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2 September 2017                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1374
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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

D2     - "Tentatively, the first  week  of March 2018 is the  new  preferred
         period" for the D2TI DXpedition to  Tigres Island (AF-108)  [425DXN
         1360]. More information is expected in November. [TNX DX World]
DL     - Mike, DG5LAC will be active holiday  style as DG5LAC/p  from  Oland
         Island (EU-042) on 3-6 September. He will operate SSB. QSL via home
         call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
DU     - Nicholas, DV7FCC will be active as DV7FCC/DU5 from  Homonhon Island
         (OC-129) on 1-4 September. QSL via home call. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
EA     - Special event  stations  EG1SDC-EG9SDC  and  EH1SDC-EH9SDC will  be
         active  respectively   on  1-7 September  and   8-10 September   to
         commemorate  Day of Asturias  and the principality's  patron saint,
         popularly  known  as the  Santina  de Covadonga.  This is the  33rd
         edition  of  the  "SDC" special  event.  QSL for all callsigns  via
         EA1AUM   or  LoTW.  See  https://www.qrz.com/db/eg1sdc   for   more
         information.
EI     - Mike, DF8AN will be active as EI/DF8AN/p  from  the  main island of
         Ireland (EU-115) and as EJ/DF8AN/p  from the  Aran Islands (EU-006)
         between  1 and 10 September.  He will operate mainly CW and digital
         modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
G      - Frank, G8PQH will be  active  as G8PQH/p from  the  Isles of Scilly
         (EU-011)  on  9-16 September.  QSL via  home  call  (direct).  [TNX
         rsgbiota.org]
HB0    - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein  on
         9-15 September.  He will operate RTTY, SSB and CW on  80-10 metres.
         QSL via home call, direct only; bureau cards  can be requested  via
         Club Log's OQRS by the  end of  November, as he will not renew  his
         DARC membership.
HK     - Special callsign 5K300PF will be  used on all  bands  and modes  on
         1-15 September  to celebrate  Pope Francis' visit to Colombia.  QSL
         via HK1X. [TNX NG3K]
I      - Look for IK7WDS/IJ7, IU7EHF/IJ7, IZ7AUH/IJ7, IZ7LDC/IJ7 and IZ7QSS/
         IJ7 to be active from San Pietro Island (EU-073) on  1-3 September.
         They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on  the  HF bands and 6
         metres with two stations.  QSL via home calls.  They plan to upload
         their logs to Club Log. [TNX IZ7AUH]
I      - Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the launch  of Sputnik 1, the
         first artificial Earth satellite, special event station II1MIR will
         be active on 2-3 September. See qrz.com for more information on the
         event and QSLling instructions.
KH1    - The Dateline DX Association has announced "significant progress" in
         their planning to operate from  the  Baker Island National Wildlife
         Refuge (KH1) [425DXN 1366].  "We have executed a charter  agreement
         with a ship, the 'Nai'a' out of Fiji, with  an anticipated  arrival
         at the refuge during the 3rd week of June 2018.  We intend to be at
         the refuge a total of 12 days with 10 days of operations. This ship
         and dates were chosen in consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife
         Service based on availability of their  resource monitor, avoidance
         of  the  cyclone  season,  and 'Nai'a'  availability".  As with any
         DXpedition to really rare  DXCC Entities (and KH1 is currently  the
         4th Most Wanted in the world),  "this will be another  large budget
         operation.  The  11 operator team  will contribute  over 50% of the
         expected budget  of  $400,000".  See http://www.baker2018.net/  for
         more information and donation instructions.
OJ0    - Jukka, OH2BR will be active  in his spare time  as  OJ0/OH2BR  from
         Market Reef (EU-053) for one week starting on 2 September.  QSL via
         home call.  The  "main load" will  be  taken  by a  "guest operator
         representing the CQ DX Hall of Fame". [TNX NG3K]
RI1F   - Evgenij, UA4RX  has  been  active  as RI1FJ  from  Franz Josef Land
         [425DXN 1365] for  the  past few days.  His licence expired  on  31
         August, and he will be signing UA4RX/1 while  waiting for RI1FJ  to
         be renewed. He will be stationed  at the  Ernst Krenkel Observatory
         on Heiss Island (EU-019) until July-August 2018. QSL RI1FJ via Club
         Log's  OQRS  and LoTW, or direct  to UA2FM;  QSL UA4RX/1 direct  to
         UA2FM. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV5    - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active again as SV5/HB9OAU  from  Karpathos
         (EU-001) on 9-22 September.  He will  operate SSB, RTTY and PSK  on
         40-10 metres.  QSL via home call (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL;
         logsearch on Club Log.
VK9C   - Keith, GM4YXI  and  Chris, GM3WOJ  will be  active again  as  VK9CZ
         [425DXN 1353] from  Cocos-Keeling  (OC-003)  from  24 October to  7
         November, including a M/2 entry in the  CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  They
         will  operate  SSB, CW  and  some RTTY  on  160-10 metres with  two
         stations. QSL via N3SL and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log. The website
         is now up and running at http://www.vk9cz2017.com/.
YJ     - Rod, YJ8RN will be active in his spare  time  as  YJ8RN/p from  Loh
         Island (OC-110), Vanuatu between 11 and 29 September.  Before that,
         he might be QRV  from the  Banks Islands (OC-104).  He will operate
         SSB with 100 watts on 80, 40 and 20 metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
YO     - YP0F  has  been  active  from  Insula Fericirii (EU-191)  since  31
         August.  The team  (YO3GA, YO4GKP, YO9RIJ and YO9RYJ) will  operate
         mainly SSB on 80-10 metres until 3 September. They are running  low
         power into verticals and dipoles. QSL via YO9RIJ. [TNX DX World]

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                         *** 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!

CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest  Most Wanted List, generated  on
31 July  is  available  at   https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php.  The
information is derived  from   QSOs  uploaded  to  Club Log (currently 443.5
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.

HAM RADIO 2017 LECTURES ---> The Powerpoint slides with  synchronized  audio
of the keynote speeches  and  other  lectures  delivered  at  Ham Radio 2017
(Friedrichshafen) are now available on DokuFunk (the Documentary Archive for
the   History  of  Radio  Communication  and   Electronic   Media):  go   to
http://www.dokufunk.org/ and click on Horsaal/Lecture room.

OCEANIA DX CONTEST ---> This year's Oceania DX Contest will  take  place  on
7-8 October (SSB) and 14-15 October (CW).  Both events start at 08.00 UTC on
Saturday and end at 08.00 UTC on Sunday.  Complete  details,  including  the
2017 rules, plus results, soapbox comments and records from previous events,
can be found at http://www.OceaniaDXcontest.com. [TNX ZL2IFB]

PIRATE ---> Dom, 3Z9DX is not in North Korea, and all recent  cluster  spots
for P5/3Z9DX are fake.  He is currently "concentrating on other projects for
later this year and 2018", and does not expect to  return  to  DPRK  anytime
soon. [TNX DX World]

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3DA0AY      ZS6AYE      DL0GEO      DL2YAK      R1914P      UA4CGR
3E1L        HP1RCP      DU3LA       W3HNK       R270ENG     UA4CGR
3V8CB       LX1NO       E718MEDITERAN E73Y      R44QKO      RU3KO
3W3B        E21EIC      EA6/EA3HSO  N4GNR       R460KB      UA6XT
3Z0LH       SP1DPA      EG1FSR      EA1UVR      R50ZKR      RC3M
3Z100F      SP5NZA      EG1JRA      EA1RKA      R55AGN      RZ4Z
3Z20ILLW    SP1ZZ       EG1LWV      EA1HNP      R73QRQ      RG5A
3Z2LS       SP2ZIE      EG5VCE      EB5AG       RA70MD      RQ7L
3Z560SC     SP7KMX      EG7FDA      EA7URI      RA70MG      RQ7L
3Z5PKW      SP5KAB      EH1LHA      EA1RKA      RG50IV      RC3M
4A3AA       XE3AA       EH1LSI      EA1AUO      RG50RW      RC3M
4A3YLH      XE3A        EI0LHL      EI5HXB      RG50SP      RC3M
4K6AG       RW6HS       EI1OHL      EI2KA       RG50VL      RC3M
4K6N        RW6HS       EI7T        EI3ENB      RG50YR      RC3M
4L5O        N3SL        EM0E/p      UR7EZ       RI1ANC      RN1ON
4O7GXB      IZ7GXB      EM4IFF      US5IQ       RI1ANO      RN1ON
4U1A        UA3DX       EM7UT       UR7UT       RI1FJ       UA2FM
4V1G        W3HNK       EP2LMA      EA5GL       S5100PAX    S59DKR
5B4ALG      EA5IDQ      ES17EU      ES2TI       S51LGT      S51LGT 
5K300PF     HK1X        EV500S      DL7VFM      S51LGT      S53EO  [d]
5P90EDR     OZ1ACB      EV750M      EW7A        SC40VIC     SM6JSM
5T2AI       NI5DX       FG4NN       NI5DX       SD5F        SM6GOR
5W0HA       CX3AN       FR4PV       F1UIJ       SJ9WL       LA7TIA
7P8QM       ZS2KU       GB0SNB      G3SVK  [d]  SK6SYL      SM6KAT
7P8VRR      EA5GL       GB0SNB      GB0SNB   SK7BORE     SK7DX
8P50B       KU9C        GB1BPL      2W0DSP      SK7L        SK7CA
8P6ET       KU9C        GB1PBL      G1OCN       SN60CIS     SP9PNB
8S7LHJ      SK7CA       GB2BHL      G0VEO       SN75PW      SP1PMY
9A0HRS      9A3JB       GB2ELH      GM0GFL      SO1CC       DL1CC
9A490CETIN  9A1CVW      GB2LBN      GM4UYZ      SO1RE       DK8RE
9A8DV       IK6VXO      GB2SL       G1TDN       SP9YFF      SP9WAN
9A8GHJ/p    OE7GHJ      GB4LL       G4WUA       SV0GU       DL4SV
9H3X        DK9IP       GB6NT       G6XOU       T43SD       CO3JY
9J2BO       G3TEV       GS4LAB/p    G4IAR       T45FM       RW6HS
9K2SS       KB2MS       H2017PFO    5B4AIE      T46FY       EA5GL
9M4CJS      9M2ESM      HB9ILLW     HB9LR       T46LC       CO6CG
9M4LHB      9M4CHS      HF100SBS    SP5PLW      T88WH       7K1HLJ
9M4LHC      9W2WWW      HF79TG      SP5PPK      TC3FLY      TA3AHJ
9M4LHM      9W8KIF      HG14HST     HA2NA       TM0BSM      DK5OPA
9M4LHN      9W2PD       HG150MONAR  HA0BW       TM0LHG      PA0HEL
9M60MA      9M2OHM      HI3A        W2CCW       TM150ST     F8KHG
9M60MB      9W2EMU      HK1MW       N2OO        TM160BF     F4GFE
9M60MK      9W2AOA      HK1W        EA5KB       TM8SRY      F5KCC
9M60MM      9M2MDX      HK3C        NR6M        TT8FC       EA3GWK
9M60MP      9W2EYR      HK4L        EA5GL       TX5EG       F6BCW
9M60MR      9M4CPS      HL72V       6K0MF       TZ4AM       W0SA
9N1AA       N4AA        II1L        IQ1GE       UE80AR      RN1ON
A35JP/p     JA0RQV      IP1T        I1ANP       UP44WFF     UN6GAO
A41CK       A61BK       IQ5QO       9A8MDC      V31MA       M0OXO
A41KB       ON7LX       IY7MG       IQ7DV       V31RJ       VE6RAJ
A41NN       A61BK       J41J        SV1PMQ      V53DX       DO4DXA
A61FJ       LZ1YE       JT0YPS      UA9YPS      V63KS       JA6REX
A61FK       A61BK       KC4AAA      K1IED       V73NS       W3HNK
A61HA       A61BK       KH2L        W3HNK       VK8NSB      M0URX
A61Q        EA7FTR      LG5LG       LA7TIA      VP2ETE      W3HNK
A61QQ       A61BK       LI5TA       LA4F        VY2PLH      VY2GF
A71AM       M0OXO       LY17LP      LY2KM       XK150YUKON  KC1CWF
AM1MLC      EA1COW      NL6/AA7CH   VE7ACN      XV9OK       JG6PWT
AO8DX       EA8AKN      OA6Q        OE3NHW      YB0AZ       W4JS
BV0FISU     BV2FP       OF11WCA     OG2K        YE1Y        HA3JB
C37NL       C37URA      OH1F        OH1AF       YJ0AT       NR6M
CP4BT       DJ2BW       OM7WFF      OM7PY       YJ0CX       CX3AN
CP5HK       EA5IDQ      ON9BD       ON6EF       YJ0ST       EA5GL
CR1FF       CS5NRA      OP0PPY      ON7LX       YO13IPA     YO3AS
CR5CC       CS5NRA      OP17L       ON6DP       YP0F        YO9RIJ
CR5CM       CS5NRA      OV1RR       OZ1HHH      YQ0BIKE     YO6KNE
CR5FSE      CS5ARL      OX3LX       OZ0J        Z21LS       7Z1HB  [d]
CR5SV       CS5NRA      OY1OF       M0URX       Z21LS       DE1ZHB 
CR6LH       CT1GZB      OZ0IL       DL1UWE      Z21MH       IZ0EGA
CS2LH       CS5LX       PA50LELY    PA3HEB      Z68BB       S53BB
CV7S        CX7SS       PA6FUN      PA3HHT      Z81D        OM3JW
CW1R        CX1AA       PA6LST      PI4ADH      ZB2LGT      ZB2BU
CX2BR       EA5GL       PA6SCH      PI4DHG      ZB2TT       M0URX
CX7CO       EA5GL       PF35CAVENTE PA7HPH      ZF2ZL       W8ERI
DA0COTA     DF2DD       PF38T       PA7HPH      ZP6ARO      IK2DUW
DA0LHT      DG6LAU      R1382M      RK3AW       ZP9MCE      EA5ZD
DA2017LH    DJ2HD       R1530IG     UA3VLO      ZS8Z        ZS1LS
DF0WRTC     DJ9MH       R1747PS     UA4CGR      ZS9V        M0OXO

9V1KK      Keiji Tamura, 3-7-6 Izumi-dai, Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken, 299-0114,
           Japan
DU4DXT     Dexter Toyado, Calatagan Proper, Virac, 4800 Catanduanes,
           Philippines
GB1OL      David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay, Orkney, KW17 2NS, United Kingdom
HG17EYOF   MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27,
           9027, Hungary
IZ7GXB     Costantino Ferrone, Via Molfetta 42, 71121 Foggia FG, Italy
JA0RQV     Masato Tamura, 2086-13 Daitakubo, Minami-ku, Saitama-shi,
           Saitama-ken, 336-0015, Japan
JA6REX     Susumu Kakubuchi, 1-10-205 Imashuku-machi, Saga-shi, Saga-ken,
           840-0052, Japan
KH7XS      Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
OA1F       Elena P. Moran, c/ Luis de Requesens 4/A 3 A, 15406 Ferrol
           (A Coruna), Spain
OX3XR      Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, Netherlands
OZ11A      Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PJ4/PA3BWK W.J. Hollemans, Dennenlaan 12, 3739 KN Hollandsche Rading,
           Netherlands
S01WS      Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo
           (Alava), Spain
TI2CC      Carlos Paez, SJO 169221, P.O. Box 025331, Miami FL 33102, USA
TZ4PR      Andre Burgermeister, 260 rue du Luminet, 91690 Guillerval, France
UA2FM      Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 1122, Kaliningrad, 236019, Russia
UA9YPS     Alexander Shishkin, Kalinina 18-18, Rubtsovsk, 658213, Russia
V51SCOUT   Scouts of Namibia, PO Box 6436, Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia
V84SMY     Sallehan Din, 43 Jalan Maju 2, Taman Maju, 32610 Bandar Seri
           Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
V85T       Tamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 211, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
           BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
VE7ACN     Mikhail Zavarukhin, 7581 Mark Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5A 1Z2,
           Canada
VK9VKL     Cliff Tindall, P.O. Box 752, Christmas Island WA 6798, Australia
XU7AEX     Rene Camus, Pavillon Terres Rouges, Chemin des Terres Rouges,
           91120 Palaiseau, France
YB67JTG    ORARI Daerah Jawa Tengah, P.O. Box 1087, Semarang 50010,
           Indonesia
YB72RI     Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia, Gedung Prasada Sasana Karya,
           Jl. Suryopranoto No. 8, Jakarta 10130, Indonesia
YO9RIJ     Stolnicu Petrica, CP 12 Buzau 7 Ghiseu 1, 120340 Buzau, Romania
ZY31BIM    Clube de Radioamadores de Campina Grande, Avenida Presidente
           Getulio Vargas 1012, Campina Grande - PB, 58400-585, Brazil

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