425 DX News #1416
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:09 pm
23 June 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1416 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4O - Bill, ON5JE reports he will be active as 4O/ON5JE from Montenegro from 25 June to 17 July. He will operate SSB on 40 and 20 metres, and "will activate also some 4OFF areas". QSL via home call, direct or bureau. F - TM95KOB is the special callsign for the Radio-Club de l'Aube (F5KOB) to celebrate its 95th anniversary. The first activity will be from 29 June to 1 July, followed by other four sessions (20-22 July, 14-16 September, 5-7 October and 16-18 November). QSL via the bureau to F5KOB. [TNX F8REF] H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active again as H44MS from the Solomon Islands from 22 June to 12 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter] JA - Take, JI3DST expects to be active again as JI3DST/5 from Shodo Island (AS-200) on 22-24 June. He will operate SSB, CW, FT8 and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX DX World] KH1 - The KH1/KH7Z team aboard the Nai'a departed Pago Pago, American Samoa around 23 UTC on 20 June. Direct links to their daily blog and tracker can be found on https://www.baker2018.net. They expect to arrive at Baker Island on 26 June, and to be QRV by 00:00 UTC on 28 June. They will have 8 radios on all open bands 24/7 for the next 10 days. P2 - Roly, ZL1BQD will be active again as P29RR from Wewak, Papua New Guinea (OC-034) on 1-26 July. In his spare time he will operate mainly FT8, with a focus on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX] PA - Marcel, PD5MVH will be active as PD18VOR from 23 June to 1 July for the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race. Started in Alicante (Spain) in October 2017, the 13th edition of this legendary round-the-world yacht race will conclude in The Hague, Netherlands. QSL via PD5MVH. SV - Russell, G5XW will be active as SV8/G5XW from Zakynthos Island (EU-052) from 25 June to 2 July. He will operate QRS CW on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via bureau to G5XW, or via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX] UA9 - R25RRA is a special callsign celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Russian Robinson Club (http://robinsons.ru/). It will be used from various islands qualifying for the Russian Robinson Award (RRA) Programme, starting on 26-30 June from Punuyamsalya Island (not IOTA, RR-06-75). QSL via RZ3EC. V6 - Tosy JA3FGJ (V63GJ), Sanny JJ3CIG (V63SS) and Mami JP3AYQ (V63YL) will be active as V6J from Ta Island (OC-254), Micronesia [425DXN 1412] on 19-31 July. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 6 metres with up to three stations. While on Pohnpei (OC-010) they will be using their personal V6 callsigns. QSL V6J via Club Log's OQRS (search for V6J_OC254), or direct only via JP3AYQ; QSL others via home call. Updates will be posted to https://www.qrz.com/lookup/V6J. W - Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active from Santa Rosa Island (NA-144) on 2-4 July. Activity will be mostly on 6 metres FT8, CW and SSB, with some CW QRP operation on the usual IOTA frequencies. [TNX KD7WPJ] IOTA TOUR ---> Gabriele, IK3GES will be touring Northern Europe between 25 June and 3 August, and will be active from several island groups in Germany (EU-057 and EU-128), Denmark (EU-029), Sweden (EU-037, EU-043, EU-084, EU-087 and EU-139), Norway (EU-033 and EU-076), Finland (EU-097, EU-101, EU-140 and EU-173) and Poland (EU-129 and EU-132). QSL via IK3GES, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log will be available when he returns home). [TNX IK3GES] =========================== *** 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! 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The May 2018 issue is now available for download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA] NEW IARU MEMBER SOCIETY ---> On 28 May the IARU member-societies completed voting on the admission of the "St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Amateur Radio Society" (SKNAARS) to the International Amateur Radio Union as the representative of the radio amateurs of the Federation of St. Christopher St. Kitts) and Nevis. SKNAARS (https://sknaars.weebly.com/) does not claim to represent Anguilla, which is already represented in the IARU by the Anguilla Amateur Radio Society; the inclusion of Anguilla in the name of SKNAARS dates to an earlier time. With 56 affirmative votes required for admission there were 62 affirmative votes cast, with no dissenting votes. SKNAARS thus becomes a member of the IARU and of IARU Region 2. [TNX www.iaru.org] POSTAL RATES (ITALY) ---> Italian postal rates for standard letter items (up to 20g) mailed abroad will change on 3 July: EUR 1.15 Europe and countries in the Mediterranean basin (3V, 4X, 5A, 5B, 7X, CN, JY, OD, SU) EUR 2.40 rest of Africa and Asia, Americas EUR 3.10 Oceania VOACAP ONLINE HF PREDICTIONS ---> The VOACAP Online HF Predictions service (http://www.voacap.com/hf/) is a replacement for and a consolidation of the previous VOACAP Online P2P (point-to-point) service and VOACAP Online Coverage Maps. These two previous services will be closed down by mid-July. The User Manual (17 June 2018) can be found on https://voacap.blogspot.com/. The new service uses VOACAP (Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program) as its calculation engine, requiring the use of a reasonably new web browser. For example, the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome are known to work. The earlier versions may not be supported. If you encounter problems with the service, please try first to upgrade your browser to the latest version available. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3W9NH JA0JHQ IB2RT I2MYF R400N RV9V 3W9XG DF2XG II1PMM IW1RCU RA/VK3FY M0OXO 4K100K 4K4K J3/G0VJG G4DFI RC18EK UA6YW 4K6AG RW6HS JY4CI K2AX RC18KA UA2FM 4U18FIFA UA3DX KH0R/KH2 JE6DND RC18MO RK3AW 5Q8FWC OZ1ACB KH2L W3HNK RC18NN UA6YW 5R8SV G3SWH KH6BB K1ER RC18RO UA6YW 5T2AI NI5DX KH8/WJ2O N2ZN RC18SA UA6YW 5W0DF N2ZN KL7/AG5JI VK4DI RC18SP UA6YW 5X2B JA1PBV LX8SAR DK4XC RC18SR RW4HB 6M6M DS1SYV LX9DX LX2A RC18VG RQ4A 8N1080S JF1CCH LY/SN0WFF SP5C RI1FJ UA2FM 9A90P 9A2MF MX0YHC M0SDV RU18WC UA6YW 9G5AR N4GNR OE18FIFA OE3KLU SN0UNESCO SP9KDU 9G5ZS ZS1XB OJ0W OH3WS SN600L SP4SAF 9Q6BB W3HNK OU18FWC OZ1ACB SP9YFF SP9WAN A41CK A61BK PA18FIFA PA0RSM SU18FWC SM5AQD A718FIFA A71A PJ4V M0URX SV67FF SV2GWY AO3JMT EA3RCY R125NSK RT9OM T6TM W2GR AO5AGA EA5RCZ R18ARG UA6AGE T88DT JH1OLB CP1XRM EA5RM R18AUS RN3RQ TM100LGG F4GRW CP4BT DJ2BW R18BRA R6AF TM17HF F6BCC CR520D CS5LX R18COL UA6YW TM18PGM F4FCE CR55A CT1DSV R18CRC UA6YW TM220BP F4GFE CU2KG OH2BH R18CRO UA6YW TM2GGR F6KUF CX2AQ EA5KB R18ENG UA6YW TM390SR F4DTO DL0DFF DL3HBZ R18ESP RA3R TM40SC F1JSU DL0RRC DL6ZFG R18FRA UA6YW TM41VFV F6KJX EA9KB EA7FTR R18GER UA6YW TM53J F6KSU EG1MEP EA1AUM R18IRN UA6YW TM62GG F4AHN EG5HSJ EA5RKB R18ISL R9XC TM6AM F4KJQ EH3SJM EA3ZK R18JPN R2DX UE21A RV1CC EH8FC EA8NQ R18KOR UA6YW UE21B UA1AES EJ0DXG M0OXO R18MAR RZ3LC UE21M UA1ANA EJ2HMB DG5SDQ R18NGA UA6YW V44KCB NT5W EM30N/p UR4NWW R18PAN RZ3EC V73NS W3HNK EN25BRIA UT7NW R18PER UA6YW V850IARU V85TL EN25NRIA UT7NW R18POL UA6YW VI70MI M0OXO EN25RIA UT7NW R18POR UA6YW VP2ETE W3HNK EN25TRIA UT7NW R18REF RQ4A VP5DR W9DR EN25XRIA UT7NW R18RUS UA6YW VP8HDM VP8LP ES0UG/8 DL3BQA R18SEN RW4NW VR20EH VR2ZQZ GB0FWC M0TVU R18SUI RG3B WH2JA JR3RIU GB4LMG G4CIB R18SWE RA0R YR6MUSEUM YO6KNE GB8CC 2E0RHC R18TUN UA6YW YU18FWC YU1SRS GS8VL M0OXO R18URU RM9RZ ZF2LT K8HTC H44XG JA1XGI R1963VT RO3M ZL4IR W8WC HF18FWC SP2UUU R25RMA RZ3EC ZV8FF PS8RV 7X2FIFA Ben Lagha, 18 rue Louis Aragon, 26200 Montelimar, France EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, Apartado Postal 930, 03200 Elche, Spain HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM, Italy JA1XGI Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken, 350-0043, Japan K4T Nathan H. 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