Thursday, October 18, 2012

T88EC(Palau) on 20 CW!!!

T88EC(Palau) on 20 CW!!!




Palau (Listeni/pəˈl/, sometimes spelled Belau or Pelew), officially the Republic of Palau(PalauanBeluu ęr a Belau), is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. Geographically part of the larger island group of Micronesia, with the country's population of around 21,000 people spread out over 250 islands forming the western chain of the Caroline Islands. The islands share maritime boundaries with Indonesia, the Philippines, and theFederated States of Micronesia. The most populous island in the group is Koror, with the capital city, Ngerulmud, located on nearby Babeldaob.
The country was originally settled around 3,000 years ago by migrants from the Philippines, with a Negrito population sustained until around 900 years ago. The islands were first visited by Europeans in the 18th century, and were made part of the Spanish East Indies in 1885. Following Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War in 1898, the islands were sold toImperial Germany in 1899 under the terms of the German–Spanish Treaty, where they were administered as part of German New Guinea. The Imperial Japanese Navy conquered Palau during World War I, and the islands were later made a part of the Japanese-ruled South Pacific Mandate by the League of Nations. During World War II, skirmishes, including the major Battle of Peleliu, were fought between American and Japanese troops as part of theMariana and Palau Islands campaign. Along with other Pacific Islands, Palau was made a part of the United States-governed Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947. Having voted against joining the newly-independent Federated States of Micronesia in 1979, the islands gained full sovereignty in 1994 under a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
Politically, Palau is a presidential republic in free association with the United States, with the US providing defense, funding, and access to social services. Legislative power is concentrated in the bicameral Palau National CongressPalau's economy is based mainly ontourismsubsistence agriculture, and fishing, with a significant portion of Gross National Product (GNP) derived from foreign aid. The country's currency is the United States dollar. The islands' culture is derived from a mixture of Japanese, Micronesian, and Melanesianelements, with the majority of citizens of mixed Micronesian, Melanesian, and Austronesiandescent, with significant groups descended from Japanese and Filipino settlers. The country's two official languages are Palauan, a member of the wider Sunda–Sulawesi language group, and English, with JapaneseSonsorolese, and Tobian recognised as regional languages.

パラオ共和国(パラオきょうわこく、パラオ語Beluu ęr a Belau英語Republic of Palau)、通称パラオは、太平洋上のミクロネシア地域の島々からなる国。首都マルキョク2006年10月7日に旧首都コロールから遷都した。


正式名称はパラオ語で、Beluu er a Belau
公式の英語表記は、Republic of Palau。通称、Palau
日本語の表記は、パラオ共和国。通称、パラオ。漢字では、帛琉と書き、と略す。また、現地ではベラウと呼ぶこともある。

パラオを構成する島は200程度だが、実際に人が住んでいる島は10に満たないとされる。首都マルキョクやパラオ国際空港のあるバベルダオブ島と旧首都のあるコロール島とは橋で結ばれている。


T88EC Palau flag Palau KUNIO OCHIAI
QSL InfoVIA JO1AEC

20121018 1147UTC 14010kHz T88EC
 
Date : 18/Oct/2012 1147UTC
Freq : 14010kHz CW
Rig : ICOM IC-7200
ANT : LOOP
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Do you know HANAMI(花見)?? YB0BJN with JR7TKG on 40m SSB!!

Do you know Hanami(花見)??   YB0BJN with JR7TKG on 40m SSB!!



Hanami (花見?, lit. "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms("sakura") or (less often) plum blossoms ("ume").[1] From the end of March to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan,[2] and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa.[3] The blossom forecast (桜前線 sakura-zensen?, literally cherry blossom front) is announced each year by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two. In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. In some contexts the Sino-Japanese term kan'ō(観桜?, view-cherry) is used instead, particularly for festivals. Hanami at night is called yozakura (夜桜?, literally night sakura). In many places such as Ueno Parktemporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura. On the island of Okinawa, decorative electric lanterns are hung in the trees for evening enjoyment, such as on the trees ascending Mt. Yae, near Motobu Town, or at the Nakijin Castle.
A more ancient form of hanami also exists in Japan, which is enjoying the plumblossoms (梅 ume) instead, which is narrowly referred to as umemi (梅見?, plum-viewing). This kind of hanami is popular among older people, because they are more calm than the sakura parties, which usually involve younger people and can sometimes be very crowded and noisy.

The practice of hanami is many centuries old. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710–794) when it was umeblossoms that people admired in the beginning. But by the Heian Period (794–1185), sakura came to attract more attention andhanami was synonymous with sakura.[5] From then on, in tanka andhaiku, "flowers" meant "sakura."[6][7]
Hanami was first used as a term analogous to cherry blossom viewing in the Heian era novel Tale of Genji. Although a wisteria viewing party was also described, the terms "hanami" and "flower party" were subsequently used only in reference to cherry blossom viewing.
Sakura originally was used to divine that year's harvest as well as announce the rice-planting season. People believed in kami inside the trees and made offerings. Afterwards, they partook of the offering withsake.
Emperor Saga of the Heian Period adopted this practice, and held flower-viewing parties with sake and feasts underneath the blossoming boughs of sakura trees in the Imperial Court in KyotoPoems would be written praising the delicate flowers, which were seen as a metaphor for life itself, luminous and beautiful yet fleeting and ephemeral. This was said to be the origin of hanami in Japan.
The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts.
Hanami parties along the Kamo River
Today, the Japanese people continue the tradition of hanami, gathering in great numbers wherever the flowering trees are found. Thousands of people fill the parks to hold feasts under the flowering trees, and sometimes these parties go on until late at night. In more than half of Japan, the cherry blossoming period coincides with the beginning of the school and fiscal years, and so welcoming parties are often opened with hanami. The Japanese people continue the tradition ofhanami by taking part in the processional walks through the parks. This is a form of retreat forcontemplating and renewing their spirits.
The teasing proverb dumplings rather than flowers (花より団子 hana yori dango?) hints at the real priorities for most cherry blossom viewers, meaning that people are more interested in the food and drinks accompanying a hanami party than actually viewing the flowers themselves.[8][9]
Dead bodies are buried under the cherry trees! is a popular saying about hanami, after the opening sentence of the 1925 short story "Under the Cherry Trees" by Motojirō Kajii.



What do you think (??)...

花見の心 The Spirit of Hanami (Japanese & Romaji Captions)




20121015 1204UTC 7145kHz YB0BJN&JR7TKG
   

Date : 15/Sep/2012 1204UTC 
Freq : 7145kHz SSB 
Rig : ICOM IC-7200  NR Level 6/15
ANT : LOOP (=for 20m single) * not enough gain
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Monday, October 15, 2012

4U1GSC(Italy-Amateur Radio Club 4U1GSC UN Global Service Center) on 40m CW!!!

4U1GSC(Italy-Amateur Radio Club 4U1GSC UN Global Service Center) on 40m CW!!!



Amateur Radio Club 4U1GSC UN Global Service Center
Piazza del Vento 1
Brindisi 72100
Italy

Email: 5b4ada@gmail.com 
QSL: 9A2AA






4U1GSC is the callsign of the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC) Amateur Radio Club in Brindisi, south east Italy.
Please indicate 4U1GSC on the envelope when sending a direct QSL request to the QRZ.COM address.
4U1GSC has been activated for the first time in the Russian DX Contest 17-18 March 2012 . It currently counts as Italy for the DXCC and WAE Awards. All requests for cards will be responded as soon as QSL cards have been printed.


20121014 2111UTC 7012kHz 4U1GSC

Date : 14/Oct/2012 2111UTC 
Freq : 7012kHz CW 
Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S 
ANT : LOOP (for 20m single) 
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

JT5DX(Mongolia) on 20m CW!!!



JT5DX : Chadraabal Choigonjav


My QTH : Zuunburen (50.016N, 105.813E) 360 km Northwest of Ulaanbaatar

ALSO: HI3/AI4VU, KH8/AI4VU, 5W0JT, JT5DX, AI4VU.TI5/JT1CO  Name: Choigonjav Chadraabal.



Licensed since: 1972.

Preferences: 160m, Fishing and Stamp Collector

DXpeditions:N8S,5W0JT, KH8/AI4VU, HI3/AI4VU , 6Y1/JT1CO, 3D2C.3D2YT

LZ/JT1CO ,YT/JT1CO ,4O/JT1CO ,TI5/JT1CO

Contest-Op JT1C, JT1JA, JT5DX,6Y1V.TI5W .


Mongolia Listeni/mɒŋˈɡliə/ (Mongolian: About this sound Монгол улс, literally Mongol country/state) is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest city, is home to about 45% of the population. Mongolia's political system is a parliamentary republic.

The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including theXiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Gökturks and others. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206. After the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols returned to their earlier pattern of constant internal conflict and occasional raids on the Chinese borderlands. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Mongolia came under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism. At the end of the 17th century, all of Mongolia had been incorporated into the area ruled by the Qing Dynasty. During the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Mongolia declared independence, but had to struggle until 1921 to firmly establish de factoindependence from the Republic of China, and until 1945 to gain international recognition.
The country came under strong Russian and Soviet influence; in 1924, the Mongolian People's Republic was declared, and Mongolian politics began to follow the same patterns as the Soviet politics of the time. After the breakdown of communist regimes in Eastern Europe in late 1989, Mongolia saw its own Democratic Revolution in early 1990, which led to a multi-party system, a new constitution in 1992, and transition to a market economy.
At 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 sq mi), Mongolia is the 19th largest and the most sparsely populated independent country in the world, with a population of around 2.75 million people. It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country after Kazakhstan. The country contains very little arable land, as much of its area is covered by steppes, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Approximately 30% of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic. The predominant religion in Mongolia is Tibetan Buddhism, and the majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol ethnicity, though KazakhsTuvans, and other minorities also live in the country, especially in the west. About 20% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day.[8] Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand its participation in regional economic and trade regimes.[12]





モンゴル国(モンゴルこく、モンゴル語Монгол Улс)、通称モンゴルは、東アジア北部に位置する国家。東と南を中華人民共和国(中国)内モンゴル自治区と、西を中国・新疆ウイグル自治区と、北をロシア連邦とそれぞれ接する内陸国首都ウランバートル
モンゴル民族の居住地域であるモンゴル高原のうち、清国支配下において中国語外蒙古(がいもうこ、そともうこ)と呼ばれたゴビ砂漠以北の一帯にほぼ該当する領域を国土とする。これに対し、南部の一帯が内蒙古で、現在は中国領となっており、「蒙古族」(中国国籍のモンゴル人)のための「民族区域自治」単位として内モンゴル自治区等が置かれている。
正式名称は、モンゴル語キリル文字表記で Монгол Улс(モンゴル・オルス)、ラテン文字転写は Mongol Uls
日本語の表記はモンゴル国。通称モンゴル
モンゴル語名「モンゴル・オルス(Монгол Улс)」の「モンゴル」は民族名で、「オルス/ウルス(Улс)」は「国」を意味する。モンゴルの民族名の語源は明らかではないが、モンゴル民族のアイデンティティーの基礎が出来上がったのはチンギス・ハーンのモンゴル帝国時代と考えられる。


20121012 2240UTC 14026kHz JT5DX

Date : 12/Oct/2012 2240UTC 
Freq : 14026kHz CW 
Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S 
ANT : LOOP 
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