"VY2 LAND" DX and Contest Info for the week of May 16, 2008 :

 

FIJI, 3D2.  Eddie, VK4AN and Rajiv, VK4FRAJ will be QRV as 3D2A from May 17 to 31.

 

TUNISIA, 3V.  Zoki, Z33F and Momo, Z31MM are QRV as 3V8SS from the scout camp in Sousse until May 26.

 

UNITED NATIONS HQ, 4U_UN.  Roger, G3SXW and Johnny, LA5IIA will be QRV as 4U1UN on May 17 and 18, with an emphasis on the low bands.
QSL via HB9BOU.

 

UGANDA, 5X.  Franz, DC7NF is QRV as 5X7FN until the end of June. Activity is mainly on 40 and 20 meters using SSB and generally around 1700 to 2100z.  QSL to home call.

 

RWANDA, 9X.  Rich, WA3FPK is QRV as 9X0A for about three weeks. Activity is in his spare time and mainly on 20 meters using SSB.
QSL via KA1CRP.

 

MOZAMBIQUE, C9.  Rodrigo, C91R is QRV until August 1.  QSL via CT1BXT.

 

SAINT BARTHELEMY, FJ.  Harry, AC8G will be QRV as FJ/homecall from May 22 to 27. 

 

JERSEY, GJ.  Geoff, G4ICD is QRV as GJ4ICD for about 10 days. Activity is on the HF bands with a focus on 6 meters.  He has a 6 meter beacon on 50140 kHz.  QSL to home call.

 

SVALBARD, JW.  Juergen, DJ3KR will be QRV as JW/DJ3KR from May 20 to 26.  QSL to home call.

 

NETHERLANDS, PA.  Members of the Veron Traffic Bureau are QRV with special callsign PA143ITU until May 30 in celebration of the 143rd
anniversary of the ITU and World Telecommunication Day.

 

CHAD, TT.  Duarte, CT1CPP is QRV as TT9/homecall for about one year. Activity is on the HF bands.  QSL to home call.

 

MICRONESIA, V6.  Shoji, JA7HMZ will be QRV as V63DX from Pohnpei Island, IOTA OC-010, from May 19 to 24.  Activity will be on all HF
bands.  QSL to home call.

 

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5.  Bob, K0OK will be QRV as VP5/homecall from May 21 to 28 from Providenciales, IOTA NA-002.
 

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF.  Jim, W6NRJ will be QRV as ZF2LJ from Grand Cayman, IOTA NA-016, from May 17 to 22.

 

Austria (OE) and Switzerland (HB) are hosting the 2008 Football Championship Award.  Information on the "EURO-AWARD 2008" can be found on this site: http://eurodiplom2008.oevsv.at/opencms/englishcontent/

 

WEEKEND OF MAY 16 ON THE RADIO:

EU PSK DX Contest	1200Z, May 17 to 1200Z, May 18
His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW	1200Z, May 17 to 1200Z, May 18
Feld Hell Sprint	1500Z-1700Z, May 17
Manchester Mineira All America CW Contest	1500Z, May 17 to 2359Z, May 18
Baltic Contest	2100Z, May 17 to 0200Z, May 18
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest	0100Z-0300Z, May 19

 

WEEKEND OF MAY23 ON THE RADIO:

NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint	0030Z-0230Z, May 22
RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW	1900Z-2030Z, May 22
CQ WW WPX Contest, CW	0000Z, May 24 to 2359Z, May 25
VK/Trans-Tasman 80m Contest, CW	0800Z-1300Z, May 24

 

Please see the ARRL site at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/#corral and the WA7BNM site: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/weeklycont.php for contest details. Many thanks to the "425 DX News": http://www.425dxn.org/ , the "ARRL DX Bulletin" and "Contest Corral": http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/ and "WA7BNM Contest Calendar": http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html for the above information. Much more information can be found on the above sites.

GL es Gud DX de Ken  VY2RU