60m newsletter September 19, 2019 by Joe, W8GEX

Upcoming DXpeditions   C21WW NAURU:  Sept.16-25 Western Kiribati: T30GC activity - October 7, to October 23, 2019. Lakshadweep Islands: VU7RI from October 19, to November 3. South Orkney Islands:  VP8/VP8DXU - NEW COUNTRY   Feb. 20, to Mar. 5, 2020 Western Kiribati: T30ET- March 11, to April 2, 2020.     Copyright © 2019. |60 meters newsletter, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: W8GEX@aol.com 2419 Pierson Rd., Oxford, OH 45056 US

Pitcairn 60m permission story by Joe, W8GEX

The story about obtaining permission for 60m on Pitcairn:

Ralph K0IR, team leader for the Pitcairn VP6R DXpedition, had been turned down by the licensing folks in New Zealand for permission to operate 60m.  He had his hands full testing equipment and getting the container ready for shipment to New Zealand and, knowing I had helped many teams get on this band in the past, asked if I would help in winning permission.

I knew I would need help on this project, so I asked Paul G4MWO and Mike ZL4OL for assistance.  Between the three of us, plus Ralph, we sent many, many emails.  First we wrote Shirley Dillon of the Pitcairn administrative office in New Zealand.  She referred the request to Bill Haigh, Telecommunications Network Manager for the Government of the Pitcairn Islands, and he again denied the request.  Not ready to give up, Paul wrote to Laura Clarke, the Pitcairn Governor who lives off island as she is also the UK High Commissioner for New Zealand.  With his letter he sent supporting documents from the ITU WRC-15 conference, showing 60m had been allocated worldwide. Unsure if the email had been delivered, Mike volunteered to call her, but with no luck.  In the meantime, in response to a fax, Paul received a note from the Governor’s secretary saying that the Governor was on leave, but she would pass on the letter upon her return.  When Paul finally did get a response from the fax, the situation at that point still remained unchanged.

By now Meralda Warren VP6MW, who lives on the island, had joined our team.  She had been very active from 1984 until recently when she had some equipment failure.  Meralda asked Bill for permission and also got a “no” answer. Then she asked the Pitcairn Island Council if they would ask Bill Haigh to reconsider, which led to several meetings on this issue.  One reason Bill was turning us down is that he was reading old 60m documents and was concerned about interference, so we needed to bring him up-to-date.  Paul G4MWO is great on this type of research, so he provided outstanding information for his review.

In the meantime, Mike ZL4OL had asked John Moriarty ZL2JPM of NZART and the IARU Liaison officer in New Zealand, for help.  John knew that the ITU WRC-15 60m frequencies were 300 kc away from the New Zealand Search & Rescue frequency, and interference shouldn’t be a problem, so he contacted Bill and explained the frequency range and the 2017 ITU 60m frequency allocation. Shortly after this, our permission was finally granted.

Confusing to say the least, but as you can tell, this team of K0IR, ZL4OL, G4MWO, VP6MW, ZL2JPM and W8GEX has worked tirelessly for the past several months in obtaining this permission.  At times we were about to give up, but we persevered.  Paul and I have worked on other licensing projects and Mike, being a local down under, was so helpful because he knew the right people to contact.  It was my privilege to work with such an outstanding crew and for the team of VP6R.

Our most sincere gratitude goes to Bill Haigh ZL1BUQ, the Telecommunications Network Manager for the Government of the Pitcairn Islands for his reconsideration of this permit.
The team said they are looking forward to operating 60 meters and we are all looking forward to the ATNO.

Joe,  W8GEX 

T6 – Afghanistan by Robert, S53R

T6 – Afghanistan - From Kabul T6AA

Robert has plans to start up early in this month and continue until summer, 2021.  Robert thinks he will mostly do CW "with some SSB and digital modes," 160-6M.  LoTW will be the initial primary QSL route.  OQRS QSLing for paper cards direct only is being worked up.  For updates:  https://www.qrz.com/db/t6aa.  Robert adds that he will be on 60 meters CW and expects to be transmitting "somewhere around 5352.5 up to 5355" KHz.

60m newsletter 6-22-2019 by Joe, W8GEX

June 22, 2019

Joe Pater W8GEX

Laos: By Bruce XW4XR Just an FYI - I'll be back in Laos (XW4XR ) June 26 thru July 7th and plan to be on 60m in my local wee hours as in past trips.   It's not going to be pretty though as late night thunderstorms are common this time of year. I'll probably stick to FT-8 as it has the best chance. 73 and Good DX! Bruce  3W3B - XW4XR   T2 – Tuvalu: 3D2AG, Tony next trip to T2AR will be from June 27 to July 6 ______________________________________________________________ Editor:   I need help with the DXpeditions below in BLUE.  ZK3A and T33 are one team. The South Orkney leaders are Dave K3EL and Les W2LK team, and YT1AD is the leader for the Tokelau team. May I suggest sending these teams a note asking for a 60 meter operation.   3Y - Bouvet Island: Leader Dom 3Z9DX The following is from the 3Y0I Bouvet DXpedition website: "The southern hemisphere's summer is coming soon, so do Rebel plans start to accelerate. Announcing the 3Y0I Band Plan - frequencies and modes we'll use while operating from Bouvet Island. The frequencies listed below are 3Y0I expected transmit frequencies. Listen to the Op for his preferred receive frequencies (split)". See https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/3y0i-bouvet-band-plan/    T33 – BanabaThe Rebel DX Group moves on from their 3D2CR Conway Reef operation to the next stop, callsign T33T, within a few weeks from now.  Op Dom, 3Z9DX says they plans "a couple more" entities in the Pacific, as they continue sailing in the region until mid-October.  There was also mention of a focus on Bouvet (3Y0I) in November.   Tokelau ZK3A by Hrane YT1AD   If you know Hrane or a team member of this upcoming DXpedition, please contact them about getting on 60m. YT1AD has no email on QRZ.COM    South Orkney:   I have asked Gene K5GS a team member about their team operating 60m. This team is very reluctant to do so even after I pointed out to them that over 200 countries have been on the band and the band is very active. They do have a team member, Rob N7QT, who operates 60m.

9K - Kuwait Arrives on 60m

Kuwait Arrives on 60m

The Kuwaiti telecom regulator, CITRA, has released the new WRC-15 Amateur Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz to Kuwaiti 9K2 licensees
https://citra.gov.kw/sites/En/Documents/National%20Frequency%20Plan.pdf
under ITU Footnote 5.133B, which in the case of Kuwait means a maximum power of 15W EIRP.

The first Kuwaiti ham on the new band was Muhammad, 9K2NO who is looking forward to working more stations.
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Cheers
Paul Gaskell G4MWO,
Editor,
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60m newsletter 5-10-19 by Joe, W8GEX

May 10, 2019
Joe Pater W8GEX
 

 

NEW COUNTRIES
 

Futuna island FW/G0VJG

Update from Nobby, G0VJG, to remind us that his plans are going well
for his trip to 3D2 and FW for May 8,  and be QRV there for 14 days.  Please be aware dates may change according to local conditions.

QSL Manager M0OXO
 

TK – Corsica: TK/DB4BJ, Martin, is QRV from the northern part of Corsica until May 17.  He's running 50 watts from an FT-897 and a 5 meter high vertical.  Listen for him on 6 mostly on FT8. QSL via the DB4BJ

VU7 - Lakshadweep Islands: M0KRI, Shabu, has announced his plans for a DXpedition to the Lakshadweep Islands.  He will be using the callsign VU7RI from October 19, to November 3.  This will be a three man team.  More details are expected.

HH - Haiti HH6/N3BNA and HH6/K3MSB, Dale and Mark, will be in Haiti on a short work trip, May 4-11.  Not sure about how much they can be on the air; they do hope to do some 160 and 60M.  QSL HH6/N3BNA for KA2AEV and HH6/K3MSB to his own home QTH

Western Kiribati: This year will be T30GC activity only! I will be there together with Mitko, LZ3NY. T30GC activity will be between 7 October 2019 and 23 October 2019. The tickets are purchased, the accommodation is reserved and the license is obtained! Yes, we will be QRV on 60 m during T30GC activity!  I will try to operate more time on 60 m - CW and SSB. So, for now. 73! Stan, LZ1GC

9G2DX - Ghana story Zvika, 4Z1ZV

Hi all,

does not matter if you worked them or not on 60m band, nice story about the 9G2DX, Ghana DX-pedition can be read over here by Zvika, 4Z1ZV...

https://www.iarc.org/iarc/Content/docs/9G2DX.pdf


73 - Petr, OK1RP
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