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Some ADIF export/import was going wild during Club Log uploads over the past days. A great number of dupes were imported as additional contacts, and now the statistics information is wrong. We’ll try to fix this problem, while we are still here. Today, the first 50 MHz EME contact was made. High line noise makes RX difficult. Probably we’ll have to relocate the antenna.
4W8X

We spend the day installing all antennas and we start now our operations. 160m antenna will need additional tuning tomorrow as well as the rx antennas
XW4DX,

Ken 7O8AD reports, “We are quite satisfied with the stay. We ended on 57,000 QSOs. Our flight is departing tomorrow. Thanks for being in the pileups and having fun with us. Logs will be uploaded ASAP

Next 4W8X Timor Leste report
some 4W8X team members were unhappy with topband results and with continuous bad propagation the pressure to me to accept working FT8 has been getting immense. We had a serious discussion about so I gave up finally and let the daemon out of the box of Pandora.

WP3A will be active as KP2B from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands, IOTA NA – 106, in CQ WW DX CW Contest, 25 – 26 November 2023. He will operate in Single Operator Single Band Category.
QSL via EB7DX, LOTW.

7O8AD 7O8AE Socotra Island Yemen News 12 November 2023
Yemen DXpedition 2023 Update: Ken 7O8AD reports, “We’re in good spirit and approaching 50k QSOs. I have decided not to do more 160m. The counterpoise for 160m is now in the main camp. It is being used for the 80m antenna. I might figure out the 30m interaction issue tomorrow and then perhaps use the 80m pole.
The stay here in Yemen has exceeded all my expetactions. I’m not thinking of the radio stuff but of the island and the people. This is a very nice location. More and more tourists are arriving here. One Russian tourist came this week and another is comming in January. Spare parts are difficult to find. The hospitality is great and we have had a very good stay here. Tourism is increasing. This is very good for the island. Still facilities are not what we might be used to. There is of course a lack of infrastructure.”
7O8AD 7O8AE.

John, W2GD will be active from Santa Cruz, Aruba November 21 – 28, 2023 operating under the call P44W.
A Single Op All Band High Power Assisted entry in the CQWW CW contest is planned. During the days before the contest major antenna repairs are planned to complete repairs of a tower failure in August.

Before the contest, John will operate some CW on all bands as time permits, with emphasis on the WARC bands.
QSL via LoTW and N2MM.

Peter, DC0KK will be active again as 4S7KKG from Sri Lanka, IOTA AS – 003, until 30 March 2024. He will operate on 20 – 6m, CW, Digital modes.
QSL via home call, LOTW, OQRS ClubLog.

4W8X is running full on 160m. TX antenna is titanex with 50 radials very close to sea which sems to performing very well

UT5UGR will be active from Martinique Island in CQ WW DX CW Contest, 25 – 26 November 2023, as TO7A. He will operate in Single Operator All Band High Power Category.
Outside the contest he will be active as FM/KL7WA.
QSL via home call.