DAYTON CTU 2008
Tim Duffy, K3LR, CTU Chairman, reports: "I am pleased to announce that
'early bird' registration for Dayton ConTest University (CTU) 2008 is
now OPEN. The CTU staff is working hard to prepare an interesting and
informative curriculum for 2008. CTU will be held in Dayton, Ohio, on
Thursday, May 15th, 2008. CTU 2008 will feature some of the best Radio
Contest operators and station builders ("CTU Professors). They will
present state of the art contesting topics that will increase your
knowledge and fun. Thanks to Icom for their support of CTU 2008 and our
contesting radio sport. For CTU 2008 details and registration, 2007 CTU
wrap up and more information, go to: http://www.contestuniversity.com
Please make sure that you click on the registration page and indicate
if you are a returning CTU graduate "Graduate School" or this is your
first time attending CTU. Based upon the tremendous attendance at CTU
2007, I expect the CTU 2008 student registration slots will fill up
fast. Space is limited. Hope to see you at CTU 2008.... Thanks to Scott,
KA9FOX, and QTH.com for his hosting of the Contest University Web site! Merry Christmas and 73! ... Tim, K3LR" 4S7DXG - Illegal Operation
Victor Goonetilleke, 4S7VK, Secretary RSSL, reports:
"I am sorry to inform you as the Secretary of the Radio Society of
Sri Lanka that Ivan, a Ukranian Ham, is operating without a valid
licence.
"He had a Sri Lankan callsign from a previous occasion, and he applied
for a renewal which has not been granted yet from the Ministry of Defense.
"In the meantime he is stealthily operating and also claiming to
operate from IOTA 171 Barbaryn Island which needs special clearance
from the Harbour Master which he hasn't received, while operating from
elsewhere in Sri Lanka, again without a valid license. No one is
permitted to land without this clearance on Barbarine.
"We have brought this to the notice of the authorities. Last time when
he was in Sri Lanka he operated with his Maldivian callsign while in
Sri Lanka. We are sad to say that any contacts by him should not be
counted as valid."
Source: OPDX
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The Ducie Island, VP6DX DXpedition
The International DXpedition to Ducie Island, VP6DX in the South Pacific
will be on the air February 10 through 28.
At present containers with equipment are on their way to New Zealand.
The team led by the German DXer Carsten, DL6LAU, comprises outstanding
operators from Germany, Estonia, USA, Russia, Poland and Greece.
They will set up 7 stations; 5 of them will have a kilowatt amplifier
provided by the Bulgarian private company ACOM and two of them will be
used at 100 watts.
A variety of antennas will be used: on 160 meters phased, linear loaded
verticals, on 80 metres two 4-squares for SSB and CW at the same time,
on 40 and 30 meters – 4-squares, on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters – phased
vertical dipoles and on 6 meters – a Yagi beam antenna.
Ducie Island, a rarely visited island atoll, has been part of
the Pitcairn Islands since 1902. There are no permanent inhabitants.
The atoll is located 540 km east of Pitcairn and has a total area,
including the lagoon, of 3.9 sq. km. There are four islets on the rim of
the atoll. The land area is 0.7 sq. km.
Portuguese sailor Pedro Fernandez de Quiros discovered Ducie on
January 26, 1606 and named it La Encarnacion.
It was later rediscovered by the British in 1791 by Captain Edward Edwar
who commanded the Pandorra while searching for the mutineers from
the Bounty. Ducie Island is named after Baron Ducie, a captain in
the Royal Navy.
The island was claimed in 1867 for the United States under
the Guano Islands Act and the UK annexed the island in 1902.
Source: Radio Bulgaria DX Programme
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4S7DXG Invalid
I am sorry to inform you as the Secretary of the Radio Society of SriLanka
that Ivan a Ukranian Ham is operating without a valid licence.
He had a Sri Lankan call sign from a previous occasion and he applied for
a renewal which has not been granted yet from the Ministry of Defense.
In the meantime he is stealthily operating and also claiming to operate
from IOTA 171 Barbaryn Island which needs special clearance from
the Harbour Master which he hasn’t received, while operating from
elsewhere in Sri Lanka, again without a valid license. No one is permitted
to land without this clearance on Barbarine. We have brought this to
the notice of the Authorities.
Last time when he was in Sri Lanka he operated with his Maldivian Call
sign while in Sri Lanka. We are sad to say that any contacts
by him should not be counted as valid.
Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK
Secretary RSSL.
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ZD7X
Hello all,
I will be departing St. Helena island in April 2008. This will
prematurely bring to a close my eight month ZD7X operation.
Thanks to the Radio Amateurs in over 225 countries with whom I have
established on-the-air friendships with.
The reason that I moved to ZD7 land was my dream of constructing a
Big Gun contesting/DXing station here on St. Helena island.
Unfortunately, I must now abondon this project. I WILL start again in
2008 from another desirable DX location.
Tom ZD7X
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