IK5ROS Ham Site

5R, MADAGASCAR (Update/Also ZS5). Sam, G4OHX, will be active as 5R8HX from Madagascar (IOTA AF-013 and WLOTA L2455) between December 28th and January 3rd (2010). Activity will be mainly CW. He will also be active from South Africa as ZS5/G4OHX between January 4-17th. QSL via his home callsign direct only.

4U1A, SWITZERLAND (Awareness about HIV/AIDS through  Amateur Radio).
According to UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS),
estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including
2.5 million children. During 2008, some 2.5 million people became newly
infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected
with HIV do so before they are 25 and die of AIDS-related illnesses
before they are 35. Around 95% of people living with HIV reside in
developing countries. However, HIV today is a threat to men, women and
children throughout the world. Started on December 1st, 1988, the aim
of "World AIDS Day" is to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice
and improve education. "World AIDS Day" is important in reminding
people that HIV has not gone away, and that much still needs to be done.
  A special amateur radio station will be operating at UNAIDS HQ in Geneva,
Switzerland, from December 1-7th, 2009, with the special event callsign
4U1AIDS. They invite people to observe the "World AIDS Day" and demonstrate
global HIV awareness.
  International World Aids Day 2009 Amateur Radio Certificate: Those
amateur radio stations which have a radio contact with 4U1AIDS on any
3 amateur radio bands, will awarded a special commemorative certificate
“World AIDS Day Award”.
  Amateur radio stations that have radio contact with 4U1AIDS on 5 amateur
radio bands will be awarded a special commemorative UNAIDS pennant.
  Special QSL card: For each radio contact with 4U1AIDS, a special QSL
card will be sent.
  QSL information: For further information, please get in contact with:
Andrey Fedorov, UNAIDS, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
  WEB sites: Official UNAIDS WEB site:     http://www.UNAIDS.org
  Amateur Radio 4U1AIDS WEB site:     http://www.DX-World.com/4u1aids

5H, TANZANIA. Harald, DL7VSN, is once again heading to Tanzania and will
probably be active as 5H1HS, this time from the Kilimanjaro area, starting
on November 1st. His length of stay was not mentioned. Activity will be
160-10 meters using mainly CW and RTTY. He will use various dipoles with
100 watts. If all plans go well, Harald may activate his 5th IOTA group
from this DXCC entity for one or two days. Harald will also be in the
Serengeti and Tarangire National Park starting November 18th, and hopes
to be active from these areas. QSL via his home callsign.

8R, GUYANA (Update). Paulo, PV8DX, a member/part of the "Amateur Brazilian
Team", will be active as 8R1PY from Lethem, between now and November 4th.
He states that he will try 160 meters. However, there is no electricity
during the night, and he will use a generator, which is noisy. Other
activity will be on 160-6 meters, including 30/17/12 meters, using CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Other operators mentioned are: Edi/PU8TEP, Abilio/
PV8AZ, Ivan/PV8IG, Ivan/PY1YB, Anderson/PY2TNT and Alex/PY2WAS. QSL via
PY2WAS.

9J, ZAMBIA. Niko, S53A, will once again be active as 9J3A from The Hippo
Lodge, (see http://www.hippolodge.com ), Kafue National Park, between
November 25-30th. He also plans to be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. His equipment will be
a IC-7000, spiderbeam for the high bands (20-10m), 80m vertical, and a
40m 2 element wire delta loopa. QSL via S57S direct to: Aleksander Zagar,
Golisce 132,  SI-1281 SLOVENIA.

9V, SINGAPORE. James, 9V1JP, is a new operator from here and has been
active on 20 meters. He states on QRZ.com that he is "in a very challenging
environment and is trying hard to put out a decent signal on HF." He
also states, "If you need a QSL card, please be patient. I am in the
process of designing them, and they should be good and ready in the spring
of 2010."

BA4, CHINA. Yoshihiro, JK2VOC, will be active from Dale's, BA4TB, QTH
between November 27-30th. He will also be in the CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via JK2VOC.

C4, CYPRUS. Operators Andy/LZ2HM, Ken/G0ORH and possibly others will be
active as C4I during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). QSL via
LZ2HM.

CARIBBEAN TOUR. Mike, DF8AN, will once again be active from the Caribbean.
This time from two DXCC entities. He should be on the air by the time
you read this. His schedule is as follows:
  Galapagos Islands (HC8) - HC8/DF8AN between now and November 7th
  Netherlands Antilles (PJ4) - PJ4/DF8AN from the Island of Bonaire
                               between November 7-16th.
Activity will be mainly CW. He will be using wire antennas. QSL via
DF8AN, by the Bureay or direct.

CE0, EASTER ISLAND (SA-001). Roberto, YV5IAL, will be active as CE0/YV5IAL
between January 8-11th. This will be a QRP, portable, holiday style
operation. Activity will be on PSK31 digital mode on 14070.15 kHz from
2200-0100z, and occasionally on 40/30/15 meters. QSL via his home callsign.

CR3/CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS (Update/QSL Change). Jose, CT1BOH, will be
using the special callsign CR3E during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will use the callsign CT3NT
before the contest starting November 24th. All QSOs will be uploaded
into LoTW. QSL Manager, Joe, W3HNK, is now taking over QSL chores for
CT3NT and CR3E. See his Web page and station at: http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh

CR3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Operators Ulrich/DJ2YA, Walter/DJ6QT, Arno/DL1CW,
Ulf/DL5AXX and George/SV1RP will be active as CR3L during the CQWW DX CW
Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via DJ6QT. Operators
will be active as CT9/homecall between November 24th and December 3rd.

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, reports that the
following operations are approved for DXCC credit:
   3D20CR - Conway Reef; 2009 Operation
   3D2CV  - Conway Reef; 2009 Operation

E4, PALESTINE. There is a E4X callsign listed on QRZ.com, but no other
details are provided. Stay tuned!

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Mauri, OH2BYS, will once again be active as EA8CMX
from Galdar, Isla de Gran Canaria (AF-004, DIE S-005, WLOTA L0969), during
the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (???)
entry. QSL via OH2BYS.

EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Val, RD3AF, will be active as EF8M from Santa Maria
de Guia, Las Palmas Gran Canaria (AF-004, DIE S-005, WLOTA L 0969) during
the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ High-
Power entry. QSL via UA3DX.

EL, LIBERIA. Chris, ZS6RI (aka-ZS8IR, ZD9IR, 5H9IR), is expected to be
here for about six weeks starting at the beginning of November. His
callsign will be EL8RI. Activity will be QRP on the HF bands (mentioned
40/20/30m) using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. After his 6 week stay,
he will return home and then return to EL-land after 3 weeks. QSL EL8RI
via ZS6RI.

GD/MD, ISLE OF MAN. Operators Ron/PA3EWP and Tom/GM4FDM will be active
as MD/PA3EWP and GD4FDM, respectively, between November 7-9th. Activity
will be on the HF bands. QSL MD/PA3EWP via PA7FM and GD4FDM via GM4FDM.

GU, GUERNSEY. Bob, GU4YOX, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power entry.
QSL via GU4YOX, direct or LoTW.

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Operators Kazik/DL2SBY, Tomi/HA4DX and Laci/HA0HW
will once again operate from Masessa between November 6-13th. Their main
focus will be to do as many QSOs as possible on the 160, 80 and 40
meter bands. They will have 3 radios (2 with amplifiers). On 160m, they
will use a 18m Spiderpole inverted L; on 80m an inverted Vee and a loaded
GP; and on 40m a GP on another 12m Spiderpole. For the upper bands they
will have a Spider beam on top of a 11m mast. Operations will be mostly
CW, but some SSB also expected. QSL by the Bureau to each appropriate
operator.

HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Update). A group of the contesters from Quito
Radio Club will be active as HC8N from Isla de San Cristobal (SA-004,
WLOTA L0094) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a
Multi-Multi entry. Some of the operators mentioned (and the bands that
they will be on) are: Dave/N3RD (40m), Bob/W6RGG (20m), Dennis/K2SX (10m)
and possibly others. QSL via W5UE.

HS, THAILAND (Good News). John, W2YR (aka-HS0ZDJ), informs OPDX that he
just received this information from the International Secretary of the
Radio Amateur Society of Thailand: FYI - the NTC is the National Tele-
communications Council akin to our FCC in the USA -- "Hi, Good news
(just received from Narissara, HS1CHB): the NTC has approved the RAST
request made recently for the expansion of the 7-MHz for amateur radio
on a primary basis in Thailand from 7.0-7.1 to 7.0-7.2 MHz. (This had
been approved internationally at the WRC-03 conference and was to be
effective March 29 this year, pending approval on a country-by-country
basis.) This becomes effective "next Friday," which I take to be November
6th, 2009."