W8S – SWAINS2020 – POSTPONED

We received the following from the Swains2020 team: Swains2020 W8S Breaking News: In close cooperation with Alex Jennings, the representative of Swains Island, the team has decided to postpone the W8S DXpedition to Swains Island to autumn of 2020. The reason behind this postponement is the travel restrictions when entering American Samoa, restrictions imposed by the Department of Health of American Samoa as a result of the Corona virus outbreak. The Department of Health allows non-residents to enter American Samoa only via Hawaii, after a 14 days mandatory quarantine in Hawaii. For the team this is not a workable situation…. Continue reading

News about T30ET – Western Kiribati

Alex 5B4ALX shares the following information with us: Hi dear, I would like to inform you of some news on T30ET. Air Solomon informed me on Friday about the cancellation of my return flight from Tarawa to Solomon then Brisbane in the reason of changing the weekly day of the flight (only one flight per week lands), proposing to bring forward to March 31st instead of April 2nd. After a careful economic and impact assessment on the activities, I decided to postpone the return to April 7th. This will involve an additional expense of over 1000 USD but I think… Continue reading

EUDXF supports the TI9A DXpedition to Cocos Island

From February 2nd until February Feb 7th, a group of four operators will be active from Cocos Island, using the callsign TI9A. The QTH will be Chatham Bay, which is the only suitable location for Europe.The license is confirmed and they have all necessary permits from Parque Nacional Isla de Coco, to land and stay on Cocos Island during the above mentioned period. They will travel with the vessel Okeanos Aggressor which will depart Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, on January 30th (PM) and expect to reach Cocos Island 35-40 hours later, depending on sea conditions. Antenna installations will take place… Continue reading

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