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CDXC Sponsors Swains Island Team

Tim Beaumont — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:58:46 GMT

The Swains Island DXpedition team, lead by Joe Pater, W8GEX, and Craig Thompson, K9CT, would like to thank the Chiltern DX Club for their generous donation. This money will help defray the costs of this trip which is very expensive as the island is privately owned. We certainly appreciate your Club's assistance, and please be assured that we will spend your money wisely.

Your Club's logo is featured as a donor on our website at www.nh8s.org.

We are excited about this trip, and team members look forward to working Chiltern DX Club's members on as many bands as possible from Swains Island.

Please extend our heartfelt thanks for the donation to all members of the Chiltern DX Club. We appreciate your support.

Sincerely,
Margarett

Margarett Blackwell
For the Swains Team

Triathlon DX Contest announcement

Tim Beaumont — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:20:05 GMT

It all started in August of 2011. That was about when it occurred to Mike, SV5BYR that a big Greek Contest was missing from international Ham Radio Contest Calendar. By the end of September this idea became mature and so the "Triathlon" was born! A triathlon is a multi- sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. And as you have already guessed, it is a Greek word. We had to change a bit the name to Triathlon Dx Contest to match our activity. Actually, trying here to simulate the original Triathlon athletic event, we involved three major ham radio modes, SSB, CW, RTTY. It will be a 24 hour non-stop event divided in three sections, each one devoted to a different mode. There are some tentative rules of the contest that you can take a look. It will take place every Saturday, the 1st full weekend of February, debuting on 02-02-2013.

After all, what makes this particular contest unique is the special gift for the winner! (take a look to the prize page)

In this point we have to mention all the Greek amateurs who are working to make this event alive: SV1DPI, SV1NK, SV2AGW, SV2DCD, SV5BYR, SV7JAR, SV8CS, SV8RX, SV9GPV, SV9DJO…
There is still a lot of work to be done and more details to be announced. Stay tuned!

MORE here: http://triathlon-dx-contest.blogspot.com

VK8BI DXpedition – IOTA OC-185

Tim Beaumont — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:01:43 GMT

I'm pleased to announce that my next IOTA DXpedition will be to Bremer Island OC-185 on April 18 to 23 2012 using the callsign VK8BI. I will be running 400W into a Spiderbeam yagi for 10-12-15-17-20 on a 10m Spiderbeam.

Operation will be SSB only (although I will have the capability of running PSK31/RTTY at rare moments). OC-185 was last activated in 2004 for two days and prior to that in 1999 and is only claimed by 20% of IOTA program participants.

A strong focus will be on North America and Europe. Full operation details are available at qrz.com which gives details of the blog site that outlines best operating times to different regions of the world.

73s de Craig VK8AS

9H1KZ - 2 - 14 February 2012

Tim Beaumont — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:15:14 GMT

Hi all,
Off to Malta again 2nd Feb. to 14th. Operating with a TS440s, 100 watts, 20 mtr inverted "V" dipole at 80ft.
Like last time, 10m,12m & 15m are my preferred bands. Although a starter sked with the Stevenage group at 1000Z on 17 mtrs.
Regards, Rob 9H1KZ / G2BKZ

WRAA New Venue

Tim Beaumont — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:52:27 GMT

Worcester Radio Amateurs Association WRAA are now meeting at our new venue.

3rd Worcester Scout HQ
Vicar street, Rainbow Hill
Worcester
WR3 8EU
2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
Please check our website for more detailed info--- www.m0zoo.co.uk

73 Rich M0UVA

3DA0PW

Tim Beaumont — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:47:55 GMT

Phil, G3SWH and John, G3OLU / EA5ARC will be active as 3DA0PW from the Hawane Resort in western Swaziland between 21st and 29th February 2012.

The Hawane Resort has a well equipped station with Elecraft K3 transceivers, ICOM IC2KL amplifiers, an A4S at 24m and an A3WS at 20m, a wire 4 square for 40m and a vertical for 80m complete with 30 x 20m long radials courtesy of Daniel, ZS6JR and his company CQ-DX African Safaris.

Activity will be on CW only on all bands 80-10 meters. There will be no 160, 60, 6 metres or EME operation.

Our preferred frequencies will be 3.505, 7.005, 10.105, 14.025, 18.083, 21.025, 24.895 and 28.035 MHz, all +/- QRM. We will ALWAYS work split, listening up about 1-3 KHz

Propagation permitting, we plan to have two stations on the air for as many hours every day as is possible. Our main objective is to work as many European, North American and ROTW stations on as many different bands as possible and plan to make at least 15,000 QSOs.

QSL via G3SWH, either via the OQRS facility on this web site (preferred), direct with SAE and adequate return postage, or via the bureau.

Subject to a good Internet connection, there will be an on-line log on this web page and Clublog as well as daily uploads to LoTW.

4W6A TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) DXPEDITION SEPTEMBER 16 – 26, 2011

Tim Beaumont — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:14:01 GMT

PRESS RELEASE NUMBER 5 – August 22, 2011 www.4W6A

The 4W6A DXpedition is now less than one month away. Low-band operators will be pleased to hear that the team now has a Titanex V160E 87ft / 26.5m-high vertical antenna for use on 160m at 4W6A. The antenna was shipped from the manufacturers in Germany and has arrived in Darwin, Australia, from where it will be trans-shipped to Dili, Timor-Leste, later this month.

The team had previously planned to use an 18m Spiderbeam pole as the support for a 160m inverted-L. With the arrival of the Titanex vertical, the 18m Spiderbeam pole will now be used for a full-size 80m quarter-wave folded monopole vertical instead.

Other antennas include monoband quarter-wave verticals for 40, 30 and 17m kindly sponsored by Tony Burt, VK3TZ, of Rippletech Electronics in Australia, a 2-element phased array for 40m, an Australian-made Com-an-tena vertical for 10, 15 and 20m, a Butternut HF6V, a 15m vertical dipole, and a G3TXQ Hexbeam made by team member Ant David, MW0JZE. All the antennas will be located on the beach within a few metres of the ocean.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship received from many DX foundations, clubs and individual DXers, it has become possible to ship much of the heavier equipment to Dili, Timor-Leste, in advance of the expedition.
The team is very grateful to all DX groups, companies and individuals that have sponsored the expedition. All are listed with thanks on the 4W6A website at www.4w6a.com/sponsors

4W6A will be QRV from Atauro Island (IOTA OC-232), Timor-Leste (East Timor), from 16 to 26 September 2011. Activity will be on all bands 10 to 160 metres, using CW, SSB and RTTY with up to four stations simultaneously. The QSL manager is M0URX, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC / $2), via the bureau, or LoTW. The entire log will be uploaded to LoTW as quickly as possible after the end of the operation or, if possible, also during the DXpedition. Direct or bureau QSLs may also be requested using the M0URX Online QSL Request Service (OQRS) at http://m0urx.com/oqrs (there is also a link from the 4W6A website at www.4w6a.com/qsl-information).

73,
Steve, 9M6DXX
4W6A Team Member

Herne Island AF-068 22- 29 Septmenber

Tim Beaumont — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:33:06 GMT

5C2J (IK7JWX), 5C2L (I8LWL), 5C2P (IK2PZC), 5C2SG (IZ7ATN), 5C2B (IS0AGY) : QSL via H.C.
CN8QY (Essaouira), CN8QX (Dakhla) : QSL via I8LWL

Herne is. IOTA AF-068 Locator IL23CU,
Fixed Base - Dakhla city ww.locator IL23AQ,
Park of Dakhla WFF CNFF-007,
Lighthouse of Dakhla A.R.L.L.H.S. WSA-001.

FSDXA Christmas Island DXpedition

Tim Beaumont — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:11:54 GMT

Bulletin No.3

Just a couple of months to go now until our T32C expedition to Christmas Island. Our container of equipment has reached Fiji and is due to ship soon to T32, to await our arrival.

TEAM
The team is now pretty much complete, with no less than 41 operators, some of whom will be there for the whole period, others will be there for the first or second half. At any one time there will be around 30 operators on the island, permitting us to operate round the clock on all bands with, propagation and other factors permitting, two stations QRV on each of 80 through 10. The team consists of Neville G3NUG (Team Leader), Chris G3SVL (Co-Leader), John G3WGV (Co-Leader), Michael DG1CMZ, Franz DK1II, Falk DK7YY, Paul EI5DI, Dave EI9FBB, Gerard F2JD, Ian F5VKT/G3YBY, Michel FM5CD, Vincent G0LMX, Tony G0OPB, Nobby G0VJG, Richard G3RWL, Fred G3SVK, Laurie G3UML, David G3UNA, Gordon G3USR, Dave G3WGN, Mike G3WPH, Don G3XTT, Mark G4AXX, John G4DRS, Nick G4FAL, Mike G4IUF, Tony G4LDL, Justin G4TSH, Michael G7VJR, Clive GM3POI, Bob GU4YOX, Kazu JA1RJU, Dave K4SV, Paul KG4UVU, Bob MD0CCE, Arnie N6HC, Bob N6OX, Frank ON7RU, Ronald PA3EWP, Maury W3EF and Paul WF5T.

SPONSORS
We are very pleased to welcome Redweb Technologies as a new Corporate Sponsor. They specialise in tracking security solutions and have loaned us a container tracker. We are also delighted once again to have been granted a prestigious ARRL Colvin Award. In addition we thank CDXC - The UK DX Foundation, GDXF -German DX Foundation and the RSGB DXpedition Fund for offering support. Many thanks too to the many corporate, DX and local clubs and individuals who have come forward to support our expedition. They are too numerous to mention here, but are listed in full on our website. Details of how to donate also appear on our website. PayPal donations may be made directly via the site. All donations will be acknowledged.

DX CODE OF CONDUCT AND HOW TO WORK US
FSDXA supports the DX Code of Conduct (www.dx-code.org) and is committed to ensuring that all T32C team members operate to the highest standards. We have also, in conjunction with Wayne Mills N7NG and Steve Telenius-Lowe 9M6DXX, produced a document “How to Work Us” which can be downloaded from our website.

INTERACTING ONLINE
Internet access to and from Christmas Island is limited so we will not, for example, be watching the DX Cluster! If you have feedback for the expedition, this can be routed through Don G3BJ, via deserving@fsdxa.com. Don will pass this feedback to the team on a daily basis. In the reverse direction, logs will be uploaded to ClubLog (www.clublog.org) on a daily basis and any news posted on the T32C website. We will also aim to send regular updates to the major bulletins.

BROCHURE
We mentioned last time that a PDF brochure about the expedition is downloadable from our website. We are pleased to say that this is available in Russian and Japanese as well as English.

DVD
The T32C DVD can be pre-ordered at the on-line shop on the T32C website. Full details are given there. In addition to the T32C story, the DVD will include the video made during the FSDXA DXpedition to St. Brandon Island (3B7C) in September 2007.

WEBSITE
As you have read above, much of what you need to know is on our extensive website. Do keep checking it for updates, both before and during the expedition: www.t32c.com

Don Field G3XTT, (don.field@gmail.com) 2 August 2011
(FSDXA Publicity Officer)

Major Sponsors:
Martin Lynch & Sons
Redweb Technologies
Nevada Radio

DXpedition from Noirmoutier Island EU-064

Tim Beaumont — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:44:48 GMT

DXpedition from Noirmoutier Island EU-064 (Pays de La Loire Region Group) the 12, 13 and 14th of August 2011 activated by F4FVI Geoffrey (23 years old) and HB9ELV Chris (27 years old) with the special callsign TM0NOI.

All the information on the qrz.com webpage --> http://www.qrz.com/db/TM0NOI
It is our first IOTA expedition, we will try to do our best!
Best 73s F4FVI Geoffrey

G3GIQ Henry - Silent Key

Tim Beaumont — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:36:33 GMT

Henry G3GIQ who recently moved to Devon has become a Silent Key. He was first licensed in 1950 and was a very active DXer. Henry had 336/371 (current/total) confirmed in the ARRL DXCC standings and was one of the leading players in IOTA. Henry was a founding member of CDXC and a member of the GMDX Group.

A full obituary will appear in the September Digest.

4W6A TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) DXPEDITION SEPTEMBER 16 – 26, 2011

Tim Beaumont — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:20:35 GMT

http://www.4w6a.com

PRESS RELEASE NUMBER 4 – July 5, 2011

The 4W6A team welcomes Bernd Länger, VK2IA, as the seventh and final member of the DXpedition. Bernd has joined the DXpedition in order to help balance the requirement for CW operation. He brings a wealth of DXpedition and contesting experience from Europe and the Asia-Pacific area.

Also joining the team, although not in Timor-Leste itself, are Col McGowan, MM0NDX, and Kev Haworth, M0TNX. Col, who is the founder and editor of the DX World website [http://dx-world.net], has been appointed as pilot while Kev will be the assistant QSL manager to Tim, M0URX. Col will be responsible for providing feedback to the team on Atauro Island. He may be contacted at dxer59@gmail.com

CDXC (Chiltern DX Club – the UK DX Foundation), the RSGB DXpedition Fund, the German DX Foundation, the Northern California DX Foundation, the European DX Foundation, the Nippon DX Association and the Northern Illinois DX Association are the latest DX clubs and foundations that are kindly providing financial support for the DXpedition. The team is very grateful to all DX groups, companies and individuals who have offered sponsorship. All are listed with thanks on the 4W6A website at http://www.4w6a.com/sponsors.html If you or your DX club also wish to help, there is a "Donations" page on the 4W6A website. Payments may be made by credit or debit card and you do not need to have a PayPal account yourself in order to make a donation.

4W6A will be QRV from Atauro Island (IOTA OC-232), Timor-Leste (East Timor), from 16 to 26 September 2011. Activity will be on all bands 10 to 160 metres, using CW, SSB and RTTY. The QSL manager is M0URX, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC / $2), via the bureau, or LoTW. The entire log will be uploaded to LoTW as quickly as possible after the end of the operation or, if possible, even during the DXpedition. QSLs may also be requested using the QSL request form on the website.

G3GIQ Silent Key

Tim Beaumont — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:34:31 GMT

Henry Lewis, G3GIQ, became a Silent Key late on 5th July. He had been unwell for sometime but had recently moved from his long-time home in Ealing to the southwest country. Henry played a very significant part in the founding of CDXC and was one of the top UK DXers. Henry was a true gentleman in very sense, the sort of person it is difficult to come by nowadays.

RIP Henry and thanks a million for many years of friendship and help.

Brendan McCartney G4DYO

Experienced Contester Wanted!

Tim Beaumont — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:23:23 GMT

I am looking for a experienced contester who would like to join us in Perth for the Oceania DX contest, SSB on the 1st & 2nd of October.

We will be doing Multi 2, from the NCRG contest Station using the call VK6IR.

This is a fairly Major contest, and operating from VK6 with the world focusing on Oceania, it is a great contest to be in.

Also the following weekend in the CW leg, there is the possiblity of entering this contest also. Also you will be able to operate the station at other times during your stay.
Please Email me at vk6ir@ham-radio.biz for more info etc.
Arrange your Holiday down under now !!! A firm commitment is required.

Thanks Steve VK6IR

4W6A Timor-Leste Press Release 3

Tim Beaumont — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:41:23 GMT

4W6A TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) DXPEDITION SEPTEMBER 16 – 26, 2011 www.4w6a.com

PRESS RELEASE NUMBER 3 – May 11, 2011

Everything is on schedule for the 4W6A DXpedition. All the team members have now booked and paid for their air tickets from the UK, Malaysia and Australia to Dili, East Timor. A boat has been chartered to take the team and their equipment from Dili to Atauro Island, the site of the DXpedition, and back again. The accommodation on the island has been booked and the team members are now also booking their overnight transit stops in Bali, Darwin and Dili.

The DXpedition will be operating from generators which will be hired and picked up in Dili the day before the start of the operation. The generators have been booked and arrangements have been put in place for sufficient fuel to be transported to the island for our use whenever necessary.

It is hoped to be able to use an Internet connection on the island and, if this proves to be reliable, logs will be uploaded to Club Log and Logbook of The World on a daily basis.

The team is very grateful to the LA DX Group, CDXC (Chiltern DX Club)- The UK DX Foundation, the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group, and the Northern Ohio DX Association, who are the first four DX associations to have offered sponsorship to the 4W6A DXpedition. Thanks too go to Tony Burt, VK3TZ, of Rippletech Electronics , who is kindly loaning three monoband vertical antennas for use on the DXpedition. We are also very grateful to a growing number of individuals who have also made donations towards the cost of shipping equipment to East Timor, the boat charter, the hire of the generators and the cost of fuel. All sponsors are listed, with thanks, on the 4W6A website at http://www.4w6a.com/sponsors.html. If you or your DX club also wish to help, there is a "Donations" page on the 4W6A website. Payments may be made by credit or debit card and you do not need to have a PayPal account yourself in order to make a donation.

4W6A will be QRV from Atauro Island (IOTA OC-232), Timor-Leste (East Timor), from 16 to 26 September 2011. Activity will be on all bands 10 to 160 metres, using CW, SSB and RTTY. The QSL manager is M0URX, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC / $2), via the bureau, or LoTW. The entire log will be uploaded to LoTW as soon as possible after the end of the operation or, if possible, even during the DXpedition. QSLs may also be requested using the QSL request form on the website.

Digest Archives

Michael Wells — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:08:18 GMT

PDF editions of the CDXC Digest are available in the Members' Pages -> Digest Archives menu. The latest batch of PDFs has been uploaded today, covering Digests up to November 2010.

Michael G7VJR

JX7VPA Website Live

Tim Beaumont — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:28:34 GMT

I'd like to inform that we just have launched our website dedicated to our another ham radio project - DXpedition to Jan Mayen island. We will activate the island as JX7VPA between July 6-14, 2011.

You'll find all details at: http://janmayen2011.org/

Please share the news, if possible.
Since Jan Mayen is a very expensive destination, please consider donating to our project to help to organize the DXpedition - thank you!

All the best of greetings

Stan SQ8X - JX7VPA team leader and organizer
73 de Stan SQ8X

9H1KZ Malta 20/04/2011 - 03/05/2011

Tim Beaumont — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:40:04 GMT

Malta is not a rare country, but this is to inform you of my trip there on 20th April-3rd May 2011 operating as 9H1KZ.
I have just a modest station: TS440Sat, 20 meter inverted "V" dipole at 70ft which seems to work well from said band to 10 meters.
Operation will be during my spare time, family commitments take precident.
It would be nice to meet you on air from sunny Malta.
73, Rob, G2BKZ

G4MFX heads to Greenland

Tim Beaumont — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:58:56 GMT

I shall be going to Greenland next week. Details on QRZ.COM
This is a working trip but I shall be taking a small rig with me to see what I can do. I am scheduled to visit Sisimiut and Ilulissat (mainland) and I was supposted to be on Aasiaat Island for a couple of days around mid April but client has just informed me I am not required...shame cos I don't have NA-134 either and 100 QSOs would have given me another island (now 56 confirmed).

If you hear me please do call because this is my first DX attempt. I was on Fogo island last year and it never occured to me to make an workspedition out of it. I would love to take a bigger rig but I already travel with around 40kg of tools and test equipment baggage (which client pays for) so I have to keep the weight down.

Good DX. Graham.G4MFX

Invitation To Join Flat Holm Team

Tim Beaumont — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:13:42 GMT

The Barry Amateur Radio Society B.A.R.S. Will be going to Flat Holm Island for IOTA Contest EU124.
And the committee would like to offer the chance to join us in this exciting contest from a beautiful and historic island. So if any CDXC member who would like to come to an Welsh Island, well Marconi came in 1897 and sent the first CW QSO across water and worked DX into G land from GW.

So if you want to experiance the thrill of a pile up and have fun let me know and maybe you will join us for a 5 day mini expedition in July. The dates are Thursday 27th until Tuesday 2nd August.

Contact Glyn GW0ANA at glyndxis@talktalk.net for more info
73 Glyn