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4 November 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1696
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3A - Gianni, I1UWF will be active as 3A/I1UWF from Monaco on 14 Novem-
ber. He will operate SSB and maybe RTTY on 40-10 metres. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau.
3B9 - Kazu, M0CFW will be active as 3B9/M0CFW from Rodrigues Island (AF-
017) from 19 November to 1 December. He will participate in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest as 3B9KW. QSLs via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. [TNX
NG3K]
7O - Ken, LA7GIA and Shani, HA5DDX will be active as 7O8AD and 7O8AE,
respectively, from Dihamri (grid LK72cq), Socotra Island (AF-028),
Yemen on 3-16 November. It will be a tent and generator operation;
plans are to have up to three stations QRV on 160-10m, running 100
watts (no amplifiers due to weight restrictions) into verticals and
VDAs close to salt water. 7O8AE will operate SSB, while 7O8AD will
operate CW and some "SO2R light" FT8 (using WSJT-X F/H or MHSV -
never on standard frequency). QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. See
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6878768972146047 for updates.
9L - Shabu, M0KRI will be active as 9L5M from Freetown, Sierra Leone
from 24 November to 5 December [425DXN 1695]. Sadly his QSL manager
(Fred Curtis, G3SVK) passed away last week, and a new QSL route
will be announced in due course.
FG - Vaclav, OK6RA will be active holiday style as FG/OK6RA from Guade-
loupe (NA-102) on 8-27 November. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on
40-10 metres (maybe also on 6m), with main activity during the CQ
WW DX CW Contest (SOSB 15m). QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
HB9 - HB8DELOY is the special callsign for members of the Swiss Air Force
Museum's Radio Club (HB4FR) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of
the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy,
F8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO (28 November 1923). Look for activity
from 1 November to 31 December. QSL via HB9ACA (bureau preferred).
HK - Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Liga Colombiana de Radio-
aficionados, eleven special callsigns will be in use on 18-19 No-
vember: 5K0LR, 5K1LR, 5K2LR, 5K3LR, 5K4LR, 5K5LR, 5K6LR, 5K7LR,
5K8LR, 5K9LR and 5J3L (YL operators). Look for activity on 40-10
metres CW, SSB, FT8. The event is organized by Liga Radio Bogota.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, qrz.com, Club Log, or via HK3LRB. A number of
certificates will be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/5K1LR
for the details.
KH8 - KH8/AA7JV will be active from Olosega, Manua Islands (OC-077),
American Samoa on 3-9 November using the RIB (Radio In a Box)
system. Main activity will be on 160 and 80 metres CW and FT modes,
with some CW during daylight on 10, 12 and 15m. [TNX The Daily DX]
KL - Team KL7RRC (Alex KL5CX, Yuri N3QQ and Tim NL8F) will be active
from St. Paul, Pribilof Islands (NA-028) on 7-15 December. They
will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 80-10 metres with up to
four stations. Club Log's Live Stream feature will be enabled. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS; full LoTW upload after six months. See
https://www.qrz.com/db/KL7RRC for more information.
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano, LU4AAO will be active on the HF bands SSB,
FT8 and CW on 4-12 November to celebrate Argentine Tradition Day.
See http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_tradicion_2023.htm for more informa-
tion. [TNX LU4AAO]
LU - Look for L34IGUAZU, as well as the operators as LU5JAH/I, LU5JIB/I,
LU5JSB/I, LU9JDZ/I, LU9JZX/I and LU9JZY/I, to be active from the
Iguazu National Park on 10-12 November, from 11 to 21 UTC. They
will operate SSB and FT8 on 40, 20 and 10m. QSL via operators'
instructions.
PY - ZZ2RB is the special callsign for the Liga de Amadores Brasileiros
de Radio Emissao (LABRE) to celebrate Brazilian Radioamateur Day on
4-11 November. QSL via LoTW. A certificate will be available, see
qrz.com for information. The Dia do Radioamador Brasileiro marks
the anniversary of the entry into force of the first Brazilian
Amateur Radio regulations (5 November 1924).
PY0T - Team PR0T is now expected to be QRV from Trindade Island (SA-010)
[425DXN 1693] on 16-19 November. The three-men on-site team will
operate SSB and CW; the FT8 station will be operated remotely by
ten other amateurs. Look for activity on 40-10m. QSL via M0OXO's
OQRS. See https://www.pr0t.com.br/home/ for more information. Plans
are to upload QSOs in real time to https://hampass.org/2023-pr0t.
SP - The Bydgoszcz Amateur Radio Club (SP2PBY) will be active as SN3BUW,
SN3IW, SN6ESH and SN6IU on 6-19 November to honour the memory of
Henryk Kruszynski SP2BUW (1957-2020), Ryszard Czerwinski SP2IW
(1932-2018), Boleslaw Krzymin SP2ESH (1936-2016) and Zbigniew
Gorgolewski SP2IU (1933-2017). QSLs via SP2PBY. A certificate will
be available: http://www.sp2pby.pl/.
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ will be active again as T88PB from Koror (OC-009),
Palau on 10-13 November, with main activity during the Phone leg of
the Japan International DX Contest (from 7 UTC on 11 November to
13 UTC on 12 November, http://jidx.org/). QSL via LoTW (preferred),
or direct to JA0JHQ.
V6 - Cezar, VE3LYC has been in Weno since 28 October, but as of 3 Novem-
ber the situation was still very fluid and he did not yet have a
fixed schedule for his trip ("it is like a puzzle in which several
pieces must come together nicely", he says). His current tentative
plan is:
11 or 12 November arrival in Satawal, OC-299 (V62S)
19 or 20 November departure from Satawal and arrival in Puluwat,
OC-155 (V62P)
24 November departure from Puluwat
Hopefully the plan will be finalised on 6 November. Cezar posts
regular updates to https://v6iota.weebly.com/.
VP2V - Look for Kevin, W1DED to be active as VP2V/W1DED from Virgin Gorda,
British Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 11-19 November. QSL via LoTW, or
direct to home call.

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

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4W8X: CONTEST OPERATIONS ---> Eighteen out of the 20 operators are active
members of the Bavarian Contest Club - "we love Contest as much as we love
DX", they say. Plans are for 4W8X to actively take part in the following
contests:
11-12 November WAEDC RTTY Contest, (Multi/Single)
25-26 November CQ WW DX CW Contest (Multi/Multi)
25-26 November ARRL International EME Contest (VHF/UHF/SHF)

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Fall 2023 issue (#140) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include a tribute to Gary
Dixon, K4MQG, who is retiring from the Board of Directors after 40 years of
service "to make room for the next generation", "QSL! A Look at QSLing in
Today's World of DXing" by Bob Schenck (N2OO), as well as trip reports of
VU7W (Lakshadweeps, April and June 2023) by Yuris Petersons (YL2GM) and CY0S
(Sable Island, March 2023) by Jay Slough (K4ZLE).

IOTA: NEW CHECKPOINT APPOINTED ---> The IOTA Management Team has announced
the appointment with effect from 1 November 2023 of a new Checkpoint to
cover the Pacific area. Grant Willis, VK5GR has agreed to take on Checkpoint
duties for Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, the Philippines and other
Pacific islands, previously covered by Craig Edwards, VK5CE. Grant's email
is iota-checkpoint[@]vk5gr-iota.net and mailing address Grant Willis, PO Box
42, Highbury SA 5089, Australia.

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Seventeen different galleries include 21,661 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2013-22), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises), amateur radio
"globetrotters", the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific
Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas (1945-1969), pre-1945 countries,
French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC.
Your participation is welcome: http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php.
[TNX F6AJA].

W8S: MISSING QSOS RECOVERED ---> "After questions about missing QSOs on 15
October on 30m FT8, we have carefully investigated the logs again", PA3EWP
Reports. "We noticed some problems with the integration of WSJT-X and N1MM
on a laptop. We have corrected this issue, which resulted in 2000+ more QSOs
being added to our log. M0OXO has added the missing QSOs to his OQRS, Club
Log and to LOTW (if applicable)".

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8HK N4GNR ES5G ES5TV PF37EUDXF PA1AW
3B9FR M0OXO FG4KH F1DUZ PG37EUDXF PA1AW
3G1B HA1AG FW1JG F4FTV PH37EUDXF PA2TMS
3Z600LD SP7PGK FY4JI EA5GL PJ2/W4IPC EB7DX
4A7V XE2V GM2T GM4UYZ PJ4DX M0URX
4G1G KU9C H40RH OE1JUN PJ4G K4BAI
4K6FO DC9RI H44RH OE1JUN PJ4K KU9C
4L2M EA7FTR HA37EUDXF PA1AW PJ4NG K4BAI
4L5O N3SL HB8DELOY HB9ACA PJ4SON M0URX
4L5P IK7JTF HB9H HB9CXZ PT1K EA7FTR
4U1UN HB9BOU HC5CW EB7DX PT5J PP5JR
4U2U UA3DX HD1A HC1QRC PV2G PT2IC
4U9A 9A2AA HG100HAR HA4KYB PV2K EA5GL
5P4PD PD5S HG7T HA7TM PZ5CO UA2FM
5Z4VJ M0URX HG8R HA8JV R75AAR RZ3QWE
5Z4XB VK3XB HI3LT EB7DX R90BAK UA3YA
6Y1V LZ1YE HQ9A VE3DZ S79VU N4GNR
7A1A EA7FTR HS0ZFV DL3DXX SN2B SP3CGK
8P5A HA1AG HZ0YL LZ1JZ SN2JOTA SP2ZIE
8S80AA SK5AA IB1D IK1TAZ SN50GUC SP2GUC
9A0BB 9A3JB IB9A IZ2WFL SN60KJU SP9KJU
9A1P 9A2RD II0MKFR IK0XFD SN85SKK SP9PNB
9A5Y 9A7W II2S IZ2FOS SO600LD SP7PGK
9A66AA 9A2AA II4CLT IQ4FE SO9I SQ9ORQ
9J2BO EA5GL II8K IZ8EPX SP85SKK SP9PNB
9K9C EC6DX IO6A IZ6BRJ TI1K EA5GL
A25R R7AL IR0A OM2FY TI7W M0URX
A44A EC6DX IR1G IZ1LBG TM1K F8KGM
A52AA AB1F IR4X I4VEQ TO5A F5VHJ
A60A EA7FTR IR6T IK6VXO UE37EUF RQ7L
A60FD/5 EA7FTR JD1BQP JD1BQP  UP0L DL8KAC
A61BR EA5ZD JD1BQP JP1IHD [d] V26RA K3RA
A71WW EA7FTR KL7RA N4GNR V31MA M0OXO
A73A M0OXO KP2B EB7DX V31WB W9LCQ
AO7EPN EA7URU KP2M NZ4DX V3A M0OXO
AZ1D EC6DX KP3H EB7DX V47T W2RQ
B0A BA4TB LN8W LA6YEA V49R N2HX
C21TS M0OXO LP7D LU4AA V85A EB7DX
C37N C37URA LS2D EC6DX VC3X VE7VR
C6AXX NN2T LZ5R LZ1JZ VC9A VE9CZ
CN3A IK2OHG LZ600PA LZ1KCP VE2CSI M0URX
CO2XN E73Y M2G M0OXO VI4ACRO VK4KX
CQ3J CT3MD MD2C MD0CCE VK8AW M0URX
CQ8M EA5GL MD4K G3NKC VK8NSB M0URX
CR2B EA1BP MM2N MM0GPZ VO2AC VE3FU
CR3DX OM2VL NP2AR EB7DX VY0ERC M0OXO
CR5T CS5ARC NP2X KU9C WP3C M0OXO
CT9/S51TA S58N NP4Z N4AO XL3A VE3AT
CW3A EA5GL OE37EUDXF OE6VIE XU7AME N4GNR
D2ACE CT2IXQ OK5Z OK2ZI YB0ECT W2FB
D4C IK2NCJ OK7O OK1DOL YJ0TT NC7M
D4M IZ4DPV OM0R OM3GI YS1CH EA5GL
D4Z IK2NCJ ON4JOTA ON4GDV YV4EK EA7FTR
DA0BCC DL2JRM OP37EUDXF ON6CC Z68XX DL2JRM
DF0HQ DL5AXX OT7T ON4CJK ZF1A K7ZO
DR44WCA DF6EX OY/EA3NT EA5GL ZF1MA EA5GL
DU37EUDXF PA1AW OY/MM0NDX EB7DX ZF2B NN3W
E2A E21EIC P49Y AE6Y ZF2GP KL2A
E7CW E73ESP PA37EUDXF PA1AW ZF2HF WA5DTR
EA8RM EB7DX PC37EUDXF PA1AW ZF2PG K8PGJ
EE5A EA5URV PD37EUDXF PA1AW ZF2RD NN3W
EH5MIURA EA5RCL PE00T PA2TMS ZF2ZO K7ZO
EI80MB EI6AL PE37EUDXF PA1AW ZL7IO DK7AO
EP4HR IK2RZQ PF23MAX PF1B ZP0X ZP5AA

3G0Y Luis D. Matho, Burgos 255 #91, 7550160 Las Condes,
Region Metropolitana, Chile
4A7T Fernando Ramirez Gambino, 1246 N Industrial Park Ave., Nogales
AZ 85621, USA
4L7T Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA
7Q6M Don Jones, 3130 Wisconsin Ave NW #723, Washington DC 20016, USA
9G1SD David W Schneider, 1501 SW K St., Grants Pass OR 97526, USA
9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta
AZ6H Cesar Astiz, Calle Valerio Beta 7570, X5022BDF, Cordoba, Argentina
CQ8Q Philippe Schmitt, SRES Quadra 10 Bloco G1, Casa 25, Brasilia - DF,
70645-071, Brazil
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CR6P Miguel Goncalves, Rua Doutor Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
Portugal
E7DX Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
EI10JOTA John C. Holland, 12 Stepaside Park, Dublin 18, D18 YD60, Ireland
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FM/M0JHQ Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano,
399-0211, Japan
FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 Rue de la Duee, BP 11, 75020 Paris, France
HB0A AFVL Contest Team, P.O. Box 222, 9495 Triesen, Liechtenstein
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
IO9A Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
J62K William J. Schmidt II, 27427 Myrtle Lake Lane, Katy TX 77494, USA
JP1IHD Koutarou Watanabe, 1-942-27 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo,
187-0032, Japan
LT1F Karlos Luis Bruno, Calle Espana 1115, S2000DBW, Rosario, Argentina
LX8M Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
OG1F Timo Klimoff, Yrjonkatu 4 A 15, FI-28100 Pori, Finland
OT5A LiRa, Fortweg 24, 2500 Lier, Belgium
P40W Carol Richards, 22 Mill Rd, Shamong NJ 08088, USA
PJ5/W5JON John Abbruscato, 22199 Pine Tree Ln, Hockley TX 77447, USA
PP4T Fernando Cesar Almeida Laguardia, Rua Mendes Pimentel 43,
Barbacena - MG, 36205-024, Brazil
PS0F Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201,
Sao Paulo - SP, 05544-000, Brazil
PY0FR Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
PZ5MA Saulius Zalnerauskas, Nemuno g. 3A, Bruze, LT-54190 Kauno r. sav,
Lithuania
PZ5TW Fabio Renato Camboim de Araujo, Passagem Ademar de Barros 68,
Belem - PA, 66060-650, Brazil
SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102 lgh 1102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden
SX5P Dionysios Chatzigavriil, Lindou 17, 851 32 Rodos, Greece
TM2T Pierre Chassain, 22 rue de la Barotie, 42440 Noiretable, France
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
TO0GL Marc Clemensart, 4 bis rue de l'Arceau, 44190 Boussay, France
V26B Michael J Samanka, 53-12 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island NY 10307,
USA
V31XX Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
V63CB Miki Seiichiro, 1810 Okehazamakirito, Midori-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
458-0922, Japan
VE2DXY Andrew L. Vavra, 111 Collins Lane, Schwenksville PA 19473, USA
VE2IDX Igor Slakva, 101-95 Base Line Rd W, London ON N6J 4X3, Canada
VP2MDM George W. Briggs, 3027 Alva Terrace, The Villages FL 32163, USA
VP5M James F. Jordan, 11013 Farmwood Dr, Raleigh NC 27613, USA
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra NSW 2074, Australia

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