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425 DX News #1404

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:13 pm
by NP3N
31 March 2018                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1404

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9A     - Radio Club Libertas 9A4J will be active  as 9A22RBM on  1-15 April.
         The special  callsign  is a  tribute  for  Ronald H. Brown,  the US
         Secretary of Commerce who  was killed, along  with  34 others, in a
         1996 plane crash near Dubrovnik. QSL via 9A4J or 9A5AX. [TNX 9A2AA]
A5     - Zorro JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST and Champ E21EIC will  be active again  as
         A5A from Bhutan  on 4-11 April. Activity will be on 160-6 metres CW
         SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch  and OQRS on Club Log.
         [TNX DX World]
D4     - Mike, CT1IUA will be active as D4IA from Sal Island (AF-086),  Cape
         Verde on 1-9 April. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands.  QSL
         via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
G      - Celebrating the  centenary of the Royal Air Force, special callsign
         GB100RAF  will be  in use from  various  locations  in England  and
         Elsewhere  between  1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019.  QSL direct  to
         G8FC. See https://www.rafars.org/raf100/ for more information.
GI     - The Grey Point Fort ARS will  be  active as  GB106TBC on 2-29 April
         to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
         QSL via MI0MOD.
OA     - Daniel, IK2SGL will be relocating to  call area 9 in  the  Peruvian
         Amazon rainforest in a couple of weeks.  In his spare time he  will
         be QRV as IK2SGL/OA9; follow  his  activities on Twitter (@IK2SGL).
         QSL via LoTW and eQSL. 
RI1F   - Evgenij, UA4RX has had his RI1FJ licence renewed until 1 September.
         He is stationed at the  Ernst Krenkel Observatory  on  Heiss Island
         (EU-019), Franz Josef Land and operates CW on 40 and 30 metres. QSL
         via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or direct to UA2FM. [TNX DX News]
UA     - Special  event  stations  R108M  (QSL via RK3LC),  R12APR  (QSL via
         R3LO),  UE12APR (QSL via R3LO)  and  UE57G (QSL via R3LD)  will  be
         active on 1-15 April to  commemorate the  57th anniversary of  Yuri
         Gagarin's first manned flight into outer space (12 April 1961). See
         https://gagarin.ga/ for online logs and certificates. [TNX R3LO]
VK     - Tim, NL8F will be active as VK4COF from Hamilton Island (OC-160) on
         3-13 April.  He will operate FT8 and SSB on  the HF bands.  QSL via
         N7RO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZB     - Special callsign ZB2RAF will be active  from 1 April to 29 July  to
         celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force. QSL direct to G8FC.
ZL     - 1968 was a tragic year for New Zealand shipping,  with the loss  of
         the ferry Wahine and the  grain  ship Maranui,  plus a fire at  sea
         aboard the liner Gothic. Sixty-seven people died  in  these events.
         Fifty years later, those  disasters will be commemorated  by  three
         special callsigns: ZM50GW in April, ZM50LA in June and ZM50MAUQ  in
         August. Operations will be based at ZL1NZ in Auckland, New Zealand.
         Look for activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres CW and SSB. The logs will
         be uploaded to Club Log. See http://maritimeradio.org/2018 for more
         details and QSL information.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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PIRATE ---> Francois Botha, ZS4X has notified the  SARL Office that  his old
call sign, ZS6BUU, is  being  pirated using  the FT8 mode.  ICASA (the South
African Regulator) has  confirmed  that  ZS6BUU has not  been reissued. [TNX
ZS4BS]

VP6D ---> CW enthusiast Ken Karr, NG2H  has joined  the  VP6D DXpedition  to
Ducie Island (20 October-3 November) [425DXN 1397].  He participated in  the
VK0EK  expedition  to  Heard Island (2016).  "Providing an  All Time New One
(ATNO)  is  a  key  objective of  VP6D", the  organizers say.  "We will keep
stations on 20m SSB and CW  as  propagation permits.  Additionally,  FT8 may
also provide DXers an ATNO opportunity  during periods  of poor conditions".
The fundraising campaign continues. See https://www.vp6d.com/ for the latest
information from the team and details on how to contribute.

Z60A LOTW AND QSL RELEASE ---> "It is now 10-days from the last QSO made  at
Z60A, the  Republic of Kosovo's  first  activation",  OH2BH  reported on  23
March. "Because this is an overall new DXCC entity, it has resulted in  many
requests  for  checking missing  QSOs  due to pirates,  a variety of logging
errors and busted calls. We have extended this period for another week as we
try to enter the cleanest possible QSO data to LoTW.  The magic day for  the
complete LoTW upload will be 1 April 2018.  We will continue processing  log
errors  for  another  7-days prior  to  the upload.  Queries can be made  at
z60a[@]sral.fi".  The paper QSL cards are  being printed, and  "we expect to
have them here around 1 April as well.  We will proceed with mailing as fast
as we can". The  Mission  Goodwill Kosovo  has been invited  to present  the
story of "The Republic of Kosovo and Z60A" at the  Visalia International  DX
Convention;  Z61VB, OH2BH and K9JF will  be  the  Saturday  evening  Banquet
speakers.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8MM       DL6UAA      EF9R        EA5KB       OK1KLV      OK1DOM
3V8CB       LX1NO       EG1PEA      EA1RKA      OK7K        OK1BN
3V8SS       LX1NO       EG1SSV      EA1URV      OM777FL     OK1FML
3W3B        E21EIC      EG7SCM      EA7URM      OM7M        OM3PA
3W9CI       RM0F        EG7SSM      EA7DK       OS0X        ON4JM
3Z0HDE      SQ8W        EI0W        EI9GTB      OS8A        ON8VK
3Z1ESH      SP2PBY      EK3SA       DJ1CW       OY1OF       M0URX
3Z1K        SP1KRF      EM0X        UT2XQ       P33W        UA3DX
4E1A        9V1KG       EM2G        UR7GO       P40WL       DK5WL
4L2M        EA7FTR      EN4U        EA5HPX      P49Y        AE6Y
4M8E        YV8ER       EN7P        UT1PG       PJ4/KK9A    WD9DZV
4X0A        4X1VF       EP4HR       IK2RZQ      PJ4R        WD9DZV
4X7R        4X6OM       ER4A        ER1FF       PJ4V        M0URX
5B4ALJ      UT7UW       ES9C        ES5RY       PJ5Z        SP9FIH
5B4AMX      LZ3SM       ET3AA       N2OO        PX2A        PY2VM
5P3KP       DL3KP       EW5Z        EU1A        RI50ANO     RN1ON
5R8SV       G3SWH       FK/5B4ALX   IZ4AMS      S92HP       CT1ENW
5W1SA       JA1DXA      FM5DN       KU9C        SI9AM       SM3FJF
6E3MAYA     XE3N        GB60OT      G3KPU       SJ0X        SM6JSM
7Q7EI       M0OXO       H2T         5B4XF       SK2T        SK2AT
7X5QB       EA7FTR      HB2U        HB9OCR      SN20UM      SQ9UM
8P5A        HA1AG       HC2AO       RC5A        SO4R        SP4PND
8P6DR       G3RWL       HF40KVW     SP5KVW      SP307PAF    SP9KAO
8T8S        VU2AE       HG7T        HA7TM       SZ5RDS      SV5AZP
9A0BB       9A3JB       HH6/N3BNA   KA2AEV      TC3D        TA3D
9A200S      9A2MF       HR2WW       KD4POJ      TC3GP       YM3KCN
9A60KDE     9A1AA       HS0AC       HS5NMF      TC3GS       YM3KCN
9A70A       9A7A        HS0ZED      G4SQA       TC3SO       TA3AER
9G5AR       N4GNR       HS0ZJF      ON4AFU      TI7W        W4FS
9G5ZS       ZS1XB       HZ1FI       DL1RTL      TM17CV      F8FZC
9K9C        A61BK       IB2RT       I2MYF       TM28FFA     F5KOU
9M2IDJ      JA6IDJ      IF9A        IT9PPG      TM390SR     F4DTO
9M8YY       JR3WXA      II0IDO      IZ0FVD      TM5XR       F4HIK
9X0TA       N4GNR       II1A        IK1SPR      TO2BC       DL7BC
9X9PJ       N4GNR       II1AIT      I1SAF       TO5GI       F5XX
A41NN       A61BK       II1IGJ      IK1VHX      TR8CA       F6CBC
A61EK       IZ8CLM      II2S        IZ2FOS      TY2AC       DL9USA
A61FK       A61BK       IO2X        IK2NCJ      TZ4AM       W0SA
A61HA       A61BK       IO5O        IK5RLP      UE4KR       K2PF
A61QQ       A61BK       IO9A        IT9YVO      UI8J        RW9JZ
A61ZX       IZ8CLM      IO9O        9A8MDC      UN2E        DF6PB
A71AM       M0OXO       IO9R        ON3AR       UN3M        M0OXO
A73A        M0OXO       IR4M        I4IFL       UN9L        LZ1YE
A91WMD      A92AA       IR4X        I4EAT       UP0L        DL8KAC
A91YOZ      A92AA       IR6T        IK6VXO      UP2L        UA9AB
A96A        A92AA       IR8P        IZ8FWN      UP4L        UN7LZ
AT5M        VU2MUD      J41J        SV1PMQ      UP9L        RW6HS
B1Z         EA7FTR      J73WA       ND3R        V31GS       K9GS
BI4SSB      BA4TB       J79WTA      HB9MFM      V31MA       M0OXO
BV0WPX      BV2KI       JT5DX       JT1CO       V73NC       JA0JHQ
BV30R       BM2JCC      JY5HX       E73Y        V73NS       W3HNK
C44C        M0URX       JY5MM       IK2DUW      VB3T        VE3AT
C4A         5B4KH       KH2KY       JA1MFR      VC3J        VE3EJ
C6ADX       W8GEX       KL7RA       NI5DX       VE8RST      K7ICE
C7A         UA3DX       L77D        LU6DC       VK3HF       M0OXO
CB6F        XQ6OA       LN8W        LA9VDA      VK4KW       N3SL
CB8E        CE8EIO      LO7H        LU7HW       VP2EGO      WB2REM
CN2AA       UA2FM       LT7F        EA5KB       VP5P        W2TT
CN2PM       UA2FM       LU1DK       EC5AC       VR20/W1DQR  JJ1DQR
CN3A        IK2OHG      LU3DX       EA5FL       VY2ZM       EA7HBC
CN4P        EA5XX       LY11LY      LY2QT       XT2AW       M0OXO
CN8ZG       EA7FTR      LY28A       LY5A        XT2MAX      DK1MAX
CO8LY       EA7ADH      LZ40MS      LZ1KCP      XU7AKL      BG4HRM
CR3DX       OM2VL       LZ5R        LZ1YQ       XV9BG       RW0BG
CR6K        CT1ILT      LZ65RCP     LZ1JZ       XW1IC       E21EIC
CS5RPT      CT1BNW      MD1E        M0OXO       YP0C        YO3CZW
CT9ABO      OM3GI       MD1U        M0OXO       YP7P        YO7LFV
CX2CC       EA5KB       MJ5Z        M0CFW       YP8T        YO8KGA
CX2DK       EA5GL       NH7A        F6VHJ       YQ6A        YO6BHN
CX4ACH      IK2DUW      NL8F        N7RO        YR100R      YO3KAA
CX5A        CX2ABC      OA4SS       KB6J        YR100U      YO5KDV
DY1T        DU1IVT      OC4SP       OA4O        Z3B         Z37CEF
E2A         E21EIC      OD5/EA1CYK  EA7LS       ZA/IW2JOP   IW2HAJ
E2X         E20GMY      OD5ZZ       NI5DX       ZM4T        ZL3IO
E7DX        E77E        OE100EGN    OE5EGN      ZS6TVB      N4GNR
EA9LZ       EA5KB       OE100YEARS  OE1SSS      ZS9Z        ZS1OIN
ED5FDC      EA5HT       OE8Q        OE8SKQ      ZV1C        PU2VCP
ED8B        EA8TR       OG73X       OH8L        ZV5O        PY5QW
EE8K        EA8AV       OG7A        OH6MW       ZW8T        PS8HF
EF2A        EA2OT       OH0JV       DL7RV       ZX5J        NZ4DX
EF8I        EA8TK       OH10TA      OH1MN       ZY2A        PP2BO
EF8R        EB7DX       OH5Z        OH5LIZ      ZY2Y        W2CCW

4U1ITU   International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
         Switzerland
7X2TT    Abdel Mesbah, 121 Hood Street, Nottingham,NG5 4AQ, United Kingdom
9M2M     Hairil Anuar Abdul Hamid, 49F Jalan 2 Hujung, Taman Sri Mawar,
         02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
BP0P     A.R.T. QSL Service, P.O.Box 73-326, Taipei, Taiwan
CB1H     Antofagasta DX Group, Los Geiser 9775, 1266765 Antofagasta, Chile
CR6P     Miguel Goncalves, Rua Dr. Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
         Portugal
ED9E     Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
EE5T     Farfollas Contest Radio Team, Apartado Postal 290, 46960 Aldaia
         (Valencia), Spain
EH5SSC   Radio Club Carthago, Apartado Postal 176, 30200 Cartagena (Murcia),
         Spain
EI7M     John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FR4QT    Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
         97435 St Paul, France
FY5KE    Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
         France
HG1S     MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27., 9027,
         Hungary
JA0JHQ   Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
         Kanagawa-ken, 215-0027, Japan
JU1DX    JTDXA Contest Team, C.P.O Box 2373, Ulaanbaatar-13 15160, Mongolia
KH7XS    Big Island Contest Club, 39650 US HWY 19 N Unit 243, Tarpon Springs
         FL 34689, USA
M0OXO    Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
         United Kingdom
MN0NID   Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
         United Kingdom
NP2N     George Oster, 780 Leaf Road, Boone IA 50036-7265, USA
OG7O     Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
OZ11A    Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PU2VCP   Pedro Pioli, Caixa Postal 569, Indaiatuba - SP, 13330-972, Brazil
RM0F     Yuri Burykh, P.O. Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-23, 693023, Russia
SZ1A     Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
         301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TG9ANF   Francisco Vassaux, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TM6M     Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830
         Ploudalmezeau, France
VD105A   North Atlantic ARC, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
         NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
YJ0CA    Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZZ2T     Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
         Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil

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