425 DX News #1380
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:13 pm
14 October 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1380 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3C0 - Yuris, YL2GM and Kaspars, YL3AIW were active as 3C1L from Malabo (Bioko Island, AF-010), Equatorial Guinea on 9-10 October. Then they moved to Annobon Island (AF-039), but they are not expected to be QRV as 3C0L until 13 October at the earliest. Plans are to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres with two stations. Their flight back home is scheduled on 23 October. Updates will be posted to http://www.lral.lv/3c0l_3c1l/. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau), or direct to YL2GN. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the end of the operations. 4S - Alex, UT5UY and Roman, UR0MC will be active as 4S7AYG from Sri Lanka (AS-003) on 22-31 October. QSL via M0URX's OQRS (http://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/) and LoTW. 4S - Ilya, R3XA will be active as 4S7KLG from Sri Lanka (AS-003) on 23- 30 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Outside the contest he will operate mainly CW. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or via EA5GL; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K] 6Y - Look for 6Y4F (QSL via LoTW or direct to N4SF), 6Y4J (QSL via LoTW or direct to K8AJA) and 6Y4T (QSL via LoTW or direct to W4GE) to be active from Jamaica (NA-097) on 24-31 October. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as 6Y4T. Before and after the contest they will operate CW and FT8 also on 60 metres and the WARC bands. [TNX The Daily DX] 7P - Pista, HA5AO will return to Lesotho on 16-28 October as a volunteer to a local community group. The primary purpose of this trip is to conduct training classes for young entrepreneurs wanting to start their own small business. In his spare time he will be active as 7P8AO on 40-10 metres CW, RTTY and FT8. QSL via HA5AO and LoTW; see http://www.ha5ao.com/ for logsearch and OQRS. [TNX K5GS] 7Q - The EIDX Group, who brought you 9N7EI earlier this year, will be active as 7Q7EI from Malawi from 21 March to 3 April 2018, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. Fourteen operators will be QRV on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. More information is expected in due course. A website is under construction. [TNX EI9FBB] F - Weather permitting, Gil F4FET, Diego F4HAU and Antoine F5RAB will be active as TM0TI from Tombelaine Island (EU-156) on 21-23 October. They will operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres with two stations. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS (https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/). I - ARI Parma will be active as II4GV between 10 October and 27 January 2018 (http://www.ariparma.it/temporanei/II4GV-en.html). The special callsign commemorates Giuseppe Verdi, who was born on 10 October 1813 and died on 27 January 1901. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or via the bureau. P2 - Roly, ZL1BQD will be active as P29RR from Papua New Guinea from 20 October to 6 November. In his spare time he will operate mainly FT8, with some SSB and CW. QSL direct to home call, and possibly LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] P4 - Ulf, DL5AXX has been active holiday style as P40EU from Aruba (SA-036) since 12 October, and will remain there until the 23rd. QSL via home call; see http://www.dl5axx.de/dxlog/ for the OQRS for for bureau cards. [TNX DX World] P4 - John, W2GD will be active again as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) on 23- 31 October. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest; before and after the contest he will operate some CW and be QRV on 160, 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct only to N2MM. [TNX NG3K] S2 - Activity from Bhola Island (AS-140) [425DXN 1371] started as S21ED and S21TV on 11 October, earlier than planned. The operators switched to S21ZDC on 13 October. They are mostly QRV from 00.00 UTC to 15 UTC, as during their dark hours they are plagued with a QRM they are unable to locate the source of. They will be QRV from AS-140 throughout 18 October and will "tear down everything" sometime on the 19th. Initial plans were to continue the expedition and be active from St Martin's Island (AS-127) on 21-25 October. Dates are subject to variation depending on local conditions. All QSL card requests for AS-140 should go to G3KHZ - this includes QSOs with S21ED, S21TV and S21ZDC. T2 - 3D2AG, Tony will be active as T2AR from Funafuti, Tuvalu (OC-015) on 21-28 October. In his free time he will operate SSB, CW and digital modes (RTTY, JT65, FT8) on the HF bands as well as on 6 and 2 metres. QSL direct to 3D2AG; see https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag for PayPal instructions. He does not use LoTW or Club Log. VE - Pierre, VE3KTB and Alex, VE1RUS will be active again as VY0ERC most likely from 17 October to 10 November. This is the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station located in the environs of the weather station on Ellesmere Island (NA-008). They will be QRV as time permits, and will try to be active during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX M0OXO] VU7 - VU7T has been active from Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) since 11 October. The operators (Manoj VU2CPL, San VU2WH/A45TT, Sid VU3NXI, Gopan VU3HPF/M0XUU and Kiran VU2XE, plus A65DR/VU3TQR "as remote support and coordinator") will remain there until 20 October and be QRV on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes with up to three stations. QSL via LoTW (preferred), via Club Log's OQRS or direct to VU2CPL. The operation is self funded, and "we welcome any donations which will go towards offsetting our costs of transportation and other large expenses", the team says. Donations can be sent to https://www.paypal.me/vu7t, or through the OQRS' donate option. [TNX VU2CPL] W - The Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (JSCARC) will operate at the W5RRR shack on 13-15 October, in commemoration of 50 years of club operations at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Operations will be primarily on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct to NASA Johnson Space Center, Attn: AW7/JSC Amateur Radio Club, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston TX 77058, USA. XE - Scout station 4B3ASM will be active on 20-22 October for the annual Jamboree On The Air (JOTA). It will be located in Ciudad del Carmen on Carmen Island (NA-135). QSL via XE3AA. XE - Manuel XE2IC, Jose-Felix XE2I and Antonio XE2HVF will be active as XF1IM from Isla Magdalena (NA-078) from 25 November to 3 December. QSL direct to XE2IC. [TNX DX World] XW - Champ, E21EIC will be active again as XW1IC from Laos on 14-18 October. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via home call. [TNX DX World] ZD7 - ZD7BR (not the previously announced ZD7VDE) is the callsign allocated to Bill, G0VDE for his 14-21 October operation from St. Helena (AF-022) [425DXN 1377]. Depending "on demand for ZD7 and band conditions", he will be active on 80-10 metres SSB, with some RTTY, PSK31 and possibly FT8 and "just maybe a little CW". See http://sthelenadx.com/ for updates. QSL via G3SWH (OQRS for direct and bureau cards on http://www.g3swh.org.uk/decision.html) and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log. =========================== *** 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! 3Y0Z: BOUVET 2018 ---> "After weeks of inventorying, packing, padding, and weighing supplies and equipment", the 3Y0Z team reported on 10 October (see http://www.bouvetdx.org/), "we have sealed our container and loaded it aboard a truck bound for the port of Savannah. The container will go by sea to Manzanillo (Mexico); by rail to Balboa (Panama); then by sea to San Antonio (Chile), Copihue (Chile) and finally Punta Arenas (Chile). The contents will be taken aboard our ship in Punta Arenas and meet our team at King George Island in the South Shetlands on 13 January 2018". FT5XT ---> Gildas, F4HQZ (ex TU5KG) usually operates /mm when in the Crozet (FT5WQ) and Kerguelen (FT5XT) waters during his fishing campaigns in the Southern Indian Ocean. On 11 October, however, he was able to land and be QRV from the Kerguelen Islands (AF-084) for a couple of hours on 20 and 15 metres SSB. QSL direct to F4DXW; logsearch will be available on Club Log. RI1F --- The DXpedition to Viktoriya Island (EU-190), Franz Jozef Land went QRT earlier than expected, around 12 UTC on 8 October, as polar bears roaming around the camp and even peeping into the tents were becoming a major problem. Reportedly the RI1F team made some 12,000 QSOs, and will upload the logs to Club Log when they are back on the mainland. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8CW NI5DX EA6/OE6MBG EB7DX R60SAT R4AS 3C1L YL2GN EA9EU EA5KB R75ALSB UA3QII 3D2TS FK1TS EG1TMP EA1URE RI1F RX9KM 3G18PAX XQ4CW EG5AG EA5CP S21ZDC G3KHZ [AS-140] 3Z100F SP5NZA EG5CTV EA5ASU S5100PAX S59DKR 4L8A K1BV EG5MCC EA5RCK S79PT DD1GG 4U1GSC 9A2AA EG5VOR EA5RKB S9CQ EC5AC 4U7FOC S57DX EH1RGC EA1DST S9CT CT1BOL 5B4ALG EC5AC EH3WRC EA3ZK S9YY DH7WW 5R8SV G3SWH EJ1D M0OXO SN0NTWO SP3LD 5R8UI IZ8CCW EM500L UR6LLC SN50PAZ SP6PAZ 5T2AI NI5DX EN90QDG UR6QR SW9XB DJ9XB 5W1SA JA1DXA FT5XT F4DXW T32AZ KH6QJ 5X2B JA1PBV H40GC LZ1GC T88CS JA6BMB 6Y5CN N1QAE HB9SOLAR HB9ACA T88CU JH3QFL 7X5QB EA7FTR HF0ARC SQ1SGB T88HS JA6KYU 7X5ST 7X2LS HF200TK SP3PWL T88UW JH7IPR 8P9KZ W2KKZ HF40PLV SP3CGK T88WM JQ6FQI 8Q7BI MM0VEG HG35XA HA5XA TI5/N3KS W4FS 9A161NT 9A7R HP3AK W4JS TM160BF F4GFE 9J2BO G3TEV HS0ZJF ON4AFU TM500LH F6KOH 9M4SAB 9M6TW II3J IZ3JKI TM5G F8TRL 9M6XRO M0URX JT5DX JT1CO TM9MC F8KKH 9V1YC W5UE JW7XK LA7XK V31AE EB7DX A5A JH1AJT JW9DL LA9DL V55A N4GNR A60WSW A61BK KG4HF W6HGF V63YWR AH7G A65DC IZ8CLM KG4HH W2DZO VA3FIRE K1IED AN5VOR EC5JC KG4WV W4WV VK4NM M0OXO AN92EXPO EA7URS KH0YF/KH2 JK7LXU VK5CE/8 VK5CE AT1FI VU2SMS LZ251MKP LZ1KCP VK9CI M0OXO AT2FI VU2SMS NH2LL JO7GVC VK9XI M0OXO AT3FI VU2SMS OA6Q OE3NHW VU7T VU2CPL AT4FI VU2SMS OD5ET EB7DX XU7AKB HB9FXL CE3CT EA5KB OD5VB EA5GL XV9JM F6ITD CN2MA LY5W OD5YA EA5GL XW4XR E21EIC CO8LY EA7ADH OD5ZZ NI5DX YB1/N9EV DU1EV CT7ANG G0MMI OF2IPA OH4MDY YJ0CA VK2YUS CU2KG OH2BH OJ0JR OH3JR YJ0MB VK2BXE D2EB IZ3ETU P40EU DL5AXX Z370M LZ1JZ D44KIT HB9OBD PI4COM PA3CAL Z370M Z33Z [d] DL17NFD DJ1NG PS14BIS PY2GTA Z68BB S53BB E51RAT NI5DX PS300NSA PY2GTA ZV2STJ PT2CSM 9V1KK Keiji Tamura, 3-7-6 Izumi-dai, Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken, 299-0114, Japan DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Schwarzwinkel 13, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany EC5AC Jose A. Senent, Apartado Postal 70, 03140 Guardamar del Segura (Alicante), Spain F4DXW Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830 Ploudalmezeau, France FP5BZ Ronan Darchen, B.P. 109, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France G3KHZ Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, NG33 4SB, United Kingdom JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken, 259-0111, Japan LZ1GC Stanislav Iv. Vatev, ul. Gen. Karcov 6A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria OZ30EU Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark SQ1SGB Sebastian Gleich, Biesiekierz 65, 76-039 Biesiekierz, Poland T88SM Hakata Radio, P.O. Box 232, Hakata, 812-8799, Japan VK5CE Craig Edwards, P.O. 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