DX Info
The end of a country - The Netherlands Antilles
10-10-2010
ON5EX
With a 99% certainty many things are about to change for the people and all radio amateurs in the Netherlands Antilles.
On October 10, 2010 the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the islands will emerge with several new statuses. The two current DXCC entities of PJ2/PJ4 Leeward Islands and PJ5/PJ6/PJ7 Windward Islands are expected to be deleted. St. Maarten (PJ7) will become a new DXCC entity. Curacao(PJ2) will become a new DXCC entity. Bonaire (PJ4) will become a new DXCC entity. Saba (PJ6) along with St. Eustatius (PJ5) will become a single DXCC entity due to their proximity to each other. In short, 2 entities will be disappearing, but 4 will come back!
A large multi-national group are planning on operating from Bonaire from 10th though 24th October to activate this new DXCC entity. They will be operating from six different locations around the island. See their web page for full information.
On October 10, 2010 the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the islands will emerge with several new statuses. The two current DXCC entities of PJ2/PJ4 Leeward Islands and PJ5/PJ6/PJ7 Windward Islands are expected to be deleted. St. Maarten (PJ7) will become a new DXCC entity. Curacao(PJ2) will become a new DXCC entity. Bonaire (PJ4) will become a new DXCC entity. Saba (PJ6) along with St. Eustatius (PJ5) will become a single DXCC entity due to their proximity to each other. In short, 2 entities will be disappearing, but 4 will come back!
A large multi-national group are planning on operating from Bonaire from 10th though 24th October to activate this new DXCC entity. They will be operating from six different locations around the island. See their web page for full information.
Nieuwe BMA website
28-07-2010
ON5EX
BMA heeft een nieuwe website: www.belgianmillaward.be. Je vindt er alles over het Belgian Mill Award en de BMA-contest.
ON66CLM - Canadian Liberation March
01-07-2010
ON5EX
The Canadian Liberation March is a 33 km march to remember the liberation of the town of Knokke by the Canadian Armed Forces in November 1944. ON66CLM is on the air on all bands and all modes from 01/07/2010 till 31/12/2010.
QSL manager is ON7PP.
VK100WIA - WIA Centenary
02-05-2010
ON5EX
The Wireless Institute of Australia is the World's first and oldest National Radio Society, being founded in 1910. The WIA is a member of the International Amateur Radio Union and represents all Amateur Radio Operators in Australia to the various government bodies.
A special issue call sign VK100WIA will be used by the WIA itself in May 2010 and shared amongst the WIA's affiliated radio clubs until the end of October.
KH5 - Jarvis Island
26-04-2010
ON5EX
Radio Expeditions Inc, the organizer of the record-breaking VP6DX 2008 DXpedition to Ducie Island, is planning a DXpedition to Jarvis Island (KH5) in 2010 November. The on-air dates of approximately Nov 17-Dec 01 (depending on weather and sea conditions) were chosen to maximize propagation openings on both low bands (160-80m) and high bands (12-10m long and short path) to Europe, where demand for KH5 is extremely high.
Click here for more details.
Click here for more details.
ON30ON - 30 jaar ON-contest
01-03-2010
ON5EX
Special event station ON3ØON (Oscar November Thirty Oscar November) will be active during the months of March, April, September and October of 2010. Activity is to commemorate the 30th edition of the Belgian 'ON Contest'. The contest was first organized in 1980 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Kingdom of Belgium. Since then, the yearly event - lasting just four hours on a local Sunday morning - has become increasingly popular. QSLs for ON3ØON go via the UBA bureau or direct to ON4CAS. A special certificate which can be achieved for free has been created in PDF format. Full details are available here.
5R8UI - Nosy Be Island
01-03-2010
ON5EX
Michele, IK5ZUI will be active as 5R8UI from Nosy Be Island,Madagascar, starting early March 2010 and he will stay there probably for one year.
QSL via home call.
QSL via home call.
Istanbul - European Capital of Culture 2010
01-01-2010
ON5EX
Throughout 2010, Istanbul is the European Capital of Culture. TCSWAT will be activating new callsigns from special places, combined with a special award program.| TC2010CCE | Various QTH | 2010 |
| TC2010CCA | Asian Istanbul | 2010 |
| TC2010CCI | Islands of Istanbul | 2010 |
| TC2010PSG | Pilot Sabiha Gökçen SG Airport | March 20-21-22 |
| TC2010RKM | Rahmi Koç Museum | June 4-6 |
| TC2010DHO | Cabotage Day, Naval Academy | July 1-4 |
| TC2010VS | Volvo Youth Sailing World Championship | July 8-11 |
| TC2010IIM | Istanbul Islands Museum, Princess Islands | July 30-31 |
| TC2010LT | Leander's Tower | August 14-15 |
| TC2010RH | Rumeli Hisarı | September 17-19 |
| TC2010AH | Anadolu Hisarı | September 17-19 |
| TC2010IDO | İstanbul Ferries | September 24-26 |
| TC2010GT | Galata Tower | December 10-12 |
DT8A - South Shetland Islands
05-12-2009
ON5EX
Sang, DS4NMJ, will once again be active as DT8A from South Korea’s Antarctic King Sejong Station which is located in the Barton Peninsula, South Shetland Islands. He will be there between December 5th (2009) to January 31st (2011).Activity on 160-10m CW, SSB and RTTY.
QSL via HL2FDW.
