425 DX News #1742
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:54 am
21 September 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1742 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2/R - 3D22 (Three Delta Twenty-two) and 3D2V are the callsigns that the Rebel DX Group will be using during their upcoming activity from Rotuma [425DXN 1741]. SuperFox keys valid from 20 September to 30 October (https://ncdxf.org/pages/sfkey.html) have been issued for both callsigns. FT8 will be prioritized ("CW and SSB less impor- tant") and plans are to use both FT8 SuperFox and multistream MSHV on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m (same bands but different frequencies); on 160-30m only multistream MSHV will be used. The Rebels plan to set sail for Rotuma on 24 or 25 September, with the voyage taking around 48 hours. Bookmark https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup for updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. 5R - Eric, F6ICX will be active again as 5R8IC from Sainte-Marie Island (AF-090), Madagascar from October until the end of the year. He will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres; during the last two weeks of December he will also be QRV on the QO-100 satellite. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau). E6 - Fred, DH5FS will be active holiday style as E6FS from Niue (OC-040) on 20-30 September. He will be QRV on various HF bands using 100 watts into wire antennas. QSL via his home call. EA - EG3AMCUP (from 15 September to 14 October) and AO3AMCUP (from 15 October to 28 October) are the special callsigns used by members of URE's Unio de Radioaficionats de Barcelona i Baix Llobregat (EA3MM) during the 37th America's Cup. A certificate will be available, see https://www.ure.es/diploma-cq-americas-cup-2024/ for information. QSL via EA3MM, LoTW, eQSL and QRZ Logbook. GM - Special event station GB2ZL (Scotland) will operate CW only on 1-28 October to mark the 100th anniversary of the first amateur radio contact between Great Britain and New Zealand (18 October 1924). QSL via LoTW only. See https://www.qrz.com/db/GB2ZL for more infor- mation. IS0 - Luca, IK5AEQ will be active as IM0/IK5AEQ from San Pietro Island (EU-165) from 29 September to 6 October. He will operate SSB, RTTY and FT modes on 40-2 metres. On 26-28 September he will be QRV as IS0/IK5AEQ from POTA sites in the rare province of Oristano on mainland Sardinia (EU-024). QSL via LoTW, Club Log, or via home call. [TNX IK5AEQ] OE - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of regular radio broadcasting in Austria (1 October 1924), members of the Amateur Radio Club of the ORF (Austria's national public broadcaster) will be active as OE0RF (https://www.oe1xrw.radio/). QSL direct to OE1XRW. OZ - Dieter, DF2SD is active holiday style as OV9R from Fano Island (EU-125) until 28 September. QSL via LoTW, eQSL and Club log's OQRS for paper cards. V4 - Dale, W4AUV and Bob, K4RLC will be active from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 1-12 October. Look for V4/W4AUV to operate mainly CW on 40m, while V4/K4RLC will operate QRP CW on 20 metres from the three POTA sites on the island. QSLs via LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Mike AB5EB, Mike AD5A, Dragan K0AP and Hector XE2K (AD6D) will be active from two IOTA groups in early October. The plan is for the team to be QRV as N5D from Timbalier Island (NA-119) on 4-6 October, and as K5M from Marsh Island (NA-120) on 7-8 October. The latter operation will be conducted only during the day, due to the restrictions on staying overnight on the island. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres. =========================== *** 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! NCDXF NEWSLETTER ---> The Summer 2024 issue of the Northern California DX Foundation's Newsletter is now available for download on the NCDXF website at https://ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html. Highlights include "N5J. The DXpedition to Jarvis Island" by Don Greenbaum (N1DG), "The Next Generation. 8R7X - Guyana 2024" by Philipp Springer (DK6SP), "CB0ZA. The Juan Fernandez Story" by Otis Vicens (NP4G), "TJ9MD Cameroon DXpedition" by Steve Werner (AG4W) and "T2C. A Lightweight DXpedition to Tuvalu" by Werner Hasemann (DJ9KH). OH2AM's 60TH ANNIVERSARY ---> 19 September marked the 60th anniversary of the OH2AM station's debut in the 1964 Scandinavian Activity Contest. The newly formed OH-DX-Ring achieved remarkable success by winning first place in both multi-multi CW and Phone categories. The anniversary is commemorated by the release of Laura Piipari's new book, "Atlas of QSL Cards", a fasci- nating journey through the world of DX guided her late father's valuable QSL card collection (https://atlasofqsl.com/). The OH2AM-60 Lottery, launched in August, concluded with ten winners (DL2TOS, HA1DAE, K6CZ, K8MFO, LU6DOT, OH2KI, OH4X, TA4RC, VE3ZZ and W5DV) receiving a fresh-off-the-press copy of the book. Among the Scandinavian stations participating in this weekend's CW leg of the SAC, you will also hear the mothership OH2AM and its modern ver- sion OH8X from the Far North. [TNX OH2BH] =========================== *** 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 N4GNR EG3MSC EA3DVP PH80LIB PF1SCT 3D2MA VK3BDL EH1DAA EA1UVR PH80MG PI4CQ 3W9A KU1CW EH1SDC EA1AUM PJ4MM M0URX 3Z0SYBIR SP8SW EH2SDC EA1AUM PT5J PP5JR 4L2M EA7FTR EH3SDC EA1AUM R100HVS UA4LL 4V1SAVANNAH N2OO EH4SDC EA1AUM R12RED RN5A 4X0T 4Z5FI EH5SDC EA1AUM R785VA UA3LLS 5A21MB EC6DX EH6SDC EA1AUM S21AF I8KHC 5H1WX I8KHC EH7SDC EA1AUM SN780CHO SP1KZE 5H2MUA DO2HQS EH8SDC EA1AUM SP85BGB SP7PRM 5Q7DX PA7JWC EM100WJZ UR4WWE SZ2TIF SZ2TSL 8Q7WN I8KHC FO/G0VDE M0URX T32AZ KH6QJ 9A24RRC RZ3EC GB80OMG G3WZP T88SG JK1SZX 9J2AO HA5AO GB8MG M7WLT TC93HARP YM9KE 9N7NQ JA7NQQ HB40OK HB9OCR TI7W M0URX A42K M0OXO II7IAME IZ7WEM TM200CF F4DTO A60ARS/5 EA7FTR II7LNX IZ7LOW TM45CDXC F5CWU A91ARS EC6DX LQ5A EA7FTR TM80LTX F8DBN AO3MMM EA3URC LR3D EA7FTR V26K AA3B C49C 5B4KH MD4K G3NKC V31MA M0OXO CB8E CE8EIO OH50LOW OH5JJL VI7POL VK5PAS CT9ABO OM3GI OK8CX DL7CX XF3AB EA5GL D4L IK2NCJ OS70DOURBES ON4PHI XT2AW M0OXO E2A E21EIC OV2T PA0ABM XU7AKJ JA3ULS E2M E21LLR OV5W OZ1GIN XU7AKP IW3SNW E51SRX KK7SRX OZ0ROM DK1VK XV9NI JR1UFN ED3SDC EA1AUM PA80OMG PD8RW ZZ2O PY2EX EG3AMCUP EA3MM PD538RNI PD0ARI ZZ5K PP5RT EJ7NET Declan Craig, Letter, Cadamstown, Birr, Co. Offaly, R42 PP90, Ireland FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 rue de la Duee, BP 11, 75020 Paris, France HA5AO Gaspar Istvan, Budapest, Rakoczi u. 85., 1196, Hungary I8KHC Antonio Cannataro, Via don Minzoni 18, 87040 Marano MArchesato CS, Italy II8IHBC Michele Politano', Via IV Novembre 23, 81042 Calvi Risorta CE, Italy II9IABJ Andrea Angelillis, Via Nuovalucello 47/G, 95126 Catania CT, Italy II9IAGM Alberto Mattei, Via Enrico Millo 20, 96010 Augusta SR, Italy LX4RTTY Andre Doffing, 9 Cite Europe, L-3834 Schifflange, Luxembourg LZ73TRC Atanas Petrov Kolev, P.O. Box 49, 6100 Kazanlak, Bulgaria OE50LOW Enrico Dona', Lohbachweg B 28a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria P3CR Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 58253, CY-3732 Limassol, Cyprus S9VMJ Paulo Bauer Jorge, 114 Avenue Victor Hugo, 92170 Vanves, France T2X Darren Johnston, PO Box 3140, Browns Plains LPO, Browns Plains, QLD 4118, Australia T88JH Yoshiaki Sone, 2-5-21 Shoya, Settsu-shi, Osaka 566-0012, Japan T88PB Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano, 399-0211, Japan TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France TZ4AM Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Rd, Rockmart GA 30153, USA XW4KV Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand, 17350 Port d'Envaux, France ZD9GJ Lance Collister, P.O. 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