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please find below our latest NEWSLETTER of the VHF-DX-Portal
"Make More Miles on VHF" (www.MMMonVHF.de) dated 2009-03-27
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Next EU (REF/DUBUS) EME contest 2009 end of march 2009
The EU (REF/DUBUS) EME contest 2009 (CW/SSB) will take place
on 144 MHz and 10 GHz and up on March 28 / 29. We hope for good
participation and invite everybody to send also "small" logs!
Full rules and details are on the web http://www.dubus.org/ click
EME pages Good luck and have fun in the contest! 73 Joe
SOURCE: tnx Joe, DL8HCZ/CT1HZE, direct to MMMonVHF

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Gents, the Bochum gang around Freddy, ON6UG have received their
first echoes from Venus yesterday using the 20m dish. Find the
full story he
http://www.amsat-dl.org//index.php?o... 35&Itemid=97
(only in german for the moment) Congrats! Daniel DL3IAE
SOURCE: Daniel DL3IAE via MoonNet

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QSLs for the V5/KT6Q Exp. (see http://www.mmmonvhf.de/review.php)
Dear friends, finally we got the color-QSL-cards for our V5/KT6Q
DXpedition! Yesterday I mailed by first class mail 161 QSL-cards
to all stations we got a QSL from. You find a list of QSL rx-ed
and tx-ed at the our homepage: http://hb9q.ch/joomla/index.php
This list is updated whenever a new QSL arrived, so you can check
if we got your card and if the QSL for you was mailed already!
Many thanks to all of you sending small and big contributions for
the project "EME for Africa", your support is very much appreciated!
If you need our QSL, please send your QSL including SASE to HB9Q
P.O.box 133, CH-5737 Menziken, Switzerland - Contributions are very
welcome and will be forwarded to the project "EME for Africa" to
help to activate an other new DXCC in Africa! Many thanks! vy 73
SOURCE: Dan, HB9CRQ/KT6Q via MoonNet and direct to MMMonVHF

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QSLs for the W7EME-Trips (see http://www.mmmonvhf.de/review.php)
Today I post all qsl reply I have received between 1st Jan and
22nd March. These are all qsl for my portable operations in grids,
BL02-HI, CP28-NWT, CN73-OR, CN76-WA, CN85-OR, CN86-WA, DN11-NV,
DN42-WY, and DN53-WY. Please allow ten days for postal.
Any qsl received now will likely wait until April for reply.
73 es mahalo Jeremy w7eme - SOURCE: Jeremy, W7EME via MoonNet


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EME Activity from Nigeria in next months... LATEST NEWS from
Bodo, dated 2009-03-22: I arrived in Abuja and had some time
to unpack all my boxes. Some of the material is missing but
fortunately nothing that I cannot get over here. I will now
prepare everything for the first QSOs coming weekend. I will
be on 2m first as the dish for 23cm is not ready yet anyway.
I received the licence and the president of NARS (5N0OBA) was
visiting me yesterday. Here the first plan for my activities:
QRV on 2m. Sat March28, 12...18z Sun March29, 09...19z
Read more at: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=2244
SOURCE: tnx Bodo, DL3OCH, 5N0OCH, 5N0EME direct to MMMonVHF

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6m & 2m EME DXpedition to South Cook Islands (BG08dr)
Lance W7GJ and Bob ZL1RS will meet in Rarotonga in late March
to operate on 6 and 2 meters from BG08dr. Activity should
commence on 26 March and run until 04 April on both bands,
with an additional 1 or 2 days of activity on 2M possible
until 06 April. 6M callsign E51SIX, and QSLs for 6M only go
to W7GJ - 2M callsign E51EME, and QSLs for 2M only go to ZL1RS
LATEST NEWS from the Team, dated 2009-03-26: The group did start
yesterday on 6m (QSO Part # PE1BTX E51SIX BG08 OOO - congrats!)
LATEST infos hehttp://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=2183
SOURCE: tnx Bob, ZL1RS direct to MMMonVHF

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LATEST NEWS from Hermann, DL2NUD nw H44HP, dated 2009-03-24:
After first tests past weekend and still heavy tropical rain
storms Hermann decided to stop operation at QI90 until next
weekend (maybe back 27th or 28th if WX allows) - If all will
be ok further he plans to activate Florida Isl. (RI01AD) for
around 4 days from up maybe monday and maybe later (begin of
april) from RI00AN until latest 6th or 7th april! Remember,
all is possible but due to the tropical situation nothing is
for sure there...!
SOURCE: tnx Hermann, DL2NUD nw H44HP direct to MMMonVHF

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The JARL Special Station 8J1AXA at JAXA Katsuura Space
Communication Center, Chiba Pref., QM05df will be active on
144MHz/432MHz, Saturday, March 28, 2009. We aim to operate
for the DUBUS 2m CW contest. During Feburary 07 operation with
10 highschool students, we had very good echos on 432 CW/SSB
with 50-200W output. (See DUBUS 2009/1 issue) So why not try it
again! QRG: 144.050 +-QRM (CW/SSB) QRG: 432.015 +-QRM(CW/SSB)
JAXA 18m dish, V-pol. 500 watts maximum output QSL via JH6RTO
I will join them during the EU window only.
SOURCE: Mike JH1KRC via MoonNet

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Dear colleagues EMErs. in the early afternoon of coming Monday,
March the 30th, I have the chance for testing "science" Moon
bouncing on 10 GHz with the 32 m dish of Medicina (Bologna).
I will surely do my best in order to "occasionally" test with
hams too! The frequency is likely to be 10368.150 and the out
power about 35W. During next week end more details about timing.
Regards to all. Tom, I4BER - SOURCE: Tom, I4BER via MoonNet

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Patrick, ON7ARQ/MM will be QRV /MM on the Costa Europa between
28 May and 8 June with a Yaesu FT817 (5Wmax) on 50-144-432Mhz
Ports : 28/05 Savona (JN44) Italy 29/05 Barcelona (JN11)
Passing Balearic Islands, 31/05 Casablanca (IM63) 01/06 Agadir
02/06 Arrecife (IL28) Lanzarote 03/06 Santa Cruz (IL18) Teneriffe
04/06 Funchal (IM12) Madeira 06/06 Malaga (IM76) UBA-contest 6m
+ EA-contest Passing Balearic Islands 08/06 Savona - Italy
Hope for good 6m-conditions, and participation of EA-contest
6 & 7 june, Note : Past year, june on the Island of Elba (IA5)
was very poor on VHF-bands, Info from Patrick, ON7ARQ
SOURCE: Gabriel, EA6VQ at The VHF & up DX news page

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16 Seasoned DX'ers Going to LORD HOWE (QF98)!
LATEST NEWS from, VK9LA, dated 2009-03-24: The first teammates
have arrived on the Island and limited operations are being
conducted by N2OO, VK4FW, N2OZ and W5SL. The rest of the crew
arrives today at Blue Lagoon. The team has so far has installed
an 80 cw dipole, 40 quarter wave elevated vertical, 30 elevated
vertical and 3 ele triband yagi. The Warc vertical goes up in
first daylight as well as the 160 antenna. They now have 4
stations on the air. Operators Stan/SQ8X and Pete/SQ9DIE have
added a daily blog daily on Twitter.com. Look for regular
updates on how the DXpedition is progressing at:
http://twitter.com/vk9la. SOURCE: Don VK9LA Pilot via Reflector

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Jimmy, W6JKV, will be operating from the country Antigua from
June 23 thru July 3 - LATEST NEWS from Jimmy, W6JKV, dated
2009-03-20: My call sign for Antigua has been issued and is
V29JKV The anticipated dates when I will be operational are
June 24 through July 3 - SOURCE: Jimmy, W6JKV, UKSMG Announce

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5C2 DX Expedition on MOGADOR Island (Marocco) WW-Loc IM51
LATEST NEWS: I invit all to visit all the pages of :
http://www.mogador2009.altervista.org Anyone wish info and
sked can send msg at: mogadorisland2009"at"libero"dot"it
73 de leader team Alfredo IK7JWX
SOURCE: Fred, IK7JWX direct to MMMonVHF

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Philippines, DU. Max, M0GHQ will be visiting the Philippines
between late March and late April. He expects to operate from
the islands of Cebu, Samal, 29-31 March) and Mindanao, and to
attend the Philippine Amateur Radio Association's 77th annual
hamvention, to be held on 17-19 April on Leyte Island. He plans
to be active on 160-10 metres (plus possibly 6 metres) SSB,
PSK31 and RTTY with 100 watts and wire antennas.
SOURCE: [425ENG] 425 DX News #933

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The radio amateurs of the City of Debrecen remind us to these
historical events 160 years ago by issuing special callsigns
and a Commemorative Diploma as HG160FNY. The activity is
starting on April 1, 2009, ending on July 31, 2009 using the
callsigns listed below. Our licence is valid until Dec. 31,
2009, allowing us to take up some other special events later
on after this activity with the same callsigns. Read more
at: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=2382
SOURCE: tnx to Vili HG7JUV (HG1607JUV) direct to MMMonVHF

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A team from ARI San Severo and a few guest operators will be
active as IL7G from the Tremiti Islands (JN72RC) from 30 May
to 2 June. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160m-70cm,
and to participate in the 13th Gargano Contest (31 May, 6m CW
and SSB). QSL via IW7EBE, direct or bureau. The logs will be
uploaded to LoTW. Further information can be found at
www.qrz.com under IL7G. - SOURCE: [425ENG] 425 DX News #933

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Special Event Station W3P Philipsburg 2009 Heritage Days Event
Jul 7-Jul 12, 1600Z-0500Z, Philipsburg, PA. Philipsburg Amateur
Radio Association, W3P. Philipsburg 2009 Heritage Days Event.
All bands 80m to 2m CW SSB FM. QSL. David Runk, AA3EJ,
887 Decatur St, Philipsburg, PA 16866.
SOURCE: Tnx Andy (Neon), (Got6???), direct to MMMonVHF

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SOTA-News - Upcoming Activations updated at our MMMonVHF page
as long these including VHF or U/SHF-Activities. A complete over
view about all SOTA-Activities are on: http://www.sotawatch.org/
SOURCE: tnx the Group around Summits On The Air (SOTA)


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73 de Guido "Guy" DL8EBW
on behalf of the MMMonVHF-Team
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