425 DX News #1366
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:00 am
8 July 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1366
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9L - The March 2017 9L1T DXpedition to Sierra Leone [425DXN 1358] has
been cancelled as the licence has been revoked "for security
reason". [TNX IK7JWY]
A2 - Neven, LZ1COM will be active as A25NPD from Botswana on 14-16 July.
He will operate SSB on 20 and 40 metres between 18 and 22 UTC. QSL
via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - Special callsign AM25FEDIEA is active on 1-31 July to celebrate the
25th anniversary of the Federacion Digital EA. Also, Spanish
stations are allowed to use special prefixes during the same
period: EA# stations can use AM#25, EB# stations can use AN#25 and
EC# stations can use AO#25.
G - Once again the RSGB HQ team will participate in the IARU HF World
Championship (8-9 July) as GR2HQ from different DXCC Entities
within the UK. All GR2HQ QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW a few weeks
after the contest, with the correct DXCC entity shown (G, GJ, GM or
GW). Paper QSL cards via M0OXO's OQRS. Information on the awards
for working GR2HQ can be found at http://gr2hq.webs.com/.
HA - HG17FINA, HG17WWW a nd other eleven special callsigns (HG17BF,
HG17BT, HG17DA, HG17HA and HG17VT, plus HG17DV, HG17HD, HG17OW,
HG17SW, HG17SY and HG17WP representing the various disciplines)
will be active between 14 and 30 July for the 17th FINA World
Aquatics Championships to be held in Budapest. QSL via operator's
instructions. [TNX www.mrasz.hu]
I - Alessio, IV3GDE and a large group of operators will be active from
the island of Santa Maria di Barbana (EU-130) on 28-30 July. They
will be QRV on 80-10 metres as II3IOTA (SSB, CW and digital modes)
and as II3Y during the IOTA Contest (SSB and CW). QSL II3IOTA via
IV3CTT (direct or bureau), QSL II3Y via IV3OSC (direct or bureau).
Plans are to upload the logs to Club Log. [TNX IV3GDE]
KH2 - JI3ERV, JE6HIB and JR7OMD will be active as AH2R from Guam (OC-026)
on 7-11 July. Main activity will be during the IARU HF World
Championship. QSL via LoTW or JH7QXJ. [TNX NG3K]
PY - Martin, LU9EFO will be active as PY8/LU9EFO from Ilha de Cotijuba
(SA-060) on 10-15 July. QSL via F4BHW (direct) or PT2/LU9EFO
(bureau). [TNX DX World]
UA - The RI0Z IOTA DXpedition to the Komandorskiye Islands (AS-039)
[425DXN 1365] has been cancelled owing to insuperable transport
problems that emerged when the team had already assembled in
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
UA - The RI0C IOTA DXpedition to Iony Island (AS-069) [425DXN 1356] is
confirmed to be QRV on 18-22 July, weather and local conditions
permitting. "If on the first day our signal will be weak - don't
worry", RA1ZZ says. "We will need some time to drag equipment to
the top of the island on steep rocks and to supply the directional
antennas". Five operators (R7AL, RA1ZZ, RK8A, RW5D and UA3LMR) will
run two stations on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB,
digital modes and satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; traditional
cards via R7AL (direct). Follow the team's progress and track their
location at http://www.iony2017.com/plans.
V2 - Bill, KG4ZXN will be active holiday style as V21XN from Antigua
(NA-100) "during the middle of July". He will operate SSB, CW and
maybe some digital mode on 80-6 metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL, or
direct to KG4ZXN; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - VY2PLH is a special callsign dedicated to operations from
lighthouses on Prince Edward Island (NA-029). Next activity will
take place on 14-16 July from Point Prim Lighthouse. Expect VY2PLH
to operate SSB and PSK31 on the HF bands. QSL via VY2GF. [TNX
Southgate ARC]
VK - Craig, VK5CE will be active again as VK5CE/p from Granite Island
(OC-228) on 10 July. He expects to be QRV on 20 metres between 4
UTC and 7.30 UTC, looking for North America and Asia on the short
path and for Europe on the long path. QSL via home call, OQRS on
Club Log (search for VK5CE/P_OC228).
W - Once again Jon, WB8YJF will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke
Island (NA-067) on 16-23 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX DX World]
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object of the contest is to contact
other amateurs around the world - especially member-society HQ stations and
IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres CW and SSB. This year's event (www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship)
will run from 12 UTC on 8 July until 12 UTC on the 9th. The following is
a selection of IARU Member Society HQ stations that are expected to
participate:
Call DXCC Mult
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8N1HQ Japan JARL
8N2HQ Japan JARL
8N3HQ Japan JARL
8N4HQ Japan JARL
8N6HQ Japan JARL
8N7HQ Japan JARL
8N8HQ Japan JARL
9A0HQ Croatia HRS
AT1HQ India ARSI
B9HQ China CRAC
CR5HQ Portugal REP
DA0HQ Germany DARC
E2HQ Thailand RAST
EF4HQ Spain URE
EM5HQ Ukraine UARL
EW5HQ Belarus BFRR
GR2HQ Various RSGB
HB0A Liechtenstein AFVL
HB9HQ Switzerland USKA
II1HQ Italy ARI
II2HQ Italy ARI
II5HQ Italy ARI
II6HQ Italy ARI
II8HQ Italy ARI
II9HQ Italy ARI
LN2HQ Norway NRRL
LU4AA/D Argentina RCA
LU4AA/F Argentina RCA
LU4AA/O Argentina RCA
LX8HQ Luxembourg RL
LY0HQ Lithuania LRMD
LZ7HQ Bulgaria BFRA
NU1AW/5 USA IARU
OE0HQ Austria OVSV
OF100HQ Finland SRAL
OL8HQ Czech Republic CRC
OP0HQ Belgium UBA
OZ1HQ Denamrk EDR
PA6HQ Netherlands VERON
R0HQ AS Russia SRR
S50HQ Slovenia ZRS
SN0HQ Poland PZK
SX0HQ Greece RAAG
TC3HQ Turkey TRAC
TM0HQ France REF
UN1HQ Kazakhstan KFRR
VK5WIA Australia WIA
VP9HQ Bermuda RSB
VR20HK Hong Kong HARTS
W1AW/2 USA ARRL
XR3HQ Chile RCCH
YE0HQ Indonesia ORARI
YR0HQ Romania FRR
YT0HQ Serbia SRS
ZF1A Cayman Isls CARS
ZL6HQ New Zealand NZART
Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional
executive committees will send a signal report plus AC, R1, R2 or R3, as
appropriate.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
BAKER ISLAND --> "The Dateline DX Association (most recently the K4M team)
is very pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Pacific Islands
Refuges & Monuments Office of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to pursue an
Amateur Radio expedition to Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge (KH1). We
will announce dates of activation and other pertinent information once a
vessel has been selected and approval of said vessel and dates is approved
by the Service". The co-leaders for the DXpedition are N1DG, N4XP and K6TD.
CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on
1 July is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The
information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 435.5
million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only
QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted
charts are rebuilt once per month, on average.
E6AG ---> The website for VK5GR's 14-25 September operation from Niue
[425DXN 1365] is now up and running at http://e6ag.net.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Fifteen different galleries include 14,829 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-16), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].
V6J ---> V6J logged some 3,200 QSOs from Mwokil Island (OC-226). Activity
started around 3 UTC on 1 July, and finished at 20.57 UTC on the 6th. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS (https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/V6J_OC226), or
direct only to JP3AYQ.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3D2TS FK1TS CX6DZ EA5GL R110FN RA2FN
3DA0AY ZS6AYE CX9AU EA5GL R1451M RK3AW
3E1FD HP1RCP DA0COTA DF2DD R1CA/3 R1CX
3V8CB LX1NO DL0SOP DL4SVA R25ILIM UA1OMS
3V8SS LX1NO DU1IST JA1HGY R44QFF UA3QII
4L1FL EA7FTR DU3LA W3HNK RI1ON RN1ON
4M1K OH0XX EA6/EI6DX RA3R RJ75OS RA1ALA
4M4C YV4YC ED9E EA9ACD RL5G RW3GW
4M5EN YV5EN EF0F EA4URE RY2A DJ1MM
4M6CQ YV6BXN EF9R EA5KB S500R S53M
4V1G W3HNK EG7FCJ EA7FC S557E S50O
4X6TT N4GNR EG8JCT EA8URA SC40VIC SM6JSM
5H3EE DL4ME EP2LMA EA5GL SN0STILON SP3YPR
5Z4FV N3ZS EV25L EU4AC SN84LOT SP1PMY
7V5J 7X2DD EX9T EX8MLE SV0XBF/SV8 VK2IR
7X2VFK 7X2DD GB13COL G0VLF SX9VK SV1JG
7X5QB EA7FTR GD0A M0OXO T32AZ KH6QJ
8J60JARE 8J60JARE GD4SKA M0OXO T88HR JH1MLO
8J60JARE JG2MLI [d] GM3TTC/p G3TTC T88TJ JR1FKR
8Q7RN G4IRN H2017PFO 5B4AIE TM100LGG F4GRW
9A8GHJ/p OE7GHJ HA60FMV HA5FMV TM24TDF F6KHS
9H3IT IK4ALM HA60KNA HA3KNA TM39TDF F8GGZ
9M6XRO M0URX HB600NVF HB9JOE TM47OAG F4FWI
9Q6BB W3HNK HF1997OP SP6PAZ TM500LH F6KOH
A61ZA IZ8CLM II1ASGE IQ1GE TM50KOK F4HIK
A71EM M0OXO II2FIST IZ2FME TM50SNSM F4GPB
AL4Q/7 DJ8QP IQ0RU 9A5URI TM53IMW F6KSU
AM325PP EA3PP JW7QIA LA7QIA TM5MC F4KJV
AM525YJ EA5YJ K2QXI/KH0 JJ2QXI TM95ARAM F6DEO
AM725NL EA7NL KH0/KW2X JG7PSJ TM9MC F8KKH
AM725QL EA7QL KH2L W3HNK TZ5XR F5MXH
AM8TID EA8NQ LY17LP LY2KM UE80AR RN1ON
AN425APF EB4APF LY764KM LY3X UK8OK EA7FTR
AO110DD EC1DD LZ120RK LZ1ZF V6J JP3AYQ
B7CRA BA4TB LZ284SKD LZ1KCP VC3C2C VE3DC
C6ADX W8GEX MC0NRC M0NRC VK9AA HL2UVH
CF3CCO VE3CX OD5YA EA5GL VR20CO VR2CO
CF7RR VA7RR OF100FI OH2BAD VR20UW VR2UW
CG1BB VE1MMD OF11WCA OG2K VR20XMT VR2XMT
CG3NLS VE3NLS OJ0V ON5TC VX3150 VE3XN
CG5FX VE5FX OM2017WYAC OM3CND VY2/WS5K M0URX
CG9EX VE9EX ON650PEER ON4AST W1NDE/KH0 JE1NDE
CP1XRM EA5RM PJ2ND K8ND XW4XR E21EIC
CP4BT DJ2BW R100K RA1OD YJ0GA ZL3GA
CX2DK EA5GL R110A RU3WR ZF2AE AA5UK
CX3TQ IK2DUW R110FBO R2FBO ZS8Z ZS1LS
9M4DXX Tex Izumo, P.O. Box 125, General Post Office, 10710 Pulau Pinang,
Malaysia
AM25FEDIEA Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
(Barcelona), Spain
CO9KAA Raul Verdecie Fernandez, Calle Angel Guardia No. 119, e/Adolfo
Villamar y Francisco Varona, CP 75100 Las Tunas, Cuba
DJ2BW Hermann Samson, Kollergangstrasse 11, 64625 Bensheim, Germany
EA5RM Antonio Gonzales, Apartado 930, 03200 Elche (Alicante), Spain
HG7DANUBE Szekely Jozsef, Budakalasz, Kinizsi u. 5, 2011, Hungary
HS8AB Bancha Chansirikamon, NBTC, 84/2 Moo 4, Vichitsongkram Road,
Tambon Kathu, Phuket, 83120, Thailand
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
JP3AYQ Mayumi Sanada, 9-20-1203 Kori-nishi-no-cho, Neyagawa-shi,
Osaka-fu, 572-0089, Japan
OZ30EU Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
TZ4PR Andre Burgermeister, 260 rue du Luminet, 91690 Guillerval, France
VR20XAN Alberto Annesi, 1/F 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau, Hong Kong
VX7150 Doug Pichette, 401-333 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5K7,
Canada
YW450ARV Esteban Romagni, 263 Cross Point CV, Collierville TN 38017 USA
ZL3GA Geoff D. Clark, 38A Sneyd Street, Kaiapoi 7630, New Zealand
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