425 DX News #1419
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:20 am
14 July 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1419 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2 - 3D2FD is the callsign being used by Dave, WJ2O from Fiji until 16 July [425DXN 1413]. He operates CW on 40-15 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2ZN. 3DA - 16-28 September are the dates for HA5AO's operation from Mbabane, eSwatini (Swaziland) [425DXN 1409]. In his free time Pista will be active as 3DA0AO on 80-10 metres CW, RTTY and FT8. Log search and OQRS will be available at https://www.ha5ao.com. His plans include testing a new feature of the PDXG QSL Management Platform, the uploading of QSOs in real time. QSL via OQRS (preferred), or via home call. The complete log will be uploaded to LotW six months after the DXpedition. While in-country he will travel to rural areas visiting villages, schools and orphanages to deliver school supplies. He is interested in making a long term donation agreement to pay school fees for s everal orphaned children. Pista is paying all expenses from personal funds. Any donations received through his website will be used only for humanitarian purposes. [TNX K5GS] 4W - Gordon, K7TRB is active as 4W6VA from Dili, Timor Leste (OC-148) until mid-September. In his spare time he will operate mainly FT8, with some SSB and CW, on 20, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to home call. 9X - The Italian DXpedition Team, who will be active from Rwanda on 26 September-10 October [425DXN 1413] has added a second callsign. They will use 9X0Y exclusively on FT8 DXpedition mode (7056, 10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz), and 9X0T everywhere else. See http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ for detailed instructions. [TNX IK7JWY] A2 - Andre, NJ0F has postponed his A25A operation, which was expected to take place on 13-20 July [425DXN 1418]. The new dates will be announced as soon as decided. [TNX The Daily DX] CT7 - Special event station CR5F will be active on 16-22 July for the 37th International Motorcycle Rally in Faro, Portugal. Expect activity on 80-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8. QSL via CT1EHX. EA6 - Andreas, DK5ON will be active as EA6/DK5ON from Mallorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 13-28 July. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX Newsletter] F - Noel, ON4APU will be active as F/OO4O from Oleron Island (EU-032) for the IOTA Contest (28-29 July), with some holiday style activity before and the contest. QSL via ON4APU (bureau preferred), Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX ON4APU] F - Special event call TM40CDXC will be active on 8-22 September for the 40th Convention of the Clipperton DX Club, to be held at Troyes (Aube) on 21-23 September (http://wp.cdxc.org/2018-troyes/). All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. FH - The Czech DXpedition Team (OK1BOA, OK1FCJ, OK1GK, OK2ZA, OK2ZC, OK2ZI and OK6DJ) will be active as TO6OK from Mayotte (AF-027) between 20 September and 6 October. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres, with a focus on the low bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL; traditional cards via OK6DJ (direct or bureau). See http://www.cdxp.cz/ for further information and QSLling policy. FO/A - K4UEE, K5PI, W5MJ, W5RF and W5SJ will be active as TX5T from Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands on 13-21 August. Plans are to operate three stations on 40-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 DXpedition Mode. See http://australs2018.com/ for more information. QSL via M0URX's OQRS (direct or bureau); traditional QSLs direct only to M0URX. JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as JI3DST/1 from Shikine Island (AS-008) on 25-30 July, IOTA Contest included. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (bureau preferred). [TNX M0OXO] JD1_mt - JG1RHN/JD1 is active from Minami Torishima (OC-073) until around 15 August. QSL is likely to be via the JARL bureau. [TNX JN6RZM] JW - SP3FGI and others will be active as JW100PUT from Spitsbergen (EU-026), Svalbard on 18-31 July. The special callsign celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Amateur Radio Club (SP3PET) of the Poznan University of Technology. They will be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 2 metres and 70cm using SSB and FM. QSL via the bureau or direct to SP3PET. [TNX The Daily DX] KH2 - Howard, WQ6B will be active as KH2/WQ6B from Guam (OC-026) on 20-24 July. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW, or via home call (direct or bureau). OH - Ra-Mi, OH3BHL and others will participate in the IOTA Contest as OH8AA from Selkasarvi Island (EU-126), in the Bothnian Bay National Park. They will be QRV before and after the contest on "several modes and bands". [TNX M0OXO] PJ2 - This year the Dave Kalter Memorial "Youth DX Adventure" will see a team consisting of four teenagers (Dhruv KC9ZJX, Violetta KM4ATT, Mason KM4SII and David VE7DZO), four parents and two leaders (Jim AB8YK and Ron N8VAR) be active as PJ2Y from Curacao on 19-24 July. See http://qsl.net/n6jrl/ for more information. QSL via AB8YK. PY0F - Renner, PY7RP will be active as PY0F/PY7RP from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on 13-16 July. He plans to use FT8 on 80 and 6 metres (50313 kHz). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] SM - Ric, DL2VFR [425DXN 1417] now plans to be QRV as SD7V/0 from either Uto Island on 16 July, or Musko Island on 17 July. Both counts for IOTA group EU-084. QSL via DL2VFR, bureau preferred. [TNX The Daily DX] UA9 - The Artic Legends IOTA DXpedition is set to begin on 4 September from the city of Dudinka [425DXN 1417], with the first activation expected to start around 10-11 September from the Firnley Islands (AS-054), followed by the other five groups (AS-121, AS-104, AS-068, AS-087 and finally AS-005). Plans are for three stations to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres. RI0B will use FT8 DXpedition mode on 14095 kHz. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Updates and other information, including the tracking tools to follow the DXpedition's progress, can be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/ri0b. W - Once again Jon, WB8YJF will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on 22-29 July, including participation in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] ZS - ZS9V (http://zs9v.org.za/) will be active again from Robben Island (AF-064) starting aroun 18 UTC on 17 August until around 8 UTC on the 20th. Plans are for this year's team (ZS1A, ZS1AN, ZS1ANF, ZS1LS, ZS1OIN, ZS1V and ZS1VDV) to operate SSB and CW with two stations on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS (direct or bureau); traditional QSLs direct only to M0OXO. [TNX M0OXO] IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object of the contest is to contact other amateurs around the world - especially member-society HQ stations and IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB. This year's event (www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship) will run from 12 UTC on 14 July until 12 UTC on the 15th. The following is a selection of IARU Member Society HQ stations that are expected to participate: Call Mult Call Mult -------------------------------------------- 3V8CB ARAT IO4HQ ARI 8N1HQ JARL IO5HQ ARI 8N2HQ JARL IO6HQ ARI 8N3HQ JARL IO8HQ ARI 8N6HQ JARL IO9HQ ARI 8N7HQ JARL LM90HQ NRRL 8N8HQ JARL LU0HQ RCA 9A0HQ HRS LX8HQ RL A47RS ROARS LY0HQ LRMD B1HQ CRAC LZ7HQ BFRA B2HQ CRAC NU1AW/9 IARU B3HQ CRAC OH2HQ SRAL B4HQ CRAC OL8HQ CRC B5HQ CRAC OZ1HQ EDR B6HQ CRAC PA6HQ VERON B7HQ CRAC R3HQ SRR CQ3HQ REP SJ8HQ SSA DA0HQ DARC SN0HQ PZK E2HQ RAST TM0HQ REF EF4HQ URE VP9HQ RSB EI0HQ IRTS W1AW/4 ARRL EM5HQ UARL YR0HQ FRR GR2HQ RSGB YT0HQ SRS HB9HQ USKA ZF1A CARS IO1HQ ARI ZS9HQ SARL IO2HQ ARI Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional executive committees will send a signal report plus AC, R1, R2 or R3, as appropriate. =========================== *** 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! KH1/KH7Z ---> The Baker Island team will upload a "clean log" and turn on Club Log's OQRS at 00.00 UTC on 16 July. "All people submitting donations prior to this time will receive an automatic LOTW upload without further action". WRTC 2018 ---> These are the 63 teams that will compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship, to be held in parallel with this weekend's IARU HF World Championship: AS #1 R8CT UA4FER NA #2 AD4Z NP4Z AS #2 RC9O UA9PM NA #2 N4YDU N3KS AS #3 4X6FR 4X1DX NA #3 N4TZ N1UR AS #5 E21EIC 9M2ZAK NA #4 N5AW K5WA AS #6 JH5GHM WA1Z NA #5 K3PA N3AD EU #1 LY9A LY4L NA #6 N9RV N6TR EU #1 ES5TV ES2RR NA #6 K6XX WA6O EU #1 OH6KZP OH6UM NA #6 K2PO KU1CW EU #1 SM5AJV SM3SGP NA #7 VY2ZM KK6ZM EU #2 F8DBF F1AKK NA #8 VE7CC VE7SV EU #2 OR2F ON5RA NA #9 K9VV VE3EJ EU #2 F4DXW F8CMF OC #1 N2NL W2SC EU #3 UR0MC VE3DZ OC #2 ZL3IO ZL4YL EU #3 OM3BH OM3GI SA #1 PY1NX PY2SEX EU #3 OM2VL OM3RM SA #2 LU1FAM YO9WF EU #3 OK2ZI OK2ZC Defending Champions N6MJ KL9A EU #3 US2YW UW7LL Youth Team #1 CE2LR KG5HVO EU #4 EC2DX EA5KA Youth Team #2 YO8TTT UT5GW EU #4 IZ3EYZ IK4VET Youth Team #3 HA8RT DK6SP EU #4 EA2OT EA8RM Wild Card #1 9A7DX 9A3LG EU #5 9A1UN 9A6XX Wild Card #2 UN9LW UN9L EU #5 E77DX 9A5K Wild Card #3 ZL3CW F6BEE EU #5 S50A S57AW Wild Card #4 K1DG N2NT EU #6 RW7K UB7K Wild Card #5 YV1DIG RA9USU EU #6 UA2FB RA2FA Wild Card #6 VA2EW DL1CW EU #6 RW1A RA1A Wild Card #7 LZ5VK RW4WR EU #7 DJ5MW DL1IAO Sponsored Team #1 N6XI AE6Y EU #7 DL4NAC DL8DYL Sponsored Team #2 W2GD AA3B EU #7 DL2CC DK9IP Sponsored Team #3 K3LR DL1QQ NA #1 K1LZ YO9GZU Sponsored Team #4 E73A 4O3A NA #1 LZ4AX LZ3FN Sponsored Team #5 YO8SCA S55M NA #1 KE3X KD4D The competing teams will be assigned special callsigns in the Y2A-Y9Z block (not used since the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic, which the block had been allocated to). Only 63 out of the following 70 callsigns will be in use during the competition: Y81A Y81D Y81K Y81M Y81N Y81R Y81U Y82A Y82B Y82D Y82F Y82G Y82K Y82L Y82M Y82N Y82R Y82V Y82W Y83B Y83C Y83D Y83G Y83K Y83L Y83O Y83P Y83R Y83U Y83V Y83X Y83Z Y84B Y84C Y84G Y84J Y84O Y84P Y84Q Y84W Y84X Y84Y Y84Z Y86C Y86F Y86J Y86O Y86P Y86Q Y86V Y86W Y86Y Y87B Y87C Y87G Y87K Y87L Y87M Y87O Y87P Y87U Y87V Y87W Y89A Y89D Y89K Y89M Y89N Y89R Y89U The teams will know their callsigns at 11.45 UTC on 14 July, i.e. 15 minutes before the contest starts. WRTC 2018 LIVE SCOREBOARD ---> A live scoreboard will be online during this weekend's World Radiosport Team Championship: http://sb.wrtc2018.de. The fully automated system will display score data received directly from the competitors' logging programmes. The Main Scoreboard page will show the latest total score data received from each team. The Leaders page will show the Top 5 teams in each of the "Special Awards" categories (highest number of SSB QSOs and CW QSOs, and highest overall Multiplier total). The Compare Teams page can be used to select up to five teams to view and compare band breakdowns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7A, 3C0W, 3C3W,3W9CI (AS-162), 4B4B (NA-030), 9M0W, BA7IO (AS-129), C93PA, DU7ET, E51BQ, H40YM, H44XG, OY1CT, S01WS, SU1SK, TM80FOC, TN5R, TY7C, VA7XV/VE2 (NA-038), VE7ACN/VE2 (NA-084), VK5MAV/9 (OC-265), XF1IM (NA-078), XW4ZW, YB3LZ/8 (OC-242), Z61KR. **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([email protected]) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ****************************************************************************