Author - Charles M0OXO

Listen out for both the New Zealand Team who will be activating the special event callsign of ZM9ØDX & the UK team as GB2NZ in the coming weeks.

Both stations will commemorate early Radio exploration that took place in New Zealand as far back as the 1920’s.

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the record breaking activities of these early pioneers of Amateur Radio, ZM90DX will be on the air between 1st October 2013 and 31st October 2014 on all bands 1.8 MHz to 1.2 GHz (and beyond) in all modes and GB2NZ 5th – 25th October 2013.

Activated by the Kiwi DX Group and several UK operators, an informal group of DXers and contest enthusiasts, ZM90DX will be used around New Zealand. Not only will ZM90DX be active at expected times and on expected bands, but in the spirit of those early pioneers the ZM90DX operators will also be calling CQ on bands and in directions one may not necessarily expect with the intention of exploring the boundaries of radio propagation. See the websites of the New Zealand and the UK special event stations here http://zm90dx.com/  http://gb2nz.com/

Special commemorative Qsl’s will be available via MØOXO OQRS

The HP0INT Team are now Qrv from the Panamanian IOTA Tour.

They are now already on way to their third island of the trip so having good signals in the UK on all the bands they have been working on gives you a good chance to bag these rare ones.

More information can be found on their website at http://www.invokerteam.com/hp0int/

Please note that I will not be available between Sunday 2nd September 2013 and Sunday 8th September 2013.

I will respond to emails and Qsl queries as and when i have time.

Last mailing before this period is will be today (Friday 30th August 2013) and next mailing after today will be Friday 13th September.

Apologies for any inconvenience between these periods.

73 de Charles

Craig VK5CE reports on his blog that he is back home safe and sound from his recent and succesfull activation of Flinders Island OC-261.

Read Craig’s account of the trip on his Blog at http://oc261.blogspot.com.au/

Marc is now QRV as V31MA from San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize.

This is not a major Dxpedition just a ‘holiday-style’ operation so the Callsign will be on air as and when Marcs other duties allow it. Main mode of operation will be SSB but also possibility of CW and DATA.

Logs will be uploaded to Clublog during his stay and traditional Qsl Cards will be available via M0OXO OQRS once printing has taken place after the operation ends. LOTW will follow as and when possible.

Your Qsl Cards are NOT REQUIRED. Please do not send Qsl cards via the bureau, please use M0OXO OQRS for ALL BUREAU requests.

If you are a radio amateur but don’t have a QSL card, maybe you are not satisfied with your current cards or just that you have run out of QSLs then here is an easy solution from myself & from Gennady Treus UX5UO.

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Check out these links and see if we can help you at all, it cost nothing to ask!

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VK5CWL commenced operations from Kangaroo island (IOTA OC-139) this morning as part of the International Lighthouse & Lightship weekend (ILLW).

The main activation isCape Willoughby lighthouse on Kangaroo Island, but the IOTA is also in high demand by IOTA chasers too (including me!).

The call sign was issued in 2013, and this year’s ILLW event ( 2013) will be the first time that this call has been utilised.

VK5CWL will be on air from Friday 16th August 2013 – Monday 19th August, 2013 inclusive and you can read more about their event at http://vk5cwl.weebly.com/index.html

The trip to Flinders Island had a successful first day on air yesterday and continuing today with S9 signals (LP) on 20M SSB.

Flinders Island is an island off the coast of South Australia. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his younger brother Samuel Flinders, a midshipman on HMS Investigator in 1801. It is part of the Investigator Group and an important Bird Area

The island has been subject to diamond exploration following the discovery of a wide range of kimberlite indicator minerals there^. These minerals include chromite, pyrope, diopside, picroilmenite, forsterite, orthopyroxene, as well as small diamonds.

Read more about the trip on Craig’s blog at http://oc261.blogspot.co.uk/

May I just remind you that I no longer accept IRC’s.

Soon IRC’s will no longer be able to be cashed in the UK and due to that, prior to the 31st May this year I posted a message on the web page ”How to Qsl” that I would no longer be able to accept them as a method of payment for sending out Direct Qsl requests.

I am still receiving IRC’s at an alarming rate so clearly no-one is taking notice of the information.

Please note that forthwith, I will destroy any IRC’s received as payment for postage costs and the requested Qsl cards  WILL BE RETURNED VIA THE BUREAU.

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