9 February 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1449
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W - Toby, JE1STF/JH5ORO (A65CJ) will be active holiday style as 3W9CJ
from Hoi An, Vietnam on 11-15 February. He will operate CW, SSB,
RTTY and FT8 on 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17 and 10 metres during his
early evenings. QSL route to be announced. [TNX The Daily DX]
A5 - Zorro JH1AJT (A5A), Champ E21EIC (A52IC) and Franz DJ9ZB (A52ZB)
will be active again from Bhutan from 27 February to 9 March. They
will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-10 metres, with a focus on 160m
FT8. It will be FT8 "normal mode" on 1840 kHz (QSX 1908 for JA
stations), and "DXpedition mode" on 3567, 7056, 10131, 14090,
18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz. QSL A5A via Club Log's OQRS,
LoTW or via JH1AJT; QSL A52IC via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via
E21EIC; QSL A52ZB via DJ9ZB.
CN - The website for the DXpedition to Los Farallones (AF-118, new one
for IOTA) [425DXN 1448] is up and running at https://5c9a.com/. A
multi-national team (CN8QY, CN8CE, CN8HDZ, CN8PA, CN8RAH, IK2PZC,
IZ7ATN, I8LWL, MM0NDX and maybe one or two more operators)
will be active as 5C9A on 25-30 July, IOTA Contest included. They
hope to have up to three stations QRV simultaneously at any given
time. QSL via I8LWL. [TNX DX World]
CT9 - Henning, OZ2I will be active as CT9ABR from Porto Moniz, Madeira
(AF-014) on 14-17 February. He will operate only CW, with main
activity during the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL preferably via LoTW and
Club Log's OQRS. [TNX NG3K]
D4 - Philip, HB9HFD will be active again as D44TAQ from Sao Vincente
(AF-086), Cape Verde on 17-22 February. He will operate FT8 and
other digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW. [TNX The Daily
DX]
EP - The Alborz DX Group, EP2C will be active field-day style on 9-10
February. They will operate SSB on 40 and 20 metres. QSL via EA5GL.
F - Members of Radio Club F6KMB will be active as TM6C between
16 February and 24 March during the traditional Dunkirk Carnival
(Carnaval de Dunkerque). QSL via F6KMB. [TNX F8REF]
FM - Armin, DK9PY will be active as FM/DK9PY from Martinique (NA-107)
from 17 February to 5 March. He will operate CW only on various
bands. QSL via home call.
HI - Dave, WJ2O will be active as WJ2O/HI3 from Puerto Plata, Dominican
Republic on 13-20 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW
Contest. QSL via LoTW, or direct to N2ZN.
HR - Dennis, W1UE will be active as HR9/W1UE from Roatan Island (NA-057)
on 13-26 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW and the CQ
WW 160-Meter SSB contests, hopefully with a special callsign. [TNX
The Daily DX]
J7 - David, KK4WW (J79WW) and Gaynell, KK4WWW (J79WWW) will be active as
J79USA from Dominica (NA-101) on 12-19 February. Activity will be
on mostly 20 metres and possibly 40m. QSL via N4USA. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
OE - In celebration of World Radio Day (13 February), the International
Amateur Radio Contest DX Club based in Vienna, Austria will be
active again as 4U0R on 13-28 February. QSL via UA3DX; logsearch on
Club Log.
OH - Martti OH2BH, Nigel G3TXF, Niko OH2GEK and Gerben PG5M have been
active as OH10X from Kataja/Inakari Island (EU-192, new one for
IOTA), and will remain there until 11 February. They operate CW and
SSB on 80-15 metres with two stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or
via PG5M. See http://dx.to/ for daily updates. [TNX PG5M]
P4 - Ryan, W1CQ will be active as P4/W1CQ from Aruba (SA-036) on 10-15
February. He will operate mainly SSB on the HF bands. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via W1CQ. [TNX NG3K]
P4 - John, W2GD will be active as P40W from Aruba on 11-18 February,
including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Outside the contest
he will be QRV on 160, 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via LoTW, or
direct only to N2MM. [TNX NG3K]
PJ5 - Fred, N6YEU will be active holiday style as PJ5/N6YEU from St.
Eustatius Island (NA-145) on 12-18 February. He will operate CW and
SSB on 40-15 metres (possibly also 80m), and will participate in
the ARRL DX CW Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Brazilian stations participating in the 11th South American
Lighthouses Weekend (15-17 February) include:
* LABRE Rio de Janiero as PT1F from Ilha Rasa de Guaratiba
(SA-079). Activity will be on 80-2 metres CW, SSB, digital modes
and FM. QSL via PY1AA.
* The Uniao Brasileria de Radio Operadores (PP5EI) as PT5D from
Ilha do Raton Grande (SA-026) on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres
SSB, CW and FT8. QSL direct to PP5EI.
* PY5XH and PU5SVE as PW5W from the lighthouse at Ponta das Conchas
on Ilha do Mel (SA-047). They will operate SSB, CW and digital
modes.
* PY1AX and others as ZV1A from the lighthouse on Ilha de Paqueta
(not IOTA), ARRL DX CW Contest included. They will operate CW,
SSB and digital modes with three stations. QSL via LoTW, Club
Log's OQRS or direct to PY1AX.
* Para DX Group (https://paradxgroup.wordpress.com/) as ZV8FC from
Ilha de Colares (not IOTA) on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, digital modes
and via satellite.
* PY2ZA and others as ZY2FM from Ilha da Moela (SA-071). Activity
will be on the HF bands SSB and CW.
Announced participating stations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico,
Uruguay and Venezuela are listed at http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar/.
T31 - Announced frequencies for the T31EU DXpedition to Kanton Island,
Central Kiribati (http://www.kanton2019.de/) [425DXN 1445] are:
CW 1828 3519 7010 10109 14019 18069 21019 24891 28019 kHz
SSB - 3795 7125 - 14185 18140 21295 24945 28485 kHz
RTTY - 3595 7049 10140 14080 18103 21080 24910 28080 kHz
FT8 1840 3567 7056 10131 14080 18103 21080 24910 28080 kHz
T31EU will listen for US Generals on 14280 kHz and UP, and for JA
stations on 160m DOWN 5-6 kHz. The FT8 frequency for JA stations on
160m is 1908 kHz.
Six operators (namely DL2AWG, DL6JGN, DJ9RR, DK5WL, PA3EWP and
DF6FK, who has replaced DM2AUJ) will be active from 16 February to
5 March with three stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via
DL2AWG (direct or bureau).
V4 - Dave, K1KA will be active again as V47KA from St. Kitts (NA-104) on
11-25 February. He will focus on FT8 ("I will not be using Fox-
Hound Mode", he says, and adds "call me with TX2, that is skip TX1
and call me with your signal report not the grid square"). This
will be a holiday style operation, but he will try to get on all
bands from 160 to 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to K1KA.
VK - Andy, VK5MAV and Vlad, ER1OO will be active as VK5MAV/6 from the
Houtman Abrolhos (OC-211) and Favorite Island (OC-183) indicatively
between 15 and 25 April (actual dates to be defined). Plans are to
be QRV for four days from each island. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or
via RN3RQ. Bookmark http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition for more
information and updates.
XV - Andy, DL3YM will be active as XV9YM from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
between 16 February and 18 March. In his spare time he will operate
mainly CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via home call. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
YS - Will, AA4NC will be active as YS1/AA4NC from El Salvador on 13-20
February. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY "and even FT8" on all HF
bands, and will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via
AA4NC and LoTW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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J20DX ---> "Plans to activate AF-059 have taken a major twist", the J20DX
team announced on 6 February. "Our guide in Djibouti recently passed an
urgent message insisting that it was now not safe for Europeans to visit the
Khor Angar region". Operating from the rare IOTA group AF-059 is the
expedition's primary aim [425DXN 1448] and Khor Angar is the departure point
for the islands, so the team "will now take stock of the situation and
decide best way forward". Bookmark https://j20dx.com/news/ for updates. [TNX
DX World]
P29NI: CANCELLED ---> "Due to security issues", the P29VCX operation from
Manus Island (OC-025) ended earlier than expected, and the 6-11 February
P29NI activity from Daru Island (OC-153) has been cancelled. [TNX DX World]
QSL: VP6D ---> "The cards were mailed on 4 February from the United
Kingdom", the QSL Team reports. "The mailing included all OQRS and Direct
Mail confirmation requests received that far. Also included were cards
shipped to foundations/clubs for distribution. Subsequent mailings will
occur on a regular basis. Bureau cards will be shipped to the worldwide
bureaux at a later date. Please allow sufficient mail time before inquiring
about missing cards". [TNX K5GS]
WRTC 2022 ---> The Final Qualification Rules to be selected as a WRTC 2022
Team Leader are available on http://wrtc2022.it/. "The Selection Areas are
much smaller", the organizers says, "so that operators on all continents now
have more chances to qualify than ever before. If you do not achieve
qualification as a Team Leader, you will have a chance to be selected by a
Team Leader as Team Member. Each Team Leader must select a Team Member from
the top 10 applicants who did not qualify as a Team Leader".
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9 February 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1449
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 11/02 OH10X: Kataja/Inakari Island (EU-192) 1449
till 28/02 VY1RST, VE8RST, VY0RST: Canada 1444
till 28/02 OX7RST: Greenland 1444
till 28/02 KL7RST and N1RAC/KL7: Alaska 1444
till 26/02 VD1NUQK: special callsign 1447
till 18/02 XV9FUD and XV9ZT: Vietnam 1446
till 18/02 V84SAA: Brunei (OC-088) 1443
till 18/02 V31FO: Belize 1447
till 17/02 SE19SKI: special callsign 1448
till 17/02 FY/DK9PY: French Guiana 1448
till 15/02 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia 1439
till 14/02 WA5LFD/p: North Padre Island (NA-092) 1442
till 14/02 9X2AW: Rwanda 1445
till 13/02 W1USN/TI5 and AA1M/TI5: Costa Rica 1446
till 13/02 DU3/VE3OI: Luzon Island (OC-042) 1447
till 10/02 SX73SC: special event station 1448
till 10/02 PJ4/WW4LL, PJ4/NN9DD, PJ4Z: Bonaire (SA-006) 1446
till 10/02 FK/F6OBD: New Caledonia 1441
till 09/03 C5YK: The Gambia 1438
till 10/03 3D2JS: Fiji (OC-016) 1448
till 10/03 PF6HPP: special callsign 1445
till 13/03 FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1441
till 16/03 TR8CR: Gabon 1439
till 29/03 VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008) 1447
till 31/03 GB100RAF: special callsign 1404
till 31/03 HS55RAST: special callsign 1448
till 31/03 ZW85LABRE: special callsign 1448
till March RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421
till March RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421
till March VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 1406
till 01/04 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1433
till 19/05 OL120AB: special callsign 1447
till 10/06 XZ2B: Myanmar 1446
till 16/06 TM5CQ: special callsign (France) 1445
till 30/06 DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU: special callsigns 1442
till 30/06 DF13MUC, DF13PAR, DF13STO: special callsigns 1442
till June Z81D: South Sudan 1441
till 15/08 H31A: special callsign (Panama) 1442
till 23/10 4U73B: special callsign (Italy) 1434
till October VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1431
till October ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica 1431
till 31/12 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA) 1443
till 31/12 DL70AFUG: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 DL70BRD: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DM70GER: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DQ1200ASP: special callsign 1443
till 31/12 DR50DIG: special callsign 1446
till 31/12 EI100YXQ: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EI19RE: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland) 1443
till 31/12 SF50CG: special callsign 1444
09/02-10/02 EP2C: Iran 1449
09/02-21/02 OX/SE3A: Greenland (NA-018) 1448
10/02-18/02 PJ7/VA3QSL: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1448
10/02-15/02 P4/W1CQ: Aruba (SA-036) 1449
10/02-24/02 TM16AAW: special callsign (France) 1448
11/02-15/02 3W9CJ: Vietnam 1449
11/02-18/02 P40W: Aruba (SA-036) 1449
11/02-18/02 PJ6/K4UEE, PJ6/K5AC: Saba Island (NA-145) 1447
11/02-18/02 PJ6/NM1Y and PJ6/WC4X: Saba Island (NA-145) 1447
11/02-25/02 V47KA: St Kitts (NA-104) 1447
11/02-25/02 V47KA: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1449
11/02-26/02 XX9D: Coloane (AS-075), Macau 1439
12/02-18/02 PJ5/N6YEU: St. Eustatius Island (NA-145) 1449
12/02-19/02 J79USA: Dominica (NA-101) 1449
12/02-19/02 TO8T: Martinique (NA-107) 1446
12/02-19/02 V31IT: Belize 1447
13/02-18/02 PY0F: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 1448
13/02-20/02 PJ4/K2NG, PJ4/K4BAI: Bonaire (SA-006) 1447
13/02-20/02 PJ4/KU8E, PJ4/W2ID: Bonaire (SA-006) 1447
13/02-20/02 WJ2O/HI3: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 1449
13/02-20/02 YS1/AA4NC: El Salvador 1449
13/02-26/02 HR9/W1UE: Roatan Island (NA-057) 1449
13/02-28/02 4U0R: special callsign (Austria) 1449
14/02-17/02 CT9ABR: Madeira (AF-014) 1449
15/02-17/02 JD1BLY: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1446
15/02-17/02 PT1F: Ilha Rasa de Guaratiba (SA-079) 1449
15/02-17/02 PT5D: Ilha do Raton Grande (SA-026) 1449
15/02-17/02 PW5W: Ilha do Mel (SA-047) 1449
15/02-17/02 ZV1A: Ilha de Paqueta (not IOTA) 1449
15/02-17/02 ZV8FC: Ilha de Colares (not IOTA) 1449
15/02-17/02 ZY2FM: Ilha da Moela (SA-071) 1449
15/02-18/02 JD1BOW: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1448
15/02-25/02 9U4RI: Burundi 1446
16/02-17/02 FJ/VA3QSL: St. Barthelemy (NA-146) 1448
16/02-17/02 PJ4A: Bonaire (SA-006) 1447
16/02-17/02 PJ6A: Saba Island (NA-145) 1447
16/02-23/02 C5DX: The Gambia 1447
16/02-05/03 T31EU: Kanton Island, Central Kiribati (OC-043) 1449
16/02-18/03 XV9YM: Vietnam 1449
16/02-24/03 TM6C: special callsign (France) 1449
17/02-22/02 D44TAQ: Sao Vincente (AF-086), Cape Verde 1449
17/02-05/03 FM/DK9PY: Martinique (NA-107) 1449
18/02-23/02 HC5MWT: Ecuador 1447
18/02-11/03 FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1447
19/02-06/03 3W9JF: Phu Quoc Island (AS-128) 1446
22/02-24/02 KP3RE: Culebra Island (NA-249) 1446
23/02-02/03 V31GF: Belize 1447
26/02-05/03 V31VP and V31CQ: Belize 1447
27/02-06/03 HD8M: Galapagos Islands (SA-004) 1447
27/02-09/03 A5A, A52IC, A52ZB: Bhutan 1449
28/02-08/03 VP5/AA5UK: Providenciales (NA-002), Turks & Caicos 1447
February DP1POL: Neumayer III Sta tion, Antarctica (AN-016) 1440
February DU3/F4EBK: Luzon Island (OC-042) 1447
February II4RGH: special callsign 1444
February LZ391MW: special callsign 1444
February RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1441
February VP2MKG: Montserrat (NA-103) 1448
February VP5VMA: Providenciales (NA-002), Turks & Caicos 1448
04/03-17/03 SE19SKI: special callsign 1448
06/03-12/03 FO/OK2ZI: Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia 1448
08/03-16/03 7P8LB: Lesotho 1448
11/03-27/03 XR0ZRC: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) 1445
13/03-25/03 5X3C and 5X3E: Uganda 1448
14/03/26/03 5V7EI: Togo 1444
16/03-06/04 3W9JF: Vietnam 1446
March DU3/F4EBK: Luzon Island (OC-042) 1447
March II4MRC: special callsign 1444
March LZ818PT: special callsign 1444
15/04-25/04 VK5MAV/6: Favorite Island (OC-183) 1449
15/04-25/04 VK5MAV/6: Houtman Abrolhos (OC-211) 1449
16/04-20/04 J20DX/p: AF-059 and AF-053 1449
April II4SLR: special callsign 1444
April LZ117ML: special callsign 1444
10/05-13/05 KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
May II4TSB: special callsign 1444
May LZ497OM: special callsign 1444
June II4ART: special callsign 1444
June LZ815NI: special callsign 1444
24/07-28/07 R63RRC: Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063) 1447
25/07-30/07 5C9A: Los Farallones (AF-118) 1449
30/07-02/08 RQ73QQ: Bol'shoy Begichev Island (AS-152) 1447
July II4MJR: special callsign 1444
July LZ1809PNS: special callsign 1444
August II4BRD: special callsign 1444
August LZ304AE: special callsign 1444
September II4GRM: special callsign 1444
September LZ304EW: special callsign 1444
01/10-15/10 ZK3X: Tokelau Islands (OC-048) 1444
17/10-31/10 VP6: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1445
October II4MNU: special callsign 1444
October LZ311HI: special callsign 1444
November II4VAL: special callsign 1444
November LZ365BM: special callsign 1444
December II4TIB: special callsign 1444
December LZ4408SPA: special callsign 1444
TBA 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1447
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