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Z68UR – Kosovo DXpedition

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EUDXF member Max ON5UR will travel to Kosovo. The Z68UR callsign have been confirmed by ARKEP and the paperwork have been accepted by the ARRL for DXCC purposes. Z68UR will be active from 20 – 30 september 2018. Main activity will be SSB and FT8. Kosovo is ranked #41 on the Club Log Most Wanted DXCC list. Max will carry with him: Elecraft K3. Expert 1.3 K-FA. Stockcorner JC-4s. Vertical Array – Super vertical 30 – 40 – 80 mtr. HyEnd 20-40-80 mtr. Tower: Spiderbeam – 18 meter. More information at www.united-radio.be

VP6D Press Release #6

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18. 07. 23 Congratulations to the Baker Island KH1/KH7Z team. Under extremely poor propagation conditions they put on a excellent DX-pedition. They proved the value of FT8 DXpedition mode and gave many ATNOs to the deserving. A hearty WELL DONE to the Dateline DX Association. The VP6D – Ducie Island 2018 project is on schedule. As you may recall, VP6D will use the same Elecraft equipment as KH1/KH7Z. On July 20th the Baker Island radio equipment was returned to Elecraft for inspection, testing and refurbishing. Members of the VP6D team will drive to California the first week of August to… Continue reading →

H44R – H40D DXpedition to Solomon Islands and Temotu

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Cezar VE3LYC provided the EUDXF with a very nice report on his recent IOTA DXpedition to Solomon Islands and Temotu. Despite difficult propagation and some technical challenges Cezar managed a good QSO numbers with a respectable percentage of European stations in the log from both locations The full report will be available (for EUDXF members only) in the upcoming EUDXF Newsletter in July.

KH1/KH7Z – Baker Island Propagation Press Release

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Dated June 4, 2018 For Immediate Release: Propagation Forecasts: The 2018 DXpedition to Baker Island occurs during the declining side of the solar cycle where propagation is usually much, much worse, nearing the bottom (https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression).  In addition, there are limited hours of darkness in some Northern Hemisphere locations.  However, this is the when our permit is valid and we are planning to maximize the time we are available to work to propagation challenged areas.  For instance, stations will be on 20 meters 24 hours a day. First, thanks to Stu, K6TU, we have imbedded his tools in our website where you can run forecasts specific to your grid square and station… Continue reading →

XR0YD – Easter Island expedition 2018 report

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The XR0YD  team delighted us with a nice report of their experiences during the 2018 DXpedition to Easter Island. A true adventure ….. What about this paragraph ….: We came with lowered expectations what means conditions on the higher bands…. boring day-shifts with white noise from 10 to 17 meters? Nothing like this, conditions turned and we found ourselves in tremendous CW- and SSB-pileups on those bands, even with Europe and Japan. The US-stations were just behind the housedoor. So it was not surprising, that we reached  our first goal (30.000QSOs) 5 days earlier than planned. We ended up with good… Continue reading →

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