アフリカ ベニンのDXペディションTY0RUも残りあと数日。
週末に出かける用事が結構入っており、なかなか取れない。
アクティビティーもSSB, CWよりもFT8での運用が多いようだ。
ハイバンド、特に28MHzはヨーロッパからの信号でバンドが賑やかになっている。
しかし、アフリカ、北米方面からの信号はまだあまり強くない。

10月22日付 425DX News #1642から抜粋
PERIOD(day/month)  CALL   425DX #
till  26/10      TY0RU: Benin                                          1633
till  26/10      V47FWX: St. Kitts (NA-104)                            1642
till  29/11      7Q6M: Malawi                                          1639
till  31/10      PJ4TB: Bonaire (SA-006)                               1641
till  31/10      VP8TAA: Falkland Islands (SA-002)                     1630
till  01/11      VP5/NN2T: Caicos Islands (NA-002)                     1642
till  02/11      FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                            1640
till  02/11      VP5DX: North Caicos (NA-002)                          1641
till  05/11      J68HZ: St. Lucia (NA-108)                             1642
till  16/11      VQ9SC: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Islands          1641
till  15/12      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1635
till  18/12      A722FWC, A71FIFA, A72FIFA: special callsigns          1641
till  18/12      A73FIFA, A74FIFA, A75FIFA: special callsigns          1641
till  18/12      A76FIFA, A77FIFA, A78FIFA: special callsigns          1641
till  December   FT4XW: Kerguelen Islands (AF-048)                     1619
till  December   VK0WN: Casey Research  Station, Antarctica            1618
till  June  2023 J28HJ: Djibouti                                       1628
till  01/04 2024 FH4VVK: Petite-Terre, Mayotte (AF-027)                1632
23/10-01/11      V47T: St. Kitts (NA-104)                              1639
23/10-10/12      PJ7PL: Sint Maarten (NA-105)                          1641
24/10-31/10      TO5M: St. Martin (NA-105)                             1642
24/10-31/10      VP5Z: Providenciales (NA-002)                         1641
25/10-27/10      VK9QO: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003)               1642
25/10-01/11      PJ5/W5JON: Sint Eustatius (NA-145)                    1641
25/10-01/11      V48DM: St. Kitts (NA-104)                             1639
25/10-02/11      CT9/DF7EE and CT9/DD8ZX: Madeira Island (AF-014)      1641
25/10-02/11      VP2MDM: Montserrat (NA-103)                           1641
25/10-10/11      P29RO: Loloata Island (OC-240)                        1635
26/10-03/11      JD1BQP: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara                1641
26/10-03/11      VK9CM and VK9C: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003)      1637
27/10-31/10      K6VHF/HR9: Roatan Island (NA-057)                     1641
27/10-31/10      Z68XX: Kosovo                                         1642
28/10-31/10      VK9QO: Christmas Island (OC-002)                      1642
28/10-11/11      5V7RU: Togo                                           1640
29/10-07/11      J28MD: Djibouti                                       1616
29/10-14/11      FJ/SP9FIH and FJ/SP9FUY: St. Barthelemy (NA-146)      1642
October          3C3CA : Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea      1639
October          9J2SEU: Zambia                                        1638
October          VP8DLB: Falkland Islands (SA-002)                     1639
Oct-Dec          FT4YM: Antarctica                                     1641


FH     - Marek, FH4VVK has established the  Radio Club of the Foreign Legion
         Detachment in Mayotte (DLEM),  callsign FH4KS.  The newly born club
         station is expected to be active  on the HF bands  on the first and
         third Friday of the month, as well as during SSB contests.
FJ     - Janusz, SP9FIH and  Lech, SP9FUY  will be active as  FJ/SP9FIH  and
         FJ/SP9FUY, respectively, from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) from 29 Octo-
         ber to 14 November (http://fj.dxpeditions.org). They will be QRV on
         30, 20, 15 and 12 metres. FJ/SP9FIH will be active during the CQ WW
         DX SSB Contest on 15 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
FS     - I8QLS, I8ULL, IC8WIC, IK8ENH,  KC9FFV, N7QLS, W1NA and FS4WBS  will
         be active as  TO5M  from  St. Martin (NA-105) on 24-31 October, in-
         cluding an  entry in the  CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  QSL via LoTW only.
         [TNX NG3K]
J6     - Bill, K9HZ  has been back on  St. Lucia (NA-108)  since 15 October,
         and  will be active  again  as  J68HZ  until 5 November.  This will
         include a multi-operator entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via
         LoTW (preferred),  eQSL  or  direct only to K9HZ;  the QSOs will be
         also uploaded to Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
T33    - Team T33T will be active from Banaba Island (OC-018) for 10-12 days
         supposedly during the first half of November.  Plans are to operate
         CW, SSB and FT8 (F/H) on 160-6 metres with up to 7 stations "on air
         permanently". QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Updates  are  expected to be
         posted to https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup.
V4     - Gary, G0FWX will be active again as V47FWX from  St. Kitts (NA-104)
         on 19-26 October. He will operate SSB only as time allows.  QSL via
         M0URX's OQRS.
VK9    - Mikio, JA3GEP will be active as VK9QO from both Cocos (Keeling)  on
         25-27 October,  and Christmas Island on 28-31 October. This will be
         a QO-100 satellite operation. QSLs via LoTW and eQSL,  or direct to
         JA3GEP. See https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=2001  for more information.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5    - Rich, NN2T will operate  FT8 as  VP5/NN2T  from the  Caicos Islands
         (NA-002) from  20 October to 1 November.  QSL via LoTW (preferred),
         or direct to home call; logsearch on Club Log.
Z6     - Rene, DL2JRM will be active again as Z68XX  from Gjilan, Kosovo  on
         27-31 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  QSL
         via DL2JRM, direct or bureau; logsearch on Club Log.


CY0S --- > The 2023 Sable Island CY0S DXpedition team has announced that  "a
well known  DXer  and  DXpeditioner",  who wishes  to remain anonymous,  has
offered  "to match  any donations  to the  CY0S DXpedition  from this  point
forward until arrival on the island on 20 March 2023. For example, if a con-
tributor  donates 100 USD  to the DXpedition,  this  100 USD  will  then  be
matched for a total of 200 USD".
Meanwhile, the team is working on the antennas and is  "continuing to manage
and fine tune gear based on the very strict weight limitations for the DXpe-
dition. The team is limited to a total of 2965 lbs [1345 kg], which includes
the weight of the operators, radio gear, antennas,  antenna mast,  long mast
stakes for the loose sand,  coaxial cables,  food  and personal gear.  Every
pound of weight counts and this is a huge challenge".

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The  Fall 2022 issue (#137) of  the  International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html).  Highlights include:  "A Message from
INDEXA President Bob Schenck, N2OO"; "Contest Participation from 5T in DXpe-
dition Style" by  Johannes Hafkenscheid, (PA5X/5T5PA);  "ZL7/K5WE DXpedition
to Chatham Island"  (September 2022) by  Jeff Martin, K5WE;  "VU4W - Andaman
Islands" (April-May 2002) by Yuris Petersons, YL2GM;  a wrap-up of the  69th
W9DXCC Convention  (September 2022),  and news of the 3Y0J Bouvet  and  CY0S
Sable DXpeditions.