15 March 2025 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1767
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Heath, VK3TWO, will be active holiday style as 3D2TWO from Vanua
Levu (OC-016) and possibly "in transit" from Viti Levu (OC-016),
Fiji between 16 and 27 March. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 40-6
metres. QSL via operator's instructions.
C6 - Steve, KJ4LJB is active holiday style as C6AJB from Eleuthera (NA-
001), Bahamas until 20 March. He operates FT8 and SSB ("I may try
RTTY, and possibly other digital modes") on 80-10 metres. QSL cards
will not be issued; FT8 QSOs will be logged and uploaded to LoTW,
"otherwise", he says, "a log will not be kept". He reports that
"the logs for 8 March were lost! If you worked me on that day and
need C6A, please try again".
CT - Celebrating the 200th anniversary since German physicist Georg
Simon Ohm began his research in the nature of electrical resis-
tance, members of the Associacao de Radioamadores da Regiao de
Lisboa (CS5LX) will be active as CS200OHM on 16 March (Ohm's birth
date). QSL via operator's instructions.
D6 - Elvira, IV3FSG is extending her D68Z operation from the Comoro
Islands [425DXN 1765] until 1 April, with plans to be more active
on SSB and CW. She is mentoring three local youths who, thanks to
Don 7Q6M/D60AB, will be attending this year's YOTA Summer Camp in
France in August. They live more than two hours' drive from D68Z's
QTH, and anyone wishing to contribute towards their travel costs to
the station can donate via PayPal (https://www.qrz.com/db/D68Z).
Please specify "for D6 YOTA" in the payment details.
EA - Look for EG60GURU/p to be QRV from various SOTA locations in Spain
during March. This activity is a tribute to Jose-Antonio
Gurutzarri "Guru" Jauregi (EA2IF), an outstanding personality of
the Summits On The Air programme, who passed away in 2022. See
https://sites.google.com/view/ea2if-memorial for more information;
QSL cards will not be provided, but QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW.
FG - Jean-Luc, F1ULQ will be active again TO1Q from Guadeloupe (NA-102)
starting on 24 March for a couple of weeks. He will operate SSB and
digital modes on 80-6 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX
SSB Contest. QSL Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call. [TNX DX
World]
FO/A - Mladen 9A2NA, Rolando 9A3MR, Kristijan 9A4WY, Livio 9A7Y, Vlatko
9A9R and Zik DK8ZZ will be active as TX9A from Tubuai (OC-152),
Austral Islands from 25 April to 7 May. They will be QRV on 160-6
metres with two stations and a focus on "human modes as much as
possible". QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, or via DK8ZZ.
See https://austral2025.com for more information.
FY - Renato, PY8WW is active as FY/PY8WW from French Guiana until 18
March. "This will become a recurring, but not continuous, opera-
tion", he says. QSL exclusively via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
HS - Members of the Red Star Contest Club will be active holiday style
as E28AM/p from Koh Chang (AS-125) on 25-28 April. Team members are
E20EHQ, E21LLR, E25GGT, E25KFR, E25VVE, HS1JZT, HS5NMF and IV3GMZ.
They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via E21LLR,
Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
I - Members of ARI Sondrio (IQ2UL) will operate special event station
II2AUT from 27 March to 10 April for the World Autism Awareness
Day. QSL via IK2WAD. Back in 2007 the United Nations General Assem-
bly declared 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day to highlight the
need to help improve the quality of life of autistic individuals so
they can lead full and meaningful lives as an integral part of so-
ciety.
J8 - Ishmael, 8P6PE will be active as J87PE from St. Vincent Island on
16-30 March. This will be a "POTA vacation", with activity on 40-6
metres SSB. QSL via LoTW, eQSL and QRZ Logbook. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Junichi, JH1RNI will be active holiday style as JH1RNI/6 from
Ishigaki Island (AS-024) on 15-21 March. He will operate CW, FT8
and SSB "if possible" on 40-6 metres.
JA - Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/6 from Uji Island (AS-067) on
5-12 April. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.
JD1_oga- Celebrating their 60th anniversary, members of the Toshiba Fuchu
Amateur Radio Club (JA1YVT) will be active as JA1YVT/JD1 from
Chichijima on 2-7 April and Hahajima on 8-10 April. Both islands
count for IOTA group AS-031, and Ogasawara DXCC wise. They will
operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 80-10 metres, as well as on 6 and 2m.
QSL via the bureau, or direct to Tomio Hoshikawa, 240-10 Hidure,
Midori-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-0185, Japan.
KH9 - Allen, KH7AL/KH9 (https://kh7al.site/kh9-blog/) is "on the home
stretch", and "as I see my travel date quickly approaching for my
break from Wake Island, I feel the urge to log as many contacts as
I can. Therefore, I have planned a multi-day radio activities to
dish out some QSOs before I am wheels up and heading home for some
fun time with my family". His next scheduled activities are:
15 March 07:00-09:00 UTC 15m CW
16 March 07:00-09:00 UTC 12m SSB
16 March 19:30-23:59 UTC 15m SSB
17 March 07:00-09:00 UTC 12m CW
He also reports that Richard, a colleague at work, just passed his
Technician exam and got a new callsign. He is eager to upgrade to
General, and Allen "would like to get him on 10m to say hello very
soon".
PJ7 - Gary, KC9EE will be active as PJ7EE from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from
26 March to 6 April, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Port Vila (OC-035)
Vanuatu between approximately 24 March and 3 April, including an
entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. He will operate SSB on 40-10m,
typically between 21 UTC and 10 UTC. QSL direct to home call; he
does not use LoTW or Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Fred, F4LYI will be active holiday style as FO/F4LYI be-
tween 19 March and 11 April. Announced plans for the time being are to be
QRV from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 19-21 March; from Us
Huka, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 21-25 March; from Maupiti Atoll (OC-
067), French Polynesia on 26-31 March, and then from Bora Bora (OC-067),
French Polynesia. See https://www.qrz.com/db/FO/F4LYI for updates. He will
operate SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL direct to home call.
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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!
IOTA DINNER ---> The annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be held on
11 April in conjunction with the 76th International DX Convention. The IOTA
Dinner is not included in the main Convention registration, and there is a
separate registration and fee for it. Registration for this event ends on 4
April: https://dxconvention.com/friday-dinners/.
QSL UBA IARU 100 SPECIAL EVENT ---> QSL cards for the 30 special callsigns
that the Belgian IARU society will activate from 15 March until 15 May
should be requested here: https://www.on4cas.be/uba-iaru-100-event-oqrs/.
Note that QSLs are offered via the QSL bureau only. No direct QSLing, eQSL,
LoTW, QRZ, etc. The OQRS form will be available until the end of 2025. After
that, QSL requests will no longer be processed.
The special callsigns are OQ0IARU, OR0IARU, ON100A, ON100I, ON100R, ON100U,
OO100A, OO100I, OO100R, OO100U, OP100A, OP100I, OP100R, OP100U, OQ100A,
OQ100I, OQ100R, OQ100U, OR100A, OR100I, OR100R, OR100U, OS100A, OS100I,
OS100R, OS100U, OT100A, OT100I, OT100R and OT100U [425DXN 1764].
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 6Y5PW, 7Q1, 7Q7CT, 7X2RF, 9A4W,
9J2AO, 9J2FI, 9K9NLD, A25AO, AU2K (AS-179), AU2S (AS-153), C5T, D2ACE, D2UY,
DU38EUDXF, DU3LA, E51SGC, EP4HR, EY8MM, HQ9A, HS19IARU, J75K, JY5MM, NP2X,
P43A, PJ4K, S21DX (AS-140), ST0HQ, TG9AHM, TK5KP, TL8ES, TO4A, TT8SN, UK9AA,
UP7WWA, V31CN (NA-180), V31MA, VE8CK, VP2ECV, XV9T, YI3WHR, Z22AO, ZB2FK,
ZD7DPX, ZD7FT, ZD9GJ, ZF5T, ZP4KFX.
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