25 August 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1425
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B8 - Hans, PA3HGT will be active again as 3B8/PA3HGT from Mauritius
(AF-049) on 4-24 September. He will operate SSB and possibly some
digital mode on 40, 20 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX DX World]
7Q - Alex, IW5ELA will operate mainly CW as 7Q7ELA on 17-26 September.
It will be a "suitcase operation" while touring Malawi. All QSOs
will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Logsearch on Club
Log.
CE - XR208A, XR208B, XR208C and XR208D are the special callsigns for the
Discolo DX Group (http://discolodxgroup.cl/) to celebrate the 208th
anniversary of the First Government Junta. Established on 18
September 1810, it proclaimed Chile an autonomous republic within
the Spanish monarchy, and w as the earliest step in the Chilean
struggle for independence. They will operate SSB, PSK31 and FT8 on
the HF bands on 1-30 September. All QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via the bureau.
EA9 - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as EA9/W1XGI from Melilla on 16-22
October. He will operate mainly CW and FT8 on various HF bands. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via JA1XGI. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
F - Philippe, F5PTA will be active as TM70ONU from Lyon (France)
between 1 September and 27 December. The special callsign is in
celebration of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General
Assembly's adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (10 December 1948). QSL via eQSL only.
FG - Laci, HA0NAR will be active as FG/HG0R from Guadeloupe (NA-102)
from 27 August to 7 September. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on
160-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or via home call. [TNX DX
World]
HB0 - Look for Tina, HB0/DL5YL and Fred, HB0/DL5YM to be active once
again from Masescha, Liechtenstein from 20 September to 6 October.
They will operate CW, some SSB and RTTY during the CQ WW DX RTTY
Contest. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ/JD1 has been on Minami Torishima [425DXN 1403] since
17 May, and will remain there until 6 September (later than
expected). In his spare time he operates CW on 17 and 15 metres.
QSL via JA8CJY [(direct) or via JG8NQJ (bureau).
JW - Torsten, DL4APJ (digital modes and SSB) and Peter, DJ2AX (CW and
SSB) will be active as JW/DL4APJ and JW/DJ2AX from the JW5E club
station in Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 20-25 September. QSL
via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KH2 - After atteding this weekend's JARL Ham Fair in Tokyo, Martti OH2BH
will be active as AH3D/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) from 28 August to 3
September. He plans to participate in the All Asian DX Contest with
"another slick contest call" to be announced. QSL via OH2BH. [TNX
N7NG]
OZ - Maarten PD2R (OV2T), Jan PA7JWC (5Q7DX), Wino PA0ABM and Sven
PA1SVM will be active from Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171) on 14-21
September. They will operate SSB and CW on 40-6 metres with two
stations. QSL 5Q7DX v ia PA7JWC (bureau preferred) or LOTW;
logsearch on Club Log. QSL OV2T via PA0ABM or LoTW; logsearch and
OQRS on Club Log.
SV5 - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active again as SV5/HB9OAU from Karpathos,
Dodecanese (EU-001) on 8-20 September. He will operate SSB and FT8
on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call (direct or bureau), LoTW and
eQSL; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX DX World]
TA - Ankara Youth Contest Team's members Golkem, TA7AZC and Furkan,
TA7AOF will be active as TC2F between 29 August and 4 September,
Including participation in the All Asian DX SSB Contest (1-2
September). QSL via LoTW, direct or by the bureau. [TNX NG3K]
TT - Ken, LA7GIA will be active as TT8KO from N'Djamena, Chad on 9-21
October. He will operate CW and maybe some SSB on 160-10 metres.
More information is expected in due course.
VK - 22 September 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the first wireless
transmission between Australia and the United Kingdom. Messages
were transmitted from the Marconi station at Waunfawr (Wales) and
were received by Ernest Fisk at Wahroonga (Sydney). As part of the
Centenary celebrations, the Wireless Institute of Australia will
hold an on-air event that will run on 1-30 September. State and
Territory special callsigns VI#MARCONI will be active on a roster
basis. In addition, the Hornsby and Districts Amateur Radio Club
will be active as VK100MARCONI. Complete information can be found
on http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/marconi100/about/.
W - Organized by the Citrus Belt ARC, the 19th annual Route 66 On The
Air special event celebrates the historic US Highway 66. Twenty-one
amateur radio stations using 1x1 callsigns (from W6A through W6U)
will operate from cities along the "Mother Road" on 8-16 September.
See http://w6jbt.org/ for information about the event and QSL
routes.
ZA - A large team of operators from Albania, Austria and Slovenia will
be active as ZA5V from Lake Shkodra (JN92rd) on 1-12 October. They
will be QRV on 6 and 2 metres EME, as well on 80-10 metres "all
modes". QSL via OE6FNG.
ZL7 - Shige JH1GNU, Kaz JH1HRJ and Tack JE1SCJ will be active as ZL7X
from the Chatham Islands (OC-038) on 16-22 October. They will
operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-10 metres. Announced frequencies for
"Fox & Hound" FT8 are 3563, 7060, 10140, 14095, 18105, 21095, 24920
and 28095 kHz. More information on https://www.qrz.com/db/zl7x. QSL
via LoTW and eQSL; traditional cards via JA0VSH, direct or bureau.
Logsearch on Club Log.
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4U1UN ---> On 22 August Adrian, KO8SCA completed the installation of the
antenna on the roof of the United Nations HQ building in New York City. He
was able "to put 4U1UN on the air from the 41st floor to run some tests at
the barefoot levels. He managed to work about 50 stations on 14.240 MHz
between about 1615Z and 1645Z. In the future he hopes to be able to get the
amplifier online and remote the station down to the third floor. This new
location will make it easier for guest operators to activate the 4U1UN
station". QSL via LoTW, or via HB9BOU (direct or bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
RI0B ---> Along all the way from Arkhangelsk to Cape Chelyuskin and back,
the RI0B team will be signing RT9K/mm while sailing on the yacht "Apostol
Andrey" (whose worldwide-famous skipper, Nikolay Litau, is an amateur radio
operator himself, R3CN). Three operators (UA9KDF, UA9LDD and UA1QV) will
leave Arkhangelsk on 25-26 August. They will meet the rest of the team
(RW0BG and UA0BA) at Dikson on 5 September, and then proceed immediately to
the Firnley Islands (AS-054). On their way back they will stop and be QRV
from other five IOTA groups: AS-121, AS-104, AS-068, AS-087 and AS-005.
Owing to the long route and unpredicatble weather conditions, it is not
possible to announce the actual dates of island activity. Read the latest
news on http://legendsarctic.com/novosti as well as the DXpedition's diary
on http://legendsarctic.com/dnevnik_ekspedicii_ri0b.
YASME ---> The Yasme Foundation (http://www.yasme.org/) has announced the
election of Marty Woll, N6VI as the newest Foundation Director. The Board of
Directors now includes N0AX (President), K4ZW (Vice-President and Interim
Secretary), W6OAT (Treasurer), PB2T, OH2BH, K3ZO, W6RGG and N6VI
(Directors). The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized
to support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in
developing countries.
+ SILENT KEYS + Marek Bobowski, SP8CUW died tragically of electrocution on
18 August, while working on his contest station. He was the driving force
behind the SN8B Contest Team, and a team member of SN0HQ. Also reported SK
is Witold "Wit" Marchewka, SP6WM who passed away on 21 August. Licenced
since 1952, he was "a mentor and one of the pioneers of amateur radio in
Lower Silesia", SQ6IYV says.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C0W, 3C3W,3G9JA, 4B4B (NA-030),
5C5AF (AF-065), 9A1WFF (EU-136), 9A90P (EU-090), 9X9PJ, C8X (AF-061),
CP9/DF7NX, CR3DX, DK80FOC, DU1IST, E51AND, EJ7NET, FJ/W9DR, H40D (OC-179),
H44R (OC-168), H44R/p (OC-158), JD1BMH (AS-031), JY4CI, KL7RRC/p (NA-234),
KP2/K3TEJ, LX1JX, LX2A, RI1ANU, RI1FJM, S01WS, S9ZZ, SV2ASP/A, SV5/DJ7RJ,
TK5AE, TK5MH, UK8FF, VE1FA/KL (NA-121), VE8TA, VK5CE/6, VK5CE/p, VK9X/PE7T,
VO1SIX, VP9KF, VY0ERC (NA-008), XP3A, YB8BMW/p (OC-242), YB8HZ/p (OC-242),
Z68M, ZS9Z, ZZ18FWC.
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25 August 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1425
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 25/08 K4G: St George Island (NA-085) 1423
till 25/08 OE18BALLON: special callsign 1423
till 25/08 OJ0C: Market Reef (EU-053) 1417
till 25/08 V47FWX: St Kitts (NA-104) 1423
till 26/08 EJ0DXG: Bere Island (EU-121) 1412
till 26/08 OE23HABC: special callsign 1423
till 26/08 RT65KI: Idlidlya Island (AS-065) 1421
till 26/08 Z6/IZ5YHD: Kosovo 1423
till 27/08 OX/W0GPR: Greenland (NA-018) 1422
till 27/08 Z68HZ: Kosovo 1423
till 29/08 OX3LX: Uummannaq Island (NA-134) 1422
till 29/08 XT2BR: Burkina Faso 1424
till 30/08 A35JLL: Tonga (Vava'u group, OC-064) 1421
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 ER/IK1HGE: Moldova 1424
till 04/09 TM100HAB: special callsign (France) 1424
till 06/09 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1425
till 10/09 TK/DJ0TP: Corsica (EU-014) 1422
till 15/09 4W6VA: Timor Leste (OC-148) 1419
till 20/09 GB250CC: special callsign (England) 1423
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 31/10 OL100CSR: special event callsign 1424
till 31/10 OM100CSR: special event callsign 1424
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
25/08-26/08 C4II: Agios Georgios Island (AS-120), Cyprus 1423
25/08-31/08 TM64YL: Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) 1423
26/08-29/08 CE0Y/NP4G: Easter Island (SA-001) 1424
27/08-31/08 Z3/IZ5YHD: Macedonia 1423
27/08-06/09 SV8/F6HMJ: Ios Island (EU-067) 1423
27/08-07/09 FG/HG0R: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1425
28/08-03/09 AH3D/KH2: Guam (OC-026) 1425
29/08-04/09 TC2F: Turkey 1425
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 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
01/09-30/09 VI#MARCONI: special callsigns 1425
01/09-30/09 XR208A, XR208B, XR208C, XR208D: special callsigns 1425
01/09-27/12 TM70ONU: special callsign (France) 1425
04/09-24/09 3B8/PA3HGT: Mauritius (AF-049) 1425
08/09-16/09 W6A-W6U: Route 66 On The Air special event 1425
08/09-20/09 SV5/HB9OAU: Dodecanese (EU-001) 1425
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
14/09-21/09 OV2T and 5Q7DX: Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171) 1425
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
17/09-26/09 7Q7ELA: Malawi 1425
20/09-25/09 JW/DL4APJ and JW/DJ2AX: Svalbard (EU-026) 1425
20/09-06/10 HB0/DL5YL and HB0/DL5YM: Liechtenstein 1425
20/09-06/10 TO6OK: Mayotte (AF-027) 1419
22/09-27/09 3W9JK/p: Vietnam 1423
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) 1425
September RI0B: Tyrtov Island (AS-121) 1425
September RI0B: Rozmyslov Island (AS-104?) 1425
September RI0B: Nansen Island (AS-104) 1425
September RI0B: Scott-Hansen Islands (AS-068) 1425
September RI0B: Arkticheskogo Instituta Islands (AS-087) 1425
September RI0B: Sibirjakov Island (AS-005) 1425
September VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
01/10-12/10 ZA5V: Albania 1425
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
09/10-21/10 TT8KO: Chad 1425
15/10-04/11 YJ0GC: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu 1407
16/10-22/10 EA9/W1XGI: Melilla 1425
16/10-22/10 ZL7X: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 1425
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 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1418
TBA DX8MAP: Mapun Island (OC-105) 1396
TBA DX8TT: Tawi Tawi (OC-174) 1396
TBA VK6BP/p: Cockatoo Island (OC-071) 1411
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