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425 DX News #1735

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:06 pm
by NP3N

3 August 2024                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1735

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

8P     - Philipp, OE6MCX will be active holiday style as 8P9MC from Barbados
         (NA-021) on 4-12 August.  He will operate SSB, FT8 and FT4  on 40-6
         metres. QSL direct to home call; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
C2     - A large German team  (DG2RON,  DJ5IW, DJ7TO,  DJ9KH, DK3CG,  DK5WL,
         DL1KWK, DL2RNS, DL4SVA, DL6KAC, DL6KVA,  DL7JOM, DL7VEE and DL8LAS)
         will be active as C21MM from Nauru (OC-031) on  11-27 October:  six
         team members will arrive  on 11 October,  the rest of the team will
         arrive on 14 October for another 12 days.  Plans are to operate CW,
         SSB, FT8 and RTTY on 160-6 metres  with five stations.  On FT8 they
         will be using MSHV multi-stream,  but  "there is a possibility  for
         using SuperFox-WSJT-X too". QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or
         via DL4SVA.  More information, QSL policy included, can be found on
         https://c21mm.mydx.de/.
DU     - 4F1PH  and  DU1MS  will  be active  as  DZ9TI  from  Taganak Island
         (OC-225) on 3-5 August.  They will operate SSB and CW on 40, 20, 15
         and maybe 10 metres.  See https://www.facebook.com/REC.org.ph/  for
         possible updates. QSL via DZ1REC. [TNX The Daily DX]
F      - The  Radio Club du Val d'Issole (F8KGH)  will be active  as  TM80DP
         between  9 and 27 August to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the
         landing operation ("Debarquement de Provence")  of the Allied inva-
         sion  of Provence during  World War II  (15 August 1944). They will
         operate SSB, CW and  digital modes on  80-6 metres, and via QO-100.
         QSL via the bureau, eQSL, QRZ Logbook.
HL     - Oh, 6K2CFI  and  Ji, DS1TUW  will be active as  D93H from Taehuksan
         Island (AS-093) on 15-17 August.  They will operate SSB, CW and FT8
         on the HF bands and 6 metres (WWL PM24rq). QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
         or direct to DS1TUW. Club Log's Live Stream will be enabled:
         https://clublog.org/livestream/D93H.
J6     - Seth, N4XTT will be active holiday style as J6/N4XTT from St. Lucia
         (NA-108) on 10-17 August  He will operate  CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4  on
         40-10 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS  and LoTW, or via home call.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
LY     - LY35BW and LY35A  will be active on  1-31 August  to celebrate  the
         35th anniversary of the  Baltic Way.  On 23 August 1989 hundreds of
         thousands people  formed  a human chain  spanning  across  Estonia,
         Latvia  and   Lithuania,  demanding  the  reestablishment  of   the
         independence  of  the  Baltic States.   A  special  award  will  be
         available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/LY35BW for the details.
S9     - A  large  multi-national  team  (Roman 5B4AQN,  Jorge CT1BOL,  Jose
         CT1EEB, Rigo HI8RD, Max I8NHJ, Kimo KH7U, Angus KJ7KOJ, Ralph K0IR,
         Al K3VN,  Bill N2WB,  Tom N4XP, Mike N6MZ,  Dave WB4JTT  and  Robin
         W7YED) will  be  active as  S9Z  from  Sao Tome (AF-023)  on  11-20
         November.  They will operate  SSB, CW  and digital modes  on  160-6
         metres, and will also be on 70 cm EME. Bookmark https://s9z.org/ as
         well as  https://www.facebook.com/groups/805821064953030/  for more
         information and updates.
         The  Northern California DX Foundation  has announced its financial
         support for  the DXpedition,  as  the team  includes  a young  DXer
         (KJ7KOJ).  This will be his "first chance at being a  DXpeditioner.
         He is a great operator and has the  full support of his  Dad, W7YED
         who is also on the team". The mission of NCDXF is to provide neces-
         sary financial support for well-organized DXpeditions  to desirable
         DXCC Entities  and  to support  advances  in DXpeditioning  skills,
         technology, and infrastructure: https://www.ncdxf.org.
SM     - Kjell, SM4DDS will be active  again  as  7S5A  from  Stora Alo/Boko
         Island (EU-177) from 31 July to 5 August.  He will operate CW,  SSB
         and FT8 on 80-6 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home
         call.
UA9    - Mikhail, RA1ALA and Valery, RA9J will be active as RI0KA  from Ayon
         Island (AS-038) on  13-27 August.  They will have  two transceivers
         with 1.2 kW and  vertical and  inverted V antennas  for activity on
         40-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via RZ3EC. [TNX R1AJ]
YB     - Celebrating  the  79th anniversary  of the  Republic of Indonesia's
         proclamation  of  independence  (17 August  1945),   special  event
         stations  8H79RI, 8H79I, 8H79N, 8H79D, 8H79O, 8I79N, 8I79E,  8I79S,
         8I79I and 8I79A will be QRV on  10-18 August.  Look for activity on
         80,  40, 20, 15 and 10 metres  SSB, CW, FT8 and  RTTY,  plus via FM
         satellites.  See https://award.orari.or.id for eQSLs and the "Indo-
         nesia Award 2024".
YO     - YQ60YODXC is the special callsign celebrating the  60th anniversary
         of the YO DX Club on 1-31 August.  A number of certificates will be
         available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/YQ60YODXC for the details.
ZA     - Luca, IU3MDI  will be active as  ZA/IU3MDI from Shkoder, Albania on
         3-17 August.  He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-10 meters.  QSL
         via LoTW, eQSL, or via the bureau to home call.

AFRICA TOUR ---> Celebrating  his  Golden Jubilee  in amateur radio,  Pista,
HA5AO will be active from four African countries as follows:
3-13 September            Z22AO     Zimbabwe
                                    Zambezi National Park region (KH21ww)
14-23 September           9J2AO     Zambia
                                    Victoria Falls region (KH22wc)
24 September - 4 October  A25AO     Botswana
                                    Chobe National Park (KH22oc)
5-14 October              V5/HA5AO  Namibia
                                    Katima Mulilo region (KH22dm)
He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H)  on 80-6 metres.  QSL preferably
via  HA5AO's OQRS  (for direct and bureau cards), or  direct to  HA5AO;  the
complete log will be uploaded to  LoTW six months after the expedition.  See
https://ha5ao.com/index.php/dxpeditions ... -tour-2024 for  more  informa-
tion, including QSL policy and band plan.

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

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CY9C ---> The St. Paul Island Team welcomes Scott (NE9U, who replaces K4ZLE)
and Adrian (KO8SCA) as an additional member. CY9C will be QRV from 26 August
to 5 September.
The airlift of "infrastructure gear over to the Northeast Island of St. Paul
will take place on  24 August.  Six airlifts  are currently planned and they
will be taking the  tents,  tables,  chairs,  generators,  fuel,  electrical
cables, coaxial cables and  all other necessary gear to build the CY9C camp.
As with most DXpeditions, weather will play a factor in the schedule. Prepa-
rations  for the  airlift  will commence on 5 August, with  the  arrival  of
the first load of gear in Dingwall.  The  estimated cost  of just  the heli-
copter airlifts is CAD 48,300. Any support to help with this expense will be
greatly  appreciated:  https://t-rexsoftware.com/cy9c/donate.htm".  Bookmark
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455659374986029/ for updates.

MM0UKI ---> The 1-4 August  DXpedition to the  Flannan Islands (EU-118)  has
been cancelled. "While the weather isn't so bad today", DX World reported on
1 August,  "the forecast isn't good  and  the skipper does not have  a  long
enough WX window  to collect the group  if they landed,  not to mention it's
dangerous. They have decided to call off the trip and return home".

N5J ---> "After a successful test operation  in preparation of Jarvis",  K8R
went QRT on 28 July at  around 23.30 UTC.  "SuperFox performed  much  better
than we've ever seen F/H do, and we experimented with many QRP stations".
The team anticipates departing for Jarvis Island on 2 August.  According  to
their website's home page (https://jarvisisland2024.com), N5J is now expect-
ed to be QRV on 7-19 August.

RADIO OLYMPICS ---> Several  TM-prefixed special event stations  are  active
from  France  (plus TK2AJO and TK2BJO from Corsica)  during  the  Paris 2024
Olympic Games. Contacts made with these stations from 26 July (00.00 UTC) to
11 August (23:59 UTC)  count towards the  Radio Olympics Award  organized by
the ARV84 Radio Club. Complete information, including the list of qualifying
stations, can be found on https://www.oly24.fr/award_en.html.

WRTC 2026: SPONSORED TEAMS ---> The  Organising Committee  has announced de-
tails of the process for Sponsored Teams for WRTC 2026.  The Sponsored teams
will be allocated to the two highest bidders in a sealed bid auction  of two
rounds. See https://www.wrtc2026.org/selection-crit ... red-teams/ for
complete information, including the bidding process and important dates.

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QSLs received direct  or  through  managers: 3D2RC,  5H4AYL (AF-063),  5U5K,
5W0RC, 5W1SA, 7O2WX,  7Q6M, 7Q7EMH, 8E1YB, 9K2NO, 9L5M, 9N7AA,  9X2AW, A25R,
A31DJ,  A35RC, BV0L (AS-155), BX3AER,  BY4DX, C21TS,  CU2BN, CX4RL,  E51EME,
FG8OJ,  FW1JG,  G4SGX/6Y,  GB0SIC (EU-008), GJ0KYZ,  GM4PMK, HK6AAY,  OY1OF,
PJ5/SP9FIH, PY0FZ,  PZ5DX, SU1SK, TI7W, TO7O,  TT8RR, TT8XX, VE2CSI, VK8NSB,
VP6DF, VP6G, XW0LP, ZC4GW, ZF2OO.

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