Friday, June 23, 2017

425 DX Group DX INFO 24 June 2017

24 June 2017                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1364
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

8Q     - John, G4IRN will be active holiday style as 8Q7RN from the Maldives
         (AS-013) from  26 June  to 6 July.  He will  operate  CW only, most
         likely on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via G4IRN, Club Log's OQRS  and
         LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
CP     - Once again Antonio, EA5RM will be  working  on  a  non-governmental
         organization's project in Bolivia between 28 June and 14 August. He
         will be operate SSB and digital modes as CP1XRM. QSL  via  LoTW  or
         direct to EA5RM. [TNX DX Coffee]
CT7    - Colin/CT7ACG, Cliff/CT7ANG, David/G3UNA,  Charlie/GI4FUE  and  Rob/
         M0KPD will participate in  the IOTA Contest  as CR5CW from  Ilha da
         Culatra (EU-145).  They  will operate CW and SSB and will  run  two
         stations. If conditions allow, they will be QRV  also  on  6 metres
         with a third station. QSL via CT7ACG and LoTW.
CT8    - Antonio/CU8AS, Hermann/CU8FN (HB9CRV), Siggi/DL2HYH and Lutz/DL8MLD
         will participate in the IOTA Contest as CR2V  from  Ilha das Flores
         (EU-089), Azores. QSL via HB9CRV and LoTW.  They plan to  "activate
         some summits" before and after the contest. [TNX NG3K]
G      - On 25 June the Cray Valley Radio Society will be  active  as  GB2CM
         from the Crossness Museum in London for  the  International Museums
         Weekend (http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/).  Details can be
         found on qrz.com. QSL via G4DFI [TNX M0MCV]
HH     - Chris, W3CMP and Dale, N3BNA will be visiting Haiti from 27 June to
         6 July. In their spare time they  will  QRV as  4V1G  with a "major
         focus" on 6 and 4 metres. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX The Daily DX]
I      - Michele, IZ2FME will operate CW only  as II2FIST from  1 July to 31
         December to celebrate the  30th anniversary of  the FISTS Club, the
         International  Morse  Preservation Society  (https://fists.co.uk/).
         QSL via IZ2FME, direct or bureau, and possibly LoTW. [TNX IZ2FME]
JA     - Taka, JA8COE will  be  active  as  JA8COE/8  from  Yagishiri Island
         (AS-147)  on 23-25 June.  QSL via home call, direct  or bureau, and
         OQRS on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OM     - Special callsign OM2017WYAC will be active  from  26 June to 9 July
         for the first World Youth ARDF Championships  that will be held  in
         Tucianske  Teplice,  Slovakia  (http://wyac2017.rob.sk/).  QSL  via
         OM3CND.
SV9    - Ron, WB2GAI will be active as SV9/WB2GAI/p from Crete (EU-015) from
         2 July to 29 September. He will operate CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via
         home call. Neither LoTW nor Club Log  will be used.  [TNX The Daily
         DX]
T8     - JR1FKR as T88TJ and JH1MLO as T88HR will be  active  holiday  style
         from Koror (OC-009), Palau  between  28 June and 2 July.  They will
         operate SSB and RTTY on 80-6 metres.  QSL via home calls, bureau or
         direct; they do not use LoTW.
UA     - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is  running  until 31
         December. Special callsigns to be active next month are R1451M (01-
         10 July),  R1591M (11-20 July)  and  R1521M (21-31 July).  Detailed
         information on the event and the award  programme  can be found  at
         https://www.moscow870.com/.
V6     - The V6J team [425DXN 1362] is currently  on Pohnpei  (V63GF, V63GJ,
         V63SS,  V63YL)  and  their ship to Mwokil Island (OC-226) has  been
         delayed. They now expect to be active from Mwokil from 28 June to 2
         July.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or  direct only  to JP3AYQ. [TNX DX
         World]
VK     - Special callsign VI4ALARA will  be  in  use  between  1 July and 30
         September  to  promote  the   Australian   Ladies   Amateur   Radio
         Association's ALARAMeet that will  be  held  in  Cairns, Queensland
         (http://alara.org.au). QSL via operator's instructions.
VR     - Commemorating  the  20th anniversary  of Hong Kong's  reunification
         with China, Hong Kong licensed radio  amateurs  are allowed  to use
         the  special  prefix  VR20 (Victor Romeo Two Zero) on  a  voluntary
         basis from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

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

5N7ATI/4 ---> Uli, 5N7ATI (DL7ATI) was briefly active as 5N7ATI/4 from Bonny
Island (AF-076) on 20 June. QSL via DF8DX.

DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL Awards Branch has approved the following  operations
for DXCC Credit:  5A5A (Libya, April 2017)  and  VU4YC (Andaman Islands, May
2017).

QSL A91HI ---> Effective 20 June, the QSL management for the  activation  of
Hawar Island (AS-202,  27 April-1 May 2016) has  been transferred  to A92AA.
[TNX M0OXO]

QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Joe, G3MRC became a  Silent Key in  early  May 2017,  and
Phil, G3SWH has obtained  from Joe's widow copies of the logs and a quantity
of blank cards for each  of the  following callsigns: 5X1P,  7Q7BP,  7Q7FOC,
9Q5MRC, 9U5MRC, C91MR, C93MR, C96MR, C97MR, G3MRC, VK8CP and Z38/G3MRC.  The
logs had all been previously uploaded to LoTW by Joe, but have now also been
uploaded to http://www.g3swh.org.uk, where there are log  search  facilities
for each call.
Joe's RSGB membership lapsed at the time of his passing.  Therefore, Phil is
unable to process or respond  to any bureau  QSL requests whatsoever  as the
RSGB  QSL  bureau  will  not  to  forward  outgoing  cards for  non members.
Consequently, paper QSLs for this stations  are only  available direct  with
adequate return or via the OQRS on Phil's website above. [TNX G3SWH]

VENEZUELAN INDEPENDENCE CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the Radio Club Venezolano,
the  57th  Concurso  Independencia  de  Venezuela  (Venezuelan  Independence
Contest) will be held on  1 July (from 00.00 UTC  to 23.59 UTC) on  160, 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and PSK.  Complete information can be found
on http://yv5rcv.org/reglasindep.aspx.

WRTC 2018 ---> The WRTC 2018 Organizing Committee, host  of  the  2018 World
Radiosport  Team  Championship  (WRTC)  in Germany, has announced  that  the
application process for individuals that would  like to participate in  WRTC
2018 as a Team Leader is now open.
Applications must be submitted no later than 15 August 2017. The Team Leader
qualification formula consists of  12 scores  selected  from  32  qualifying
events between February 2015 and November 2016.  A total of 63  Team Leaders
will be selected from the  top  qualifiers  in 29 regions  from  around  the
world. Each Team Leader then selects his/her teammate for the competition.
In addition to the regional qualifying, there are also three slots dedicated
to contest teams with both members less than 25 years old before  July 2018.
Those interested in being considered for the Youth Team must follow the Team
Leader application process. Complete details can be  found on the  WRTC 2018
website (http://wrtc2018.de).  Announcement of the Team Leaders is scheduled
by the beginning of September.

WRTC 2018 ---> In preparation for WRTC 2018, the second  WRTC test  day will
take place on 23-25 June in Jessen and  surrounding area.  The focus will be
on testing logistics and training  the support teams.  Nearly 100 volunteers
are coming from all over Germany to build the  fifteen stations.  After each
site is  set up, radio  operation  is planned.  This is mainly  to test  the
online scoreboard system and as publicity for WRTC 2018.
The 15 test session stations  (with their specially assigned  DOKs) will be:
DA0T (WTT01), DF5A (WTT03), DM3W (WTT05), DM4X (WTT06),  DM5A (WTT07),  DM5D
(WTT08),  DP4B (WTT09),  DP4D (WTT10),  DP5E  (WTT11),  DP6T  (WTT12),  DP9A
(WTT04), DR1X (WTT13), DR3W (WTT02), DR5L (WTT14) and DR5W (WTT15).
A special diploma for working  the  test  stations will  be  available;  see
http://wrtc2018.de for the details.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8IK       N4GNR       FT3YL       F6KPQ       R17MEX      RW1F
3W1T        RW6HS       GB0FP       G1TDN       R17NZL      R9XC
3W9A        JA6QGF      GB0HMG      G0AGO       R17PRT      R6DG
3W9W        JA1WBW      GB1BAF      2W0DSP      R17RUS      RQ7L
3Z0LH       SP1DPA      GB2MOF      GM4UYZ      R1945M      RK3AW
3Z560SC     SP7KMX      GJ4FOC      G3SWH       R1963VT     RO3M
4E1A        9V1KG       GS2MP       N3SL        R2017SS     RW3WWW
4E1ADW      9V1KG       HF0DAG      SP2PBM      R80PSP      UA3QII
4L5P        UT7QF       HF0H        SP9KGC      RI0FI       UA0FAM
4L8A        K1BV        HF100F      SQ5M        SB7S        SM7PXS
5N7ATI/4    DF8DX       HF100HRW    SP3PGS      SJ9WL       LA7TIA
6Y5XN       KG4ZXN      HF1CHO      SP1KZE      SN10SSR     SP7SSR
8P2K        KU9C        HF23BSC     SQ6DGB      T88HY       JL1HYH
9H3ND       DF4WX       HF67CES     SP6CES      T88MK       JO3LVG
9M2CNC      G4ZFE       HF70OSP     SQ6BOR      T88NC       JI6NCY
A25TVB      N4GNR       HF79TG      SP5PPK      T88RR       JA6UBY
AT3T        VU2PTT      HF90TM      SP9KAT      T88VV       JH6DUL
C6ACC       K8CC        HH2AA       NR6M        TM100BS     F5KOU
C6ALY       K6KLY       HI3A        W2CCW       TM160BF     F4GFE
CE2SQE      W3HNK       HI3K        KB2MS       TM17BTB     F4HRR
CO6HLP      IZ1DSH      HK1MW       N2OO        TM17USA     F6COW
CO6RD       EA5GL       J28ND       S57DX       TM40LU      F6CKE
CO8LY       EA7ADH      J42T        SV2DCD      TM44RT      F5KBB
CP5HK       EA5IDQ      J68GD       K9AW        TM5BDG      F6COW
CT7ANG      G0MMI       KH0R/KH2    JE6DND      TM62GREF    F4HRI
DL/ON4IPA   ON6ZV       LG5LG       LA7TIA      TM8FDA      F4KJP
DL/OO6P     ON6ZV       MX0SNB      M1GEO       TX5EG       F6BCW
DL0DFF      DL3HBZ      OH0Z        W0MM        UE08F       UF2F
DU6/JA1PBV  JA1PBV      OX3LX       OZ0J        V31MA       M0OXO
DZ1ONH      JJ2ONH      OY1OF       M0URX       V31PS       M0SDV
E2A         E21EIC      P3X         UT5UDX      V63YL       JP3AYQ
EA9EU       EA5KB       PG400TH     PA3ETC      VK9MAV      RN3RQ  [b]
ED1RLE      EA1RLE      R110FDU     UA2FDU      VK9MAV      VK5MAV [d]
EH4MCG      EA4DCU      R1608M      RK3AW       VP2EIH      KD4SLM
ES0UG/4     DL3BQA      R17CHL      UA6YW       YR32A       YO8AXP
FM5DN       KU9C        R17CMR      K2PF        YU180SB     YU1KN
FR4PV       F1UIJ       R17CUP      R4AS        Z68PM       S57PM
FR5FC       EA7FTR      R17DEU      RX1CQ       ZF2BR       AF2BR

4JF1EU   Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
F6BCW    Didier Cadot, 17 Grande Rue, 71460 Genouilly, France
G3SWH    Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol,
         BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom
JA1PBV   Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 315-0042, Japan
VK5MAV   Andrey Mikaylov, 249 Brodie Road, Morphett Vale SA 5162, Australia

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                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
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