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 On Monday evening I had a QSO with CP8XA Ivan Davison in Beni BOLIVIA on 17m. I was unsure if the QSL card would get through, so I sent a courtesy email to his address. Within minutes i had a reply from his son which i thought i would share with you.
"I am glad that you managed to contact my father and if you do so again please tell him that his son said hi.
QSL cards....the mail system in Bolivia is poor and due to my fathers remote location, sending QSL cards regularly is not viable, indeed, some times he doesn't even receive some cards.
Anyway, when I next get a rare call from my father I will mention this email amongst the other which I have for him, and I thank you on his behalf for the contact. When he visits the capital sporadically, he usually endeavours to send out QSL cards but this may not be for months. Many thanks, and I enclose a picture, Son of CP8XA"
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Steve, 9M6DXX (G4JVG), will operate as FK/G4JVG from Noumea (OC-032) from 22 May until 3 June, and as G4JVG/VK4 from North Stradbroke Island (OC-137) from 7 to 9 June. Both operations will be 'holiday style' while celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with Eva, 9M6EVA. Activity will be SSB only, using 100 watts to 'fishing rod'
verticals on 40, 20, 17 and perhaps 15m. QSL Via Tim, M0URX, Direct, Via Bureau or LoTW.
On beahlf of all, may I congratulate Steve & Eva on their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Tim M0URX
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This morning I received a log update from Steve 9M6DXX, LoTW and my online log search have both been updated. Steve comments:
"I found a good opening to JA on 10m yesterday and worked a few. I discovered it as I heard a big pile-up in Japanese on 28495, on an otherwise apparently dead band, and this turned out to be Masa, JD1BMM, working the JAs. I tried calling him for about 10 mins as I hadn't worked Minami Torishima on 10m before, but I couldn't get through the JA wall. When his signal started going down in QSB I gave up, went down 15kHz and called CQ only to get a JA pile-up myself, with a couple of BYs and HLs for good measure, then a solitary VK8 off the back of the beam. I had a bit of a chat with the VK8 and then Masa called me! it seems he's working for DXCC and hasn't worked 9M6 on 10m before."
9M6DXX QSL Via M0URX
Steve is the author of the 'World Licensing and Operating Directory', a guide to getting on the air from over 200 countries and territories around the world, which is published by the RSGB - please see
http://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Operating___DX_13.html
The World Licensing and Operating Directory is lavishly illustrated throughout with over 230 photographs and maps. There is information on how to obtain an amateur radio licence in almost every country in the world - but this is only part of the story. There is information on organising a DXpedition and "All you wanted to know about licensing (but were afraid to ask)". There is also a major section of the book that provides full details of how to rent more than 75 amateur radio stations around the globe - from Europe to the Pacific and from the Arctic to the Equator! There is a 32-page full-colour section with spectacular photographs of rental stations, including some of the most impressive antenna set-ups in the world.
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UK Scout Contest Team
Dorridge Scout Group, Radio DX Headquarters
QTH: 10 miles SE Birmingham, Central England.
Callum M0MCX will be firing up the station at the "Scout Hut" this evening "(Saturday) squirting some RF" as he puts it to all exotic places in the world. You will be able to contact M0XXT on 40m SSB. Here is a photo of the young scouts operating just the other week.
Senior Operators: Callum (M0MCX), James (M3YOM), Tim (M0URX), Terry (G4MKP) and Lee (G0MTN).
Junior operators: Dan, Chris and Aidan (M6TTT) (please be patient with our junior operators).
Thank you to M0MCX Callum McCormick for the Photograph.
QSL Via M0URX
Another member of our team Terry G4MKP will be operating CW under his own call around 14.015 MHz CW
Club Photo Album: http://www.m0mcx.co.uk/gallery/index.php?/category/21
Working conditions: 570 feet (174 meters) horizontal delta loop at 20 – 25 meters (60-85 feet), FT1000MP and Acom 2000.
Regards, Callum (M0MCX) Group Scout Leader
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Thanks to the help of a good friend of mine MW0JRX Oliver Bross we now have a log search facility built into the website for all callsigns that I manage. Many hours of work have gone into providing this facility from both Oliver and myself. This afternoon I uploaded most of the logs, and the database now contains 281,450 QSO's.You can find the HF log search at the bottom of the Main Menu on the left side of this page, just enter your callsign in the search field and click "Enter".  Left is an example of the result card shown from the search.The result card will list QSOs from all logs in the database under band and mode status SSB, CW or DIG. At this stage only HF Qs can be searched, while of course some of the logs contain VHF Qs from 6m, 2m and 70cm but this may be added later.
The logsearch fully complies with current requirements which state that no other details except those that we provide in the search facility, DX callsign, Callsign of the station worked, Band worked, Mode worked, no other information is stored on the database.
Many, many thanks Oliver for your hours of work, really appreciated by us all.
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Today's email from John 9M6XRO includes some photographs taken today at the Borneo Amateur Radio Club of East Malaysia. John explains "I took these photos 'up the hill' today when we were working on the ants. One shows Rahim 9W6RHM up the tower working on the Cushcraft A4S beam. Another also shows the 100ft tower behind the clubhouse. There are various VHF repeater ants mounted on it plus the 160-80-40m trapped dipole. Unfortunately we cannot get the trapped dipole all the way up as there is a family of mynah birds nesting right at the very top and they dive bomb any climber who starts to get anywhere near them! Mynah's CAN talk but they have not entered into any negotiations so far (hi).
Number 269 Confirmed arrived in the post this morning TL0A Christian operating from Central African Republic
This week we see Camb-Hams DXpedition to Harris Island EU-010 signing as GS3PYE/P. Formed in early 2006 as the social and public-facing side of the Cambridge Repeater Group. You can find their excellent website at: 
A little humour in the mailbox today, a QSL from G3IQF. 