Tuesday, May 1, 2012

XX9, Macau DX-perience 2012





Macau DX-perience

Welcome to XX9 Macau - DX-perience 2012 DXpedition web site, where we'll give you more information about our DXpedition.
The operation will be on the air from 17th to 23th May 2012. We will transmit from IOTA AS-075 (Coloane Island OL62SC).

The Team

XX9 Macau Team is made up 10 operators:
  •  EA5BZ - Ruben Navarro (Team Leader)
  •  EA5CEE - Pasqua Navarro
  •  EA5HPX - Eugene Mosiychuk
  •  EA7FTR - Francisco Liañez
  •  EB7DX - David Liañez
  •  EA1ACP - Jose M. Delgado
  •  EA5FX - J. Fernando Conde
  •  EA6DD - Biel Maimó
  •  EB5BBM - Jose M. Molero
  •  F5VLY - Adrian Green

The Assistants

  •  EA1DVY - Carlos Almazan
  •  EA3HCJ - Gerardo Otero
  •  EA5IK - Miguel Espinosa

The Pilot

  •  EA2RY - Roberto Filloy - if you need to contact us during the expedition you can contact me at this email address

Macau

Macau, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China. It lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east and south.
The territory's economy is heavily dependent on gambling and tourism but also includes manufacturing.
Macau was a Portuguese colony and both the first and last European colony in China. Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 16th century and subsequently administered the region until the handover on 20 December 1999. The Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Macau stipulate that Macau operates with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2049, fifty years after the transfer.
Macau is situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Hong Kong and 145 kilometres (90 mi) from Guangzhou. It also has 41 kilometres (25 mi) of coastline, yet only 0.31 kilometres (0.19 mi) of land border with Guangdong. It consists of the Macau Peninsula itself and the islands of Taipa and Coloane, which are now connected by landfill forming the Cotai Strip. The peninsula is formed by the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River) estuary on the east and the Xi Jiang (West River) on the west. It borders the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in mainland China. The main border crossing between Macau and China is known as the Portas do Cerco (Barrier Gate) on the Macau side, and the Gongbei Port of Entry on the Zhuhai side.
The history of Macau is traced back to the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC), when the region now called Macau came under the jurisdiction of Panyu county, in Nanhai prefecture (present day Guangdong). The first recorded inhabitants of the area were people seeking refuge in Macau from invading Mongols during the Southern Song Dynasty. Under the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 AD), fishermen migrated to Macau from Guangdong and Fujian provinces.
Extracted from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau

Macau 2012 - Plans

We'll be active from 6 to 160 meters (include WARC bands) in CW, SSB and RTTY with at least 3 stations at the same time in different bands and modes.

Equipment

TX / RXAmplifiersAntennasOthers
ICOM IC-7000Expert 1K-FAMW0JZE Hexbeam link Laptops with Wintest
KENWOOD TS-480Expert 1K-FAMW0JZE Hexbeam link Heil headset
ICOM IC-756proIIIACOM 1010SteppIR BigIR MK3 CW keys
Yagi 6M RTTY interface
Wire vertical antennas

Band Plans

BANDCWSSBRTTY
*6M50.10350.115
10M28.02328.49528.080
12M24.89324.94524.921
15M21.02321.29521.080
17M18.07318.14518.100
20M14.02314.14514.080
30M10.10310.140
40M7.0237.065 / 7.1607.035
80M3.5233.780
160M1.8231.825
* The locator for 6 meters is OL62SC.

QSL info

The QSL Manager for XX9 Macau DX-perience 2012 is EB7DX:
QSL ManagerDavid Liañez Fernández
PO Box 163
21080 Huelva
(SPAIN)

Direct QSL

For all direct request, please send a self addressed envelope with:
1 IRC or 2 US$ or 1 € for European Union
1 IRC or 2 US$ for other destinations

Not in Log?

If you cannot find your callsign in the LOG but are sure to have a valid contact, please send your request to EB7DX after carefully checking the QSO details (date, time, band and mode) with our operators.
Every request will be considered in order to debug any possible log entry error.
Thank you for your understanding.

LoTW Confirmations

All QSOs will be confirmed via LOTW.

Bureau Confirmations

Spanish Bureau, we dont need your Bureau QSL card.

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