29 December 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1443
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 29/12 4X19HNY, 4X2XMAS, 4X3XMAS, 4X9XMAS: special calls 1440
till 31/12 4K100W: special callsign 1400
till 31/12 4U1XMAS: special call (Vienna International Centre) 1440
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 DU7/G0CXF: OC-129 1428
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 IY1EY: special event station 1434
till 31/12 LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns 1393
till 31/12 LZ532PSO: special callsign 1392
till 31/12 OF9X: Santa Claus special callsign 1442
till 31/12 S590RTVS: special callsign 1407
till 31/12 SU9JT: Egypt 1399
till 31/12 SX60RAAG: special callsign 1438
till 31/12 YOTA Month 1439
till 31/12 YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns 1399
till 01/01/2019 KH0TG: Mariana Islands (OC-086) 1440
till 02/01/2019 JD1BMH: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1440
till 06/01/2019 S511PMC: special event station 1440
till 07/01/2019 JI3DST/6, JS6RRR/6, JL3YWN/6: Tanega Island (AS-032) 1440
till 08/01/2019 YJ0AFU: Vanuatu (OC-035) 1439
till 10/01/2019 HS0ZLS: Thailand 1441
till 14/01/2019 PJ2/SM4KYN: Curacao (SA-099) 1440
till 19/01/2019 HI6/DK1FY/p: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 1442
till 24/01/2019 GB0HNY, GB0HNY, GB1HNY: special callsigns (England) 1443
till 24/01/2019 GB2HNY, GB4HNY, GB5HNY: special callsigns (England) 1443
till 24/01/2019 GB6HNY, GB8HNY, GB9HNY: special callsigns (England) 1443
till 31/01/2019 5R8IC: Sainte-Marie Island (AF-090), Madagascar 1435
till 02/02/2019 J68GD: St Lucia (NA-108) 1434
till 10/02/2019 FK/F6OBD: New Caledonia 1441
till 14/02/2019 WA5LFD/p: North Padre Island (NA-092) 1442
till 09/03/2019 C5YK: The Gambia 1438
till 16/03/2019 TR8CR: Gabon 1439
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
till 01/04/2019 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1433
till June 2019 Z81D: South Sudan 1440
till 23/10/2019 4U73B: special callsign (Italy) 1434
29/12-05/01/2019 OZ/DJ1AA/m (EU-171) and OZ/DJ1AA/p 1443
30/12-08/01/2019 RA19NY, RC19NY, RK19NY: special callsigns 1443
30/12-08/01/2019 RM19NY, RO19NY, RT19NY: special callsigns 1443
30/12-08/01/2019 RU19NY, RW19NY, RZ19NY: special callsigns 1443
December DP1POL: Neumayer III Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1440
December E51DWC: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands 1441
December ET3YOTA: Ethiopia 1435
December H44SHD: Uepi Island (OC-149), Solomon Islands 1438
December II4FRD: special callsign 1391
December PF2018xxx: special callsigns 1387
December V51KM (Namibia) and A25KM (Botswana) 1439
December VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047) 1420
2018-2019 VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1431
2018-2019 ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica 1431
01/01-14/01/2019 GB50WAB: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1443
01/01-28/01/2019 GB2KW: special event station (Scotland) 1443
01/01-31/01/2019 GB9WAB: special callsign (England) 1443
01/01-30/06/2019 DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU: special callsigns 1442
01/01-30/06/2019 DF13MUC, DF13PAR, DF13STO: special callsigns 1442
01/01-15/08/2019 H31A: special callsign (Panama) 1442
01/01-31/12/2019 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA) 1443
01/01-31/12/2019 DQ1200ASP: special callsign 1443
01/01-31/12/2019 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland) 1443
02/01-15/02/2019 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia 1439
04/01-06/01/2019 4X0M: special callsign 1440
04/01-14/01/2019 VI25AJI: special event station 1443
05/01-06/01/2019 GB8KW: special event station (England) 1443
05/01-12/01/2019 5K6RM: special event station 1443
05/01-02/02/2019 S79AA: Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles 1441
09/01-21/01/2019 9LY1JM: Banana Island (AF-037), Sierra Leone 1439
10/01-17/01/2019 AU2HAM: Sagar Island (AS-153) 1441
12/01-20/01/2019 ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1443
13/01-25/01/2019 HC8GET: Galapagos Islands (SA-004) 1443
14/01-13/03/2019 FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1441
17/01-20/01/2019 ZL7/JA0JHQ: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 1439
18/01-20/01/2019 ZY6C: Itaparica Island (SA-023) 1443
18/01-14/02/2019 9X2AW: Rwanda 1441
21/01-31/01/2019 IG9/S50X, IG9/S52P, IG9/S54W: Lampedusa Isl (AF-019) 1443
21/01-31/01/2019 IG9/S56DX, IG9/S57DX, IG9/S59A: Lampedusa Isl (AF-019)1443
24/01-31/01/2019 IH9/LZ1UQ and IH9/LZ1PM: Pantelleria Island (AF-018) 1443
31/01-05/02/2019 P29VCX: Manus Island (OC-025) 1429
January 2019 DP1POL: Neumayer III Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1440
January 2019 E51DWC: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands 1441
January 2019 RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1441
January 2019 V51KM (Namibia) and A25KM (Botswana) 1439
06/02-11/02/2019 P29NI: Daru Island (OC-153) 1429
06/02-18/02/2019 V84SAA: Brunei (OC-088) 1443
11/02-26/02/2019 XX9D: Coloane (AS-075), Macau 1439
16/02-05/03/2019 T31EU: Kanton Island, Central Kiribati (OC-043) 1433
22/02-07/03/2019 TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad 1437
February 2019 DP1POL: Neumayer III Sta tion, Antarctica (AN-016) 1440
February 2019 RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1441
10/05-13/05/2019 KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
20/09-06/10/2019 5X0T and 5X0X: Uganda 1436
October 2019 VP6: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1441
October 2019 ZK3: Tokelau Islands (OC-048) 1441
TBA 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1442
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29 December 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1443
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DL - Members of DARC Ortsverein Hohenasperg will be active on all bands
and modes as DQ1200ASP from 1 January until 31 December to mark the
1200th anniversary of the city of Asperg. QSL via LoTW, the bureau
(preferred), or direct to DK1AX. "We collect QSLs!", they say.
G - Celebrating the New Year 2019, special event stations GB0HNY,
GB0HNY, GB1HNY, GB2HNY, GB4HNY, GB5HNY, GB6HNY, GB8HNY and GB9HNY
will be active from 28 December until 24 January. They are being
run by members of Denby Dale ARS: "whilst we are not issuing any
QSL cards", they say, "you can claim a special commemorative
certificate for working 4 stations by sending your list of contacts
via email only to Darran, G0BWB (g0bwb[@]g0bwb.com)".
G - Celebrating the anniversary of the founding of KW Electronics by
Rowley Shears, G8KW (5 January 1953), special event station GB8KW
will be active from Eltham, England on 5-6 January using vintage
equipment. QSL via G0UKN.
GM - Special event station GB2KW will be active on 1-28 January from
near Inverness, Scotland using a variety of different vintage
transceivers, transmitters and receivers manufactured by KW
Electronics Ltd during the 1960s and 1970s. Logsearch on Club Log
and QSL via LoTW only.
HB9 - To celebrate the 90th anniversary of Switzerland's IARU member
Society (USKA), HB9 and HB3 stations are allowed to change their
prefixes to HB90 and HB30 respectively from 1 January to 31
December 2019. The Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen Amateure
(https://www.uska.ch/) was founded on 4 August 1929.
HC8 - Gerhard, OE3GEA will be active as HC8GET from the Galapagos Islands
(SA-004) on 13-25 January. He will be QRV on 30-10 meters. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
HK - Once again Colombian special event station 5K6RM will be active
during the annual Feria (Fair) de Manizales on 5-12 January.
Operations will be on 160-2 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL
via LoTW, eQSL, bureau, or direct.
I - Slovenian operators S50X, S52P, S54W, S56DX, S57DX and S59A will be
active on all bands and modes as IG9/homecalls from Lampedusa
Island (AF-019) on 21-31 January. They will participate in the CQ
WW 160-Meter CW Contest as IG9/S59A. QSL via home calls. [TNX
S57DX]
I - LZ1UQ and LZ1PM will be active as IH9/LZ1UQ and IH9/LZ1PM from
Pantelleria Island (AF-018) on 24-31 January. They will be QRV on
160-10 metres CW and SSB, and will participate in the UBA DX SSB
Contest (26-27 January) and in the CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest.
QSL via home calls. [TNX LZ1PM]
OZ - Mirko, DJ1AA will be active holiday style from Denmark between 29
December and 5 January. He will operate as OZ/DJ1AA/p from the
mainland, and as OZ/DJ1AA/m from Mors Island (EU-171). QSL via home
call, direct or bureau.
PY - PP2OK, PY6DQ, PY6TV and PY6ZK will be active as ZY6C from Itaparica
Island (SA-023) on 18-20 January. They will operate SSB and CW on
the five traditional bands. QSL direct to PY6TV.
UA - Special callsigns RA19NY, RC19NY, RK19NY, RM19NY, RO19NY, RT19NY,
RU19NY, RW19NY and RZ19NY will be active from 30 December to 8
January for the "Russian New Year 2019" radio marathon organized by
the Miller DX Club. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. A number of
certificates will be available, see http://mdxc.hamlog.ru.
V8 - Krassy, K1LZ and a large multi-national team (9M6JC, 9M6KOM,
9M6ZAE, 9M6ZIM, JT1CO, K1ZM, KK1ZM, KO8SCA, LZ1NK, LZ2HM, PY5EG,
RA9USU, RN5M, S55M, VK3FY, YT1AD, V85TL and V85AN) will be active
as V84SAA from Brunei (OC-088) on 6-18 February. Activity will be
on 160-10 metres with a focus on the low bands. On FT8 they will be
using WSJT-X 2.0.0 with "a mix of straight FT8 and Fox/Hound mode".
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via LZ1JZ. More information can be
found at http://v84saa.ko8sca.com/.
VK - Special event station VI25AJI will be active during the 25th
Australian Jamboree, to be held on 4-14 January at Tailem Bend,
South Australia.
ZF - Pete, K8PGJ will be active again as ZF2PG from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) on 12-20 January. He will operate SSB on the HF bands,
with holiday style activity except during the North American QSO
Party (from 18 UTC on 19 January to 6 UTC on the 20th). QSL via
LoTW or direct to home call.
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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!
CNPOTA ---> Supported by Radio Amateurs of Canada and Parks Canada, the
"Canadian National Parks On The Air" (CNPOTA) event will run from 1 January
until 31 December 2019. Complete information, including the list of CNPOTA
Units (National Parks and National Historic Sites) eligible for the event,
can be found at https://cnpota.ca/.
CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries
("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. The 2019 edition will
start at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December.
Complete details can be found at http://www.dxmarathon.com/.
INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid DX Group is seeking nominations for
their annual Intrepid Spirit Award and Humanitarian Award. The Intrepid
Spirit Award (http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php) is made in memory of
James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 27 April
2011). The award is given to the individual or group that most displayed
their "intrepid spirit" in 2018, by expressing "an unshakable commitment to
the Amateur Radio DX Community". The Humanitarian Award is given to the
individual or group that most serves their fellow man via Amateur Radio.
Nominations may be submitted via email to intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com and
must be received by 15 January. The Board of Directors of the Intrepid DX
Group will evaluate the nominations and the awards will be presented at the
International DX Convention in Visalia on 13 April.
WAB GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ---> 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Worked
All Britain Awards Group. To mark the occasion, three new awards will be
introduced for 2019 only. In conjunction with the new awards, GB50WAB will
run throughout the year, along with a number of other regional special event
stations. This commences on 1 January, with GB50WAB for two weeks from C62
in Northern Ireland, and GB9WAB for four weeks from SK51 in Leicestershire
(England). For details of the special Golden Anniversary Awards, please
visit http://worked-all-britain.org.uk. [TNX GB2RS]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C0W, 3C3W, 5U9AMO, 5Z4LS, 6V7A,
6Y3T, 7S75AA, 8P9AE, 9Y4/LY2IJ, A52BH, C31CT, CT9/DL5AXX, CW0L, DL32EUDX,
DS2GOO/3, E725SRRS, EL2EL/4 (AF-111), ES0UG/8 (EU-178), FG/F6ARC, KH8C,
KP4/EI9FBB (NA-249), OX3LX, PU0FDN, RT65KI (AS-065), TO6OK (AF-027), TT8KO,
UK9AA, V34AO, V73MT, VK0AI, ZA5V,
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