425 DX News #1451
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:03 am
23 February 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1451 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5T - Johannes, PA5X has been active as 5T5PA from Nouadhibou, Mauritania since 17 February, and will remain there for the next coming months. In his spare time he operates SSB, RTTY and FT8 on various bands. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or via home call. 6O - Ali, EP3CQ will be active again as 6O1OO from Somalia between 26 February and 24 March. Usually he operates FT8 on 20 metres; 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. 8P - Richard, G3RWL will be active again as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) from 13 March to 17 April. He will operate CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via home call (direct or bureau). 9G - Matteo, IZ4YGS has been active as 9G5GS from Sanzule, Ghana since 16 February, and will remain there until 13 March. In his spare time he operates mainly FT8 on 80, 60, 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via eQSL, or direct to home call. C6 - Dom, M1KTA will be active as C6AKT from Eleuthera Island (NA-001), Bahamas on 8-16 March. He will operate CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, and will participate in the Commonwealth (BERU) Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX World] CY9 - AA4NC, K5DHY, N2IEN, VA3QR, W4DKS, WA4DAN and WW2DX will be active again as CY9C from St Paul Island (NA-094) on 1-11 August. This will be an all band/all mode operation, including EME by WW2DX. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to WA4DAN. See http://cy9c.com for more information. E5 - Dagmar, DM7PQ (E51NPQ) and Rainer, DL1AUZ (E51AUZ) will be active holiday style from Rarotonga (OC-013, South Cooks) on 9-11 March and again on 2-11 April, from Manihiki (OC-014, North Cooks) on 13-25 March, and from Aitutaki (OC-083, South Cooks) on 27-31 March. They will operate CW only. FY - Hartwig, DL7BC will be active again as TO2BC from French Guiana from 21 March to 2 April. Main activity will be during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest ("depending on the TVI situation with the neighbour"). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K] HR - Gerard, F2JD will be active again as HR5/F2JD from Copan, Honduras from 22 February to 15 May. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on all bands. QSL via F6AJA, direct or bureau; logsearch on http://LesNouvellesDX.fr/voirlogs.php. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX] KG4 - Look for KG4SC (QSL via KP2L) and KG4AS (QSL via N4SIA) to operate SSB, CW, FT8 and possibly other digital modes from Guantanamo Bay on 6-13 March. QSL direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] PJ7 - Tom, AA9A will be active again as PJ7AA from Sint Maarten (NA-105) on 2-30 March. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on CW and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or direct to AA9A. PY - Martin, PT2ZDX (LU9EFO) and Angel, PP5GEL will be active as PS5X from Ilha do Mel (SA-047) between 25 February and 5 March. QSL direct to PP5GEL (Brazilian stations only) or F4BHW (rest of the world). T2 - Tony, 3D2AG confirms he will be active as T2AR from Tuvalu (OC-015) until 27 February [425DXN 1450]. This is a business trip, and he will be QRV in his spare time - see https://www.qrz.com/db/T2AR for his tentative operating schedule and band plan. Tony will operate mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and FT8 using MSHV's multi answer protocol (not to be confused with the "Fox & Hound" mode). His focus will be on the low bands. QSL direct to 3D2AG (see qrz.com for PayPal instructions). He does not use LoTW or Club Log. T32 - Ken, KH6QJ will be active again as T32AZ from Kiritimati (Christmas Island, OC-024), East Kiribati from 28 February to 5 March, including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] TA - TC10GITRAD is the special callsign for the Giresun Radio Amateurs and Nature Sports Association (YM7KK) to celebrate their 10th anniversary until the end of the year. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, direct or bureau. VE - Mike, VE7ACN (https://www.ve7acn.com/) will be active as VE7ACN/VE1 from Bells Island (LaHave Islands, NA-081) on 22-28 March, as VA7XW/VE1 from Long Island (NA-127) from 28 March to 4 April, and as VE7ACN/VE9 from White Head Island (NA-014) on 5-11 April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau). VK - Taka, JA8COE will be active as VK4/JA8COE from Thursday Island (OC-138) on 14-17 March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau). =========================== *** 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! 3Y0I: ATLANTIC TUNA SEA TRIAL ---> "Sometime in the next 10 days you will be tracking the two to three day sea trial of our ship the Atlantic Tuna", the Bouvet Island team posted on 20 February to the Rebel DX Group's website. If the trial "goes as expected, we will announce our departure date on www.rebeldxgroup.com and https://bouvetoya.org, as well as our Twitter and Facebook pages". IOTA DINNER ---> The 24th Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be held on 12 April at Visalia Mariott in conjunction with the 70th International DX Convention. The IOTA Dinner is not included in the main Convention registration, there is a separate registration and fee for it and advance payment is required. Registration for this event ends on 31 March. See http://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-iota.html for full details. SPACE WEATHER DASHBOARD ---> Jan van den Berg, PA2P authored "Build Your Own Space Weather Dashboard" on "how to design your own gauges and charts with Space Weather data from NOAA for your own website, instead of using the existing dashboards". It can be found at http://www.pa2p.nl/noaa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 4B4B, 4E1CVB/4 (OC-202), 5R8IC, 5W2TB, 5W0GC, 6D50I, A35EU, D41CV, DP1POL, E70T, EP6RRC (AS-189), ET3AA, FG8OJ, H44SHD (OC-149), H7/RM0F (NA-013), H7/RC5A (NA-013), HV0A, J8NY, OD5ZZ, OX3XR, R18CRO, R18GER, R18TUN, RI0B, RL9Y, TZ4AM, V31MA, VK0AI, VP6D, VP9GE, WP3UX, XZ2B, YB9AY, YI3WHR, YJ0GCZ81D, ZL7/JA0JHQ. **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([email protected]) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ****************************************************************************