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News Update - This Weekend's DX! - Friday May 8, 2015 01:00 UTC

There are no major DXpeditions this weekend but there will still be some great DX catches on-the-air. Several of these DX activation's won't be QRV until the middle of next week though - check the dates!

In this week's edition I'll be featuring JA0JHQ/VK9X Christmas Island, ZL7/F8FUA Chatham Island, MT0IXD Isle of Man, ZF2ZL Cayman, C6ASZ Bahamas, 8Q7BI Maldives, 3B8/EA5IDQ Mauritius, D44TCA Cape Verde, PW0F Fernando de Noronha and FG/G4SGX Guadeloupe. 

From last week's (May 01)  "This Weekend's DX" column - it looks like J49TSL Crete and JD1YBT Ogasawara are still QRV.

As you scroll down the page you will see links to help you find, work and QSL the DX operations that are planned for this weekend.

If you'd like to do a "Mega" search and have a simultaneous spotting report - updated in real time - of every call sign featured in "This Weekend's DX!" - Click here for the "MEGA-Spot"  (Courtesy of DX Summit).

Next weekend I'll be covering MJ/ON6EF, MJ/ON6VJ, MJ/ON1CH, E51DLD, E51VFT, SV5/SM7EQL, P40CD, P40FN, P40FY, ZF2EM and XT2AW.

Remember to check back here often for "flash" bulletins plus our scheduled weekly update every Friday between 0000 and 02:00 UTC - which is Thursday evenings in North America and early Friday mornings in Europe.

73, "Radio" Randy / WB9LUR

* photo at top of page courtesy of N7OU see his interview on DX-Coffee here!

QSL info for JA0JHQ/VK9X

1) Via the bureau is recommended

2) If you prefer direct use this address:

Nobuaki Hosokawa
1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku , Kawasaki,
Kanagawa 215-0027,

JAPAN

Here's some useful links:

ZL7/F8FUA Clublog
online log here

Quoted from the MT0IXD QRZ page:

"Members from the DX- Interceptors Amateur Radio Club (MS0IXD) will be doing a DX-Pedition to the Isle of Man. Working from Scarlett Point using the modes of SSB, CW and RTTY on the bands of, 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 80m.

Our aim is to provide as much people as possible with a ANTO (all time new one) or new band and modes. Please DON'T be offended if we do not engage in a rag chew over recent events as our aim is to log as many as we can over the peroid. We have only three operators going. Billy GM0OBX Frank MM0HST and Ross GM1KNP using two HF stations hopefully on air as long as possible each day.

LOCATION: IO74PB IOTA: EU-116 QSL IS VIA M0OXO OR LOTW ONLY"

Here's some useful links:

Jim, W8ERI will be active on 20-15 meters SSB. Here's some useful links:

Daniel, N8YSZ, will be QRV as C6ASZ from Long Island in the Bahamas. This is quoted from the C6ASZ QRZ page:

"C6ASZ is Holiday Style DXPedition to Long Island Bahamas May 9-16 2015. 

I plan to be QRV 40-10m with a focus on 40-10m SSB and Digi modes. I'll be on the air as much as possible, but it will not be full time.

This will be a low power operation - rig is an Icom IC-7000 (100w) and I'll be using wire antennas.

73! N8YSZ / C6ASZ"
Here's some useful links:

8Q7BI QSL info via bureau and direct via DG4ABE

Jose, 3B8/EA5IDQ, will be QRV from Mauritius Island (AF-049) and active on 10-40 Meters SSB and RTTY.

Jose has a lot more info on his website and is also a QSL manager for other DX stations as well.

Here's some useful links:

3B8/EA5IDQ Clublog online log here

Jos Wolters, PA3FYC will be active from Boa Vista Island (IOTA AF-086) Cape Verde - he will operate on HF Bands.

Here's some useful links:

Vilho ( "Ville" ) Hiilesmaa, MD (PY2ZEA, OH2MM) is reactivating Fernando de Noronha - here's a quote from his QRZ page:

"PW0F will be active again from May 12 until May 20, 2015 Operator: PY2ZEA Modes: CW and SSB. No RTTY this time, sorry. Bands: 10m to 40m OK. No 6 meters now, sorry. 80 and 160 not sure due to the high noise level and limited space available at the QTH. Furthermore, it is almost summer in the Northern hemisphere, thus the propagation on the low bands is not optimal. Internet on the Island: works poorly. Real-time log search and Email SKEDs are not possible. (...In fact, that's a good thing: More time to be on the bands...) QSL via OH2BH as for the February 2015 operation. Logs: Will be merged with previous PW0F logs in due time (ClubLog and LoTW)"

Here's some useful links:

Iain, G4SGX, will be QRV starting next Wednesday May 13, 2015. This is quoted from the FG/G4SGX QRZ page:

"Will be active 13th May to the 19th May, CW, holiday style with an FT-857D.

40, 30,20 & 15 Meters using SOTA lightweight dipoles and an occasional /P (in my afternoon) on upper bands using an MFJ-1979 telescopic 17 foot vertical on the beach, with a copper ground rod and hopefully radials.

Location is on a EU facing beach, with a breakwater which calms the surf a litle for the vertical.. Pictures to follow.

I'm told (I'll believe it when I see it) there's a constant WiFi connection at the QTH so hope to upload live to clublog if possible.. (see below)

I will not be watching the cluster so don't bother wasting bandwidth sending messages. More details to follow."

Although there is an online Clublog for FG/G4GSX it does not appear to have the OQRS switched on.  Here's some useful links:

"This Weekend's DX!" - JA0JHQ/VK9X, ZL7/F8FUA, MT0IXD, ZF2ZL, C6ASZ, 8Q7BI, 3B8/EA5IDQ,
D44TCA, PW0F and FG/G4SGX - Scroll up the page for DX Details

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