Friday, April 28, 2017

425 DX Group DX News 29 April 2017

29 April 2017                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1356
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3A     - Bodo, DF8DX will be active as 3A/DF8DX from Monaco on  29 and/or 30
         April, between 17 and 20 UTC.  He will operate CW only on 17 and/or
         20 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX]
3W     - Peter, DF7DQ will be active holiday style as 3W9DQ from Phan Thiet,
         Vietnam on 1-10 May.  He will operate  CW, SSB and RTTY  on 40, 30,
         20, 17 and 15 metres.  QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or  via home
         call. [TNX The Daily DX]
D4     - Harald, DF2WO  will  be  active  again  as  D44TWO from  Sao  Tiago
         (AF-005), Cape Verde  from 9 May to 2 June.  QSL  via  M0OXO's OQRS
         (http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php) or  direct only to M0OXO.
         [TNX M0OXO]
DU     - Chris, VK3FY has been active  as  VK3FY/DU8 from  Mindanao (OC-130)
         Since  26 April.  Length  of stay  not known.  He was  expected  to
         participate in the DX8ZWC operation from  IOTA group OC-235 [425DXN
         1352], which however has been cancelled.  QSL VK3FY/DU8 via M0OXO's
         OQRS (http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php).
E3     - E31A is the callsign that JH1AJT, DJ9ZB, E21EIC and RA9USU  will be
         using from Eritrea  on  19-29 May [425DXN 1354].  They will operate
         CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres.  Zorro, JH1AJT 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.  QSL for both  callsigns via
         JH1AJT.
FO/A   - Look for JI1JKW to be  active  as  FO/JI1JKW from  Rurutu (OC-050),
         Austral Islands  on 1-5 May.  He will  operate  SSB and CW  on 40-6
         metres. [TNX JE1LFX]
GM     - The Camb-Hams (http://dx.camb-hams.com) will be active  as GS3PYE/p
         from  the  Isle of Islay (EU-008)  on  6-12 May.  A large group  of
         operators will be  QRV with multiple  stations  on 80-10 metres, as
         well as on 6, 4 and 2m, and satellites. QSL cards will be available
         via Club Log's OQRS only (search for GS3PYE/P).
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active  as JD1BMH from  Chichijima
         (AS-031), Ogasawara from 30 April to 5 May. He will operate CW, SSB
         and RTTY on 40-10m. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau) or JG7PSJ (direct).  He
         does not use LoTW.  See http://sapphire.es.tohoku.ac.jp/jd1bmh/ for
         logsearch and other information.
OJ0    - Pasi, OH3WS will be active again as OJ0W from  Market Reef (EU-053)
         on 6-7 May.  He expects  to be  QRV  on  20-6 metres, and to  "test
         operations on 60m"  around 5354 KHz.  QSL via home call, direct  or
         bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY0F   - Jan, PY4NY will be active again as  PY0NY from  Fernando de Noronha
         (SA-003) on 5-15 May. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes  on
         160-10 metres, with a focus  on  the  low bands.  QSL via home call
         (direct only). His QSLling policy is  detailed on qrz.com.  [TNX DX
         World]
UA     - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is  running until  31
         December.  Special callsigns to  be  active  next month  are  R870C
         (01-10 May),  R1712M (11-20 May) and  R1606M (21-31 May).  Detailed
         information on the event and the award programme  can be  found  at
         https://www.moscow870.com/.
UA     - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Russia's first nature reserve,
         R100FNR and R2017F are two special callsigns that will be used from
         various protected  natural  areas  between  1 May and 31 July.  See
         qrz.com for QSLling options.
UA     - A very large number of Russian stations using special  prefix  RP72
         (where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e.  'victory')  will  be
         active on 5-9 May to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the  end  of
         World War II. A list of participating  stations  can  be  found  on
         http://pobeda.srr.ru/.
UA     - RI0C,  the  Russian  Robinson  Club's  DXpedition  to  Iony  Island
         (AS-069) [425DXN 1338], is now  expected  to be QRV on  18-22 July.
         Five operators (R7AL, RA1ZZ,  RK8A, RW5D  and UA3LMR) will run  two
         stations on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB, digital modes
         and satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; traditional  cards via R7AL
         (direct). See http://www.iony2017.com/ for further information and
         updates.
VK9L   - Christoph, DL1YAF will  be  active  holiday  from  Lord Howe Island
         (OC-004) on 1-8 May.  He will operate  SSB and  CW on 80-10 metres.
         QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
VU7    - Krish, W4VKU and Pai, VU2PAI will be active holiday style  as VU7KP
         from Bangaram, Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) on 15-19 May. They will
         operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres with two stations. The log
         will be uploaded to  Club Log (hopefully during the operation)  and
         LoTW.
ZL7    - Chris, ZL2DX and his wife Catherine, ZL2QT will be active  as ZL7DX
         and ZL7QT respectively from the  Chatham Islands (OC-038)  starting
         sometime in May for at  least three years.  They will be QRV on the
         HF bands and on 6m EME. [TNX The Daily DX]

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

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The March 2017 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

BAKER ISLAND (KH1) ---> A  draft  compatibility  determination  for  Amateur
Radio Operation from  Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge has  been issued
for public review  and  comment beginning  24 April and ending  8 May; it is
available on the Refuge website at https://www.fws.gov/refuge/baker_island/.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last permitted an  amateur radio operator
group to access Baker Island NWR in April 2002. Four amateur radio operators
who were known to be interested in this draft determination were notified of
its availability.

NCDXF: NEW PRESIDENT --- > At the 2017 Annual Board Meeting of the  Northern
California DX Foundation this past  weekend at the  Visalia International DX
Convention, John Miller (K6MM) was elected President.  The list of  Officers
for  2017-2018  also  includes  Glenn Johnson  (W0GJ, Vice  President),  Kip
Edwards (W6SZN, Secretary),  Don Greenbaum (N1DG, Treasurer), and  Directors
Ned  Stearns (AA7A),  Steve Merchant (K6AW),  Glenn  Rattmann (K6NA),  Kevin
Rowett (K6TD),  Craig Thompson (K9CT),  Tom Berson (ND2T)  and  Glenn Vinson
(W6OTC).  The primary purpose  of  NCDXF  is  to  help  fund  well-organized
DXpeditions to rare, difficult  and  expensive entities.  In addition, NCDXF
provides scholarships  to  Contest University for those 25 years of age  and
under, partners with IARU to operate the  NCDXF Beacon System worldwide  and
oversees  the  Cycle 25 Project (an   endowment-fund  created   from  estate
planning). See http://www.ncdxf.org/ for complete information. [TNX W0GJ]

OQRS ENABLED ---> Club Log's OQRS  has  been enabled  for  the  recent  5A5A
operation:  https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5A5A.  Dima, RA9USU  logged
3,378 QSOs between  22.51 UTC on 18 April and  01.35 UTC on the 24th.  He is
expected to submit  to the ARRL the  authenticating  documentation  for DXCC
accreditation.

SWODXA DX DINNER ---> The 32nd DX Dinner, sponsored again by  the  SouthWest
Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) and held in conjunction with  the  2017  Dayton
Hamvention, will be on Friday, 19 May  at  the  Marriott  Hotel  in  Dayton.
For more  information, including the list of  DX Dinner Prizes, and to order
Dinner tickets, please visit http://swodxaevents.org/. [TNX W8GEX]

WRTC 2018 ---> WRTC 2018 is delighted to announce the  approval of the  last
two sponsored teams, led by  YO3JR (Team #4)  and  E73A/9A3A (Team #5).  The
other three sponsored  teams are led by  K3LR,  AA3B & W2GD,  and N6XI.  The
selection  process  was  focused on  radio  sport skills  (competitiveness),
support  of  the  WRTC  principals  and  the  contribution of  technological
improvements in radiosport. The 2018 World Radiosport Team Championship will
be held in  Germany on 12-16 July.  See http://www.wrtc2018.de/index.php/en/
for complete information.

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                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2TS       FK1TS       EH7MCD      EB7KA       OF6GAZ      LZ3HI
3DA0FA      VE1FA       EI6YXQ      EI1K        OM500R      OM0AD
3DA0YL      VA1YL       EM0RSE      UT1RT [b]   OP20MDC     IZ1BZV
3Z14PRLK    SP6PZG      EM0RSE      UZ1RR [d]   OP70BFS     ON2KFJ
4S7VBG/P    UA4WHX      EP2C        EA5GL       OX/5P1KZX   OZ1KZX
4U1WB       KK4HD       ER0PL       SP9KAT      OZ7TM       DL1TM
4V1G        W3HNK       ET3AA       N2OO        OZ90EDR     OZ1ACB
4X69KS      4X1KS       FM1HN       W3HNK       P29LL       EA7FTR
4X69ZT      4X4ZT       FR4PV       F1UIJ       PA10YDT     PA9F
4Z69AD      4Z5AD       FR5FC       EA7FTR      PC44FF      PH0NO
4Z69LA      4Z5LA       GB0MGY      G6UT        PQ7MM       PY4KL
5A5A        UA3DX       GB2GM       G3UCQ       PR1M        PY1LU
5C12SIA     CN8WW       GB2OWM      GM3IBU      PR1T        RN3RQ
5K4R        HK4LRM      GB4SRO      G6MML       PR2W        PT2AW
5P4MG       DJ4MG       GS0NWM      M0URX       PW2F        PY2NA
5T2AI       NI5DX       GT4BRS      DJ6OI       R1934G      R3LC
5V7P        OK6DJ       H44MS       DL2GAC      R75GAK      UB4W
5Z4/DL2RMC  DL1RTL      H91IT       HP1RCP      R870O       RK3AW
6E0C        XE1EE       HF0H        SP9KGC      RA36GS      RN3FY
7X2DE       PY4KL       HF67CES     SP6CES      RI1ANC      RN1ON
7X2VFK      7X2DD       HF70OSP     SQ6BOR      RT60RT      RN9A
7X3WPL      7X3DL       HH2AA       NR6M        SN0WFF      SP5C
7Z1TT       A61BK       HI8K        W2CCW       SN42RP      SP5PG
8Q7AM       IW0HBY      HK0/OZ1AA   OZ1ACB      SN74GETTO   SP5PDB
8Q7QV       UA1QV       HK3TK       F5CWU       SP0A        SP7PTM
8Q7VB       UA4WHX      HK4L        EA5GL       SP0B        SQ7BTY
9G1SD       AB0GC       HZ1SK       IZ8CLM      SP0H        SP7PTM
9K2WARD     9K2RA       II0SOM      IZ0GZW      SP0L        SP7OGP
9M6XRO      M0URX       IK2SGL/OA8  IK2AQZ      SP0U        SP7EY
A25UK       M0OXO       IY0GA       IS0JMA      SU9JG       EA5GL
A41RN       A61BK       IY0IMD      IZ0QPO      SZ3P        SV3CYL
A41ZZ/p     A61BK       IY0ORP      IZ0FVD      T32AZ       KH6QJ
A43ICT      A47RS       IY1SP       I1ANP       TC102GP     TA3AHJ
A60WARD     A61BK       IY4FGM      I4KMW       TC102GS     TA3AHJ
A62A        A61BK       IY5PIS      IW5AOT      TC571SAV    TA3AER
A65DC       IZ8CLM      IY6GM       IK6VXO      TG9/VE7BV   VE7BV
A71AM       M0OXO       IY7M        IZ7XNB      TG9/VE7VZ   VE7BV
A71TA       IZ8CLM      J28PJ       F1TMY       TM0CXX      F6FMT
A91WARD     A92AA       J43TR       SV3DCX      TM160BF     F4GFE
AO1DA       EA1RKA      J68SL       WF2S        TM17CV      F8FZC
AX5PAS      M0OXO       J73GAR      N7RO        TM17PGM     F4FCE
AX7GN       NA5AR [d]   J88PI       GW4DVB      TM5CT       F4HJO
AX7GN       VK7GN [b]   JD1BOW      JA0JHQ      TM92WARD    F6BEE
CE2AWW      N7RO        K3IMD       WK3N        TR8CA       F6CBC
CE2SQE      W3HNK       K3S         K3LU        V31AE       EB7DX
CM7OA       W3HNK       KH2L        W3HNK       V31YB       N4GNR
CN2CL       CT1QP       LX/OO9O     ON7SS       V51DM       N4GNR
CN2DP       CT1CDP      LZ114RF     LZ1YE       V53DX       DO4DXA
CN8KD       EA5XX       LZ120RK     LZ1ZF       V84SMD      IZ1BZV
CO2RQ       EA5IDQ      LZ38GI      LZ1NY       V84SWA      V85TL
CR20MDC     IZ1BZV      LZ72ZZ      LZ1ZF       VK3FY/DU8   M0OXO
CW1GM       CX2ABC      M0RSE       G3SWH       VK3MO       WA9BXB
DM500RT     2E0SDV      MD0REN      DJ6OI       VK5CE/7     VK5CE
DU1UD/8     M0OXO       NP2J        K8RF        XR4S        XQ4NUA
DZ4C        VE7DP       OD5VB       EA5GL       XW4XR       E21EIC
E51DWC      OK1DWC      OE17ATOM    OE1SSU      ZW8T        PS8HF
EF7WRD      EC7ABV      OE17M       OE1WHC      ZY8T        PY4KL
EG2SPA      EA2CJ       OF0KA       OH3KAV      ZZ7ZZ       PR7AR

4M5CW     Scott M. Cronin, 113 Mar Brisa Ct, Satellite Beach FL 32937, USA
9V1KK     Keiji Tamura, 3-7-6 Izumi-dai, Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken, 299-0114,
          Japan
EI1IMD    Gerard Scannell, 3 Kingston Close, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork,
          P67 HR44, Ireland
EI5IMD    Tim McKnight, Gortadrohid, Ringarogy, Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland
EK1915AN  PO Box 22, 0002 Yerevan, Armenia
EK1915RIA PO Box 22, 0002 Yerevan, Armenia
EK1915RL  PO Box 22, 0002 Yerevan, Armenia
EK1915XX  PO Box 22, 0002 Yerevan, Armenia
GW4DVB    Brian Price, PO Box 2020, Llanharan, Pontyclun, CF72 9ZA, United
          Kingdom
HG17EYOF  MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27, 9027,
          Hungary
HP1RCP    Radio Club de Panama, Apartado Postal 0819-11334, Panama, Republic
          of Panama
II3JD     Sezione ARI di Marcon, Ufficio Marcon, Casella Postale 7,
          30020 Marcon VE, Italy
IY1TTM    Associazione Tigullio Torre Marconi, Salita alla Penisola di
          Levante 26/H, 16039 Sestri Levante GE, Italy
IY7GMB    Vincenzo Mangione, Via Eduardo De Filippo 18, 70010 Valenzano BA,
          Italy
KM1CC     Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, Cape Cod National Seashore,
          99 Marconi Site Rd, Wellfleet MA 02667, USA
NN4SA     Marshall Amateur Radio Club, c/o Donald Hediger ES35, Marshall
          Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL 35812, USA
OK6DJ     David Beran, Dolni Kamenice 55, 34562 Holysov, Czech Republic
TG7/KC0W  Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
UA3DX     Nikolay I. Averyanov, Tsvetnoy Bulvar 9-130, pos. Vlasikha,
          Moskovskaya obl., 143010, Russia
VE7DP     Franc Toplak, P.O. Box 209, Cedar BC V9X 1W1, Canada
VK5CE     Craig Edwards, PO Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
VP8VPC    Bob McLeod, 75 Davis Street, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
WA1WCC    WCC Amateur Radio Association, 67 Seymour Rd, Harwich MA 02645,
          USA
ZD7S      Stedson Stroud, Blue Hill, Birdcage Delta, STHL 1ZZ,
          St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean

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            Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed
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          Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
              Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ  (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com)
                      The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays

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

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