Archive for March, 2008

Very active on 20/40m RTTY today (March 24).

•  QSL via LA4XEA

Unclear yet whether JX4 callsign is valid.

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** further info has come to light via the DX cluster.

LA4RT says he phoned the holder of the callsign,  LA4A.

LA4A is a club station callsign inwhich the chairman has no knowledge of any activity on Jan Mayen.

Another bootleg bites the dust.

Insight into the life of Petrus, ZS6GCM / 3Y0E / ZS8T

 Press release from CQ DX Awards quoted below:

(Hicksville, NY) March 21, 2008 — Kosovo is being added to the list of
countries and territories recognized for CQ DX awards, effective
immediately, CQ DX Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF, announced today.

Verifications for contacts made on or after February 17, 2008 are acceptable
for CQ DX Award credit. CQ DX Honor Roll members with 335 or more credits
should update by May 31st for highest placement in Honor Roll listings.

The new 339 entity maximum will appear on CQ DX Honor Rolls to be prepared
in early June. CQ DX Honor Roll listings prepared in early April will be
based on a 338 maximum count.

All Kosovo contacts will count for field KN on applications for the CQ DX
Field Award.

Kosovo’s status has been the subject of some controversy in the amateur
radio community as well as the world community, as the ARRL declared that
special operations from there on February 17 will count as Serbia, not
Kosovo, in terms of DXCC credit. The United States and many European
countries immediately recognized Kosovo’s independence. However, Russia and
China are opposed to it and Russia has threatened to veto any U.N. action to
recognize Kosovo as an independent nation.

“We are aware that the ARRL has not yet added Kosovo to the DXCC list,”
explained CQ magazine Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. “The League says it is
waiting for Kosovo to become a member state of the United Nations or be
issued a callsign block by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
a U.N. agency. However, because of geopolitical issues far beyond the realm
of amateur radio, it is unlikely that the United Nations or the ITU will act
on Kosovo in the near future, even though the United States and many other
countries have granted it recognition.”

“Because it is CQ’s policy to grant credit for contacts with ‘new’ entities
as of the date that their status changes,” Moseson continued, “we have
decided not to wait for U.N. action, but to follow the lead of the United
States and other countries that have recognized Kosovo’s independence, and
to grant credit for contacts made with stations in Kosovo as of its
independence day, February 17, 2008.”

(NOTE: This action does not affect the country list for the CQ WW DX
Contest. CQWW rules state that its country list is composed of those
entities on the DXCC list and the WAE (Worked All Europe) award list. If the
WAE Committee decides to add Kosovo to its list, it will automatically be
added to the CQWW list.)

Further to this post now appears the E7 prefix is official:

JA5EWH 7011.0 E74IW now here 2007 21 Mar
DL1YAW 7001.1 E74IW cqcq 2006 21 Mar
OE8GMQ   3787.0 E78AA       Bosnia-Herzegovina            2013 21 Mar

Update in comments field below:

Access to the islands can only be done with the military already in place. This operation is expected to take place between 1st May and June 30, 2008.

A reinforced team of 5 to 8 operators, with more equipment if possible, will activate this rare island thanks to the authorisation of the armed forces under the high authority of major general Dominique ROYAL, commander of the French Signals and Graduate Studies School of Rennes, and with the green light of general Bruno CUCHE, chief of staff of the Army and general de Saint-Salvy, Chief of Staff Army for the South Indian Ocean zone.

Our host on the islands will be the Foreign Legion; there is no doubt this will be another exciting expedition.

On our way then to the CDXC GLORIOSO 2008 expedition ! ! !

Didier F5OGL

Website above

In such a short space of time two of the most wanted DXCC entities have been made possible by one man. Petrus ZS6GCM, most recently on Bouvet as 3Y0E, is now headed to another rare DXCC – Marion Island using the callsign ZS8T.

Within www.ZS8T.net you will find an abundance of information, discussions, images/movies and enough viewing to entice you into working Petrus. The entire ZS8T Team would be delighted if you joined us in following.

Spare time operation by HB9BEI & HB9AUZ.

Uncertain when end date.