Archive - February 2016

JA0RQV/6Y5 Callsign change

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Masa JA0JQV is now qrv from Jamaica as JA0RQV/6Y5 until the 17th April.

This is a re-scheduled trip having been postponed back in December last year and his Callsign has now changed to JA0RQV/6Y5 as it is on his Licence.

He will be on a business trip and his primary location will be a Hotel in the Capital Kingston.Masa2

 

 

 

 

 

Qsl is via M0OXO Direct or OQRS

Bureau Cards are NOT required so please use OQRS for ALL bureau requests and do NOT send them via the bureau as they will NOT be received.

 

HS7AT/7 AS-125

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QSL Card received yesterday from E21IJZ for AS-125.

The card was for the Chang island Dxpedition IOTA AS-125 activated by HS7AT/7 back in July 2014.

Several requests were sent before I finally secured this confirmation.

Thanks Tony E21IZC.

 

 

 

 

 

S79C AF-119 mailing cards this week..

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The S79C AF-119 QSL Cards were received from the Printer yesterday. Cards were printed today and I expect to mail them early this week.

Please report receipt of the cards to the usual news bullitens please.

Further enquiries, logging or qsl card errors please drop me a line on this email address.

Thanks…..Charles

 

 

 

C6ATS – IOTA NA-219

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**19th Feb UPDATE**
We will depart Thompson Bay, Long Island this afternoon for the 42 hour trip to the Anguilla Cays. We should arrive on Sunday morning. The change in QTH and timing is due to the weather.
 
**18th Feb UPDATE**
”Weather forecast is a lot better today.  I have decided to delay departure until Saturday, with 2 days or so en-route and hoping to arrive on Monday morning. If the forecast remains good, then I’ll stay as long as possible so it may give us up to 3 days of operating.”
 
 **14th Feb UPDATE**
From John C6ATS – ”I’ve engaged a weather forecaster/weather router who is assisting me with forecasts over SSB to aid decision-making while I don’t have Internet access. At the moment, the weather looks favourable for a trip leaving Georgetown, Bahamas on Tuesday 16th. It’s about 240 nautical miles to the Anguilla Cays so we should be there by first light on Thursday. The wind is due to strengthen from the north east so I’m hoping the anchorage we have been recommended is tenable. 

If all is well, I will scout around for a place to land and operate from. I’m told there may be a small beach and that the rest of the cays are rough rock and scrub vegetation. ( I have this thought in my mind that if the beach we’ve been told about is the only one it might also be the site of this – Anguilla Cays Murders).

If the forecast holds I may be active on Thursday however, if things change and I decide to go the extra 50 NM to Cay Sal itself, it might be Friday. The forecast for the weekend is good so I will try to be QRV as much as I can but bearing in mind that there is bound to be a cold font come from the north sometime that will make the banks untenable.

Expect me on 20m or higher and as close to the IOTA frequencies as I can get. The propagation forecast is not great and I am very unlikely to operate at night due difficulty and safety of landing.

I’ll update here again as I leave if there is time, otherwise Charles, M0OXO will update as required.

73 and see you on the air…”

https://kk4oyj.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/cay-sal-na-219-2/

 

VE7ACN/7 NA-091 confirmed

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This paper confirmation arrived yesterday.

Mike VE7ACN/7 was qrv from Bowen Island, IOTA NA-091 back in January and again a very fast dispatch of cards via Clublog OQRS.

Thanks Mike!

 

 

 

 

 

 

YB9Y – OC-276 confirmed

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Thanks to several of our YB friends for helping to get this card confirmed.

YB9Y was active from Bras in the Mapia Islands Group (IOTA OC-276) back in 2013. I have tried several times to secure this confirmation and with mail theft and/or undelivered it was proving a lost cause.

Anyway I am pleased to say the card arrived today with many thanks to all those who assisted especially Pri YB0ECT!

 

 

 

6Y5/JA0RQV – NA-097 Jamaica

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Masa JA0JQV will be qrv from Jamaica as 6Y5/JA0RQV from the 18th February 2016 for 2 months.

This is a re-scheduled trip having been postponed back in December last year.

He will be on a business trip and his primary location will be a Hotel in the Capital Kingston.

 

Qsl is via M0OXO Direct or OQRS.

Bureau Cards are NOT required so please use OQRS for ALL bureau requests and do NOT send them via the bureau as they will NOT be received.

 

 

YW5Z SA-059 confirmed

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YW5Z Qsl Card landed this morning.

Las Testigos IOTA SA-059 was activated back in August 2015 by a large team of the Caracas DX Group from Venezuela, celebrating Venezuelan Navy Day.

Thanks Uli, DM4TI.