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The E31A Team are now qrt from Eritrea.

Zorro will not now activate IOTA AF-038 on this trip but they may be able to do it in one of their future operations.

Zorro did intend to use E39DI as a Callsign from Dahlak Island but this is now cancelled for the time being.

VE1RUS anticipates arriving at the VY0ERC station in Eureka, Nunavut (NA-008) on February 3rd. A few weeks later VE3KTB will arrive.

Expect activity on 40 and 20 Meters on SSB, Digital (FT8) and some very slow CW in their spare time through April 1st

The Club is located in the environs of the Eureka Weather Station which is itself located at 79 degrees 59 minutes N, 85 degrees 56 minutes W on Ellesmere Island (IOTA NA-008), Nunavut. VY0ERC is currently operating out of the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) Ridge Laboratory (RidgeLab) located approximately 11 km as the crow flies from the weather station (http://www.candac.ca). The RidgeLab is set on top of the hill at 80 degrees 3 minutes N and 86 degrees 25 minutes W at 600 m.a.s.l. The separation is significant as Eureka is in grid square EQ79 and the RidgeLab is in grid square ER60, and as the RidgeLab is above 80 degrees N, it is in ITU zone 75 rather than ITU zone 4. Both are located in CQ zone 2.

We are opening membership in the Club to all interested amateurs.

There are no dues associated with becoming a member, although donations would be gratefully accepted, whether they are monetary or equipment. QSL via M0OXO.

https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php

6O6O Somalia (Doctors Without Borders Fundraising)

Full log received and all busted call enquiries have been resolved one way or another. The full log is now on M0OXO Logsearch & OQRS. The amended Clublog and LOTW files will be uploaded later so please don’t email me asking for Clublog updates they will be done in due course.

Thanks to Kenneth Opskar & Adrian Ciuperca fior a fanteastic job.

Very sad this morning to hear of the passing of Neville Cheadle G3NUG.

An all round fantastic and inspiring gentleman who will be sadly missed. There will be fond memories Worldwide of Neville from his time in CDXC and indeed the FSDXA Dxpeditions.

Thoughts with Trish his wife and all his family today

Dated January 16, 2018 For Immediate Release:

The Dateline DX Association is pleased to announce major equipment support from Elecraft, DX Engineering, and SteppIR Communications Systems for its KH1/KH7Z Baker Island 2018 DXpedition.

For the KH1/KH7Z operation, Elecraft will supply the highly reliable K3S transceivers and their matching KPA500 amplifiers. These radios are veterans of several highly successful major DXpeditions and will greatly aid our goal of many ATNO contacts.

Our use permit for access to the Baker National Wildlife Refuge restricts the type and height of antennas we can use for KH1/KH7Z. SteppIR Communications Systems is working with team member George Wallner, AA7JV, with antennas that are acceptable to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Every operation of this size needs a large number of critical equipment items suitable for island operation. DX Engineering has stepped up to offer those items on an as needed basis. DX Engineering continues to support major DXpeditions, and is a quality supplier of everything needed for the Amateur Radio community.

KH1 is the 4th most wanted entity. Our plans are to bring the KH1 entity to as many operators, and countries as we can. Support from these equipment vendors is appreciated and helps us meet our QSO goals. As with any DXpedition to the really rare ones, this will be another large budget operation. The operator team will contribute over 50% of the expected budget of $400,000. You can help make this DXpedition happen by visiting our website, and contributing today.

http://www.baker2018.net/pages/donate.html

Thank you in advance for your support. The Baker Island 2018 Team

IOTA enthusiasts are reminded that the last date for mailing applications or score updates to checkpoints for inclusion in the 2018 Honour Roll and other performance tables is 31 January 2018.

If postmarked after that date, they will be processed in the normal way but the scores will be held over to the following year’s listing. It is important that participants who have not updated since the 2013 annual listings and wish to remain listed should make a submission on or before 31 January 2018.

Of interest this year is that in addition to the 2017 IOTA Contest logs a much larger number of logs of IOTA operations on Club Log have recently been made available for QSO matching. Experience to date shows the increased opportunity this offers for building a larger score.

G3KMA, 20 December 2017

Qsl Cards for the 2018 operation from Al-Safliyah Island by the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) are now at the print Shop and will arrive here and be dispatched in around two weeks time.

QSL Cards for the 2017 previous activation are also still available. OQRS is open for both activations.

https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php

Robert can be foundon FT8 mode from today.

He is a learner on this the newest of the Digital Modes so if you see any mistakes or maybe dupes in the logs, please remember your first time on the mode may have been equally as scary!

Think before you post comments on the DX Clusters!

From Grant VK5GR;

””I am planning another holiday style DXPedition for 2018″ says VK5GR (E6AG), Grant. Plans are to stay with his family on Efate (OC-035) from April 17 to 29 operating intermittently as YJ0AG.

Grant is awaiting for a copy of his license. He’ll be mostly on digital modes running QRO on 80 through 10 Meters. Those modes include RTTY, FT8, PSK Olivia as well as SSB and some SSTV. He could also do some CW, depending on his “CW training”. Grant says, “I am looking to particularly work unique stations and will be where possible targetting Europe Short Path where YJ is high on the ClubLog most wanted list”. Equipment will include a K3 and KPA500 transmitting into a “G3TXQ UltraLight HexBeam” on 20-10 Meters and a multi-band vertical for 80-10 Meters. While there, Grant hopes to get in the SPDX RTTY Contest.

M0OXO, Charles, will be handling the QSLing duties and prefers requests go through his OQRS for both direct and bureau QSL cards. For DX stations from OC, AF and SA he will “accept calls” at”any time”.

A70X are now qrt from Al-Safliyah Island in Qatar.

Thanks to the Team from Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) who, for the second year running have provided many with the new IOTA (AS-088) and/or needed Band slots with A7.

The full log has now been uploaded both to Clublog and to M0OXO Logsearch where OQRS is now open.

https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=A70X

http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php

Qsl Cards are being designed for this years event and will be out in due course.