This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, W3UR, QRZ DX, The Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.\u00a0 Thanks to all.<\/p>\n
ZAMBIA, 9J.\u00a0 Gert, ZS6AYU is QRV as 9J2GR from the Mama Out of Africa lodge at the Zambezi river near Livingstone until October 22.
\nActivity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW.\u00a0 QSL to home call.<\/p>\n
IRELAND, EI.\u00a0 Olivier, ON4EI will be QRV as EI8GQB from October 21 to 30.\u00a0 He will be active as EI1A in the upcoming CQ WW SSB DX contest as a Single Op\/2 Radio entry.\u00a0 QSL via bureau to home call.<\/p>\n
FRENCH GUYANA, FY.\u00a0 Rich, N6KT will be QRV using special event callsign TO2A from Kourou from October 20 to 30.\u00a0 This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW SSB DX contest.\u00a0 QSL via KU9C.<\/p>\n
GUERNSEY, GU.\u00a0 Members of the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society and the Bailiwick of Guernsey RAYNET plan to be QRV with special event station GB2JTA from Vale during the Jamboree On The Air.\u00a0 QSL via bureau.<\/p>\n
JAPAN, JA.\u00a0 Special event station 8J2ARDF will be QRV during the All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet from October 20 to November 25.\u00a0 QSL via bureau.<\/p>\n
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2.\u00a0 Operators DL6KVA, HB9BXE, K5WQG, G3KHZ and SM6CVX will be QRV from various islands as part of an IOTA DXpedition from October 20 to November 12.\u00a0 They will be active as P29VCX from Emirau Island, IOTA OC-103, from October 20 to 24, and as P29NI from Simberi Island, IOTA OC-099, from October 27 to 31.
\nActivity will be on the HF bands.\u00a0 QSL via operators’ instructions.<\/p>\n
ARUBA, P4.\u00a0 Helmut, DF7ZS plans to be active as P40Z in the Worked All Germany contest.\u00a0 Before and after the contest look for him on
\n17 and 12 meters.\u00a0 QSL to home call.<\/p>\n
SEYCHELLES, S7.\u00a0 Operators I5IHE, I5OYY and IK5RUN will be QRV as S79LC, S79YY and S79UN, respectively, from Praslin Island, IOTA AF-024, from October 20 to November 4.\u00a0 Activity will be holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.\u00a0 QSL direct to home calls.<\/p>\n
EGYPT, SU.\u00a0 Members of the Egyptian Radio Amateur Society for Development and the Arab Scout Region are QRV with special callsign SU55J until October 22.\u00a0 This includes being active in the Jamboree On The Air event.\u00a0 QSL direct via SM5AQD.<\/p>\n
MONTSERRAT, VP2M.\u00a0 Operators K2DM, G3NKC, G4XUM and GM4AFF will be QRV as VP2MDG, VP2MKC, VP2MXU and VP2MAF, respectively, from Gingerbread Hill, St. Peters Parish from October 23 to 30.\u00a0 This includes being active as VP2MDG in the upcoming CQ WW SSB DX contest.\u00a0 Activity will be on all HF bands before and after the contest.\u00a0 QSL VP2MKC and VP2MXU via G3NKC and all others to home calls.<\/p>\n
UZBEKISTAN, UK.\u00a0 Takhir, UK\/UA1ZEY is QRV from Samarkand until November 1.\u00a0 Activity is on the HF bands.\u00a0 QSL direct to home call.<\/p>\n
CHAGOS ISLAND, VQ9.\u00a0 Jim, ND9M will be QRV as VQ92JC from October 20 to November 4.\u00a0 He will be active Field Day style from 1200 to 1600z as much as possible.\u00a0 This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW SSB DX contest.\u00a0 QSL to home call.<\/p>\n
VIET NAM, XV.\u00a0 Yasu, JL7XBN is QRV as XV29FM from Vung Tau until October 22.\u00a0 He is active on 20, 15 and 10 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK and JT65A and FM on 10 meters.\u00a0 QSL direct to home call.<\/p>\n
MACAO, XX9.\u00a0 Operators EA7FTR, EA5HPX, EB5BBM and EB7DX are QRV as XX9TFR, XX9TPX, XX9TBM and XX9TEX, respectively, from the Pousada de Coloane Hotel on Coloane Island until October 29.\u00a0 Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with two stations.\u00a0 QSL all calls direct via EA7FTR.<\/p>\n
NICARAGUA, YN.\u00a0 Jeff, N6GQ will be QRV as YN2AA from Grenada from October 23 to 29.\u00a0 Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using all modes.\u00a0 He may also try 6-Meter EME using JT65.\u00a0 This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW SSB DX contest as a Single Op\/All Band\/High Power entry.\u00a0 QSL direct via NN3W.<\/p>\n
ZIMBABWE, Z2.\u00a0 Gert, ZS6AYU will be QRV as Z21GF from the Victoria Falls from October 22 to 25.\u00a0 Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using CW.\u00a0 QSL to home call.<\/p>\n
SOUTH SUDAN, Z8.\u00a0 Diya, Z81D is usually active using SSB on 40 to 10 meters at various times.\u00a0 QSL via OM3JW.<\/p>\n
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.\u00a0 Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge, Scout Jamboree On The Air, Araucaria VHF Contest, JARTS World Wide RTTY Contest, 10-10 International Fall CW Contest, SYLRA Contest, New York QSO Party, Iowa QSO Party, Worked All Germany Contest, W\/VE Islands QSO Party, Feld Hell Sprint, Asia-Pacific Fall CW Sprint, UBA ON 2-Meter Contest and the Illinois QSO Party are all on tap for this upcoming weekend.\u00a0 The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for October 22.\u00a0 The SKCC CW Sprint and CWops Mini-CWT Test are scheduled for October 24.\u00a0 Please see October QST, page 87 and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest websites for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, W3UR, QRZ DX, The Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.\u00a0 Thanks to all. ZAMBIA, 9J.\u00a0 Gert, ZS6AYU is QRV as 9J2GR from the Mama Out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[67,72,76,115,123,145,185,281,297,303],"class_list":["post-1340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dxnews","tag-activation","tag-antenna","tag-arrl","tag-cw","tag-dipole","tag-end-fed-wire","tag-hcra","tag-qrp","tag-report","tag-rtty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}