3B8 - Mauritius 6m operation

During a short visit to Mauritius this month, Bernie ZS4TX will be active as 3B8TX from the northwest coast - locator LG89sx

Between the 16-19th September 2016, Bernie will be active on 6m from moonrise to moonset.

Bernie will be operating using a Icom IC-7100.

Contact Bernie via QRZ

German Team Head to Isle of Man

A team of Amateur / Ham Radio Operators will be active from the Isle of Man (EU-116) between 23rd September 2016 to 4th October 2016

The team will be made up of Heiko DL1RTL, Gunter DL2AWG, Dietmar DL2HWA, Georg DL4SVA, Olaf DL7JOM, Rolf DL7VEE and Wolf DM2AUJ.

The team are planning operation on 80-10 metres, using CW, SSB and RTTY. The team will be using equipment including 2x K3, KPA 500, into Spider-beams and Verticals.

More details - http://md.mydx.de

North Korea Operation

Polish Amateur / Ham Radio Operator Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, is planning to be active from North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) in the early part of 2016 operating using the amateur radio callsign P5/3Z9DX.

Grzyb has received permission and license from North Korean authorities to operate on 3 bands, however Dom intends to concentrate his operation on 20m only SSB using 100 watts into a GP7 vertical antenna, QSL via his home callsign.

Dom just recently came back from the GXP antenna factory, where with the help of Waldek, SP7GXP, final adjustments were made to the GP7 Vertical antenna. This antenna will go with Dom to North Korea during a December trip together with other radio equipment.