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LZ130, BULGARIA (Special Event). Members of the Balkan Contest Club LZ1KZA
(LZ5A) will actiavte the special event callsign LZ130LO from January 1st
to March 31st (2008). Activity is to commemorate the 130th anniversary of
the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman yoke by Russia. QSL to LZ1KZA via
Bureau. QSLs are printed by Gold Print Service - http://www.lz3hi.com
A special award will be issued: European stations must establish 5
two-way contacts with LZ130LO on different bands or different modes,
(for DX stations - 3 contacts). The same rules are for SWLs. The fee for

E100, IRELAND. Look for special event station EI100SI to be active from
January 1st to December 31st, 2008, to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the Boy Scouts in Ireland. QSL route will be posted on QRZ.com.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #837

Radio club "Belisce" in 2008. year celebrate the 50th anniversary. Special event station 9A50KDE will be active on HF, VHF and UHF band's until 31. Decembar 2008. Most of activity will be in HF and VHF contest's.

QSL via 9A1AA (bureau or direct).

Mala,F4FMI, travelled to Djibouti on Jan 1 and will be active in SSB on 20m/17m/15m signing J20MB until the end of March. QSL cards will be confirmed after his return home.
Via: DXNL 1552

ANTARCTICA. Felix, DL5XL is QRV as DP0GVN from Neumayer 2 Base for the next three months while working on setting up Neumayer 3 Base.
QSL via DL5EBE.
Via: ARLD001 DX news

Pete,SM5GMZ, is going on another business trip through Southeast Asia in the beginning of January. He is working as a photo journalist and he will be underway until April 2008. He writes that he will try to become active as much as possible during his spare time. In January he will stay in Thailand from where he will work as HS0ZFI in all modes on all bands but Pete prefers working on the WARC and low bands. By the end of January and during February he will show up as XU7ADI from Cambodia. During March he will sign 9M6/SM5GMZ from East Malaysia and 9M8Z in the WPX Contest.

OC-028, V73, Ralik Chain: Randy,V73RY, is working from Kwajalein (Marshalls) until May 2008. QSL via N7RO.
Via: DXNL 1552

Rashad,4J9M, is on a business trip in Aktau/Kazakhstan and is working as UN/4J9M until Feb 3. His QSL manager is DL7EDH.
Via: DXNL 1552

6W & J5, SENEGAL AND GUINEA-BISSAU. Peter, HA3AUI, will once again be
active from Africa and will also activate again both Senegal (as 6W2SC)
and Guinea-Bissau (as J5UAP), between January 15th and April 15th. His
activity from Senegal (6W) will be mostly Digital with some SSB on 160-6
meters. Activity from Guinea-Bissau (J5) will be on 30-10 meters. His
operations will be limited to his spare time and possibly other available
longer periods. QSL via HA3AUI direct, by the bureau, LoTW or e-QSL.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #837

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Saul, WA1UKN is QRV as VP5/WA1UKN from Grand Turk until May 7. Activity is on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters. QSL to home call.
Via ARLD006 DX news.

PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Tom, K0GKD, will be active as PJ2/K0GKD from Signal Point, Curacao (SA-006, also count for WLOTA LH-0942), between January 29th and February 4th. Activity will be on all bands. QSL via his home callsign. Also, look for Geoff/W0CG to be active as PJ2DX from Signal Point between February 4th and April 1st. Activity will be on all bands and modes, and contesting with members of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium (PJ2T). QSL via his home callsign. Later in the year, Viaceslav, LY4F, will be active as PJ2/LY4F from Signal Point, September 4-18th.

S2, BANGLADESH. Hugo, LA5YJ, is now active as S21XF. He tells OPDX that he will be here until the beginning of April. His activity over the past week has been mainly CW on 30/20/17/15 meters. He was heard on 20 meters SSB in QSO with a VK6 station. QSL via LA5YJ.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 845

FT - Gildas, TU5KG [425DXN 871] expects to be active as from FT5XR Port aux Francais, Kerguelen on 15-16 February, while his fishing boat is refuelling. Then he will be sailing in the Crozet area until around 15 March, when he will stop again at Port aux Francais before heading back to Reunion. QSL via F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX F4EFI and F6AJA]
Via 425 DX news 875

LY90, LITHUANIA (Special Event). Look for 11 special event stations to be active with the prefix LY90 from February 16th through March 16th, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of independence in the Lithuanian Republic. It was on February 16th, 1918, when Lithuania declared itself independent. The Act of Independence of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybes Aktas) or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital.

5X, UGANDA. Remember to look for Nick, G3RWF, to once again be active as 5X1NH from February 23rd to March 22nd. Activity will be limited because he is on holiday. Activity will be on all bands except 160m and 6 meters.
Modes will be CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. He will use 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via G3RWF.
Via The Ohio/Penn DX No 846

PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Bil/W8EB and his wife Dorothy/W8DVC will be here between February 24th and March 23rd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as PJ7/W8EB and possibly PJ7/W8DVC. Operations will be limited because he is on holiday. Bil will operate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as PJ7B, and as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. This will be Bil's 13th consecutive ARRL DX SSB Contest participation from St. Maarten. Also look for him to be in any RTTY contests. All QSL requests go to W8EB. Visit their PJ7B Web site at:

SV9, CRETE. Willi, DJ7RJ, will be active as SV9/DJ7RJ between February 25th and March 15th. Activity will be on the low bands, 160-10 meters and CW/SSB. QSL via his CBA.
Via The Ohio/Penn DX No 846

Pete,SM5GMZ, is going on another business trip through Southeast Asia in the beginning of January. He is working as a photo journalist and he will be underway until April 2008. He writes that he will try to become active as much as possible during his spare time. In January he will stay in Thailand from where he will work as HS0ZFI in all modes on all bands but Pete prefers working on the WARC and low bands. By the end of January and during February he will show up as XU7ADI from Cambodia. During March he will sign 9M6/SM5GMZ from East Malaysia and 9M8Z in the WPX Contest.

OK - Back in March 1978 Vladimir Remek was the first Czechoslovak in space, as well as the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. To commemorate that event, special station OL30SPACE will be active on 1-30 March. QSL via OK1TIR. [TNX OK1TIR]
Via 425DX News No 877

BV - Expect BU2AI to operate again as BU2AI/9 from the Matsu Islands (AS-113) between 1 and 20 March. He operates CW and SSB in his spare time, and during his first activity (5-19 February) he made some 1200 QSOs. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Please visit Visit http://bu2ai.tripod.com/BU2AI-9-Matsu-2008.htm for updates.
Via 425DX News No 877

FM, MARTINIQUE. Rene, F5LGE, is now active FM/F5LGE until March 30th.
Activity is 160 and 80 meters only and on CW. Operations seem to take place between 2330-0730z. QSL via F5LGE, by the Bureau or direct to: Courgibet Rene, 13 Ruelle Crepion, 51240 ST Germain la Ville, FRANCE.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 848

NA-107, FM, Martinique: Rene,FM/F5LGE, is working in CW on 80m/160m until Mar 30. QSL via homecall (bureau/direct).
Via DXNL 1561

FR, REUNION (AF-016). Look for Jean-Pierre, F5HIJ, to be active as FR/F5HIJ from Bernica, near Saint-Paul, between March 3-31st. He will use a FT-897 and 2x20m dipole. It is suggested to look for him during his evenings between 1800-2000z.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 847

VU - INDIA / H4 - SOLOMON ISLANDS
Bernhard,DL2GAC, is globetrotting again: First he will show up as
VU2BMS from Cochin in India from Feb 8-22. He will then fly to Honiara,
the capital of the Solomons, where he will reactivate his oll callsign
H44MS from Mar 5 until Apr 27. As usual Bernhard confirms all QSL cards
via bureau or direct very reliably after his return home.
Via DXNL 1557

CT3 - MADEIRA ISLAND, AF-014
Rosel,CT3/DL3KWR, and Hardy,CT3/DL3KWF, will activate Madeira (AF-014) from Mar 6-20. CW and the WARC bands are preferred and Hardy works in RTTY and PSK31 like in previous years. QSLs via homecalls.
E-mail information via dl3kwr@darc.de or dl3kwf@darc.de
See also their website: http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr
Via DXNL 1559

AS-113. Jenchieh, BU2AI, will once again be active as BU2AI/9 from Matsu Island between now and March 20th. He will operate as a mobile station during this period. Activity will only be during his spare time, mainly from 1000-2300Z. He will try to focus on low band, CW and SSB. More information can be found on: http://bu2ai.tripod.com/BU2AI-9-Matsu-2008.htm
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 848

Clipperton 2008 DXpedition

www home page: http://www.clipperton2008.org

QSL Information:
Send your qsl requests through the Bureau or direct to:
N7CQQ ARC
P. O. Box 31553
Laughlin, Nevada 89028

The log will also be uploaded to LOTW once the official log has been certified.

ST. VINCENT, J8. Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG are QRV as J8/homecalls until March 20. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using mostly SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL both calls via DL7AFS.
Via ARLD011 DX news

TOKELAU, ZK3. Udo, DL9HCU is QRV as ZK3HC until March 16. He has been active on 20 and 17 meters at various times. QSL to home call.
Via ARLD011 DX news

DENMARK, OZ. Look for DK9LO to be QRV as OZ/DK9LO from Romo Island, IOTA EU-125, from March 8 to 21. QSL to home call.
Via ARLD011 DX news

V2 - Bob, W4OWY (V25WY) and Mark, W9OP (V25OP) will be active from Antigua (NA-100) on 11-17 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]
Via 425DX News No 879

SU0, EGYPT (Possible 80m!). Mustapha, DL1BDF, will be active from the Egyptian Amateur Radio Assembly ARC (EARA) station, SU0ARA, in Cairo, between March 11-19th. Activity will be on all HF bands. For the first time there "could" be some activity on the 80 meters (permission is pending). Usually in Egypt this band is reserved for the military authorities. QSL via SU1KM.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 848

SU - EGYPT

TF, ICELAND. A Russian team of operators will be active as TF/RK3MWL and homecall/TF from here between March 11-18th. Operators mentioned are Alex/RA3MR, Artem/RD3MA, Dmitry/RA3MF, Helen/RV3ACA (YL), Valery/RZ6AU and Serge/UA1ANA. The group will be active with an emphasis on the low band and 30/17/12 meters using all modes. Also, look for them to be active in the Russian DX Contest (RDXC - March 16-17th) as TF4Y.
Visit the RDXC Web page at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/news.asp
QSL via RV3ACA.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 848

TF - ICELAND, EU-021

TK, CORSICA (EU-014). Members of the Radio Club Pazin (9A7P) will be active as TK/homecall between March 13-17th. Operators mentioned are Dragan/9A2SX, Igor/9A3AXX, Hrle/9A6XX and Marko/9A8MM. Activity will be on 80-10 meters and include an entry in the Russian DX Contest (March 15-16th) as TK/9A8MM. The group will be operating from Sisco valley in the north part of the island just outside Bastia. The equipment that they will be using is a TS-440S + FT-857D, SB-220, 2 laptops, Spiderbeam (20/15/10m) and an Inverted Vee for 80/40m.

FJ, ST. BARTHELEMY (DXCC Newest Entity!). Patrick, F6CMH, will be active from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) as FJ/F6CMH, March 13-22nd. Activity will be mainly 40/20 meters SSB. QSL via F6CMH.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 845

R1 - Antarctic: Mar 13th through May 1st "Academician Fedorov" set sail from
Cape Town for Antarctica. Leader Valey Sushkov, RW3GW, will visit the
Antarctic bases Progress, Mirnyj, Molodezhnaya, Novolazarevskaya, and
another two bases. They will use R1ANT resp R1ANT/mm and promised a
special QSL via RW3GW. Visit www.waponline.it for further information.
Via DXNL 1564

6Y, JAMAICA (60m Activity). Frank, K3TRM, informs OPDX that he is returning to Lucea, Jamaica (NA-097), again for vacation and will be active as K3TRM/6Y5 from March 14-23rd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB, CW, and RTTY. He has also received permission from the Jamaican authorities to activate 60 meters for the first time from Jamaica. QSL via his home callsign direct (w/SASE), by the bureau or LoTW. Additional information is available on his Web site at:http://www.k3trm.com/
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 849

EU-128. Operators Axel/DH8AK, Sebastian/DO6ELW, Dirk/DK4DJ and Henning/DK9LB will be active as homecall/p from Fehmarn Island (O-01 for the German Islands Award) from March 14-21st. They will also activate two lighthouses: Marienleuchte - Old Tower (ARLHS FED-151) and Marienleuchte - New Tower (ARLHS FED-016, WLOTA LH-0637). Activity will be on 80-10 meters, SSB, PSK31 and 2m SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the bureau.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 848

EU-057. Look for Frank/DL2SWW and his XYL Gabi/DF9TM to be active as DL2SWW/p from Ruegen Island (O-07 for the German Islands Award), March 14-16th. QSL via DL2SWW, direct or by the bureau.
Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 849