Author Archives: Alex van Hengel

Also this year there will be a DX dinner for EUDXF members (and their partners) during the Hamradio. The dinner will take place in Gasthof Traube, Storchenstraße 1, 88069 Tettnang. (www.traube-tettnang.de) on Saturday 22 June 2019. Start will be around 19h00 local time. Participation is possible for EUDXF members who paid their annual membership dues and who made a reservation in advance. The maximum number of seats available is 50. Reservations are on a first come first served basis. Reservations can be made until 15 June 2019, or until the maximum number of 50 is reached, via the EUDXF stand… Continue reading →

EUDXF Member Hans-Martin DK2HM is ready to travel to the pacific for his 2019 DXpedition to the South Cook Islands where he will be E51HMK. Hans-Martin will stay on Rarotaonga Island OC-013.Activity will start march 14th and will end March 22nd.The operation will be Holiday Style on HF, mainly SSB but also some digital modes (FT8).The radio is a IC706MK2 driving a HLA300+ amplifier.The antennes will be a windom dipole (80-10m) and a EFHW80-10 by MyAntennas.Hans-Martin is also invited to use a local shack with beam and a more powerfull amp. More information on his website: http://southcook2019.com/

Active EUDXF Member Alex 5B4ALX his DXpedition to Niue Island is coming in a few days. Despite this is a One-Man-DXpedition activity is to be expected as Alex is often in SO2R style of operation combining several bands and modes. Alex will carry enough hardware with him to provides us with good signals from the Pacific: Equipment : 2x Icom IC-7300 + solid state amplifier 2x 40A switching 2x Laptop (running Wintest and FT8 dxped software) Antennas : 6m : Mono Quad @ 8mh 10m : Mono Quad @ 8mh 15m : Mono Quad @ 8mh 17/20m : Homemade 1/2… Continue reading →

Here we have the T31EU team posing with the EUDXF flag: Despite terrible propagation they are working hard to give many of us the contact with this very much needed DXCC. Just 2 more days to get them…..