We’re talking about a DXpedition led by Don, N1DG to Mozambique. This African country is in 148th place in the most wanted clublog’s list.

A – Alicante AB – Albacete AL – Almería AV – Ávila B – Barcelona
BA – Badajoz BI – Vizcaya BU – Burgos C – Coruña CA – Cádiz
CC – Cáceres CE – Ceuta CO – Córdoba CR – Ciudad Real CS – Castellón
CU – Cuenca GC – Las Palmas GI – Girona GR – Granada GU – Guadalajara
H – Huelva HU – Huesca IB – I. Baleares J – Jaén L – Lleida
LE – León LO – La Rioja LU – Lugo M – Madrid MA – Málaga
ML – Melilla MU – Murcia NA – Navarra O – Asturias OU – Ourense
P – Palencia PO – Pontevedra S – Cantabria SA – Salamanca SE – Sevilla
SG – Segovia SO – Soria SS – Guipúzcoa T – Tarragona TE – Teruel
TF – SC Tenerife TO – Toledo V – Valencia VA – Valladolid VI – Álava
Z – Zaragoza ZA – Zamora

Logs must be sent as uncompressed attachments to smreycw@ure.es within June 10th. Click here for complete rules.

Also happening this weekend, is the Greek RTTY contest and the EU PSK DX contest in BPSK63 mode. They are both taking place in the same time frame as the King of Spain, that is from Saturday 19th, 1200 UTC to Sunday 20th, 1200 UTC.

Concerning Dxpedition activity, ZL2AGY is active from Rarotonga, South Cook Islands, as E51FOC or E51AGY in CW until May 29th.

HD2A and HC2AQ are active as HD8A, Galapagos with Yagi and wire aerials from May 15th through 19th.

QRV between 03rd and 20th June (approx) 2013 “Holiday Style”

Callsign D44TWO

QSL via MØOXO

“I will be QRV next time in Market Reef 2.6.-7.6.2013

QSL info: Please DO NOT send your QSL card direct if you are not in my log. I will return your QSL card and you loose your money or IRC!

QSL status: I have uploaded my logbook to LoTW and sent direct QSL cards which I have received until 31.12.2011
If you still need my QSL card PSE contact me!

I am working here in Market Reef with other members of The Finnish Lighthouse Society. We are repairing lighthouse buildings, so I have very limited time to work QSOs”.

“Each summer, the founder of QRZ, Fred Lloyd (AA7BQ) and his lovely wife Robin hop into “The Zed,” a 45 foot long tour bus, to zig-zag across the US visiting hamfests and special events.  This summer we’re enlisting your help to decide where The Zed will turn up next!  If you are a member of a club or are planning a hamfest  or special event, we’d love to hear from you.
The first leg of the Summer 2013 tour will begin in the Pacific  Northwest.  Fred and Robin will start by attending SEAPAC in Seaside, Oregon during the first week of June.  They plan to be in the Seattle area from June 3-9 followed by Northern Washington between June 10 and 16.  Fred will also celebrate Field Day at Ft. Flagler.  If your club meets in or near any of these areas during the dates specified and you’d like to hear about the history of  QRZ, we’d love to hear from you!
On the second leg of the tour, The Zed will be adventuring from Washington all the way south to Arizona and could plan a stop to speak to your club anywhere along the way. Potential routes include stops in  Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Utah.
If your club is interested in booking Fred for a speaking  engagement or you have an idea about a hamfest or special event that Fred and Robin shouldn’t miss, let us know!  Send a detailed  e-mail noting the location, dates, and type of event to QRZ’s general manager, Jaime Jeffries at KF7WIS@QRZ.com.

If your state or region isn’t mentioned in this posting, never fear!  Fred, Robin, and The Zed are also considering a 2nd Summer  Tour.  If your club is interested in hearing more about QRZ, send us an e-mail.  Who knows where you’ll find us next!”

Jaime Jeffries KF7WIS, QRZ / General Manager

We wish to announce that the expedition to Heard Island has been rescheduled for January, 2015. The primary reason for this decision was the cost of using the preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne to put the team on Heard Island for the required time. In spite of extensive negotiations and rescheduling of the cruise, it became clear that the cost of using this vessel will exceed $1 million, and therefore the total cost for the project would be about $1.5 million, as we noted earlier. In spite of our plan to increase the team size to 50 (which the M-D can accommodate) to partially cover this cost, we reluctantly concluded that sponsorship at this level would be impossible. We have therefore decided to delay the expedition to January, 2015, to allow more time to restructure the project, locate a more suitable vessel, and bring the cost more in line with projected available resources.

One benefit of this rescheduling will be to enable the mountain science team to carry out the exploration of Big Ben on the 50th anniversary of the first ascent (in 1965). The 3000 meter volcano on Mawson Peak is currently erupting, and study of the changes brought by this eruption will be safe and significant during the 2015 season. A major component of the expedition will be to document the effects of the eruption, the state and condition of the flanking glaciers, and the changes in evanescent lagoons on the east slopes of the mountain.

A second benefit of the restructuring is that we will plan for amateur radio operations to be carried out over a longer time, up to 30 or more days. Furthermore, the campsite will be located on the east side of Heard Island, enabling paths to areas of the world that were not accessible in the last operation (in 1997). With the requirement of the longer stay on Heard Island, we will be assembling a new radio team with operators who are highly experienced and dedicated to the challenge of activating Heard Island with the new project requirements.

The third benefit of rescheduling is to have the time to develop sophisticated instrumentation and systems for state-of-the-art real-time communications with the expedition. We will have satellite links to enable real-time reporting of the radio log (using a new version of DXA, which was successfully used on previous DXpeditions (K7C and TX5K). In addition, we plan to implement real-time interactive communications and reporting from the mountaineering team as they explore the volcano, and to enable scientific and educational groups to work interactively with the onsite team.

The budget for the restructured project will likely be significantly less than $500k. We plan for a total team of 12-15 persons, and we will solicit team members with experience, motivation, and multiple skills. Except for the organizing principals, we are starting anew to build the team for this very different mission. We will work to keep the cost to participants below $15k, and will expect the team to work together to find support and make the appropriate preparations. Safety will be paramount.

We will post an update on 15 June 2013, including an updated Project Description (under DOCUMENTS). For more information, please contact Dr. Robert Schmieder, KK6EK Organizer and Expedition leader, Schmieder (a) cordell.org, or Rich Holoch, KY6R, Co-planner rholoch (a) comcast.com.We have posted updates on the expedition website www.heardisland.org.

Other references: GIOTA NAS-037, MIA MG-124 and WLOTA 4186 will be participating at the CQ WPX CW (25/26 May) category SOAB.

QSL info: qrz.com

IOTA reference AS-013.

Holiday style operation on HF, SSB and CW.

More info on QRZ.com

QSL via G3VDB

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“It’s my belief that every amateur radio operator in the world probably dreams about making it to the Dayton Hamvention at least once in their lifetime. Possibly nowhere on earth can one experience first-hand the incredible diversity and worldwide reach of amateur radio as during this event. From the hundreds of exhibits featuring the latest equipment and technology, to booths sponsored by national and international organizations, the incredible variety of items brought to the extensive flea market, or just the chance to meet in person a friend first met on the air, it is truly an incredible event and offers something for everyone.

As the general chairman for Hamvention 2013, I’d like to take this opportunity to offer a special early invitation for you to attend this year’s event to be held May 17-19 2013, and assure you that many of the nearly 400 volunteers involved in supporting the annual gathering are already hard at to work to make this yet another outstanding event sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA.) And whether you’re a first-timer or a regular, I hope to see you there!”

Charles – KD8JZR General Chairman

INFO: http://www.hamvention.org/