An unplanned last minute activity today from 19IR004 from EU-146 Schouwen-Duiveland.
Duration of activity was around 2 hours and 18 QSO’s have been logged.
Best DX contact was with 9BC235 and several back-scatter QSO’s inside Europe.
Paper QSL from 19IR004/EU146 is available on request via 19ir04@irdx.org
Aesean Tour 2023 – Update 20/10/2023
20/10/2023 :
We received information, that the Aesean tour is not ended yet, but as it is the Monsoon rainy season the circumstances can be hard to get somewhere, so please understand this situation ! Roads are totally different then e.g. in Europe.
We are informed that QSL’s for sponsors are written and ready to be sent out soon !
So stay tuned, we hope to have more information soon.
10/10/2023 :
13IR102 Lars ended first part of his ASEAN Tour 2023, last night and the surprise activation was 237IR/0.
We like to thank Lars for all his effort to be active from a rare DXCC. Circumstances were not that easy for him with a bad start due to a problem with the power supply, but after all, 600 QSO’s in just 5 days is absolutely nice.
We have been informed that one of our well-known members, 13IR102 will start his Asia Tour from September 9th until October ?? 2023.
He will start in september from Thailand first and will use 153IR102 first.
Then later on, he will move to Cambodia (238IR/0), Laos (239IR/0), Vietnam (242IR/0) and at last a surprise highlight?? (xxxIR/0).
QSL information : Lars – P.O.Box 1410 – 91142 – Roth – Germany
Contribution : 2$ dollar / 2€ euro for each contact and free for IR-DX members !
More information and sponsoring, visit www.13ir102.de
21IR/EU-177
Marten, 13IR042 informed us that he will be active again between 8th and 15th of september as 21IR/EU-177 ( IOTA ref. EU-177 ).
It is a holiday/fishing trip, so the activation will be in holiday style.
QSL via himself, 3$ for return stamp.
Request for Address, please contact : 15ir106 @ irdx.org (No E-QSL available)
New IR-DX President elected
The vice-presidents of IR-DX Group elected a new president last weekend and agreed to appoint Jimmy 13IR011 ( mail : hq@irdx.de ).
We think he is the person to get the IR-DX Group right on track again and we will be more co-operating as a team to assist him in this hard job.
If you have not been in contact with our group for a long time, please contact us : headquarter@irdx.org .
We are still searching for a lot of members who were active in the past and like to update our records.
Special Event Station : 13IR/WOA
14IR/AT001 – Ouessant island
Gui, 14IR162 informed us, that he will be active between 25 and 29 July 2023 in his free time, from Ouessant island,
IOTA reference EU-065.
QRG will be up to 27.950 – 27.995 in order to use amplifier and low swr.
FT2000 – 2KW – 3 element yagi.
QSL via :
14IR162 Guillaume SAUVAGE – 566 Hameau de Tournes – 62360 – ECHINGHEN – FRANCE.
Contribution is voluntary – OQRS possible via e-mail or sponsors via paypal fr003guillaume@hotmail.com
IR-HQ Announcement follow up
After a long internal discussion about what we need to do with it, the HQ team decided to dismiss our current IR-DX President from his function.
We will not explain all, as we do not like to throw with mud, but main reason for this difficult decision is the lack of good communication between the President and the HQ members for a long time already.
To keep the group alive, we needed to take this drastic step and we will continue to run the IR-DX Group as a team and not just by one person who is controlling everything.
The International Radio Headquarter Team
12IR/URU-009
32IR001 Felipe informed us, that Eduardo 12IR001 will start some activity from Fortaleza del Cerro Lighthouse.
The lighthouse was constructed in 1802 and is overlooking the Bay of Montevideo with an altitude of 134 meters above sea level, so a nice DX spot.
Eduardo starts the activity from 15 July 2023 until 700 stations are logged (no end date known).
QSL card via 32IR001 Felipe.
S.A.E. (Self Addressed Envelope) + Standard contribution is requested.
For IR members only an S.A.E. and NO contribution required.
3IR/CC
Received information from 32IR001 Felipe about 3IR012 Robson, that he will be active with the callsign 3IR/CC to celebrate 90th anniversary of the city Coincencao do Coité, situated in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
He starts to use the callsign from June 26th until July 15th 2023.
QSL via 3IR012
Self Addressed Envelope en standard contribution is requested.
For member of IR-Group, only S.A.E. is requested and no contribution.
IR-DX Fieldday 2023
Any plans for the last weekend of July 2023? No?
Then consider to join the IR-DX Fieldday 2023 held in Switzerland during the weekend of 28, 29, 30 of July.
We like to invite you to visit the IR-DX Fieldday, where IR-DX members and non-members do meet eachother and spent a nice and relaxing weekend with or without radio and have some face to face chatting, enjoy the beautiful area and during the evening, BBQ-ing.
Last years fieldday was being held in Roth – Germany where many “old and new members” showed up again after absence of some years and had a great weekend together.
Please register before 21 July,
so we can calculate what we need to prepare.