28 October 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1382
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3C - Yuris, YL2GM and Kaspars, YL3AIW were due to return home on 23
October, but the flight from Annobon to Malabo (3C1) was repeatedly
postponed. Eventually 3C0L went QRT around 05.30 UTC on 25 October
with 30,000 QSOs in the log. On 26 October Yuris and Kaspars were
not active yet, but "looking for proper QTH" in order to operate
again as 3C1L from Malabo (Bioko Island, AF-010), Equatorial
Guinea. See http://www.lral.lv/3c0l_3c1l/index.html for updates.
8P - Mac, WT4BT as 8P9MT (QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW)
and Joe, N7BF (QSL via home call, direct) as 8P9BT will be active
holiday style from Barbados (NA-021) on 4-11 November. QSL via
WT4BT (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
9A - Sergio, IZ3NXC and Stefano, IZ3QAN will be active as 9A/IZ3NXC from
Pag Island (EU-170) on 7-9 November. They will operate SSB and
digital modes on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS or via IK3GES. [TNX IZ3NXC]
A5 - A5A will be activated again from 27 October to 3 November by Zorro
JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST, Franz DJ9ZB and Champ E21EIC. The main purpose
of this trip is to support the launch of the Paralympic Committee
with the Bhutan Olympic Committee. The team will participate in the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest; outside the contest they will operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and maybe FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch
and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX World]
C2 - Kuni JA8VE (C21VE), Mat JA1JQY (C21JY) and Kaoru JA3MCA (C21MA)
will be active from Nauru (OC-031) on 8-14 November. They will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
EL - "It's our best estimate that we could be on air from the island as
early as 30 October (late afternoon local time)", the 5L3BI team
reported a few days ago. "However, it could be next day", as they
"must also take into account local weather and sea conditions". The
operators (MM0NDX, EI9FBB, EI5GM, EL2DT and EL2BG) plan to be QRV
for 72 hours max, and to run up to three stations (SSB and CW).
They will be located on Baiyah Island (AF-111, new one for IOTA),
and will have no internet or email access whatsoever. QSL via
M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. See https://af111new.com/.
FG - Bill, K2HVN will be active holiday style as TO2E from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) on 5-10 November. He will operate CW and some SSB on 40-10
meters. QSL via K2HVN. [TNX The Daily DX]
HK - LU9EFO (SSB) and HK3TU (CW) plan to be active as HK1/LU9EFO and
HK3TU/1 from the Rosario Islands (SA-040), and as HK4/LU9EFO and
HK3TU/4 from the Titumate Islands (SA-093) sometime in November.
QSL direct to F4BHW. [TNX DX World]
HK - Josep, EA3BT and his wife Nuria, EA3WL will be active as 5K1B from
Mucura, one of the San Bernardo Islands (SA-078) on 21-28 November.
They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY on 40-6 metres, and will also give
80m a try. Realtime logsearch on http://www.qsodirector.com/; QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, or via EA3BT.
I - The United Nations Global Service Center ARC (4U1GSC) in Brindisi
will be active as 4U24OCT until 31 December. The special callsign
marks United Nations Day (24 October). DXCC wise, it counts for
Italy. QSL via 9A2AA.
LU - Special event station LU4AAO/D will be active from 13 UTC on 4
November until 3 UTC on 5 November from the premises of the Museo
Antartico de Villa Adelina, near Buenos Aires. Activity will take
place on 80 and 40 metres SSB, as well as on 20 metres CW, JT and
QSL via LU4AAO (direct or bureau) or eQSL. More information can be
found at http://lu4aao.org/Activacion_Museo_Antartico.htm. [TNX
LU4AAO]
OE - Special callsign OE500ML will be active on 31 October to
commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
initiated by Martin Luther (31 October 1517). All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau.
TA - Nuri, TA3X will be active as TC630MECCA from Izmir, Turkey from 1
November to 14 January 2018. He will operate CW, SSB and digital
modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via TA3X, direct or bureau. [TNX The
Daily DX]
V4 - Gary, G0FWX will be active as V47FWX (not V4/G0FWX as previously
announced) from St Kitts (NA-104) on 8-15 November. QSL via M0URX's
OQRS.
VK - Mike AB5EB, Mike AD5A and Craig VK5CE expect to arrive at Ashmore
Reef (OC-216) [425DXN 1370] around 5 UTC on 7 November, and to
depart by 1 UTC on 11 November. They will operate CW and SSB as
VK9AR with up to three stations on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres.
They are only allowed to be on the island from dawn to dusk, i.e.
from 21 UTC to 10 UTC. This means for Europe and North America the
best times to work VK9AR are 21.00-00.00 UTC and 07.00-01.00 UTC.
At these times VK9AR will be calling for Europe only or North
America only and operating with three stations to maximise QSOs.
See the "Propagation" page on https://ashmorereef.wordpress.com/
for more information on their operating plans. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, or via VK5CE.
VK - After operating from Ashmore Reef (OC-216), AB5EB, AD5A and VK5CE
will be active as VK9AR/6 from Browse Island (OC-234). The maximum
time they are allowed to stay on the island goes from 20:00 UTC on
11 November until 01:00 UTC on 12 November, with 4 hours of
expected QRV time. They plan to operate two stations (CW and SSB)
"on the bands that give Europe and North America a chance". QSL via
Club Log's OQRS (search for VK9ar/6), or via VK5CE.
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS (YJ0CA) and Mike, VK2BXE (YJ0MB) will be active from
Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 1-7 November. They will operate SSB on
40 and 20 metres. QSL direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (28-29 October):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
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02 VA2ZM M/S Canada VA2ZM
02 VE2IDX SOAB Canada VE3ZF
02 VY0ERC M/? Canada M0OXO
07 V31VP SOAB HP Belize WB0TEV
08 6Y1LZ M/S Jamaica K1LZ
08 6Y4T M/2 Jamaica LoTW/W4GE
08 8P1W SOAB Barbados KU9C
08 8P50B SOSB 20m LP Barbados LoTW/KU9C
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/HA1AG
08 C6ARW SOAB LP Bahamas LoTW/N0HJZ
08 FG4KH SO Guadeloupe F1DUZ
08 J68GD St. Lucia LoTW/K9AW
08 TO5A M/2 Martinique LoTW/F5VHJ
08 V26B M/M Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/KA2AEV
08 V43Z SOAB St Kitts NP4Z
08 V47JA SOAB St. Kitts LoTW/W5JON
08 VP2MDG M/S Montserrat LoTW/K2DM
08 VP5W M/? LP Turks & Caicos LoTW/KD3TB
08 ZF2ZE SO Cayman Isls LoTW/NE8Z
08 ZF9CW SOAB Cayman Isls LoTW/K5GO
09 9Y4D SOSB 15m LP Trinidad & Tobago LoTW/9Y4D
09 9Y4W M/S Trinidad & Tobago DL4MDO
09 FY5KE M/S HP French Guiana LoTW
09 P40T SOAB HP Aruba VE3DZ
09 P40W SOAB Aruba LoTW/N2MM
09 P49Y SOAB Aruba LoTW/AE6Y
09 PJ2T M/S Curacao LoTW/W3HNK
09 PJ4G M/? Bonaire LoTW/WA2NHA
09 PJ4K M/2 Bonaire
09 PJ4Q M/2 Bonaire W4PA
09 PZ5K M/? Suriname LoTW/G3NKC
10 HC0E M/M Ecuador HC1QRC
11 PX2A M/2 Brazil LoTW
14 CR5SSB M/S Portugal CT1EOU
14 DA0WRTC M/S Germany DJ9MH
14 DL/4X1DX M/? Germany 4X6OM
14 EE5T M/? Spain LoTW/EA5URT
14 EF7T M/S Spain EC7AKV
14 EI1A SOAB LP Ireland LoTW/PA3249
14 GJ2A M/2 Jersey LoTW
14 GU3HFN SOAB LP Guernsey bureau
14 MM1E SOAB LP Scotland MM0GOR
14 OP4K M/? Belgium LotW/OP4K
14 SI9AM M/? Sweden SM3TIR
14 ZB2TT SOAB LP Gibraltar LoTW/M0URX
15 4U1A SOAB HP UN Vienna Int'l Center UA3DX
15 ES9C M/2 Estonia ES5RY
15 IO5O M/S Italy IK5RLP
15 OF5Z M/S Finland LotW
15 OH0X SOAB HP Aland Isls OH2TA
15 TK9R SOAB Corsica IK8UND
20 C4A M/2 Cyprus LoTW/5B4KH
20 E44WE SOSB 15m LP Palestine SP9FIH
20 ZC4MK SO SBA on Cyprus LoTW/G0KOM
21 4L0A SOAB Georgia LoTW
21 4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia EA7FTR
21 9K2HN M/S Kuwait LoTW/9K2HN
21 9K2K SOAB Kuwait LoTW
21 A44A M/M Oman A47RS
22 4S7AYG M/S Sri Lanka M0URX
22 4S7BHG Sri Lanka OH2BH
22 4S7KLG SOAB HP Sri Lanka LoTW/EA5GL
22 A5A M/? Bhutan JH1AJT
23 B9K M/2 China BA4EG
23 JT5DX M/2 Mongolia JT1CO
24 B1Z M/? China EA7FTR
24 B4T China BA4TB
24 B7K China BA4EG
24 B7Q China BA1DU
24 BM0DX M/S Taiwan BM2JCC
24 BV2A/3 M/? Taiwan BV2A
24 BW/JL3RDC SOAB LP Taiwan JL3RDC
24 BW/JN3MXT SOAB LP Taiwan JN3MXT
24 BW/JP3PZG SOAB LP Taiwan JP3PZG
24 VR20FUN M/S Hong Kong VR2FUN
24 VR2XAN SOSB 160m Hong Kong VR2XAN
27 AC2AI/KH2 SOAB Guam LoTW/JJ2CJB
27 AH0K M/2 Mariana Isls LoTW/OH6GDX
27 AH2R M/? Guam LoTW
27 T8ED SOAB Palau LoTW
28 4W/OZ1AA SOAB LP Timor Leste OZ1ACB
28 YB0NDT SOSB 15m HP Indonesia LoTW
28 YE2A M/? Indonesia LoTW
29 VK9CZ M/2 Cocos-Keeling LoTW/N3SL
31 KH7CW M/S Hawaii LoTW/K2WR
31 KH7M SOAB Hawaii KH6ZM
32 A31MM SOAB Tonga LoTW/EA5GL
32 ZM4T M/2 New Zealand LoTW/ZL3IO
33 3V8SS M/S LP Tunisia LotW/LX1NO
33 CN2AA M/S Morocco LotW/UA2FM
33 CR3Z M/S LP Madeira CT3AB
33 ED8W SOSB Canary Isls EA8DO
33 EF9R SO Ceuta & Melilla LoTW/EA5KB
35 3XY4D Guinea F5RAV
35 D4C SOSB 20m HP Cape Verde LoTW
35 D4P SO Cape Verde LoTW/HA5PP
35 D4Z SOSB 15m HP Cape Verde LoTW
38 A25A SO Botswana NJ0F
38 V51/TA1HZ SO Namibia LZ3HI
40 TF3CW SOSB 40m Iceland LX1NO
40 TF3JB SOSB 80m Iceland LoTW/TF3JB
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2017.html - good contest to you
all!
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
7Q7EI ---> The website for the 7Q7EI DXpedition to Malawi (21 March-3 April
2018) [425DXN 1380] is now up and running at http://www.7q7ei.com/.
NEW IRC ---> The Universal Postal Union's newest model of the International
Reply Coupon (IRC) is the 'Istanbul model', which features a pair of hands
and a dove against an Arctic backdrop. It is valid for exchange until the
end of 2021. The current 'Doha model' remains valid until 31 December 2017.
Old out of date IRCs can be donated to M0OXO or M0URX, who will use expired
coupons to fund their outgoing Bureau service ("just 300 old out of date
International Reply Coupons is enough to post 20,000 Bureau cards to world
IARU Bureaux", Tim says).
QSL V51Q & V55A ---> After waiting over a year for cards and logs, Dan N4GNR
has removed V55A and V51Q from the list of stations he is the QSL manager
for, as he is "unable to answer any request for these two DX stations".
S21ZAS ---> After many trials and tribulations, activity from St. Martin's
Island (AS-127) started on 23 October around 08.30 UTC as S21ZAS. The team
expects to remain QRV until around 18 UTC on 27 October. QSL via SM6CVX.
ST BRANDON (3B7) 2018 --- > Logistics planning for the April 2018 DXpedition
to the Saint Brandon Islands (AF-015) [425DXN 1361] is being finalized.
Eight experienced operators will be active for two weeks with seven stations
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. "We already made important expenses and
time has come to request assistance from the DX community", they said in
their latest Press Release issued on 20 October. "As usual, we are extremely
careful with each expenditure, but such project remains expensive. The team
will provide more than 50% of the budget, but we need your assistance to
balance it". See http://www.saintbrandondx.com for more information.
+ SILENT KEY + Carl Smith, N4AA passed away on 20 October. He was 77 years
old and had been an amateur radio operator, DXer and contester for more than
sixty years. He was the Editor and Publisher of the weekly "QRZ DX"
newsletter and the bimonthly "DX Magazine", and for many years compiled the
annual "Most Wanted Survey" of DXCC Entities needed by DXers around the
world. He also was CQ Magazine's DX columnist for 13 years, and authored the
"Year in Review" for the ARRL DXCC Yearbook. In 2012 Carl was inducted into
the CQ DX Hall of Fame.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B8/IW2NEF IK2DUW D41CV IK2NCJ [b] PJ2T W3HNK
3C0L YL2GN D4Z HB9DUR [d] PZ5K G3NKC
3V8CB LX1NO D4Z IK2NCJ [b] R17CWC RD9CX
3XY3D/p F5OZC DT0HH DS3DJX R19FYS RQ7L
3Z200T SP9KLF DU1/JA3FJE JN3VQM R80ORL R2EA
4E1ADW 9V1KG E44WE SP9FIH RA19WF RQ7L
4L6QL RW6HS EG2SDA EB2FRM RC19WF RQ7L
4S7AYG M0URX EG3ACS EA3HSJ RG19WF RQ7L
4S7BHG OH2BH EG5IMP EA5RKT RI1ANO RN1ON
4S7KLG EA5GL EG7TA EA7URJ RJ19WF RQ7L
4U1A UA3DX EG8JAM EA8HQ RK19WF RQ7L
4U24OCT 9A2AA EG8SDC EA8AJX RL19WF RQ7L
4U2U UA3DX EH4JAM EA4RCU RM19WF RQ7L
4V1TL W3HNK EH8FA EA8NQ RN17CW RD9CX
5H3EE DL4ME EI8GQB PA3249 RO19WF RQ7L
5P9X OZ9GA EM1325R UZ1RR S21ZAS SM6CVX
5Q4X DK5AX ET3AA N2OO SC40VIC SM6JSM
6Y1LZ K1LZ EY8MM K1BV SI9AM SM3TIR
6Y4F N4SF F6KOP/p F6KOP SN61PW SP3PGR
6Y4J K8AJA FG4KH F1DUZ ST60JOTA ST2M
6Y4T W4GE FK8DD NI5DX SU3MB IK2DUW
8P2K KU9C FK8GX W3HNK SU60J SM5AQD
8P5A HA1AG FM5FJ KU9C SW44M DK2PZ
8P9RN WB2YQH FR5FC EA7FTR T2AR 3D2AG
8P9SL WF2S GW0A GW4SKA T88CJ JA7FKF
9G1SD AB0GC H44MS DL2GAC TC10A TA5FA
9G5ZS ZS6EGB HB9S HB9AOF TC10E TA5FA
9H9PSG 9H1PI HF25WZS SP9WZS TC10F TA5FA
9M4SJJ 9W2JMW HF67CES SP6CES TC10K TA5FA
9M4SJKP 9W2AOA HG8ARDF HA8BE TC10L TA5FA
A41KB ON7LX HH2MK EB7DX TC10M TA5FA
A43JOTA A47OS HK3C NR6M TC10R TA5FA
A43YL A47RS HK4L EA5GL TC10S TA5FA
A52SJ N6SJ HL0S HL2CFY TC10T TA5FA
A60JOTA A61BK HP3SS AC2OV TC10U TA5FA
AH0K OH6GDX HZ1BL IZ8CLM TL8PRV IN3EYY
AM8HIS EA8RKL HZ1FI DL1RTL TM17GSE F5OWK
AO5CS EA5RKD HZ1SBS HZ1HN TM62GREF F4HRI
AO5GSB EA5RKD HZ1SK IZ8CLM TM84S F4KJK
AO5SB EA5RKD HZ1TT A61BK TM94JAM F6KMX
BW0S BX4AN II2JOTA IQ2MI TR8CA F6CBC
C6ARW N0HJZ IP0TRC IQ0TE TT8FC EA3GWK
C91CCY K3IRV J68GD K9AW UE98WS RK4CYW
C93PA PA5X KH0/AK4CE HL1VAU V26RA K3RA
CM3EFM RW6HS KH0TG JL1UTS V31MA M0OXO
CN2HK HB9FUX LM100UKA LA1UKA V31RJ VE6RAJ
CN2NN UA3DX LY1SCOUT LY2MK V31WB WB5TKI
CN2PM UA2FM LZ45YE LZ1YE V47JA W5JON
CN3A IK2OHG LZ50BD LZ1PM V53DX DO4DXA
CO0CB CO8NDZ MT0IXD M0OXO V73NS W3HNK
CP4BT DJ2BW MX0YHC M0SDV VK8NSB M0URX
CP4MG EA5KB NP2J K8RF VK9CZ N3SL
CP6CL W3HNK OE55JOTA OE3OPA VP2MMX N0SMX
CR3A EA5GL OH0B OH2BH VY0ERC M0OXO
CR3AGP CT3DL OI8VK OH8DR WH7AA N2NL
CR3EPM CT1REP OP36CLM ON3AIM XT2AW M0OXO
CR3W DL5AXX OX/OZ1LXJ OZ1LXJ XU7ADI SM5GMZ
CR5ACE CT1REP OZ0FR DL2VFR XW1IC E21EIC
CR5EMG CT2JTO P29RR ZL1BQD YP0C YO3CZW
CR5FNL CT2GZE P3X 5B4AMM Z21MH IZ0EGA
CR6CNE CT1DJE P40T VE3DZ ZD7BR G3SWH
CS5RPT CT1BNW P40W N2MM ZF2AH W6VNR
CX7CO EA5GL P49Y AE6Y ZF2ZE NE8Z
D2AEA CT1ITE PJ2/K2NG WA2NHA ZF9CW K5GO
D41CV HB9DUR [d] PJ2DD PF4T ZL1HLD ZL1SLO
3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate,
Suva, Fiji
5V7SM C.A.R Marc, BP 1013, 87050 Limoges Cedex 2, France
9H9SGM Mosta Scouts Group, 55 Dun Edgar Salamone, Triq It-Torri, Il-Mosta,
MST 3500, Malta
9M2M Hairil Anuar Abdul Hamid, 49F Jalan 2 Hujung, Taman Sri Mawar,
02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
F5OZC Alain Rebondy, 4 rue des Violettes, 49260 Breze, France
FG4NO Mickael Jamet, La Saboterie, Impasse du Chemin Bleu, 35540 Miniac
Morvan, France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
JD1BMT Masaru Mitani, 432-14 Hashima, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken,
710-0043, Japan
N3SL Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Drive, Sioux City IA 51108, USA
S79KB Kasimir Bastian, Grunackerstr. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
SM6CVX Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Karnebacken 13, SE-546 31 Karlsborg, Sweden
SP9FIH Janusz Wwgrzyn, pl. Pilsudskiego 6/9, 45-706 Opole, Poland
V55JOTA Scouts of Namibia, PO Box 6436, Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia
VX7150 Doug Pichette, 401-333 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5K7, Canada
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O.Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
ZL1BQD Roly J. Runciman, 18 Lansell Drive, East Tamaki Heights,
Auckland 2016, New Zealand
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