SV1XV, Costas

SV1XV, Costas, from Athens has some lovely photos, QSLs and other info on his web site which can be found at: Be sure to spend some time as there is much to see.

Bouvet Island News

The saga of reaching Bouvet goes on... SAD NEWS. Excerpts from a very long press release dated March 26th, the 3Y0I team was just 70 nautical miles off Bouvet Island, and the ship was "hit by a series of 11+ meters (36+ ft) tall waves + wind exceeding 83 knots/h (approx. 160 km/h). The fierce oceanic forces swept past the upper deck, taking one of the radars, including VSAT, VHF and HF marine antennas, off the mast and throwing them all overboard. The hit was so hard the vessel tilted as much as 45°." On March 27th, it was reported that all team members and crew were safe, but "with lack of the most important navigational tools, the captain declared it was not safe to navigate and they needed to go back to Cape Town to secure both all participants on the board, their equipment and the vessel's gear." Also from press release, the 3Y0I team stated that the the "3Y0I Expedition is NOT cancelled – we don't give up that easily".... The "3Y0I’s events will be long discussed and analyzed by the Team to 'attack' the island one more time – as soon as possible –again all marked with 'safety-first' principles." To read the complete Press Release #4 written by Stan, SP8S, the 3Y0I Press officer, see: https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-postponed While this was being written, two more press releases were posted (one short and one very long) by Stan, SP8S, on March 28th. They contain more details about what happened and an audio conversation with Dom, 3Z9DX, on 20 meters. They can be read at: Press Release #5 (HAMS SIMPLY ROCK!) -- https://bouvetoya.org/hams-simply-rock Press Release #6 (3Y0I TO BE CONTINUED!) -- https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-to-be-continued As of press time, the "Atlantic Tuna" was reported to be in a middle of another storm. The "Atlantic Tuna" can be tracked at the following Web sites: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=7225051 https://www.marinetraffic.com/ en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5786633/mmsi:601070100 https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp? glId=0tARRAqk3ftzEN8 piDb2UOWqGrnOX349o For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages: 3Y0I Bouvetoya Web site: https://bouvetoya.org Rebel DX Group Web site: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com 3Y0I_JA Support Team Web site: http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations) 3Y0I Bouvetoya on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org Rebel DX Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup Bouvetoya Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg via OPDX

425 DX Group News 30 March 2019

30 March 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1456 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW E6 - Alex, 5B4ALX has been joined by Tim, NL8F during his E6ET operation from Niue Island (OC-040) through 2 April. During the weekend Alex will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as E6ET (SOSB 20m), while Tim begin be operating with his own call E6AW. [TNX The Daily DX] EA - Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Spain's IARU member society (https://www.ure.es/), Spanish radio amateurs are allowed to use special prefixes on 1-30 April: EA stations can sign AM + call area + 70 + suffix (e.g. EA4ZZZ can use AM470ZZZ), EB stations can sign AN + call area + 70 + suffix (e.g. EB4ZZZ can use AN470ZZZ), EC stations can sign AO + call area + 70 + suffix (e.g. EC4ZZZ can use AO470ZZZ). F - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ATL Radio Club (F6KBK), special event station TM50KBK will be active on 1-15 April. QSL via F4GTB, LoTW and eQSL. F - Jerry, F4HJO will be active as F4HJO/p from Belle Ile en Mer (EU-048) on 13-21 April. He will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 80-15 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via the bureau to home call. F - World Amateur Radio Day marks the foundation of the International Amateur Radio Union (Paris, 18 April 1925). The Reseau des Emetteurs Francais (REF, the French IARU member society) will be active as TM94WARD on 13-21 April for World Amateur Radio Day 2019. QSL via LoTW and the bureau. FW - Nobby, G0VJG now expects to be active as FW/G0VJG from Wallis Island (OC-054) [425DXN 1453] starting on or around 8 May for two weeks, with the possibility of a short side trip to Futuna Island (OC-118). He will operate SSB and FT8 Fox & Hound on 40-6 metres (maybe also on 60m). Before the FW operation he will be QRV as 3D2AS from Fiji starting on 3 May for five days. QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX M0OXO] J2 - Chris, EA3NT will be active as J20NT from mainland Djibouti on 13-14 April, while waiting for his J20DX team mates [425DXN 1455] to arrive. QSL via EA3NT. KH8 - Joe, OZ0J and Palle, OZ1RH will be active as KH8/OZ0J and KH8/OZ1RH from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa between 16 and 22 April [425DXN 1454]. They will be QRV on 80-15 metres CW, SSB and FT8 Fox & Hound with two stations. Their band plan can be found on https://kh8.oz0j.dk/dxpedition/band-plan/. On 80 and 60m they will operate only CW and FT8 with a focus on Europe and the Americas at their sunrise (around 16.30 UTC), and on Africa, Asia and Oceania at their sunset (around 5 UTC). They plan to upload their logs to Club Log on a daily basis, depending on their connection to the Internet. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS and eQSL; traditional cards for both callsigns should be sent direct to OZ0J. KL - Mike, K9AJ and Bruce, KD6WW [425DXN 1440] will be active as K7Y from Khantaak Island, in the Yakutat County Group of Alaska (NA-250, new one for IOTA) on 10-13 May. Plans are "to be on the island & set up by local sunset on Thursday, May 9" (early morning hours on 10 May UTC), and to "cease operations & break camp around local sunrise on Monday, May 13" (around 12-13 UTC). They will operate mainly CW on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres, with some SSB and possibly some FT8 as well. If conditions allow, they will have two stations QRV during most of their operation. Bruce, N9BX will be their pilot station. They will not be able to upload their logs to Club Log during the operation, as there is no Internet access from the island. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via K9AJ (direct or bureau). The Club Log Matching function will be enabled at a later date. [TNX K9AJ] VE - The Yukon Canam Contest Club (VY1AAA) has secured Canadian special prefixes for use by all Canadian licensees from 28 March through 28 May: VEs can use CK, VAs can use CJ, VYs can use CZ, and VOs can use CY. The special prefixes are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Official Languages Act of Canada. The club itself has secured the special call CZ1Z (QSL via LoTW). [TNX DX World] VK - Tim, NL8F will be active as VK4COF/p from Fraser Island (OC-142) for a few days sometime between 4 and 10 April. [TNX The Daily DX] XT - Once again Harald, DF2WO will be active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 7-26 April. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (30-31 March): Call Category Country QSL --------------------------------------------------------------- 3V8SF SOSB 160m Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO 3Z6V SO Poland LoTW/SP6DVP 4L/F5RAV SO Georgia F5RAV 4Z7Z SOAB HP Israel 4X1DX 7W7W M/? Algeria qrz.com 8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C 8T8A SO India VU3ELR A42K M/2 Oman LoTW B1Z China EA7FTR B4T China BA4TB BP0P M/? Taiwan qrz.com BW/JG1WBB SOSB Taiwan JG1WBB BW/JI1NLJ SOSB Taiwan JI1NLJ BW/JL3RDC SOSB Taiwan JL3RDC CB1H M/? Chile LoTW D4C M/M Cape Verde LoTW DU6/N6SS SOSB 40m Philippines N6SS E2A SOAB HP Thailand LoTW/E21EIC E6ET SOSB 20m LP Niue IZ4AMS EB8AH SOAB HP Canary Isls LoTW ED9E M/? Ceuta and Melilla EA9CD EF9Z SOAB Ceuta & Melilla LoTW/EA5KB IG9MO M/? AF Italy IK4ALM IO5O M/S Italy LoTW KH2KY M/? Guam LoTW/JA1MFR LY29A SOAB Lithuania LY5A MU2K SOAB LP Guernsey GU8ITE NP2P SO US Virgin Islands LoTW P44W SOAB LP Aruba LoTW/N2MM PJ2T M/? Curacao LoTW/W3HNK PJ4K SOAB Bonaire KU9C PJ4R SOAB Bonaire LoTW/WD9DZV RL3A M/S Russia (EU) W3HNK SI9AM Sweden ON3UN TM3Z SOAB France F4DSK TM5CQ France F4FRG TO2BC SO French Guiana LoTW/DL7BC V31VP SOAB HP Belize WB0TEV V85RH SO Brunei LoTW VC2W SOAB HP Canada LoTW VC2Z M/S Canada LoTW VP5P M/? Turks & Caicos LotW/N2OO VP9I M/2 Bermuda LoTW/WW3S WP4X SO Puerto Rico YB2BOB SOSB 20m Indonesia LoTW/YB2BOB YB2DX SOAB Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX YB9ZGD M/S Indonesia YB9ZGD YC9DE M/2 Indonesia LoTW/YB3MM YJ0CA SO Vanuatu VK2YUS YV1KK SOAB HP Venezuela LotW/OH0XX Z66Y M/S Kosovo Z62FB ZL7C M/? Chatham Islands ZL2AYZ ZV1FF Brazil LoTW/PS8RV ZZ4A M/? Brazil LoTW Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2019.html - good contest to you all! =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 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! 3Y0I: POSTPONED ---> "On March 26 the vessel had been approaching a Cyclonal storm wandering nearby Bouvet Island", the 3Y0I Press Officer posted to the DXpedition's website. "The captain analyzed the latest weather reports indicating a chance to break through the storm - it hadn't been that strong at that time. Unfortunately, the storm developed and intensified in a matter of an hour. Around 5-6 o'clock GMT, just 70 nautical miles off Bouvet island, the ship has been hit by a series of 11+ meters (36+ ft) tall waves + wind exceeding 83 knots/h (approx. 160 km/h). The fierce oceanic forces swept past the upper deck, taking one of the radars, including VSAT, VHF and HF marine antennas, off the mast and throwing them all overboard. The hit was so hard the vessel tilted as much as 45 degrees". Under such circumstances "the captain of the MV Atlantic Tuna had to take a difficult but responsible decision to take a course back to Cape Town, South Africa". The 3Y0I DXpedition is not cancelled, though. "Once they reach Cape Town and go through a detailed technical inspection of the vessel", the 3Y0I Team Leader (Dom, 3Z9DX) "will decide when and how the DXpedition will take place again. Repeat: we're definitely talking about rescheduling the expedition to the nearest possible and reliable term, not aborting or suspending our plans". Read the latest updates on https://bouvetoya.org/blog/: - "3Y0I to be continued"! (Press Release #6, 28 March) - "Hams simply rock" (Press Release #5, 27 March) - "3Y0I postponed" (Press Release #4, 27 March) - "Bouvet vs. Hams 2:0?" (Press Release #3, 27 March) - "Furious 50s, how are you?" (Press Release #2, 25 March) CASS AWARD ---> The annual Cass Awards (http://www.cassaward.com/) honour the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK) and encourage DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked with a Plaque for the single-operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns within 2 weeks or less, and a Plaque for the "unlimited" DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns. Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH has won (for the second year in a row) the 2018 Single-Operator Cass Award "by working 8257 unique stations during his one- man DXpedition to St. Eustatius Island as PJ5/SP9FIH". Yuris Petersons YL2GM, Kaspars Uztics YL1ZF and Girts Budis YL2KL "worked 18,812 unique stations as 3C0W on Annobon Island, winning the first Unlimited Cass Award and demonstrating an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible". CY0C: SABLE ISLAND 2020 ---> Permission has been granted for a DXpedition to Sable Island (NA-063) sometime in in autumn 2020. The team for the August 2019 CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island (https://cy9c.com/) [425DXN 1451] will be the primary makeup of the Sable team. "The permit process took over a year of emailing, phone calls, and furnishing documents. Sable at this point is no longer easily 'permitted' for Ham Radio DXpeditions, as the policies have changed with the change in administration. In fact our permit finally was graciously authorized as a 'one time special use permit'. We believe that it is very probable that permits in the future may be essentially 'nil' for a very long time. Among other policies, visitors to the island are not permitted overnight stays. Thankfully, we have been authorized to stay there for 7-8 days ($300 per person per day). We are grateful and excited and look forward to meeting the challenge of a sizeable operation as if it were the last one for a very long time". DXCC YEARBOOK ---> The 2017 ARRL DXCC Yearbook, which includes the Clinton B. DeSoto Challenge top scorers and the Annual Listing, can be found at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCCYearbook/DXCC%20YEARBOOK%202018.pdf. The Annual Listing of DXCC membership contains the call signs and credited totals for new awards and endorsements during the calendar year period from 1 January through 31 December 2018. The DXCC Honor Roll includes those who are within 9 entities of the ""current" Entity count for Mixed, Phone, CW, and Digital modes. As of 31 December 2018, there were 340 Entities on the DXCC List, and entry level DXCC Honor Roll was achieved at level 331. IOTA DXPEDITIONER OF THE YEAR 2018 ---> The inaugural Island Radio Expedition Foundation's (IREF) "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" Award will be presented at the 34th DX Dinner, to be held on 17 May at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton (tickets can be purchased at http://swodxaevents.org/). The DX Dinner is held in conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention and is sponsored by the Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA). The new award from IREF will join the list of awards presented annually at the DX Dinner, including DXpedition of the Year, DXpeditioner of the Year (DXCC) and the presentation of the CQ DX Hall of Fame inductees. Details on the "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" award can be found at https://irefradio.com/activator-award/. NORTH MACEDONIA ---> After nearly three decades of disagreement on the name of the country called Macedonia (otherwise known as FYROM, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), the dispute between Greece (SV) and Macedonia (Z3) was settled in June 2018 with an agreement that the country should rename itself "Republic of North Macedonia" (Republika Severna Makedonija). After the agreement was ratified by both sides, it entered into force on 12 February 2019. DXCC wise, only the Entity name has changed. You will find it listed as "North Macedonia" on LoTW, and as "North Macedonia (Republic of)" in the March 2019 edition of the ARRL DXCC List. The DXCC "country code" number remains 502. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B9FR M0OXO CS2TCB CT1ARR OD5VB EA5GL 3V8CB LX1NO CS2TCM CT2JYO OG60IPA OH4MDY 3W3B E21EIC CS2TCS CT7ABF OL50MR OK1MR 3W9JF EA5GL CS2TCT CT1ARR P3X 5B4AMM 4D3X W3HNK D4Z HB9DUR [d] P40L WA3FRP 4K6FO DC9RI D4Z IK2NCJ [b] P44W N2MM 4L6QL RW6HS DL1250G DL8SCU PD38EU PD5MVH 4L8A K1BV DR50DIG DH1PAL PJ2DX W0CG 5B4AGN M0URX E51HMK DK2HM PJ4/KK9A WD9DZV 5P1PT DL1PT E6AF SP9FIH PJ4K KU9C 5T5PA PA5X E6ET IZ4AMS PJ4KY M0URX 6E0P XE1EE E7CW E73ESP PJ7TM K2GSJ 6W/IK5BSC IK2DUW EA8/G3XAQ G3SWH PS2T K3IRV 6W/IV3FSG IK3GES EE100V EA5YJ R108M RK3LC 8P6DR G3RWL EG2AZF EA2URZ R125IL RZ5D 9H3FC G4UDG EG8TSI EA8URE R1961G RV3LZ 9H3HI DL7VFM [d] EH1FSJ EA2DVN RD0B/p RD0B 9H3HI EU4CK [b] EH5TYF EA5RKB SI9AM ON3UN 9H3JD DL7VFM EM1U UT7UA T88US JF1OCQ 9K9A EC6DX EO65QRC UR4QZZ TG9AJR M0URX 9M19TEA 9M2CDX EP2C EA5GL TM29FFA F5KOU 9M2CNC G4ZFE EP2LMA EA5GL TO2BC DL7BC 9V1YC W5UE EP4HR IK2RZQ TY2AC DL9USA A35JP JA0RQV EV125IL EV6C UP0L DL8KAC A71YY M0OXO GB100RAF G8FC V31RF K8NDS B5/IK7YTT IW7EGQ HC5TLM HC5VF VA7XW/VE1 VE7ACN BW2/JP1RIW BM2JCC HF50ZAT SP3ZAT VE3LYC/KL7 VE3LYC C4W 5B4WN IG9MO IK4ALM VE7ACN/VE1 VE7ACN C7A UA3DX II0BIKE 9A5URI VP2ETE W3HNK C91CCY K3IRV IS0/OM8A OM2VL VP5/AF3K N2OO CJ3A VE3AT J28PJ F1TMY VP5/W2TT N2OO CN2AM M0OXO J43N SV1NK VP8CTR DL5EBE CN2CL CT1QP JT5DX JT1CO VY0ERC M0OXO CN2FA RN2FA JW6VDA OH6VDA XZ2C JH1NBN CN2MA LY5W LY800SMG LY2NZ YO3IPA YO3AAS CN3A IK2OHG LZ50ZF LZ2UW YU73BFG YU8A CR5O CT7AJL MJ5Z M0CFW ZL7C ZL2AYZ CS2CTS CT1ARR NA8O/KH2 JK1FNL ZV1FF PS8RV 6Y5KB Kasimir Bastian, Gruenaecker Str. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24, 46009 Valencia, Spain G8FC RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford, Wolverhampton, WV7 3EX, United Kingdom IZ4AMS Alessandro Gromme, Via G.M. Savani 20, 41125 Modena MO, Italy J52EC Livio Pesavento, Via Antonio Bertoldi 19, 37141 Verona VR, Italy OA4TT John Henry, 8345 NW 66 St #B4451, Miami FL 33166, USA RD0B Valery N. Savin, P.O. Box 45, Dikson, Krasnoyarsky kray, 647340, Russia SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, pl. Pilsudskiego 6/9, 45-706 Opole, Poland VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, ON K0H 1G0, Canada VE7ACN Mikhail Zavarukhin, 7581 Mark Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5A 1Z2, Canada YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia **************************************************************************** 30 March 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1456 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 30/03 6W7/ON4AVT: Senegal 1450 till 30/03 9M19TEA: West Malaysia 1452 till 30/03 PD5MVH/p and PD38EU: Ameland Island (EU-038) 1454 till 30/03 PJ2/DK5ON: Curacao (SA-099) 1452 till 30/03 PJ7AA: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1451 till 31/03 E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks 1451 till 31/03 GB100RAF: special callsign 1404 till 31/03 HS55RAST: special callsign 1448 till 31/03 PJ4/KK9A: Bonaire (SA-006) 1455 till 31/03 ZV1FF: Tijuca National Park 1455 till 31/03 ZW85LABRE: special callsign 1448 till March RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421 till March RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421 till 01/04 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1433 till 01/04 KH2KY: Guam (OC-026) 1455 till 01/04 P44W: Aruba (SA-036) 1453 till 01/04 SI9AM: King Chulalongkorn Memorial station 1455 till 01/04 VP5/AF3K, VP5/W2TT, VP5P: Turks & Caicos (NA-002) 1453 till 02/04 4L/F5RAV and 4L0GF: Georgia 1452 till 02/04 E6AW: Niue (OC-040) 1456 till 02/04 E6ET: Niue (OC-040) 1450 till 02/04 IG9MO: Lampedusa Island (AF-019) 1450 till 02/04 TO2BC: French Guiana 1451 till 02/04 V31VP: Belize 1455 till 02/04 VP9/KG8CO, VP9/W8KA, VP9/KB8TXZ: Bermuda (NA-005) 1455 till 02/04 VP9/N8LJ and VP9/AC8W: Bermuda (NA-005) 1455 till 02/04 YJ0CA: Efate (OC-035) Vanuatu 1454 till 02/04 ZL7C: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 1453 till 03/04 XR0ZRC: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) 1453 till 04/04 CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014) 1453 till 04/04 VA7XW/VE1: Long Island (NA-127) 1451 04/04-10/04 VK4COF/p: Fraser Island (OC-142) 1456 till 06/04 3W9JF: Vietnam 1446 till 10/04 6Y5KB: Jamaica (NA-097) 1452 till 14/04 6W/IV3FSG: Senegal 1454 till 15/04 J52EC: Guinea-Bissau 1455 till 17/04 8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021) 1451 till 17/04 DU6/N6SS: Panay Island (OC-129), Philippines 1453 till 19/04 V31RF: Belize 1455 till 25/04 E6AF: Niue (OC-040) 1454 till 28/04 6W7/F6HMJ: Senegal 1453 till 13/05 AU60BARC: special callsign 1454 till 15/05 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1451 till 19/05 OL120AB: special callsign 1447 till 28/05 CJ, CK, CY, CZ: special prefixes (Canada) 1456 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 9A62AA: special callsign 1452 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 till 31/12 TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey) 1451 till 31/01/2020 EM1UA and EM1U: Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica 1450 30/03-31/03 YB9ZGD: Lombok Island (OC-150) 1454 30/03-31/03 Z66Y: Kosovo 1455 March 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451 March DU3/F4EBK: Luzon Island (OC-042) 1447 March II4MRC: special callsign 1444 March LZ818PT: special callsign 1444 01/04-07/04 8Q7DM: Maldives (AS-013) 1455 01/04-14/04 VI9NI: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1455 01/04-15/04 C5DL: The Gambia 1453 01/04-15/04 TM50KBK: special event station (France) 1456 01/04-22/04 V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1455 01/04-30/04 AM#70, AN#70, AO#70: special prefixes (Spain) 1456 01/04-30/04 OT40THN: special callsign 1455 02/04-11/04 E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 1451 05/04-11/04 VE7ACN/VE9: White Head Island (NA-014) 1451 06/04-13/04 HB0/PA2HGJ, HB0/PA2RDK, HB0/PA3CNO: Liechtenstein 1455 06/04-13/04 HB0/PA3HK, HB0/PE0MGB, HB0/PE1FLO: Liechtenstein 1455 07/04-26/04 XT2AW: Burkina Faso 1456 12/04-15/04 DX1CC: Arena Island (OC-207) 1453 13/04-14/04 J20NT: Djibouti 1456 13/04-20/04 TM4G: Groix Island (EU-048) 1455 13/04-21/04 F4HJO/p: Belle Ile en Mer (EU-048) 1456 13/04-21/04 TM94WARD: special callsign (France) 1456 14/04-22/04 VK5MAV/6: OC-211 and OC-183 1452 16/04-18/04 J20DX: Kadda Dabali Island (AF-059) 1455 16/04-22/04 KH8/OZ0J and KH8/OZ1RH: American Samoa (OC-045) 1456 17/04-25/04 XT2MAX: Burkina Faso 1453 19/04-20/04 J20DX/p: Moucha Island (AF-053) 1455 27/04-04/05 XV9XX: Vietnam 1453 27/04-08/05 TO19A: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1453 April 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451 April II4SLR: special callsign 1444 April LZ117ML: special callsign 1444 03/05-07/05 3D2AS: Fiji 1456 08/05-22/05 FW/G0VJG: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1456 10/05-13/05 K7Y: Khantaak Island (NA-250) 1456 17/05-24/05 GS0NWM: Isle of Mull (EU-008) 1455 22/05-27/05 P44W: Aruba (SA-036) 1453 25/05-01/06 TM5BZH: Ouessant Island (EU-065) 1455 30/05-14/07 GB19: Cricket World Cup Marathon 1452 May 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451 May II4TSB: special callsign 1444 May LZ497OM: special callsign 1444 June 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451 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 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451 July II4MJR: special callsign 1444 July LZ1809PNS: special callsign 1444 01/08-11/08 CY9C: St Paul Island (NA-094) 1451 August II4BRD: special callsign 1444 August LZ304AE: special callsign 1444 23/09-06/10 A35JT: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1455 September II4GRM: special callsign 1444 September LZ304EW: special callsign 1444 01/10-15/10 ZK3X: Tokelau Islands (OC-048) 1444 10/10-28/10 E51GC: Manihiki (OC-014), North Cook Islands 1454 18/10-01/11 VP6R: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1454 30/10-15/11 T30GC: Western Kiribati (OC-017) 1454 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 21/02-05/03/2020 VP8: South Orkney Islands (AN-008) 1455 TBA 2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1456 *************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly *************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ***************************************************************************

The ARRL DX News 29 March 2019

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by IS0ZOD, The Daily DX, The OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. GEORGIA, 4L. Luc, F5RAV is QRV as 4L/F5RAV until April 2. Activity is on the HF bands. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL direct to home call. ALGERIA, 7X. A large group of operators will be QRV as 7W7W during the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via operators' instructions. MALDIVES, 8Q. Darek, SP3DX will be QRV as 8Q7DM from Lankanfinolhu Island, IOTA AS-013, from April 1 to 7. Activity will be on 20 to 10 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL to home call. OMAN, A4. A group of operators will be QRV as A42K in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via LoTW. TAIWAN, BV. Koji, JL3RDC plans to be active as BW/JL3RDC from New Taipei City in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Single Op/Single Band entry. QSL to home call. CHINA, BY. Look for B1Z to be QRV in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via EA7FTR. THE GAMBIA, C5. A group of operators will be QRV as C5DL from April 1 to 15. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes, with three stations active. QSL via DL7DF. JUAN FERNANDES ISLAND, CE0. A group of operators are QRV as XR0ZRC from Robinson Crusoe Island, IOTA SA-005, until April 3. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL direct to R7AL. CAPE VERDE, D4. A group of operators will be QRV as D4C during the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via operators' instructions. GUERNSEY, GU. Oleg, RL5D will be QRV as MU2K as a Single Op/All Band/Low Power entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via GU8ITE. SARDINIA, IS0. A group of operators will be QRV as IS0SWW in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Multi/2 entry. QLS via IQ0NU. GUIEA-BISSAU, J5. Livio, IZ3BUR is QRV as J52EC from Cumura until April 15. QSL direct to home call. GUAM ISLAND, KH2. Aki, JR3QJB and other operators are QRV as KH2KY until April 1. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters, and possibly 160 meters, using SSB. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via JA1MFR. LITHUANIA, LY. Special event station LY800SMG is QRV until May 27 to celebrate the first datable reference to the region Samogitia from 800 years ago. QSL via LY2NZ. BRUNEI, V8. Hajime, JO1RUR will be QRV as V85RH in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via LoTW. NORFOLK ISLAND, VK9N. Operators VK3QB, VK3HJ, VK2PN and VK3BDX will be QRV as VI9NI from April 1 to 14. Activity will be on 160 to 17 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. The operation also commemorates the signing of the Norfolk Island Act 40 years ago. QSL via VK4FW. BERMUDA, VP9. Operators KG8CO, W8KA, KB8TXZ, N8LJ and AC8W are QRV as homecalls/VP9 until April 2. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. They will also be QRV as VP9I in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Multi/2 entry. QSL all calls via LoTW. INDONESIA, YB. Members of the ORARI Lokal Lombok Timur Club Station will be QRV as YB9ZGD from Lombok Island, IOTA OC-150, during the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL direct. In addition, Yohanes, YB2DX plans to be QRV in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest from Java, IOTA OC-021. QSL direct to home call. VANUATU, YJ. Chris, VK2YUS is QRV as YJ0CA from Port Vila until April 2. Activity is mainly on 40, 20 and 15 meters, with some limited activity on 10 meters, depending on conditions. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL to home call. KOSOVO, Z6. Members of the Kosovo and Turkish Youth Contest Team will be QRV as Z66Y in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via Z62FB. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Bill, ZL2AYZ and Ian, ZL2BGL are QRV as ZL7C until April 2. Activity is holiday style on 80 to 15 meters, and possibly 17, 12 and 10 meters, depending on operating conditions, using SSB, RTTY, PSK31, FT8 and some CW. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via ZL2AYZ. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO The CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint, Feld Hell Sprint and IQRP Quarterly Marathon will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship is scheduled for April 1. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for April 2. The CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest, QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt and Phone Fray are scheduled for April 3. The Canadian National Parks on the Air, CNPOTA, operating event runs for the entire year of 2019, with special stations active from Canada's parks and historic sites. Please see March 2019 QST, page 88, April 2019 QST, page 87 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details

Whats New @ WWV

The following is fromMilitary Monitoring Post

Military Monitoring Post

DOD Provisional Timeslot on WWV and WWVH.

WWV is going into the military broadcast business (sorta)? We found below this morning on the US Army MARS Facebook Page:

From April 20 to 3 May, WWV and WWVH will broadcast a DOD message at 10 minutes past the hour on WWV and at 50 minutes past the hour on WWVH. This April-May time period coincides with the Vital Connection interoperability exercise being held in Wisconsin. Future timeslots will coincide with the Vital Connection exercise Ohio in June; DOD COMEX 19-3 in Aug and the DOD COMEX 19-4 in Oct.

Following the proof of concept this year, we anticipate that the DOD broadcast time slot will become year-round full time. As mentioned above future broadcast may occur prior to selected DOD and Northcom exercises.

This broadcast timeslot will voice announce upcoming exercises and how the amateur radio community can become involved in various exercises. To begin, the broadcast messages will likely be static...future exercises we hope to be able to update the broadcast throughout the exercise as notional conditions change.
The broadcast message will ask listeners to provide reception reports and feedback to a specified URL.

Tune into WWV/H on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz and submit a reception report and requested feedback.
And in a related WWV event this report in a recent ARRL Newsletter:

WWV Centennial Special Event Will Use WW0WWV
With its funding secure for another year, WWV, the world's oldest continuously operating radio station, will have extra reason to celebrate its centennial this fall. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC) have teamed up to organize 100th-anniversary events. A memorandum of understanding is pending. The WWV Committee has announced that the call sign WW0WWV was granted on February 23 to the WWV Amateur Radio Club for use during the Amateur Radio special event, planned to run September 28 - October 2, with operators on the air around the clock. NCARC predicts the effort will require "hundreds" of volunteer operators.

”The 100th anniversary is an occasion to celebrate radio and our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum, and an opportunity to help people everywhere appreciate what radio does in their everyday lives," said Dave Swartz, WODAS, who has been spearheading the on-the-air event.

The WWV Committee met on February 22, with representatives of NCARC and NIST on hand, to further firm up plans for the centennial celebratory events. Although the US government cannot fund any Amateur Radio special event expenses, club members will be allowed to use a 15-acre parcel on WWV property, Swartz has explained. The operating site lies outside the security fence.
For its part, NIST will focus on plans for an October 1 recognition ceremony and an open house at the radio station north of Fort Collins.

The Continuing Bouvet Saga

Bouvet 2 and Hams zero - so far.

The captain of the ship that 3Y0I is using has decided to return to Cape Town for repairs.  They hope to get them done in time to return to Bouvet in April.  If not they will re-schedule for next season.

https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-postponed/


3YØI POSTPONED

And yet! The captain of the MV Atlantic Tuna had to take a difficult but responsible decision to take a course back to Cape Town, South Africa. But the 3YØI Expedition is NOT canceled – we don’t give up that easily 😉

I just had a long conversation with Dom 3Z9DX on board on the MV Atlantic Tuna. The seas calmed down enough to let them do a proper technical inspection of damages caused by the severe cyclonic storm last night. Here are more details on the latest dramatic events.

On March 26, 2019, the vessel has been approaching a cyclonal storm wandering nearby Bouvet Island. The captain analyzed the latest weather reports indicating a chance to break through the storm – it hasn’t been that strong at that time. Unfortunately, the storm developed and intensified in a matter of an hour. Around 5-6 o’clock GMT, just 70 nautical miles off Bouvet island, the ship has been hit by a series of 11+ meters (36+ ft) tall waves + wind exceeding 83 knots/h (approx. 160 km/h). The fierce oceanic forces swept past the upper deck, taking one of the radars, including VSAT, VHF and HF marine antennas, off the mast and throwing them all overboard. The hit was so hard the vessel tilted as much as 45° (but that’s still safe in terms of the vessel’s construction).

Around The DX World

CY0C Sable Island DXpedition

Some time ago, we had scheduled fall of 2019 for Sable Island DXpedition. Due to circumstances we had to reschedule to 2020. Hopefully this will be better for propagation.
The permit process took over a year of emailing, phone calls, and furnishing documents. Sable at this point is no longer easily "permitted" for Ham Radio DXpeditions, as the policies have changed with the change in administration. In fact our permit finally was graciously authorized as a "one time special use permit". We believe that it is very probable that permits in the future may be essentially "nil" for a very long time.
Among other policies, visitors to the island are not permitted overnight stays. Thankfully, we have been authorized to stay there for 7 - 8 days ($300 per person per day). We are grateful and excited and look forward to meeting the challenge of a sizeable operation as if it were the last one for a very long time.
The team for the upcoming CY9C St. Paul Island August Dxpedition will be the primary makeup of the Sable team. A "SABLE"
information page will be maintained on the St. Paul website, (https://cy9c.com).
This news update is provided at the request of Murray, WA4DAN - Sable and St. Paul Team Leader.
via OPDX

CY0C Sable Island DXpedition

Some time ago, we had scheduled fall of 2019 for Sable Island DXpedition. Due to circumstances we had to reschedule to 2020. Hopefully this will be better for propagation.
The permit process took over a year of emailing, phone calls, and furnishing documents. Sable at this point is no longer easily "permitted" for Ham Radio DXpeditions, as the policies have changed with the change in administration. In fact our permit finally was graciously authorized as a "one time special use permit". We believe that it is very probable that permits in the future may be essentially "nil" for a very long time.
Among other policies, visitors to the island are not permitted overnight stays. Thankfully, we have been authorized to stay there for 7 - 8 days ($300 per person per day). We are grateful and excited and look forward to meeting the challenge of a sizeable operation as if it were the last one for a very long time.
The team for the upcoming CY9C St. Paul Island August Dxpedition will be the primary makeup of the Sable team. A "SABLE"
information page will be maintained on the St. Paul website, (https://cy9c.com).
This news update is provided at the request of Murray, WA4DAN - Sable and St. Paul Team Leader.
via OPDX

NO Joy for Bouvet Landing

It seems that there is trouble brewing down in the southern ocean for this Bouvet Team. The 3Y0I DXpedition has encountered a huge storm. The ship has lost some antennas and is maneuvering to avoid the worst of the storm.  Landing will be delayed a few days with a slight possibility that they may have to return to South Africa for repairs.
Have a look at their website for a good look at the weather picture.

https://bouvetoya.org/bouvet-vs-hams-20/

Around The DX World

SI9AM on air from today

Operators Jef DD2CW, Francis ON6LY, Nida HS1NIV and Dirk ON3UN will be active as SI9AM from the 'King Chulalongkorn Memorial', the largest Thai Pavilion in the world outside Thailand in Raganda, Sweden, between March 26th and April 1st.
Activity will include the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as Multi-2 entry.
Suggested frequencies outside of the contest are:
CW - 1817, 3517, 7017, 10117, 14017, 18077, 21017, 24897 & 28017 kHz
SSB - 1840, 3760, 7060, 14210, 18160, 21310, 24960 and 28510 kHz
FM - 145.550 MHz and repeater RV49 - 145.612 MHz
QSL this operation via ON3UN.
Visit the SI9AM Web page at:
http://www.si9am.com
http://www.si9am.se
OPDX

Norfolk Island celebrations

Operators Chris VK3QB, Luke VK3HJ, Patrick VK2PN and David VK3BDX will be active as VI9NI from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between April 1-14th.
VI9NI is being activated to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Norfolk Island Act.
Their main focus will be on low bands using CW and FT8, but will also be active on various HF bands (160-17m) on SSB. The team plans to include some SOTA activation from "Mt. Bates" and "Jacky Jacky" summits.
QSL via VK4FW, direct or by the VK4 Bureau.
Look for more details to be forthcoming such as Clublog and FaceBook info

Bouvet Island DXpedition news
They are on their way!

If you missed our special bulletin, the 3Y0I team is now on their way to Bouvet Island aboard the "Atlantic Tuna". They left Cape Town, South Africa, on March 19th, at approx. 0600 UTC.
As this was being written, The 3Y0I team is over halfway there. Look for them to sign E51DOM/mm on their way there and back from the island. They are expected to travel to Bouvet in about 7 days, possibly around March 26th, late local time.
Their landing on the island will be "strictly dependent on weather conditions" upon their arrival. So, their estimated date, as 3Y0I, on the air might be about the last few days of March. REMEMBER, this is subject to change due to sea and weather conditions – safety first!
The 3Y0I team plans to stay on the island for at least 2 weeks, with an option to extend the stay to 3-4 weeks, if weather and other factors permit.
On March 21st, Stan Strzyzewski, SP8S, posted a very large press release (listed as Press Release #1 and titled "Welcome Roaring Forties!"), which contains a brief satellite conversation with Dom, 3Z9DX, the 3Y0I leader.
It details the sea conditions that the 3Y0I team is currently enduring, a brief description about the planning of this operation over the last three months, and the weather and the team's planning for a safe landing on Bouvet. To read the complete press release, go:
https://bouvetoya.org/welcome-roaring-forties
Just a reminder, that the 3Y0I DXpedition's band plan ­ frequencies
(160-6m) and modes (CW/SSB/FT8) can be found at:
https://www.rebeldxgroup.com
https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-bandplan
QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW or via 3Z9DX.
The "Atlantic Tuna" can be tracked at the following Web sites:
https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=7225051
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/
shipid:5786633/mmsi:
601070100
https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/
viewspots.jsp?glId=0tARRAqk3
ftzEN8piDb2UOWqGrnOX349o
Let us hope the 3Y0I has a safe trip there (and back) as well as a safe landing on the island. For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages:
3Y0I Bouvetoya Web site: https://bouvetoya.org
Rebel DX Group Web site: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com
3Y0I_JA Support Team Web site: http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations)
3Y0I Bouvetoya on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org
Rebel DX Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup
Bouvetoya Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg
For LOW BAND OPERATIONS, please read the following at:
https://bouvetoya.org/low-bands-at-3yoi
Source: OPDX

  

IDXC DX Convention

The 70th meeting of IDXC will be held from April 12-14th, 2019, at the
beautiful Convention Center in downtown Visalia, CA.
Pre-Registration -- You can still pre-register online but time is running short. Pre-Registration Ends On Sunday, March 31st, 2019 at 2400 UTC = 5:00 PM PDT. If you register online within the next 9 days you will be eligible for a special pre-registration raffle prize.
Raffle Tickets -- We are offering advance raffle ticket sales by phone order. Raffle tickets are sold in books of twenty (20) tickets, for 20 USDs per book. Advance purchasers by phone will receive a bonus of four (4) additional tickets for each book purchased, for a total of twenty-four (24) tickets for 20 USDs. To order by phone, call Rich Seifert, KE1B at: (408) 395-5700, between 9 am and 8 pm Pacific time. If there is no answer, leave a message with your name and telephone number, and he will contact you as soon as possible.
Saturday Bus Tour -- There are only 3 seats left on the bus tour to
Sequoia National Park. If you want to purchase a ticket, please contact
Rich, KE1B at (408) 393-5700.
Convention Polo Shirt -- Although the deadline to order a shirt online has passed, shirts can still be ordered at the convention and will be shipped afterwards.
IDXC is the premier DX Convention in the United States, attended by 600+ avid DXers (and Contesters) looking to improve their skills, their stations and their connection with fellow Hams.
We intend to make IDXC 2019 the best DX Convention ever, and hope
you’ll be able to join us.
Please register now:
http://dxconvention.com/pages/registration.html
OPDX
 

 

DXCC Yearbook

The 2018 ARRL DXCC Yearbook is now available for viewing and downloading at the following URL.
The DXCC Yearbook includes the 2018 Annual List, as well as the 2018 Clinton B. DeSoto Challenge top scorers.
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCCYearbook/DXCC%20
YEARBOOK%202018.pdf
  

DXCC Country/Entity Report

According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 17th March, through Sunday, 24th March there were 225 countries active.
Countries available:
3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y,
A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY,
K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TY, TZ,
UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS
PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).

OPDX

This Weeks' Contests by WA7BNM 26 March 2019

THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
                        Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM

                           March 25 - April 1, 2019 Edition

NOTICE: The WA7BNM Contest Calendar has permanently moved to: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ Please update any links to the calendar.

The web versions of this contest calendar can be found at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/  You can also access a text version of the weekly calendar at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycal.txt

Please send corrections and additions directly to me. The web calendars are updated as new contest information is received. If you wish to unsubscribe, please notify me and you'll be immediately removed from the mailing list.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn@hornucopia.com)

This e-mail is divided into three sections:
- Details of this week's contests
- List of following week's contests
- Contest log submittal addresses and deadlines for recent contests

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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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QCX Challenge: 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 25 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 25 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 26
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: HP: >5 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: Each QSO with a QCX station once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0400Z April 2, 2019
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html

SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 27
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./power)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
 Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
 Submit logs by: 2359Z March 29, 2019
 E-mail log summary to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/submit-display.php
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/

QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 27
 Geographic Focus: United States
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 40m Only
 Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
 Max power: 5 watts
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 0230Z March 28, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (see rules)
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 27
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: 100 watts
 Exchange: NA: Name + (state/province/country)
           non-NA: Name
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per QSO
             non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station
 Multipliers: Each US state (including KH6/KL7) once per band
              Each VE province/territory once per band
              Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0300Z March 29, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf

CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 27 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 27 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 28
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
 Max power: HP: >100 watts
            LP: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: Member: Name + Member No.
           non-Member: Name + (state/province/country)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: Each call once
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0400Z March 30, 2019
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/

UKEICC 80m Contest: 2000Z-2100Z, Mar 27
 Geographic Focus: Europe
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: Single Op Connected (High/Low/QRP)
          Single Op Unconnected (High/Low/QRP)
 Max power: HP: 1500 watts
            LP: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: 4-Character grid square
 QSO Points: 1 point per 500 km (10 pts max)
             multiply QSO points by 2 if low power station
             multiply QSO points by 4 if QRP station
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 2200Z March 27, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Upload log at: http://logs.ukeicc.com/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/which-contest-ukeicc-80m-contests-rules

RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB: 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 28
 Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: United Kingdom
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RS + Serial No.
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: 2359Z March 29, 2019
 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/r80mcc.shtml

QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 29
 Geographic Focus: United States
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
 Max power: 5 watts
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 0230Z March 30, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (see rules)
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 29
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: RTTY
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: March 31, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html

NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 29
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: March 31, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

Feld Hell Sprint: 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 30
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: Feld Hell
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
 Classes: (none)
 Max power: Standard: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: (see rules)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: (see rules)
             Bonus Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: (see rules)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: April 2, 2019
 Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/waaaeo-sprint

CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Mar 30 to 2359Z, Mar 31
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
          Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
          Single Op Assisted All Band (QRP/Low/High)
          Single Op Assisted Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
          Single Op Overlays: (TB-Wires/Rookie)
          Multi-Single (Low/High)
          Multi-Two
          Multi-Multi
 Max operating hours: Single Op: 36 hours with offtimes of at least 60 minutes
                      Multi-Op: 48 hours
 Max power: HP: 1500 watts
            LP: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: RS + Serial No.
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: All: 6 points per 160/80/40m QSO with different continent
             All: 3 points per 20/15/10m QSO with different continent
             Non-NA: 2 points per 160/80/40m QSO with same continent different country
             Non-NA: 1 point per 20/15/10m QSO with same continent different country
             NA: 4 points per 160/80/40m QSO with same continent different country
             NA: 2 points per 20/15/10m QSO with same continent different country
             All: 1 point per QSO with same country
 Multipliers: Prefixes once
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 2359Z April 5, 2019
 E-mail logs to: ssb[at]cqwpx[dot]com
 Upload log at: http://www.cqwpx.com/logcheck/
 Mail logs to: SSB WPX Contest
               P.O. Box 481
               New Carlisle, OH 45344
               USA
 Find rules at: http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

IQRP Quarterly Marathon: 0800Z, Apr 1 to 2000Z, Apr 7
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, SSB, Digital
 Bands: All
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: 5W
 Exchange: RS(T)
 Work stations: Once per mode
 QSO Points: 3 points per CW QSO
             2 points per SSB QSO
             1 point per digital QSO
 Multipliers: km/100 of QSO with maximum distance
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x distance mult
 Submit logs by: April 21, 2019
 E-mail logs to: iqrpclub[at]arimontebelluna[dot]it
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.arimontebelluna.it/news/news_maratona_uk.htm

RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW: 1900Z-2030Z, Apr 1
 Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: United Kingdom
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RST + Serial No.
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: 2359Z April 2, 2019
 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/r80mcc.shtml


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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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IQRP Quarterly Marathon                              0800Z, Apr 1 to 2000Z, Apr 7
ARS Spartan Sprint                                   0100Z-0300Z, Apr 2
QRP Fox Hunt                                         0100Z-0230Z, Apr 3
Phone Fray                                           0230Z-0300Z, Apr 3
CWops Mini-CWT Test                                  1300Z-1400Z, Apr 3
                                                      1900Z-2000Z, Apr 3
                                                      0300Z-0400Z, Apr 4
UKEICC 80m Contest                                   2000Z-2100Z, Apr 3
SARL 80m QSO Party                                   1700Z-2000Z, Apr 4
NRAU 10m Activity Contest                            1700Z-1800Z, Apr 4 (CW)
                                                      1800Z-1900Z, Apr 4 (SSB)
                                                      1900Z-2000Z, Apr 4 (FM)
                                                      2000Z-2100Z, Apr 4 (Dig)
SKCC Sprint Europe                                   1900Z-2100Z, Apr 4
QRP Fox Hunt                                         0100Z-0230Z, Apr 5
NCCC RTTY Sprint                                     0145Z-0215Z, Apr 5
NCCC Sprint                                          0230Z-0300Z, Apr 5
LZ Open 40m Sprint Contest                           0400Z-0800Z, Apr 6
PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors Contest                1000Z, Apr 6 to 0400Z, Apr 7
SARL VHF/UHF Digital Contest                         1000Z, Apr 6 to 1000Z, Apr 7
Mississippi QSO Party                                1400Z, Apr 6 to 0200Z, Apr 7
Missouri QSO Party                                   1400Z, Apr 6 to 0400Z, Apr 7
                                                      1400Z-2000Z, Apr 7
Florida State Parks on the Air                       1400Z-2200Z, Apr 6
                                                      1400Z-2200Z, Apr 7
SP DX Contest                                        1500Z, Apr 6 to 1500Z, Apr 7
EA RTTY Contest                                      1600Z, Apr 6 to 1600Z, Apr 7
RSGB RoLo SSB                                        1900Z-2030Z, Apr 7
144 MHz Spring Sprint                                1900 local - 2300 local, Apr 8


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NCCC Sprint:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

UBA Spring Contest, 2m:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

NCCC RTTY Sprint:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html

Wisconsin QSO Party:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  wiqp-logs[at]warac[dot]org
 Mail:  Wisconsin QSO Party
        West Allis Radio Amateur Club
        P. O. Box 1072
        Milwaukee, WI 53201
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/

South America 10 Meter Contest:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  logs[at]sa10m[dot]com[dot]ar
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://sa10m.com.ar/cqsa10m_rules.html

NAQCC CW Sprint:   March 24, 2019
 E-mail:  naqcc33[at]windstream[dot]net
          jcoreyc[at]gmail[dot]com
 Upload log at:  http://naqcc.info/sprint_submit_log.html
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint201903.html

South Carolina QSO Party:   March 25, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://scqso.com/log-submission/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://scqso.com/

Stew Perry Topband Challenge:   March 25, 2019
 E-mail:  tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
 Upload log at:  http://www.b4h.net/stew/tbdcsubmitlog.php
 Mail:  BARC
        15125 SE Bartell Rd
        Boring, OR  97009
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/

EA PSK63 Contest:   March 25, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://concursos.ure.es/en/logs/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/eapsk63/bases/

BARTG HF RTTY Contest:   March 25, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/

UK/EI DX Contest, CW:   March 25, 2019
 Upload log at:  http://logs.ukeicc.com/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl?Contest=DX%20CW%20Contest
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/uk-ei-dx-contest-rules

Bucharest Contest:   March 30, 2019
 E-mail:  fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html

AGCW YL-CW Party:   March 31, 2019
 E-mail:  dl6kcr[at]web[dot]de
 Mail:  Dr. Roswitha Otto, DL6KCR
        St. Nikolaus Str. 26
        D-52396 Heimbach
        Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/yl-cw-party

UBA Spring Contest, SSB:   March 31, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

AGCW QRP Contest:   March 31, 2019
 E-mail:  qrptest[at]agcw[dot]de
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/qrp-contest

WAB 3.5 MHz Phone/CW:   March 31, 2019
 E-mail:  g3xkt[at]worked-all-britain[dot]org[dot]uk
 Mail:  Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
        14 York Avenue
        Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
        United Kingdom
 Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contests.php

North American SSB Sprint Contest:   March 31, 2019
 E-mail:  (see rules, web upload preferred)
 Upload log at:  http://ssbsprint.com/submit-log/
 Mail:  Robert Hayes, KW8N
        9192 Bender Rd
        N. Ridgeville, OH 44039
        USA
 Find rules at: http://ssbsprint.com/rules/

Russian DX Contest:   March 31, 2019
 E-mail:  logs[at]rdxc[dot]org
 Upload log at:  http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/wwwlog.asp
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp

SARL VHF/UHF Analogue Contest:   April 1, 2019
 E-mail:  contest[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=201812141215058LWc1oCc5X.PDF

AGCW VHF/UHF Contest:   April 1, 2019
 E-mail:  vhf-uhf[at]agcw[dot]de
 Mail:  Manfred Busch, DK7ZH
        Ebachstr. 13
        D-35716 Dietzhoelztal-Mandeln
        Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/vhf-uhf-contest

Oklahoma QSO Party:   April 1, 2019
 E-mail:  okqplogs[at]suddenlink[dot]net
 Mail:  Oklahoma QSO Party
        Connie Marshall, K5CM
        2991 S. Woodland Rd.
        Muskogee, OK 74403
        USA
 Find rules at: http://k5cm.com/okqp.htm

Classic Exchange, CW:   April 2, 2019
 E-mail:  k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  K2RP
        659 Shanas Lane
        Encinitas, CA 92024
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan19/Winter_2019_CX_Rules.pdf

NSARA Contest:   April 2, 2019
 E-mail:  ve1pjs[at]rac[dot]ca
 Mail:  Peter J. Surette, VE1PJS
        48 Birch St.
        Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 4X2
        Canada
 Find rules at: http://nsara.ve1cfy.net/?page_id=82

Classic Exchange, Phone:   April 2, 2019
 E-mail:  k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  K2RP
        659 Shanas Lane
        Encinitas, CA 92024
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan19/Winter_2019_CX_Rules.pdf

FOC QSO Party:   April 6, 2019
 E-mail summary:  focqp[at]g4foc[dot]org
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://g4foc.org/qsoparty/

UBA Spring Contest, 6m:   April 7, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

Novice Rig Roundup:   April 9, 2019
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://novicerigroundup.com/nrrLog2019/login1.php
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://novicerigroundup.com/

Idaho QSO Party:   April 9, 2019
 E-mail:  idqplogs[at]msn[dot]com
 Mail:  Treasure Valley Radio Assn - IDQP Logs
        PO Box 888
        Fruitland, ID 83619-0888
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.idahoarrl.info/qsoparty/index.html

F9AA Cup, SSB:   April 9, 2019
 E-mail:  concoursf9aa[at]urc[dot]asso[dot]fr
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.site.urc.asso.fr/index.php/urchaut-6/om-6/131-trophee-f9aa

QCWA QSO Party:   April 9, 2019
 E-mail:  w2od[at]aol[dot]com
 Mail:  W2OD, Robert Buus
        8 Donner Street
        HOLMDEL N.J. 07733-2004
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.qcwa.org/2019-qso-party-rules.pdf

AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest:   April 10, 2019
 E-mail:  w1zb[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  Jerry Reine, W1ZB
        5 Tobey Lane
        Andover, MA 01810
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/event-details-for-john-rollins-dx-contest.html

Virginia QSO Party:   April 15, 2019
 E-mail:  vqp[at]verizon[dot]net
 Mail:  VA QSO Party
        Call Box 599
        Sterling, VA 20167
        USA
 Find rules at: https://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2019_VQP/2019_VQP_Main.html

CLARA Chatter Party:   April 15, 2019
 E-mail:  va1yl[at]ns[dot]sympatico[dot]ca
 Mail:  Helen Archibald, VA1YL
        25 CANARD STREET RR#1.
        PORT WILLIAMS, NS B0P 1T0
        Canada
 Find rules at: http://www.clarayl.ca/index.php/awards-certificates-to-work-for/clara-chatter-party-rules

Louisiana QSO Party:   April 16, 2019
 E-mail:  logs[at]laqp[dot]org
 Mail:  LAQP
        Robert Baker
        136 Northwood Drive
        West Monroe, LA 71291
        USA
 Find rules at: http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm
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Bloemendal shortwave station's final transmission

The South African Radio League report Sentech will close its Bloemendal Shortwave Broadcasting station on 30 March, which means that today's Amateur Radio Today will be the last programme to be transmitted on the 7 and 17 MHz broadcast bands. Amateur Radio Today will however still be available on 7 082 kHz from Durban and on many repeaters around South Africa and from the SARL home page on www.sarl.org.za. Sentech inherited South Africa's Bloemendal shortwave radio station near Meyerton when Radio RSA was closed down. Radio RSA started its broadcast on 1 May 1966 and by 1976 the station transmitted for 36 hours a week in twelve languages including English, French, Portuguese, and Afrikaans. The service was discontinued in 1992. The only transmission that survived the close down was a broadcast into Africa, renamed Channel Africa. The SABC also transmits Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) on shortwave to the Northern Cape. Sentech also took over the sponsorship of Amateur Radio Today. To increase coverage on HF in the Southern African area the SARL is looking at transmitting the programme on 7 MHz from more locations like the Western Cape, Free State and Gauteng to compliment the 7082 kHz transmission by Louis, ZS5LP from Durban. The frequencies being considered are in the band between 7 100 and 7 200 kHz. On Monday evenings 80 metres is also under consideration. Radio Amateurs willing to offer their services on Sundays at 10:00 CAT and/or on Monday evenings on 80 metres are invited to send their contact details to artoday@sarl.org.za. The SARL could not make this announcement earlier as Sentech was unable to confirm their planned close down and requested the SARL not to announce the closure earlier. The South African Radio League

ALEXANDER POPOV ON KPH

A special "Special Message" was sent on KPH at 2330 GMT:

CQ CQ CQ DE KPH KPH KPH - SPECIAL MESSAGE -

TO ALL LISTENERS ASHORE AND AFLOAT -
ON THIS DAY IN 1859 THE GREAT RUSSIAN PHYSICIST ALEXANDER POPOV WAS BORN STOP POPOV IS ACCLAIMED BY MANY AS THE TRUE INVENTOR OF RADIO STOP ON 24 MARCH 1896 POPOV SENT A WIRELESS MESSAGE BETWEEN BUILDINGS IN SAINT PETERSBURG STOP IN 1900 POPOV ESTABLISHED A NAVAL COAST STATION STOP POPOV DIED IN 1906 STOP FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS
--
AR DE KPH SK EE



It was an honor and privilege to honor Alexander Popov, the Russian "Inventor of Radio" on his birthday!  As mentioned in a previous report, whenever we ask one of our many visitors from Eastern Europe who invented radio, they always reply, proudly, "Popov!"  Happy Birthday, Alexander Popov!

ARRL DX NEWS

DX News from the ARRL

22 March, 2019

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by AC8W, KK9A, W2TT, WB0TEV, The Daily DX, The OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

GEORGIA, 4L. Luc, F5RAV will be QRV as 4L/F5RAV from March 26 to April 2. Activity will be on the HF bands. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest. QSL direct to home call.

UGANDA, 5X. Members of the Italian DXpedition Team are QRV as 5X3C until March 25. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They are active as 5X3E using FT8. QSL direct to I2YSB.

SENEGAL, 6W. Elvira, IV3FSG is QRV as 6W/IV3FSG from Thies, near Dakar, until April 16 while working for the Informatici Senza Frontiere organization. Activity is in her spare time on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and possible digital modes. QSL via IK3GES.

JUAN FERNANDES ISLAND, CE0. A group of operators are QRV as XR0ZRC from Robinson Crusoe Island, IOTA SA-005, until April 3. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL direct to R7AL.

NORTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Dagmar, DM7PQ and Rainer, DL1AUZ are QRV as E51NPQ and E51AUZ, respectively, from Manihiki Island, IOTA OC-014, until March 25. Activity is holiday style on the HF bands using only CW. QSL to home calls.

NIEU, E6. Janusz, SP9FIH is QRV as E6AF until April 25. Activity is on 160 to 15 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.

FRENCH GUIANA, FY. Hartwig, DL7BC is QRV as TO2BC near Cayenne until April 2. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB, with some RTTY and PSK, and with CW on request, depending on operating conditions. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX SSB contest. QSL to home call.

BONAIRE, PJ4. John, KK9A will be QRV as PJ4/KK9A from March 24 to 31. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. He will be active as PJ4R in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL both calls via WD9DZV.

BELIZE, V3. Victor, WB0TEV will be QRV as V31VP from the Maya Hill Lodge from March 28 to April 2. Activity will be on the HF bands, with an emphasis on 160 and 80 meters using slow CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. This includes being a Single Op/All Band entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL to home call.

TURKS AND CAICOS, VP5. John, AF3K and Ross, W2TT will be QRV as VP5/AF3K and VP5/W2TT, respectively, from Providenciales, IOTA NA-002, from March 26 to April 2. They will be QRV as VP5P in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via operators' instructions.

BERMUDA, VP9. Operators KG8CO, W8KA, KB8TXZ, N8LI and AC8W will be QRV as home calls/VP9 from March 28 to April 2. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. This includes being QRV as VP9I as a Multi/2 entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest, QSL via operators' instructions, and VP9I via LoTW.

MEXICO, XE. Special event stations 4A3MAYA, 4B3MAYA, 4C3MAYA, 6E3MAYA and 6F3MAYA are QRV until March 24 to mark the Equinoccio Maya 2019. Activity is on the HF bands, 6 meters, and various satellites. QSL via bureau.

MYANMAR, XZ. Yuki, JH1NBN is QRV as XZ2C until March 28. Activity is on 15, 12, 10, and 6 meters using 25 watts. QSL direct to home call.

VANUATU, YJ. Chris, VK2YUS will be QRV as YJ0CA from Efate Island, IOTA OC-035, from March 26 to April 2. Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 15 meters. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX DX SSB contest. QSL direct to home call.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The North American SSB Sprint Contest, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, FOC QSO Party, UK/EI DX CW Contest and the UBA Spring 6-Meter Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend.
The UKEICC 80-Meter CW Contest, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, Phone Fray, SKCC CW Sprint and QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt are scheduled for March 27.

The Canadian National Parks on the Air, CNPOTA, operating event runs for the entire year of 2019, with special stations active from Canada's parks and historic sites.
Please see March 2019 QST, page 88, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details