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VK0MQ Macquarie Island

16th July 2022

Matt Gledhill, (VK0MQ) is now qrv from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, (1,500 km south-east of Tasmania and approximately halfway between Australia and the Antarctic continent.) He will be active from June & through to October 2022.

This is not a DXpedition, he operates in his limited recreation time which is shared with other hobbies and of course relaxing. 

Macquarie Island Station 
54° 37′ 12″ S, 158° 51′ 40″ E

GRID QD95lm
CQ Zone 30 ITU Zone 60

IOTA AN-005

Traditional Paper Qsl Card is available via M0OXO OQRS or M0OXO Direct Post Mail ($2.00 & SAE) in the coming days.

LOTW is uploaded regularly.

Callsigns I manage – Updated

16th July 2022

The full list of Callsigns I manage has been updated today.

2D0RLA EU-116, 2E0AV, 2E0DJB, 2E0KYI, 2E1AYS, 2O0IJK, 2Q0IJK, 2R0KYI, 2SZ, 2V0IJK, 3A/EI9FBB, 3A/G0VJG, 3B7C AF-015, 3B8HA AF-049, 3B8M, 3B8MU AF-049, 3B9C AF-017, 3B9FR AF-017, 3B9HA AF-017, 3B9WR AF-017, 3C7A AF-010, 3D2AS OC-016, 3D2TS, 3V8CQ, 3Y0J, 4E8T OC-174 TAWI TAWI, 4K5ZI EU-182, 4S7DLG, 4W3A OC-148, 5B/G3SZU, 5B/G7VJR, 5B/LA7THA, 5B/M5RIC, 5B/MM0GOR AS-004, 5B/RA3CQ, 5V7EI, 6O6O, 6O7O, 6W/MM0NDX, 7P8LB, 7Q7AH, 7Q7EI, 7Q7JL, 7Q7LA, 7Q7RM, 8Q7CQ AS-013, 9G2DX, 9G5X, 9H3RJ EU-023, 9H4G EU-023, 9H5G EU-023, 9H5G/C6A NA-001 BLACK CAY, 9H5G/C6A NA-001 GT EXUMA, 9H5G/C6A NA-001 LEE STOCKING, 9H5G/C6A NA-054 LT HARBOUR CAY,
9H5G/C6A NA-113 ACKLINS, 9N1DX, 9N1MM, 9N7EI, 9X2AW, A25UK, A35JT, A52JF, A70X 2017, A70X 2018, A70X AS-088, A71A, A71AM, A71EM, A71RCAR
, A71LL, A71SS, A71VV, A71YY, A73A, A75GR, A91HI AS-202, A95GR AS-002, AT2SH,
AX16AC OC-001, AX5GR, AX5PAS, AX5PAS OC-001, AX5PAS VKFF-0886
AX5PAS VKFF-1691, AX5PAS VKFF-1752, AX5PAS VKFF-1764, AX5PAS VKFF-2247, AX5PAS VKFF-2886, AX5WOW, AX8AA OC-001, BD9BI, BD9BI/0, BG5UDN AS-138, BY5YAA AS-138, C4I AS-004, C5X, C6APY NA-054, C6ATS, C6ATS NA-001 CRAB CAY, C6ATS NA-001 GT EXUMA, C6ATS NA-001 HOG CAY, C6ATS NA-001 LEE STOCKING, C6ATS NA-001 ROLLE CAY, C6ATS NA-048 SOUTH BIMINI, C6ATS NA-054 HOFFMANS, C6ATS NA-054 LT HARBOUR CAY
C6ATS NA-113 ACKLINS, C6ATS NA-113 FISH CAY, C6ATS NA-113 JAMAICA
C6ATS NA-219 ANGUILLA, CM2ESP NA-005, CM5FZ NA-005, CN2AM, CN8QY
CN8QY BOTA, CO4XT NA-056, CP6CL, CR5V, CT7ANG (SK), CT8/G7VJR EU-089 Read More

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QSL Card Mailing News

7th July 2022
Thanks for your patience during the recent spell of being away. I am catching up this week and can report about the current progress;
 
1427 letters went out this week, I’d appreciate any reports when received please, (particularly in VK).

Cards out this week include;

CP6CL Bolivia
GB70* United Kingdom
T42ITU Cuba
VK9NT Norfolk Island
 
Keep your eye on my Facebook page for regular updates this week.

World Asteroid Day

7th July 2022
Asteroid Day (also known as International Asteroid Day) is an annual global event which is held on the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908
The Tunguska event (occasionally also called the Tunguska incident) was a ~12 megaton explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia, on the morning of June 30, 1908.
 
The explosion over the sparsely populated Eastern Siberian Taiga flattened an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest, and eyewitness reports suggest that at least three people may have died in the event.
 
The explosion is generally attributed to a meteor air burst: the atmospheric explosion of a stony meteoroid about 50–60 metres (160–200 feet) in size. The meteoroid approached from the east-southeast, and likely with a relatively high speed of about 27 km/s (60,000 mph) (~Ma 80). It is classified as an impact event, even though no impact crater has been found; the object is thought to have disintegrated at an altitude of 5 to 10 kilometres (3 to 6 miles) rather than to have hit the surface of the Earth.
 

R150WS Rykacheva Island, Kara Sea (AS-104)

7th July 2022
R150WS Rykacheva Island, Kara Sea (AS-104)
 
Finally arrived from Russia, cards had been held in UK Customs awaiting Import Tax being paid.
 
Cards are being mailed this week.
 
Thanks to Igor UA9KDF & Team RT9K 😎

M0OXO – Out of Office

31st May 2022

I am away from home on vacation until the 19th June. You may get a response to your email enquiries during this period, although responses will not be as fast as usual. Please see the specific information below relating to my status during this period;

Busted/Missing Call checks will be processed as normal.
Direct QSL Card requests received up to and including 1300UTC on the 31st May 2022 have all been mailed.
VK9NT, 5X7W and CP6CL have not yet arrived from the Printer.

Thank you for your attention and I apologise for any inconvenience.

73 de Charles M0OXO

LOTW – M0OXO QSL Service

19th May 2022
OK, we are back up and running. I am requesting new Certificates every day but please be patient, LOTW Staff are working with me as fast as they can.
 
LOTW now uploaded for;
 
3B9FR Rodrigues Island
M0OXO England
NP4DX Puerto Rico
WP3C Puerto Rico
VP8ADR Falkland Islands
VP8BTR Falkland Islands
(VP8/40 requested, upload pending)