P5 - North Korea
KP1 - Navassa Island
ZS8 - Marion Island
3Y/B - Bouvet
7O - Socotra, Yemen
VK0/H - Heard Island
FT/W - Crozet Island
FR/G - Glorioso
FT/Z - Amsterdam
VP8-S - Saunders island
Max IK8LOV has written a good and scientific report about late propagation’s conditions. Visit and comment it!
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The incredible David 6Y1V has done the Young Ham selection also this year!
This year he has chosen 3 guys to make the CQWW CW 2009 from 6Y1V SuperStation. After my trip in Jamaica I thought that CW was passed and of little interest for me. David, instead, surprises me with him keyer! He was superfast and the sounds of TI – TA were music to my ears.
Since my return at home I have tried the CW. At this moment I’m making many CW QSO, my keyer is my PC, I don’t deny it! But now I’m able to understand my callsign and standard reports…
So, after this, I’m not surprised by the choice of David! He wants to encourage the HamRadio among young!
I think that will be a great experience for these guys, certainly one of the best in them life. So a very good luck to Roger EA3ALZ, Alex OZ7AM, Alex RV9LM, you will learn many things by David, these will be a treasure for you!
GL IN CONTEST, 73 DE IZ7KHR/6Y7K
I have had a great surprise this morning!!!
My great friend Giorgio IZ4AKS, who was in Bejiing to work, was trasmitting from the Big Radioclub B1Z using the temporary license IZ4AKS/BY1RX. He was at 14.195, for me the beaming was 50°NE, into my Delta Loop the signal was 59+10dB, a wonderful report from China!
Giorgio is a great DX Man, one of E44M, 1A4A, 1A3A, 9H3KS, HB0/IZ4AKS, HV5PUL, T70A (T71SM), IE9X,
OM/IZ4AKS, 4U1UN, 4U1VIC, OE/IZ4AKS, 3A/IZ4AKS, W2/IZ4AKS…and so on….
Listen this Music……and enjoy the DX!!! To the next Giorgio, around the world, see you in the pileup!
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You can visit him website for photos and others news… www.iz4aks.com
Some friends will be active from club station Z37M, Macedonia, during the CQWW SSB 2009, the next weekend!
The operators are: IT9SSI Dario, IT9YVO Antonello, IZ8CCW Antonio, IZ8CGS Gianni, IZ8IYX Pasquale, IZ8JAI Domenico, IZ5MOQ Alessandro, Z36W Venco & Z35X Chris.
They were departed this night from Bari, my city, on a ferry boat for Durazzo, Albania, tomorrow they will reach Skopie, capital city of Macedonia, and than they will arrive at Z37M club station.
They will mount some beverages for 160m, especially one for EU direction. Some test will be made before the contest, so STAY TUNED.
Some photos will be uploaded soon…
21/10——–NEWS———-
The team is safely arrived in Macedonia at club station Z37M.
After few days of Antenna’s maintenance I have reassembled and completed the 2 elements moxon for 40m, now it is a wonderful and pile-up breaker antenna, as my usual!!!!
I have contact, without problems and waste of time, 3D2MJ Fiji Island, both in 40m and in 20m phone, he had a nice real 59 in 40m.
First videos from Samoa and American Samoa after the terrible tsunami.
Many people are involved and the interested area is very large, there have been another strong earthquake also in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Different DXpeditions are in this area at the moment, I hope all are well. Good news from 3D20CR, Conway reef, they are well and the first station is up on 20m now. We are waiting for other good news.
For other photos and news about this disaster you can visit this blog: http://www.pagopago.com/blog/john/2009/09/29/tsunami
Little update about FT5GA:
” Novolazarevskaya Station (Russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75 km from the Antarctic coast. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70. Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip that serves both research-related and commercial flights.” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Activities from this station are permitted only during summer time due to the difficult conditions during the winter. Radiohams activities was begun since 1999, the first operator was Mikhail Fokin – RW1AI, than from 2000 to 2001 Victor Karassev – RD1AL and, after some years of stand-by from 2007 the operator is Wally Mykitenko – RU1ZC.
The propagation from my QTH to the South pole via the equator in this period is not good and signals are very weak. But, after some days of running after, today the signal of R1AND in 20m CW was feeble but intelligible. Just some calls and the QSO is made!!!
Finally also Antarctica region is in my logbook!!!
For all infos about this research station there is the official web page of the research project .
Glorioso Archipelago :
The Glorioso Archipelago (7 km²) consists of two coral islands: Grande Glorieuse (3 km in its larger diameter) where the human installations are, and Ile du Lys (circular island, 600 metres in diameter) which is desert. The archipelago also includes two rock islets - Roches Vertes and l’Ile aux Crabes – as well as a sand bank more or less above water at high tide. At the East and North east of Grande Glorieuse are a series of dunes reaching a maximum elevation of 12 m. The islands and rocks are surrounded by a reef and a lagoon which is drained dry at low tide. The Glorioso islands are situated 220km North West of Diego Suarez (Madagascar). (Economic Exclusive Zone: 48 350 km²)
The island became French territory in 1930. Around 1912, a French came from the Comoros and planted there a fine coconut palm plantation. Exploited until 1958 by people from the Seychelles, it is currently abandoned. There are also filaos. Fauna consists exclusively of a rather large colony of terns.
The meteorological service of the French colony in Madagascar installed on the island a rather primitive weather station in 1955, which was opened only during the hurricane season from October to April.
Since 1960 the station is open all year round. The importance of this station is clear. It predicts cyclones for the North Madagascar and Comoros area. It ensures safe navigation on the Madagascar-Djibouti-Madagascar and Kenya-Mauritius-Kenya air and maritime routes.
(minister for the french overseas Website)
The French Team is making a very great job at the moment! The pile up is very HOT hihihih… But operators are managing it in very good way.
The time schedule of the Dxpedition is until 5th October. At the moment I have worked it only in 20m usb. But signals on 20m and 15m are very solid during all the day, both in cw and ssb.
FB QSO TO ALL AND STAY TUNED.
