results 2012 Eyeball contest

Here are the results of the Eyeball QSO contest, held at Hamradio Friedrichshafen 2012. 

• 1st place Chris Janssen DL1MGB with 60 entities 
• 2nd place T. Moghaddam (YL I0UZF) with 53 entities
• 3rd place Ivan Hajosevic IV3CTS with 47 entities
• 4th place Jennifer Persson SA7BUU with 44 entities
• 4th place Per Nilsson SA7BQP with 44 entities 
• 6th place Benjamas Klingler DO6BEN with 39 entities
• 7th place Klara Lendvai HA5BA with 34 entities,
• 8th place Peter Furedi HA5LC with 25 entities
• 9th place Peter Kisapati HA8DU with 24 entities
• 10th place Susann Pfaff HE9SUS with 23 entities
• 11th place Milan Pivk S58MU with 8 entities

1A0C

Thirty years have passed since 1A made its way onto the DXCC list. And an activation by an International team looks to celebrate the uniqueness of this event. So, from the 1st to the 4th July, we will listen them on the air as 1A0C from Santa Maria del Priorato, home of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
The callsign that will be used belongs to the “The Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps (CISOM)”, an organization specialized in bringing assistance and relief during emergencies. This underscores the dual value of this activation. On the one hand, there’s the fun side ham radio, giving a not so easy “new one” to as many stations as possible (especially from the US and Japan).
On the other hand, however, there’s the noble goal, as often seen in ham radio, where a spirit of cooperation and mutual aid are shared by operators all over the world. The team’s aim, in fact, is to raise funds – thanks to donations and contributions from QSL requests – in order to buy radio equipment which The Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps volunteers will be able to use in case of emergencies.
The operators list includes: 1A0X, 1A0Z, EA2RY, EA5RM, EA7AJR, EA7KW, F5CWU, IN3ZNR, IT9YVO, IZ8IYX, PB2T, SP3DOI and KH6CG as a pilot for North America and Pacific.
They will be active on HF+6m and the QSLs for contacts with 1A0C can be requested via Francesco Cozzi, 1A0Z. Check http://www.1a0c.com

Come and see us in Friedrichshafen

EUDXF will be at Hamradio in Friedrichshafen. Please come and see us at stand A1-469.

In our stand there will be a display on the upcoming 1A0C activity from the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. Not only do we like SMOM as a DXCC entity, we also like the humanitarian activities of C.I.S.O.M., the civil protection organization of the Order of Malta. 

Eyeballcontest

Like last year we will run a so called Eyeball QSO Contest. Participants are required to search for and obtain calls, names and signatures from as many different DXCC entities as possible by making “eyeball QSO´s” during the Ham Radio. The calls/names/signatures are to be recorded on a card that can be picked up in the EUDXF stand. Cards have to be turned in at the EUDXF stand “ A1 - 469“ on Sunday 11.00 hours at the latest and the one who has collected the most entities will be the winner. The winner(s) will be published on our website and will be awarded a prize. One of the prizes is a one year subscription to the Daily DX Magazine. Other prizes will be announced once confirmed.

No DX-pedition callsigns are allowed. Stations eyeballed must be resident in the country where they hold their callsign. By submitting the card, you agree with the decisions of the eyeball contest committee, formed by the EUDXF Board. Enjoy!

DL1VU turns 90

On 15 May 2012 our life member and ex-board member Karl H. Hille DL1VU turns 90 years old. Karl has served EUDXF as Board Member from 1995 - 2004 and has made numerous contacts from the Pacific. A longer article about his activities will be published in our newsletter. We wish Karl a Happy Birthday and many returns.

Saint Barthélemy

DX expedition Saint Barthélemy FJ/OS1T 14-22 May 2011

Short after I came home from the 9Q50ON expedition, I was thinking of my own one-man dx-expedition to a DXCC country in the top 100. After a few weeks  thinking, searching, and planning, I decided to go to FJ (Saint Barthélemy).

I had many reasons to choose Saint Barthélemy. The Last expedition in FJ was done by Lothar and Babs, but  at that time conditions were not so good on the higher bands 6/10/12/15 meter band for them. There was one other future expedition planned before I could go, by Anna, OH2YL, but she planned a “CW only” dxpedition. So I should go for RTTY and SSB operation only! An other reason to choose Saint Barthélemy is that it was number 5 DXCC wanted in Japan! and RTTY was also very high wanted in the rankings.  Also, many operators over the whole World needed FJ in SSB, RTTY, especially on 10/12/15 meter since it became a new dxcc a few years ago, and since then there have been no  good high band conditions  

Read more: Saint Barthélemy

gifts are tax-deductible

The Dutch tax office informed us that starting 1 January 2011 EUDXF is a so called "Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling" (ANBI). This means that gifts from Dutch amateurs to EUDXF are now tax-deductible. For conditions check 
http://download.belastingdienst.nl/belastingdienst/docs/aftrek_giften_2011_ib2771t11fd.pdf

For German taxpayers a similar arrangement is in place.  

We hope that this will encourage our members to make more donations to our Foundation. Members who wish to make such a donation should contact our treasurer DL1EBV.