DX News – 29 April 2018

Cezar, VE3LYC should be starting this Sunday from the Duff Islands in the Temotu part of the Solomon Islands. He will be active until 3 May. This is OC-179 for IOTA. The operation has been partly supported by the RSGB DXpedition Fund.

Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima (AS-031), in the Ogasawara Islands until 4 May. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40 to 10m. Makoto, JI5RPT will be active as JD1BLY from the same island on 2 to 4 May.

YL operators Kay, WA0WOF (A52YLE) and Mio, JR3MVF (A52YLM) will be active as A52YL from Bhutan until 6 May.  They will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. JH3AEF and JA3IVU will also be active as A52AEF and A52IVU in their spare time. The team will be QRV on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes.

Chris, VO1IDX will be active as 6Y5IDX from Jamaica (NA-097) from 29 April to 6 May. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres.

A very large team of Indonesian operators will be active from Tinabo, one of the Taka Bonerate Islands (OC-242) until 1 May, and from Salayar Island (OC-236) on 1 to 2 May. They will be QRV on 15 to 40 metres.

The First Class CW Operators’ Club (FOC) will be celebrating its 80th anniversary with a month-long event throughout May. It features a large number of special FOC suffix call signs from all around the world, many of them containing the number 80. Points are scored by making CW QSOs with individual FOC members and the special call signs, once per band, and certificates will be available depending on participants’ positions in the final table on Club Log—detailed information at g4foc.org/foc80.

A Russian Robinson Club team will be active as C96RRC from Mozambique Island (AF-088) from29 April to 3 May.

A large, mainly Belgian, group will be active as C8T from Mozambique on 2 to 15 May. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres with four stations. A fifth station will operate 2m EME, 60m and extra digimodes on all bands.

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