ARRL RTTY HamRadio contests this weekend. Please keep 7060 clear for EcuadoEarthquake traffic.

Isola D'Elba IZ5AQX

Hello, my name is Andrea Barretta , and I live , in the beautiful Island Elba , are amateur radio for about 20 years .
Active on HF.
http://www.qrz.com/db/IZ5AQX

EP2A

April 16-25, 2016.

General information

Juris/YL2GM and team plan to be on the air from Iran using callsign EP2A between April 16-25, 2016.

The delay compared to the initial plans (autumn 2015) was because paperwork took longer than expected.

QTH will be in Gilan province (map).

Please use the menu above to navigate our page and find more information about this DX-pedition.

http://www.lral.lv/exped/ep2a/index.html

9M0S Spratly Islands AS-051

Mike DF8AN will be active from Layang Layang Island, IOTA AS-051 – Spratly Islands,  19 to 29 April 2016 as 9M0S.

QSL via home call.

http://qrznow.com/9m0s-spratly-islands-as-051/

Batuta Is DXpedition 2016, ZX5B. IOTA SA-088

Botswana Africa.

A25UK is a DX Expedition from the UK to Botswana Africa. The expedition will be active for 7 Days Starting on the Wednesday The 13 of April 2016. Outlines of the trip and information about operators can be found atWWW.A25UK.COM.

10M - 160m SSB, CW & RTTY.

G0VJG Nobby.

M0TGV Giles

G4FAL Nick

G4LDL Tony

GM0WED Ed

For QSL information please view our webpage.

http://www.qrz.com/db/A25UK

YB9K – Satonda Island OC-150

A team consisting YB9KA, YB9IPY, YC9HF, YC9JAJ & YB9GV will be active from Satonda Island OC-150 as YB9Kbetween April 12-16, 2016.

QRV on 20, 15 & 10m. QSL via DL3KZA.

http://www.dx-world.net/

Final QSL designs – VP8SGI, VP8STI, VP8IDX/MM

http://www.dx-world.net/

IA5J Isola del Giglio EU-028

“The ARI Verona DX Team will be active from Isola del Giglio, EU-028, 21 to 24 April 2016 as IA5J.
 
Active on HF, 6m and EME.  the activity is valid for different reference: IOTA, ARLHS, IIA, WLOTA and WAIS.

We will be active, full time, with 2 station in HF (not 160mt). 1 station, full time, in 6m Meteoscatter (JT6M, ISCAT, JTMSK) and EME (JT65A).

Team: I3VJW Walter, IK3JBP Ampelio, IK3SCB Mauro, IW3ICK Massimo, I3LDP Lucio, IZ3JKI Roberto and IU3BXI Luca.
Working conditions, HF Band: 1 Elecraft K3, 1 Kenwood 590S, 1 Icom IC 7000,  2 Elecraft KPA500, 1 Hexbeam (10 to 20m) home made, 1 vert. ¼  40-30m fishing rod by Spiderbeam with 30 radials home made, 1 vert ¼ 80-40m fishing rod by Spiderbeam with 30 radials home made, 2 pc portable, 2 MicroHam interfaces DK II e USB Interface III.
6m Band: 1 Elecraft K3 with PR6, 1 Yaesu FT847 with LNA RA6 by HA8ET, 1 Icom IC 7000, 1 ACOM 1000, 1 LFA 6 elem (8m boom lengh) home made, 1 EF0607 (9m boom lengh) by YU7EF home made, 1 pc portable, 1 Microham DK II interface.
Log: https://www.qrz.com/db/IA5J and  ClubLog.
Web site: http://www.ari.verona.it/veronadxteam/ia5j_giglio_2016.htm “

73 de ARI Verona DX Team Group

http://www.dxcoffee.com/

Kingman Reef (KH5) Deleted from DXCC List

03/28/2016

The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5) from the DXCC List, effective March 29, 2016. Kingman Reef will be added to the Deleted Entities List on March 29, 2016. The total number of entities on the List will drop from 340 to 339. The deletion process is described in DXCC Rules Section II DXCC List Criteria, Part 5(a) Deletion Criteria.

“An entity may be deleted from the List if it no longer satisfies the criteria under which it was added. However, if the entity continues to meet one or more currently existing rules, it will remain on the List.”

With respect to the previous paragraph’s text, Kingman Reef’s original addition by virtue of separate administration has changed (separate administration by the US Navy has been removed), and the reef does not meet any current criteria to remain on the list. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (F&WS) administers Kingman Reef and Palmyra Island. The reef is too close to Palmyra Island to count as a separate entity. The reef is now considered part of the Palmyra/Jarvis DXCC entity.

DXCC members who have affirmed credit with Kingman Reef will see their currententity totals drop by one on their DXCC awards — including on the bands and modes where Kingman Reef credit is given. They will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately. Honor Roll status will now be attainable after confirming 330 entities on the DXCC List.

Prior to its deletion, Kingman Reef was the seventh most-wanted DXCC entity, according to ClubLog. It was last activated as K5K in 2000, when 15 operators handed out the rare entity over the course of 10 days. Other DXpeditions have taken place over the years, however. The 1974 KP6KR Kingman Reef operation included a 2-day search to find the island, 5535 contacts in just under 30 hours of operation, and a white-knuckle departure during gale-force winds. 

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/kingman-reef-kh5-deleted-from-dxcc-list?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Approved for DXCC – P5/3Z9DX

The ARRL DXCC Department has approved for DXCC credit the unexpected P5/3Z9DX “demonstration” operation from North Korea last December. Well-travelled Polish DXer Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, has said he expects to be back in North Korea — officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) — for his “official” activation by late summer.

P5/3Z9DX showed up on the air from the most-wanted DXCC entity on December 20 and 21, 2015 to demonstrate Amateur Radio for North Korean officials. During that activation — the first in more than a decade — P5/3Z9DX made nearly 785 SSB contacts, most of them on 15 meters. Nearly 600 of the contacts were with stations in Asia; P5/3Z9DX worked just 26 stations in North America. He posted his log on ClubLog.

Some unsubstantiated claims were floated following the pre-Christmas P5/3Z9DX operation that Grzyb was not really operating from North Korea.

http://www.dx-world.net/approved-for-dxcc-23/

FT4JA

DX EXPEDITION

March 29 - April 11, 2016
Juan de Nova Island

QSL: F5CWU