425 DX News #1595
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:44 pm
27 November 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1595 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5Z - Ferdy, HB9DSP will e active as 5Z4/HB9DSP from Malindi, Kenya on 2- 16 December. He will operate SSB and some FT8 on 20, 15 and 10m. QSL via LoTW and home call (bureau preferred). A9 - Celebrating the Kingdom of Bahrain's 50th National Day, members of the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (BARS) will operate special call- sign A950ND on 1-16 December. QSL via EC6DX. EA - The Union de Radioaficionados de Leon (EA1URL) will operate special callsigns AM1111D, AM1111E, AM1111I, AM1111L, AM1111N, AM1111O and AM1111R on 1-19 December in celebration of the 1111th anniversary since the establishment of the ancient Kingdom of Leon, now part of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon within the modern Kingdom of Spain. See https://reinodeleon.ure.es. F - F1PHB, F5BQU, F5TLZ, F6BGH and F8EFU will be active as TM57STN (Saint Nicholas, 2-16 December), TM57MC (Merry Christmas, 12-26 December) and TM57HNY (Happy New Year, 29 December to 12 January). QSL via F-11734, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF] HB9 - Celebrating the the 100th anniversary of the historic Transatlantic Tests of December 1921, members of the HB4FR Amateur Radio Club will be active as HB1BCG on 1-31 December (1BCG was the callsign of the Connecticut station whose message crossed the Atlantic Ocean to be received in Scotland). QSL via HB9ACA. HI - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active holiday style from the Dominican Re- public on 1-14 December. He will operate CW, FT8 and possibly some SSB as HI7/DL2SBY from Punta Cana (NA-096) and Bayahibe (NA-096). During the second week he might go on a one day side trip to Saona Island (NA-122), and be active as HI2/DL2SBY. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to home call or Club Log's OQRS. He no longer uses the bureau. I - II1ZB is a special callsign for the Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club to pay homage to Antonio Zerbini, I1ZB (SK) during the 41st edition of the INORC Contest (4-5 December). Zerbini served as INORC President from 1992 to 2013. All QSOs will be confirmed auto- matically via the bureau. A certificate will be available; see https://www.qrz.com/db/ii1zb for information. [TNX IN3MDR] OE - OE50ADXB is the special callsign for the Austrian DX Board (OE1XBC) to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary during the month of Decem- ber. QSL via the bureau or direct (preferred) to ADXB, c/o Musi- sches Zentrum, Zeltgasse 7, 1080 Wien, Austria. OE - The VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (4U1A, https://4u1a.club/) will be active as 4Y1A on 7-11 December (in celebration of Interna- tional Civil Aviation Day) and as 4U1XMAS on 12-31 December. These activities count for Austria for DXCC, and for the Vienna Interna- tional Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSLs via UA3DX, direct or bureau. OH - The OH9A team will be active as OG1XMAS on all bands and modes between 29 November and 26 December. QSL via LoTW and Club Log ("please di not send direct QSLs"). PA - Special callsigns PA21XMAS and PD21SANTA will be active on 1-31 De- cember, while PD22HNY will be QRV from 1 December through January. QSL cards will not be issued, but a certificate will be available for download (https://www.qrz.com/db/PA21XMAS). PJ7 - Chris, N0UK will be QRV as PJ7/G4JEC from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from 26 November through 4 December, with main activity during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via N0UK. [TNX DX World] V4 - Bob, WX4G will be active as V48A (not V47A as previously announced) from St. Kitts (NA-104) from 24 November to 2 December. He will operate mostly CW, FT8 and FT4 on all bands, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL, or via WX4G. VE - Special callsign VX3INSULIN will be active on 1-31 December to mark the 100th anniversary since a team of researchers at the University of Toronto discovered insulin. The operations will be primarily digital, with FT8 and FT4 being the dominant modes of use. QSL via VE3NOO (direct or bureau) and eQSL. VU - Madhu, VU3NPI and others (VU2GRM, VU2GTI, VU2JHM, VU2MNX, VU3GDS, VU3KWK, VU3ULP, VU3UNO and VU3ZNG) will be active as AT7SJ from the St George's Islands (AS-177) on 3-6 December. They plan to operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-10 metres. This IOTA group was activated only once (by AT9RS, April 2009). QSL via VU3NPI; the logs will be uploaded to Club Log and eventually LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Bur- kina Faso on 3-20 December. He will be QRV on all bands and also via QO-100. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. YB - Special event stations 8H13H, 8H13U, 8H13T, 8G13T, 8G13A, 8G13N, 8G13G, 8G13S, 8G13E and 8G13L will be active from 26 November to 12 December to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the city of Tangerang Selatan (part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area, on the island of Java). Look for activity on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m SSB and FT8. See https://oraritangsel.or.id/award2021/ for certificates and eQSLs. Z2 - Tom, DJ6TF and Tom, DL7BO will be active as Z21A and Z22O from Harare, Zimbabwe on 2-15 December. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 160-10 metres. QSL both calls via DJ6TF. YOTA MONTH ---> The Youngsters On The Air group will be active again during the entire month of December. The idea for this event is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves. Announced participants include stations from Argentina LR1YOTA Lebanon OD5YOTA Bahrain A91YOTA Namibia V55YOTA Bosnia & Hercegovina E71YOTA No. Macedonia Z30YOTA, Z39YOTA Croatia 9A0YOTA, 9A21YOTA Peru OA0YOTA Cuba CO0YOTA Poland HF0YOTA, SN0YOTA Cyprus 5B4YOTA Portugal CQ7YOTA Czech Republic OL21YOTA Senegal 6V1YOTA England GB21YOTA Serbia YT21YOTA Estonia ES9YOTA Slovakia OM21YOTA Finland OF2YOTA, OH2YOTA South Africa ZS9YOTA Germany DC0YOTA Spain EF4YOTA Hungary HA6YOTA, HG0YOTA Sweden SH9YOTA, SK8YOTA Iceland TF3YOTA Netherlands PA6YOTA, PD6YOTA Indonesia 8C2YOTA Turkey TC21YOTA Iraq YI0YOTA Ukraine EM6YOTA Ireland EI0YOTA USA K8A, K8O, K8T, K8Y Italy II3YOTA, II6YOTA QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and the awards can be found on https://events.ham-yota.com/. CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their parti- cipation in this year's event (27-28 November): ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 KL7RA M/2 Alaska LoTW/N4GNR 02 VA2VT SOAB LP Canada LoTW 02 VE2IM SOAB Canada VE3DZ 05 VP9I SOAB LP Bermuda LoTW/WW3S 07 HO2A SO Panama LoTW 07 HQ9X SOAB Honduras KQ1F 07 TI7W SOAB HP Costa Rica LoTW/M0URX 08 C6AGU M/? Bahamas LoTW/HA7RY 08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas EA5GL 08 FS/K0CD SOSB QRP St Martin K0CD 08 KP2B SOSB 10m Virgin Isls EB7DX 08 KP3Z SOAB HP Puerto Rico N4AO 08 PJ7/G4JEC SO Sint Maarten N0UK 08 T42K M/? Cuba T42K 08 TO7A SOAB HP Martinique LoTW/UT5UGR 08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/AA3B 08 V48A SOAB St Kitts & Nevis LoTW/WX4G 08 VP5M SO Turks & Caicos Isls LoTW/K4QPL 08 WP3C M/S LP Puerto Rico LoTW/M0OXO 08 ZF1A M/S Cayman Isls LoTW/K7ZO 08 ZF5T SOAB Cayman Isls LoTW/K5GO 09 P44W SOAB Aruba LoTW/N2MM 09 PJ2T M/M Curacao LoTW/W3HNK 09 PJ4A M/S Bonaire LoTW/K4BAI 09 PJ4K M/2 Bonaire KU9C 11 PT4A M/2 Brazil LoTW/PY4AZ 11 ZP5AA SOAB Paraguay ZP5DBC 12 XQ1KZ SOSB 15m Chile LoTW 14 EA6FO SO Balearic Isls EA3AIR 14 GU4CHY SOSB Guernsey GU4CHY 14 HB0A M/S Liechtenstein LotW 14 LN8W M/M Norway LoTW/LA6YEA 14 MD4K M/2 Isle of Man LoTW/G3NKC 14 MJ5A SOSB 40m Jersey LoTW 14 MW5B SOSB 40m Wales Lotw 15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Isls W0MM 15 TK0C M/? Corsica S50C 16 UA7K M/S EU Russia LoTW 20 J42L SOAB HP Greece SV2DCD 20 SZ1A M/S Greece LoTW 21 4L/LY4ZZ SOSB 80m Georgia LY4ZZ 21 4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia EA7FTR 21 4L8A SOSB 40m Georgia LoTW/M0OXO 22 9N7AA SOAB Nepal LoTW/S57DX 24 B7P M/S China BA4EG 24 BH1EBF M/S China BH1EBF 26 E2A M/S Thailand LoTW/E21EIC 28 7A2A M/? Indonesia LoTW 29 VK6T SOAB Australia EA7FTR 31 KH7M SOAB HP Hawaii LoTW 32 ZL3X M/2 New Zealand LoTW 33 3V8SS SOAB QRP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO 33 IH9YMC SOSB 160m AF Italy LoTW 35 C56XA SOSB 20m Gambia LoTW/G3SWH 36 9X4X M/? Rwanda 4Z5FI 37 C92R SOSB 15m Mozambique IK2DUW 39 3B8M M/M Mauritius LoTW/M0OXO 39 D60AB SO Comoro Isls K6ZO 40 JW5E SOSB 20m Svalbard LoTW 40 TF3SG SOAB HP Iceland LoTW Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2021.html - good contest to you all! =========================== *** 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! 2ZE ---> Any radio amateur in the United Kingdom (G, GI, GM and GW) or the Crown Dependencies (GD, GJ and GU) may participate in the centenary of the Transatlantic Tests of 1921 by adding the suffix /2ZE to their station's normal callsign. This will apply from 1 to 26 December and does not require any individual authorisation. 2ZE was the US callsign of Paul Godley, who went to the UK and took part in the tests as the representative of the ARRL. CWOPS AWARD ---> First presented in 2016, the "CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW" recognizes individuals, groups or organizations that have made the greatest contributions toward advancing the art or practice of radio communication by Morse code. Nominations must be received by 18 March 2022. See https://cwops.org/the-cwops-award-for-a ... art-of-cw/ for the details. QSL IP1X ---> The cards for the 11 September operation from Isola Gallinara (EU-083) have been received from the printer, and IU1JCZ is processing direct requests right now. TO9W ---> The TO9W team has announced that certificates will be awarded for several categories of most band-modes worked during their 1-10 December ope- ration from Saint Martin [425DXN 1593]. The number of band-mode QSOs will be taken from Club Log's Leaderboard: https://clublog.org/charts/?c=TO9W (all 2019 TO9W QSOs will be removed, and then merged back with the 2021 QSOs at the end of the operation). See http://www.k9el.com/TO9W/TO9W.htm for the details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 4O3A, 4S7AB, 4S7AB, 4S7AB, 5T1GM (AF-050), 6K0FS (AS-105), A60EXPO/2, EL2DT, F4FET/p (EU-094), FR4OO, J79WTA, R3RRC/0 (AS-066), RI0FF (AS-025), RI1OZ (EU-153), S21RC, ST2NH, SV2RSG/A, TM7P (EU-107), TZ4AM, ZC4GR, **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: https://www.425dxn.org/ **************************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************************