http://avesisland.info/ CQ CQ YW0A … Welcome 4M5DX-YW0A Bird Island Project: Between November 1, 2013 and February 28, 2014, stay tuned! The QSL Manager for Bird Island is EB7DX :   David Liañez Fernandez  PO Box 163  21080 Huelva  (SPAIN) DIRECT QSL For all direct request, please send a self addressed …

http://hriotas.com/ COMING SOONER THAN EXPECTED – VIVORILLOS NA-223 Just received word that Dan is leaving Swan Island today and heading straight forVivorillos NA-223. This is a bit of a deviation from the original plans, but as we all know his travel is dependant on the Honduran Navy’s schedule. With these …

http://la8dw.com/Svalbard%202011/home.html BOREALIS LIVECAM LONGYEARBYEN 360 QRV FROM 25.SEPTEMBER TO 2.OKTOBER 2013 Longyearbyen is the administrative centre of Svalbard. The town hosts a broad range of public services, shops and cafés. Longyearbyen has changed from being a one-sided industrial settlement into becoming a multi-sided community where tourism and science have gained …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=42 ETHICS ETHICS Perhaps the last chapter is not the appropriate place for a discussion concerning ethics: maybe it should be at the beginning. In any event, make no mistake, this issue encompasses all other issues in DXpeditioning. Ethics is defined as a set of moral principles.It’s not what is …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=41 FOLLOW UP FEEDBACK Following an expedition many DXpeditioners are very interested in learning how it was received by the DXing public. In some cases the operators are greeted at home as heroes and indeed they believe they sometimes are heroes Eventually however every DXpeditioner learns that there is always …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=40 PILEUP PROBLEMS When considering what might be going wrong in the pileup of a rare DX station there are many considerations. Actually, there are several types of problems and it might be good to define some of them at this point. What we first hear is many stations on …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=39 FRUSTRATION MANAGEMENT POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS An important issue related to successful pileup management is frustration. Those who feel that, for any reason they will not be successful in making the QSOs they wish can be a potential source of problems for a DXpedition. A few who feel that the DX …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=38 QSO MECHANICS The concept of QSO Mechanics describes to the process between the revelation of the initial full or partial call and the confirmation of the exchanged date during the QSO. It starts with the DXpedition operator signifying whom he is addressing, and ends with the last “QSL.” QSO …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=37 PILEUP MANAGEMENT STUDYING THE PILEUP More than any other element a successful DXpedition depends upon the on-the-air face that is presented to the DXing public. For that reason this chapter is really at the heart of “DXpeditioning Basics”. There are other aspects of the DXpedition that are very important: …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/showpage.php?id=36 WHO TO WORK INTRODUCTION When a DXpeditioner sits down to work a large pileup one of the first things he must do is to determine who to work. Although he will likely begin by working anyone, this is not usually the best approach. The pileup will quickly become very …