I really must say thank you to Kathy Allison KA1RWY at ARRLs LoTW desk. Without fail Kathy always works fast in dealing with emails and enquiries and new certificate requests. Thanks Kathy! You are a credit to ARRL.

The latest addition to my QSL Management is OY1OF Ólavur Frederiksen. OY1OF log has now been uploaded to LoTW.

(Also uploaded today is the latest log update from 9M6XRO)

Ólavur OY1OF Operates from the Faroe Islands Amateur Radio Club Station. He has been working on maintenance of the antenna systems at the club station recently preparing them for the winter weather that sweeps through the Faroe Islands.

Ólavur was born in 1970 in Tórshavn, the capital city of the Faroe Islands. he is a certified electrician and now works as a graphic printer, spending his spare time in Amateur Radio and photography, you can see some of his work here FaroePhoto

Steve, VE2TKH is on his travels this week. In an email from Haiti he explains that he has the Amateur Radio license in his hand and is operational from Petionville, (South East)  Haiti as HH2/VE2TKH.  

His license is valid from November 23 to December 15, 2009.  

Steve explains power is currently only available between 0100 to 1100 UTC. He also reports laptop issues, however he hopes to overcome these problems soon.  

When active, look for Steve to focus on 30m, 20m, 17m and 15m.  

QSL Direct Via M0URX 
Bureau ONLY Via EMAIL REQUEST click here  

More news to follow..

The new QSL card for UK Eastern Sovereign Base Area Cyprus station ZC4VJ has now been designed and 6,000 QSL cards have been ordered and delivery expected by the 8th  December and all QSL requested will be replied to with immediate effect from then. Andy is very active on the bands.

QSL Via M0URX
QSL Sponsored by United Radio QSL Bureau.

Latest News M0XXT Shack Renovation
Callum M0MCX licence holder for M0XXT, UK Scout Contest Team has informed me that due to continued shack renovation at the UK Scout Contest Headquarters that the team will be off the air for a while as the shack moves into their new room over the coming months. Callum informs me that the computers are currently in storage and that the last log update will not be forwarded to me for a while until the equipment is relocated in the new shack. We would like to apologise to those waiting for the QSL. Sorry for the delay. Good luck guys with the shack renovation. I know that you have done so much work already and the new room is the final stage of the renovation.

RSGB Bureau Update
I have no further information on the state of the Bureau outgoing cards from the RSGB. Peter Kirby, General Manager has failed to reply to my email so far, so i do not know if my complaint is even being taken seriously. More information as it comes in.

OY1OF Back On Air
Welcome back on air to OY1OF Ólavur Frederiksen from Torshavn in the Faroe Islands. Ólavur has recently been helping with antenna repairs and improvements at the Feroskir Amateur Radio HQ and will be operating from the club shack. I have now received the OY1OF log  which is now on the online log search. QSL cards will be available from this week. QSL Via M0URX

And Finally….
Those of you visiting this website for the first time may well be asking “So
what is United Radio QSL Bureau?” We support DX Stations and DX’peditions with the full QSL package, from QSL Design and Printing by Maxi Print ON5UR, Max Rymenant, this is provided completely free when using our QSL Management Bureau with all QSL’s managed by M0URX Tim Beaumont with fast Direct QSL, Bureau QSL can be requested by email using our own Online QSL Request Service. LoTW upload service provided if requested. PayPal payment provided for that faster service!
I would also like to thank the many DX’ers who send that little extra with the QSL which is very much appreciated as all donations are put to good use either sponsoring DX’peditions or in providing a high quality QSL Service to the DX Community. United Radio QSL Bureau is here to give you the QSL service you ask for.

OLD Yellow IRC’s – Well of course these are NOT valid to exchange for postage on your QSL cards these days, but do you have any hiding in those shack draws? You do don’t you? Ok well if you want, you can donate them to United Radio QSL Bureau and we will find a way to exchange them for cash. This cash will be used for the members of UR Bureau DX’peditions and QSL card printing. Let’s see how many we can find.
Your help will be most appreciated! Thank you!

A new high quality QSL card for 9M6DXX Steve is now available.
QSL Via M0URX

9M6XRO John continues to be very active and a further 5,000 QSL card order has now been completed.

ZC4VJ Andy returns to Sovereign Base Cyprus next week and will once again be QRV. Andy will be sending me his log and some photographs for the new QSL card. Please be patient! I have received a few hundred QSL requests already and these will be replied to as soon as the QSL card is printed. 
LATEST – Log received, QSL requests processed into the log, and log uploaded to online log search.

Reminder: Steve, 9M6DXX, and John, 9M6XRO, will operate from Pulau Labuan (IOTA OC-133) from 6 to 8 November (and possibly for one or two hours from 0000UTC on 9 November) as follows: 9M6DXX/P 10m – 80m on SSB only; 9M6XRO/P 10m – 160m on CW and RTTY. Stations will be using linear amplifiers to a multi-band vertical and a 160m inverted-L, both mounted very close to the ocean. We hope it will be possible to operate on 160m CW at the same time as SSB on the other bands. QSL both 9M6DXX/P and 9M6XRO/P via M0URX, either direct, via the bureau or LoTW.

Logs uploaded to online log search and LoTW 10/11/09
For full QSL information click here

Cards not Valid for WLOTA

Once again today 10m has been open from dawn to dusk with some excellent DX to be worked on the band. Australian stations were being worked as early as 07:00z just too weak for me to work them today, before long South East Asia was being heard as I logged a few new band slots for 10m, 9M8Z Steve was preparing for his CQWW Contest entry from the shack in Sarawak East Malaysia. HS0ZIN Paul was strong 59 from Thailand. JY4CI Rafik also showed on 10m for another new band slot for me.

FY5KE in French Guiana kicked off the afternoon as the propagation moved to South America

G0KYA Steve writes in his Blog today how this phenomenon can probably be explained. You have to consider that although we are in the best month in the year for DX, what I have experienced on 10m in the past 36 hours is not that common at the bottom of the sunspot cycle. But what would I know? Amateur Radio has so much to teach me that I feel I am just at the beginning of the road of a very long journey. I hope the journey doesn’t end just yet!

Just a reminder that 9M8Z Steve will be active throughout the weekend during the CQWW Contest. QSL Via M0URX.
LoTW will be uploaded next week along with the online log search.
5,000 QSOs for 9M8Z and 2,000 QSOs from 9M6XRO have now been uploaded to LoTW

What a morning! I walked into the shack early this morning with my first cup of tea of the day when I noticed an email from Gary G0FWX saying “10m is open to VK!” What? At sunspot minimum surely not? I quickly put the cup of tea down almost spilling it all over the lap top! Turned my Hexbeam towards VK and tuned the radio to VK6, time to warm up the amplifier. Sure enough there was Kim VK6TQ in Western Australia 5/4 in my shack on 28490 KHz. A quick call to VK and I was in the log, we had a short conversation about antennas and band conditions before I let other UK operators fire their calls across to VK6.

A short while after that I also worked VK6KRC Bob near Perth, Western Australia. Thanks lads for my first 10m QSO to VK! Crikey what a morning!

Image Left – VK6KRC Antenna

15m once again today was also very busy in the run up to CQWW SSB 2009 Contest.

A Sad End RIP
I must also comment on the terrible sad news of the loss of 4 Radio Amateurs from the USA that sadly perished as their aeroplane crashed shortly after take off 250 yards off the end of the runway in Jedburg, South Carolina, about 20 miles northwest of Charleston. The plane, piloted and owned by Peter Radding, W2GJ,  carried Ed Steeble, K3IXD, Dallas Carter, W3PP, and Randy Hargenrader, K4QO. The four men were on their way to the Bahamas to operate in this weekend’s CQ World Wide Phone Contest as C6APR.

They died following the hobby that they were so pasionate about. May they rest in peace.

Great to see the lads from Team Thunderbox at the RSGB Convention last week. I have receieved an email from Jon 2E0DBD informing us of the next /Portable activities of Team Thunderbox.

Team Thunderbox will be setting up a portable station again between 23rd October 2009, and 31st October 2009. 

We will be using the following equipment for our “Gathering” 

As always, we will be operating from Wind and Solar power. 

80m Station~Yaesu FT1000MP MKV, 200 foot Doublet, 400 Watts.

40m Station~Yaesu FT1000MP MKV, 2 Element Monoband Cubical Quad, 400 Watts.

20m Station~Yaesu FT1000MP MKV Field, 3 Element Monoband Cubical Quad, 400 Watts.

 2m Station~Kenwood TR711E, Diamond X700H, 100 Watts.

We would love to speak with as many of you as possible, if the conditions allow.

Kind Regards. Jon 2E0DBD 

Team Thunderbox

(Editors note Please note that QSL is Via the operators!!!!!!!! Not me!)

You can find more information at Team Thunderbox 

Team Thunderbox is a group of people who enjoy the lighter side of Amateur Radio. This is a video showing our most recent gathering to celebrate our 4th birthday as a group. We participate in other hobbies as well as Amateur Radio, and more information Team Thunderbox on You Tube