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The OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin #01-050
Edited by OZ6OM / OZ7M, O. Bjoern "Matt" Madsen
Telephone; + 45 2066 7388 or + 45 6591 7189
AX25; OZ6OM@OZ5BBS.FYN.DNK.EU
http://www.qsl.net/oz6om/
DX calendar, 16 Dec. - 22 Dec.
Call Period Operator QSL Remarks
C6AIE Jan01. - Jan10. C6AIE/WZ8D @ WZ8D #01-049
FY5KE Jan12. - Jan13. FY team @ CBA #01-050
KH4/W7IEW Jun08. - Jun25. W7IEW #01-037
OX/KL7SIX Feb. 2002 KL7SIX/VK3SIX #01-034
PY/F1RPC Dec20. - Jan20. F1RPC #01-047
S9LA Feb04. - Feb10 LA & SM team @ LA2N #01-050
TI9M Feb17. - Mar04. TI2HMG a.o. #01-050
V51/DL2SL Feb15. - Mar08. DL2SL #01-049
V51/SP6IXF Feb15. - Mar08. SP6IXF #01-049
XE1/G3SVD Dec15. - Jan03. G3SVD #01-050
YA5T Nov20. - U.N. team @ KU9C #01-049
YN/DL7CM Feb15. - Mar05. DL7CM @ DL7CM #01-036
YN/DL2OE Feb15. - Mar05. DL2OE @ DL2OE #01-036
YN/DL3DXX Feb15. - Mar05. DL3DXX @ DL3DXX #01-036
3D2/VK2IR Jan18. - Jan26. VK2IR @ VK2IR #01-039
5U.. Feb03. - Feb18. Int. team #01-050
9U5D Nov16. - Mar. 9U5D/SM5DIC @ SM5BFJ #01-040
Contest calendar.
Date Contest Time UT Rules Log entry
25/12 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
25/12 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
General information.
Martinique, FM. Cancellation. George F8OP, writes; FM5/F5SGI. Jean
Marc will be QRV from Martinique Island, but only on HF and not on 6
meters. Sorry ! (F5SGL info). Georges F8OP
Niger, 5U. Paolo, I2UIY reports that the DXpedition to Niger will
take place on 3-18 February. Seven operators will be active with
three stations on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. Further in-
formation is available at "http://www.qsl.net/niger-2002". (QSP de 425
DX News #554)
Cocos Island, TI9M. DX'pedition 17 Feb - 4 Mar: I will be participating
in the TI9M expedition with my focus being 50MHz. We will operate a
keyer on 50.102 with a 15 second break between sending. If conditions
get good I'll run SSB on 50.145. Will have a 6 ele yagi, IC706, and
ACOM amp when needed. I will be working various beam headings looking
for possible scatter paths when conditions are not direct. If the
pileup starts getting big, I will run split listening up 2-5KHz. Look
forward to working you as many of you as possible. If you want more
details please go to http://www.qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm. Best 73's,
Matt KA0KKO (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Canada, VE. I will be in FO73 from December 21 to January 13 and will
be active on 6m. For more information see: http://www.qsl.net/ve3fu
Chris VE3FU/VO2AC (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Mexico, XE. I will be QRV from XE1-land (Central Mexico) from around
Saturday Dec 15th until around Jan 3rd. When in the shack I will run a
beacon on 110, when in the general vicinity on 103. Andy XE1/G3SVD
(QSP de UKSMG ann.)
New Caledonia, FK. Georges F8OP, writes; Update FK8HA info. Patrice has
started a beacon up on 50.080. 5 watts in a 4 elts quad pointed at Eu-
rope, transmitting : VVV FK8HA. If you hear the beacon, put a spot on
the OH2AQ or JA cluster. 73, Georges F8OP
Sao Tome, S9. The Scandinavian team going to Sao Tome in early February
has received their license. The team will use S9LA between February 4
and 11. (QSP de The Daily DX No. 238)
Beacon, K. KF4YCP, writes; Trying to find a 6 meter beacon for sale low
power 10 watts fm want to find one ready to put on air please contact
me thanks KF4YCP
DX open again. Australia - Scandinavia path ! Steve VK3SIX/VK3OT wri-
tes; Decenber 11 th. 09:20 E2 TV 48.2396, 2499, 2502 and strange
48.2474 low power t/l? 0929z OZ3K again up to 579 50.105 0930z VK3AKK
working OZ3K 50.110 2xssb QF22 to JO45 0931z VK5ZK to OZ3K heard in
qf12 also 0942z G3FPQ to VK3SIX 16750 kM 559 IO91. 0943z ON4AOI JO21ba
to QF02 16300km 0959 ON4PA responded to my CQ call and gave me 319 but
did not get his report. Video 48.250 still in at this time and lots of
pings on 110. December 10 th. 0800z Heard last of VK8RAS beacon fade
on es. 0830 49.7604 Ostrava JN99 and 49.7396 JO79 F2. 08:40z 48.2396
near Oslo Norway. 08:43z CQ call heard of OZ3K 50.110 08:45 worked
SM7AED. (Last worked 02/12/92 0900z) 08:46z exchanged rst with OZ3K
again. 08:47 moved to 50.105 worked OZ1LO (also 2/12/92 1100z). Put
out CQ calls 50.105 0916z copied station 50.105 in KO field ES1CW.
end of report. VK3SIX QF02wh..
Greenland, OX. A QSP from N0JK says; Dec 09 17:40 WA5IYX: I heard ox3ox
tell many guys that he already has their QSL cards and sent one back
already. - w0ett Ole worked all the way to the west coast USA today.
OX3OX and other info at http://www.uksmg.org/ox-dxpedition.htm Jon N0JK
Fr. Guiana, FY. Pierre, FY5FU, informs OPDX that on January 12-13th,
the Radio Amateur Club de Kourou (RACK - FY5KE) will be active on
Royale Island in the Salut Islands Group. Activity will be on 20-10
meters, 6 meters and satellite AO-40. QSL via CBA direct or via bureau
(QSP de OPDX #540)
Bahamas, C6. John WZ8D/C6AIE, writes; I will arrive on Abaco FL16ip in
the Bahamas on January 1 and stay until January 10, 2002. The main
focus of this trip will be to work as many F2 contacts possible on 6
meters. I also will put a lot of effort in making WSJT contacts on 2
meters. All of the 2 meter activity will be in the evenings. Day time
will be for 6 meter F2. I will also spend time on CW and some SSb on
10 through 40 meters if six meters does not open. Look for me on 28.885
for info while I am in the Bahamas. I will not have the Internet while
there. I hope to give many of you a new country on 6 and 2 meters.
Thanks John WZ8D/C6AIE
Sao Tome, S92. A Scandinavian team announced they will be going to Sao
Tome in early February. They have been given oral permission and hope
to obtain S79LA as their callsign for the DXpedition, which is planed
for February 4 to 10. The team plans to be QRV on 6-160 meters on CW,
SSB, PSK31, RTTY and possibly SSTV. Two complete stations will be used
around the clock, with an emphasis on the low bands, WARC bands and 6
meters. Team members will include LA5QKA, LA5UF, LA6EIA, LA6FJA,
LA7THA, LA7WCA, LC3EAT, LC6ZBT, SM5COP and SM5IMO. The groups pilot
stations are: North & South America and lowbands - Trond, LA9VDA
la9vda@online.no Europe, Africa and 6 meters - Tor, LA3WAA
torpet@online.no Japan, Asia and Oceania Teru, JM2HBO teru@k-net.or.jp
Their web site can be found at http://www.qsl.net/s92la/. QSL via LA2N
Sore Sunnmore Gruppa av NRRL v/ Otto Norhagen, NO-6143 Fiskaabygd,
Norway. (QSP de The Daily DX No. 237)
Namibia, V51. V51/DL2SL & V51/SP6IXF DL2SL and SP6IXF will be active
from Namibia in February/March 2002. Their departure is scheduled on
February 14 from Berlin and they should be active on the 15th from Farm
Heimat located 130 km west of the capital. They will be QRV as V51/
SP6IXF and V51/DL2SL until March 8. The operation is planned for all
bands with a TS-450, TS-50, and IC-706MKII. Antennas will include a 3
element Delta on 40 and 80 meters, TH3, slopers for WARC bands, QQ or
4-element yagi on 6 meters. They will also have wire for beverages for
160 meters. (The Daily DX #234 via SMIRK)
Afghanistan, YA. The foreign ministry of the Islamic Republic of Af-
ghanistan (Northern Alliance) has issued the callsign YA5T, which can
be used on all bands by Peter/ON6TT, Matts/SM7PKK and Robert/S53R. The
"Good News" is Wayne Mills, N7NG/1, Manager of the Membership Service
Dept for the ARRL, reports: "The DXCC Desk has received acceptable
documentation for YA5T operated by ON6TT, S53R, SM7PKK or ON4WW. The
documentation is for QSOs made November 20, 2001 and after. No other
callsigns or operations have been approved as of this date." Also, a
press release on Tuesday, November 27th by Peter states, "The YA5T
license is now secured and approved by the DXCC for with S53R, SM7PKK,
ON4WW and ON6TT as operators. The team members all work for the United
Nations World Food Programme. Once the working conditions and security
arrangements allow it, the team will mount a much larger scale opera-
tion. The license has no time restriction, and allows the team to ope-
rate from anywhere in Afghanistan from 160m up to SHF, with power up to
500W ... The QSL Manager for YA5T is KU9C. Bruce, WD4NGB, has set up a
Web page for this operation with more info and pictures. Please visit
it at: http://www.qsl.net/ya5t (QSP de OPDX #539)
Credits to; SMIRK, OPDX, UKSMG, 425DXN and SixItalia. Special thanks
to the following for contributions of news to the OZ50MHz DX Bulletin;
F8OP, KF4YCP, VK3SIX/VK3OT, N0JK, WZ8D/C6AIE.
Additional information of DXpeditions, will be appreciated.
Excerpts and distribution of The OZ50MHz DX Bulletin are granted as
long as OZ6OM / OZ7M receive proper credit.
OZ6OM 15.12.2001
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