IK5ROS Ham Site

3W/XV, VIETNAM. Mike, OM2DX (aka E4/OM2DX, YI9X..etc), is now in Hanoi, and is working for the Embassy of the Slovak Republic. He has obtained a license with the callsigns XV9DX and 3W1M. He is expected to be here the next 3 years and be active on all bands using CW, SSB and the Digi modes. QRNs shown that Mike has been on 40/20/17/15 meters CW this past week. QSL via OM3JW.

5X, UGANDA. Peter, DL8SBQ, is now active as 5X4X from Arua until June.
Activity will be on 40/20/17/15/12/10 meters SSB. Over the past week
Peter was on 20/17/15 meters. He uses only 100 watts into a Spiderbeam
for 20-10 meters and a Zepp antenna for 40 meters. PLEASE NOTE: Peter
cannot operate after 2000z because the power is off in Arua. So, if
you hear a station on after that time, it is a pirate. QSL via DF5GQ.

7X, ALGERIA. Fred, ON6QR, will be active as 7X2ARA, the club callsign
of "Amamteur Radio Algerians", for only a few hours this week. He will
be on the air starting at 2000z on January 17th, until early morning on
the 18th. His aim is to make QSOs during the Hungarian DX Contest and
will be pleased to put you in the log. His activity will be on both CW
and SSB; bands will be used according to propagation. QSL via 7X2ARA.

A3, TONGA (EME DXpedition Report). Paul, A35RK, informs that he has been
talking to Bob, ZL1RS (now signing as A35RS), on the phone because he
was a little concerned about him due to some nasty weather and wind storms
coming out of the NW. Bob is situated on the NW end of the island. Paul
states, "Bob said that he has had some trouble keeping his antenna pointed,
because of the wind, but he's fine and all his equipment is working OK.
Bob said that he has made about 60 2m EME contacts so far."

ATTENTION 6M DXERS. Justin, K9MU, has an interesting North American 50
MHz Beacon Map available at:         http://www.k9mu.com/map/
Also, visit his VHF Web page at:     http://www.k9mu.com

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports that the following
is approved for DXCC credit:
  T61AA - Afghanistan
PLEASE NOTE: The license for this operation has been updated. Anyone
having this operation rejected recently can send an E-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it >'; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text65476 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //-->\n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
to be placed on the list for an update.

E4, PALESTINE (Update). The E44M operation is now QRT. For this operation you
can either QSL direct, by the Bureau or LoTW (in reasonable time). An
online log search is available at:
           http://www.hamradioweb.org/e44mlogsearch.html
PLEASE NOTE:      The QSL Manager for BUREAU QSL CARDS is SP3DOI.
                  The QSL Manager for DIRECT QSL CARDS is IZ0BTV.
Also, BUREAU QSL CARDS can be requested via E-mail at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Your request must be clear and complete with all the details (your
callsign, time, RST, date, mode...). Please don't send them multiple
E-mails for each QSOs, only one (with all your QSOs listed) will be
enough. Any incomplete E-mails without these will be ignored. BUREAU
cards will be managed after the direct ones. For updates, watch the
following Web pages.
  The forum at: http://www.hamradioweb.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39
  The E44M Web page at:       http://www.dxcoffee.com/e44m