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28 September 2024                                         A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1743

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5R     - Janusz, SP9FIH as 5R8WE and  Leszek, SP6CIK as 5R8CI will be active
         from  Nosy Be (AF-057), Madagascar  from  23 October to 6 November.
         They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 (also SuperFox for 5R8CI)  on 40-
         10 metres with  two stations and a focus on 12 and 10 metres.  QSLs
         via Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau).
8R     - Aldir, PY1SAD will be active as  8R1TM  from Georgetown, Guyana be-
         tween 12 October and 24 November. He will operate CW, SSB and digi-
         tal modes on all bands and via satellite.  QSL via LoTW,  eQSL, QRZ
         Logbook, or direct to home call.
9J     - Tom, DL2RMC is currently on a  work assignment in  Lusaka,  Zambia,
         and has received the callsign 9J2FI. "Since I am working on a time-
         consuming project,  I won't be very active",  he says.  "Still, you
         can hear me in many contests". QSL via DL1RTL.
C5     - A team consisting EA3NT, EI5GM, EI9FBB, MM0NDX  and MM0OKG  will be
         active  from  the Gambia  on  25-29 November.  They will operate on
         various bands and modes  from the mainland as C5T,  and as C5I from
         the Bijol Islands (AF-060) on 27 and 28 November. QSLs via LoTW, or
         via EA5GL. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/gambiafundxpedition/
         for updates. [TNX DX World]
DL     - Mathias DK7LV,  Ric DL2VFR,  Klaus DL2YBG and  Fred DL4BBH  will be
         active as DM60IOTA from Borkum Island (EU-047) on  27-29 September.
         They will operate CW, SSB and FT8. All QSOs will be confirmed auto-
         matically via the bureau, as well as uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.
         [TNX DL2VFR]
DL     - Tom, DJ6OI  will be active as  DJ6OI/p  from Wangerooge Island (EU-
         047) from 29 September to 4 October.  QSL via home call,  direct or
         bureau, and LoTW.
EA     - Markus, DJ4EL  will be active as  EA5/DJ4EL  from  the  islands  of
         Benidorm, Escombreras and  Tabarca  (all part of IOTA group EU-093)
         on 17-25 October.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS  (preferred)  and  LoTW.
         Updates will be posted to https://x.com/rapanuiman.
E51_nc - George, AA7JV is active as E51D/mm from the  "Magnet"  at anchor in
         Suwarrow Atoll until 27 September. Next, the catamaran will head to
         Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082),  and E51D will be QRV from land for  "a one
         week long RIB DXpedition".  Plans are to be QRV on CW, SSB and  FT8
         on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW and HA7RY. [TNX The Daily DX]
FR     - Stephane, F5UOW  will be  active  holiday style  as  FR/F5UOW  from
         Reunion Island (AF-016) on 9-28 October. He will operate CW only on
         17-10 metres. QSL only via LoTW. [TNX F6AJA]
I      - Celebrating the  100th anniversary  of the start  of  regular radio
         broadcasting in Italy (6 October 1924),  ARI local branches  across
         Italy will be using  special callsigns from  1 October to 29 Decem-
         ber. The callsigns will be in the format II#Rxyz  (e.g. II9RCAT for
         ARI Catania)  and  IR#Rxyz  (e.g. IR1RVDB for  ARI Valbormida).  In
         addition, special event station I1MRTV will be active from the  RAI
         Radio and Television Museum in Torino.  Certificates and electronic
         QSLs  will  be available for download  from  the  HamAward platform
         (direct link from each special callsign's qrz.com page).
JA     - Hide, JO1CRA will be active again as JO1CRA/7 from Oshima (AS-206),
         Miyagi Prefecture on 5-7 October. He will operate CW and FT8 on 40,
         30, 20, 17, 10  and 6 metres  (50303 kHz FT8  as a beacon,  QSOs on
         50313 or 50303 kHz, plus SSB on 50260 kHz for JA stations). QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.
JW     - Look for  JW7XK  (QSL via LA7XK,  Club Log's OQRS and LoTW),  JW9DL
         (QSL via LA9DL  and LoTW)  and  JW6VM (QSL via LA6VM)  to be active
         from  the Svalbard Amatorradioklubb in  Longyearbyen (EU-026) on 9-
         14 October.  They will  participate  in  the  Scandinavian Activity
         Contest (SSB) as JW5X (QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via LA5X).
OX     - Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Greenland between  27
         September and 15 October.  In his spare time  he will  be QRV  from
         Kangerlussuaq (GP47ta), Qaqortoq (GP60xr)  and  Christian IV Island
         (NA-151, GP80kb)  around 4 October.  QSL via OZ0J,  Club Log's OQRS
         and LoTW.
PY0F   - Ben, DA1DX (ex DL6FBL) and  other four operators  will be active as
         PX0FF from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003)  sometime in October.  They
         will operate CW, SSB and FT8 (MSHV) on  160-6 metres.  Updates will
         be posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/PX0FF. QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
         or via DJ4MX.
PZ     - Members of the Royal Netherlands Army Signal Regiment (PI4VBD) will
         be active again as PZ5JT during the annual  Jungle Warfare Training
         course in Suriname for a few weeks in October-November.  The opera-
         tors will be QRV in their spare time on  40, 20, 17, 15 and 10m SSB
         using military equipment. QSL direct to PI4VBD.
SV     - Special callsign  SX80FF  will be used from  various locations (in-
         cluding Crete as SV9/SX80FF) on  1-31 October.  The purpose of this
         activity is to honor the 80 fallen  Greek firefighters  and  aerial
         firefighting crews who  lost their lives  in the line of duty.  QSL
         via LoTW, eQSL and QRZ Logbook; paper cards will not be available.
VP9    - Josh, W9HT, will be active as W9HT/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on 11-
         14 October.  He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the HF bands and  6
         metres. QSL direct to home call. [TNX DX World]
W      - Special event stations N0F, N1F, N2F, N3F, N4F, N5F, N6F, N7F,  N8F
         and N9F, plus KF2IRE  and VE3FIRE (Canada)  will be active on  6-12
         October for the Fire Prevention Week 2024. QSL cards for any of the
         FPW stations should be sent direct to  Fire Prevention Week Special
         Event,  c/o Siemens Fire Safety USA,  2 Gatehall Drive,  Parsippany
         NJ 07054, USA, See https://hamfire.com/ for more information on the
         event.
YJ     - Team YJ0VV  (namely N4VGE, K4QQG, K1NZ and K2SAV)  will  be  active
         from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu  on  16-29 October.  They will operate
         SSB, CW and digital modes (also FT8 SuperFox) on 160-6 metres  with
         two high power stations  and  a choice of seven antennas,  and will
         participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  QSL via K4NHW  (direct or
         bureau); QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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6O3T ---> The 6O3T DXpedition has been cancelled. "The whole team is in good
health",  they posted to Facebook on  22 September,  "although mentally very
stressed by the  definitely  traumatic experience  that happened to us,  al-
though all precautions  had been implemented.  As soon as each operator  has
arrived home, it will be our pleasure/duty to share with the whole ham radio
community, our terrible experience in a land where no one is in charge,  but
at the same time everyone has a say": https://www.facebook.com/Dxexplorernet

ARRL  SYSTEMS  SERVICE  DISRUPTION ---> The following is  excerpted  from  a
longer update posted on the ARRL website on 25 September.
"Two major systems that have not been returned to service include  DXCC  and
our accounting system. Most other systems have returned to full service, and
we are working to clean up the stragglers.
* DXCC SYSTEM
  Our DXCC software was written some 20 years ago.  Although  an attempt was
  made 8 years ago to reprogram it to function in a newer environment,  that
  effort was  unsuccessful,  so the  old system remains running  today.  The
  complication with bringing it back to service is that  it runs on an older
  version of Windows that is not supported, and more importantly,  we cannot
  purchase adequate protection to return it to service  on an internet-based
  network.
  We have created  an air-gapped network  to run the system on  and have  it
  operating in a test, using a different method for connecting it to Logbook
  of The World and online DXCC - the web service that runs the  online  DXCC
  application.  This configuration is being tested  and  we expect it can go
  into production soon.  We will work to process  the backlog  as quickly as
  possible.
* NEW DXCC?
  There were statements made by an  ARRL Director  about work on a new  DXCC
  system.  That is not factual.  While we  have ideas for  merging DXCC  and
  LoTW  into a single  ARRL Radiosport platform,  this concept  has not been
  fully spec'd out or put into development.
We appreciate your continued patience and understanding".
[Source: https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems- ... disruption]

CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST:  POLICY CHANGE --->  "As you may be aware,  it has
been the  policy of  CQ magazine  for over  two years  to  eliminate  awards
eligibility for Russian and Belarus entries in all CQ sponsored events. This
requirement  was  never  incorporated  into  the  rules for  any  of the  WW
contests; it was limited to a simple policy statement.
What is most notable at this time,  is that the  WW contests  are one of the
few competitions still maintaining this position (or similar).  As a result,
and after consultation with our  WW Contest Directors and  WWROF leadership,
we will be changing the current policy, effective immediately, and returning
all of our contests to normal operation.
This change  will take  effect with the  WW RTTY contest this weekend (28-29
September 2024), and all other WW contests going forward". This announcement
was posted to the CQ WW Blog (https://cqww.com/blog/) on 25 September.

ENIGMA RELOADED ---> The 8th  "Enigma Reloaded"  event will take place  from
27 September  to  5 October.  Complete  information  on  the event  and  the
associated award is available at https://www.enigma-reloaded.it/.

OCEANIA DX CONTEST ---> The 79th edition of the Oceania DX Contest will take
place on 5-6 October (SSB) and 12-13 October (CW). Both events will start at
06.00 UTC on Saturday, and end at 06:00 UTC on Sunday.  Complete details can
be found at  https://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/.

OPDX BULLETINS COLLECTION ---> All of the OPDX Bulletins,  from 1 March 1991
(DX Bulletin No. 001)  to  31 October 2022 (DX Bulletin No. 1586)  have been
archived at the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC), a
project of the Internet Archive.  The entire collection is now available for
viewing at https://archive.org/details/ohio-penn-dx-bulletin.

RI42SP ---> Oleg, RD1A is participating in the  North Pole-42  expedition to
the  Arctic  onboard the  "Severny Polyus"  ("North Pole"),  a  large  self-
propelled drifting research vessel replacing the drifting ice stations built
on ice floes.  In his spare time he will operate  CW, SSB and  digital modes
starting on 5 October. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via RN3RQ.  During the 20
months of the North Pole-41 expedition (September 2022-May 2024), Oleg ended
up using three different callsigns (R41POL, RI0SP and RI0POL).

VE3LYC'S IOTA BOOK ---> "Dream Big  and  Dare to Fail",  the DXpedition book
authored by  Cezar Trifu (VE3LYC),  sold out in July 2023.  "In view of  the
requests received from various hams", however,  he has decided to order  one
more small run, and the book (240 pages, full color, with 516 illustrations)
is once again available: https://ve3lyc-book.weebly.com.

+ SILENT KEY + Vasanth Guruge, 4S7VG passed away on 14 September  at the age
of  70.  "He  was a passionate  and  dedicated amateur  radio operator,  who
actively engaged in the hobby until very recently", the Radio Society of Sri
Lanka said.  "Vasanth received  his  license in the  mid-1970s  and  quickly
established himself as  a prominent DXer.  His involvement  with radio  went
beyond  personal achievements;  he played  a pivotal role  in major projects
that benefited the entire Sri Lankan community.  Vasanth served as President
of the RSSL from 2005 to 2007  and again in 2015-16.  During his leadership,
he  spearheaded  numerous  initiatives  that  strengthened  the society  and
expanded its reach within the amateur radio community".

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QSLs received direct  or  through  managers: 3B8/OK6DJ, 3C3CA, 3D2MP,  3W1T,
5H4AYL,  5W1SA, 7M2UHF,  7O2WX, 7Q6M, 7Q7CT, 7X2RF, 9H1FF, 9K2NO,  9W2/R6AF,
A2NEW, A62A, A92GW, BH4GUU, C91CCY, CO9JAB,  D93H (AS-093), E51CZZ, EK/AB1F,
EK/RX3DPK,  ES7A,  FR4PV,  HB9/AH0YL,  HH2AA, HP1XV,  JW/DK1VK,  JY5MM , K8K
(OC-045),  KP4JA,  KP4JRS,  OD5VB,  OH0Z,  OY1OF,  PJ2ND,  PR0T,  PT1K, RI0F
(AS-204), S21PL, S79VU, SV2RSG/A, SZ1AB, T2C, T77C,  T88UW, TI5GAX,  TM73JO,
V85A, VK9LA, VP6G, VP6MW, WE9G/KH8, XV1X, YB0AR, YB3KM, Z61DX, Z68BB, ZF1EJ.

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