この週末、24MHz, 28MHzのコンディションが良かった。
朝は北米、夕方以降はヨーロッパからの信号が強力に聞こえていた。
秋のコンディションに移行しているのが感じられる。
9月7日付 425DX News #1740から抜粋
PERIOD(D/M) CALL
425#
till 08/09 E51WLG: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook
Islands 1738
till 09/09 3A/MM0NDX and 3A/MM0SAJ: Monaco
1739
till 10/09 J3/N9GB: Grenada
1739
till 10/09 YJ0YY: Vanuatu
1740
till 13/09 8Q7WN: Maldives (AS-013)
1739
till 13/09 Z22AO: Zimbabwe
1735
till 15/09 9M1Z: OC-133 island tour
1738
till 15/09 E51EME: Rarotonga (OC-013, South Cook
Islands 1737
till 15/09 FO/F1SMB: Tahiti (OC-046) and Fakarava
(OC-066) 1736
till 15/09 H44MS: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands
1739
till 15/09 IM0C: San Pietro Island (EU-165)
1738
till 15/09 VP6WR: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)
1737
till 16/09 KH8T: American Samoa (OC-045)
1733
till 19/09 3D2YY: Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji
1739
till 20/09 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)
1727
till 23/09 HZ94ND, 7Z94ND, 8Z94ND: special callsigns
1740
till 30/09 3G7CW and 3G7RLN: special callsigns
(SA-018) 1740
till 31/12 C5GM: The Gambia
1730
07/09-09/09 T88PB: Koror (OC-009), Palau
1740
07/09-15/09 W6A-W6W: Route 66 On The Air special event 1739
07/09-21/09 TM45CDXC: special callsign (France)
1737
08/09 SV2RSG/A: Mount Athos
1740
08/09-09/09 K4WA: St George Island (NA-085)
1739
08/09-22/09 XT2AW: Burkina Faso
1739
10/09-17/09 V4/WE9G: St. Kitts (NA-104)
1740
11/09-16/09 MJ/TA1HZ: Jersey (EU-013)
1740
2/09-16/09 T2M: Tuvalu (OC-015)
1740
12/09-01/10 ZD9GJ: Tristan da Cunha (AF-029)
1739
13/09-15/09 MJ/OT9Z: Jersey (EU-013)
1740
14/09-23/09 9J2AO: Zambia
1735
16/09-20/10 4V1SAVANNAH: special callsign
1740
17/09-21/09 FO/G0VDE: Mangareva (OC-063), French Polynesia 1737
18/09-06/10 5H1WX: Mafia Island (AF-054)
1733
24/09-14/10 A25AO: Botswana
1739
September 6O3T: Somalia
1739
September 9K9KSA: special callsign
1740
September A43KSA: special callsign
1740
September A60ARS: special callsign
1740
September A91ARS: special callsign
1740
E5_sc - Tom, N2WLG will be active as E51WLG from Rarotonga
(OC-013), South
Cook Islands on 1-8 September. He will
operate CW and digital modes
on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via home
call.
E5_sc - Bob, ZL1RS will be active again as E51EME from
Rarotonga (OC-013,
grid BG08cs), South Cook Islands from 23
August to 15 September. He
will focus on 6m FT8 via ionospheric
propagation, with 6m EME using
Q65-60A as his secondary
objective. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and
LoTW. See https://www.qrz.com/db/E51EME for
more information and
updates.
3A - Col, MM0NDX and Steve, MM0SAJ will be active again as
3A/MM0NDX and
3A/MM0SAJ from Monaco on 5-9 September.
Their main focus is likely
to be on the low bands during their evening
hours, and on 6 metres
if propagation permits. QSL both calls via
EB7DX and LoTW. [TNX DX
World]
6O - Team 6O3T (Mauro IV3AZV, Paolo IV3DSH,
Fabri IV3JPP, Maurizio
IV3ZXQ, Frank IZ8GCE and Kris YL3JA)
will be active from northern
Somalia sometime in September: "although
the month of September has
been confirmed, the specific dates
will not be announced at this
time". They will operate CW,
SSB and FT8 (MSHV multi-stream) on
160-6 metres with five stations. See
https://dxexplorer.net/ for
more information.
8Q - Michele, IZ8PWN will be active holiday style
as 8Q7WN from the
Maldives (AS-013) on 6-13 September. He will
operate SSB and maybe
FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via I8KHC.
A2 - Pista, HA5AO was due to be active as V5/HA5AO from Namibia
on 5-14
October [425DXN 1735], but he has had
to cancel the final stop of
his announced Africa tour for reasons beyond
his control, he says.
He will therefore extend his stay in Botswana,
where he will be QRV
as A25AO from 24 September to 14 October.
H4 - Bernard, DL2GAC has been active again as H44MS
from Malaita (OC-
047), Solomon Islands for a few days,
and will remain QRV until
around 15 September. He operates SSB
and some FT8 on 40-6 metres.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau;
QSOs will be uploaded to Club
Log and LoTW.
J3 - Greg, N9GB will be active holiday style as J3/N9GB from
Grenada on
2-10 September. He will operate
CW and SSB on 40-10 metres, and
hopefully also 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via
EB7DX. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Organized by the Citrus Belt ARC, the 25th
annual Route 66 On The
Air special event celebrates the
historic US Highway 66. Twenty-
three amateur radio stations using 1x1
callsigns (W6A-W6W) will be
QRV from cities along the
"Mother Road" on 7-15 September. See
https://w6jbt.org/ for
information about the event and QSL routes.
XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Burkina
Faso on 8-
22 September. He plans to operate SSB
and FT4 on 80-10 metres and
QO-100. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX
DX World]
ZD9 - Lance, W7GJ will be active as ZD9GJ from Tristan da
Cunha (AF-029)
approximately from 12 September to 1 October.
This will be primari-
ly a 6m EME DXpedition, using Q65-60A in the
"Q65 Pileup" mode. See
https://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/ for
detailed information and
instructions. When not "aimed up at the
moon", he may operate SSB
or FT8 on 6m TEP. QSL via LoTW, or direct to
W7GJ.
CE - Members of Radioclub El Trauko (CE7DE), based on Chiloe
Island (SA-
018), will be operating special
callsigns 3G7CW (CW) and 3G7RLN
(other modes) throughout September, with a
focus on the 17th. This
was the day in 1898 when Ramon Luis Norero
put a wireless telegraph
system into operation across the Chacao
Channel between Chiloe and
mainland Chile. Club Log's Live Stream
has been enabled for both
callsigns. QSLs direct to CE7DE.
GJ - Tev, TA1HZ, will be active as MJ/TA1HZ from Jersey on 11-16
Septem-
ber, including participation in the WAE DX
SSB Contest (14-15 Sep-
tember). QSL via LoTW; QSOs will be uploaded
also to Club Log, eQSL
and QRZ Logbook.
Also active from Jersey will be Peter, ON8ZZ
and Fred, ON8ZL on 13-
15 September. They will be QRV as MJ/OT9Z
on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres, and Fred will participate in
the WAE DX SSB Contest . QSL
via ON8ZL. [TNX DX World]
HH - 4V1SAVANNAH is the special callsign for the Radio Club
d'Haiti to
commemorate the 245th anniversary of the
Battle of Savannah from 16
September to 20 October.
QSL via N2OO; QSOs will be uploaded to
Club Log. In 1779, more than 500
volunteers from Saint-Domingue
(the French colony which
later became Haiti), fought alongside
American colonial troops against the British
Army during the siege
of Savannah, an encounter of the American War
of Independence.
HZ - HZ94ND, 7Z94ND and 8Z94ND are the special callsigns
for the Saudi
Amateur Radio Society (HZ1SAR) to celebrate
Saudi National Day on
5-23 September. QSOs will be
uploaded to Club Log. Based on the
number of lunar years, Saudi National Day
commemorates the renaming
of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (23
September 1932).
National societies from Gulf
Cooperation Council's neighbouring
countries are expected to
join the celebrations and be active
around 23 September, including the
Bahrain Amateur Radio Society
(A91ARS), the Kuwait Amateur
Radio Society (9K9KSA), the Royal
Omani Amateur Radio Society (A43KSA) and the
Emirates Amateur Radio
Society (A60ARS).
SV/A - Someone pirated SV2RSG and SV2RSG/A on 5 September,
using a fake
SuperFox key on 20 and 17 metres
FT8. The genuine Monk Iakovos,
SV2RSG plans to be QRV from Mount Athos
sometime on 8 September.
QSL via SV1GRM. [TNX The Daily DX]
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ will be active again as T88PB
from Koror (OC-009),
Palau on 7-9 September, with main
activity during the SSB leg of
the All Asian DX Contest. QSL via
LoTW (preferred), or direct to
home call.
V4 - Rikk, WE9G will be active as V4/WE9G from Frigate Bay
on St. Kitts
(NA-104) on 10-17 September. He will
operate mainly FT8/FT4 (MSHV)
with some SSB and CW on 80-6 metres.
QSL via LoTW, Club Log, QRZ
Logbook, or via home call.
PACIFIC TRIP ---> During his 4-19 September trip [425DXN 1739], Maxim,
OH7O
will be active as 3D2YY from Viti Levu, Fiji; YJ0YY from Port Vila,
Vanuatu
(6-10 September); T2M from Tuvalu (12-16 September). He operates mostly
SSB
and some QRS CW on 40-10m: https://oh7o.com/dxexpedition-to-pacific-islands/
for updates.
