425 DX News #1752
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:40 am
30 November 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1752 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4X - In anticipation of Christmas, special event stations 4X8X (from the Latrun Monastery) and 4X9X (from the Yardenit Baptismal Site) will be active on 6-8 December. They will be followed by 4X7X from the Abbey of the Dormition on 20-22 December. All QSLs via 4X6ZM. A certificate will be available: https://www.iarc.org/xmas2024. A9 - Celebrating the Kingdom of Bahrain's National Day, the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society will be active as A91ND on 1-16 December. QSL via EC6DX. Also taking part in the celebrations will be the Emirates Amateur Radio Society as A60BHR on 11-16 December (individual operators may append a serial number to the special callsign), and possibly the Saudi Amateur Radio Society as HZ1BHR, the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society as 9K9BHR, and the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society as A43BHR. JA - Take, JI3DST will be active again as JS6RRR from Miyako Island (AS- 079) from 4 December to 31 March 2025. Other callsigns to be used include JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6, JR8YLY/6 and JS6RRR/6, as well as JI3DST/p, JJ5RBH/p, JR8YLY/p and JS6RRR/p on FT8. QSLs via Club Log's OQRS; QSOs will be made available for Club Log Matching on the IOTA website. KH9 - Currently stationed on Wake Island (OC-053), Allen, KH7AL is active as KH7AL/KH9 in his spare time. He operates mainly SSB with some CW on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. "He will be working a rotation of three months on the island then one month off the island for at least one year". QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] PA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsign PH24XMAS will be active on 6-28 December, followed by PH25HNY from 28 Decem- ber to 5 January. Paper QSL cards will not be provided. Also active in December will be Barry, PC1K as PC24XMAS. QSL via PC1K (direct and bureau), LoTW, QRZ Logbook; a certificate will be downloadable from https://pc1k.nl/xmas "immediately after making a QSO". SM - The still operational long wave transmitter at the Grimeton Radio Station, callsign SAQ, was inaugurated on 1 December 1924. To cele- brate this milestone, the transmitter will be activated on VLF 17.2 kHz at 10.00 UTC on 1 December. The Grimenton Radio Station has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2004. As for the amateur bands, SK6SAQ will be QRV on CW (3517, 7017, 14017 kHz) and SSB (3755 and 7140 kHz). QSL SK6SAQ via the bureau or direct to Alexander GVV Radiostationen, Grimeton 72, SE-432 98 Grimeton, Sweden. See https://alexander.n.se/en/ for more information. V4 - Mike, KC1NGS will be active as V47NH from Newcastle, Nevis (NA-104) on 5-17 December. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log, eQSL and QRZ. [TNX The Daily DX] VU - AU2S is the callsign to be used during the 9-13 December operation from Sagar Island (AS-153) [425DXN 1749]. The team includes VE3LYC, VU2RS, VU3DXA and VU3WEW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or direct to VE3LYC. Bookmark https://au2k.weebly.com for updates. VU4 - Krish, W4VKU has been active as VU4A from the Andaman Islands (AS- 001) since 27 November, and expects to remain there until 11 December. He operates FT8 (MSHV) and SSB on 160-6 metres. On FT8, send your grid, as Krish will enable MSHV to filter "received stations based on their distance from VU4", and "to answer the farthest DX first". QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to W4VKU. YOTA MONTH ---> The Youngsters On The Air group will be active again during the entire month of December. The idea for this event is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves. So far announced participants include stations from Argentina LT4YOTA Balearic Islands AO6YOTA Belgium OQ24YOTA Bosnia & Herzegovina E71YOTA Canada VB7YOTA Canada VC2YOTA Canada VC3YOTA Croatia 9A0YOTA Cyprus 5B4YOTA Egypt SU8YOTA El Salvador YS1YOTA Estonia ES9YOTA France TM24YOTA France TM4YOTA Germany DQ0YOTA Hungary HA6YOTA Hungary HG0YOTA Israel 4X1YOTA Italy II0YOTA Italy II3YOTA Italy II5YOTA Japan 8N2YOTA Korea HL0YOTA Latvia YL24YOTA Luxembourg LX9YOTA Netherlands PA6YOTA Netherlands PD6YOTA North Macedonia Z30YOTA North Macedonia Z39YOTA Romania YO0YOTA Russia R24YOTA Russia R73YOTA Serbia YT24YOTA Serbia YU7YOTA Slovakia OM9YOTA Slovenia S50YOTA Spain AO24YOTA Turkey TC24YOTA United Kingdom GB24YOTA USA K8O USA K8T USA K8Y USA W8A QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and the awards can be found on https://events.ham-yota.com/. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8/KX7M F5CWU E7CW E73ESP SK3W SM5CCT 3B8M M0OXO EF6T EA3AIR SN4BUW SP2PBY 3B9KW M0CFW EH2EUS EA2TP SN6IW SP2PBY 3G7X CE3SPR EX9A EX7CQ SN7ESH SP2PBY 3V8SS LX1NO FM4TI EA5GL SN7IU SP2PBY 4A5E EA5ZD FT4YM F5PFP SV0XAF HB9EBC 4K6FO DC9RI FW7AA W7YAQ T88RC JH1FFW 4L2M EA7FTR G6XX M0OXO TF3CW LX1NO 5R8IC F6ICX HC2GRC LY5CA TF3W TF3MH 5X1DF G3XTT HD8CW M0OXO TI5CDA EA5GL 6Y6N DK9PY HG3N HA3LN TI7W M0URX 7V70ND 7X3DL HG7T HA7TM TI8/N7ZG EA5GL 8P5A HA1AG HR5/F2JD F6AJA TK0C S50C 8Q7XX DK6AS HS0ZME SM6NT TL8ES IK2DUW 8R1/AG6UT DJ9RR IB9T IT9TQH TM210CN F4GFE 9K9OMAN EC6DX IP0A OM2FY TM2Y F6BEE 9L5A F5GSJ IP2A IZ2KXC TM41TH F4UHR 9M8YY JR3WXA IS0/E73DX DJ2MX TM80LSA F4KIP 9N1CA EA5ZD IY5PIS IU5RTR TM80NIED F4KIY A2NEW EA7FTR J8AA EA5GL TM850N F4GFE A35GC LZ1GC JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] TO4A VE3DZ A41MI M0OXO JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ UE34DX RQ7L A43ND EC6DX KH6J AH6OZ V26K AA3B A60A EA7FTR KL7SB N4GNR V31CQ K5PS A60MD/22 EA7FTR KP2B EB7DX V47NT W2RQ A60MD/5 EA7FTR KP2M NZ4DX V47T W2RQ A60OMA/2 EA7FTR LR3D EA7FTR V73WE SP9FIH A60OMA/22 EA7FTR LS5H EA5GL VC7G VE7JH A62A EA7FTR LX7I LX2A VE2CSI M0URX A71WW EA7FTR LX9DMC LX1JH VK6T EA7FTR A91IDPD EC6DX M0X M0RTI VO2AC VE3FU A91UAE EC6DX MD4K G3NKC VP2EBB GU4YOX AL1G W2GR NP2X KU9C VP8G M0OXO AT5T VU2TT NP3A EB7DX VP9I WW3S AU2JCB VU2DSI OH0R OH2PM VP9NR K1EFI B0A BA4TB OK7O OK1DOL VR2P IV3SKB C5I EA5GL OT7T ON4CJK VU4A W4VKU C5T EA5GL OX7AKT OZ1ACB VY0ERC M0OXO C6AQQ ND3F OX7AM OZ1ACB WP3C M0OXO CF2I VE3NE OY1OF M0URX WP3Z EB7DX CF3A VE3AT P49Y AE6Y XR7X CE3SPR CN3A IK2OHG PJ2T KU9C XU7GNY DL4WK CR3A OM2VL PJ4/KU8E K4BAI XV9X YL2GN CR3W DL5AXX PJ4A K4BAI YN9H EA5GL CT9ABN OM2VL PJ4K KU9C YQ0U YO5BFJ CT9ABV DL5AXX PJ6/WJ2O N2ZN Z66BCC DL2JRM DF0HQ DL5AXX PV2K EA5GL ZA/OG1N OH2TA DL60RRDXA DJ5BWD PW2F PY2NA ZB2TT M0URX DP0GVN DL5EBE PZ5DX UA2FM ZD7VJ M0URX DU6/PE1NSQ EA5GL R2024DX RQ7L ZD7W W6NV E2A E21EIC RI1ANE RN3RQ ZF1A K7ZO E2M E21LLR RI42SP RN3RQ ZL7YL DK7AO E2X E20GMY S570CST S59CST ZS1AFS N4GNR 4L4DX Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA 4U1ITU IARC, P.O. Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland 5X1XA Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom 7X5FG Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice l'Exil, France 9G1SD David W. Schneider, 1501 SW K St., Grants Pass OR 97526, USA 9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta 9N7AA Pavla Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia 9Y20TATT Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, 9Y20TATT Special Event, 5 Eighth Avenue Extension, off Twelfth Street, Barataria, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago A65PX Herb Wolfson, P.O. Box 368, Ardmore PA 19003, USA AH2R Sato Kouetsu, 9-15 Aoba, Nakayama-machi, Yamagata, 990-0411, Japan CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira, 3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal F5GSJ Christian Bernard, 19 avenue Hoche, 77330 Ozoir la Ferriere, France FM8QR Jean-Michel Suire, 63 Impasse de la Croisee, 85440 Talmont St Hilaire, France FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 rue de la Duee, BP 11, 75020 Paris, France GJ2A Mathieu Roche, Flat 1, Statscombe House, Le Quai Bisson, Le Boulevard, St. Brelade, Jersey, JE3 8JT, United Kingdom HD8FG Gustavo Falconi, 1865 Brickell Ave A-1006, Miami FL 33129, USA HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1, 3100, Hungary HS0ZLV Torsten Veith, Bahnweg 7, 55129 Mainz, Germany IM0/I5JVA Giosue Botticini, Via Vasco de Gama 6, 24047 Treviglio BG, Italy JW7QIA Peter Lund, Tungenesveien 195, 4071 Randaberg, Norway KH0/WB6Z Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura Machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, 371-0811, Japan KH0/WH2JA Masayuki Kawamoto, 3-16-18 Hibarigaoka, Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo, 665-0805, Japan KH0D Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura Machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, 371-0811, Japan KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA LN8W Tom Sigurdsson, Hasasgrenda 10, 3243 Kodal, Norway OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland OH0Z Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston TX 77077-3817, USA OX5DM Allis Andersen, Gyngemose Parkvej 11 2.th., 2860 Soeborg, Denmark P3C Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 58253, CY-3732 Limassol, Cyprus P44W Carol Richards, 22 Mill Rd, Shamong NJ 08088, USA PF16F Roy Wij, Paulus Potterweg 2, 6562 XH Groesbeek, Netherlands PZ5JT Verbindingsdienst, Barchman Wuytierslaan 198, 3818 LN Amersfoort, Netherlands SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102 lgh 1102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden SU1OK Ayman Aly, 28 Mellowglen Crt., Bedford NS B4A 0J8, Canada SZ1A R.A.A.W.G., Kokkinologos Sargiadas, 301 50 Agrinio, Greece TI5/VA3RA Peter Helmuth Csanky, 1255 Bayly Street Suite 2508, Pickering ON L1W 0B6, Canada TM6M CSAM, Section radio, 68 rue Theodore Botrel, 29200 Brest, France TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France VK9DX Nick Hacko, Suite 403 Level 4, Culwulla Chambers, 67 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia VP5M James F. Jordan, 11013 Farmwood Dr, Raleigh NC 27613, USA W4VKU Krishna K Kanakasapapathi, 102 Brook Creek Dr, Cary NC 27519, USA YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia Z36T Ace Jevremov, Postfach 14, 82378 Peissenberg, Germany ZF2OO Jim Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952, USA ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA ZF9DX William C. 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