Friday, August 17, 2018

425 DX Group News 18 August 2018

18 August 2018                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1424
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  18/08      D73G: Hachiuja Island (AS-084)                        1422
till  19/08      V26NF: Antigua (NA-100)                               1422
till  20/08      IM0/I0PNM: San Pietro Island (EU-165)                 1417
till  20/08      LR5D: Isla Martin Garcia (SA-055)                     1422
till  20/08      SD6X: Hamneskar Island (EU-043)                       1423
till  20/08      ZS9V: Robben Island (AF-064)                          1419
till  21/08      TX5T: Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands              1419
till  22/08      V31VP: Belize                                         1423
till  24/08      II6CNT: special calsign                               1373
till  26/08      OE23HABC: special callsign                            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  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  10/09      TK/DJ0TP: Corsica (EU-014)                            1422
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  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
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
18/08-19/08      MN0GKL: Rathlin Island (EU-122)                       1424
18/08-19/08      T45FM: Punta Maya lighthouse                          1424
18/08-21/08      YB3MM/8, YB8OUN/8, YC8OBM/8, YD8MGN/8: OC-213         1423
18/08-22/08      DL1AXX/p: Helgoland Island (EU-127)                   1424
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
21/08-29/08      XT2BR: Burkina Faso                                   1424
21/08-01/09      ER/IK1HGE: Moldova                                    1424
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
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
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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18 August 2018                                            A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1424

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

CE0Y   - Otis, NP4G will be active holiday style as  CE0Y/NP4G  from  Easter
         Island (SA-001)  on  26-29 August.  He will operate CW  and  FT8 on
         40-10 metres.  Announced "Fox & Hound"  FT8 frequencies are:  7056,
         10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz. QSL via LoTW. [TNX
         NG3K]
CO     - Once again special station T45FM will be QRV from the lighthouse at
         Punta Maya during the  International  Lighthouse/Lightship  Weekend
         (ILLW) on 18-19 August. Expect activity on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and
         FT8. QSL via RW6HS. [TNX RW6HS]
DL     - Sebastian, DL1AXX will be active as DL1AXX/p from  Helgoland Island
         (EU-127) on 18-22 August.  He will operate  mainly CW.  QSL via the
         bureau.
ER     - Roberto, IK1HGE will be active as ER/IK1HGE from Nisporeni, Moldova
         from 21 August to 1 September. He will operate mainly SSB on  80-10
         metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1DQS]
F      - Reg, G3WPF will be active as TM100HAB from 23 August to 4 September
         to commemorate  100 years since  the liberation of t he  village of
         Hardecourt-aux-Bois in the Departement de la Somme during World War
         I (28 August 1918). Operation will be on 160-6 metres CW  with some
         SSB. QSL via LoTW or Club Log's OQRS. [TNX G3WPF]
GI     - The Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club will  be  active as  MN0GKL  from
         Rathlin Island  (EU-122)  on  18-19 August  for  the  International
         Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend.  They will  be QRV  on the  HF bands,
         plus VHF and UHF. QSL via the bureau or eQSL.
OK & OM- OL100CSR from the  Czech Republic  and  OM100CSR  from  the  Slovak
         Republic are two special  event  callsigns commemorating the  100th
         anniversary of the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic (CSR)
         until 31 October.  The activity is organized jointly by  the  Czech
         Radio Club and the  Slovak Amateur Radio Association.  QSL OL100CSR
         via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS; traditional cards via  the bureau  or
         direct to OK1MP; QSL OM100CSR via Club Log's OQRS or via OM2FY. See
         http://www.100csr.eu/ for the award  available  for  working  these
         stations.
XT     - Al, F8FUA will be active as XT2BR from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on
         21-29 August. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8.  QSL via LoTW,
         or via  home call  (direct or bureau).  Al  was QRV as  XT2BR  from
         November 1983  until  June 1986.  Those  old logs are lost,  except
         about 4300 QSOs which will be uploaded to LoTW  along with  the new
         ones.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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4U1UN ---> "We're one step  closer to being  back on the air",  James Sarte,
K2QI (President of the  United Nations ARC, http://www.4u1un.net) posted  to
Facebook on 16 August. "As some may know, Dmitri Zhikharev RA9USU along with
Adrian Ciuperca KO8SCA have been  working with me  behind the scenes  to get
the station  operational again.  Through the generous donations  of Dima and
his associates (notably Ed Kritsky NT2X), we were able to get a rack mounted
K3,  Acom 2000  linear  amplifier, and  associated  network-enabled  control
hardware. We were also granted another K3 to act as  a  remote head  from SK
Tony N2UN via his widow, and delivered to us by Andrew Bodony K2LE. Finally,
Adrian has been doing a lot of behind-the-scenes networking and legwork with
his counterparts to help get things done from within the United Nations.
Yesterday represents an additional milestone for the club as Adrian (who did
most of the work) and I, finally erected a brand new  SteppIR BigIR vertical
antenna on the Secretariat's roof.  All that remains is to connect  and  lay
the ground  radials,  fine-tune  the  rack  mounted devices, and  setup  and
configure the remote K3. Once done and after almost a decade off-air, we can
finally call CQ 20 de 4U1UN".
"With regards  to remote",  K2QI  explained  in late July to  DX World  (see
https://dx-world.net/whats-the-issue-with-4u1un/), "the operators will still
be inside the UN proper.  Just now, everything will be done by  IP where the
control heads are located on the first floor and the transceiver on the 41st
floor  to minimize coax length to the antennas. There will be no true remote
operations of the station from outside  the compound as dictated by  current
UN network security protocols".

FT8 OPERATING GUIDE ---> Gary, ZL2IFB  has updated his "FT8 Operating Guide"
(Version 1.20), a collection of "tips, pragmatic suggestions aimed at making
FT8 easier and more effective to use on the HF bands": http://www.g4ifb.com/

NCDXF --- > The Northern California DX Foundation has announced the addition
of two new members to the Board: Rich Seifert (KE1B) and  Lee Finkel (KY7M).
Both "have strong technical  and legal backgrounds,  and years of DXpedition
experience, which will serve  them well as members  of the  NCDXF leadership
team".  The Board of  Directors  now includes  K6MM (President),  AA7A (Vice
President), W0GJ (Secretary),  N1DG (Treasurer), AA7JV, K6GFJ,  K6TD,  K9CT,
KE1B, KY7M and ND2T (Directors).  The primary  purpose of NCDXF is  to  help
fund well-organized DXpeditions to rare, difficult  and expensive  entities.
See http://www.ncdxf.org for complete information.

RI1FJ ---> Evgenij, UA4RX ended his 12-month assignment at the Ernst Krenkel
Observatory on  Heiss Island (EU-019),  Franz Josef Land  on 10 August.  The
RI1FJ station has been dismantled, and regrettably the 2018-19 team does not
include amateur radio operators. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to
RW2F  (ex UA2FM):  Victor  N.  Loginov,  P.O. Box 73,  Kaliningrad,  236022,
Russia.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
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3B8CW       NI5DX       D73G        HL4CEL      LM90HQ      LA5YJ
3B9FR       M0OXO       DK0WCA      DF2DD       LR5D        LU4AA
3V8CB       LX1NO       DM900ZWI    DM5JBN      LY765KM     LY3X
4L2M        EA7FTR      DU1IST      JA1HGY      MX0SNB      G3SVK
4L8A        K1BV        DU3LA       W3HNK       OD5TX       W4JS
4S7DMG      SP9DLM      E725ZRHB    E73Y        OE23HABC    OE3PFS
5B4AGN      M0URX       EA7KFE      OZ1ACB      OG60F       OH1NOA
5B4AMX      LZ3SM       EA9KB       EA7FTR      OH0JV       DL7RV
5E5AM       EA7FTR      ED2FPA      EA2RCA      OL100CSR    OK1MP
5P9O        DK2DO       EG17PAZ     EA2RCH      OM100CSR    OM2FY
5R8UI       IZ8CCW      EG7FPM      EA7RCM      OP18A       ON7LU
5W1SA       JA1DXA      EH3FPT      EA3RCY      OP18L       ON5VL
6W1SU       M0URX       EH3UAB      EB3GCP      PF18NAWAKA/J PA5UL
7S5A        SM4DDS      EI100MCV    EI6AL       PI40FL      PA3HEB
7X2ET       M0NPT       EM0KHNO     UT4UMZ      PJ2MAN      EC5AHA
8S8ODEN     SA2LLL      EN90L       UT8LN       PJ7TM       K2GSJ
9G1SD       AB0GC       EO90L       UR5LCV      R100WWS     RV3YR
9G5AR       N4GNR       EX0DX       HB9DUR      R105WWS     RV3YR
9H3TG       DO8TIG      FG8OJ       F4AVX       R1943KB     RW3WW
9M2CNC      G4ZFE       FK8CE       NI5DX       R25RLHA     RZ3EC
9M2TO       JA0DMV      FK8DD       NI5DX       RA0AY       RW6HS
9M61MB      9M4CHS      FK8GX       W3HNK       RI1FJ       RW2F
9M61MD      9M2ZOL      FM5FJ       KU9C        RO75NN      R2EA
9M61MN      9W2ONK      FM5WD       W3HNK       RO75O       R2EA
9M61MP      9W2EYR      GD8GNI      G8GNI       SE7M        SM7GUY
9M61MW      9M4COK      GX3WIM      G4WYJ       SV8/OK1FFU  OM2FY
9M61MY      9M2OOO      HA60NU      HA3NU       T45FM       RW6HS
9X9PJ       N4GNR       HC2AO       RC5A        TC7YLH      YM7KK
A60YOZ      A61BK       HF40CUF     SP4CUF      TF1A        EB7DX
A61FK       A61BK       HF800W      SQ6LIG      TM0BSM      DK5OPA
A62A        A61BK       HG480UD     HA0NAR      TM5SE       F4KJP
A65FU       IZ0GYP      HG60KCI     HA8KCI      TM74IDL     F5KKD
A75GR       M0OXO       HH2JR       W3HNK       TR8CA       F6CBC
A91YOZ      A92AA       HH2MK       EB7DX       TX5T        M0URX
CN2PK       DK6KT       HH70A       W3HNK       V31VP       WB0TEV
CN8KD       EA5XX       HK3C        M0URX       VP2ETE      W3HNK
CN8SG       EA7FTR      HK4L        EA5GL       VP9I        WW3S
CP6CL       W3HNK       HS0ZMS      HB9MUQ      YL44WFF     YL2SW
CS5DFG      CS5NRA      JY5HX       E73Y        YT600WCA    YU1CA
CS5SUB      CS5NRA      JY5MM       IK2DUW      YU85AOP     YU7AOP
D4C         IK2NCJ      LA/CT1BWW   CT1BWW [d]  Z21MH       IZ0EGA
D4Z         IK2NCJ      LA/CT1BWW   EA4URE [b]  ZS6RAS      EA5GL

9L1YXJ   Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
9M4DXX   Tex Izumo, 827 Nakanojou, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken, 386-0034, Japan
9M61MK   Kelab Radio Amatur Kota Setar, 189 Desa Seraya Jalan Lencong Barat,
         05400 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
9M61MM   Jalur Selatan Radio Amatur Melaka, JB 9708 Jalan BH 4,
         Taman Bemban Height, 77200 Bemban, Melaka, Malaysia
9M61MT   Pemancar Terengganu, Lot 7263, Jalan Paya, Kampung Telok Ketapang,
         21300 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
A35RR    Roly J. Runciman, 18 Lansell Drive, East Tamaki Heights,
         Auckland 2016, New Zealand
CY1R     Christopher Hillier, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
         NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
EG8HKT   Radio Club Islas Canarias, Apartado Postal 178, 38200 La Laguna
         (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Spain
F6CBC    Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
FY5KE    Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
         France
HC1HC/8  Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg MI 48139-0616, USA
M0URX    Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom
N4GNR    Dan Cisson, 12 Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577, USA
RW2F     Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 73, Kaliningrad, 236022, Russia
XU7AEX   Rene Camus, Pavillon Terres Rouges, Chemin des Terres Rouges,
         91120 Palaiseau, France
YJ0CA    Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZY159CAT Adriano Gomes, Caixa Postal 182, Catalao - GO, 75701-970, Brazil

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            Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed
                        in part or full provided that
               "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit

          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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