20 June 2026 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1833
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5R - Kuni, JO1AEC is active as 5R8EC from Antananarivo, Madagascar (AF-
013) until 23 June. He operates CW only on 40, 20, 15, and 10 me-
tres. QSL direct to home call.
OZ - OZ0J, OZ3ACB, and OZ9U will be active as SM/OV2E from Ven Island
(EU-137) on 23-27 July, IOTA Contest included. Outside the contest
they will operate SSB, CW, and digital modes on various bands. QSL
via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via OZ0J. [TNX NG3K]
PY - Team PQ1I (namely Renato PY8WW, Renner PY7RP and Alex PP1DX) will
be active from IOTA group SA-067 (location "to be announced after
completion of logistical and environmental assessments") on 24-26
July, with main activity during the IOTA Contest. They plan to have
two or three stations operating simultaneously throughout the expe-
dition. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8/FT4 on 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
SP - Special callsigns 3Z100LKK, HF100LKK, SN100LKK, SO100LKK, SP0LKK,
SP100LKK and SQ100LKK celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lviv
Shortwave Club, founded in 1926 as Lwowski Klub Krotkofalowcow
(LKK), from 18 June to 31 December. "The cradle of Polish Amateur
Radio", LKK was one of the largest clubs in Europe before World War
II. See https://radiodyplom.pl/ses/282 for the commemorative cer-
tificate.
TJ - Darek, TJ1GD (aka TL8GD, TN8GD and TT1GD) is once again active as
TJ1GD/p from Mondoleh Island (AF-095), Cameroon until 15 July. See
https://www.qrz.com/db/TJ1GD/P for QSLling instructions.
TK - Toni, F5RAB and Gil, F4FET will be active as TK5SI from the Sangui-
naires Islands (EU-104) on 20 and 21 July. They will operate FT8
(MSHV), SSB and CW on 20, 17, 15, 10, and 6 metres. They are not
allowed to overnight on the island, so this will be a daytime (in-
dicatively 8-16 UTC), battery powered "micro-expedition". They will
also participate in the IOTA Contest (25-26 July) as TK5K from the
main island of Corsica (EU-014). QSL for both callsigns via Club
Log's OQRS (preferred) and LoTW, or via F8GGV.
TY - Red, DL1BUG will be active again as TY5FR from Cotonou, Benin from
7 July to 4 August He will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Members of the Russian Robinson Club (namely R3GM, RA1QY, RG5G, and
RZ3EC) will be island hopping along the coast of the Murmansk re-
gion between 4 and 9 July. They plan to be active as RI1ZR from 4-5
islands - all of them are valid for the Russian Robinson Award, but
only some (e.g. Shalim) qualify for IOTA group EU-082. Depending on
local conditions, the team will try to spend a day on each island,
and operate CW, SSB and possibly digital modes on 40-10 metres. See
https://robinsons.ru/ri1zr for more information. QSL via RZ3EC, or
LoTW.
VE - Pierre, VK3KTB will be active again as VY0ERC from the Eureka
Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island (NA-008) between the
last week of June and 22 July. Usually he operates SSB, CW and FT8
on various bands when time permits. While en route to Ellesmere Is-
land, he was briefly active as VE3KTB/VY0 from Resolute Bay on
Cornwallis Island (NA-009). QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
VE - Team CG2C will be active on various bands and modes from Cap-aux-
Meules, Madeleine Islands (NA-038) between 15 July and 14 August,
including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL via LoTW and F5JYD.
W - The following stations will be active during the 18th annual "13
Colonies Special Event", which will be held from 13 UTC on 1 July
until 4 UTC on 8 July: K2A (New York), K2B (Virginia), K2C (Rhode
Island), K2D (Connecticut), K2E (Delaware), K2F (Maryland), K2G
(Georgia), K2H (Massachusetts), K2I (New Jersey), K2J (North
Carolina), K2K (New Hampshire), K2L (South Carolina), and K2M
(Pennsylvania), plus 'bonus stations' WM3PEN from Philadelphia (the
city where the US independence was declared), GB13COL from England
(QSL direct, see qrz.com for instructions) and TM13COL from France
(QSL via F5OGL). Information about the award programme can be found
on https://13colonies.us/.
ZL - The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) was
founded on 16 August 1926. To celebrate their centenary, NZART mem-
bers are encouraged to use the ZM prefix during the 2026 year; in
addition, individual operators and NZART branches can apply to use
special ZL100 callsigns (e.g. ZL100AA, ZL100AM, ZL100C, ZL100MVL,
ZL100TUX). QSOs made with ZL100 stations between 1 June and 31 Au-
gust count towards the ZL100 Award: https://nzart.org.nz/centenary/
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
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TERA ---> Stu Phillips, K6TU has announced the public release of TERA (Ter-
rain Evaluation for Radio Applications), a next-generation HF antenna ter-
rain analysis tool for the amateur radio community. TERA is now available at
no charge to registered users at https://k6tu.net.
K6TU.NET is an online service for the amateur radio community. The platform
has provided HF terrain analysis tools, antenna modeling support, and propa-
gation resources since 2012. The interactive deployment of TERA on K6TU.NET
was made possible through a generous grant from the Northern California DX
Foundation, which funded a significant upgrade to the compute infrastructure
[TNX N1DG]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3W9T, 4L5O, 5W1SA, 5X2VJ, 5Z4A,
7Q5BM, 7Q6M, 7Q6UJ, 7Q8AC, 8R1WA, 9U1RU, A44A, BW2/JP1RIW, CY0S, D4K,
DS3EXX, EP5TJS, ET3AA, EX7CQ, EX8MLE, FM4TI, FO/F6BCW (OC-066), FY5KE, J38R,
J51A (AF-020), JD1BMH, KP5/NP3VI, OD5VB, OJ0MN, P45A, PA/OR5R (EU-038),
S21WD (AS-140), T88IL, TF/WE9G, TX5EU (OC-114), TX9W, UN3M, V4/SP9FIH,
V47EM, VK9BSA, VK9DX, VP2EWE, XX9W, Z81D, ZD7VJ, ZS7ANF.
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