11 August 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1423
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 11/08 MU/SP7VC: Guernsey (EU-114) 1421
till 12/08 R25RRA: EU-082 1422
till 12/08 ZA/SP7IDX: Albania 1421
till 14/08 4S7DMG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1421
till 14/08 B0/BI8CKU: Tibet, PRC 1421
till 15/08 A35JLL: Tonga (Tongatapu, OC-049) 1421
till 15/08 JG1RHN/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1419
till 15/08 OH3AD/5: Kirkonmaa Island (EU-140) 1417
till 15/08 ZS9YOTA: Youngsters on the Air (South Africa) 1422
till 17/08 A35RR: Tonga 1422
till 17/08 YB73RI/0-YB73RI/9: special event callsigns 1422
till 20/08 IM0/I0PNM: San Pietro Island (EU-165) 1417
till 24/08 II6CNT: special calsign 1373
till 27/08 OX/W0GPR: Greenland (NA-018) 1422
till 31/08 CY1R: Newfoundland (NA-027) 1422
till 31/08 LZ1146SPS: special callsign 1392
till 31/08 VI50IARU3: special callsign 1410
till 31/08 VI70MI: Australia 1415
till 01/09 9M61MA, 9M61MB, 9M61MC, 9M61MD: West Malaysia 1421
till 01/09 9M61MJ, 9M61MK, 9M61MM, 9M61MN: West Malaysia 1421
till 01/09 9M61MP, 9M61MR, 9M61MT, 9M61MW, 9M61MY: West Malaysia 1421
till 01/09 9M61MQ and 9M61MS: East Malaysia 1421
till 01/09 RI1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019) 1404
till 15/09 4W6VA: Timor Leste (OC-148) 1419
till 30/09 EI0DXG: Ireland (EU-115) 1412
till 20/10 9A6DR/p: Kolocep Island (EU-016) 1423
till 20/10 IB2RT: special callsign 1403
till 31/10 BV50IARU: special callsign 1414
till 31/10 HL50IARU: special callsign 1410
till 31/10 HS50IARU: special callsign 1414
till 13/11 OE100: special prefix 1401
till 31/12 4K100W: special callsign 1400
till 31/12 5W20SAMOA: special callsign (Samoa, OC-097) 1392
till 31/12 9A36W and 9A61AA: special callsigns 1391
till 31/12 DA200FWR: special callsign 1391
till 31/12 DJ70WAE: special callsign 1391
till 31/12 DK200MARX: special callsign 1391
till 31/12 EI100MCV: special callsign 1391
till 31/12 II2RR: special callsign 1398
till 31/12 IR0FOC: special callsign (Sardinia) 1394
till 31/12 LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns 1393
till 31/12 S590RTVS: special callsign 1407
till 31/12 SU9JT: Egypt 1399
till 31/12 YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns 1399
till 31/03 2019 GB100RAF: special callsign 1404
till March 2019 RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421
till March 2019 RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421
till March 2019 VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 1406
11/08-14/08 MJ/SP7VC: Jersey (EU-013) 1421
12/08-19/08 V26NF: Antigua (NA-100) 1422
12/08-20/08 SD6X: Hamneskar Island (EU-043) 1423
13/08-21/08 TX5T: Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands 1419
13/08-10/09 TK/DJ0TP: Corsica (EU-014) 1422
15/08-18/08 D73G: Hachiuja Island (AS-084) 1422
15/08-29/08 OX3LX: Uummannaq Island (NA-134) 1422
16/08-20/08 LR5D: Isla Martin Garcia (SA-055) 1422
16/08-22/08 V31VP: Belize 1423
16/08-26/08 OE23HABC: special callsign 1423
16/08-30/08 A35JLL: Tonga (Vava'u group, OC-064) 1421
17/08-20/08 ZS9V: Robben Island (AF-064) 1419
17/08-27/08 Z68HZ: Kosovo 1423
18/08 N2OB: Long Beach Island (NA-111) 1423
18/08-19/08 F4FET/p: Moutons Island (EU-094) 1423
18/08-19/08 International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 1422
18/08-21/08 YB3MM/8, YB8OUN/8, YC8OBM/8, YD8MGN/8: OC-213 1423
18/08-25/08 OE18BALLON: special callsign 1423
18/08-25/08 OJ0C: Market Reef (EU-053) 1417
18/08-25/08 V47FWX: St Kitts (NA-104) 1423
18/08-26/08 RT65KI: Idlidlya Island (AS-065) 1421
20/08-25/08 K4G: St George Island (NA-085) 1423
20/08-26/08 Z6/IZ5YHD: Kosovo 1423
22/09-27/09 3W9JK/p: Vietnam 1423
23/08-20/09 GB250CC: special callsign (England) 1423
24/08-26/08 EJ0DXG: Bere Island (EU-121) 1412
25/08-27/08 C4II: Agios Georgios Island (AS-120), Cyprus 1423
25/08-31/08 TM64YL: Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) 1423
27/08-31/08 Z3/IZ5YHD: Macedonia 1423
27/08-06/09 SV8/F6HMJ: Ios Island (EU-067) 1423
31/08-03/09 T88PB: Koror (OC-009), Palau 1423
31/08-14/09 A35JLL: Tonga (Ha'apai group, OC-169) 1421
August GB5FWW: special callsign (England) 1389
August II4VOL: special callsign 1391
August JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1403
August KH9/N7NVK: Wake Island (OC-053) 1418
August PF2018HAR: special callsign 1387
August VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
August ZM50MAUQ: special callsign 1404
01/09-10/09 EX0PL: Kyrgyzstan 1415
01/09-30/09 LZ920MLC: special callsign 1392
08/09-22/09 TM40CDXC: special callsign (France) 1419
12/09-01/10 T32AH: Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati 1399
13/09-16/09 EJ0DXG: Inishmore Island (EU-006) 1421
14/09-16/09 TM95KOB: special callsign (France) 1416
15/09-19/09 A35JLL: Tonga (Tongatapu, OC-049) 1421
15/09-22/09 3W9JK: Cham Island (AS-162) 1423
16/09-28/09 3DA0AO: eSwatini (Swaziland) 1419
20/09-06/10 TO6OK: Mayotte (AF-027) 1419
28/09-14/10 5W0GC: Samoa (OC-097) 1407
29/09-06/10 VK9XT: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1417
26/09-10/10 9X0T and 9X0Y: Rwanda 1419
30/09-12/10 C21GJ: Nauru (OC-031) 1413
September GB6GW: special callsign (England) 1389
September II4LNZ: special callsign 1391
September KH9/N7NVK: Wake Island (OC-053) 1418
September PF2018DOK: special callsign 1387
September RI0B: Firnley Islands (AS-054) 1422
September RI0B: Tyrtov Island (AS-121) 1422
September RI0B: Rozmyslov Island (AS-104?) 1422
September RI0B: Nansen Island (AS-104) 1422
September RI0B: Scott-Hansen Islands (AS-068) 1422
September RI0B: Arkticheskogo Instituta Islands (AS-087) 1422
September RI0B: Sibirjakov Island (AS-005) 1422
September VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
01/10-31/10 LZ1545POA: special callsign 1392
02/10-29/10 WH8/DL2AH: Ofu Island (OC-077), American Samoa 1399
05/10-07/10 TM95KOB: special callsign (France) 1416
06/10-16/10 E6Y: Niue (OC-040) 1415
15/10-04/11 YJ0GC: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu 1407
17/10-30/10 VK9XG: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1423
18/10-21/10 YB46SEA: special event station 1411
19/10-29/10 4V7R: Haiti (NA-096) 1423
20/10-03/11 VP6D: Ducie Island (OC-182) 1423
22/10-30/10 XT2SZZ: Burkina Faso 1423
26/10-06/11 Z23MD: Zimbabwe 1411
October GB6FWW: special callsign (England) 1389
October II4OER: special callsign 1391
October PF2018WOR: special callsign 1387
October VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
01/11-30/11 LZ33MM: special callsign 1392
03/11-06/11 VK9XQ: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1405
06/11-10/11 VK9CH: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1405
07/11-14/11 V47FWX: St Kitts (NA-104) 1423
09/11-12/11 TM100ARM: special callsign (France) 1418
10/11-11/11 GB0AD: special callsign (England) 1389
10/11-17/11 VK9XQ: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1405
16/11-18/11 TM95KOB: special callsign (France) 1416
November GB8GW: special callsign (England) 1389
November II4HNR: special callsign 1391
November PF2018STA: special callsign 1387
November VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
01/12-31/12 LZ532PSO: special callsign 1392
December II4FRD: special callsign 1391
December PF2018xxx: special callsigns 1387
December VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
TBA 3D2CR: Conway Reef (OC-112) 1411
TBA 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1418
TBA DX8MAP: Mapun Island (OC-105) 1396
TBA DX8TT: Tawi Tawi (OC-174) 1396
TBA T31T: Central Kiribati (OC-043) 1411
TBA VK6BP/p: Cockatoo Island (OC-071) 1411
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11 August 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1423
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5B - 5B4AIE, DL8JJ, G4PVM and MM0NDX will be active as C4II from Agios
Georgios Island (AS-120) on 25-27 August. They plan to operate CW,
SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres, and possibly on 6m. QSL route to be
announced. [TNX DX World]
9A - Duby, 9A6DR is active again as 9A6DR/p from Kolocep Island (EU-016)
until around 20 October. In his spare time he is QRV on 40, 20, 10
and 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX 9A6DR]
F - Gil, F4FET will be active as F4FET/p from Moutons Island (EU-094)
and lighthouse on 18-19 August. He will operate SSB on 80-17m. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau.
F - A large multinational team of YL operators will be active as TM64YL
from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on 25-31 August. They will operate
SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8. QSL via F4GDI, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF]
F - Jacques, F6HMJ will be active as SV8/F6HMJ from Ios Island (EU-067)
from 27 August to 6 September. He will operate CW and some SSB on
40-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA]
G - GB250CC is a special callsign for the Pontefract and District
Amateur Radio Society to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Captain
James Cook's first scientific voyage of discovery to the Pacific
Ocean (1768-1771). The first activity will take place on 23 August
for 28 days, to mark the sailing of Cook's ship, the "Endeavour",
from Plymouth (25 August 1768). Other activities will follow to
coincide with key moments in the voyage. QSL via LoTW and eQSL;
paper cards go to GB250CC (bureau) or direct to G0BPK.
HH - EA1ACP, EA1DVY, EA7FTR, EB7DX, HH2JR and HH2MK will be active as
4V7R from Haiti (NA-096) on 19-29 October. They will operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via EB7DX. The website for
the operation is on http://lazydxers.com/4v7r/index.html.
OE - Special callsigns OE18BALLON (18-25 August) and OE23HABC (16-26
August) will be active for the 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon
Championship to be held in Gross-Siegharts, Austria.
SM - Baldur, DJ6SI will be active as SD6X on 12-20 August, including
participation in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
from the Pater Noster lighthouse on Hamneskar Island (EU-043). QSL
via home call.
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active again as
T88PB from Koror (OC-009), Palau from 31 August to 3 September.
Main activity will be during the All Asian DX SSB Contest (1-2
September), with some CW (especially on 30m) and possibly FT8
outside the contest. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ.
UA - Mike, UA1QV has postponed his RI1OA expedition to Novaya Zemlya
(EU-035) [425DXN 1422] owing to "serious questions" about the "the
reliability of the vessel". Another attempt will be made later this
year on the yacht "Apostol Andrey" (the same ship that Mike and the
RI0B team will be using for their Artic Legends IOTA DXpedition).
V3 - Victor, WB0TEV will be active again as V31VP from Blackman Eddy in
central Belize on 16-22 August, including participation in the
SARTG WW RTTY Contest and the North American QSO Party SSB (18-19
August). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via WB0TEV (direct or bureau).
[TNX NG3K]
V4 - Gary, G0FWX will be active as V47FWX from St Kitts (NA-104) on
18-25 August, and again on 7-14 November. QSL via M0URX's OQRS and
LoTW. [TNX DX World]
VK9X - Tony G2NF, Nigel G3TXF, Chris G3SVL, David G3WGN and Mike G3WPH
will be active as VK9XG from Christmas Island (OC-002) on 17-30
October. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 DXpedition mode and perhaps
RTTY on 160-10m with four stations. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS
or via G3TXF. See http://www.6gs.org.uk/christmas-island-2018/ for
more information.
W - Members of the Old Barney ARC will be active as N2OB from 'Old
Barney', the Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island (NA-111) on
18 August, from bout 13 UTC to 21 UTC. They will operate SSB and
some CW and FT8 on 40 and 20 metres. QSL VIA N2OO. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Wey, K8EAB will be active again as K4G from St. George Island
(NA-085) on 20-25 August. QSL via Club Log for electronic IOTA
credit (preferred), or direct to K8EAB.
XT - A Slovenian team (S54W, S57L, S58Y, S59ZZ and S50A) will be active
as XT2SZZ from Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso on 22-30 October.
Activity will be on various HF bands and 6 metres. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via S59ZZ.
XV - Jacek, SP5APW will be active as 3W9JK from Cham Island (AS-162) on
15-22 September, and then as 3W9JK/p from Hoi An (mainland Vietnam)
on 22-27 September. He will operate SSB on 20-6 metres. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS, or via SP5APW. [TNX DX World]
YB - Look for YB3MM/8, YB8OUN/8, YC8OBM/8, YD8MGN/8 and possibly others
to be active from Waleakodi Island (OC-213) on 18-21 August. Plans
are to operate mainly CW and FT8 with three stations and a focus on
40, 30 and 20 metres. See qrz.com for QSL information. [TNX
Mediterraneo DX Club]
Z6 - Tev, TA1HZ will be active as Z68HZ from Kosovo on 17-27 August. He
will operate maily SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW (preferred), ordirect
to home call.
BALKAN TOUR ---> Franco, IZ5YHD will be active holiday style as Z6/IZ5YHD
from Kosovo on 20-26 August, and as Z3/IZ5YHD from Macedonia on 27-31
August. He will operate SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home call.
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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 July 2018 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
3B7A ---> Written by Diego, F4HAU, the story of the recent operation from
Saint Brandon (5-17 April) is now available on the DXpedition's website:
http://www.saintbrandondx.com/en/
QSL VE3KTB/VY0 ---> Since the sad news of the passing of VE7IG, QSL cards
for VE3KTB/VY0's activity from Axel Heiberg Island (NA-043, July 2016)
should no longer be requested via that route. New cards are being printed
and will be available via M0OXO's OQRS.
VP6D ---> The VP6D team now includes DJ9RR, HA0NAR, K3EL, K5GS, N6HC, N6WM,
N6XG, PY2PT, UT6UD, W1SRD, W2LK, WA6O, ZL3CW and the newly added DXpedition
veteran Rob Fanfant, N7QT. The Ducie Island 2018 project is on schedule, and
the equipment will soon begin its long journey to New Zealand. See
https://www.vp6d.com/ for complete information.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7A, 3C0W, 3C3W,3V8CB, 6Y5IDX,
EO32U, H40D (OC-179), H40YM, H44R (OC-168), H44R/p (OC-158), H44YM, H91IT
(NA-072), KL7RRC/p (NA-234), UK9AA, V5/DK1CE, VD105A, VD1BOOM, VE2SPEED,
VQ5Z, XF1IM (NA-078), XF2L (NA-221 and NA-224), XV1X.
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