Archive for March, 2017

MITKO LZ1DPN is going to be active on the 1^st of April from fortress ANCHIALUS WCA: LZ-00095 & BHS: BU-07, and THRAKIAN TOMB-POMORIE BHS: BU-28. He plans to work as LZ1DPN/P beginning from ~ 08:00 UTC to 11:00 UTC – CW and SSB on 7, 10, 14, 18 MHz. Info for BHS: http://www.trcdx.org/trcdxc/html/awards.html. Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. Log will be uploaded to WCA E-Log,  QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info LZ1DPN].

– Andrey RN1CW is going to be active on the 1^st of April from 5 till 8 UTC from Mikhailovskiy (Inzhenernyi) Castle of Saint-Petersburg, WCA: UA-00011, COTA-RU: C-111, RDA: SP-20. He plans to work CW and SSB on 40, 30 and 20 meters as RZ1CWC/m. Log will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG, COTA-RU E-Log and RDA. 73 & 11! [tnx info RN1CW]

– New member of WCAG:

# 182, SQ4IOH Kazimierz Jasinski.

Our congratulations!

– Peter DJ2OS will be active on the 28^th of March:
– from 8 till 9 UTC between 7130.0 – 7150.0 MHz (starting at 7.131 MHz) and from 9 till 9:30 UTC on 7.095 MHz (+/- QRM) and 7.031 Mhz (+/-QRM) from Castle Benkhausen, WCA: DL-03352, COTA-DL: WBN-060;
– from 10 till 11 UTC between 7130.0 – 7150.0 MHz (starting at 7.131 MHz) and from 11 till 11:30 UTC on 7.095 MHz (+/- QRM) and 7.031 Mhz (+/-QRM) from Castle Ellerburg, WCA: DL-03353, COTA-DL: WBN-061.
Peter will try to start all activations 30 minutes earlierer! (starting at 07.30 UTC…. e.t.c.)
Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DJ2OS]

– Peter DJ2OS plans triple activation on the 27^th of March in Ludinghausen. He is going to be active from Wasserburg Vischering, WCA: DL-02845, COTA-DL: WNB-009, Wasserburg Ludinghausen (Amtshaus), WCA: DL-02846, COTA-DL: WNB-010 and Wasserburg Wolfsberg, WCA: DL-02876, COTA-DL: WNB-040. He plans to work on 40 meters: from 8 till 9 UTC between 7130.0 MHz and 7150.0 MHz starting at 7.131 MHz, from 9 till 9:30 UTC on 7.095 MHz (+/- QRM) and from 9:30 till 10 UTC on 7.031 MHz (+/- QRM). Peter will try to start all activities already 30 minutes earlierer (starting 7.30 UTC…e.t.c.). Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DJ2OS]

– member of AYAN DX TEAM Valery R7KFF will be active on the 26^th of March from Watch Tower in Gurzuf, WCA: UA-00634, COTA-RU: C-7121, RDA: RK-13. He plans to work on 30 and 20 meters by QRP equipment as R7KFF/P . Log will be uploaded to WCA E-Log, COTA-RU E-Log and RDA log. 73 & 11! [tnx info R7KFF].

26/03/2017.

Castle Activation
Château d’Alensberg / Château Suermon(d)t à 4850 Moresnet
BCA LG-011 / WCA ON-00188 as OS5K/p

– On the 25^th of March Dragan YT2KID and Slavko YT5FD will be active from Serbian Castles:
– Dragan YT2KID/p will active from WCA: YU-00093, CSA: YT-026 from 09:00 UTC on 7.131 and 14.251 SSB;
– Slavko YT5FD/p will be active fromWCA: YU-00059, WAS: SK05 from 13:00 UTC on 7.024, 7.124, 10.114, 14.024 and 14.144.
QSL via Home Calls. 73 & 11! [tnx info YT2KID].

– MITKO LZ1DPN is going to be active on the 25th of March from fortress FOROS /POROS/, WCA: LZ-00090 & BHS: BU-02. He plans to work as LZ1DPN/P beginning from ~ 08:00 UTC CW and SSB on 7.011, 7.111, 14.011, 21.O11 MHz.  Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear.
QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info LZ1DPN].

25/26.03.2017.I will be active from my home in Vidin like LZ2OQ! Activation in holiday stile,in free time,mainly CW mode from 80 to 17 m. – 20W + dipoles!   One QSO- three references for WCA and BHS awards! WCA:LZ-00003,LZ-00006, LZ-00159 & BHS: VD-01,VD-02,VD-06. Info for BHS: http://www.trcdx.org/trcdxc/html/awards.html. Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. 73!11! de LZ2OQ

25-26.03.2017.I will be active from my home in Vidin like LZ2OQ!Activation in holiday stile,in free time,mainly CW mode from 80 to 17 m. – 20W + dipoles! One QSO- three references for WCA and BHS awards!Info for BHS : http://www.trcdx.org/trcdxc/html/awards.html 73!11! de lz2oq

– Peter DJ2OS will be active on the 24^th of March: from 8:30 till 10 UTC from Herrenhaus Krietenstein, WCA: DL-03503, COTA-DL: NBN-062 and from 10:30 till 12 UTC from Stiftsburg Wittlage, WCA: DL-00282, COTA-DL: NBN-010. He plans to work only SSB on 40 meters between 7130.0 MHz and 7150.0 MHz starting at 7.131 MHz and near 7095 MHz. Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DJ2OS]

– IQ5QO/p will be active on the 22^nd of March from Castle of Mignano, WCA: I-00792, DCI: DCI-AR115 and Tower of Mignano, WCA: I-00793, DCI: DCI-AR116 located in Nature Reserve Formole, WWFF: IFF-0075 and Protected Nature Area Golena del Tevere, WWFF: IFF-0494. Please spot him if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info IZ5GST].

– Slavko YT5FD is going to be active on the 19^th of March from Kula Nenadovica, WCA: YU-00041, WAS: SK01. He plans to work as YT5FD/P beginning from 11 UTC CW and SSB on 7.024, 7.124, 14.024 MHz. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info YT5FD].

– New official coordinator of WCA program in:

– Bahrain: A92AA Fawaz Sulaibeekh

73 & 11! From Castles and Fortresses of the World!

– Thomas DJ6OI will be active on the 18^th of March from Burgruine Bramburg, WCA: DL-00523, COTA-DL: NSB-078 located in Naturepark Muenden, WWFF: DLFF-0086. He plans to work SSB on 18.3 MHz beginning from 13 UTC. Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 44 & 11! [tnx info DJ6QI]

– Thomas DL1ASA will be active on the 18^th of March from Ruine Windeck, WCA: DL-00046, COTA-DL: BBN-046 also GMA: DA/BW-838 located in Nature Park Bergstrasse-Odenwald, WWFF: DLFF-0045. He plans to work CW and SSB on 40 and possibly 60 meters from 11 till 12 UTC. Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 44 & 11! [tnx info DL1ASA]

-Danny ON4VT will be active on the 16th of March 2017 from Altenbroek Kasteel, WCA: ON-00171, BCA: LB-008 located in park WWFF: ONFF-0634. He plans to work as OT4V/p CW/SSB from 09:00 till 11:00 UTC on 80 – 17 meters. QSL via bureau. 73 & 11! [tnx info ON4VT].

DARC-Ortsverband Stiftland U23 together with COTA Team Germany releases the annual COTA Award program, accepted by DARC. It consists by Annual COTA Hunter and Annual COTA Activator. For the Annual COTA Hunter you have to work 50 German castles within a calendar year. Further award classes available for 100/150/etc. For the Annual COTA Activator you have to activate 10 different German castles within a calendar year with minimum 50 contacts done from each (can be fullfilled within several activities). Further award classes are available for 20/30/etc. The logs therefore needs to be sent in ADIF-format to Manfred DF6EX
Both awards are free of charge and will be delivered via mail in PDF-format. Many thanks for the adaptions on the database to Friedrich DL4BBH.

This will give in the future a higher focus on objects which were active maybe only one time. With the reactivation also the hunters who missed first activity will get a second chance and will improve also their score for the normal COTA Award program. A happy new year 2017 with good health and cu on the bands. 73, 11, Manfred DF6EX OVV U23