Anapskiy Lighthouse , ERU-295

Mike /RV3ECW plan to be active from the Anapskiy lighthouse , starting tomorrow on 1st September , for about two days .

Will be signing as RV3ECW/6 .

ARLHS ERU-295 .

[ Thanks Mike /RV3ECW ] .

My SWL activity on July & August 2007

I got busy now with transferring QSO's from my paper logs to my Winlog32 software ...
I am stuck with approximately 680 QSO's to be transferred to the logger ...
At least all QSL's for July/August are already hand written !
These months have been very busy with SWL'ing .
IOTA Contest , RDA Contest , Romanian Contest and ofcourse the daily logging's .
The photo show the QSL's out for this months in that order ( from the top ) . In the Background see the 4X7AZ QSL card , Akhziv Islands 2007's operation during the IOTA contest , that arrived today by direct with the Cup for the Holyland Dx Contest '98 , first place SWL .
Thanks to GlobalQSL for the new QSL Design as well .
My next goal after this "dirty" work will be done , is to try finalize my RDA Score , that would take longer , thousands of Russian QSL's need to be checked....
Ok , back to the logger ....

3C7Y Dxpedition , IOTA AF-010

A new DX pedition to Republic of Equatorial Guinea ,Bioko Island IOTA AF-010 , will take place from October 05 to October 14 .
The callsign will be 3C7Y .
Team members will be Frederic /KH7Y , Vicente/ EA5YN, Luis /EA5BRE and Elmo /EA5BYP .
They will operate with two stations for ten days , transmitting on all bands , in the modes CW - SSB - and RTTY .
QSL Via EA5BYP .
Check their website by clicking on the QSL above .

VF0X , Belcher Islands - Confirmed

Following this post , today the VF0X QSL Card arrived here by direct .
IOTA NA-196 , Hudson Bay , Belcher Islands , Nunavut Group .
The operators were Pete /VE3IKV and Bill /W4TAA .

QTH : Sanikililuaq village ,Flaherty Island , CISA : NT016 .
Thanks Pete /VE3IKV for a NEW IOTA confirmed !
Click on the banner below and visit their website , full of photos :

Gelendjikskiy Lighthouse , ERU-030

Look for Mike /RV3ECW to be active from the Gelendjikskiy lighthouse , on 30 August .

Operation will be after 1100z . Depend the weather , it still vy hot for mobile activity in that area , About +40 degrees .

Russian Lighthouse reference ERU-030 .

Before ERU -030 : he will try to active from RDA KR-15/24 border from one of mountine waterefall . About 500 m under sea level .

[ Thanks Mike /RV3ECW ] .

Venezuelan Dxpeditions Website

Click on the banner above if you are interested to see some of the past Dxpeditions over the Venezuelan Islands .
an Excellent source and lot of pictures from Expeditions .
On the Website you can see some of the Dxpeditions that Ray /YV5EU was operating .
I was introduced to this website thanks to Oscar /YV5ANF who posted this link on the Cluster announcements with the recent spirit of the YW5AS Expedition .

RK3DZJ/1 Dxpedition Update.....

Following this post here is an update by Andy /RZ3EM as per SMS Message from RN1NU :

Because of strong storm on the White Sea (the strength of the wind is up to 20 meters per second ) they go on to stay on the Bolshoe Kinalische Island , reference RRA RR-02-10 , IOTA EU-147 .

When the weather change ,they will travel to the other Islands .

Requests for direct cards for all RK3DZJ Expeditions should be sent to RA3DEJ .

[ Thanks Andy/RZ3EM ] .

Swan Island , IOTA NA-035

A Team from the Radio Club de Honduras and four operators from the US plan to be active from the rare Swan Island , IOTA NA-035 on 23-28 September , weather permitting . A special callsign HQ0S or HQ6S has been requested .

Javier /HR2J, update that the Dxpedition to Swan Island , which is known locally as Islas de Santanilla or Islas del Cisne has obtained permission and he chartered a 31 foot twin diesel yacht . Traveling with him will be NP3D , K2BB , KB2PDW ,K4FO , and KC4CD/HR2 . They will have four radios and two amplifiers with multiple antennas . The team plans to depart La Ceiba on the mainland of Honduras in the early morning hours of September 23rd arriving around local noon that same day and returning sometime on the28th . If need be they can stay an extra day . Plans are to be QRV on all bands and modes . Plans are to have a Website , to be announced soon . They are still waiting for their callsign and hope to get HQ9S.
The QSL at the top is from a previous operation in 2001 , HR6SI was confirmed on 15 metres ,

SSB .
*The plan have been changed , please follow to the Update posted here .*

R35NP - Drifting station "North Pole 35"

Following this post , Adam /K2ARB had a QSO with Mike /RW1AI who mentioned that he will be QRV as R35NP from the "North Pole-35" ice drifting station on or about September 15th .

Stay tuned !

Winlog32 -Version Update

Just a heads up for those who are using Winlog32 , a new version have been released .
Winlog32 v4.1.3 , click on the Logo above and go to the News page for more details .
Thanks Colin G0CUZ !
Exactly one year ago , I've created a User database support 25 Awards as a Contribution to Winlog32 and it users , free of charge ofcourse !
You can read more about here .
Click on the banner below to download my User database file for Winlog32 :

Pelican Island , IOTA NA-143

Look for W5P to be active from Pelican Island , IOTA NA-143 on Saturday August 25 , that will be the first activation on this Island and will stay during all day on apprx. 14.260 , 7.260 MHz .
The operation will be by the Tri-County Amateur Radio Club of North Texas .
Pelican Island is a landmark Island in Eagle Mountain Lake of North Central Texas , near the city of Azle .
Reference USI TX050 .

QSL Via WC5C or by eQSL .
Click on the banner below for more details about the Dxpedition :

3B7SP , IOTA AF-015 - Confirmed

Following this post , the QSL card of the 3B7SP operation , arrived here via direct yesterday !
Many thanks Danuta /SP9SX for a quick QSL'ing !

ZK3RE , IOTA OC-048 - Confirmed

IOTA OC-048 , Fakaofo Island in the Tokelau Islands Group , is confirmed .
QSL arrived here last week via direct .
QSO was made on 04 February 2007 at 14:23 GMT , on the 40 metres band , CW Mode .
ZK3RE was operated by Eli /HA9RE & Sara /HA9SDA .
Thanks Karoly /HA8IB for a NEW IOTA !

5W0NU , IOTA OC-097 -Confirmed

The 5W0NU QSL Card , arrived here via direct in the last week .
QSO Was made on 21 April 2007 at 16:12 GMT , on the 40 metres band , CW Mode .
Was operated by Mladen /YU7NU from IOTA OC-097 , Apia , Upolu Island in the Samoa Islands Group .
Thanks Mladen !

Two QSL's from Manager G3SWH....

Two QSL's arrived here via the bureau .

The first is for V8JIM ,operated by : Jim /G3RTE , Phil /G3SWH and Ray /HS0ZDZ .
QSO was made on 14 March 2004 at 16:21 GMT on the 20 metres band , SSB Mode .
IOTA OC-088 , Brunei , Islands of Borneo .
The second QSL is from 8Q7ZZ , operated by the Crystal Clear Dx Group .
QSO was made on 07 August 2002 at 10:37 GMT , on the 28 MHz , CW Mode .
IOTA AS-013 , Lohifushi Island ,Maldive Islands Group .
Thanks to Phil /G3SWH , QSL manager !

GU4CHY, IOTA EU-114 -QSL Card

QSL arrived via the bureau .

QSO was made on 23 February 2004 at 16:35 GMT , on the 20 metres band , SSB Mode .

WAB Square is WV37 .

IOTA EU-114 , Guernsey Group .

Photo show Fort Grey .

Rockall Island , EU-189 - June 2008

Interested in activating Rockall Island ? a team has been assembled...
It is just an early stage of planning , but it smell promising....
Contact Colin /MM0NDX for more details , all info here and sorry for the distortion of the photo :

TI9 , Cocos Island - DXpedition 2008

The DXpedition scheduled for February 2008 is still seeking members to join the team , especially experienced CW operators . Until now only four Hams confirmed their participation : Gunter /TI7WGI , Andreas /DH8WR , Guenter /DL2AWG and Oscar /EA1DR .
Right now they still try to figure out whether they take part in the
WPX RTTY Contest or the ARRL CW Contest .

Since they can stay there for only ten days (including the way back and forth) only one serious contest participation can beplanned during this time .Further information can be obtained from :

UE6UFO -Russian Internal Islands Expedition

Between 20-27 Of August , Valery/ RZ6AU , Jack /RW3QC , Yuri /RU6UR and Alexander /RA6UF will be active from river internal islands RI-30-5 , RI-30-6 , RI-30-7 .

RDA : AO-16 .

The DX-pedition callsign is UE6UFO . The basic frequencies (+/- QRM) : SSB - 7050, 14170, 21170, CW - 7020, 14020, 21020 .

All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau .

QSL via RZ6AU .

4X7AZ - The 2007 Expedition Pictures

Following this post ,click on the photo above and see some photos from the 4X7AZ , Akhziv Island 2007 operation in the last IOTA Contest .
Note that the photos for this expedition were not uploaded yet to the official 4X7AZ's website , so check the Holyland Dx Group homepage .
GlobalQSL sponsored this operation .
[ Thanks Holyland Dx Group ] .

GS0AYR , Ailsa craig EXpedition -Pictures

Arthur /MM0DHQ was kind to send me an email with a bunch of pictures from the Ailsa Craig Operation .

On the 5th of August 2007 a group of ten Amateur Radio enthusiasts from the Ayr and Kilmarnock Amateur Radio clubs visited the uninhabited island of Ailsa Craig on the Firth of Clyde – some 10 miles off the coast from the village of Girvan in South West Scotland .
The people taking part were :
Dennis Nutt /GM3YDN , George Nutt , Bob Bower /GM4DLG , Charlie Stewart /MM0GNS , Chris Tait /MM3LZW , Graham Cochrane /2M0GCS; Arthur Clark /MM0DHQ , David Hamilton Livingstone /MM3DHL , Bill Findlay /GM4ZNC and John Shankland / GM3CSO .

Here are only few of the photos from the Expedition , thanks Arthur !

The 20mtr ground plane .


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