in the contest BD4HF dir & bur
C5

 

Gambia Oct 27 – Oct 28 C5A will be a group active in the WW contes OM2FY
C6 Bahamas Oct 24 – Oct 31 C6AZZ by KQ8Z H.C.
C6 Bahamas Oct 27 – Oct 28 C6AQQ will be in the contest LoTW
C6 Bahamas Nov 4 – Nov 9 W9XY will sign C6AXY H.C. dir
C9

 

Mozambique NOW – 2013 end ZS1WY is active as C91IW H.C.
CE

 

Chile Oct 27 – Oct 28 3G3W will be in the contest XQ4CW
CN

 

Morocco Now – Oct 21 5D7AT special call from Agadir ON4LO
CY0

 

Sable POSTPONED to

Oct 22 – Oct 31

WA4DAN & AAVK will be on Sable  
D2

 

Angola NOW – 2013 CT1FJZ is active as D2FJZ and will stay in D2 for one year H.C.
DL

 

Germany Now – Dec end DP87SIXD, DP775BLN and DQ775BLN

Special calls

Bur
EA8

 

Canary Islands Oct 15 – Oct 18 DL3FCG will be on  /EA8 H.C.
EA9

 

Ceuta & Melilla Oct 27 – Oct 28 DF4SA,EA7HZ,EA7JB,EA7LS,EA7RU, EA9LZ and HA1AG will be on as ED9Z the CQWW DX SSB Contest EA9LZ
EY

 

Tajikistan Oct 27 – Oct 28 EY8MM will be in the contest K1BV
FH   Mayotte Oct 4 – Oct 19 F6AML will be on as TO2M

H.C. dir & bur

FM

 

Martiniwue Oct 27 – Oct 28 S53R will be in the contest as TO9R

S53R dir & LoTW

FO

 

F. Pollynesia Oct 6 – Nov 8 F6BCW is on as TX5EG from OC-067 from different islands H.C. dir & bur
FR

 

Reunion Sep 26 – Oct 21 DJ7RJ will be again on from Reunion all bands SSB & CW H.C. dir
GD

 

Isle of Man Oct 27 – Oct 28 G3RXQ will sign GD3RXQ during the contest H.C.
H4 Solomon Oct 17 – Dec 10 DL2GAC will be on all bands SSB as H44MS H.C.
HA

 

Hungary    Oct – Nov HG20IPA special call all bands and modes HA3JB
HB0

 

Liechtenstein Oct 8 – Oct 14 PA4N will be /HB= H.C.
HL

 

Korea Oct 26 – Oct 29 D9K team will be active from AS-060 DS4NYE
HS

 

Thailand  

Oct 7 – Oct 24

Oct 26 – Nov 4

ON4AFU will be again on as

HS0ZJF/8 from AS-101 and

HS0ZJF/9 from AS-129

H.C. dir & bur
HS

 

Thailand Oct 7 – Oct 24 ON4AFU will be on as HS0ZJF/8 from AS-101 CW only H.C.
J3

 

Grenada Oct 27 – Oct 28 KS5Z plans to be in the contest /J3  
J7

 

Dominica Oct 14 – Nov 7 DL8WEM will sign J79WE mainly CW H.C.
JA

 

Japan Oct 13 – Oct 16 Several operators will sign /1 from AS-043 H.C. dir & bur
JA

 

Japan Now – Nov 3 8J2YDU special call Bureau
JA

 

Japan Now – Oct 21 8J4HAM special call Bureau
JA

 

Japan Now – Nov 11 8J4SINWA special call Bureau
JA

 

Japan Now – Dec 31 8J50YAXM special call Bureau
JD

 

Minami Torishima Now – Oct 16 JF1MTO is on /JD1 H.C.
JW

 

Svalabard  Now – Nov 30 LA2US works in JW and will operate as JW2US H.C.
JW

 

Svalabard  Now – Oct 15 LA9DL, LA6VM & LA7XK will sign

JW9DL, JW6VM & JW7XK will be also on in SAC SSB as JW5X

H.C.
KG4

 

Guantanamo Oct 11 – Oct 17 W4WV & KN4KL will be on as KG4WV & KG4KL H.C.
KH0

 

Mariana Oct 13 – Oct 15 JA1FMN will be on during holiday H.C.
KH0

 

Mariana Oct 18 – Oct 22 JA1NVF, JF7ELG, JJ2VLY and JQ2GYUMainly CW & SSB  
KH2

 

Guam OCT – NOV N2NL will be in several contest as NH2T LoTW & dir only W2YC
KH2

 

Guam Oct 27 – Oct 28 KG6DX will be in the contest LoTW & H.C.
KH8

 

SAMOA Oct 23 – Oct 29 JA2ZL will be /KH8 H.C. dir & bur
KH8

 

SAMOA Nov 8 – Nov 19 N6MW & others will be on /KH8  
KH9

 

Wake Now – 2013 WA2YUN is on /KH9 K2PF dir only
KP2

 

Virgin Islands Oct 9 – Oct 16 NM2O will be /KP2 and as KP2M /KP2 H.C,

KP2M AI4U

KP2

 

Virgin Islands Oct 27 – Oct 28 NQ3X will sign /KP2 in the contest H.C.
KP2

 

Virgin Islands Oct 27 – Oct 28 N2TTA will be in the contest as KP2MM LoTW
LU

 

Argentina Nov 2 – Nov 4 LU1XB should be on from SA-087  
OD

 

Lebanon Now – Oct 2012 IV3XNF is in UN duty and active /OD5 mainly CW H.C.
OD

 

Lebanon NOW OD5RW is now active all bands and modes K8NA
OJ0

 

Market Reef Oct 27 – Oct 28 OJ0B will be in the contest LoTW & OH2BH
OJ0

 

Market Reef Oct 27 – Oct 28 OJ0X will be in the contest LoTW & OH2BH
ON

 

Belgium Apr 14 – Dec 31 Special call ON100TT ON4WDL
ON

 

Belgium NOW  – Dec 31 Special call ON85RCL ON3AR
ON

 

Belgium NOW  – Dec 31 Special call ON500MERCATOR ON7KO
OZ

 

Denmark Oct 4 – Oct 12 PA1H & PA7PA will sign /OZ from EU-172 H.C. dir & bur
P2

 

Papua N.Guinea NOW P29FR is often on frequency I2RFJ
P2

 

Papua New Guinea Oct 20 – Oct 24 G3KHZ, SM6CVX, HB9BXE, K5WQG, DL6KVA will be on as P29VCX from OC-103 SM6CVX
P2

 

Papua New Guinea Oct 27 – Oct 31 G3KHZ, SM6CVX, HB9BXE, K5WQG, DL6KVA will be on as P29NI from OC-099 G3KHZ
P2

 

Papua New Guinea Nov 2 – Nov 4 SM6CVX, HB9BXE, K5WQG, DL6KVA will be on  from OC-069  
P2

 

Papua New Guinea Nov 6 – Nov 9 SM6CVX, will be on  from OC-135 signing P29CVX H.C.
P2

 

Papua New Guinea Nov 9 – Nov 12 SM6CVX, will be on  from OC-205 signing P29CVX H.C.

 

P2

 

Papua New Guinea Nov 9 – Nov 12 SM6CVX, will be on  from OC-240 signing P29CVX H.C.
P4

 

Aruba Oct 17 – Oct 21 P40Z will be in use by DF7ZS H.C.
P4 Aruba Oct 27 – Oct 28 Nov 24 – Nov 25 W2GD will be active as P40W in the contest N2MM & LoTW
PA

 

Netherlands SEPT PC12WSF special call PA0FAW
PA

 

Netherlands Oct 4 – Oct 31 PB100PREFIX special call PB0P
PA

 

Netherlands Oct 4 – Oct 12 PA1H & PA7PA will be /OZ from EU-172 H.C. dir & bur
PJ4

 

Bonaire Nov 9 – Nov 17 PE2MC will be on /PJ4 H.C.
PJ6

 

Saba Oct 1 – Nov 1 G4IUF will be /PJ6 H.C.
R1/F

 

F.Josef Land NOW RI1FJ is often active on different bands mainly CW UA2FM
S7

 

Seychelles Oct 21 – Nov 4 I5IHE, IK5RUN and I5OYY will
be on as S79LC, S79UN and S79YY,  from AF-024
H.C. dir & LoTW
SU

 

Egypt Oct 18 – Oct 22 SU55J special call SM5ADQ
SV9

 

Crete Jul 1 – Dec 31 SX9S special call SV9AUE dir & bur
SV9

 

Crete Oct 5 – Oct 15 DL9USA will be on as SW9C H.C. dir & bur
T30 W.Kiribati Oct 16 – Oct 25 9 PY operators will be on as T30PY & T30SIX PY2PT dir & bur OQRS
T8

 

Palau Oct 26 – Oct 30 JF2SKV will be on as T88KV all bands/modes also in contest H.C:
T8

 

Palau Oct 27 – Oct 28 T88EB will be in the contest JH1EAQ
TF

 

Iceland Oct 27 – Oct 28 TF3CW will be in the contest LX1NO dir only
TI Costarica Oct 27 – Oct 28 TI8M team will be in the contest  
TN

 

Congo NOW – 2012 TN9SN is active for one year IZ1BZV
TR

 

Gabon NOW TR8CA is again active mainly 21 CW F6CBC
TT8

 

Chad Oct 1 – Oct 31 Italian group will be on as TT8TT I2YSB
UA

 

Russia (A) September RV3EFH is active /0 from AS-042 H.C.
V3 Belize Oct 27 – Oct 28 V31MW will be in the contest N0HJZ
V4 St Kitts Oct 12 – Nov 1 W5JON from NA-104 as V47JA, W5HAM willsign V47HAM W5JON & LoTW
V7

 

Marshall NOW WH0AI is active as V73AX and has applied for the call V73AI H.C.

 

VK

 

Australia Oct 18 – Oct 23 JA1NLX will be /VK4 from OC-160 H.C. only dir
VK

 

Australia Nov 9 – Nov 13 VK6WDI group will be on with 2 stations from OC-170 VK6YS dir only
VK9X

 

Christmas Oct 6 – Oct 12 OH2YY will be again on

OH1tv will sign VK9XM

H.C. dir & bur
VP2M Montserrat Oct 23 – Oct 30 G4XUM as VP2MXU G3NKC
VP2M Montserrat Oct 27 – Oct 28 VP2MDG will be in the contest K2DM
VP2M Montserrat Nov 5 – Nov 19 DJ7ZG as VP2MGZ and DL7AFS as VP2MYL DL7AFS
VP5 Turks & Caicos Oct 27 – Oct 28 VP5T will be in the contest LoTW
VP5 Turks & Caicos Oct 27 – Oct 28 VQ5X will be in the contest W4OX
VP8S

 

S.Shetland NOW RI1ANF is active from King George Island RK1PWA
VP9   Bermuda Oct 27 – Oct 28 N1SV will be in the contest signing VP9I  
VP9   Bermuda Nov 5 – Nov 19 VP9KF will be on mainly CW H.C.
VQ9 Chagos Jul 28 – Nov 15 ND9M as VQ9JC H.C.
VU

 

Antartica Now – Dec 31 VU3BPZ is on from Bharati base I2HYW
W U.S.A. Oct 15 – Oct 18 SP5APW will be /W4 from NA-034 H.C.
W U.S.A. Oct 21 – Oct 26 K9YNF will be /4 from NA-112 H.C.
XE

 

Mexico October XE2HUQ and a large group will be on as XF1F from NA-124 H.C.
XX

 

Macao Oct 18 – Oct 29 EA7FTR as XX9TFR, EA5HPX as XX9TPX, EB5BBM as XX9TBM and EB7DX as XX9TEX EA7FTR
XV

 

Vietnam Oct 19 – Oct 22 JL7XBN will sign XV29FM  
YA

 

Afghanistan Sep – Nov DL3ASM will be active as T6SM H.C.
YA

 

Afghanistan Sep – Feb 2013 LZ1CNN will operate as T6LG all bands CW & SSB LZ1ZF dir & LoTW
YB

 

Indonesia Nov 1 – Nov 6 YB8XM and other will be on /6 from OC-271 ( New one )  
YJ

 

Vanatu Nov 3 – Nov 10 YJ0AFU will be used by VK4AFU also on 6 M NA5U
YN

 

Nicaragua Oct 23 – Oct 29 N6GQ will sign YN2AA NN3W dir & LoTW
Z2 Zimbawe Oct 22 – Oct 25 ZS6AYU will sign Z21GF H.C.
Z8

 

S.Sudan NOW K7QI is active as Z81A

YI1DZ is active as Z81D

K7GSE

OM3JW

ZK2

 

Niue Sep 8 – Nov 15 ZL1RS will be active VHF as E6RS H.C.
ZL7

 

Chatham Nov 1 – Nov 9 JF1OCQ will be on as ZL7A  
ZS8

 

Marion  ??? ZS6RGV will be on the island and should get a call and start operations ZS1HF

 

 

FUTURE OPERATIONS   —   OPERAZIONI FUTURE

 

PFX

Country

Date

Info

QSL Info

 

5H

 

Tanzania Dec 8 – Dec 15 5H3NP will be the call used by WB0VGI  
5T Mauritania Nov 24 – Dec 10 SP operators will be on as 5T0SP LoTW
5X

 

Uganda Feb 6 – Feb 18 20 operators of the F6KOP team will be on with 6 stations F1NGP dir, bur & OQRS
6W

 

Senegal Jan 15 – Jan 18 F6BLP will sign 6W7SK mainly CW H.C. dir bur  LoTW
7P8

 

Lesotho Nov 22 – Dec 3 ZS2DL and other operators will be on all bands and modes as 7P8D Dir only
8Q

 

Maldives Nov 26 – Dec 11 HB9OAU as 8Q7AU H.C.
9U

 

Burundi Feb 2013 10 Operators will be on with four different stations  
9Y

 

Tobago Nov 24 – Nov 25 N6TJ will be active as 9Y4W DL4MDO dir & bur
C6

 

Bahamas Dec 7 – Dec 11 K6VVA will be active as C6AVA N6AWD
C6 Bahamas DEC – JAN AK4BM will be C6AGT H.C dir
DU

 

Philippines  ???? DX0N plans to activate OC-174  
EL

 

Liberia Nov 21 – Nov 27 Several operators will be on /EL. Will sign EL2A in contest AA7A (EL2NS), G3SXW (EL2A),
G4BWP (EL2WP), G4IRN (EL2RN), KC7V (EL2MF), KY7M (EL2LF) and N7CW (EL2CW.
 
FO0

 

Clipperton Mar 1 – Mar 10 KK6EK, N7CQQ, AD6E, W6OP, N7XG and N7CQQ will be on as TX5Q  
FS

 

St.Martin Nov 20 – Nov 24 K9EL & K9NB will be /FS  
H4

 

Solomon Feb 18 – Feb 28 G3SWH & G3RTE will be on CW only G3SWH dir bur &OQRS
H4

 

Solomon Mar 8 – Mar 25 DK1BT DK7LX DL4WK DL7KL DL7DF DL7UFN DL7UFR SP3CYY SP3DOI will be on DL7DF
H40 Temotu Mar 12 – Mar 23 DK1BT DK7LX DL4WK DL7KL DL7DF DL7UFN DL7UFR SP3CYY SP3DOI will be on DL7DF
H40 Temotu Dec 22 – Jan 7 DK9FN will be again on as H40FN HA8DD
KH5

 

Palmyra Postponed from 2011 to Nov 2012 25 operators will be on from Jarvis Island signing probably N5E  
KP2

 

U.S. Virgin Island Nov 24 – Nov 25 N2TTA will be on as KP2MM LoTW
PJ4

 

Bonaire Nov 18 – Dec 1 PJ4D call will be again in use all band and modes W3HNK
PJ7

 

Saint Maarteen Nov 18 – Nov 24 K1GI as PJ7I (QSL via JG2BRI) and 7L4DXT as PJ7XK  
PJ7

 

Saint Maarteen Mar 15 – Mar 23 N0TG AA4VK & N1SNB will be /PJ7 N0TG
PY0S

 

St. Peter & Paul Nov 10 – Nov 22 PT0S will be by a group working on all bands and modes HA7RY & QRS
T33

 

Banaba 12 days between Mar – April T33A will be aired by a group of 14 operators with 6 stations  
V2

 

Antigua Nov 22 – Nov 26 AA3B will be on as V26K  
V6 Micronesia Nov 23 – Nov 26 JH1DVG will be on as V63JX H.C.
V6 Micronesia Dec 5 – Dec 12 JA1XGI as V63XG LoTW
V8 Brunei Nov 13 – Nov 22 MDX Club will be on as V84SMD all bands and modes with 4 stations IK2VUC
VK9L Lord Howe Nov 17 – Nov 27 OH1VR & OH3JR will be /VK9 all bands and modes H.C. dir
VK0

 

Heard Island Between Jan 1 – Jan 31 2014 Big group will be on

Details will follow 

 
VP5

 

Turks Nov 20 – Dec 11 W5CW will be again /VP5 H.C.
YN

 

Nicaragua Nov 20 – Nov 28 AJ9C will be on as YN2CC also during the contest10 H.C.
ZF

 

Cayman Jan 12 – Jan 20 K8PGJ as ZF2PG H.C. & LoTW
ZK1 South Cook Nov 18 – Dec 8 OZ6TL will be signing E51TLA from OC-013 H.C. & LoTW
ZK1 South Cook Nov 12 – Nov 19 ZL2KBR will be on as E51KBR H.C.
ZK1 South Cook Nov 12 – Nov 30 Big HB group will be on as E51C, E51ABS, E51BZD and E51CHX HB9BXU
ZK1 South Cook Dec 10 – Jan 5 5B4AIF will be on as E51E EB7DX
ZL9

 

Auckland Nov 17 – Nov 30 VK2IR & VK3YP will be on as ZL9HR

heading a group of nine

 

 

Contest, mainly from ARRL Bulletin& WA7BNM

 

 

CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 10 and 1900Z-2000Z, Oct 10 and 0300Z-0400Z, Oct 11
NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 12
Makrothen RTTY Contest: 0000Z-0759Z, Oct 13 and 1600Z-2359Z, Oct 13 and 0800Z-1559Z, Oct 14
Oceania DX Contest, CW: 0800Z, Oct 13 to 0800Z, Oct 14
QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party: 1200Z, Oct 13 to 2400Z, Oct 14
Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB: 1200Z, Oct 13 to 1200Z, Oct 14
Pennsylvania QSO Party: 1600Z, Oct 13 to 0500Z, Oct 14 and 1300Z-2200Z, Oct 14
Arizona QSO Party: 1600Z, Oct 13 to 0600Z, Oct 14 and 1400Z-2359Z, Oct 14
EU Autumn Sprint, CW: 1600Z-1959Z, Oct 13
FISTS Fall Sprint: 1700Z-2100Z, Oct 13
PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint: 2000 local, Oct 13 to 0200 local, Oct 14
North American Sprint, RTTY: 0000Z-0400Z, Oct 14
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: 0000Z-2359Z, Oct 14
UBA ON Contest, CW: 0600Z-0900Z, Oct 14
ARRL School Club Roundup: 1300Z, Oct 15 to 2400Z, Oct 19

 

 

ZL9HR Campbell Island Update

 We’re making great progress during the planning and preparation phases.  The Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of Australia members and the local ham community have pitched in to make this DX-pedition a reality.
Our current status:
6 Meters: We received approval for use of 50 – 51 MHZ.  Some areas in New Zealand use 50 MHZ for television transmission; therefore it is not an Amateur allocation. Since Campbell Island is uninhabited we received a waiver from the NZ authorities to use those frequencies.

Additional Corporate Sponsors signed on since last update:
– Elecraft     – Rojone Pty Ltd     – Amateur Radio Supplies     – OptiBeam
DX Foundation, Club and Individual Sponsors:
The list continues to grow.  Please see the web page for the most current list of supporters
http://www.campbell2012.com/index.php/sponsors

Equipment:

Our equipment is on the way to New Zealand. The gear was packed in crates and prepared for sea shipment from Sydney, Australia to Christchurch, New Zealand. Once through NZ Customs they will be trucked to Invercargill, New Zealand and placed in a storage facility,
arrival at the storage facility is scheduled for Oct. 11th. A bond was posted to get the equipment into New Zealand. In order to reclaim the bond we must remove the equipment from New Zealand upon completion of the DX-pedition.

Quarantine Inspection:
Before any person or equipment lands on Campbell Island an inspection of all personal items and equipment will be conducted by the NZ Department of Conservation.  Our gear will be unpacked at the inspection station in Bluff, NZ on Nov. 24, 2012. Special attention is
placed on items which may contain soil, rocks, stones, insects or other organic material. Boots and shoes must be scrubbed to remove any accumulated soil. Since the boat is used by the DoC for their expeditions were comfortable the boat is prepared for its inspection.

Island Logistics
1.  As you may have seen with other DX-peditions to remote /uninhabited locations once on the island accommodations must be made for meals and sanitary considerations. Fortunately, the New Zealand Department of Conservation has allowed us to use several buildings and
the toilet facilities in one of their buildings. These buildings were part of the weather station that once operated at Beeman Cove; they have been kept in good repair over the years since. Again, we appreciate the DoCs cooperation and assistance to the ZL9HR team.
Sleeping accommodations will be on the boat, the team will shuttleback and forth from the island.
2.  Since the weather will be cold and wet we’ll wear layers and waterproof foul weather clothing.
3.  We’ll bring food, snacks, a medical kit, and other emergency supplies in the event we can’t get back to the boat due to weather conditions.
4.  No trash is permitted to remain on the island; we’ll be carting all refuse back to the boat for proper disposal. The boat is not permitted to empty its sanitary storage tanks while anchored in Perseverance Harbor so the skipper will occasionally take the boat out
to sea to empty the tanks.

5.  There’s been recent Internet chatter about our antennas and their placement. Under the conditions of the landing permit antennas are permitted only in DoC designated spaces, all antennas must be inland.  No antennas are allowed in or near the water, nor are we allowed to walk along the shoreline. While there are some optimum antenna locations on the island they are off limits to the team. Well use vertical antennas for the Low Bands, and weather permitting, a 40 meter beam will be placed on a hill with a drop off towards the sea.

6.  We’ve been advised there may be 2 scientific expeditions on the island while we are operating. The DoC does not anticipate any interaction between the DX-pedition team and the participants of these expeditions.
7.  ZL9HR team member Dave Lloyd, K3EL, prepared some information about our antenna placement and propagation. You may read his articles at:
http://k3el.wordpress.com/dx/zl9hr/azimuthal_map/
http://k3el.wordpress.com/dx/zl9hr/antenna-choice-and-location/
8.  As previously mentioned, we are governed by the conditions of the DoC issued landing permit, some of those conditions are:
a. Specified number of DX-pedition operating days
b. Antenna field designated by the DoC
c. Other than use of the wharf, no access to the shoreline
d. Team members restricted to island locations indicated on the permit
e. No overnight stays unless the weather prevents return to the boat
f.  Second to personal safety is wildlife awareness and safety are highest priorities
i. Antennas must be marked to avoid bird strikes and ground borne wildlife may not be disturbed
g. Digging, trenching or other defacement / scaring of the land is prohibited.
i. We are permitted to install guy stakes for the antennasupport structures

Team members have made their bookings to and from New Zealand, several will meet in Auckland before the DX-pedition, others will meet in Dunedin and eventually we’ll first meet as a team in Invercargill, NZ on Nov. 23rd.
In closing we want to thank our corporate sponsors, clubs, foundations and individuals who have provided products and funding to make the activation of Campbell Island a reality after a long radio silence.

Next update in late October.

73,
Gene K5GS and the ZL9HR team

www.campbell2012.com

 

La Propagazione di Febbraio di I2MQP

Posted on February 3, 2011 in Propagazione by iz7auh

Vediamo, anzitutto, le informazioni relative al numero di macchie solari rilevato dal SIDC del Reale Osservatorio Belga nel mese di gennaio

1 – 12 2 – 14 3 – 11 4 – 10 5 – 7 6 – 0 7 – 0
8 – 10 9 – 10 11 – 23 12 – 22 13 – 21 14 – 18 15 – 18
16 – 16 17 – 12 18 – 9 19 – 0 20 – 9 21 – 12 22 – 21
23 – 26 24 – 26 25 – 23 26 – 17 27 – 9 28 – 8 29 – 8
30 – 8 31 – 11

Una media per il mese appena finito  di 13.1, basate sulle osservazioni di 61 diversi centri di controllo e finalmente in ampia salita, rispetto ai due anni passati ed a livelli simili a quelli di tre anni fa, anche se allora si era in fase discendente. Read More