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 29, 2015 01:00 UTC

The CQ World Wide WPX CW contest this weekend - ATNO's?

Besides testing your operating skills, the WPX (and other big contests) can provide unique opportunities for you to work "all time new ones" as well. The contest itself often sees DX ops from exotic places that are not very active and this may be your best shot at an entity that's only QRV a few times a year.

Many high power "big gun" DXer types (and a ton of little pistols too) will be working the CW contest, causing reduced activity on all of the SSB bands and also on the WARC CW segments. When a rare or semi rare DXCC does pop up on those non-contest frequencies there'll be a lot less competition and QRM to deal with. Pileups will be much easier to bust.

For those of you new to DXing - participating in the bigger contests can fill your log with ATNO's quickly. With very modest rigs, some hams have even worked DXCC in just one weekend!

Finally, by the end of the contest almost everyone is struggling to run their score up. The loud stations have all worked the rarer ones so now the DX will be aggressively trying to hear and work the weaker signals for additional points and multipliers. If you run QRP, mobile or just have less-than-optimum working conditions this may be your best chance to snare some of these DX entities. Good luck!

For CQ WPX contest rules and info visit their home page here...


Other DX coming to a frequency near you this weekend...

Onto this week! Today I'll be covering new DX ops from Lord Howe Island, Tuvalu, Niger, Malta, Eastern Kiribati and Greenland.

Besides the new DX covered in today's update, the 5Z0L / Kenya, 6Y5/DL5DI / Jamaica,  J38NN / J38MM Grenada, OJ0W / Market Reef, TF/F5LIT Iceland, ZF2WA / the Cayman's and FS/K9EL / St. Martin operations from last week are all still active. Some will be QRV for another few days, some even longer. Review their operational details in the May 22 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 new DX activation featured in "This Weekend's DX!" - Click here for the "MEGA-Spot"  (Courtesy of DX Summit).

For next weekend, there is not too much on the horizon but I will be covering a brief operation to Monaco, a two week activation in the Maldives plus a multi-op DXpedition to Montserrat.

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!

Primarily on work placement (Bob maintains satellite equipment for a shortwave broadcaster), he is taking a Yaesu FT-857D and a multiband dipole for 10-15-17-20-30m; possibly 40m.

QRV on JT65, SSB and WSPR. QSL via (direct) homecall."

Here's some useful links:

The OX DXpedition to Greenland - Sigi DL7DF, Tom DJ6TF, Manfred DK1BT and Frank DL7UFR will be active from Tasiilaq NA-151.

Activity is anticipated on 160-6m, CW / SSB / RTTY / PSK31. Antennas will include vertical, spider beam and yagi for six meters. QSL via DARC bureau, direct via DL7DF or via their own online log and OQRS.



Here's some useful links:

bernd@df3cb.com

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:

"This Weekend's DX!" - DL1YAF/VK9 Lord Howe Island, T2RG Tuvalu, 5U5U Niger, 9H3A Malta, T32AZ Eastern Kiribati and the OX/DL7DF OX/DJ6TF OX/DK1BT OX/DL7UFR Greenland DXpedition  - Scroll up the page for DX Details

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