Friday, September 7, 2018

425 DX Group 8 Sept 2018

8 September 2018                                         A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1427
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  10/09      TK/DJ0TP: Corsica (EU-014)                            1422
till  14/09      A35JLL: Tonga (Ha'apai group, OC-169)                 1421
till  14/09      A5A: Bhutan                                           1426
till  15/09      4W6VA: Timor Leste (OC-148)                           1419
till  15/09      EX3NOMAD and EX3WNG: special callsigns                1426
till  17/09      J68HZ: St Lucia (NA-108)                              1427
till  18/09      FY/DL5FAB: French Guiana                              1426
till  20/09      GB250CC: special callsign (England)                   1423
till  24/09      3B8/PA3HGT: Mauritius (AF-049)                        1425
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      HA1973BA: special callsign                            1427
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
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
01/09-11/11      SN100ID, SN100IP, SN100JH: special callsigns          1426
01/09-11/11      SN100JP, SN100L, SN100PS: special callsigns           1426
01/09-11/11      SN100PW, SN100RB, SN100RD, SN100S: special callsigns  1426
01/09-27/12      TM70ONU: special callsign (France)                    1425
08/09-15/09      PJ7/K5SL: Sint Maarten (NA-105)                       1427
08/09-16/09      W6A-W6U: Route 66 On The Air special event            1425
08/09-17/09      V26K: Antigua (NA-100)                                1427
08/09-20/09      SV5/HB9OAU: Dodecanese (EU-001)                       1425
08/09-21/09      EA6/G8GNI: Balearic Islands (EU-004)                  1427
08/09-22/09      TM40CDXC: special callsign (France)                   1419
09/09-15/09      SV8/DK7TX: EU-052                                     1426
11/09-14/09      F/DF2MX/p, F/DK2RO/p, F/DL8AW/p: Tombelaine (EU-156)  1427
12/09-18/09      WH0RU: Saipan (OC-086)                                1426
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
14/09-23/09      8Q7EC: Maldives (AS-013)                              1426
15/09-16/09      HR2RCH: Honduras                                      1427
15/09-16/09      T71A, T71B, T71C: Sam Marino                          1427
15/09-17/09      9M4IOTA: Redang Island (AS-073), West Malaysia        1427
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
16/09/30/09      HZ88ND, 7Z88ND, 8Z88ND: special callsigns             1427
17/09-26/09      7Q7ELA: Malawi                                        1425
19/09-30/09      8Q7IP: Maldives (AS-013)                              1427
20/09-25/09      JW/DL4APJ and JW/DJ2AX: Svalbard (EU-026)             1425
20/09-30/09      Z68UR: Kosovo                                         1427
20/09-06/10      HB0/DL5YL and HB0/DL5YM: Liechtenstein                1425
20/09-06/10      TO6OK: Mayotte (AF-027)                               1419
20/09-22/10      ZD9CW: Tristan da Cunha (AF-029)                      1427
22/09-27/09      3W9JK/p: Vietnam                                      1423
24/09-28/09      HB0/ON4ANN: Liechtenstein                             1427
25/09-09/10      KG4SS: Guantanamo Bay                                 1427
26/09-01/10      VP2V/AA7V: British Virgin Islands (NA-023)            1427
27/09-02/10      V31VP and V31CQ: Belize                               1427
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: Arkticheskogo Instituta Islands (AS-087)        1427
September        RI0B: Firnley Islands (AS-054)                        1427
September        RI0B: Nansen Island (AS-104)                          1427
September        RI0B: Rozmyslov Island (AS-104?)                      1427
September        RI0B: Scott-Hansen Islands (AS-068)                   1427
September        RI0B: Sibirjakov Island (AS-005)                      1427
September        RI0B: Tyrtov Island (AS-121)                          1427
September        RI0BC: Bolshevik Island (AS-042)                      1427
September        RK1OWA/p: Solovetsky Islands (EU-066)                 1427
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
10/10-06/11      V47JA: St Kitts (NA-104)                              1427
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)                           1427
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
05/11-09/11      EL2EL/4: Liberia                                      1427
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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8 September 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1427

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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

8Q     - Gabor, HA3JB will be active as 8Q7IP the Maldives (AS-013) on 19-30
         September.  He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 on 80-6 metres,  and
         will participate in the CQ WW RTTY Contest. QSL via HA3JB.
9M2    - The Kuala Lumpur DX Team plans to be active as  9M4IOTA from Redang
         Island (AS-073),  West Malaysia on  15-17 September.  QSL direct to
         9M2OOO. [TNX DX World]
EA6    - Andrew, G8GNI will  be  active  holiday  style  as  EA6/G8GNI  from
         Mallorca,  Balearic Islands  (EU-004)  on  8-21 September.  He will
         operate mainly FT8, RTTY, PSK and Olivia. QSL via LoTW, eQSL,  Club
         Log, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
EL     - Col, MM0NDX and Jonathan, MM0OKG plan to be active as EL2EL/4  from
         southern Liberia on 5-9 November.  They will operate SSB and FT8 on
         various bands. More information is expected in due course.  [TNX DX
         World]
F      - Look for F/DF2MX/p, F/DK2RO/p and F/DL8AW/p to operate  SSB and  CW
         from  Tombelaine  Island  (EU-156)   sometime  between  11  and  14
         September.  "Access to the island is very dependent on weather  and
         tidal  conditions", so  "exact  times  of  operation  are  not  yet
         determined". QSL via home calls (direct or bureau), Club Log's OQRS
         and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
HA     - Klara, HA5BA will be active as HA1973BA  until the end of the year.
         The special prefix marks the  45th anniversary  since  she received
         her personal  callsign  when  still a teenager.  QSL via home call.
         [TNX HA5BA]
HB0    - The   NB-DX Team  (ON6NB)  will  be   active  as   HB0/ON4ANN  from
         Liechtenstein  on  24-28  September.  Team members  include ON2BDJ,
         ON4ANN, ON4CCV, ON4CKM, ON5PDV and ON6MI. The operators may also do
         some  WWFF  activity  as  HB0/ON4CCV/p  and  HB0/ON4CKM/p.  QSL via
         M0URX's OQRS. [TNX M0URX]
HR     - Celebrating  the  60th anniversary of  the  Radio Club de Honduras,
         HR2RCH will be active  on  the HF bands  SSB, PSK31, RTTY, FT8  and
         VHF/UHF satellites on  15-16 September.  QSL via the bureau, direct
         or via eQSL. [TNX IARU Region 2]
HZ     - Celebrating the 88th  Saudi Arabia National Day (23 September), the
         Saudi  Amateur Radio Society (HZ8SAR)  will  be active  as  HZ88ND,
         7Z88ND and 8Z88ND on 16-30 September. QSL via HZ1BF. [TNX The Daily
         DX]
J6     - Bill, K9HZ is active again as J68HZ from St Lucia (NA-108) until 17
         September. He operates CW, SSB and RTTY  on  160-6 metres.  QSL via
         LoTW (preferred), eQSL, or direct to K9HZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
KG4    - Stu, K4MIL will be active again as KG4SS from  Guantanamo Bay  from
         25 September  to  9 October.  He will operate  RTTY  (CQ WW DX RTTY
         Contest included),  FT8 (Fox & Hound mode)  and  CW.  QSL via  LoTW
         (preferred), or direct to K4MIL. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ7    - Randy, K5SL will be active  again  as  PJ7/K5SL  from  Sint Maarten
         (NA-105) on 8-15 September.  He will operate CW and SSB  on 40, 30,
         20 and 17 metres.
T7     - The  Radioamateurs  Association  of  the  Republic  of  San  Marino
         (http://www.arrsm.org/) will  operate again  three special stations
         on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres from the Three Towers of San Marino  on
         15-16 September: T71A (Torre Guaita), T71B (Torre Cesta)  and  T71C
         (Torre del Montale).  Located on the three peaks  of  Monte Titano,
         the towers are depicted on both  the flag and  the coat of arms  of
         the Republic of San Marino. QSL via T70A, direct or bureau.
UA     - Dima, UA1OLM is active in his  spare  time  as  RK1OWA/p  from  the
         Solovetsky Islands (EU-066)  until late September.  He has been QRV
         on 40, 30 and 20 metres CW so far. QSL via RZ1OA. [TNX qrz.ru]
UA9    - Mikhail, RW1AI  is  currently  active  as  RW1AI/mm  from  the  RSV
         "Mikhail  Somov",  which  left  Arkhangelsk  on  1  September.  His
         destination  is the  polar station  at  Cape Baranov  on  Bolshevik
         Island (AS-042), where he will be QRV as RI0BC. [TNX qrz.ru]
UA9    - The "Apostol Andrey" departed from Dikson on 7 September at  2 UTC.
         Depending on sea and weather conditions, the RI0B  team expects  it
         will  take  about  4 days  for them  to  reach the  Firnley Islands
         (AS-054),  the first  IOTA  group they expect to be  QRV from.  See
         https://www.qrz.com/db/ri0b for direct links to Club Log's OQRS.
V2     - Bud, AA3B will be active again as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on  8-
         17 September.  He will operate mainly CW.  QSL via LoTW, Club Log's
         OQRS, or via AA3B (direct or bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
V3     - Victor, WB0TEV (V31VP) and  Scott, K5PS (V31CQ) will be active from
         Blackman Eddy  in  central  Belize from  27 September to 2 October.
         They  will  operate  SSB and RTTY (V31VP) and CW (V31CQ),  and will
         participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest.  QSL V31VP via Club Log's
         OQRS,  or via WB0TEV (direct or bureau);  QSL V31CQ via LoTW,  Club
         Log's OQRS or via K5PS (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
V4     - Once again John, W5JON will  be  active  as  V47JA  from  St. Kitts
         (NA-104) from 10 October to 6 November. He will operate SSB and FT8
         on 160-6 metres. QSL via W5JON (direct only) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
VP2V   - Steve, AA7V will be active as  VP2V/AA7V  from  the  British Virgin
         Islands (NA-023)  from  26 September to 1 October.  He will operate
         RTTY, CW  and  FT8,  and  will  participate  in  the  CQ WW DX RTTY
         Contest. QSL via LoTW or via AA7V. [TNX NG3K]
Z6     - Max, ON5UR (http://www.united-radio.be/) will  be active  as  Z68UR
         from Gjakove, Kosovo on 20-30 September. He plans to operate mainly
         SSB and FT8 on various bands. QSL via M0URX's OQRS.
ZD9    - Steve, G4EDG will be active as ZD9CW from Tristan da Cunha (AF-029)
         from 20 September to 22 October.  He will operate CW and RTTY  with
         some SSB on 40-15 metres and possibly 80 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  or
         via LZ1JZ.

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

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AFRICA DX CONTEST  ---> The Africa All Mode International DX Contest will be
held  from  12 UTC on  15 September through 12 UTC on 16  September, on 160,
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. The objective is to stimulate
contesting from Africa. See http://www.sarl.org.za/#Contest.

ENIGMA RELOADED ---> The 5th  "Enigma Reloaded"  event will take place  from
28 September  to  6 October.  Complete  information  on  the event  and  the
associated award is available at http://www.enigma-reloaded.it/.

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  16,046 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2008-17), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

SAC ---> The 60th Scandinavian  Activity  Contest  will  be  held  on  15-16
September (CW) and 13-14 October (SSB), from 12 UTC on Saturday to 11:59 UTC
on Sunday.  Scandinavian stations  (Aland Islands,  Denmark,  Faroe Islands,
Finland, Greenland,  Iceland, Jan Mayen,  Market Reef, Norway,  Svalbard and
Bear Island, Sweden) will try to work as  many non-Scandinavian  stations as
possible and vice versa. Complete information of the SAC events can be found
at http://www.sactest.net/.

VP6D ---> "The  Ducie Island 2018  project is  on schedule",  the  VP6D team
reported on 2 September, and "the equipment is now at Tauranga, New Zealand,
stored in the Braveheart's warehouse.
A real challenge for  DXpedition teams  on  uninhabited islands  is  knowing
where in the world they're being heard. The usual pilot reports tell us what
happened,  not what's happening,  propagation predictions tell us what might
happen.
We understand that propagation may produce  only short openings  from  Ducie
Island to many locations around the world. For example, it's not unusual for
an EU opening to occur but EU callers are  covered up by callers  from other
geographies. Until propagation changes for the better  the EU stations can't
get through.
We have  therefore  augmented our  pilot process to quickly  identify  these
openings and get this information to the VP6D operators so  they can exploit
them.  We're  confident  this  new capability  will result  in  more  timely
coverage of difficult paths.
No one likes to be continually  asked  for  donations.  Today's  reality  is
DXpeditions to ecologically sensitive and restricted entities are expensive.
Our boat and the freight invoices to  New Zealand are now paid, the team  is
hoping to cover ~50% of the project cost.
Our fund  raising  target  plus  projected  OQRS  income  should  cover  the
remaining 50%.  These bills must be paid whether  or not you make a QSO.  We
have a team of  A1 operators  who have been working on  this project for  17
months, they can use your help". See https://www.vp6d.com/. [TNX K5GS]

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QSLs  received  direct  or  through  managers:  3A2MD,  4S7AB,  5H3EE,  6M6M
(AS-105), A41ZZ, C96RRC (AF-088), C98RRC (AF-066), EK7DX, JD8NQJ/JD1, OY1CT,
S01WS, SV2ASP/A, TE6DX (NA-155), TK5MH, TR8CA,  TY7C,  VQ5Z,  YW6X (SA-090),
Z68M.

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