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425 DX News #1668

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 1:01 pm
by NP3N

22 April 2023                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1668
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

8Q     - Kasimir, DL2SBY  will be active again as  8Q7KB  from the  Maldives
         (AS-013) from 27 April to 7 May.  He will operate CW, SSB and  FT8/
         FT4 (using MSHV) with a focus on  30, 17, 12, 10 and 6 metres.  QSL
         via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,  or direct to home call.  He  no longer
         uses the bureau.
C3     - Operated by  EA3NT,  MM0NDX, MM0OKG  and  members of  URA  (Unio de
         Radioaficionats Andorrans), look for C37RC  to be active on various
         bands CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 during the  last weekend of April.  This
         operation  celebrates  DX World's  16th anniversary.  QSL  via  URA
         (bureau or direct) and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
CN     - Special callsign 5F15SIA will be active from 25 April to 7 May  for
         the 15th edition of  Morocco's International Exhibition of Agricul-
         ture  (Salon  International  de  l'Agriculture).  QSL via LoTW,  or
         direct to CN8WW.
CO     - Seven operators (CO2XN, CO8ZZ,  KB2FMH, N3QQ, OK8AU, R9LR,  UA9OBA)
         will be active as  CO0RRC  from  Cayo Coco (NA-086),  Cuba from  24
         April to 3 May.  They will operate  CW, SSB, FT8  (F/H) and FT4  on
         160-6m. QSL via LoTW, Club Log, or via N7RO  (RW3RN for Belarus and
         Russia). See qrz.com for more information.
DU     - Jairus, 4F1DY  will  be  active  as  4F1DY/2  from  Calayan  Island
         (OC-092) on 21-23 April. QSL via N6ERS. [TNX DX World]
F      - Special callsign TM5OIS  will be activated on 22-30 April  from the
         city  of  Abbeville  and  other  locations  in  the  Bay  of  Somme
         (TM5OIS/p) during the 32nd edition of the Bird and Nature Festival.
         QSL via F5KRH.
F      - Members  of the  Radio Club de Provins (F6KOP)  will  be active  as
         TM45KOP on all bands and modes from 29 April to 13 May to celebrate
         their club's 45th anniversary.
FP     - Georg, DK7LX has been active as FP/DK7LX from St Pierre et Miquelon
         (NA-032) since 18 April, length of stay unknown.  In his spare time
         he operates CW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; he does not use LoTW.
G      - GB23C  will be  the  "Flagship Special Event Station"  to mark  the
         Coronation of King Charles III.  Manned  by  members  of  the  Cray
         Valley Radio Society and located in the Monument Gardens of the Old
         Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the station will be active round-
         the-clock  from late 3 May  until  around 8 UTC  on 9 May  on 80-10
         metres SSB and CW,  as well as on 6 metres and 2 metres.  On 10 May
         the callsign  will be available  for individuals  and clubs  to use
         until the end of June.  See  https://www.cvrs.org/gb23c/  for  more
         information. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
GM     - A large group of Camb Hams will be active as GS3PYE from the island
         of Islay (EU-008) from 30 April to 6 May.  Look for them on 160-10m
         CW, SSB  and  digital modes,  plus via QO-100 on SSB.  There may be
         some SOTA or Worked All Britain  activity from Islay  and  possibly
         Jura. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS only. [TNX G3ZAY]
HV     - HV1CN will be QRV again from  Vatican Radio's headquarters  for the
         International Marconi Day.  Look for activity on 22 April from 7 to
         13 UTC.  Plans are to operate CW and SSB on 40 metres  and possibly
         other bands,  as well as CW, SSB and FT8 via QO-100.  QSL via LoTW;
         paper cards via the bureau to IQ0CV,  or direct to IK0PHU.  Vatican
         Radio,  the  official  broadcasting service  of  Vatican City,  was
         established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi.
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as  JD1BMH from  Chichijima
         (AS-031), Ogasawara from 22 April to 5 May. He will operate CW, SSB
         and RTTY on 40-10 metres.  QSL via JD1BMH (bureau),  or  direct  to
         JG7PSJ. Logsearch on http://jg7psj.starfree.jp/jd1bmh/. He does not
         use LoTW or PayPal.
VK     - VK100ZL is the callsign issued  for members of the  Wireless Insti-
         tute of Australia (WIA) to use between 1 April and 31 December. The
         special event  callsign commemorates the  100th anniversary  of the
         first  Trans-Tasman  amateur radio contact,  made on  26 April 1923
         between  Frank Bell (later known as Z4AA)  at  Shag Valley in Otago
         and Charles Maclurcan (2CM) in Sydney.
VP5    - W2FQ, KC8RP and W1WV  will be active as  VQ5Q  from  Providenciales
         (NA-002), Turks and Caicos  on  20-27 April.  They will operate CW,
         SSB and FT8  on  80-10 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,  or
         direct to W2FQ. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL     - Also commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first  Trans-Tasman
         amateur  radio contact,  members of the  New Zealand Association of
         Radio Transmitters (NZART)  will operate special callsign ZL100 (ZL
         One Hundred) from 26 April to 25 July.

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3C3CA: QRV ---> "Problem solved", Ersoy, 3C3CA (TA2OM) tweeted on  14 April.
He has been back on the air since then,  with a focus on FT4  hoping to give
more stations a chance to work him.

3Y0J ---> The  Spring 2023 Special Edition  of the  Northern  California  DX
Foundations' Newsletter is entirely devoted to "3Y0J: The 2023 DXpedition to
Bouvetoya.  A voyage to  the world's  most remote  island", an  article  co-
authored by Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC and Kenneth Opskar, LA7GIA.  It can be found
at https://ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html.
The  full version  of the  official 3Y0J video has been uploaded to YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD0xmsk75U

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: 9Q ---> Silvano, I2YSB  and the  Italian DXpedition Team
are in the final planning stages for a DXpedition to the Democratic Republic
of the Congo which is expected to take place for a couple of weeks  in early
September.

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: CY9 ---> The CY0S team, along with members of the previ-
ous  CY9C DXpeditions,  have announced their plans  to go back  to  St. Paul
Island (NA-094) in July-August 2024.

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: H4 ---> Team H44WA  (N7JP, N7QT, N9ADG, NU7J and WA7CPA)
will be active from the Solomon Islands in March 2024. Updates will be post-
ed to http://www.h44wa.com/.

QSL VIA IT9EJW ---> All QSOs made by XF2C (NA-135), XF3O (NA-090), XF3M (NA-
45) and XF3H (NA-045) will be uploaded to  Club Log in  early May,  when the
operator (Enrique, XE2AA) returns home.  Please refrain from sending  direct
QSL requests  to his  QSL manager  now,  but wait until  Club Log's OQRS  is
enabled. Also please note that after processing incoming requests for direct
cards,  all of the  remaining QSOs  will be confirmed  automatically via the
bureau. [TNX IT9EJW]

TX5S ---> in addition to DJ9RR, HA0NAR, K3EL, K5GS, KE4KY, N6NU, N6WM, N6XG,
N7QT, PY2PT, W1SRD, W7XU and ZL3CW,  Nodir  EY8MM,  Allan  EA3SHO  and  Dave
WD5COV  have joined  the team of  the Perseverance DX Group's DXpedition  to
Clipperton Island (18 January - 1 February 2024).
"As the cost of expeditions to highly most wanted DXCC entities continues to
increase",  their Press Release #2 states,  "the importance of donations  to
support these projects has never been greater. The Clipperton Island project
budget is $350,000.  The ship's fee represents  the largest expense and must
be paid in advance.  We have set a fund-raising target of $175,000.  To date
we have raised $35,800". See https://clip.pdxg.net/donate/. [TNX K5GS]

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8HK       N4GNR       CQ7HS4A     CT1REP      LY19EU      LY2QT
3DA0AQ      EA5GL       CT8/S51TA   S58N        LZ522ME     LZ1KCP
3W3B        E21EIC      CT9ABN      OM2VL       LZ86IV      LZ1ZF
4L8A        M0OXO       CX2DK       EA5GL       NL8F        N7RO
4O/DO1IBJ   JQ1IBJ      CX2TQ       IK2DUW      OD5VB       IZ8CLM
4T4T        OA4DX       D2EB        IZ3ETU      OH0EG       SP1EG
4W1A        DJ4MX       DA0WCA      DF6EX       OO80VNU     ON4PHI
4X75A       4X1VF       DL100RADIO  DF2NU       OQ95RCL     ON3AR
4X75DL      4X6DL       DL100TC     DL4CQ       PJ4MM       M0URX
4X75EL      4X6ZM       DR44WCA     DF6EX       PJ5/OM2DX   OM2FY
4X75HQ      4X6ZM       DU3LA       W3HNK       PJ5/OM2ZZ   OM2FY
4X75HU      4X6HU       DU6/PE1NSQ  EA5GL       PJ6/OM2ZZ   OM2FY
4X75KE      4X6ZM       E51CIK      SP6CIK      PJ7/OM2ZZ   OM2FY
4X75LP      4X6ZM       E51WEG      SP9FIH      PS2OTA      PP2LA
4X75OM      4X1OM       E730S       E77AR       PW2F        PY2NA
4X75WH      4X6ZM       EG1PEA      EA1RKA      PZ5JW       EA5GL
4X75YA      4X6ZM       EG5DMR      EA5RKB      R108M       RK3LC
4X75ZM      4X6ZM       EG7DMR      EA5RKB      R1994YU     RQ7L
4Z75DX      4X6ZM       EG8HRD      EA8URL      R1996VK     RQ7L
4Z75KD      4X6ZM       EI/OP8L     ON8WTF      R2014NC     RQ7L
4Z75KX      4Z4KX       EP2LSH      EA5GL       RI1AND      RN1ON
4Z75MU      4Z5MU       ES1NOA      OH1NOA      S79VU       N4GNR
4Z75NB      4Z1NB       ES5TTT      N4GNR       SN50GUC     SP2GUC
4Z75TL      4Z1TL       EX0DX       HB9DUR      SP150WK     SP3PDO
4Z75WS      4X6ZM       EX0QKT      EX7DI       SP80KATYN   SP3PDO
5P0WARD     OZ1ACB      FJ/OM2ZZ    OM2FY       SP80PGW     SP3PDO
5W1SA       JA1DXA      FK1TS       M0OXO       ST18WARD    ST2M
5Z4FV       WT3Q        FS/OM2DX    OM2FY       T47C        IK2DUW
6M23VGC     HL4CAF      FS/OM2ZZ    OM2FY       T88AQ       JH6WDG
7Q7CT       EA7FTR      GS8VL       M0OXO       T88UW       JH7IPR
7Z1AL       EC6DX       GX3WKS/75   G4OTV       TC4EGE      TA1BE
8Q7MZ       OE3YCB      H44MS       DL2GAC      TF3WARD     TF3MH
8Q7QC       DK3ZL       HC1MD/2     NE8Z        TM1AI       F8CHM
9A0EMCOR    9A7R        HC5DX       N4GNR       TM5J        F6ITD
9K9WARD     EC6DX       HC5LM       HC5VF       TM98WARD    F6BEE
9N1CA       EA5ZD       HC6IM       EC5R        UK7AL       EA5GL
9Y4WARD     M0OXO       HG130SVP    HA5GY       V26K        AA3B
A41DX       M0OXO       HI3K        EB7DX       V31JZ/p     NN7A
A43WARD     EC6DX       HZ1WARD     HZ1SAR      V47FWX      M0URX
A60WARD     EA7FTR      II0MVV      IZ0QPO      VP2EOM      OM2FY
A71/RN1B    RW3RN       II1ALB      IQ1LA       VP8KCA      G5KC
A91WARD     EC6DX       II1CAI      IQ1NO       VP9IN       EC6DX
AO50LPP     EA7URM      II1CME      IQ1EE       VU7W        YL2GN
AO5PP       EA5GUQ      II3BRU      IN3ZWF      XF3M        IT9EJW
AO5WARD     EA5JEB      II3IQX      IV3EAD      XF3O        IT9EJW
AP5FRS      UA4WHX      II3PDV      IQ3WW       Z30HS4A     Z37RSM
C91CCY      K3IRV       II7GDC      IQ7MU       ZX7J        PT7BI
CB3R        XQ3SK       JG8NQJ/JD1  JA8CJY   ZX7O        PT7BI
CN98ZG      CN8ZG       JG8NQJ/JD1  JG8NQJ   ZY1M        PY1AA
CO9JAB      IK2DUW      LA4O100     LA4O        ZZ1M        PY1SAD

5H8HZ    Bora Kasapoglu, P.O. Box 73, Karakoy, 34421 Istanbul, Turkey
9N7AA    Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
AT8BRS   Bengal Amateur Radio Society, 12/1 Dr. Nagen Ghosh Lane, Dhakuria,
         Kolkata, 700031, India
DA23WARD Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Hinter den Hoefen 4,
         27305 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Germany
DM23BUGA Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Hinter den Hoefen 4,
         27305 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Germany
EX0M     Wilhelm Schommer, Merscheider Weg 37, 54662 Speicher, Germany
GB0SIM   Lyns Owen, Fairlight, 68 Clevedon Road, Tickenham, Clevedon,
         BS21 6RD, United Kingdom
HS0ZNR   Bradley Devon, 8 Bruckner Place, Claremont Meadows, NSW 2747,
         Australia
II2SIX   Marco Lando, Viale Borri 67, 21052 Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
J5JUA    Joao Carlos Marinho, Travessa do Carrascal 74,
         Carrascal de Manique, 2645-426 Alcabideche, Portugal
JW8EKA   Kaare Roar Hagen, Bleikervangen 76, 1387 Asker, Norway
SP9YFF   Jan Cieslik, Szmaragdowa 7/V/10, 41-943 Piekary Slaskie, Poland
TZ4AM    Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Road, Rockmart GA 30153, USA
VP9KF    Paul Evans, 15 Watch Knob Lane, Swannanoa NC 28778, USA
VQ5Q     Martin D. Chapman, 41 Pheasant Ridge Road, Seekonk MA 02771, USA
YJ0MB    Michael Boorne, P.O. Box 127, Artarmon, NSW 1570, Australia
YL2GN    Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia

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