Author - Tim Beaumont

Bureau Posting September 2017

23 September 2017

QSL cards have been posted 75 World Bureaus  – Saturday 23rd September 2017

This mailing is a joint mailing between M0OXO Charles, M0URX Tim & M0SDV Jamie

I would very much appreciate feedback from you when the QSL cards start arriving at World Bureaus or received by hams around the world? This feedback will be added to our data below.

This mailing features cards from the recent expeditions. The parcels are sent by Priority Business Mail to get to the Bureaus quickly. 

Total amount of QSL cards 12,067
Via M0URX 2,948
Via M0OXO 7,406
Via M0SDV 1,300
Via MD0CCE 313
Via G4IRN 100

Total Weight  45,225 g (gross weight includes packaging)

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New IREF Board Member

20 September 2017
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New IREF Board Member

The Island Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc. (IREF) is pleased to announce that Charles Wilmott, M0OXO, is now a member of the IREF Board of Directors. Charles fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Neville Cheadle, G3NUG, who has been on the IREF Board since it’s inception. IREF would like to thank Neville for his work on the Board and wise counsel over the years.

The IREF Board ultimately decides on IREF sponsorship of an IOTA Expedition and is an Internationally diverse group. In addition to Charles, M0OXO, the Board consists of Jim (JA9IFF), Buzz (N5UR), Don (W9DC), Jose (CT1EEB), Mike (K9AJ) and Buzz (NI5DX).

IREF is funded solely through donations and is a 501(c)(3) organization which allows for contributions by US hams to be tax deductible. The website is www.islandradio.org and contributions can me made by clicking on the “Join” tab.

MU/ON4ANN Guernsey

18 September 2017
ON6NB 2


MU/ON4ANN will be QRV between 19th and 24th September from Guernsey.

ON4ANN – ON4CCV – ON5PDV – ON2BDJ – ON4ACP – ON6MI – ON4CAU –  ON8CW ON4AAQ – Etienne, 

Special attention for 160 -80 – 40 & 30 M, SSB, CW, DIGI
Equipment : Spiderbeams, Verticals, Inverted-L for 160 M, RX antenna’s

QSL Via OQRS Via M0URX

ZG2TT National week in Gibraltar

2 September 2017
K800 QSL-ZB2TT

4th to the 10th of September is National Week in Gibraltar, to commemorate this, the Gibraltar Amateur Radio Stations can use the prefix ZG. Robert Morgan (ZB2TT) will be QRV as ZG2TT during the week in the hours he is not working.

Although we will not have a special QSL card for this activity we will overprint the QSO report labels with ZG2TT and the log will be uploaded to the OQRS after the 10th September so that you can claim the QSL card.

For the prefix hunters we will also upload the log to LoTW.
QSL Via M0URX OQRS preferred.  OQRS NOW LIVE

Mail to Venezuela suspended

30 August 2017

Start date: 4 July 2017  End date: Ongoing

The local situation in YV has disrupted mail flows into Venezuela and our supplier has had to stop delivering mail in to Venezuela. As a result, we can no longer accept any mail for Venezuela, any mail on hand will be returned to sender.

We don’t know when the situation will change, but we will look for alternative ways of getting mail in to Venezuela.
Our mail to the YV QSL Bureau will also be suspended until we can get the mail to Venezuela.

Mail to Venezuela suspended

30 August 2017

Start date: 4 July 2017  End date: Ongoing

The local situation has disrupted mail flows into Venezuela and our supplier has had to stop delivering mail in to Venezuela. As a result, we can no longer accept any mail for Venezuela, any mail on hand will be returned to sender.

We don’t know when the situation will change, but we will look for alternative ways of getting mail in to Venezuela.

6W1SU

28 August 2017
K1024 QSL-6W1SU-2

6W1SU will be operated by VE9CB during the CQ WW DX Contest CW, November 25th & 26th 2017.

6W1SU will be a single op all band high power. 

QSL via M0URX OQRS

5B/G4MKP Cyprus

29 July 2017
K800 QSL-5B-G4MKP

Terry 5B/G4MKP will be on air as a holiday station between 20th – 27th September 2017, operating mostly on 40m.

QSL Via M0URX OQRS  Please do not send any Bureau cards, use OQRS. Thank you.
K800 QSL-5B-G4MKP-BACK


FT8 Mode QSOs

24 July 2017

I received a short statement from LoTW about FT8 Mode contacts in regard to the uploading to LoTW: 

“We have been inundated with emails about FT8. We were told that it will be a few weeks before the developers can get LoTW set up to accept FT8.”

So please stand by, LoTW are aware that this work needs to be done before FT8 QSOs can be uploaded to the LoTW databse. Thank you for your patience.
UPDATE 14/08/2017 – All FT8 QSOs have now been uploaded to LoTW

FT8 Mode QSOs

24 July 2017

I received a short statement from LoTW about FT8 Mode contacts in regard to the uploading to LoTW: 

We have been inundated with emails about FT8. We were told that it will be a few weeks before the developers can get LoTW set up to accept FT8. 

So please stand by, LoTW are aware that this work needs to be done before FT8 QSOs can be uploaded to the LoTW databse. Thank you for your patience,