NEWS

DX BULLETINS


SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Bill, N7OU will be QRV as
E51NOU from Rarotonga, IOTA OC-013, from September 15
to October 11. He will be active on 40 to 10 meters
using only CW. QSL to home call


3DA0JOTA & 3DA0DJ
David GI4FUM / EI4DJ will be active in a DXpedition to Swaziland
during October to revisit the Hawane site that the Irish Radio Transmitters Society AFRI75 DXpedition were so successful from in CQWPX SSB - March 2007. They ran
a multi two station and made over 9 million points that weekend. They
will be operating as 3DA0JOTA for Jamboree on the Air over 18th &
19th October. They also should have a group of 20 Swazi scouts camping with
them that weekend. It will be their first experience of JOTA. The
following weekend David will be operating as 3DA0DJ in CQWW SSB. They will
be using the same antenna farm as used by the AFRI75 DXpedition
which includes a four square on 40m, verticals for 80m and top band
and a log periodic on the higher bands. There may also be activity
on AO-51. The station will comprise a FT1000 plus 1kW linear on HF.
We expect to have four or five operators. The callsign 3DA0DJ will
be active on HF bands from 18th until 28th October. QSL via GI4FUM -
see 3DA0DJ details on QRZ.com

Swaziland, 18-19 October David GI4FUM / EI4DJ will be
active from Swaziland during JOTA using the call
3DA0JOTA . There will be a group of 20 Swazi scouts
experiencing JOTA for the first time. QSL via GI4FUM -
see 3DA0DJ details on “QRZ dot com”

Swaziland, 25-26 October David GI4FUM / EI4DJ will be
active during CQWW SSB from the former IRTS AFRI75
Dxpedition site & antenna farm in Hawane using the
call 3DA0DJ. The 3DA0DJ call will be active from
18-28 October QSL via GI4FUM - see 3DA0DJ details on
“QRZ dot com”

SPECIAL EVENT STATION

GB2STI ( Steam Trains Ireland ) will be operating
'Railways On The Air' the weekend commencing
Saturday 27th September, from the excursion platform
of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
Whitehead Co Antrim.

We intend to operate 80/40/20m and will also have a 2m
multimode station on air

The station will be operated by members and friends of
the Antril & District Amateur Radio Society as part of
the celebrations of the first steam passenger train to
operate in the British isles.

Start time on Saturday is 10am special QSL Card is
available for all contacts made during the event via
the qsl manager GI0KPF

NASA - To Discuss Conditions On And Surrounding The Sun.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_M08176_Ulysses_teleconference.html

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m. EDT, to discuss data from the joint NASA and European Space Agency Ulysses mission that reveals the sun's solar wind is at a 50-year low. The sun's current state could result in changing conditions in the solar system.

SOHO MDI Continuum Latest Image
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/...e/mdi_igr/512/

New Cycle 24 Sunspot and SSN wavelet analysis
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/2...le-24-sunspot/

Source:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/2...-10-questions/

Invitation for 2009 DXpedition to NA-233 Aleutians (KL7)

Yuri Sushkin N3QQ would like to invite interested parties to participate in IOTA DXpedition to Gareloi Island (new-one, NA-233) located ~80nm from Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, scheduled for 2nd part of July- early August of 2009.
Details:
http://www.na-234.com/contact_chugin...xpedition.html


IARUMS Region 1

Most member societies of Region 1 have been monitoring
the Incursion on this QRG After monitoring UNIFIL voice
traffic on 14.055 USB from Lebanon.

Ger EI4GXB our Region 1 Monitoring Team member has
filed a complaint to COMREG on 1st September. This
issue now seems to be resolved after OD Monitor OD5RI,
managed to get in direct contact with the UNIFIL
Authorities who have promised to cease operations on
this frequency.

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