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QRT
March 17, 2015

E30FB
Eritrea

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QSL : E30FB online log - QSL Manager has OQRS at M0URX Eritrea OQRS

Other links where you may find important info regarding this DX activation: DX-World  |  The Daily DX  |  QRZ.com DX Forum  |  E-Ham.net DX Forum
The Reverse Beacon Network  |  ClubLog  |  Announced DX Activations

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NOTES: 0900 UTC March 17th 2015 - they are now QRT -  it appears that they made their final Club Log upload.

March 16, 2015 - Latest News From E30FB: (Thank you to DX-World.net)

"As we are about to start our last day, our goal of 60,000 contacts is within reach. The team worked very hard last night to satisfy the need for 30, 40 and 160 meter contacts. We will continue to do so tonight. On Tuesday at 0900 UTC, we will make our last contact and QRT for our tear down of antennas and stations. All logs will be uploaded to ClubLog before we depart from Asmara tomorrow night. Our QSL Manager, Tim-M0URX will investigate all requests for missing contacts. If you wish to donate to support E30FB, you can do so at our PayPal address of jh1ajt@fgc.or.jp OQRS is live here Thank you, The E30FB Team! "

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Here's a very brief YouTube video of E30FB asking for "NA" only:

Previous UPDATE March 7 19:39 UTC: The team had originally stated that they would op SSB (this weekend) only on the WARC bands but have apparently changed plans and are working 10M SSB right now.

Previous UPDATE March 7 14:00 UTC: Cluster spots continue to have erroneous posts - best to make sure of who you are working before logging it - it's the ARRL DX SSB contest this weekend and they will not be working the contest. 

Previous UPDATE March 7, 03:49 UTC: I was away from station until 03:35 - powered up and tuned in - they were strong here in  Florida but then went QRT suddenly a few minutes later - last band spot anywhere was at 00:46 UTC - it's been three hours with zero activity and no spots - nothing - wondering if they lost AC power???

Previous UPDATE March 6, 17:00 UTC : Team member Paul (N6PSE) says that at 15:00z, E30FB was QRV on two bands - with two more to be added soon. The internet connection there is "very problematic" so uploads to ClubLog may be impacted. (Thank you to DX-World.net)

Previous UPDATE: March 6, 12:00 UTC - team has arrived and will set up later today for QRV - will be active on CW (15-20-30-40 plus 12/17 SSB) during the ARRL SSB DX contest this weekend. Other bands will come later. Using same call (E30FB) as last operation - unclear if ClubLog will be used for this op or not. Will advise as info becomes available.  (Thank you to DX-World.net)

From Press Release #1 By JH1AJT- Y. Zorro Miyazawa:

"The SEISA/Foundation for Global Children is pleased to announce our next activity as “Eritrea Project 2015”.   As part of this project, we will conduct an amateur radio DXpedition from Asmara Eritrea, from March 6th to 17th, 2015. A multi-national team of nine operators, consisting of: Zorro - JH1AJT Team Leader, Paul - N6PSE Co-Leader, Franz - DJ9ZB, Jay - JA1TRC, Yuki - JH1NBN, Kazu - JH1OGX, Thomas - NQ7R, David - WD5COV and Dmitri - RA9USU."

See the full press release with more details on their QSL (M0URX) Manager's E3A page here: http://www.m0urx.com/3-M0URX/577-eritrea-project-2015.html

If you have comments, QSO reports or info to share regarding this DX station please email wb9lur@CallingDX.com

Other Links With Useful Info For Current and Future DX Activations

The Daily DX

This is a subscription based, email delivered, daily DX briefing by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, that I find essential. Bernie is also the DX editor for QST's DX column. The Daily DX offers a totally free two week trial subscription that I urge you to check out!

Besides the regular daily briefing sent via email - very often there are "flash" announcements and updates as the situation warrants.

DX-World

This is a free website that is constantly updated before, during and after DXpeditions. They also  provide full coverage of other rare DX and IOTA activations. Hats off to Col (MM0NDX) and the whole team at DX-World!

QRZ.com and E-Ham.net
DX Forums

These are two active forums that will often have threads about specific DX activations with posts being made in real time during the DX activation by fellow hams. You'll get important info (and some fun stuff too) about operations "on-the-air" right now! Just look for the thread with the call sign of interest!

Reverse Beacon Network

Useful for CW and RTTY Ops. See what receivers from all round the world are "hearing" in real time!