425 DX News #1414
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:09 pm
9 June 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1414
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DL - Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from Usedom Island (EU-129)
on 9-23 June. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB on the HF
bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
F - Special event station TM62GG will be active from Meurchin, Pas-de-
Calais for the 100th anniversary of World War I. Activity will take
place on 17-18 June, and again for a few other days between 12
October and 2 December. QSL via F4AHN, direct or bureau.
J3 - Nobby, G0VJG will be active as J3/G0VJG from Grenada (NA-024) on
14-28 June. He will operate SSB on 80-6 metres. QSL via G4DFI,
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
KL - Look for Fred, VE1FA/KL7 and Helen, VA1YL/KL7 to be active from
Round Island (NA-121) on 5-10 July. They will operate SSB on or
around 7150 and 14260 kHz. QSL via VE1FA. [TNX NG3K]
OJ0 - Pasi, OH3WS will be active again as OJ0W from Market Reef (EU-053)
on 9-16 June. In his spare time he will operate CW and SSB on 40-6
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV - Members of the Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean (SZ8LSV) are
active as J48GEO until 30 June to promote the UNESCO Global Geopark
of Lesvos Island (EU-049). They will operate SSB and digital modes
on all bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to SZ8LSV.
UA0 - Special callsign R125NSK will be active on 18-24 June to celebrate
the 125th anniversary of the city of Novosibirsk. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
VK - VK5CE/6's operation from East Lewis Island (OC-199) was delayed by
bad weather and plagued by bad band conditions. Activity started at
08.30 UTC on 6 June and plans were to be QRV until around 22 UTC on
the 8th. Craig now expects to be QRV from Direction Island (OC-140)
from around 10 UTC on 9 June until around 22 UTC on the 11th.
XV - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active as 3W9NH
from Hoi An, Vietnam on 14-18 June. Main activity will be during
the All Asian DX CW Contest, with a focus on FT8 outside the
contest. QSL via LoTW or direct to JA0JHQ.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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!
CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries
("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. Complete results of the
2017 edition are on http://www.dxmarathon.com/Results/2017/Results2017.htm.
IARU REGION III 50TH ANNIVERSARY ---> HS50IARU (QSL via LotW, Club Log's
OQRS or via the bureau) and BV50IARU (QSL via BV2FP) are the special
callsigns for the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) and the Chinese
Taipei Amateur Radio League (CTARL) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
IARU Region 3 [425DXN 1410] until 31 October. See http://awards-iaru-r3.org
for information on the awards issued free of charge for working these and
other commemorative special callsigns.
KH1/KH7Z: PROPAGATION FORECASTS ---> The 2018 DXpedition to Baker Island
[425DXN 1413] occurs during the declining side of the solar cycle where
propagation is usually much, much worse, nearing the bottom. "However, this
is the when our permit is valid", the KH1/KH7Z team says, "and we are
planning to maximize the time we are available to work to propagation
challenged areas".
Thanks to Stu, K6TU, "we have imbedded his tools in our website where you
Can run forecasts specific to your grid square and station properties.
Please visit http://www.baker2018.net/pages/propagation.html to see when and
on what bands to look for us. We have also run these forecasts by geographic
area to know when we should be listening for you". The pilots will also
report how well we are being heard in the various areas to keep the team
abreast of propagation.
"Our permit restricts our antennas to 43 ft vertical antennas", and "we will
be using Steppirs and special design antennas to take advantage of the salt
water ground". KH1/KH7Z will also be using FT8 "to find openings we might
not hear, and to serve as a beacon. When we find an opening, we will put as
many radios, modes, operators on as we can".
Make sure you read 'WORKING KH1/KH7Z USING THE FT8 DXPEDITION SUBMODE'
(http://www.baker2018.net/pages/plan.html) which describes how the team
intends to operate as the 'Fox' and how they recommend all the 'Hounds'
operate.
KH1/KH7Z will stay on 20 meters continuously and jump to other bands from
one of the other 7 operating positions. The 15 operators will rotate on and
off in 3 hour shifts. "We have one goal, maximize the number of ATNO QSOs
with this 5th most wanted entity".
NA-234 ---> The OQRS for the 25-27 May KL7RRC/p operation is now up and
running on https://clublog.org/logsearch/KL7RRC/P/2018. Tim, NL8F and Yuri,
N3QQ made 2,255 QSOs operating from Chuginadak Island (not Kagamil as
previously announced).
OC-164 ---> The OQRS for VK5CE/6's operation from Rottnest Island (2 June)
is up and running on https://clublog.org/logsearch/vk5ce/6_oc164.
TRUE BLUE DXERS CLUB ---> "Because it' hard, not because it's easy" is the
True Blue DXers Club's motto. "The one and only requirement is your personal
commitment to pursuing and promoting DXing as a form of person-to-person
amateur radio activity involving the use of radiotelegraphy (CW) or
radiotelephony (SSB). Therefore, if you enjoy FT8, we wish you all the very
best in your ham radio activity, but the TBDXC is probably not for you". See
https://www.tbdxc.net/ for more information.
WRTC 2018 ---> The designated Team Leader for Team Africa has withdrawn
owing to personal reasons, and he will be replaced by a "wild card"
competitor. Wild card applications ("please explain why you are applying as
TL") for the now open position with DL1CW as teammate should be sent to
qualification[@]wrtc2018.de. The deadline is 9 June at 23.59 UTC.
+ SILENT KEY + G. Kip Edwards, W6SZN passed away on 6 June. Born in 1947,
first licenced as KN0PID (1958) and re-licenced as W6SZN in 1976, he was a
Director and Secretary of the Northern California DX Foundation and the
YASME Foundation. A serious DXer and contester, in the past he also various
offices of the Northern California DX Club and the Northern California
Contest Club. He was a team member of FO0XX (Clipperton Island 1986) and
3D2XX, the first DXpedition to Rotuma (1988).
Larry Skilton, K1IED passed away on 4 June. In 1991-2002 he worked a nightly
schedule to run phone patches and traffic for the US science stations in
Antarctica. The National Science Foundation rewarded his service to the
Antarctic group by naming Skilton Ledge (a rock platform in the Darwin
Mountains) after him. Larry was the QSL manager for KC4AAA (the Amundsen-
Scott South Pole Station), KC4AAC (Palmer Station on Anvers Island, AN-012)
and KC4USV (McMurdo Station on Ross Island, AN-011).
Gennady "Gene" T. Shkumat, UA9AB passed away on 4 June after a long illness.
An active DXer and contester for nearly fifty years, he was also the QSL
manager for several stations, notably UN4L and UP2L.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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9M6NA JE1JKL HF100M SP2ZIE RN85AM RK1B
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EI0DXG M0OXO OH0R OH2PM ZP9MCE EA5ZD
EI6DX RA3R OH3077F OH3JF ZW8T PS8HF
4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
Switzerland
9Y4FIFA Trinidad and Tobago ARS, P.O. Box 1167, Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, Apartado Postal 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
G8FC RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford, Wolverhampton,
WV7 3EX, United Kingdom
KH7B Mauna Kea Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
KW4XJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
OH8WW Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
SZ1A Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TI2CDA Charlie Azofeifa,. 8115 N.W. 74 Ave, CRBOX 50605262,
Miami FL 33166, USA
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
VC2A Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,
Canada
VK4DX Mike Sivcevic, 31/45 Regent Street, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102,
Australia
VK5CE Craig Edwards, P.O Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
W9IMS Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 30954,
Indianapolis IN 46230, USA
ZZ18FWC Mario E. Libardi, Rua Doutor Costa Leite 1038, Botucatu - SP,
18602-110, Brazil
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