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7Q, Malawi- A large multinational team of 20-24 operators is being assembled for a DXpedition to take place from Malawi between 10 November and 2 December. The call sign will be 7QAA  (no  second  number  in  the prefix) and the team will be split into two sub-teams: Team One will operate only SSB and RTTY (160 - 6 metres)  on  10 - 20 November, while Team Two will operate CW only from 21 November  to  2 December, including a M/2 entry in the CQ WW  DX  CW  Contest. The logs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW on a daily basis. Bookmark www.malawidx.org for further information and updates.  

D4, Cape Verde- Jorg, DL3LUM/PA1MUC, will be active as D44TXU from Santa Maria, Sal Island (AF-086), between 19 to 25 April. Activity will be holiday style on 20 metres mainly (possibly higher bands), and operating QRP CW only using a KX3 (max 12 W from hotel) into a vertical (probably HF-P1 or larger). QSL via DL3LUM, direct (Dutch home address) or by the DARC QSL Bureau.  

FT4T, Tromelin (Update)- The FT4TA DXpedition team to Tromelin Island, which takes place between 30 October and 10 November, have announced their pilot stations and posted a link on their Web site. The following pilot stations were named:

Chief Pilot - Col, MM0NDX; E-mail address: dxer59@gmail.com

Asia/Japan - Harumi, JR4OZR; E-mail address: Jf1pjk@ybb.ne.jp

Europe/Africa - Bjorn, ON9CFG; E-mail address: on9cfg@telenet.be

Oceania - Al, ZL2AL; E-mail address: leezl2al@gmail.com

North America (East Coast) / South America - Don, N1DG; don@aurumtel.com

North America (West Coast) - Rich, KY6R;  E-mail address: ky6r@arrl.net

To read more detailed info on the pilot stations, see  www.tromelin2014.com/pilotes

ARRL IS FIGHTING TO RETAIN 3 cm AMATEUR BAND – The ARRL has told the FCC that a Petition for Rule Making (RM-11715) from Mimosa Networks to permit unlicensed Part 15 wireless broadband services in the 10.0-10.5 GHz band is “fatally flawed” and should be dismissed. Mimosa filed the Petition in May 2013, and the FCC invited public comments last month. The Petition includes a band plan for 10.0 to 10.5 GHz that would cede Amateur Radio and Amateur-Satellite users access to just two small segments of the present allocation. The League told the FCC that, among other things, the Mimosa Petition is inconsistent with a US footnote in the domestic Table of Allocations, and that fact alone is sufficient reason for the Commission to quash Mimosa’s request. 

THE HYDROGEN LINE ON 1420 MHz (21 cm) – The hydrogen (HI) line is caused by the spin of the electron in the neutral hydrogen atom when it flips over from parallel to antiparallel and creates a momentary change in energy level. Since there are almost an infinite number of neutral hydrogen atoms in the Universe this process is continuous and it produces spectral lines on 1420 MHz. In his recent talk about the SKA on the Intecnet, Prof. Justin Jonas of Rhodes University, described how HI lines from the dawn of the Universe can be differentiated from those in local galaxies. He said that the expansion of the Universe would have caused the ancient HI lines to travel away from our Galaxie and become lower in wavelength and frequency due to the Doppler shift, which is similar to the red shift of distant galaxies observed in optical astronomy.   

THE EARTH IS PASSING NOW THROUGH THE LYRIDS METEOR SHOWER – The Earth will exit the Lyrids meteor stream on 25 April 2014 and is the first of the meteor showers of this year’s season. 

ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB.   Date: March 1-2, 2014 - .Mission: Encourage W/VE stations to expand knowledge of DX propagation on the HF and MF bands, improve operating skills, and improve station capability by creating a competition in which DX stations may only contact W/VE stations.  Definitions:  W/VE stations are those operating in the following locations:  The United States and the District of Columbia with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii,  Canadian provinces and territories with the exception of the DXCC entities St. Paul Island and Sable Island,  DX stations are any non-W/VE station. This includes US possessions and territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.  Objectives:  W/VE amateurs work as many DX stations in as many DXCC entities as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands,  DX stations work as many W/VE stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible. Contest Exchange:  W/VE stations send signal report and state or province:  DX stations send signal report and power (number or abbreviation indicating approximate transmitter output power).

OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2014:  Date: 01-02 March 2014. The contest consist of two parts: LOW BAND (1,8, 3,5 & 7 MHz) and HIGH BAND (7, 14, 21 & 28 MHz). Time: LOW BAND-part includes 2 rounds: the First round  is 18:00-20:59 UT , the Second - 21:00-23:59 UT (01 March); HIGH BAND-part includes 2 rounds: the First round is 08:00-10:59 UT , the Second - 11:00-13:59 UT (02 March). Bands:  1,8 ; 3,5 ; 7 ; 14 ; 21 ; 28 MHz, in digimodes sub-bands. Mode: RTTY (45 BAUD).

DARC 10m-Contest DIGITAL (Corona): The following DARC RTTY contests performs at the 10-m band in the approved by the IARU band plan frequency ranges. Dates: 2 March from 1100 to 1700 UTC. Participants: All amateur radio stations and receiving stations (SWL) at home and abroad. Call: CQ TEST CORONA. Digits Exchange:  RST + serial number from 001

SARL Hamnet 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest: Aim - This SSB Contest is open to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho, Marion Island and South African Antarctica. Only contacts with these areas will count. Date and Time. First Sunday of March from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC (14:00 to 16:00 CAT). (2 March 2014). Frequencies. It is a phone contest in the band segments 7 063 to 7 100 kHz and 7 130 to 7 200 kHz. Categories. a. Single operator stationary mobile, b. Single operator portable, c. Multi-operator portable, d. Single operator base station

UBA Spring Contest 2014. The UBA section of DST (Diest) invites all radio amateurs to take part in the 31^st edition of the UBA SPRING-CONTEST. Contest dates / Contest parts HF-80m CW: 2 March 2014 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC), VHF-6m Phone/CW: 9 March 2014 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC). VHF-2m Phone/CW: 16 March 2014 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC). HF-80m Phone: 23 March 2014 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC). Attention: only UTC time in the log is valid.  Contest call. CQ UBA contest. Reports. ON Stations: Report = RS(T) + QSO serial number starting with 001 + UBA section or XXX for ON stations NOT member of the UBA. Ex: ON4DST - rprt given 59(9)001 DST - rprt received 59(9)003 MCL. Foreign stations: Report = RS(T) + QSO serial number starting with 001. Ex.: G3ZZZ - report given 59(9)005 - report received 59(9)019 DST. The QSO serial number must run continuously, regardless of the mode of transmission (VHF). Foreign stations. Only contacts with ON stations are valid.        

The 2014 CQ World-Wide WPX Contest. SSB: March 29-30, 2014  Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday. I. Objective: For amateurs world wide to contact as many amateurs and prefixes as possible during the contest period.  Period of Operation: 48 hours. Single Operator stations may operate 36 of the 48 hours – off times must be a minimum of 60 minutes during which no QSO is logged. Multi-operator stations may operate the full 48 hours. Bands: Only the 1.8, 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 MHz bands may be used. Observance of established band plans is strongly encouraged.  EXCHANGE: RS(T) report plus a progressive contact serial number starting with 001 for the first contact. Note: Multi-Two and Multi-Unlimited entrantsuse separate serial number sequences on each band

Battery Clinic Midrand: Car batteries; truck batteries; alarm/gate motor batteries; Intelligent chargers & other accessories; new or ‘Re-new’ batteries. Discounts where possible for Ham Radio operators.  www.batteryclinic.co.za Contact Nigel (ZR6NGB) 011 028 1146, Email: nigel@batteryclinic.co.za 

MEGE electrical control & automation
Mege electrical control & automation is in the business of designing and manufacturing of control panels for the industry. Installation of frequency drives, PLCs, mimic panels. Temperature controllers, thermocouples, RTDs, electric and gas ovens.  Gas detectors, hygrometers. Fire, heat and smoke detectors. Back-up generators. Solar panels, regulators. Earthing and lightning protection. Contact Eddie (ZS6DAY) at 082 330 3558, or megecontrol@gmail.com 

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