425 DX News #1452
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:56 am
2 March 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1452 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4L - Luc, F5RAV will be active as either 4L/F5RAV and/or 4L0GF from Zeda Tkhilnari, Georgia between 26 March and 2 April, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL direct to home call. [TNX F8REF] 6W - Jean-Louis, F5NHJ (https://www.f5nhj.fr/) is QRV again as 6W7/F5NHJ from near Saly, on the Petite Cote of Senegal, from 25 February to 13 March. He operates mainly FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. 6Y - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as 6Y5KB from Jamaica (NA-097) from 28 March to 10 April. He plans to operate CW, SSB, FT8 and possibly RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to home call. He no longer uses the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] 9A - 9A62AA is the special callsign that Tom, 9A2AA is using until the the end of the year to mark his 62nd year in amateur radio. QSL via home call. [TNX 9A2AA] 9G - 4X5ZS, 4Z1SH, 4Z1ZV, 4Z4DX and 9G5AF (4Z9BDD) will be active as 9G2DX from Ghana on 9-20 March. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY on 160-10 metres (see qrz.com for their planned frequencies). Their main site will be at a beach "ideal for low band operations" near the capital city of Accra, but they will be QRV also from two Flora & Fauna sites (namely the Shai Hills Resource Reserve and the Kakum National Park). QSL via M0OXO's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL; logsearch on Club Log. 9M2 - The Malaysian DX and Contest Group will be active on various bands and modes as 9M19TEA from the Cameron Highlands, West Malaysia on 28-30 March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. G - Organised by the Radio Society of Great Britain, an International Amateur Radio Marathon will run from 30 May to 14 July during the Cricket World Cup to be held in England and Wales. Thirty-one special callsigns with the prefix GB19 will be activated from the United Kingdom (11 representing the venues, 10 representing the competing teams, and 10 Cricket HQ stations): England GB19AFG, GB19AUS, GB19BAN, GB19BG, GB19CWC, GB19EB, GB19ENG, GB19HL, GB19IND, GB19KO, GB19LL, GB19NZ, GB19OT, GB19PAK, GB19RB, GB19RG, GB19SA, GB19SL, GB19TB, GB19TG, GB19WI Guernsey GB19CG Isle of Man GB19CIM Jersey GB19CJ Northern Ireland GB19CGI, GB19CNI Scotland GB19CGM, GB19CS Wales GB19CGW, GB19CW, GB19SG Each special callsign has its own qrz.com page, with the schedule showing when the callsign will be used. QSL via LoTW only (no paper QSL cards). A series of award certificates will be offered, and participants will be able to track their progress towards the available awards on https://cricket2019.hamlogs.net/. Also check https://rsgb.org/cricket for complete details about the marathon. [TNX G4FAL] KL - Cezar, VE3LYC will be active as VE3LYC/KL7 from Little Diomede Island (NA-150) on 18-26 March. Plans are to operate CW and SSB on 40-17 metres for 3-4 days from the village (which will offer an unobstructed path to Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania), and for another 2-3 days from the northeastern corner of the island, which will provide an open path to North and South America. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau). More information can be found at https://ve3lyc-kl7-na150.weebly.com/. LU - Celebrating Radio Club QRM Belgrano's 51th anniversary, LU4AAO will be active on 1-3 March on various bands and modes. QSL via eQSL, or email lu4aao(@)gmail.com for a printable digital QSL; paper cards will not be available. [TNX LU5AG] OH - OH8JK, OH8MWD, OH8NR and OH8ZZ will be active as OH8AA from Kataja/ Inakari Island (EU-192) on 1-5 March. They will operate SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via OH8JK. PJ2 - Andy, DK5ON will be active again as PJ2/DK5ON from Curacao (SA-099) on 14-30 March. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K] SM - Bodo, DF8DX is planning "some activity" as SM0/DF8DX from IOTA group EU-084 on 5-7 March. QSL via home call (direct or bureau), Club Log's OQRS or via LoTW. TI - TI7/AE0EE, TI7/K0BBC and TI7/W6PNG are active from Costa Rica until 5 March, including participation in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as TI7/W6PNG. They operate CW, FT8 and SSB on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX VK - Owing to circumstances beyond his control, Vlad, ER1OO will be unable to participate in the April IOTA DXpedition to the Houtman Abrolhos (OC-211) and Favorite Island (OC-183) [425DXN 1449]. This will be a solo operation by Andy, VK5MAV. He plans to be QRV as VK5MAV/6 from OC-211 on 14 April in his evening (local time is UTC +8) and to return to the mainland on the 17th or 18th. Actual dates for OC-183 are still "a bit uncertain" because of Easter holidays, but he will have to return to the mainland on 22 April. Bookmark http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition for updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via RN3RQ. VK0/M - Norbert, VK5MQ has been QRV as VK0AI from Macquarie Island (AN-005) since late April 2018, and expects to go QRT sometime in March. He has operated mainly FT8 so far, but during his last couple of weeks on the air he will "start on SSB on 14.195, listening 14.210 and 7.050 MHz in his afternoons after work. If he does not get any responses he will go back to FT8". Macquarie Island is 11 hours ahead of UTC. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via VK5MQ (direct or bureau). [TNX The Daily DX] Z8 - Ken, K4ZW might be active as Z81Z from Juba, South Sudan on 4-6 March. "If he is able to get on the air, operation will be very limited in time due to work schedules and tight travel restrictions in the city". QSL via K4ZW and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log. [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! ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC Entities as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while DX stations (also including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE amateurs in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx). This year's event will be held on 2-3 March (00.00-23.59 UTC). Give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K: https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2019.html - good contest to you all! IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The 2019 Honour Roll and Annual Listings have been posted on the IOTA website https://iota-world.org/: click on PERFORMANCE LISTINGS in the dropdown menu under PROGRAMME INFORMATION. They show the position as at 31 January 2019. The Honour Roll lists the stations with a checked score equalling or exceeding 50% of the total of numbered IOTA groups, excluding those with provisional numbers, at the time of preparation. The Annual Listing lists the stations with a checked score of 100 or more IOTA groups but less than the qualifying threshold for entry into the Honour Roll. IOTA rules limit inclusion in the listings to those participants who have updated their scores at least once in the preceding five years (i.e. since February 2014) and have opted to have their scores published. WRTC 2018 ---> Produced by DM6WAN and his team, "WRTC 2018 - Der Film" is the official video of the 8th World Radiosport Team Championship that took place in Germany on 12-16 July 2018. It is available on either YouTube and Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/317408827). WSJT-X 2.0.1 ---> The General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 2.0.1. has been available for download since 25 February. This is a bug-fix release including repairs of defects reported up to 22 February. Links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are available here: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html. + SILENT KEY + Kresimir "Kreso" Kovarik, 9A5K passed away on 27 February. He was born in 1974. Past President of the Croatian Amateur Radio Association (HRS) and Vice Chairman of the IARU Region 1 HF Committee, he was the author of DXlog.net and a competitor in three World Radiosport Team Championships (2006, 2014 and 2018). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B9FR M0OXO FM8QR F5EAN PF6HPP PA1TK 3E1L HP1RCP FS4WBS IZ1MHY PJ0DX IZ1MHY 3V8SF LX1NO G6MC G2YL PJ4A K4BAI 3W2MAE DL5MAE G6T M0URX PJ6A N4NX 3W3B E21EIC G6XX M0OXO PS2T K3IRV 3W9CJ JA1DXA GM3X GM3POI PT1F PY1AA 3W9JF EA5GL GM4Z GM4ZUK PZ5JW EA5GL 4JT0SFR 4K4K GM5X N3SL R120MG RZ5D 4JT4K 4K4K GM7R N3SL R2019LS UA3RU 4JT5A 4J5A GS8VL M0OXO R30AFQ RV1AQ 4K6AG DC9RI GW5R GW3YDX RI1ANL RN1ON 4KT4K 4K4K GW9J GW0GEI SF50CG SM0BYD 4L0G EA7FTR HB9O HB9BRG SK40UM SK5UM 4O/E73A 9A2AA HC1DAZ KX4PT SN0RUN SP5PPK 5J0JC VE2FDJ HC1DW W0OR SP0ANT SQ1SGB 5P8X OZ8X HD8M WB2REM SU9JG EA5GL 5T5PA PA5X HF800W SQ6ILG T2AR 3D2AG 7X0AD EA5KB HI3/WJ2O N2ZN T2AT N7SMI 8P6ET KU9C HI3SD EC6DX T31EU DL2AWG 9A5PC NF4A HK3TK F5CWU T45FM RW6HS 9G5GS IZ4YGS HK4T RW6HS T88DT JH1OLB 9H3NO/P LX1NO HK7AAG EA5GL TC5OCK TA5FA 9H3YY DL2JRM HP1XT KU9C TG9AJR M0URX 9Q6BB W3HNK HQ9X KQ1F TI5/N3KS W4FS 9X2S JA1PBV HR5/F2JD F6AJA TI7W W4FS A5A JH1AJT IB9A IZ2WFL TM10WCA F5NLX A91KWT A92AA II1A IK1SPR TM16WAP F8DHE AH2R JH7QXJ II2ANT IK2QPO TM1ANT F5SIH AN1PM EA1RKA II2V IK2AQZ TM5CQ F4FRG C5DX G4DJX II5ANT IZ5BTC TM6C F6KMB C5YK ON7YK IO3F IZ3SQW TO3Z F6HMQ C6AEP K1EP IO3Y IV3SKB TR8CR F6AJA C6ANM N1GN IR18AAW 9A8MDC V31AE EB7DX CB3R XQ3SK IR1ANT I1HYW V31CQ K5PS CE3CT EA5KB IR1G IZ1LBG V31HE DK9HE CJ3A VE3AT IR2Q IK2PFL V31MA M0OXO CN4M RW6HS IR2R 9A8MDC V31NC EA5GL CN8KD EA5XX IR8D IZ8JAI V3T WC0W CN8SG EA7FTR J68HZ K9HZ V73NS W3HNK CO2RQ EC6DX J73HGL EA5GL V85AVE W3HNK CR3W DL5AXX J75Y K1LI VK0AI VK5MQ CR5E CT1ILT KL7RA N4GNR VP2ETE W3HNK CU4DX CU2CE KP3RE EA5GL VP2MMF K1XX D2EB IZ3ETU L20X LU1XP VP5K K0PC D44TAQ HB9HFD LU1ZR LU2CN XE2B EA5OL EA8RM EB7DX NL8F N7RO XV9YM DL3YM EA9LZ EA5KB NP2J K8RF YO2019EU YO3KAA ED8URT EA8URT OA4SS KB6J YV1KK OH0XX ED8W EA8DO OD5ZF IZ8CLM Z22VC SP7VC EF9Z EA5KB OE16AAW OE3DMA Z68FK DL7FER EG7DCA EA7URS OE88WAP OE3KKA ZF1A K6AM EG8URT EA8URT OE89ANT OE3AIS ZF2AM K6AM EH5TES EA5EV OE90AAW OE3SGA ZF2IN N6WIN EI0NMMI EI6AL OY1OF M0URX ZF2WW K6JO EI19RE EI3KD P3X 5B4AMM ZM1A ZL3CW EN0KRI/p UW5KW P49MR VE3MR ZM4G ZL2IFB EP4HR IK2RZQ P49Y AE6Y ZR2A DM5EE FG4KH F1DUZ PA123QWERTY PC2Y ZV7T PR7AYE FK8GX W3HNK PF19ANT PA0RDY ZW7O PY7WM 3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. 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