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REMINDER

A team consisting of DL3JJ, DF7TT, DK8YY, DL4JS, DL5SE, DL2ARD, DL8ALU, OK4MM, YS1ZC, YS1MAE and YS1GMV will be active from Capricho Beach House, Barra de Santiago, El Salvador between January 29 to February 10, 2012 as HU2DX.

They will be QRV on 160-10m with main focus on LF.

QSL via DH7WW.

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Giovanni IK5BCM, Giuseppe IK5CBE and Giovanni IK5CRH will be active from Mayotte between January 28 to February 5, 2012 as TO4M.

Activity on 80-10m CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31.

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QSL via IK5CRH.

Following recent news that operations from Jan Mayen would become rare by visiting ham groups, and likely activity only by professional, licensed staff members at the Olonkin base, Svein LA9JKA will be based on the island beginning March 22, 2012 for one year.

QSL direct only to Svein Rabbevag, Brendlia 12, N-6013 Alesund, Norway.

UPDATE: Mike VP8DMH will be heading over to the new Halley VI base on Saturday (January 28, 2012) to do some work on the new HF radios and antenna system. He’s hoping to be somewhere around the top end of 20m from 20z, which should allow him to work EU in the early evening and follow the propagation across the pond later on. [tnx F5PFP]

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Update by Laci HA0NAR

Callsign: FW0NAR

Three operators will leave Budapest on January 21, 2012. Via LAX and Nadi (Fiji) we will arrive to Wallis. We will finish on February 23, 2012.

We will run two stations in parallel 160-6 meters with solid state linears (CW, SSB, RTTY). Focusing on low bands, especially 160, 80, 40 and 30 meters with Spider (18m) verticals. A week long side trip will also be organized to Futuna island (OC118) for IOTA hunters early February. I will also take part on the ARRL CW contest.

More updated info and online logsearch available here.

• Following info provided by Steve 9M6DXX:

William, V63YWR is a new operator resident on Federai Island, Ulithi Atoll, OC-078, in the state of Yap, Micronesia. He is using an IC-718 and longwire, but will soon have a Hexbeam sent from Hawaii.

He uses amateur radio mainly for family phone patches with AH7G in Hawaii but will happily exchange reports in a relaxed fashion (not pile-up style) with callers after the phone patch business is over. There are apparently no telephone lines on the island and local inhabitants cannot afford to use satellite phones. This is amateur radio as it used to be – I don’t remember hearing phone patches in operation since the 1970s!

Phone patches in operation at 0730, worked at 0900, on 14245kHz with Richard, AH7G, and John, KH6DLK, also in the QSO. John also holds the callsign V63JB and is helping them install an HF radio system on Federai.

AH7G will be getting QSL cards printed for V63YWR later.

This all-day program will take place on the Friday of the Visalia International DX Convention, 20th April 2012. Among the lecturers are AA7A, G3SXW, K4UEE, K9LA, N7NG, W3UR, W6OAT, W9KNI and XE1KK, many of whom are inductees of the CQ DX Hall of Fame.

Learn the secrets of operating techniques for working DX, optimizing stations & antennas for DXing, about propagation, information sources, awards, ethics, remote operating, QSLing and much more. You will also get the DXpeditioner’s view of how DXers should operate to get into the log.

Over half of the limited student places have already been reserved since Registrations opened only three weeks ago. The fee is only $50, including lunch and breaks, but this will increase to $55 for places reserved after 1st February.

Sign up now at: www.dxuniversity.com

Barney, ZS4U (ZS6TQ) will be active from the Democratic Republic of Congo between March 10 to April 5, 2012 as 9Q6/ZS4U.

QRV on 40-6m CW, SSB and PSK.

QSL via home call.

Allan, W6HGF plans to be operating from St Pierre & Miquelon between approximately February 10-20, 2012, depending on transportation and weather.

Activity focused on digital, mostly RTTY, including entry into the CQ WW WPX RTTY contest and ARRL CW Contest.

QSL and further details here.