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OTS of good reading again this month, thanks to our editors, our reporters and friends. fans, be they mediumwave or shortwave DXers. Arctic Waves returns again, after being introduced last month. As I said at that time, we'll use this column for interesting radio news - past, present and future - from Canada's Arctic, an area that is of special interest to Canadians and where radio has many special applications. Complementing Arctic Waves is the 1940's speech from the Empire Club of Canada: The Eastern Arctic Patrol. The speaker has many recollections of radio programming heard while in the Arctic. I think you'll nd this lengthy article to be a good read. So enjoy and remember to "Think Spring!" Thanks again this month to our friends at www.dxer. ca for providing access to Nick Hall-Patch's technical review of the Eton E-1 radio. Since its introuction a couple of years ago, this radio has gained a lot of Good listening, Harold Sellers Our sympathies to Looking Back editor Tom Williamson. Tom's wife Angela passed away in early February, at the age of 84. Tom plans to be back with his column in our April issue. Daylight Saving Time returns on Sunday, March 9th. This will result in some schedue changes for shortwave broadcasters. We haven't commented on many changes in this issue, since you'll have it in your hands for as much as two weeks before the switch to DST. Thus be aware and we'll try to update everything for the April issue.

The extension postpones, for at least six months, removals that the station agreed to two years earlier with the Quito Airport Corporation (CORPAQ) to make way for a new international airport. Once the new facility is completed, some of the shortwave stations antenna towers could obstruct the approach of landing planes. Specically, this means that we can continue broadcasting on two shortwave frequencies to Brazil, said Doug Weber, radio director for the Latin America Region. Two frequencies allows us to better cover Brazil. With two, we can cover both north and south Brazil. This allows us to continue to cover Brazil well. The mission agreed that 30 towers would be removed by December 2007. The rst phase of dismantling, initiated in early 2006, saw 18 towers lowered. HCJB Globals engineering staff was poised to remove 12 more towers in the second phase. But Weber was informed that CORPAQ granted the missions request for continued use of those 12 towers, along with 18 others that will not impede approaching aircraft. It also means we can continue with test transmissions of digital shortwave signals to Europe and other countries while opening the way to digital shortwave broadcasting to Brazil, Weber said, adding that while European listener replies to the digital broadcasts are few, the listeners report a strong signal. Were very thankful to the Lord for letting us continue with these ministries, he said. HCJB Global Voice is conducting German-language digital shortwave broadcasts as a member of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), a global consortium of broadcasters, broadcasting associations, network operators, manufacturers, research institutions, regulatory bodies and others. In addition, the pioneer missionary broadcaster inaugurated on Saturday a daily one-hour DRM programme stream in Portuguese created especially for the digital shortwave format. Weber said the programmes will be recorded by staff members at the HCJB Global-Brazil ofce in Curitiba. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/hcjb.shortwave.broadcasts.in.ecuador.granted.extension/16516.htm

Ecuador

HCJB shortwave broadcasts in Ecuador granted extension Posted: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 9:34 (GMT)

Russia

Moscow hosts informal summit of Commonwealth of Independent States

HCJB Global Voice in Ecuador has been granted an extension to continue using its shortwave radio antennas that are scheduled for dismantling and removal from the missions international transmission site near Pifo, a town 18 miles east of Quito.
An informal summit conference of the Commonwealth of Independent States is about to open in Moscow. It will focus on economic and political cooperation. Concerted ventures in transportation are considered of utmost importance. A senior
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deputy prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, is expected to address the forum. Ukraines Viktor Yushchenko intends to speak about the delivery of sources of fuel. The Commonwealth forum is also expected to focus on plans for the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II and collectively-sponsored radio and television broadcasts. http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng& q=23240&cid=45&p=22.02.2008
broadcasts. Still there are a number of ways to be informed about events. Albania Kosovars, the people of Kosovo are largely ethnic Albanians. And Kosovo borders Albania, so newscasts from Tirana should prove interesting. Radio Tiranas all too brief broadcasts in English are at 0130 UTC on 6110 kHz and 0245 UTC on 7245 kHz to North America. Bosnia-Herzegovina The Bosnians have concerns about how things play out due to their Serbian minority. Bosnia has no external service, but one can listen online at http://www4.bhrt.ba/ Bulgaria Bulgaria, as a new member of the European Union, seems to be trying to avoid taking sides. Their coverage has been quite neutral.

United Kingdom

The BBC World Service stopped broadcasting to Europe on shortwave this week, bringing to an end a 76-year chapter in radio history.
Around 100 million of the BBC World Services 183 million global audience listen on shortwave. But increasing numbers of people, including the vast majority in most developed countries, are listening on FM, satellite and online. The European shutdown of the World Service English-language shortwave service began in March last year and was completed on Monday, when its north Africa service, which also reached southern Europe, was turned off. World Service shortwave transmissions have been steadily reduced since 2001, when they were axed in North America and Australia. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/20/bbc.radio?gusrc= rss&feed=media

in Amharic are from April 2000 (!). The latest radio news is dated 02-13-1999 (using dd/mm/yyyy format!) perhaps a more generous calendar is in use? Attempting to load the videos locked my computers web browser, so I cant comment on the content. Printed news appears to be updated, and at the time of my visit included mention of a conference on Ethiopia at the University of Saskatchewan on 5 February of this year. FRANCE: Radio France International (RFI): http:// www.r.fr/ What follows is a re-print of last years information I couldnt get the RFI site to load during several attempts over three days. The RFI website is primarily intended for a Frenchlanguage audience (and why not?). To get to the English content, click on the tiny english button located near the top, below the big banner ad, and towards the middle (where youll nd similar links to the RFI site in nineteen different languages). The English page features advertising at the top and along the left and right sides, and most of the buttons will take you back to French-language features. Scrolling down youll nd two columns; on the right are links to download or listen to audio of RFIs English to Africa and English to Asia programming, posted in Real Audio and Windows Media formats. In the left column is a featurette on Mission Paris, a bilingual radio drama, followed by one paragraph outlining RFIs English programming, which is itself followed by a list of times, frequencies, and target areas. The RFI website is a treasure trove for those users who are comfortable working in French, but this functionality does not extend to English users. Next month look for details on Gabon, Germany, Greece, and Hungary, as well as more information about internet radio and the Nokia N810. See you in the Spring.
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Your Reports

Mark Coady, 1038 Ward Street, Bridgenorth, ON K0L 1H0 Email: mark.coady@sympatico.ca
This column highlights receptions of broadcasting stations between 2 and 30 MHz, as made by our members. When you listen to your shortwave radio, please share your loggings with others by contributing them to this column. Editorial deadline: 15th of the month. ASTEN your seatbelts! Were taking off with a jam-packed, all-star, column for you this month! We have a number of loggings this month that are not normally heard in Ontario. Hopefully this will bode well for our upcoming Shadow Lake Radio Camp in April. Karl Racenis and Michael Ford sent in some loggings that had just missed my previous deadline by a couple of days. Fortunately, both of their submissions were timely enough to include in this column as both contained some quality loggings from the Brighton, Michigan DXpedition and from across the pond in Merry Ol England. Mike also managed to send in a second report just before my current deadline. I managed to take a week off from work and, because the weather was horrible and I didnt have much of a chance to do any stargazing, I had the opportunity to do a lot more listening than usual and could contribute more loggings to boot! We also have a new contributor this month! Gracing this column for the rst time, to my recollection, is long time ODXA and CIDXC member Mick Delmage. Welcome, Mick, and report often. And we have a number of quality loggings from our usual gang of reporters. My next deadline is March 15th. Until then, read on and enjoy! Remember to report on what you have been hearing! Your fellow members are counting on you! 0000 - GUATEMALA Radio Cultural Coatlan at 0038 in Spanish with a man with inspirational talk (Fair Jan 12 MY) 4845 BRAZIL Radio Cultural Ondas Tropicais at 0034 in Portuguese with a man with talk (Good Jan 12 MY) 4885 BRAZIL Radio Clube do Para at 0045 in Portuguese with music (Fair but noisy Jan 12 MY) 6165 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Radio Netherlands at 0000 with IS then a man with ID and into Newsline (Very Good Jan 22 MAC) 6180 BRAZIL Radio Nacional da Amazonia (Brasilia) at 0002 in Portuguese with a man with news then Radio Nacional InformaRadio Nacional do Brasil at 0004 followed by a number of promos then into Brasopop (Very Good Jan 28 MAC) 7285 GERMANY Croatian Radio Zagreb at 0055

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9455 UNITED KINGDOM RTV Algerienne presumed the one at 1800 in Arabic with lively African music and a man with talk (Poor to Fair Jan 28 MAC) 9630 SEYCHELLES BBC at 1830 with African Cup of Nations soccer coverage between Ghana and Morocco (Fair Jan 28 MAC) 9745 SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa at 1855 with a man with repeating English and Portuguese ID to 1900 then a different man with Portuguese program to Angola and Mozambique then into English at 1930 (Good Feb 8 MLF) Mike notes that this is listed as being on 3345 KHz in the 2008 WRTH which shows just how quickly a hobby resource can become out of date - another reason to double check your loggings - ed 11990 KUWAIT Radio Kuwait at 1815 with a man and woman with talk about the history of Kuwait during the Byzantine period (Fair Jan 11 KR) 15475 GABON Africa No. 1 at 1830 in French with a man with talk and a mention of Gabon and Afropops and tribal rhythms (Good Jan 19 KB) 17680 CHILE CVC La Voz at 1820 with a girl in English with talk about what it is like to be a Christian in Mexico (Good Jan 27 KB) 1900 - NORTHERN MARIANAS Radio Free Asia (via Saipan) at 1943 with usual cacophony of Asian music (Fair with WYFR Jan 10 MY) 11655 MADAGASCAR Radio Netherlands at 1900 with ID, program promotions, then Radio Books featuring Star of Salvation as this weeks book (Very Good Jan 11 KR) 15275 PORTUGAL Deutsche Welle (via Sines) at 1903 with a man with news then a woman with Newslink from 1905 (Fair Jan 28 MAC) 2000 - DJIBOUTI Radio Djibouti at 2055 in presumed Somali with talk and music then a woman with talk and ID at 2101 (Fair Jan 11 KR) 6055 RWANDA Radio Rwanda presumed the one at 2057 in French with a man with talk with a mention of Kigali then into a mix of Afropops, reggae, and tribal rhythms from 2058 with no announcements to abruptly off at 2117 (Fair Feb 2 MAC) I wonder if I caught the tail end of their ofcial sign-off but they kept the music going because it was Saturday night - ed 9550 VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam at 2030 with sign on and news then a musical interlude at 2043 and into Events of the past week in Vietnam at 2045 and Vietnamese classical music at 2049 (Very Good Jan 12 MD) 9550 RWANDA FEBA at 2020 in an unidentied African language with traditional instrumental music then a woman with talk followed by a man then off at 2030 (Poor Feb 10 KB) the above two loggings show how different stations can be logged when you a separated by a considerable distance - ed
9580 GABON Africa No. 1 at 2000 in French with a man with ID then news (Good Jan 7 MY) 9710 CANADA RCI at 2022 in Arabic with a woman with talk about Quebec (Good Jan 16 MY) 11735 TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar at 2028 with Arabic music for long periods, occasional woman announcer. 2057 man spoke in Arabic. 2059 brass band with national anthem and off at 2100. (poor-fair Feb 6 HTS) 13710 BOTSWANA VOA at 2028 with a man hosting Music Time Africa featuring African tribal rhythms then Afropops from 2032 (Good Jan 20 MAC) 15120 NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria at 2030 starting Musical Quiz game show, male host and contestants in studio. (Good Feb 10 HTS) 17810 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Radio Netherlands at 2043 with a piece about Kenya and featuring interviews and recordings of Together Radio 89.5 from Nairobi. (Good Feb 10 HTS) 2100 - CHAD RN Tchadienne at 2146 in French with Afro-pop music and a man with talk then ID at 2159 (Poor Jan 12 KR) Ive noted them lately with poor signals, as well, but Ill take poor signals over no signals any day of the week - ed 7250 VATICAN Vatican Radio at 2115 with a woman interviewing a man about papal issues then gave ID and website at 2118 and Ladetur Jesus Christus then IS (Good Jan 26 MAC) Ladetur Jesus Christus translates to Praise be Jesus Christ - ed 7255 NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria at 2145 in French with Afropop music and ID as La voix du Nigerie then into talk to drum IS then into Hausa program at 2200 (Very Good Jan 24 RC) 7430 ALBANIA Radio Tirana at 2122 with talk // 9915 (Very Good Jan 24 RC) 11620 PORTUGAL RDP at 2105 in Portuguese with a relay of the domestic Antenna Uma service with excited soccer coverage (Very Good Jan 5 TW) Tom notes that this is an irregular transmission but when it is on it completely obliterates All India Radio. I have noted it with a taped loop ID overtop of programming of musical tones and a woman with RDP Internacional - Radio Portugal which is sort of how CFRX IDs overtop of CFRB programming ed 11690 RWANDA Deutsche Welle at 2107 // 7280 (via Sines, Portugal) and 13780 (also via Rwanda) with Wilomena Lafeete hosting Newslink with a feature on Kosovos desire for independence from Serbia (Good Jan 20 MAC) 15515 AUSTRALIA Radio Australia at 2100 with fanfare and a woman with Radio Australia News then various reports and Youre listening to Radio Australia at 2105 (Weak Jan 20 MAC) As Ive mentioned elsewhere Radio Australia has been extremely unreliable lately - ed

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Media Programs

Ernest Riley E-mail: eriley@mountaincable.net
The following programs offer information on DX news, receiver reviews, media features, propagation, satellites, broadcasting trends, amateur radio and the internet. Starting times may vary. WRN is World Radio Network-1 (available via satellite, cable and internet). Many programs are also webcast; check the web sites of the broadcasters. UTC Day/Time Program, Station, Freqs. SATURDAY 0035 DX Programme Radio Bulgaria 7400,Allan Weiner Worldwide WBCQ DXers Special Supplement R.A.E. DX Programme Radio Bulgaria 7400,DX Partyline HCJB World of Radio WRMI Radio Weather WHRI DXing With Cumbre WHRI DX Partyline WRMI World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio Radio Weather WHRA DX Partyline HCJB DXing With Cumbre WHRI DX Corner Voice of Turkey 12035 bi-weekly 1630 World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio WRN 1730 World of Radio WWCR World of Radio WRN 1930 DXing With Cumbre WHRI This Week in Amateur Radio Int'l WBCQ DXers Unlimited R. Habana Cuba 9505,World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio WRN 2220 Radio Waves R.Ext. de Espaa World of Radio WRMI DX Corner Voice of Turkey 5960 bi-weekly 2330 DXers Unlimited R. Habana Cuba 9550 SUNDAY 0015 DX Partyline WRMI Radio Waves R.Ext. de Espaa The Whole World on the R. Dial R.Ukraine DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 6000, DXing With Cumbre WHRA World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio Ask WWCR WWCR Australian DX Report WWCR DX Partyline WWCR World of Radio WWCR World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio WRN 0335 DXers Unlimited R. Habana Cuba 6000,The Whole World on the R. Dial R.Ukraine DX Corner Voice of Turkey 6020 bi-weekly 0500 DX Partyline WRMI DXers Unlimited R.H.C. 6000,6060,6180,9550, World of Radio WWCR World of Radio WRMI World of Radio WRN 0930 Wavescan WRMI Radio Weather WHRI World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio WRN 1045 Ask WWCR WWCR DX Partyline WRMI Wavescan WRMI Radio Weather WHRA DXing With Cumbre WHRI Int'l Radio Report CKUT Montreal www.ckut.ca 1830 World of Radio WRMI 7385 Ask WWCR WWCR 12160 World of Radio WRN
MONDAY Radio Weather WHRI 7490 DXing With Cumbre WHRA 5850 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7315 World of Radio WBCQ 9330 World of Radio WBCQ 7415 Mailbox RNZI 9765 bi-weekly Wavescan WRMI 9955 Mailbox RNZI 13840 bi-weekly Ask WWCR WWCR 15825 Mailbox RNZI 5950 bi-weekly DX Partyline WRMI 7385 Mailbox RNZI 7145 bi-weekly
TUESDAY 0030 Radio Waves R.Ext. de Espaa Mailbox RNZI 15720 bi-weekly 0630 Wavescan WRMI World of Radio WRMI World of Radio WRMI DXers Unlimited R. Habana Cuba 9505,DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 9550 WEDNESDAY 0135 DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 6000, DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 6000, DXers Unlimited R.H.C. 6000,6060,6180,9550, DX Partyline WRMI DX Partyline WRMI 7385 THURSDAY 0000 World of Radio WBCQ DXers Special Supplement R.A.E. World of Radio WRMI World of Radio WRMI Radio Weather WHRI World of Radio WRMI Wavescan WRMI 9955 FRIDAY 0030 World of Radio WBCQ World of Radio WRMI Wavescan WRMI DX Partyline WRMI Mailbox RNZI 11725 bi-weekly 2130 World of Radio WWCR DX Programme Radio Bulgaria 7400,World of Radio WBCQ Wavescan WRMI 9955 NOTES!! Watch for time shifts 1 hour earlier for WRN, WBCQ, WRMI, WHRI and WWCR as of the switch to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 10th

programming. ID: Appletons sports radio, AM 15-70 The Score. (NW-BR) 1580 WHLY IN South Bend - 2/- ID as Ava Maria Radio. Catholic programming. (RSR-ON) 1580 WVKO OH Columbus - 2/- 1580 WVKO Columbus and announcements heard during a very lengthy CKDO-Oshawa open carrier. (SC-BR) 1590 WTVB MI Coldwater - 2/- ID by man and commercial for local law rm. (RSR-ON) 1590 WGBW WI Two Rivers - 2/- oldies, commercial for Louffs Car and Truck Rentals in Manitowoc and Perry Electric in Two Rivers. WGBW weather forecast at 0851. (NW-BR) 1620 KOZN NE Bellevue - 2/- way over top of South Bend (WWLV) with University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks basketball vs. South Dakota Coyotes. (NW-BR) 1630 KRND WY Fox Farm - 2/- Mixing with KCJJ-Iowa City (and with WRDW-Augusta faded out) with IDs as La Grande and Mexican music. (RSR-ON) {Roberts 33rd state logged on a Sony Ultralite radio} 1680 WLAA FL Winter Garden - 1/- ID by man in phonetic Spanish (W-L-A-A) followed by Mexican-avoured accordion music and IDs as La Que Buena. (RSR-ON)
Pan-American/Latin American loggings in UTC: 720 JAMAICA RJR - 1/UTC - while trying for the WGCR transmitter test heard Caribbeanaccented English and some weak music. Faded in and out for the next half hour. (SC-TO)(RSRON) 760 COLOMBIA HJAJ Barranquilla - 1/- Good with Spanish newscast in null of WJRDetroit (RSR-ON) 770 CUBA Radio Rebelde - 1/- In null of WABC-New York with ID by man and many mentions of Cuba. (RSR-ON) 780 VENEZUELA YVMN Radio Coro - 1/- Spanish talk and IDs heard in WBBM null. (RSR-ON) 790 CUBA Radio Reloj - 1/- good with usual time pips and Spanish news items. R R in morse code every minute. (RSR-ON) 810 COLOMBIA Caracol, Bogot - 1/- Good in WGY null with Spanish newscast and Caracol IDs. (RSR-ON) 840 CUBA CMHW Santa Clara - 2/- Spanish talk, jingles and IDs as Dobleve. Under WHAS-Louisville. (RSR-ON) 860 CUBA Radio Reloj - 1/- Mixing with CJBC with usual time pips, news and code IDs. Also heard on 820. (RSR-ON) 1080 CUBA Radio Cadena Habana - 1/- Spanish vocals and ID at 0500. Mentions of Cuba and Habana. Mixing with KRLD-Dallas and WTIC-Hartford. (RSR-ON)
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THANK YOU FOR THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS: (SC-BR) Saul Chernos in Burnt River: Sangean ATS909 & Sony SRF-59, loop antenna & longwires. (SC-TO) Saul Chernos in Toronto: Sony SRF59. (RSR-ON) Robert Ross in London: Sony SRFT615, SRF-39FP and SRF59. (NW-BR) Niel Wolsh in Burnt River with AOR7030 and longwires and Sony SRF-39FP. (NW-H) Niel Wolsh in Toronto with Honda Accord Car Stereo (NW-TO) Niel Wolsh in Toronto with Sony SRF-59.

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up 30 ft. Other references are: Sable Island - East Lighthouse (ARLHS SAB-1, TWLHD WLH CY1, WLOTA:758, WW Loc. GN3CX) and Sable Island - West Lighthouse (ARLHS SAB-2, TWLHD WLH CY-2, WW Loc. FN93XW). [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #842 January 20, 2008] EE8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operator Jim, N6TJ, will be active as EE8Z during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (May 24-25th) as Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via VE3HO. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #846 February 17, 2008] FH, MAYOTTE (AF-27). Georg, DK7LX, will be active as FH/DK7LX from June 11-23rd (2008). Activity will be mostly CW on all bands with an emphasis on 80/40/30 meters. Operation will be holiday style, using vertical arrays as well as dipoles. More details will become available in 2008 and look for updates on his Web page at: http://www.dk7lx.mayotte.2008.ms/ [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #838 December 23, 2007] FJ, SAINT BARTHELEMY ISLAND. Patrick, FJ/ F6CMH will be active from Saint Barthelemy Island (NA-146, DIFO FJ-1, WLOTA LH-377) between March 13th and 22nd. QRV mostly 40 and 20m SSB. QSL via home call. [F5NQL] [ICPO Bulletin February 07-15, 2008] FJ, SAINT BARTTHELEMY. Mike, WA2VQW reports that the W2RZS amateur radio club will be active in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th) from the island of Saint Barthelemy (NA-146, DIFO FJ-1, WLOTA LH-377). The team, consisting of Bob/WB2NVR, Mike/WA2VQW, Bob/N2DVQ and Adam/N2DHH will be on the island from March 25th to April 1st. QRV on 160m and the WARC bands before and after the contest, and on the bands 16010m during the WPX. They will be looking out for the weak ones and especially the mobiles. A special call sign has been requested for this event. QSL via W2RZS for direct replies, and the bureau. [NG3K] [ICPO Bulletin January 10-18, 2008] FJ, ST. BARTHELEMY (DXCC Newest Entity!). Craig, AH8DX, will be active as FJ/AH8DX during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Look for RTTY operations before and after the contest. QSL via AH8DX. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #842 January 20, 2008] FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Operators Eric/ KV1J and his son Matthew/W1MAT, will be active from Miquelon (NA-32, DIFO FP-2, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J and FP/W1MAT from July 9-14th. Activity will be on all bands 80-6 meters, SSB, CW and RTTY, using only 100 watts into verticals and a TW2010. During the IARU Contest, look for FP/KV1J (running low power) and FP/W1MAT (running QRP) from Zone 9. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the Bureau or LoTW. For more details and up-to-date info, visit their Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp// [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #845 February 10, 2008]

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via IT9DAA. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [425 DX News #877 February 22, 2008] YI, IRAQ (Update). Tom, N4NW, informs OPDX that the Stafford DX Associations efforts to procure an amplier for YI9PT are moving along. However, donations have reached only 65% of their goal of the needed 1,300.00 USDs. Please support this operation by donating any amount you can now. Radar is now active and is being worked in Europe with 100 watts and a dipole. With the planned amplier, his signal will be improved signicantly on the lower bands outside Europe. Please visit the following Web page for complete information on how to help support this operation at: http://www.stafford-dx-association.org/donate.html Radar, K2PT, (not MASH fame, but a SDXA member) a Marine in Baghdad, is now on the air as YI9PT. During the past week he was on 80/20/17/10 meters. All QSL requests go to N4XP. Complete information may be found on the SDXA Web site at: http://www.stafford-dx-association.org Additional information, updates, log check and sponsor information will be provided on the Web site and updated as the operating conditions change. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #845 February 10, 2008] YU8, KOSOVO. As expected, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, February 17th. Read about it at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080217/ ap_on_re_eu/kosovo_independence A multi-national group of Amateur Radio operators is now in Kosovo in an effort to support and help revitalize Amateur Radio locally. The initial team members will begin sometime soon (possibly as this is being written). Activity will be on all bands on CW and SSB. Look for YU8/G3TXF, YU8/N7NG, YU8/OH2BH, YU8/OH2PM, YU8/ON8NC and YU8/W3UR. More details will be released when available. QSL via the operators home callsign. UPDATE - In addition to the individual multi-national Amateur Radio operators (listed above) currently in Kosova and operating with UNMIK licenses, the group will soon begin activity as YU8/OH2R. The team currently has two stations and will begin activity on 40-10 meters on SSB and CW. For more details about the project please check the QRZ.cpm listing for OH2R. QSL YU8/OH2R via OH2BN. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #846 February 17, 2008] In the last DXNL we announced the upcoming declaration of independence of Kosovo which nally was approved by the Kosovar Assembly on Feb 17. YU8/G3TXF, YU8/N7NG, YU8/W3UR, YU8/OH2BH, YU8/OH2PM and YU8/ON8NC already hit the airwaves one day earlier. They are now signing YU8/OH2R on 40-10m. How long the operations shall take place is not known. QSLs for YU8/OH2R via OH2BN, all other QSLs via home calls. Its most likely that Kosovo is going to become a new DXCC entity soon. [DXNL 1559 Feb 20, 2008] ZA, ALBANIA. Franck, F4DTO , along with his father Patrick, will be active from Elbassan, Central Albania, under ZA/F4DTO, callsign, between April 22nd to May 3rd, 2008. Bands : 20, 17 and emphasis on 10m. Modes : SSB, using a FT100, Wave vertical on 10m and dipole on other bands. QSL only

direct ( bureau cards are not delivered to Frank) See address on QRZ.COM. Please enclose SAE + postage (1$ or 1 valid IRC for Europe, 2$ or 1 valid IRC for elsewhere.) Frank has a web page at : http://monsite.orange.fr/f4dto Tks Frank, F4DTO. [Petes-dx-newsdesk January 15, 2008] ZB2, GIBRALTAR. PRE-ANNOUNCE of the next ZB2-Trip: Frank ZB2/DH7FB & Bernd ZB2/DF2ZC back in Gibraltar (IM76HD) from 2008-05-29 until 2008-06-01. LATEST NEWS de Bernd, DF2ZC, dated 2007-01-13: Equipment will be TS2000, GS35 and/or 2xGU74b (at reduced output), MGF1302 and 2 x 2M9SSB (15 dBd altogether). We are happy having acquired UKW-Berichte as sponsor. [F5NQL] [ICPO Bulletin January 17-25, 2008] ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS (6m Op). Operators Jim/K4BI and Mario/K2ZD are planning a major 6m DXpedition to here. Tentative dates are possibly June 20th through July 8th. The will be running an ACOM amp into a 6M5X. Their beacon will be on 50.095 MHz. Callsign will be either ZF2BI or ZF2ZD. Emphasis will again be EU, AF, SA and AS, but will of course work NA. They will have HF capability but dont plan on being there very much or very often. Look for more details later. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #841 January 13, 2008] ZL, NEW ZEALAND. Willy/ON5AX and xyl Magda/ ON3AX will be QRV from: New Zealand as ZL/ON5AX between February 19-27th; Lord Howe Island as VK9ALH from March 23-30th; and Australia as VK4/ ON5AX between April 2-7th. Equipment: Alinco DX70 transceiver 100W, ground plane antenna designed and made by Tony ON4CEQ. QRV on CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via ON5AX or ON3AX. [UBA HF News] [ICPO Bulletin January 31-February 08, 2008] ZL, NEW ZEALAND. Operators ZL2AL, ZL2ST, ZL2LF, ZL2FAR and ZL2QM will be active from the north island of New Zealand (OC-36, WLOTA LH69) during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via ZL2AL. [NG3K] [ICPO Bulletin January 17-25, 2008] ZM2, NEW ZEALAND. Members of the East Coast Contesters Club will be active as ZM2M during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th) as a MultiOp/Two-Transmitter entry. Operators mentioned are: Lee/ZL2AL, Stan/ZL2ST, Peter/ZL2LF, Mike/ZL2FAR and ZL2QM. QSL direct or by the Bureau via ZL2AL. Address is available at QRZ.com. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #842 January 20, 2008] ZS, SOUTH AFRICA. John, G3LZQ, will be QRV as ZS3/G3LZQ from McDougalls Bay from February 23 to March 15. Activity will be on all bands, especially 160 and 80 meters, using CW. He plans to be active in the CQ 160 Meter SSB contest and the upcoming ARRL DX contest. QSL via operators instructions. [ARLD009 DX news February 21, 2008] ZS8, MARION ISLAND. Rhynhardt, ZS6DXB, 3YE Pilot station and Media Ofcer, announced this past
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week that Petrus, ex-3YE but currently ZS6GCM/ mm, will be a team leader for a new scientic team going to Marion Island for 1 year. The arrangements for his activity from ZS8 are in progress now. Rhynhardt states, Currently we try to collect some equipment for Petrus to make his activity more complete, delivering another most wanted DXCC entity to you at high level. Look for a new ZS8 dedicated Web site to be activate (it is now under construction). Its Web address will be published soon and more news regarding any further activity of Petrus will be announced right there. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #846 February 17, 2008]

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DL3DXX, Tom/DL5LYM, Ben/DL6FBL, Dieter/ DL8OH and Joerg/DL8WPX plan to be QRV as VK9DWX from Willis Island (OC-7) in October 2008. QRV with four high power stations in CW/SSB/RTTY on 160m-10m for about 17 days. QSL route TBA. Further information and updates can be found at: http://willis2008.dl1mgb.com/ [DXNL] [ICPO Bulletin January 17-25, 2008] OC-164. ROTTNEST ISLAND. John, VK6HZ, will once again be on holiday on Rottnest Island between March 24th and April 4th. Operations will be holiday style (especially with the recent addition to the family!). He will be active during the 2008 CQ WPX Contest. Equipment will be IC-7000 and Buddiepole. Online log may be available during the trip (he will conrm closer to the time). Keep an eye on the following Web site for more details at: http://www.vk6hz.com He states, Hope to work a few stateside this year! [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #842 January 20, 2008] OC-26. FAURE ISLAND. The VK6 DX Chasers Club, a sub-group of the Northern Corridor Radio Group, is pleased to announce its next island expedition to Faure Island, in Shark Bay, Western Australia. The group will be active from the island from March 26th to April 1st, using the callsign, VK6FAU. Activity will be SSB, CW and the Digital modes on 80-6 meters. They will also try 160m. Full details can be found at: http://vk6fau.wordpress.com/ [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #846 February 17, 2008]
of Tandil, Argentina. QSL via LU3DR. [TNX LU3DR] [425 DX News #874 February 1, 2008] CX, URUGUAY. Michael DL1YMK reports that everything is settled now for this years EME DXpedition to Uruguay. Monika & myself will be operating from May 1-12th from Uruguay using the callsign DL1YMK/CX, as licensed by the Uruguayan telecom authority URSEC. We have been struggling for nearly a year to get a fully legal high power permit for operating from CX on 70 cm, 23 cm and 13 cm moonbounce. Further info at: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1176 [F5NQL] [ICPO Bulletin February 07-15, 2008] HG, HUNGARY. Zoli, HA3HK will operate as HG1848I from February 1st to December 31st to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution (1848-49). QSL only direct via HA3HK SAE and 2 IRC or 2 USD required. Check QRZ.com for information on the relevant award. [425 DX News] [ICPO Bulletin January 31-February 08, 2008] I , ITALY. Luigi, IV3LNQ reports he will operate again as IA3GM during the year to commemorate Guglielmo Marconi and his ship Elettra. QSL via home call. [425 DX News #876 February 15, 2008] LY9, LITHUANIA (Special Event). Look for 11 special event stations to be active with the prex LY9 from February 16th through March 16th, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of independence in the Lithuanian Republic. It was on February 16th, 1918, when Lithuania declared itself independent. The Act of Independence of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybes Aktas) or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital. The following stations will be on the air: LY9A Jonas (LY5A,LY2ZZ) LY9MM Albinas (LY2MM) LY9BFV Vitas (LY2BFV) LY9Q Rolandas (LY4Q) LY9BY Vilmantas (LY3BY) LY9W Rimantas (LY3W) LY9CM Bronius (LY1CM) LY9X Tomas(LY3X) LY9FW Giedrius (LY1FW) LY9Y Jurgis (LY9Y,LY2CY) LY9M Vytautas (LY3M) [Ohio/ Penn DX Bulletin #846 February 17, 2008] OK, CZECH REPUBLIC. Back in March 1978 Vladimir Remek was the rst Czechoslovak in space, as well as the rst cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. To commemorate that event, special station OL3SPACE will be active on 1-30 March. QSL via OK1TIR. [TNX OK1TIR] [425 DX News #877 February 22, 2008] OL5, CZECH REPUBLIC. The special event station OL5COTA represents the Castles on the Air activities in the Czech. Republic and thus is the 2nd European call for COTA (Castles on the Air) activities after DR1COTA in Germany. QSL via bureau. Visit the OL5COTA Web site at: www.qth.cz/Default.aspx?alias=www.qth.cz/ cotaen Also see the DR1COTA homepage for further information: www.cota-team-germany.com/home. html [DXNL] Reminder - May 17-18, 2008 is World

the old community hall that was located across from the Northern Store, said Chief Keyna Norwegian. A lot of youth got involved in the project and would play records during their one-hour shows, she said. "It was a lot of fun," said Norwegian. Morris Lafferty used to announce the news, and Norwegian said she can still remember his deep voice coming over the radio. A new radio station is part of the band's goal to nd new ways of reaching its membership, said Norwegian. The station would help the band share rsthand information with community members on issues the band is working on such as the Deh Cho Process, said Norwegian. A radio station would also play a cultural role. "Our priority is really our language," she said. Norwegian envisions nightly Slavey lessons that whole families could take part in. Listening to a lesson over the radio would be more convenient than committing to a classroom setting, she said. The station would also provide a means to share the experiences and stories of elders before they are lost, Norwegian said. Because local residents will be used to staff the station, it is also a good chance for people to take training to become technicians or radio announcers, she said. "It will build up self-esteem for some of our youth," Norwegian said.
Narwal hunt wraps up in Repulse Bay Darrell Greer Northern News Services Published Wednesday, August 15, 2007 REPULSE BAY - The narwhal hunt in Repulse Bay has been deemed a success by the Arviq Hunters and Trappers Organization (HTO), despite the fact the community felt more tags should have been issued. Arviq HTO chairperson Michel Akkuardjuk said the hunt was successful and the HTO is quite happy with the way things went. "Many of the narwhal were landed close to shore, with almost every boat in Repulse involved in the hunt, so there were many people who could watch the hunters as the narwhal were being caught," said Akkuardjuk. "There were between two to four people on each boat taking part in the hunt." Repulse hunters still use a traditional harpoon to strike narwhal. Akkuardjuk said there were very few narwhal struck and lost this year. He said that's common when the narwhal are close to shore and many boats are hunting together. "The community is always excited about the hunt. "When it begins and the narwhal start to come