Dxpedition by K5KG (E51MMM) and KK9K (E51NNN) betweem Nov 12 to Dec 01.
They plan to be active on all bands, with particular emphasis on 80 and 160m. CW is the preferred mode,but SSB will be used too.
E51MMM will be used in the CQWW CW contest as a Multi-Two.
QSLs via K5KG
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Pekka, OH2YY, is on his travels again.
Firstly between 12 - 15 Nov as FR/OH2YY from Reunion Island.
Then between 16 -22 Nov as 3B8/OH2YY from Mauritius.
Operating SSB, with 100w into a vertical and dipole.
QSL via OH2YY
**readers may remember OH2YY successfully operated from 7O (Yemen) in 2002.
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Whilst searching for news on A35 (Tonga), i came across Ebay (of all places!)
Would appear N2AU is selling rare QSL cards.
(some nice cards in there!)
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That’s the CQWW SSB contest finished for another year.
Band condx i think surprised everyone. My abiding memory is hearing and working east coast US on 40m at 12:00z on the Saturday - quite incredible for this part of the world! All 59+ too!
Lots of contacts into the Caribbean, Africa on 10m, condx really were super. One thing missing from the contest this year was Pacific and west coast US stations - propagation just never stretched that far….still, there’s always next year..
How was it for you?
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Just received a phone call from Tim (M3SDE). He and nine other ops are ready to go for CQWW!… the last of the aerials were erected. All appears fine.
With the group is Calum, M0MCX ( IT engineer & LF Antenna guru). Using Calum’s IT skills , the team are now currently waiting for a “port connection” to enable the MW5W webcam..
Meantime, have a look at the website of MW5W - it’s sure to be a fantastic operation!
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The locator and WAB details are:
Loc: IO71LX
WAB: SM83 PEM (Pembrokeshire)
Lat: 05:04:53 W
Long: 51:59:41 N
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Ops:
G1VDP Chris , M3SDE Tim , M0OXO Charles , M3SDO Oliver , MW0JZE Ant , OM0AAO Villiam , M0KCM Ian , M3POV Neil , MW5HOC Daz, MW0RLJ Rob , MW0CRI David, M0MCX Callum - (LF Antenna engineer & IT Engineer)
MW5W will be entering the multi-multi category.
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It was May this year, that i first noticed the proposed DXpedition to TI9..
A new website has been constructed for TI9K - Isla del Coco where all info, including operators can be found.
**Online logs after the Dxpedition at http://www.logsearch.de/
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By The Grantham Amateur Radio Club
Probable dates June 12 - 17, 2008
Places available for ops interested.
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Last year the team aired EU112 (Shiant Islands)
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The countdown begins.
Lots of pre-contest type callsigns appearing on various bands now. Condx appear ok at the moment (Thurs evening), but the A-index is again rising due to a strong solar wind. The index is forecast to be as high as 37 on the 26 October. By the time the contest begins, i hope it’s much lower.
On a personal note, i’m using the contest specifically to add to my country tally. I lost a lot of my logbook at the start of this year (long story - i won’t bore you with details), but suffice to say, i’m looking forward to working anything on any band! Should be fun!
Feel free to browse through the CQWW Callsign Websites page. It’s always good to see who you worked, as well as wondering what their station consists of.
I’m currently waiting on some news coming from the MW5W team in Wales. Spoke to Tim, M3SDE, on the phone Monday this week, whereby they hope to have news of online logs/webcams etc during the contest…i intend to be their pilot station. Will post more when i get the info.
Anyway, enjoy the contest. Get some sleep before - none during - and lots after it!
See you on the bands!
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Info taken from IZ1CRR’s blog:
Date: 10 - 14 Jan. 2008
Callsign: AH0V and KH0/JI5USJ
Freq.: 80m to 6m + Satellite (include in 60m Band for W)
Mode: CW/SSB
QSL: AH0V via JI5RPT, KH0/JI5USJ via JI5USJ
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