Uganda DXpedition

Members of the F6KOP team are expected to be active as 5X8C between 6-18 th February 2013 from a location some 20 Km from Entebbe airport.

The latest report states that the team is now complete with the last operators Jean-Louis F5NHJ and David EI9FBB. Unfortunately, Frank, F4AJQ, will not be able to operate from 5X and is now the team leader of the "Back Office" in France.
Operators Seb/F5UFX and Alain/F6ENO are now team leaders of the DXpedition to 5X. Mode leaders are Bernard/F9IE (CW), Flo/F5CWU (SSB) and Jean-Paul/F8BJI (RTTY).

The current DXpedition team is as follows:

• CW Team #1: Seb/F5UFX, Dave/K4SV, Patrick/F2DX and Norbert/DJ7JC
• CW Team #2: Alain/F6ENO, Jean-Marc/F8IXZ, Stephane/F5UOW and Jean-Jacques/F5NKX
  
• SSB Team #1: Gerard/F2JD, Gerard/F2VX, Eric/ON7RN and François/ON4LO
  
• SSB Team #2: Michel/FM5CD, Lars/DF1LON, Uwe/DL8OBF and David/EI9FBB
  
• RTTY Team: Jean-Paul/F8BJI, Hans/DL1YFF, Jean-Louis/F5NHJ and Michel/F5EOT
  
• Mixed Mode Team: Flo/F5CWU, Valery/RG8K, Mike/UA9KGH/1 and Bernard/F9IE
  

John, F5VHQ, will join the team on February 13th, which will complete the 25. The two pilots stations are: Thierry/F4TTR for the French speaking people and Andre/V51B, for the English speaking Hams.

All the matters are booked and papers are in hand. Look for the first signals expected on 8th February 2013 around noon. The main focus will be on the low bands, with two dedicated K3 radios. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Suggested frequencies were published in OPDX.1081. The last hand to control the gear and finish the packaging is scheduled at the F6KOP QTH on 26-27 January 2013.
The group is still looking for donations/ funds, and they would like to "thank a lot firms, sellers, DX Bulletins editors, associations, hams and all of you who helped" them in this new F6KOP adventure.

Those who want help them can go to their donors page - http://www.5x2013.com/index.php/help-us

Also, don't forget to sign their Guest book - http://www.5x2013.com/index.php/guestbook

You can subscribe to the mail diary - f5nql@aol.com

Yann, F1NGP, will be their QSL Manager (100% OK Direct, ClubLog's OQRS, Bureau and LoTW).

For more details and updates - http://www.5x2013.com

Easter Island update

A UK DXpedition team will be active as XR0YG from Easter Island (SA-001) between 20-27th March 2013.

Operators mentioned are Michael G7VJR, Nigel G3TXF, John G4IRN and Martin G3ZAY.

Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters, mainly CW.

Operations will be on the HF bands, but they also plan to work challenging paths on the low bands and with an emphasis on Europe.

They will be using Elecraft K3s, small PAs and vertical antennas. Depending on the space available, they will use a beverage or flag for RX on the low bands.

ClubLog and LoTW uploads will occur daily. The log search on ClubLog will be available at https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=XR0YG

There will also be OQRS available. QSL via G3TXF and LoTW.

Update from Campbell Island DX

Ed Durrant, VK2JI has been keeping us up to date with the DX'Pedition to Campbell Island.

The groups arrival was delayed by a couple of days, as 11 metre swells causing the team to seek shelter off Stewart Island.

This delay meant the team arrived on Campbell Island on Saturday 1 December 2012, and set to work straight away setting up masts and antennas and where on air at 0500 UTC  using basic vertical antennas until the main masts and beams went up the next day.

Some good news that came on the second day was that the time the New Zealand Department of Conservation would allow the team to stay on Campbell Island was extended, as they could see that no large impact to the rare wildlife on the island would occur. Originally the rule was that the team could only be on the island from sunrise to sunset, which restricted the time that ZL9HR would be active for many areas of the world - now the teams will be allowed to operate a few hours after dark. However there will be no extension to the number of days the team will be allowed to operate.

The project members reported early success, with big pile-ups growing, Pilots are receiving floods of emails both asking for specific frequencies and modes as well as complimenting the team on their professional operation on air.

Logs are being uploaded daily via a satellite phone link but apart from this, communication to the team is very restricted as no cell phone coverage or Internet access is available from the Island.

The team completed operations on Sunday 9 December 2012, and arrived safely back on the New Zealand main land on Tuesday 11 December 2012, where the last of the contact logs where completed.

Current log status and to see  your contact has been recorded - http://www.ZL9HR.com