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The EUDXF supports the upcoming E6AM and A35GC Dxpeditions
The EUDXF Board decided to support the upcoming Pacific DXpedition by Stan LZ1GC.
Stan will travel again to the Pacific Ocean in October 2020 with stops at E6 (Niue) and Tonga (A35).
E6AM activity – between 28 September 2020 and 17 October 2020.
- E6 ( Niue ) is number 95 in the list of Most Wanted countries on Clublog.
- Operators: Stan, LZ1GC and Ivan, LZ1PM.
- Ivan, LZ1PM operates CW & SSB. He is member of LZ9W – Bulgarian contest club.
- The activity will be on all HF bands: 160 – 10 meters, on CW/SSB/RTTY/FT8.
- We will try also 6 m!
- The target during E6AM activity will be 25 000 QSOs.
- E6AM logs will be upload on Clublog, during this activity.
- E6AM log will be upload on LoTW – for Sponsors till a month.
- Full E6AM log will be upload on LoTW – 6 months after end of this activity.
- QSL manager of E6AM is LZ1GC.
- QSL via OQRS, letters and via bureau.
A35GC activity – between 19 October 2020 and 02 November 2020.
- A35 (Tonga) is number 107 in the list of Most Wanted countries on Clublog.
- A35GC will be single operator DXpedition by Stan, LZ1GC.
- This activity will be also on all HF bands: 160 – 10 m, on CW,SSB,RTTY and FT8.
- The target during A35GC activity will be 15 000 QSOs.
- A35GC logs will be upload on Clublog, during this activity.
- A35GC log will be upload on LoTW – for Sponsors till a month.
- Full A35GC LOG will be upload on LoTW – 6 months after end of this activity.
- QSL manager of A35GC is LZ1GC.
- QSL via OQRS, letters and via bureau.
The equipment during E6AM and A35GC DXpeditions will be:
Transceivers:
- Kenwood TS 480 SAT
- Kenwood TS 590 SG
Linear Amplifiers:
- ACOM 1200S ( 1200 watts ) + Antenna tuner – ACOM AT 04.
- ACOM 700S ( 700 watts ) + Antenna tuner – ACOM AT 04.
Antennas:
- Vertical 160/80/40 m – 2 pieces
- Multiband GP ( prism ) antenna for 40 – 10 m – 2 oieces
- Hexbeam for 20 – 10 m.
The EUDXF supports the October 2020 Sable Island CY0C DXpedition
The EUDXF Board is happy to announce that the EUDXF will support the October 2020 Sable Island CY0C DXpedition.
A very experienced team will travel to Sable Island CY0C in october this year. Team members are Murray WA4DAN – Team Leader, Bob K4UEE, San K5YY, Will AA4NC, Jay K4ZLE, John N8AA, Pat N2IEN, Lee WW2DX, Dan W4DKS and Lou N2TU.
Currently Sable CY0 is ranked #56 on Clublog, but more notably in Europe, Sable is ranked #41 on CW and #16 on digital.
The team team estimates that we will make 40,000 to 50,000 contacts on all bands, 160-10 meters.
They will also have a two meter EME station active (WW2DX operator).
Equipment will consist of Elecraft K3’s, Icom 7300’s and Elecraft KPA-500 amplifiers. High power bandpass filters will be incorporated on each station. DX Engineering is a major supporter of this DXpedition. Antennas will consist of Hygain monoband yagi’s on 10-20 meters with verticals and directive wire antennas on 160-30 meters. WW2DX will be using two large yagi’s on EME.
The 2020 Sable Island DXpedition will be the largest and most expensive DXpedition ever to Sable Island. The cost for just the Sable Aviation flights to the island and the Parks Canada charge for use of the Visitor Quarters is $65,000.
Parks Canada has approved this 2020 DXpedition to Sable Island. Sable Aviation will provide air transportation. There is no runway on Sable Island so the Britten Norman Islander aircraft must land on a firm part of the south facing beach.
The team will provide LOTW upload within a month of the completion of the CY0 DXpeditio and they will answer all QSL card requests. K5DHY will handle the OQRS system and WA4DAN will be the direct QSL manager.
Parks Canada has approved this 2020 DXpedition to Sable Island. Sable Aviation will provide air transportation. There is no runway on Sable Island so the Britten Norman Islander aircraft must land on a firm part of the south facing beach.
More info on the teams website at www.cy0dxpedition.net
EUDXF supports VU4R Dxpedition
The EUDXF Board decided to support the upcoming VU4R DXpedition to Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The VU4R Team will be on the air March 20-31 mainly focusing on 160, 80 and 40 and hoping to get on 60 meters too, a first time thing from there. They will also be in the CQ WPX Contest.
On the operator list for this Andamans operation are VU2ABS, VU2BGS, VU2DED, VU2DSI, VU2GHO, VU2KWJ, VU2NT, VU2RS (ex-VU3RSB) and VU3UFE.
The QTH will be the northern tip of Neil Island with a clear shot to Europe and North America. All the antennas will be on the beach.
QSL via M0OXO.
There will also be a Club Log upload when the network connection allows.
There will be at least three stations on the air. They will have a SteppIR and hexbeam for the higher bands and verticals for the lower ones.
More info on their website: http://vu4r.vu3rsb.org.
