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425 DX News #1747

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:08 pm
by NP3N

26 October 2024                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1747

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

CN     - Members of the Association Royale des Radio Amateurs du Maroc  will
         be active on various bands and modes as CN49MS from Laayoune on  1-
         15 November. QSL via operator's instructions.  The special callsign
         commemorates the  49th anniversary  of the  so-called  Marche Verte
         (Green March),  a mass demonstration in support of  the restoration
         of the Moroccan Sahara and the conclusion of Spanish colonial rule.
DL     - DF20DCL is the special callsign for DARC Team SES  to mark the 20th
         anniversary of the DARC Community Logbook between 18 October and 29
         November. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically  via the bureau;
         direct cards via DL2VFR.  The DCL is a web-based application system
         for a wide range of DARC awards: https://dcl.darc.de/public/.
F      - The  Radio Club Vendeen (F6KUF)  will be active  as TM10VG  on 3-17
         November to celebrate the tenth edition of the Vendee Globe,  which
         Will  set sail  from  Les Sables d'Olonne on  10 November.  QSL via
         F6KUF (bureau),  F5OEV (direct),  eQSL (for QSOs on digital modes).
         The Vendee Globe is the only  round-the-world  single-handed  yacht
         race that is sailed non-stop and without assistance.
FW     - Bob, W7YAQ and Al, K7AR will be active as FW7AA  from Wallis Island
         (OC-054) on 16-29 November.  QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS,  or via
         W7YAQ.  On their return, they will stop in Nadi (OC-016), Fiji, and
         will be active as 3D2NB  from  30 November to 2 December.  QSL both
         callsigns via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via W7YAQ
FY     - Sebastien, F8DQZ will be active as  FY/F8DQZ from  Macouria, French
         Guiana between 28 October and 8 November. This will be a spare time
         operation on the HF bands. QSL direct to F5OZC.
GM     - Five members  of  the  Paisley Amateur Radio Club (GM0PYM)  will be
         active as  GS0PYM from  Eilean Buidhe (EU-005),  one of  Scotland's
         smallest inhabited islands, on 1-4 November.  They will operate SSB
         and some FT8 and CW on 80-10 metres with at least two stations. QSL
         via operators' instructions.
HC8    - K2IN (HC5CW) and HC2AP will be active as  HD8CW from San Cristobal,
         Galapagos Islands (SA-004) on 19-28 November. They will operate CW,
         SSB and FT8  with two stations,  and will participate in the  CQ WW
         DX CW Contest as HC5CW/8. QSLs via M0OXO.
HR     - Alex, K6VHF will be active again  as K6VHF/HR9  from  Roatan Island
         (NA-057), Honduras on 3-9 November. He will operate mainly  digital
         modes on various bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to
         home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
I      - 4U30B is the  special callsign issued to the  4U1GSC  Amateur Radio
         Club  to mark the  30th anniversary  of the  United Nations  Global
         Service Centre  in  Brindisi, Italy.  Look for activity  between 15
         November and 31 December. QSL via 9A2AA.
JD1_oga- Once again Makoto, JI5RPT will be active as JD1BLY from  Chichijima
         (AS-031), Ogasawara on 7-10 November.  He will operate FT8, CW  and
         SSB on 40-6 metres and satellite, with a focus on GreenCube and FT8
         on the HF bands.  QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL, or direct to
         home call.
ON     - The ONZ Oostkust Radioclub (ON6HC)  will be active on all bands and
         modes as  OT80CLM on  1-11 November.  The special callsign's suffix
         stands for  Canadian Liberation March,  the annual event that cele-
         brates  the liberation  of the town of Knokke on (1 November 1944).
         QSL via eQSL. See https://www.onz.be/ot80clm-award-request/ for the
         certificate.
PA     - Members of  Radio Club  Limburg  will be  active  as PF16F  on 1-30
         November (https://rclb.nl/pf16f). This special event is intended to
         be a "Farewell to the Fighting Falcon",  as  the  Royal Netherlands
         Air Force has officially retired its  F-16 jets after  45 years  of
         service.  All QSOs will be confirmed automatically  via the bureau,
         direct cards should be sent to PD8RW.
PY     - Special station PR5LM  will be active  on various bands and  modes,
         and on QO-100,  throughout the month of November  in honour of  the
         memory of  Father  Roberto Landell de Moura  (1861-1928), a pioneer
         of wireless audio transmission. QSL via SP7CVW and LoTW.
S9     - Team S9Z [425DXN 1735] now includes  16 operators  (5B4AQN,  AI8RD/
         HI8R, CT1BOL,  CT1DSV, CT1EEB,  CT1END, K0IR,  K3VN, KH7U,  KJ7KOJ,
         N2WB,  N4XP,  N5NHJ/I8NHJ,  N6MZ, W7YED  and WB4JTT).  They will be
         active from Sao Tome (AF-023) on 11-20 November with six stations -
         four for general operations (CW, SSB and digital), one for 6 metres
         and RTTY and one for EME; a position for QO-100 Satellite will also
         be  made  available.  Plans are for  S9Z  to operate  CW, SSB,  FT8
         (Super Fox)  and  RTTY  on  160-6 metres  (see the band plan on the
         DXpedition's website),  and to use  Club Log's Livestream.  QSL via
         Club Log's  OQRS  (direct and bureau),  or  direct to  N4NHW;  full
         upload to LoTW  within  six months after the end of the DXpedition.
         See https://s9z.org/ for more information and updates.
SM     - In November members of Radio Club SK1BL on  Gotland Island (EU-020)
         will be active as SE80TG to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the
         "Hansa" tragedy.  QSL via  the bureau.  The "Hansa" was  a  Swedish
         passenger ship, in use on the route between the mainland and Visby.
         She was torpedoed and sunk by a  Soviet submarine  during World War
         II (24 November 1944); 84 people died and only two survived.
TA     - Team TC0F  will participate in this weekend's  CQ WW DX SSB Contest
         from Bozcaada (AS-099). QSL via LotW, or direct to TA2BN.
ZD7    - JM1GDA as ZD7G  and  JF3SFU as ZD7SFU  will be active holiday style
         from ZD7CTO's rental shack on Saint Helena Island (AF-022)  on 2-22
         November. They will operate mainly FT8 (F/H) with some SSB and slow
         CW on 160-10 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,  or direct to
         home calls.

CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Rudy, DK7PE (https://www.rooody.de/) will be touring the
Caribbean in November. Known callsigns include VP2MCW (Montserrat), V4/DK7PE
(St Kitts & Nevis), ZF2PE (Cayman Islands), and PJ4/DK7PE/p (Bonaire).  This
trip will be "a mixture of a DXpedition,  antenna experimenting and visiting
some of the local radio amateurs".  Rudy will operate CW  on  various bands.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau.

EUDXF ACTIVITY MONTH ---> Celebrating the  38th anniversary of the  European
DX Foundation,  DL0EUF and a number of  special callsigns  will be activated
between  1  and  30  November:  AO38EUDXF  (Spain);  AX38EUDXF  (Australia);
DU38EUDXF   (Philippines);   HA38EUDXF   (Hungary);   ON38EUDXF   (Belgium);
PA38EUDXF, PB38EUDXF, PC38EUDXF, PD38EUDXF, PE38EUDXF, PF38EUDXF, PG38EUDXF,
PH38EUDXF and PI38EUDXF (Netherlands).  QSL via operators' instructions.  An
award will be available for QSOs made with these and possibly  other special
callsigns, complete information will be available on https://www.eudxf.eu/.

CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their parti-
cipation in this year's event (26-27 October, https://cqww.com/rules.htm):

ZONE   CALL          CATEGORY     COUNTRY              QSL VIA
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02     VE2DXY        M/2          Canada               LoTW  
07     HP3/VA3QR     SO           Panama               VA3QR  
07     HQ9X          M/2          Honduras             KQ1F  
08     8P5A          SOAB HP      Barbados             LoTW  
08     FG4KH         SO           Guadeloupe           LoTW  
08     J62K          M/2          St. Lucia            LoTW  
08     KP4AA         M/?          Puerto Rico          LoTW  
08     PJ7PL         SO LP        Sint Maarten         N2HX  
08     TO5A          M/2          Martinique           LoTW  
08     V26B          M/M          Antigua              LoTW  
08     V47T          M/2          St Kitts & Nevis     LoTW  
08     V48K          SOAB LP      St Kitts & Nevis     LoTW  
08     VP2MDM        M/S          Montserrat           LoTW  
08     WP3C          SOAB LP      Puerto Rico          M0OXO  
09     9Z4BM         SO           Trinidad & Tobago    9Z4BM  
09     FY5FY         SOSB 10m     French Guiana        LoTW  
09     FY5KE         SOSB 15m     French Guiana        F6FVY  
09     P44W          SOAB         Aruba                LoTW  
09     PJ4G          M/?          Bonaire              LoTW  
09     PJ4K          SOAB         Bonaire              KU9C  
10     HD1A          M/M          Ecuador              LoTW  
10     OA7/DD5ZZ     SO           Peru                 LoTW  
14     CR2B          SOAB         Azores               LoTW  
14     LX5M          M/S          Luxembourg           LoTW  
14     OZ5W          M/M          Denmark              LoTW  
15     IP0A          SOAB         Sardinia             OM2FY  
15     TK9R          SO HP        Corsica              IK8UND
20     C40C          SOAB         Cyprus               LoTW  
20     TC0F          M/?          Turkey               LoTW  
20     TC2E                       Turkey               LoTW  
21     4L2M          SOSB 40m     Georgia              EA7FTR
22     AT78I         SO           India                VU2JOS
23     B0A           M/2          China                BA4TB  
24     B1Z           M/S          China                LoTW  
24     B4M           M/?          China                LoTW  
24     B4S           M/S          China                LoTW  
26     E2A           M/S          Thailand             LoTW  
27     AH0CO         SO           Mariana Isls         LoTW  
27     AH2R          M/S          Guam                 LoTW  
27     JD1BQP        SOAB LP      Ogasawara            LoTW  
27     KH0/KC0W      SO           Mariana Isls         KC0W  
27     V63CB         SO           Micronesia           LoTW  
28     7A2A          M/2          Indonesia            LoTW  
28     9M6NA         SOAB LP      East Malaysia        LoTW  
28     V85RH         SOAB HP      Brunei               LoTW  
30     VK1A          M/S          Australia            LoTW  
31     C21MM         M/2          Nauru                DL4SVA
31     KH6J          M/M          Hawaii               AH6OZ  
31     KH7M          SOAB HP      Hawaii               LoTW  
32     3D2AG/p       SO           Rotuma               3D2AG  
32     E6AQ          SO           Niue                 LoTW  
32     YJ0CA         SO           Vanuatu              VK2YUS
32     YJ0VV         M/2 HP       Vanuatu              K4NHW  
32     ZL7IO         SO           Chatham Isls         LoTW  
33     CQ3W          SOSB 10m     Madeira              LoTW  
36     ZD7W          SOAB         St. Helena           W6NV  
37     7Q1           M/?          Malawi               EA7FTR
37     7Q2T          SOAB LP      Malawi               LoTW  
38     V55Y          SO           Namibia              DK2WH  
39     3B9KW         SOAB HP      Rodrigues            LoTW  

Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K  at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2024.html -  good contest to
you all!

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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ARRL SYSTEMS SERVICE DISRUPTION: DXCC ---> "The  ARRL DXCC System  has  been
returned to service",  the ARRL announced on  23 October,  "and our staff is
again  processing applications  for credit  toward  DXCC  awards. The  queue
includes nearly 3,000 award applications submitted via  Logbook of The World
(LoTW) accounts and mailed paper applications. We are processing the backlog
as quickly as possible, and will provide additional progress updates.
For now,  the online  DXCC  application  will remain offline.  Any new award
applications  we  receive  will  experience  significant delays  as  we work
through the backlog.
As previously  reported,  LoTW was returned  to service  on  Monday, July 1,
2024.  Since then, the system has been processing log uploads with little or
no processing delay.
We are grateful for your continued patience and understanding as we continue
to make progress on the few remaining services that have required additional
attention to bring back online".

XT2MD ---> Be advised that the Mediterraneo DX Club's expedition  to Burkina
Faso will not be on the air before  31 October  in the  late afternoon/early
evening  UTC hours.  The official contact persons  and  their relevant email
addresses  are  listed  on  https://www.mdxc.support/xt2md/contact/.   These
include HK3W (South America Pilot), IK2VUC (Log problems), IZ8FFA (Low bands
pilot),  M0OXO  (Public  Relations), and  N1DG  (North  America  Pilot).  In
addition,  for sked/information about EME and QO-100, you can write to DL8JJ
(dl8jj[@]yahoo.com) and GI4DOH (gi4doh[@]ramfihaz.co.uk), respectively.

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QSLs received direct  or  through  managers:  3DA0AQ,  4S7KKG,  4V1SAVANNAH,
5H1WX (AF-054),  5W1SA, 5X7O,  5Z4BU, 7M2UHF,  7O73T, 7Q7JN,  8P6GA,  9K2GR,
A71YY,  AP2FLY, AP2IN,  BU2AD, C31CT, CE7VP (SA-018), CT3MD, DS4FZX, E22UUW,
E29TGW, E51EME, FP5CJ, FT4GL, GB2GM, HS72KING,  HZ1SK, IC8SQS, JT1BV, KL7SB,
LY35A, OJ0T, OX3LX,  OX5DM, P4/WE9V, RI1PI, RI9KC, S01WS, S21AP, SM6/DL1HTW,
T32AZ, TM67JO, TM67OG, TO8FP, V31MA, V51WW, VK2/W7BRS, VK4WTN, VK6DU, VK6RO,
VP2MMN, VU2DCC, XU7GNY, XV9T, YC8DYX, YI3WHR, YN9H, ZL1LC (OC-201).

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