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425 DX News #1723

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 10:33 am
by NP3N

11 May 2024                                               A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1723

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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4X     - Special event station 4X6M will be active on 16-17 May from the Yad
         Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
         QSL via 4X6ZM.
8P     - Chris, WA7RAR will be active again as 8P9CB from  Barbados (NA-021)
         on 15-26 May.  All of his operations  will be  portable  at various
         locations throughout the island, especially POTA sites.  He will be
         QRV on 20-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW, or direct to WA7RAR.
8Q     - Rolf, DO4RKR will be active as 8Q7KR from the  Maldives (AS-013) on
         19-31 May.  He will run 30 watts and operate SSB on 10 metres only.
         QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
9M2    - A large group of operators will be active as 9M4VM from Pulau Besar
         (AS-097), West Malaysia from 31 May to 2 June. They will operate CW
         and SSB  on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres with two stations.  QSL direct
         to 9M2HUS, neither LoTW nor Club Log will be used.
C9     - Pedro, CT7AHV  will be active again as  C91AHV  from  Chinonaquila,
         Mozambique between  3 and 15 June.  He will operate FT8, SSB and CW
         on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres. Initial plans are to concentrate on
         the HF bands on 4-7 June (FT8) and 9-12 June (SSB and CW), and on 6
         metres on 13-15 June (CW, SSB and FT8). On 8 June he will do a POTA
         activation from the Lubombo Conservation Area. QSL via EA5GL, LoTW,
         Club Log's OQRS. Check  https://www.qrz.com/db/C91AHV  for updates.
F      - Special callsign TM86JO will be used on 19-26 May as the Paris 2024
         Olympic Torch Relay passes through the French Department of Vienne,
         and again on 5-11 August during the Olympic Games. [TNX F6AJA]
F      - Team TM5FI  (F5AUB, F5BTH,  F5OYM, F5SDD,  F5XX,  F6HKS, F6ITD  and
         possibly  a  few  others)  will  be active  from  Ratonneau  Island
         (EU-095) on 24-29 May.  They will operate CW, SSB, FT4 and FT8 with
         four stations. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX F6AJA]
F      - Team TM80DD will be active on 1-16 June to commemorate the 80th an-
         niversary  of the  D-Day landings  in Normandy (6 June 1944).  They
         will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on all bands. QSL via F5JYD,
         direct or bureau. [TNX F5JYD]
FT/G   - The band plan for the upcoming  FT4GL  operation  from the Glorioso
         Islands  (24 May-19 June) has been posted to the DXpedition's  web-
         site (see below).  This will be a one-man operation carried out  by
         Marek, FH4VVK  in parallel  with his  professional  activities.  He
         plans to be QRV daily with two stations at the same time on on 160-
         6 metres SSB, FT8 (F/H), FT4 and RTTY.  There will be no CW activi-
         ty, as Marek lacks  sufficient knowledge  of that mode to manage  a
         huge pile-up.  QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log  when the Internet
         is available (from 18 to 20 local time).  QSL via F4FTV;  full LoTW
         upload  will follow  six months  after the end  of the  DXpedition.
         https://ft4gl.blogspot.com; https://www.facebook.com/61557262192352
HZ     - Celebrating World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (17
         May), members of the Saudi Amateur Radio Society  will be active as
         HZ1WTIS on 10-17 May. QSL via LoTW. WTISD marks the founding of the
         International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
JA     - Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/1 from  Izu Oshima  (AS-008)
         on 1-3 June.  He will operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 40, 30, 20 and
         6 metres.  QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
JD1_oga- Tosy, JA6VZB  will be active as  JD1BQW  from Chichijima  (AS-031),
         Ogasawara from 22 May to 5 June, including entries in the CQ WW WPX
         CW Contest (25-26 May) and the ARRL Digital Contest (1-2 June).  He
         plans to concentrate on  12 and 6 metres FT8  before and after  the
         contests. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, Club Log's OQRS, or via the bureau to
         JA6VZB.
OH0    - Arnold, DK1VK will be active as  OH0/DK1VK from  Jomala,  Aland Is-
         lands (EU-002) on 24-26 May.  He will operate SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15
         and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
T32    - George, AA7JV  is active  for a couple of more days  as  T32JV from
         Kiritimati/Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati. His main focus
         is on 160 metres (+/- 1827.5 kHz): "Christmas Island is the closest
         land to Jarvis",  he says, and  "this may be a good opportunity  to
         see what signals are like  from this region.  This time of the year
         is equally poor time for 160 as August,  so this may be a good test
         to see what to expect". QSL via LoTW.
TR     - Roland, F8EN  will be active again as  TR8CR from Gabon from 15 May
         until the end of June (maybe longer).  He will operate CW only, and
         will celebrate his 96th birthday while there. QSL via F6AJA (direct
         or  bureau);  logsearch  on  http://LesNouvellesDX.fr/voirlogs.php.
         [TNX F6AJA]
UA9    - Konstantin, RG0F will be active as  RG0F/p  from  Paramushir Island
         (AS-204) on 18-21 May. In his spare time he will operate CW and FT8
         on 40-10 metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE     - Pierre, VE3KTB will be active as VE3KTB/VY0 from the  Canadian High
         Arctic Research Station on  Victoria Island (NA-006)  on 23-28 May.
         In his spare time  he will operate  SSB, CW and maybe FT8  on 20-10
         metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP9    - Darrell, AB2E will be active as  AB2E/VP9  (QSL via LoTW, or direct
         to home call)  from  Bermuda (NA-005)  on 23-27 May,  including  an
         entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as  VP9I (QSL via WW3S).  Outside
         the contest he will operate mainly CW on 30, 17 and 12 metres, with
         some FT8 on the low bands. [TNX NG3K]
ZC4    - Martin, MW0BRO will be active holiday style as ZC4GW from Dhekelia,
         UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus on 17-27 May.  He will operate CW
         only on 40-6 metres.  QSL via MW0BRO; QSOs will be uploaded to Club
         Log and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]

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

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QSL TX5S ---> Tim, M0URX, the QSL manager for the Clipperton Island  DXpedi-
tion,  reports that  all the outgoing QSL cards  will be  mailed on  13 May.
Please allow sufficient time for mail delivery from the United Kingdom.

VK0 AND VK9 PREFIXES: CHANGE ---> The  Australian Communications  and  Media
Authority has updated its "Amateur Radio Call Sign Policy". The document can
be found on  https://www.acma.gov.au/amateur-radio-r ... #documents.
The changes affecting the DX community relate to the use of the  VK0 and VK9
prefixes:
* callsigns with the prefix  VK0  will only be assigned to operators located
  in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
* callsigns with the prefix  VK9  will only be assigned to operators located
  in an Australian External Territory other than the Antarctic, i.e. Ashmore
  and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands,  Coral Sea
  Islands  (including Mellish Reef  and  Willis Island),  Heard and McDonald
  Islands, Norfolk Island.
In practice, newly assigned callsigns  will be prefixed with  VK9  for Heard
Island,  VK7 from Macquarie Island (as it is part of Tasmania), and  VK2 for
Lord Howe Island (as it is part of New South Wales).

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QSLs received  direct  or through managers: 3A2OD, 3V8HP, 4K0CW, 5H3VJG (AF-
032),  7X2ET,  9J2BO,  9W2/SP5APW (AS-058),  A61BR,  AU2RS (AS-199),  BX5AA,
CB0ZA,  CB0ZEW, CB0ZW,  CN2DX, CO2QU,  EA9ACD, ES2MC,  FR4OM,  FR4OP, HD8MD,
HK0A, HZ1MW, J62K, MP7DX, OD5VB, OX7AKT, P49Y, RI0SP, RI41POL, SJ2W,  T88UW,
TO3Z, TO8FH, TX7L, TY2AA, UN7TX, V51LZ, VP2ETE, VP2MMN, VP9NR, VQ5P, XU7GNY,
XW4KV, YJ0VK, YN9H, Z36T, ZB2JK, ZF1A, ZL7D.

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