Friday, March 8, 2019

425 DX Group DX News and Info 8 March 2019

9 March 2019                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1453

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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  09/03      C5YK: The Gambia                                      1438
till  10/03      3D2JS: Fiji (OC-016)                                  1448
till  10/03      FG/F6HMQ, FG/F6GWV, TO3Z: Guadeloupe (NA-102)         1450
till  10/03      FK/JG1XMV: New Caledonia (OC-032 and OC-033)          1450
till  10/03      PF6HPP: special callsign                              1445
till  11/03      FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                            1447
till  12/03      C56DF: The Gambia                                     1450
till  12/03      FO/OK2ZI: Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia           1448
till  13/03      6W7/F5NHJ: Senegal                                    1452
till  13/03      9G5GS: Ghana                                          1451
till  13/03      FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                1441
till  13/03      KG4SC and KG4AS: Guantanamo Bay                       1451
till  13/03      V31NC: Belize                                         1450
till  16/03      TR8CR: Gabon                                          1439
till  17/03      SE19SKI: special callsign                             1448
till  18/03      XV9YM: Vietnam                                        1449
till  24/03      3B8XF: Mauritius (AF-049)                             1453
till  24/03      6O1OO: Somalia                                        1451
till  24/03      TM6C: special callsign (France)                       1449
till  29/03      VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008)                     1447
till  30/03      6W7/ON4AVT: Senegal                                   1450
till  30/03      PJ7AA: Sint Maarten (NA-105)                          1451
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)                      1452
till  01/04      4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1433
till  17/04      DU6/N6SS: Panay Island (OC-129), Philippines          1453
till  15/05      HR5/F2JD: Honduras                                    1451
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      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
08/03-16/03      7P8LB: Lesotho                                        1448
08/03-16/03      C6AKT: Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas                    1451
08/03-04/04      CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014)           1453
09/03-11/03      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks    1451
09/03-20/03      9G2DX: Ghana                                          1452
10/03-16/03      XV9JK: Thu Island (AS-157), Vietnam                   1450
10/03-03/04      XR0ZRC: Juan Fernandez (SA-005)                       1453
13/03-25/03      5X3C and 5X3E: Uganda                                 1448
13/03-25/03      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Manihiki (OC-014), North Cooks     1451
13/03-17/04      8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021)                              1451
14/03-17/03      VK4/JA8COE: Thursday Island (OC-138)                  1451
14/03-22/03      E51HMK: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1450
14/03-26/03      5V7EI: Togo                                           1444
14/03-30/03      PJ2/DK5ON: Curacao (SA-099)                           1452
15/03-17/03      MJ0CFW and MJ5Z: Jersey (EU-013)                      1453
16/03-18/03      GB1SPD, GB2SPD, GB5SPD: Northern Ireland              1453
16/03-23/03      F5OHH/p: Groix Island (EU-048)                        1453
16/03-27/03      A35JP: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga                      1453
16/03-06/04      3W9JF: Vietnam                                        1446
18/03-26/03      VE3LYC/KL7: Little Diomede Island (NA-150)            1452
18/03-02/04      E6ET: Niue (OC-040)                                   1450
18/03-??/??      E6AF: Niue (OC-040)                                   1453
19/03-28/04      6W7/F6HMJ: Senegal                                    1453
20/03-28/03      XZ2C: Myanmar                                         1453
21/03-02/04      TO2BC: French Guiana                                  1451
22/03-28/03      VE7ACN/VE1: Bells Island (NA-081)                     1451
25/03-01/04      P44W: Aruba (SA-036)                                  1453
26/03-02/04      4L/F5RAV and 4L0GF: Georgia                           1452
27/03-31/03      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks     1451
27/03-01/04      VP5/AF3K, VP5/W2TT, VP5P: Turks & Caicos (NA-002)     1453
28/03-30/03      9M19TEA: West Malaysia                                1452
28/03-02/04      IG9MO: Lampedusa Island (AF-019)                      1450
28/03-02/04      ZL7C: Chatham Islands (OC-038)                        1453
28/03-04/04      VA7XW/VE1: Long Island (NA-127)                       1451
28/03-10/04      6Y5KB: Jamaica (NA-097)                               1452
March            5T5PA: Mauritania                                     1451
March            DU3/F4EBK: Luzon Island (OC-042)                      1447
March            II4MRC: special callsign                              1444
March            LZ818PT: special callsign                             1444
01/04-15/04      C5DL: The Gambia                                      1453
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
12/04-15/04      DX1CC: Arena Island (OC-207)                          1453
14/04-22/04      VK5MAV/6: OC-211 and OC-183                           1452
16/04-20/04      J20DX/p: AF-059 and AF-053                            1449
17/04-25/04      XT2MAX: Burkina Faso                                  1453
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
03/05-05/05      3D2AS: Fiji                                           1453
06/05-20/05      FW/G0VJG: Wallis Island (OC-054)                      1453
10/05-13/05      KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
20/05-22/05      3D2AS: Fiji                                           1453
22/05-27/05      P44W: Aruba (SA-036)                                  1453
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
22/09-07/10      A35AG: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga                      1453
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                                   1453

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9 March 2019                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1453

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3B8    - Nigel, G3TXF has been active again as 3B8XF from Mauritius (AF-049)
         since  5 March,  and  will  remain  there  until 24 March.  He will
         participate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest and in the  Russian DX
         Contest (16-17 March); outside the contests he operates CW and FT8.
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
6W     - Jacques, F6HMJ will be active  as  6W7/F6HMJ  from Senegal  from 19
         March to 28 April. He will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. [TNX
         Les Nouvelles DX]
A3     - Masa, JA0RQV will be active as A35JP from Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga
         on 16-27 March.  In his spare time he will operate  CW, SSB and FT8
         on 80-6 metres.  QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,  or via  home call
         (direct or bureau).
A3     - Grant VK5GR, Oly VK5XDX and Andrew VK5AKH  will be active as  A35AG
         from Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga from 22 September to 7 October. They
         will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest and in the Oceania DX
         SSB Contest. Plans are to be QRV on 80-10 metres ("160m is planned,
         but will be intermittent") SSB, CW, FT8 and RTTY with two stations.
         QSL via M0OXO's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, plus Club Log for  IOTA matching;
         traditional bureau cards should go via VK5GR.  More information and
         updates can be found on http://vk5gr-iota.net/.
C5     - DH7KU, DK1BT, DL6SAK, DL7DF, DL7UFR and  SP3CYY  will be active  as
         C5DL from The Gambia on 1-15 April.  They will operate CW, SSB  and
         digital modes on 160-10 metres with three stations.  QSL via DL7DF,
         direct or bureau, and LoTW  "within 6 months after the DXpedition".
         See http://www.dl7df.com/c5/ for logsearch and OQRS.
CE0Z   - The  XR0ZRC  DXpedition  team  to  Robinson  Crusoe  Island,   Juan
         Fernandez (SA-005)  [425DXN 1445]  now includes  R7AL, RK8A,  RL5F,
         RW9JZ, SP6EQZ and CE1TBN. The first operators might be QRV as early
         as 9 March, with limited activity until the 14th,  when the rest of
         the team and the main equipment will arrive. Plans are to have four
         stations active on 160-10m CW, SSB and FT8 (Fox & Hound mode).  The
         new  QRT date is  3 April.  QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,  or via
         R7AL. See https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/xr0zrc.
CT9    - Once  again  Rosel, DL3KWR  and  Hardy, DL3KWF  will be  active  as
         CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) from  8 March to  4
         April. They will operate CW and FT8  on the HF bands, 60m included.
         QSL  via  home calls  (bureau preferred),  LoTW  and eQSL.  [TNX DX
         Newsletter]
DU     - Press, DU6/N6SS is on  Panay Island (OC-129),  Philippines until 17
         April.  Main activity will be on 160, 80 and 40 metres CW, FT8  and
         SSB, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL direct to
         home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
DU     - Ed, 4F1OZ and Gil, 4F2KWT will be active as DX1CC from Arena Island
         (OC-207) on 12-15 April. They will operate CW and SSB on 30, 20 and
         17 metres. QSL via EA5GL and logsearch on Club Log.  [TNX The Daily
         DX]
E6     - Janusz, SP9FIH will be active as E6AF from Niue (OC-040) for "a few
         weeks" starting on 18 March. He will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8 (Fox
         & Hound mode) on 160-15m.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred),  or
         via SP9FIH.  See http://www.e6.dxpeditions.org/  for the  band plan
         othe information. [TNX NG3K]
F      - Christian,  F5OHH  will be  active  as  F5OHH/p  from  Ile de Groix
         (EU-048) on 16-23 March. QSL via home call, burreau or direct,  and
         eQSL.
FR     - A team of seven Croatian operators (9A2AA, 9A2NA,  9A3CJW,  9A3EME,
         9A3MR, 9A7Y and 9A8RA) will be active as TO19A from  Reunion Island
         (AF-016) from 27 April to 8 May. They will operate CW, SSB and  FT8
         with a focus on the low bands.  QSL via 9A2AA,  logsearch  on  Club
         Log.
FW     - Nobby, G0VJG will be active as FW/G0VJG from Wallis Island (OC-054)
         on 6-20 May.  He will operate SSB and FT8  on various bands. Before
         (3-5 May) and after (20-22 May) the FW operation he will be  QRV as
         3D2AS from Fiji. QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX NG3K]
GI     - GB1SPD, GB2SPD and GB5SPD are  three  special callsigns  that  will
         celebrate St Patrick's Day from Northern Ireland.  The St Patrick's
         Day on the air event will run from  12 UTC on 16 March until 12 UTC
         on 18 March. See http://stpatrickaward.webs.com/ for details.
GJ     - Kazu, M0CFW will be  active  again  from  Jersey (EU-013) on  15-17
         March. He will participate  in the  Russian DX Contest  (from 12.00
         UTC on  16 March  to  11.59 UTC on the 17th)  as MJ5Z;  outside the
         contest he will be QRV as MJ0CFW. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.
         [TNX NG3K]
P4     - John, W2GD will be active as P44W from Aruba (SA-036) from 25 March
         to 1 April, and again on 22-27 May.  Main activity  will be  during
         the CQ WW WPX SSB and CW Contests, with some operation on  160, 80,
         30, 17 and 12 metres outside the contests.  QSL via LoTW, or direct
         only to N2MM.
ST     - Arik, EK6DO  is  active  as  ST2/EK6DO  from  Khartoum, Sudan while
         working there for  the next  3-4 years.  He hopes to soon  have the
         callsign ST2DO. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB.
         QSL via K6EID. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5    - Look for VP5/W2TT  and  VP5/AF3K to be active  from  Providenciales
         (NA-002),  Turks & Caicos Islands  from  27 March to 1 April.  They
         will participate in the  CQ WPX SSB Contest as VP5P  (QSL via LoTW,
         Club Log's OQRS  or via N2OO);  activity outside  the contest  will
         focus on 6 metres  SSB, CW  and  digital modes.  QSLs VP5/W2TT  and
         VP5/AF3K via LoTW or N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX]
XT     - Max, DK1MAX  will  be  active  again  as XT2MAX  from  Ouagadougou,
         Burkina Faso on 17-25 April. He will operate mostly  CW and FT8  on
         all bands. QSL via LoTW and eQSL, logsearch on Club Log.  Paper QSL
         cards will not be available. [TNX NG3K]
XV     - Jun, JL8AQH will be active as XV9XX from Hue, Vietnam from 27 April
         to 4 May. He will be QRV on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres,  with a focus
         on 30m CW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to JL8AQH.
XZ     - Yuki, JH1NBN will be active again as  XZ2C  from Myanmar  on  20-28
         March.  He is allowed  to operate  all modes on  15, 12, 10  and  6
         metres with 25 watts. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL7    - Ian, ZL2BGL  and  Bill, ZL2AYZ  will be active  as  ZL7C  from  the
         Chatham Islands (OC-038)  from  28 March to 2 April,  including  an
         entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. They will operate SSB and some CW,
         PSK31 and FT8 on  80, 40, 20 and 15 metres,  with possible activity
         on 17, 12 and 10 metres depending on propagation. QSL via ZL2AYZ.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The  February 2019 issue  is  now  available   for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

3Y0I ---> "The 3Y0I Team re-assembles in  Cape Town, while  operators return
to South Africa", the team announced on 7 March. "Meanwhile, the rest of the
team  members  who  are  currently  in ZS,  finalize the  very  last  vessel
preparations. Stay tuned for further news coming soon".  As of  8 March, the
"only  website   providing  direct   information   about  our   mission"  is
https://bouvetoya.org/. Updates will be posted also to Twitter and  Facebook
(see the website for the direct links).

QSL E44YL ---> Please note that the QSL route for CW QSOs made with E44YL in
2016 is via IK2CKR (direct only).  CW QSOs made in  2017  go  via IK3GES  as
usual. [TNX IK3GES]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  16,667 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2009-18), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

QSL W6KG & W6QL ---> Last year,  South Jersey DX Association  President  Bob
Schenck (N2OO) was contacted by the Yasme Foundation about  taking over  all
of the Lloyd and Iris Colvin (W6KG and W6QL) logs.  A few weeks ago,  a file
cabinet filled with  the paper logs and cards  arrived at N2OO's QTH.  There
are 112 Lloyd and Iris logs,  along with  two other DXpedition logs  (FO0XX,
Clipperton Island 1986 and 3D2AM, Conway Reef 1990) as well as  three  Danny
Weil logs (VP2VB British Virgin Islands 1957, HC8VB Galapagos 1960 and FO8AN
Clipperton 1960). All logs with associated dates of operation are listed  at
https://www.qrz.com/db/n2oo.  QSL via N2OO  (PO Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087,
USA) or via the OQRS at https://www.oqrs.net/n2oo/.

RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 82nd edition of the  Commonwealth  (BERU)
Contest (https://berucontest.wordpress.com)  will  be held  on  9-10  March,
from 10 UTC to 10 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres  CW.  Only  operators
located within the United Kingdom and Crown  Dependencies,  Commonwealth  or
British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter.

+ SILENT KEY + Hans Nilsson, SM3TLG (SH3O) unexpectedly  passed away  at  68
years of age.  A serious island  chaser  and  activator,  he was in the IOTA
Honour Roll and operated from several IOTA groups and DX locations.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4X0M, 5E5A,  5W0GC,  6Y6Y,  8Q7PE,
9M2MRS (AS-015), 9X5AW, A52BH, C31CT, C4II (AS-120), C6AGU, C96RRC (AF-088),
C98RRC (AF-066), DM775FLD, EA9ACD, EH40CE, EK7DX,  EL2EL/4 (AF-111),  EP6RRC
(AS-189), ER4ER, ET3YOTA,  EX0PL, H33J,  H7/RC5A (NA-013), H7/RM0F (NA-013),
IS0HQJ, JW4PUA,  JW9JKA,  LA2XPA (EU-036),  OX3XR,  P4/DK8YY,  RI0B (AS-054,
AS-087, AS-104, AS-121), S01WS,  TK0C, TO1J,  TX0A (OC-113),  TX0M (OC-297),
TY7C, UK8OM, VP6D, XT2SZZ, XV1X, YG9CMM, YJ0GC, Z23MD, Z81D, ZD7GWM,  ZD7JC,
ZY6C (SA-023).

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                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
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