Friday, April 14, 2017

425 DX Group DX Infformation

15 April 2017                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1354
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9M0    - Originally  announced  for  December, the  9M0W DXpedition  to  the
         Spratly  Islands [425DXN 1345] has  been  postponed to  10-20 March
         next year, owing to  the  unavailability of the  resort  on  Layang
         Layang. Plans are for Hrane, YT1AD and a  large group to be QRV  on
         160-6 metres CW, SSB and  digital modes.  The team has  two  vacant
         positions. [TNX YT3W]
9U     - Antonio IZ8CCW, Gabriele I2VGW and a large  multi-national  team of
         Mediterraneo  DX  Club's  members  will  be active  as  9U4M   from
         Bujumbura, Burundi on 6-17 November. They will operate on all bands
         and modes with five stations.  More information  is expected in due
         course. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]
A4     - A41MS, A41OF, A41RN and A41ZZ will be active as A41ZZ/p from Suwadi
         Island (AS-112) on 14-15 April. QSL via A41ZZ. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
D4     - Tony, CT1FFU will be active as  D4T from Ilha do Sal (AF-086), Cape
         Verde on 18-25 April. He will operate CW, SSB and  digital modes on
         the  HF bands, 6m and 4m.  QSL via CT1FFU,  direct or  bureau,  and
         LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
E3     - Zorro, JH1AJT will  visit  Eritrea again  on 19-29 May.  He will be
         joined by Franz DJ9ZB, Champ E21EIC and  Dima RA9USU, with  planned
         activity as E31AA on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY. Zorro also  plans
         to be QRV as E39DI from the Dahlak Archipelago (AF-038)  "for a few
         days" and with a focus on the low bands.  This IOTA group was  last
         activated in 1999. QSL for both callsigns via JH1AJT. [TNX NG3K]
EW     - Special callsign EV145O will be active  from the  city of  Rechytsa
         from 24 April to 22 June  to  mark  the  145th anniversary  of  the
         creation of the Water Rescue Society in Belarus. QSL via the bureau
         or direct to address on qrz.com.
F      - Andy F4ELK, Christophe F4ELI and  Stephane F5UOW will  operate  SSB
         and CW as TM65EU from  IOTA group  EU-065  on 28-29 April.  Islands
         mentioned  are  Quemenes (aka Kemenez, DIFM AT-039),  Balanec (DIFM
         AT-038),  Trilien (DIFM AT-040),  Ledenes  de  Molene (aka  Ledenez
         Vraz, DIFM AT 042)  and  Ledenes de Quemenes (aka  Ledenez Kemenez,
         DIFM AT-044). QSL via F4ELK, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
GM     - Ian, G8ZLL will be active from the Scottish island of  Islay, Inner
         Hebrides (EU-008) on 22-28 April. He will operate  mainly CW on 80,
         40 and 20 metres.
GM     - John, 2E0GUA will operate holiday style as 2M0GUA from the Isle  of
         Mull (EU-008) from 22 April to 2 May. He hopes to be active "on HF,
         2m & 70cm from  various  locations".  QSL via home call  (direct or
         bureau), eQSL and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
HB9    - Special callsign  HB600NVF will  be  active  until  31 December  to
         commemorate the 600th anniversary of the birth of Niklaus von Flue,
         the patron saint of  Switzerland.  QSL via LoTW (preferred);  paper
         QSLs   via   HB9JOE.   See   https://www.qrz.com/db/hb600nvf    for
         information on the award programe.
I      - ARI Torino will be active  as  IQ1TO  from  the  submarine  'Andrea
         Provana' on  22-23 April.  Launched in 1918, she was decommissioned
         in 1928, and her central section with the  conning tower  has  been
         located in Torino, on the bank of the river Po, since then. QSL via
         bureau. [TNX IK1MTX]
J5     - The Italian DXpedition Team will  be  active as  J5T  from  Bubaque
         Island (AF-020), Guinea-Bissau  in  mid-November (eaxct dates TBA).
         Eight  operators (I1HJT,  I2YSB, IK2CIO,  IK2CKR,  IK2DIA,  IK2HKT,
         IK2RZP and JA3USA) will be QRV  on  160-10 metres  CW and SSB  with
         four stations; RTTY will be used on one band only, to  be  selected
         depending on propagation. QSL via I2YSB and LoTW 6 months after the
         DXpedition.  More  information,  including  a  band & mode  survey,
         real-time logsearch  and  OQRS for direct  cards, can be  found  at
         http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/.  Updates will be posted to  a  dedicated
         forum on www.hamradioweb.net. [TNX IK7JWY]
JA     - Look for JA4GXS to be active as JA4GXS/5 from  Naka Island (AS-200)
         on 23-24 April.  He will operate  CW and SSB  on  40, 30, 20 and 17
         metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureu. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
JA     - Take, JI3DST will be  active  as  either  JS6RRR and JI3DST/6  from
         Miyako Island (AS-079) from  26 April to 9 May.  He will be QRV  on
         80-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FM.  QSL via bureau (preferred)
         or direct. [TNX JI3DST]
OE     - Special station OE17ATOM will be active  from  the power  plant  in
         Zwentendorf ("the world's only  nuclear power  plant  to  have been
         completed but never put  into operation") on  21-22 April.  QSL via
         bureau.
SM     - Special callsign SC90SM will  be active  until 31 December to  mark
         the 90th  anniversary  of  the  longwave  broadcasting  station  in
         Motala. Inaugurated in 1927 and  closed in 1962, it was one  of the
         most powerful BC stations in Europe.  QSL via bureau,  or direct to
         SM5ELV.
TG     - Dwight, VE7BV  and  Doug, VE7VZ  will  be  active  as  TG9BBV   and
         TG9/VE7VZ from Guatemala from 21 April to 15 May.  They might  also
         operate a few  days  from  HR5.  QSL for all operations  via  VE7BV
         (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA     - Special stations R1961GP and R1961AG are active  until 30 April  to
         commemorate the first manned space flight made on  12 April 1961 by
         Yuri Gagarin. QSL R19161GP via Club Log's OQRS or R4CR, QSL R1961AG
         via RA4DR. [TNX RW4CLF]
UA     - Special callsign RA36GS will be active from  23 April to 22 May  to
         commemorate the 140th anniversary of  the birth  of  Russian Arctic
         explorer Georgy Y. Sedov (1877-1914).  IOTA enthusiasts might  note
         that the Sedova Archipelago, part of Severnaya Zemlya (AS-042), has
         been named after him. QSL via RN3FY.
V4     - Alex, W1CDC will be active holiday style as V4/W1CDC from St. Kitts
         (NA-104) from 24 April to 7 May. He will operate mainly CW. QSL via
         home call, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX]
V5     - Stefan, HB9JAB will be active as V51/HB9JAB while  touring  Namibia
         on a campervan between  18 April and 8 May.  QSL via eQSL and LoTW.
         [TNX DX World]
W      - Nelson, NE4LS (CW QRP) and John, KE4IDW (SSB with 20 watts) will be
         active as  N4T  from  Garden Key,  Dry Tortugas (NA-079)  on  21-24
         April. QSL via NE4LS, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XV     - Jesus, JP7MBO (WP4JBG) will  be  active  as  XV9G from  Ho Chi Minh
         City, Vietnam between 19 April and 9 May. He will operate mainly CW
         with some SSB on 40, 20 and 15 metres.

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

CASS AWARD ---> Presented annually, the Cass Award honours  the  wisdom  and
spirit of Cass WA6AUD  (SK)  and  encourages  DXpeditions  to  maximize  the
number of DXers worked with a  Plaque  for  the  Single-Operator  DXpedition
that works the most unique callsigns within a specified interval.  The  2016
Cass Award  has  been  won  by  Jeff Martin, K5WE: "By working  7040  unique
stations during  his  one-man  DXpedition  to  Easter Island as  XR0YS, Jeff
demonstrated an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible". If you
are interested in competing for - or contributing to  - the 2017 Cass Award,
please visit http://www.cassaward.com/.

DXCC YEARBOOK ---> The 2016 ARRL DXCC Yearbook, which includes  the  Clinton
B. DeSoto Challenge  top scorers  and the  Annual Listing, can be  found  at
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCCYearbook/DXCC%20YEARBOOK%202016.pdf.
The Annual Listing of DXCC membership contains the call signs  and  credited
totals for new awards and endorsements during the calendar year period  from
1 January through 31 December 2016. The DXCC Honor Roll includes  those  who
are within 9 entities of the "current"  Entity count for Mixed,  Phone,  CW,
and  Digital modes.  As of 31 December 2016, there were 339 Entities on  the
DXCC List, and entry level DXCC Honor Roll was achieved at level 330.

H44MS ---> Bernard, H44MS [425dxn 1335] has moved  to  a new QTH  "in square
RI01" (most likely  Malaita Island, OC-047),  and will  remain  there  until
around 10 May. His new location is next to the sea and  less noisy  than his
previous QTH in Honiara, but there is  no access  to the Internet.  European
stations who need  the  Solomon Islands on  80 metres  should  call  Bernard
around 3755 kHz between 18.50 and 19.30 UTC: "I am confident I can hear them
then, and come back", he says. QSL via DL2GAC, direct or bureau.

INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur  Club,
the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur  radio  event  held
annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It  is
not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs  around  the  world  to  make
contacts with historic Marconi sites  using  HF  communications  techniques.
This year's event will be held  on 22 April, from  00.00  UTC  to 23.59 UTC.
Details, including information on the Award Certificates and the listing  of
participating stations, can be found at http://gx4crc.com/.

KC0W WORLDWIDE  DXPEDITION ---> "My  next  multi  continent  DXpedition will
start  17 April, 2017",  KC0W  reported  on  qrz.com  [425DXN  1351].  "Full
information" is expected  to be  posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/kc0w on 15
April.

R71RRC ---> The IOTA DXpedition to Arakamchechen Island (AS-071) is expected
to QRT around 00.30 UTC on 15 April. [TNX EU7A]

QSL VIA IK7JWX ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX reports that  all direct cards  for  the
November 2016 6V1IS and  6V1IS/p (AF-045) operations  have been  mailed out.
Bureau cards  requested  through  Club Log's OQRS  will be sent in  the next
coming days.

+ SILENT KEY + Randy Johnson, W6SJ passed away on 27 March  of complications
from heart valve replacement surgery. Born in 1937, he was the driving force
behind the DX Code of Conduct (http://www.dx-code.org/).

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B9GF       3B8GF       HB600NVF    HB9JOE      RM25OL      R5EO
3D2AG/p     3D2AG       HB600NVF    HB9JOE      RO25KI      RW4NW
3V8CB       LX1NO       HZ1XB       IZ8CLM      RO25KO      R9XC
3Z0WARD     SP6IEQ      IC8MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25KR      K2PF
4J0SFR      4K4K        II0MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25LO      UA1C
4L1FL       EA7FTR      II1MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25MA      RD5C
4L5P        UT7QF       II2MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25MO      R2DX
4O7TC       UA3TCJ      II3MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25OR      R3EE
4S7VBG      UA4WHX      II4MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25RO      RQ7L
4V1TL       W3HNK       II5MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25SP      RW1F
4W/N1YC     W5UE        II7MDC      IZ1BZV      RO25TN      RK9LWA
4W/PE7T     PE7T        II8MDC      IZ1BZV      RT90PK      R2PT
4W/YB3LZ    YB3MM       IO0MDC      IZ1BZV      S79Z        OM2FY
4W/YB3MM    YB3MM       IO1MDC      IZ1BZV      SC90SM      SK5SM
4Z20MDC     IZ1BZV      IO9MDC      IZ1BZV      SU0ERA      SM5AQD
5K3MDC      IZ1BZV      IR1MDC      IZ1BZV      SV5/SM8C    SM0CMH
5R8M        IZ1BZV      IR5MDC      IZ1BZV      SX20MDC     IZ1BZV
5T3MM       PY4KL       IR7MDC      IZ1BZV      SX9MDC      IZ1BZV
5W1SA       JA1DXA      IR9MDC      IZ1BZV      T2AT        N7SMI
7X5NZ       EA7FTR      J5B         EA3BT       T30TM       VK1TX
7Y20MDC     IZ1BZV      J5W         EA3BT       T88FT       JA7WFT
8N60JLRS    JQ6FQI      J68HZ       K9HZ        T88IH       JI6IHG
9A21RBM     9A4J        KH6TE       W7TAE       T88TA       JM1LRA
9H2017EU    9H1SP       LZ303SA     LZ1KCP      T88UW       JH7IPR
9Q6BB       W3HNK       LZ38NR      LZ1ZF       TI2/WJ2O    N2ZN
A61ZX       IZ8CLM      LZ38SATURN  LZ1ZF       TI3/N8JAJ   K8EF
A71YY       M0OXO       MX0SNB      M1GEO       TM0MDC      IZ1BZV
A93JA       KE5JA       NP4R        NR6M        TM100VIMY   N7RO
CO6LC       IZ1GDB      OD5QB       YO3FRI      TM20MDC     IZ1BZV
CP6CL       W3HNK       OD5TX       W4JS        TM2H        ON4ZD
D2EB        IZ3ETU      OE20XMF     OE6NFK      TM32UFT     F6ICG
DL20MDXC    IZ1BZV      OL75SILVERA OK1MOW      TM350MIL    F1EOY
DM150HSM    DK0MIT      OR20MDC     IZ1BZV      TM40LUB     F4PCM
DU1DL       DK2DJ       OY/MM0ZBH   N2OO        TM62VIMY    F4HTO
DX75BDM     DU1AV       P29VXG      JA1XGI      TY2BP       IK2IQD
EG1PEA      EA1RKA      PD05MDC     PD5CW       TZ4AM       W0SA
EG1SSV      EA1URV      PF38T       PA7HPH      UE25FO      RZ5D
EG5SSC      EA5DDK      PY5ZHP      SP7CVW      UN7TE       RW6HS
EG7SCM      EA7URM      R100LK      RV1AQ       VC3C2C      VE3DC
EG7SSM      EA7DK       R1147M      RK3AW       VP2MKX      JS6TMW
EG8MDC      IZ1BZV      R1605M      RK3AW       VP2V/N2IEN  NR6M
FJ/N2IEN    NR6M        R1961AG     RA4DR       XR20MDXC    IZ1BZV
FM1HM       ON6DP       R1961GP     R4CR        YJ0YM       EA5GL
FM1II       KU9C        R1963VT     RK3MWA      YO20MDC     IZ1BZV
FM4KA       ON6DP       R20MDXC     IZ1BZV      YP20MDC     IZ1BZV
FM8QR       F5EAN       R25SRR      RN3RQ       YQ20MDC     IZ1BZV
GB2MDC      M0OXO       R71RRC      UA3AKO      YR20MDC     IZ1BZV
HB0/PA2HGJ  PE1FLO      RA56GC      RN3DK       YR56GC      YO8AXP
HB0/PA3CNO  PE1FLO      RG56GC      RZ3LC       YT800YU     YU1MM
HB0/PA3HK   PE1FLO      RG61PP      RZ3LC       Z21LS       7Z1HB  [d]
HB0/PE0MGB  PE1FLO      RI1ANB      EW4DX       Z21LS       DE1ZHB [b]
HB20MDC     IZ1BZV      RI1ANO      RN1ON       ZV2CV       PU2VCP

3D2SE    Wesley A. Printz, P.O. Box 90884, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
5T0ITU   Jean J. Lewuillon, Avenue E. Verhaeren 110/1, 1030 Bruxelles,
         Belgium
C5WP     Pedro M.J. Wyns, Moutstraat 7, 2220 Hallaar, Belgium
CV5A     Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay
DU1AV    Alberto Villanueva, 19 Botolan Street, Santol, 1113 Quezon City,
         Metro Manila, Philippines
EA3BT    Josep Gibert del Pino, Carrer del Col-legi 1, 08800 Vilanova I La
         Geltru (Barcelona), Spain
IK2IQD   Flavio Tavecchio, Ufficio Erba, Casella Postale 161, 22036 Erba CO,
         Italy
IZ1BZV   Giorgio Tabilio, Via Sant'Eutichiano 26, 19123 La Spezia SP, Italy
JA1XGI   Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-0043, Japan
OM2FY    Branislav Daras, P.O. Box 6, 820 08 Bratislava 28, Slovak Republic
SM5AQD   Hakan Eriksson, Hemmingsbol 10, SE-740 10 Almunge, Sweden
UA3AKO   Victor N. Slabodchikov, P.O.Box 59, Moscow, 117041, Russia
ZV2CV    Caixa Postal 4, Cabreuva - SP, 13315-970, Brazil


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                           Direttore Responsabile
                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
                      Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
                                Roma, Italia

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