425 DX News #1448
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:39 pm
2 February 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1448 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2 - Jim, WB2TJO will be active again as 3D2JS from Taveuni Island (OC-016), Fiji from early February until 10 March. He operates mainly CW. QSL direct to home call. 5X - The callsigns issued to the Italian DXpedition Team for their 13-25 March operation from Uganda [425DXN 1447] are 5X3C (CW, SSB and RTTY) and 5X3E (FT8). Ten operators will be QRV on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and FT8 with up to six stations; RTTY will be used on 20m only. QSL direct to I2YSB. More information, including band plans, real-time logsearch and OQRS for direct cards, can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/. [TNX IK7JWY] 6O - Ali, EP3CQ is active again as 6O1OO from Somalia until 6 February. He works for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and his activity on the bands is limited to his spare time. QSL direct to Ali Solhjoo, c/o Dr. de Vivanco, Schnackenburgstr. 3, 12159 Berlin, Germany. 7P - Rune, LA7THA and other seven operators (LA3BO, LA7RRA, LA7WCA, LA9KKA, LB2HG, OE5CWO and OE7PGI) will be active as 7P8LB from Lesotho on 8-16 March. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 DXpedition mode on 160-10 metres with 2-3 stations and a focus on the low bands. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS, and additional logsearch on Club Log. See http://www.la9vpa.com/7p8lb/index.html for more information. [TNX M0OXO] CN - CN8QY is organizing an expedition to Los Farallones (AF-118, new one for IOTA). Plans are for him and other operators to be active as 5C9A on 25-30 July. More information is expected in due course. [TNX DX World] EA - The Mike Delta Victor DX Group (EA3RKM) will be active as EG3WCD on 1-4 February to mark World Cancer Day. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. F - Francois, F8DVD will be active as TM16AAW on 10-24 February including the 16th Antarctic Activity Week (16-24 February). He will operate on 40-10 metres mostly SSB from his home QTH in Macon, France. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX F8DVD] FO - Karel, OK2ZI will be active as FO/OK2ZI from Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia on 6-12 March. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes (FT8 included) on 40-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW (six months after the operation) or via home call. FY - Armin, DK9PY will be active as FY/DK9PY from French Guiana on 7-17 February. He will operate CW only on various bands, and will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. HS - Special callsign HS55RAST is active until 31 March in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST). QSL via HS5NMF. J2 - The J20DX DXpedition team [425DXN 1444] now includes Col MM0NDX, Jonathan MM0OKG and Christian EA3NT. They will operate with three stations as J20DX/p from the rare Sept-Freres Islands (AF-059) indicatively on 16-18/19 April, and after that from Moucha Island (AF-053) for about 24 hours until early 20 April. They will also be QRV as J20DX/mm while at sea, and as J20DX from the mainland. Bookmark https://j20dx.com/ for updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW; direct cards via M0SDV. [TNX DX World] JD1_oga- Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active again as JD1BOW from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 15-18 February. Main activity will be during the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via JA0JHQ and LoTW. OX - Nils, SM3UQK will be active as OX/SE3A from Ilulissat, on the main island of Greenland (NA-018), on 9-21 February. In his spare time he will be QRV on 40 and 20 metres. QSL via SM3UQK, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World] PJ7 - Jeff, VA3QSL will be active holiday style as PJ7/VA3QSL from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between 10 and 18 February, with a possible operation from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) as FJ/VA3QSL on 16-17 February. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via home call (direct or bureau). PY - Special callsign ZW85LABRE will be active from 1 February to 31 March to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Radio Emissao (LABRE). Brazil's IARU member society was founded on 2 February 1934. PY0F - The Noronha Contest Group will be active as PY0F from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on 13-18 February, with main activity during the ARRL DX CW Contest. Outside the contest they will focus on the low bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or direct to PY7RP. [TNX NG3K] SM - Special callsign SE19SKI will be active on 4-17 February for the Alpine World Ski Championships to be held in Are, and again on 4-17 March for the Biathlon World Championships to be held in Ostersund. The activity is organized by SK3JR, the Jemtlands Radioamatorer club (http://www.sk3jr.se/). SV - Special event station SX73SC will be active on 8-10 February for the 73rd anniversary of the Hellenic Army's Signal Corps. Look for activity on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY; the operation will take place from the Science Center & Technology Museum in Thessaloniki. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL. VP2M - George, K5KG will be active as VP2MKG from Montserrat (NA-103) in February. He will operate CW and SSB on the HF bands, and will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17 February) as a team signing VP2MSS (QSL via K1QX). He and Charles, K1XX will also participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter SSB Contest (22-24 February) as VP2MKG (QSL via LoTW, or direct to K5KG). [TNX NG3K] VP5 - Mario, VP5VMA (aka 3A2NY, W4HBW and I2HBW) will be active again from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks & Caicos on 1-28 February. He operates mainly SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== 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! INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Winter 2019 edition (#124) of the International DX Association's Newsletter (INDEXA) is now available for download at http://www.indexa.org/newsletters.html. It contains a complete report by Diego Thobie, F4HAU on the Saint Brandon (3B7A) DXpedition which occurred in April 2018. "We are trying an experiment with this issue of the newsletter. One of our new directors, Otis Vicens (NP4G), has labored alongside your editor to produce a Spanish translation", specifically aimed at the large Spanish-speaking population worldwide. "We hope this effort will indicate there is sufficient interest in continuing with a Spanish translation". OPDX MAILING LIST ---> "The OPDX Mailing List is back up and running", Tedd, KB8NW announced on 28 January. "However, we are starting from scratch, and only very few e-mail addresses have been added. The new mailing list does not have an automatic subscriber feature and you will have to e-mail me a request to be added". Send your requests to either kb8nw[@]hotmail.com or kb8nw[@]arrl.net. QSL 9V1OW ---> Masa, 9V1OW (JG1OWV) is QRT from Singapore. All QSOs are confirmed automatically via the 9V bureau. Direct cards now go to his home call's address in Japan, or via Club Log's OQRS ("absolutely no cards through Japan bureau", he says). [TNX JG1OWV] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8VB UA4WHX EI19RE EI3KD PA123QWERTY PC2Y 3B9VB UA4WHX ER4DX ER1FF PC6IPA PA9LUC 3D2AD YT1AD EX2V RW6HS PF6HPP PA1TK 3V8SF LX1NO FM8QR F5EAN PJ2/KF4DX DL8NU 3W3B E21EIC FS4WBS IZ1MHY PJ2ND K8ND 3W9XG DF2XG GB1LBC M6ENP PJ2T W3HNK 4E1ADW 9V1KG GM5X N3SL PJ4KY M0URX 4L2M EA7FTR HC1DAZ AC7HU PJ4P DJ5BWD 4L9M R3XA HC1MD K8LJG PQ50Y PT2OP 4O4A LX1NO HF34SDM SP7PGK RA76SK UC4A 4U1WB KK4HD HF40STOK SP4LVK RI1ANV RN1ON 4X2M 4X4DZ HG8DX HA8FT S70VB UA4WHX 5P8X OZ8X HI1LT W2CCW SN2M SP2XF 5X2B JA1PBV HK3JCL DK8LRF SN3A SP3GEM 8P9CA KB8YRX HS0ZME SM6NT SN5Y SP5Y 8Q7UA UT4UEP HS0ZNE SM7OEW SN7Q SP7GIQ 9H3HM DK2HM HS55RAST HS5NMF SN8B SP8CUR 9H3IT IK4ALM IR7MT IK7RVY SN9Z SP6EQZ 9M2MRS PA0RRS J42L SV2DCD SO1211R SP6CES 9X2AW M0OXO J6/G4HSO EA5GL SU9JG EA5GL A61EK IZ8CLM J73HGL EA5GL T88PB JA0JHQ A91KWT A92AA JT5LZ LZ1JZ TK0C S50C AP2NK W3HNK JY5MM IK2DUW TM39PVJ F8GGZ AX5GR M0OXO K1HP/KH2 JE2EHP TM5CQ F4FRG AX5PAS M0OXO KH0R/KH2 JE6DND TM66BLM F6KBR C5YK ON7YK KH6LC WA6WPG TZ4AM W0SA C6AGU HA7RY KL7RST K7ICE UN9L LZ1YE CN2CO UA2FM LX7I LX2A UP0L DL8KAC CO7HNS RW6HS LZ5R LZ1YQ V31JZ/p NN7A CS25FOQ CT1FOQ OH0R OH2PM V47JA W5JON CT9ABO OM3GI OK4C OM2FY VE2IM VE3DZ CX2AQ EA5KB OK5W OK1MJA VO2AAA VE9CB D4C HB9DUR [d] OK5Z OK2ZI VO2AC VE3FU D4C IK2NCJ OK7K OK1BN XZ2B JH3SIF DN1PIA DH3SBB OL120AB OK4RM YO2019EU YO3KAA DP0GVN DL5EBE OL1C OK1ONA Z3B Z37CEF DP1POL DL1ZBO OM7M OM3PA Z66X OH2BH DU1/JA3FJE JN3VQM P29VCX SM6CVX Z68M Z32ZM E2X E20GMY P33W UA3DX ZF2OL KC3OL E7DX E77E P4/N3DXX AA7V ZF2PD N2LM EA8/EA4BQ OH0XX P40AA DL4MM ZS1AO DJ2HD ED8W EA8DO P49MR VE3MR ZY6C PY6TV 3F1JMJ Radio Club de Panama, Apartado Postal 0819-11334, Panama, Republic of Panama 3W1T Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam 6O1OO Ali Solhjoo, c/o Dr. de Vivanco, Schnackenburgstr. 3, 12159 Berlin, Germany A75GA Wlodzimierz Tomczyk, P.O. Box 11028, Doha, Qatar EI0R Declan Craig, 167 Saint James's Road, Dublin 12, D12 W6T4, Ireland FR/F4HQZ Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830 Ploudalmezeau, France FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin, France HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM, Italy JH3SIF Kiichiro Onishi, 3-19 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, 654-0142, Japan K8LJG John Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint MI 48506, USA KH7B Mauna Kea Contest Club, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA KV4FZ Herbert L. Schoenbohm, PO Box 24261, Christiansted VI 00824, USA NN7A Art Phillips, P.O. Box 73, Eckert CO 81418, USA OZ30EU Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark PY6TV Robson de Almeida Silva, Caixa Postal 62, Conceicao do Coite - BA, 48730-970, Brazil SM6CVX Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Karnebacken 13, SE-546 31 Karlsborg, Sweden VD1NUQK Michael Ryan, Box 335 English Cove Rd, Marysvale, NL A0A 2Z0, Canada VE3DZ Yuri Onipko, 73-55 Kelfield St, Etobicoke, ON M9W 5A3, Canada W2CCW Charles C. Weber Jr, 240 Montclair Rd, South Barnegat NJ 08005, USA WA4DT/HR9 Dirk N. 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