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CYØX - Sable Island
Dick, Pete & Chris, K5AND, VE3IKV & W3CMP, are currently active as CYØX from Sable Island. This is mainly a 6mtr & 2mtr dxpedition, but they have also been working on at least 20mtr CW. Indeed, they obviously have at least one very good CW operator in the team. They will be here until July 7th.
It looks
like they are real keen on 2mtrs EME, using a KW to a long yagi. Their
schedule is HERE.
My computer shows the beam heading as 58° / 238° from
Dallas.
QSLs are requested via VE3IKV, direct with 2 green stamps.
Sable
Island
has been reasonably well activated before. CYØMM was active back in
November 2002 did a great job of filling many band slots. Prior to that
CYØSAB was back in November 1885. Both of those DXpeditions sent out
beautiful color QSL cards. CYØAA also appears in my log.
Sable Island (French: île de Sable) is a small Canadian Island
situated 180 km southeast of mainland Novas Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean.
As of 2001, the island is home to around 15 people. The island is also
home to over 300 free-roaming Horses, which are protected from human
interference by law.
Sable Island emerges from shallows on the continental shelf, which, with the area's frequent fog and sudden strong storms including Hurricanes and Northeasters have caused over 350 recorded shipwrecks. It is often referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
CY0X website HERE
5X1NH - Uganda
Nick, G3RWF is headed back to Uganda.
This time he will be operating from Fort Portal in Western Uganda. He will
be there from 15th June to 25th August. Nick is a good CW operator and
reliable QSL'er. He also has a very attractive color QSL card.
My computer shows the beam heading as 65° / 245° from Dallas.
QSLs will be via G3RWF (He does not use eqsl)..
Uganda
has been reasonably well activated before. Nick was operating from Fort
Portal in February & March this year. Last November he was active from
Kampala.
Previous operations have been 5X1P by G3MRC, and 5X1Z by SM6CAS, both in
2000.
Fort Portal is a town in western Uganda and the seat of both the Kabarole
district and the Toro Kingdom. It is named for Sir Gerald Portal, a
British Special Commissioner for Uganda, whose Statue graces the main road
of the town. The town is close to the border of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo.
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular
rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. The country
has largely untapped reserves of both oil and natural gas. Agriculture is
the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work
force, with coffee accounting for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986,
the government (with the support of foreign countries and international
agencies) has acted to rehabilitate an economy decimated during the regime
of Idi Amin (Dictator & President 1971-1979) and subsequent civil
war..
Swahili, a widely used language throughout eastern and central Africa, was approved as the country's second official national language in 2005. The country is 84% Christian and 12% Muslim. Uganda has a very young population, with a median age of 15 years.
Glorioso DXpedition delayed
From F5OGL, Didier the team leader Glorious 2008....
The operation for Glorioso 2008 must be delayed
for some weeks. The HQ of the south zone of the Indian ocean announced
us due to the fact that important works of facilities will take place on
the island. During two and a half months, at the beginning of June,
shelters anti cyclonic will be build to protect the military personnel
and some equipment for the weather station.
Due to the number of persons who will be on the island during the same
period, we decided with the HQ of force of the south zone of the Indian
ocean to do this DXpédition when these works will be ended.
The exact dates will be define according to the operational occupation of
the military transport in this region but we hope to accomplish this
operation to the end of September or the beginning of October.
This leaves us the time to improve our preparations and, we thank you all
those who contribute to the realization of this plan and firstly the
military authorities of the Reunion island and our financial and equipment
sponsors..
Glorioso DXpedition website HERE
VU4 / VU7 - Another Chance...
The National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) will be
celebrating its "Silver Jubilee" in Hyderabad, India, between
October 18-20th 2008. To help celebrate this event, look for
some special amateur radio activities to take place between October 24th
and November 3rd from many Indian locations which will include operations
from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (VU4) and Lakshadweep Islands
(VU7). NIAR will be assisting foreign amateurs in regard to reciprocal
licenses or operation permits for the VU4 and VU7 activations.
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To receive details about license requirements, fill out the registration
form at: http://www.niar.org/sj/form.html
More information is available at: http://www.niar.org/sj/index.htm
ZS8T is on Marion Island
Petrus will be on Marion Island for a
year. Although he got there in April, he has been too busy for amateur radio
operations yet. The great news is he will have an Icom IC-7000, an Ameritron AL80B
Amp, a Spiderbeam, A Steppir vertical and a Bencher paddle. Maybe my
dreams of a CW contact with ZS8 will be fulfilled.
ZS8T web page HERE
3YØE web page HERE
Excel Spreadsheet by Jari, OH2BU - The "Mega DX Peditions Honor Roll".
MEGA DX PEDITIONS HONOR ROLL. Jari, OH2BU, has put together and maintained an interesting Excel spreadsheet over the last 12 years called - The "Mega DX Peditions Honor Roll". This Honor Roll listing currently includes data of 114 DXpeditions that have worked 30,000 or more QSOs since 1979. This unique listing includes data on:
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A summary on the DXpedition (dates, length, QSOs, stations..etc.)
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Information on Logs, Web site, QSL routes and if it is in LoTW
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List of operators of the DXpedition
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QSO statistics per continents, modes and bands
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Also continental, band and mode records
The whole purpose of this listing is to
help future DXpeditions in planning their next operation, and to
understand the possibilities in making QSOs to different continents and to
optimize their efforts.
The LSDXA would like to thank Jari for permission to reproduce his amazing
spreadsheet on this site. Please Click on the "Files" link in
our menu to access it.
BS7H and ZL8R DVD's now available
James, 9V1YC informs us that the BS7H and ZL8R DVD's are now available.
Check HERE for information.
Your webmaster has the BS7H DVD in his hand. Great job James, well done.
Current DX Cluster Spots - updated every 30 secs.
YV0, Aves Island
I was amazed to read about the damage hurricane Dean did to Aves Island in
August 2007. Indeed, it washed 90% of the island away...... No, it's
not an April the First joke, read about it, and see the photos on the YXØA website
HERE.
Possible DXCC changes
The Netherlands Antilles was to be disbanded on December 15, 2008. This
dissolution is still planned, but has been postponed to an indefinite
future date However, they still hope to have this completed by 1/1/2010. The
idea of the Netherlands Antilles as a state never enjoyed full support of
all islands. Political relations between islands were often strained.
After a long struggle, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in
1986, to form its own state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The
desire for secession has also been strong in Sint Maarten.
I'm sure these will never count for DXCC, but it's interesting to see who
can declare independence....
- Hutt River in Australia.
- Molossia in USA.
- Sealand off the English coast.
- Forvik in the Shetland Islands.
