Author - Charles M0OXO

In close cooperation with Alex Jennings, the representative of Swains Island, the team has decided to postpone the W8S DXpedition to Swains Island to autumn of 2020.

The reason behind this postponement is the travel restrictions when entering American Samoa, restrictions imposed by the Department of Health of American Samoa as a result of the Corona virus outbreak.

The Department of Health allows non-residents to enter American Samoa only via Hawaii, after a 14 days mandatory quarantine in Hawaii.

For the team this is not a workable situation. It would require extending the holiday time by an additional 2 weeks, re-routing of the flights and purchasing new tickets etc.

Everything is prepared for our DXpedition, and we are eager to go, but unfortunately the Corona virus outbreak is out of our control.

Although this is a disappointment for everyone, the W8S DXpedition is not cancelled, but just postponed for later this year!

Rebel Team update

We are on track with 3Y0I Bouvet project. Still missing some budget but we are getting closer and closer. Second attempt will take place in December 2020. Before December, Rebels are moving to Pacific to activate Banaba Island (callsign secured T33T).This activity will start in fist half of 2020.
After Banaba we will sail to T2 Tuvalu (working on callsign T22T)

During April we will also be active from 2 IOTAs OC 156 and OC 121……..Stay tuned.

3B8M Team will be active from Mauritius Island, IOTA AF – 049, in CQ WW DX CW Contest, 28 – 29 November 2020. They will operate in MO Category. Ful details of the Team will be announced later.

Qsl via M0OXO Bespoke OQRS  

Logs for the recent CQ WPX RTTY Contest carried out from the VY0ERC Station on Ellesmere island, Nunavut (IOTA NA-008) have been uploaded to M0OXO OQRS.

Please be aware that only the Contest Log has been uploaded at this time, other logs will be added to OQRS at the end of this Season’s trip to Eureka Outpost.

A Dxpedition to Zambia by a Multi-National Team will take place between the 5th March and the 15th March 2020.

The Team consists of;

Rune Egil Øye – LA7THA – Team Leader  
Christian Wolfbauer – OE5CWO   
Philipp Gröger – OE7PGI   
Svein Bergstøl – LA3BO   
Morten Kvernmoen – LB8DC
Svein Jarle Moe – LA9KKA   
Morten Nordby – LA3MHA   
Philipp Springer – DK6SP   
Chris Quale – LA8OM  
Carl Jonsson – SM6CPY

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XR8RRC Team (Russian Robinson Club) will be active from Wellington Island, Chile (IOTA SA-032), in March 2020.
Team Members will include- R7AL, RK8A, RW9JZ, UA3EDQ and OK8AU.
Their QTH -will be from Villa Puerto Eden, Wellington Island. They will operate on HF Bands, CW, SSB & FT8.

QSL via ClubLog OQRS preferred

Vaho, 4L8A has recently joined the M0OXO family for his QSL Management. Vaho lives in Tbilisi, Georgia and he has been very active on the Bands.

Vaho’s station consists of an Optibeam OB-17/4 multi band yagi (3el.-40m, 4el.-20m, 4el.-15m & 6el.-10m). This is complimented with a Yaesu FT-1000D, FT-2000 & Icom IC-7100 Transceivers. His PA’s are the Acom 1000 & a Commander HF-2500E.

Vaho’s log has been uploaded to M0OXO OQRS and QSL Cards are currently printing at UX5UO Print Shop. Cards can be requested here;

Qsl via M0OXO OQRS

From Grant VK5GR     

My next IOTA project is now underway. Here are the details;

January 2020 has seen some of the worst bush fires tear across Kangaroo Island (IOTA OC-139) in living memory. Over half the island (200,000 hectares or 2,000 square kilometres) has been burned, more than 50 homes were destroyed, 2 people lost their lives and many tens of thousands of animals were killed. These fires, started by dry lightning storms in early January, have hit the community and the environment on the island hard. Now, as the fire is being brought under control thoughts are turning to recovery and rebuilding shattered lives.

With an event like this, and the fires in the Adelaide Hills this summer only 10km from home, I find the events all to close, all too real. The last time I remember fires anything like this was Ash Wednesday in 1983 when we could see the flames tear across the top of Mt Lofty from all over Adelaide. I was only 11 at the time. Read More

R207RRC , Khosa Dvukh Pilotov Island (AS-207NEW)
[Chukchi Sea Coast Centre Group]

Radio Amateurs members of RRC – Russian Robinson Club will be active as R207RRC from Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island, in Spring 2020.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via UA3AKO, ClubLog OQRS.
QTH Locator – AP18gg.
RDA – CK05.
RRA – RR-11-05.