Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 30 2018 11:37 am
WORLD OF DX
Be listening for Martin, PT2ZDX, using the call sign PS6I from Itaparica
Island from the 1st to the 7th of December. Brazilian stations should
send QSLs direct to manager PP5GEL; hams in all other nations send QSLs
to F4BHW.
The Radio Amateur Association of Greece is using special callsign
SX60RAAG from the 1st through to the 31st of December to mark its 60th
anniversary. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, Club Log's OQRS.
Alain, F8FUA will be active as XT2BR from Burkina Faso from the 2nd to
the 11th of December. Be listening on the bands for him calling in CW,
SSB, and digital modes. QSL via his home call, direct or by the bureau,
or on LoTW.
Steff, HB9FXL, is using the call sign XU7AKB across Cambodia through the
14th of December. Listen for him on 40 through 10 meters operating SSB
and FT8. Send QSLs via HB9FXL, direct or bureau.
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KICKER: SOMETHING TO CRAB ABOUT ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we hear from a ham in Australia, who
hopes to visit Christmas Island with his wife, in pursuit of good DX,
and some very special nature-watching. John Williams, VK4JJW, tells us
more.
JOHN: Allen Harvie, VK3ARH, has timed it out just right for this year's
early celebration of Christmas - on Christmas Island, no less. Allen,
who is active in portable and Summits on the Air operations, has planned
a trip of a lifetime with his wife, to see the red crab migrations on
this distant Australian territory. He hopes to activate Murray Hill
VK9/CH-001, a rare summit in the SOTA awards scheme and VKFF-0098,
Christmas Island National Park. This is not ordinarily a place they would
plan a one-week holiday, he says, but ah, there are those crabs, and this
trip is carefully planned out to coincide with the creatures' annual
march to the sea to spawn.
ALLEN: The entire island is basically a crab island. So we feel we will
be privileged to see the migration in full flight, but purely as a
tourist.
JOHN: His wife has been keen to see this annual migration to the sea for
some time, and Allen, well, he's excited too about the prospect of a rare
SOTA summit - but only if the crabs aren't blocking traffic.
ALLEN: "Beause the crabs are using the road. They will be gone in four
hours, and we will be able to go down there. We might have to wait until
the next day. It is going to happen - we are just going to have to be
ready to act when we are allowed to move.
JOHN: Propagation may not necessarily be the best for the bands, but at
this time of the year, propagation should be perfect if you're a crab.
ALLEN: You have to time if when you're there. I am hoping to see the
tail end of the migration of the crabs, and part of the spawning from
an earlier migration.
JOHN: Meanwhile, they are there through to the 7th of December. Allen
is planning to do some CW, as well as operate SSB at 30 watts of power.
He's hoping for chasers to be listening mainly on 20 meters - 14.062 for
slow CW and 14.310 MHz for phone. His call sign: VK9ARH. So be listening
as he goes for a parks activation, a SOTA activation and - yes a bit of
nature in action.
ALLEN: It's going to be a bit of touch-and-go, but what else have you
got to do on your holidays?
JOHN: Best of all, he said, no matter how it plays out, you won't catch
him crabbing about it.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.
**
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