Rare, semi-rare and fun DX on-the-air this weekend and the following week! ..."This Weekend's DX!" is updated every Friday at 0200 UTC (10PM Eastern Thursdays)

This Weekend's DX! - Friday May 22, 2015 01:00 UTC

Last word (HA!) on the Mt. Athos tragicomedy...

A week ago today the DX world was buzzing with big news about the SV2 / Mt. Athos operation. The DXpedition that never was. Ready-fire-aim...  I'm kinda surprised that a few pirates or slims nearby to Mt. Athosville didn't get on the air with the SV2/YL7A call sign and create even more fun!

Meanwhile, rumors persist that the up police and DQRM'ers were especially angry with this botched op and are refusing to come out of their rooms. Or their parent's basements. Whatever. As expected, they are promising payback and I'm certain that they will make their presence known when Chesterfield, Heard and Bouvet go live...

Hopefully the Latvian's efforts won't spoil any future chances of operations from Mt. Athos. And thankfully, the forum chatter nonsense about deleting this entity is slowly starting to fade away...until next time anyway.

Seriously folks, DXCC is a game, like Monopoly - someone else makes the rules and we all play by 'em.


Coming to a frequency near you this weekend...

Onto this week! Today I'll be covering new ops in Kenya, Jamaica, Grenada, Market Reef, Iceland, the Cayman's and St. Martin.

The E6 - Niue DXpedition continues to be active and is featured in a separate CallingDX web page here.

Besides the new DX covered in today's update, the OX/5P1KXZ, E51DLD, E51VFT, SV5/SM7EQL, P40CD, P40FN, P40FY, ZF2EM and XT2AW operations from last week are all still active. Some will be QRV for another 3 or 4 days. Review their operational details in the May 15th edition of "This Weekend's DX!"  I will also list them on this page following this week's new DX listings.

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 (May 30-31) is the is the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. I'll also be covering the VK9 (Lord Howe Island) - 5U (Niger) - XT2 (Burkina Faso) - 9H3 (Malta) -  T32 (Eastern Kiribati) and OX (Greenland) DX activations.

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!

The Italian DXpedition Team has had some great ops in the past! This time they will again feature their online log updated in "real time" along with their own OQRS. This DX activation will include all the HF bands but they will spend more time on six meters to highlight the recent authorization of   that band for ham use in Kenya.

Their website is full of additional info ... Here's some useful links:

5Z0L "Official" Forum

"No full-time DXpedition, no special equipment, just vacation with my wife, but nevertheless I will hopefully find time for many QSOs with my FT897 and a dipole."

Here's some useful links:

J38NN and J38MM - Grenada QRV May 23-31, 2015

Anna (W6NN) and Rich (KE1B) will be QRV from Grenada both before and during the CQ WPX CW contest. They have online logs at Clublog (with the Clublog OQRS) but they will also QSL via direct. Logs will also be uploaded to LOTW and eQSL after they return.

There's lot more info on their QRZ pages ... Here's some useful links:

Pasi, OH3WS, plans to reactivate Market Reef as OJ0W and expects to be QRV on 40-10 meters CW and SSB.

Here's some useful links:

Pasi Bergman
Tuulipolku 4
Hameenlinna FI-13500
Finland

Emmanuel Gidon, F5LIT, VE2LIT, W6LIT will be active from Iceland as TF/F5LIT. He will operate on 40 and 20m SSB. QSL via LOTW only.


Here's some useful links:

ZF2WA - Cayman Islands
QRV May 27-June 7, 2015

Erik, N5WR will be active from the Cayman Islands as ZF2WA holiday-style, mostly on CW.





Here's some useful links:

Here's some useful links:

The Niue DXpedition Has
It's Own Web Page Here!

Doug - E51DLD (W6HB) and Brad - E51VFT (W0VFT) will be operating as a  "DX Vacation" on 10-160 meters from the shacks of E51AND / E51JD - this is quoted from the E51DLD QRZ page:

"Okay -- why take a vacation to E51 instead of KH6?

Simple answer -- friends in Rarotonga, less cost for a week with round trip air and lodging at a resort and spa, YL friendly too!"

Lot's more info and photos on the E51DLD QRZ page...








Here's some useful links:

Bengt, SV5/SM7EQL, will be on a "holiday-style" operation on all bands between 30-10 meters - CW only. Mixture of 5NN TU and slow "rag chew" like QSO's.  Equipment to be used: Elecraft KX3 10 W output to simple 1/4- and 1/2-wave whip-antennas.





Here's some useful links:

SV5/SM7EQL Reverse Beacon Spots

P40CD (K3LD) Dianne,  P40FN (VK3FN) Peter and P40FY (VK3FY) Chris - will be active from the rental QTH of the late Carl Cook - P49V.
It appears that all three calls will QSL via MØOXO. Only Chris (P40FN) has an operational online log at Clublog though... 

Here's some useful links:

P40FY QRZ Page

If time allows we will operate HF on SSB and maybe JT65HF. We will have 2x9 element yagis for EME and 800-1200 watts using an I0JXX amplifier with LNA at the antenna.

The main rig will be an Icom 7100."

There's more info and photos on their QRZ page ... Here's some useful links:

ZF2EM QSL via N8PR

XT2AW - DF2WO / Harald will be active from Ouagadougou using a home made hex beam and a 40 meter dipole. He plans on working PSK 31, CW and SSB - "holiday style"... 


Here's some useful links:

"This Weekend's DX!" -  E6ZS E6NK E6SS E6TE OX/5P1KXZ, E51DLD, E51VFT
SV5/SM7EQL, P40CD, P40FN, P40FY and ZF2EM  - Scroll up the page for DX Details

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