<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23507"></HEAD>
<BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"
id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true"
name="Compose message area">
<DIV>This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by<BR>QRZ
DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest<BR>Corral from
QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.<BR>Thanks to
all.<BR><BR>MAURITIUS, 3B8. 3B8/HB9ARY is QRV until August 11. Look
for him on<BR>1830 kHz on CW at local sunrise, 0130Z. He expects to return
to 3B8<BR>every six months. QSL direct via HB9ARY or through the
Swiss<BR>bureau.<BR><BR>GREENLAND, OX. Station OX5YL will be a group of YL
operators QRV<BR>from August 16-20. At the radios will be HL1KDW, JR3MVF,
LA6RHA,<BR>SM6KAT and WA0WOF. QSL direct or via bureau to
PA5YL.<BR><BR>ST. PIERRE and MIQUELON ISLANDS, FP. Peter, FP/DJ4TC and
Hermann,<BR>FP/DL2NUD will be QRV from September 10-21. They will be QRV
only<BR>on 2 meters, 70 centimeters and 23 centimeters using JT65B
and<BR>JT65C. QSL via their home calls.<BR><BR>CANARY ISLANDS, EA8.
Bob, DL7VOA will be operating as EA8/DL7VOA<BR>until August 17. Listen for
him during his evenings mostly on CW.<BR>QSL to DL7VOA, direct or via the
Bureau. Members of the Grupo DX<BR>Gran Canaria and URE Las Palmas will be
active as AO8LH from Puna de<BR>la Aldea Lighthouse. Activity will be on
all HF bands using CW, SSB<BR>and RTTY. QSL via EA8AKN and LoTW.
Andrew, G7COD, will be active<BR>as EA8/home call from Gran Canaria from August
9-31. Activity will<BR>be on 30 through 6 meters using CW and SSB.
QSL via his home call<BR>sign, direct, by the Bureau or eQSL and
LoTW.<BR><BR>ALAND ISLAND, OH0. OH0/DM2ECM, will be active until August
16. His<BR>main activity is meteor scatter work during the peak of the
Perseids<BR>meteor shower, with a random operating schedule and
plan.<BR><BR>RODRIGUEZ ISLAND, 3B9. The Verona DX Team will be QRV for
EME<BR>activity on 144 and 432 MHz as well as HF operations from
September<BR>1-9. The team is currently awaiting approval of the call
sign<BR>3B9EME. Operators include Walter, I3VJW; Luc, I3LDP; Rony,
IZ3KIF<BR>and Alessandro, IK5MIC. They will have two stations on at the
same<BR>time on the HF bands, with an emphasis on 160, 80, 40, 30, 17 and
12<BR>meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY, JT65hf and PSK31.<BR><BR>MONTENEGRO,
4O. Operators Goran, YT7AW and Ivan, YT4RA/IV3CTS will<BR>be active as
4O/home calls until August 15. Activity will be<BR>starting from Durmitor
National Park (4OFF-002), and then followed<BR>by seaside activity, with a
possible stopover on EU-163 (Crna Gora).<BR>QSL via their home calls per
QRZ.com.<BR><BR>TANZANIA, 5H. Byron, KF8UN will be QRV as 5H3BB until
August 20.<BR>Look for him on 40 through 15 meters, but mostly on 20 meters
using<BR>SSB with some CW. QSL direct via his home call.<BR><BR>MALDIVES,
8Q. Operators Herbert, DL7AHF and Michael, DG8MH will be<BR>active as
8Q7HF and 8Q7MH, respectively, until August 11. QSL via<BR>their home call
signs.<BR><BR>ECUADOR, HC. Emanuelle, IK2OHG, will be active as HC2IOH
from<BR>Guayaquil between August 10 and September 12. Activity will
be<BR>holiday style on 40-10 meters, including 30, 17 and 12 meters,
using<BR>CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home call sign, direct, by the
bureau<BR>or LoTW.<BR><BR>PALAU, T8. Masashi, JL1FUQ will be QRV as T88GJ
from September<BR>20-24. Activity will be limited or dates may
change because of his<BR>work, but look for him on 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6
meters using SSB<BR>and possibly AM, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via his home call
sign, by the<BR>bureau or direct.<BR><BR>NAMIBIA, V5. Winfried, DK9IP will
be active as V55V from V52W's QTH<BR>in Omaruru for the Worked All Europe DX CW
Contest, August 10 and<BR>11, as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via
DJ8VC. Before and<BR>after the contest, he will sign V5/DK9IP.
Activity will be on<BR>160-10 meters, possibly with some RTTY and 6 meter
operation, until<BR>August 13. QSL V5/DK9IP via his home call
sign.<BR><BR>VIETNAM, XV. Masanobu, JR5JAQ is active as XV2JJ. His
length of<BR>stay is unknown. Activity has been on 20, 17 and 15 meters,
mainly<BR>CW with some SSB. QSL via JH5RXS, direct or by the
Bureau.<BR><BR>LAOS, XW. Champ, E21EIC will be active as XW0YJY during the
Worked<BR>All Europe CW Contest as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power
entry.<BR>Outside of the contest, Champ will try 6 meters some days
around<BR>50.112 MHz. He is expected to be QRV until September 14 on on
160-2<BR>meters. QSL via E21EIC and LoTW.<BR><BR>PORTUGAL, CT. The
Associacao de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide<BR>will be active as CS2HNI
from the lighthouse at Forte do Cavalo<BR>(PT-0012 - ARLHS POR-021) during the
International<BR>Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 2013, August 17 and 18. Look
for them<BR>using SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via CT1RVM,
bureau<BR>preferred.<BR><BR>JUAN FERNANDEZ, XR0. XR0ZR will be QRV from
November 8 to 20.<BR>Activity will be on 160-6 meters. Operations will
include 6 meter<BR>EME and possibly 2 meter EME.<BR><BR>OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR
DXCC CREDIT. Somalia, T5TC, 2013 operation;<BR>Laos, XW2CW, 2012
operation.<BR><BR>THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Worked All Europe CW,
Straight Key<BR>Weekend Sprintathon, Maryland-DC QSO Party, Fall VHF Sprint-50
MHz<BR>and NJQRP Skeeter Hunt are all on tap for this
weekend</DIV></BODY></HTML>