Saturday, September 21, 2019

425 DX Group News 9/ 21/2019

 21 September 2019                                         A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1481

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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  21/09      9G5QU: Ghana                                          1477
till  21/09      A35JY: Tonga                                          1478
till  21/09      PH75MG: special callsign                              1479
till  22/09      OE15SOTA: special callsign                            1479
till  22/09      P29VIM: Papua New Guinea                              1478
till  22/09      PA75OMG: special event station                        1477
till  22/09      PA75SODS: special callsign                            1476
till  22/09      TK19IOTA: Corsica                                     1475
till  22/09      WH0RU: Saipan (OC-086)                                1479
till  23/09      C21WW: Nauru (OC-031)                                 1481
till  23/09      OZ6SYL: Sjaelland (EU-029)                            1479
till  24/09      H44MS: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands              1468
till  24/09      LZ/R2ATP/mm: lighthouses and Flora & Fauna            1477
till  25/09      7Q7WW, 7Q6M, 7Q7JN: Malawi                            1479
till  25/09      PD538RNI: special callsign                            1476
till  27/09      TM41CDXC: special callsign (France)                   1477
till  28/09      6O7O: Somalia                                         1477
till  28/09      GB1JB: special callsign                               1479
till  28/09      IM0DAE: San Pietro Island (EU-165)                    1479
till  30/09      4U500M: special callsign (VIC, Austria)               1475
till  30/09      9M16KING: special event station (West Malaysia)       1478
till  30/09      KH0/WB6Z: Saipan (OC-086)                             1481
till  30/09      LY30BW: special callsign                              1474
till  30/09      PA75OSB: special callsign                             1476
till  01/10      3DA0AO: eSwatini (Swaziland)                          1469
till  04/10      J68HZ: St Lucia (NA-108)                              1476
till  07/10      5X8C: Uganda                                          1481
till  07/10      HQ9X: Roatan Island (NA-057)                          1481
till  10/10      SV5/DL3DRN: Rhodes Island (EU-001)                    1481
till  10/10      Z81D: South Sudan                                     1476
till  14/10      TT8JLH: Chad                                          1479
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  17/11      TM500LV: special callsign (France)                    1465
till  30/11      OL75CARBON: special callsign                          1480
till  30/11      PH100KLM: special callsign                            1476
till  02/12      IB2LV: special callsign                               1477
till  31/12      8J3ICOM and 8N3ICOM: special callsigns                1476
till  31/12      9A62AA: special callsign                              1452
till  31/12      Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA)           1443
till  31/12      DL70AFUG: special callsign                            1447
till  31/12      DL70BRD: special callsign                             1444
till  31/12      DM70GER: special callsign                             1444
till  31/12      DQ1200ASP: special callsign                           1443
till  31/12      DR50DIG: special callsign                             1446
till  31/12      EI100YXQ: special callsign                            1447
till  31/12      EI19RE: special callsign                              1447
till  31/12      EN185UNIV: special callsign                           1458
till  31/12      FK8CJ: New Caledonia (OC-032)                         1477
till  31/12      HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland)         1443
till  31/12      SF50CG: special callsign                              1444
till  31/12      SP60DXC: special callsign                             1477
till  31/12      TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey)                 1451
till  31/01/2020 EM1UA and EM1U: Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica  1450
till  03/03/2020 PA75LIMBURG: special callsign                         1479
till  30/06/2020 GB60ATG: special callsign                             1473
21/09            II3MD: special callsign                               1481
21/09-29/09      AM500SAN: special callsign                            1479
21/09-29/09      S79GJ: La Digue (AF-024), Seychelles                  1479
20/09-21/09      EJ1D: Inis Mor (EU-006)                               1480
20/09-25/09      E51SFS: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks                1477
20/09-25/09      JI3DST/5 and JR8YLY/5: Shodo Island (AS-200)          1480
20/09-05/10      HB0/DL5YL and HB0/DL5YM: Liechtenstein                1478
21/09-20/10      OE190APD, OE192APD,OE193APD, OE196APD: special calls  1480
21/09-20/10      OP75E: special callsign                               1480
21/09-27/09      MD/OP2D: Isle of Man                                  1462
21/09-28/09      8R1CW: Guyana                                         1480
22/09-24/09      JA8COE/0: Sado Island (AS-206)                        1479
23/09-27/09      3D2VR: Fiji                                           1478
23/09-28/09      B7/BD7IHN: Hailing Island (AS-131)                    1481
23/09-06/10      A35JT: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga                      1455
28/09-02/10      WW0WWV: special event station                         1477
24/09-08/10      FP/KV1J: Saint Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032)             1475
25/09-30/09      JD1BNA/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1480
25/09-28/10      5H3MB: Tanzania                                       1479
26/09-30/09      OX3LX: Simiutaq Island (NA-220)                       1480
27/09-29/09      T46W: special callsign                                1481
27/09-03/10      3W9KJ: Dao Co To (AS-132)                             1479
27/09-06/10      OC19IARU: special callsign                            1481
27/09-12/10      Enigma Reloaded                                       1479
29/09-05/10      5H3CA and 5H3RRC: Mafia Island (AF-054)               1479
29/09-13/10      D44TWO: Sao Tiago (AF-005)                            1477
30/09-11/10      A82X and A82Z: Liberia                                1476
September        II4GRM: special callsign                              1444
September        JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard              1465
September        LZ304EW: special callsign                             1444
01/10-11/10      ZK3A: Tokelau Islands (OC-048)                        1481
01/10-19/10      7P8AO: Lesotho                                        1469
01/10-15/12      TR8CR: Gabon                                          1481
02/10-14/10      TO80SP: St. Pierre  et  Miquelon (NA-032)             1477
03/10-09/10      DS3EXX/2 and DS3FGN/2: Daecheong-do (AS-122)          1481
03/10-10/10      YJ0BCP: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu                       1481
04/10-06/10      K5P: Isle au Pitre (NA-089)                           1479
04/10-06/10      N5C: Cat Island (NA-082)                              1479
04/10-13/10      VP2VEM and VP2V/N5AQ: British Virgin Islands (NA-023) 1481
05/10-06/10      F6CUK/p: Sainte-Marguerite Island (EU-058)            1477
07/10-23/10      T30GC: Western Kiribati (OC-017)                      1462
09/10-27/10      PS36OKT: special callsign                             1481
15/10-04/11      FH/DJ7RJ: Mayotte (AF-027)                            1481
17/10-29/10      5K0K: San Andres (NA-033)                             1478
18/10-22/10      9H3YY: Malta (EU-023)                                 1481
18/10-23/10      3G1DX: Pajaros Rocks (SA-100)                         1475
18/10-28/10      VK9NC: Norfolk Island (OC-005)                        1475
18/10-01/11      VP6R: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)                        1454
18/10-04/11      VK9NE: Norfolk Island (OC-005)                        1475
19/10-31/10      VU7RI: Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011)                   1459
20/10-01/11      D68CCC: Comoro Islands (AF-007)                       1462
22/10-31/10      HC5M: Ecuador                                         1479
23/10-01/11      3W9QR: Vietnam                                        1481
24/10-28/10      FM/JF2QNM and TO1J: Martinique (NA-107)               1481
28/10-04/11      VK9NG: Norfolk Island (OC-005)                        1475
October          II4MNU: special callsign                              1444
October          JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard              1465
October          LZ311HI: special callsign                             1444
October          PH100ADL: special callsign                            1481
01/11-03/11      OR75CLM: special callsign                             1479
04/11-07/11      YJ0RRC: Gaua Island (OC-104), Vanuatu                 1457
06/11-10/11      PA100PCGG: special callsign                           1479
06/11-17/11      TX7T: Marquesas Islands (OC-027)                      1477
08/11-13/11      YJ0RRC: Tongoa Island (OC-111), Vanuatu               1457
12/11-29/11      VK9CZ: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003)               1459
14/11-20/11      YJ0FWA: Efate Island (OC-035), Vanuatu                1457
16/11-27/11      9G5W: Ghana                                           1469
November         II4VAL: special callsign                              1444
November         JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard              1465
November         LZ365BM: special callsign                             1444
November         PH100ADL: special callsign                            1481
02/12-09/12      V6K: Kosrae (OC-059), Micronesia                      1481
03/12-27/02/2020 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia         1481
December         II4TIB: special callsign                              1444
December         LZ4408SPA: special callsign                           1444
December         PH100ADL: special callsign                            1481
TBA         2019 3Y0I: Bouvet Island                                   1459
01/02-06/02/2020 TI9C: Coco's Island (NA-012)                          1481
04/02-18/02/2020 5I5TT and 5I4ZZ: Zanzibar Island (AF-032)             1477
21/02-05/03/2020 VP8/VP8DXU: South Orkney Islands (AN-008)             1479
March       2020 9J2LA: Zambia                                         1463
05/10-12/10/2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063)                           1463
October     2020 KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030)                     1476

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21 September 2019                                         A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1481

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3W     - Yosuke, JJ1DQR will be active as 3W9QR from  Da Nang, Vietnam  from
         23 October to 1 November,  including an entry  in the  CQ WW DX SSB
         Contest. QSL via JJ1DQR.
5X     - Anton, ON6NL has been active again as 5X8C since 17 September,  and
         will remain in Uganda and be QRV in his spare time until 7 October.
         He hopes to participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY CONTEST "with a simple
         setup". QSL via LoTW, or via ON6NL (direct or bureau).
9H     - Rene, DL2JRM will be active again as 9H3YY from  Malta (EU-023)  on
         18-22 October, including  participation in  the  Worked All Germany
         Contest  (19-20 October).  QSL via home call, direct or bureau.  He
         does not use LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
9M2    - Rich, PA0RRS will be active again as 9M2MRS from Penang Island (AS-
         015), West Malaysia from 3 December  to  27 February 2020.  He will
         operate CW and  digital modes  (RTTY, PSK, FT8 and FT4)  on the  HF
         bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL  or  via PA0RRS  (bureau
         preferred). [TNX PA0RRS]
BY     - Zhao, BD7IHN will be active holiday style as B7/BD7IHN from Hailing
         Island (AS-131) on 23-28 September.  He will operate CW and FT8  on
         the HF bands. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
CO     - The Radio Club de Caibarien will be active again as T46W  on  27-29
         September to commemorate the 128th anniversary of  Manuel "Manolin"
         Alvarez  Alvarez  (1891-1986),  a pioneer of radio in Cuba  and  an
         amateur radio operator (CO6MA) for seventy years. Look for activity
         on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
FH     - Willy, DJ7RJ will be active again as FH/DJ7RJ from Mayotte (AF-027)
         from 15 October to 4 November.  He will operate  CW and SSB  with a
         focus on 160 metres and the low bands.  QSL via home call.  He does
         not use LoTW or Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
FM     - Hide, JF2QNM  will  be active  holiday style as FM/JF2QNM from Mar-
         tinique (NA-107) on 24-28 October, including participation  in  the
         CQ WW DX SSB Contest as TO1J.  Outside the contest  he will operate
         CW and SSB with a focus on 30, 17 and 12m. QSLs via home call. [TNX
         NG3K]
HL     - DS3EXX/2 and DS3FGN/2 will be active from Daecheong-do (AS-122)  on
         3-9 October.  They will operate SSB, CW and FT8  on  160-10 metres.
         QSLs via DS3EXX (direct) and LoTW; DS3EXX/2 plans to use Club Log's
         Live Streams (https://clublog.org/livestreams.php).
HR     - LZ5VV, N2WQ, SP4Z, VE3JI  and  W1UE  will be active  as  HQ9X  from
         Roatan Island (NA-057)  from  20 September to 7 October,  including
         participation in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest.  They will be QRV  "for
         any band/mode they can operate on" (60m operation  will be  limited
         to 50 watts USB). QSL via KQ1F. [TNX NG3K]
I      - Cristian, IN3EYI and his son Martin, IN3IBW will be active as II3MD
         on 21 September, to celebrate  the  International Day of Peace  and
         the 70th aniversary of the Council of Europe. The suffix stands for
         Maria Dolens, the mighty bell casted after World War I  to commemo-
         rate the fallen in all wars. QSL via the bureau to IN3EYI.
KH0    - Look for KH0/WB6Z to be active again from Saipan (OC-086) on  20-30
         September. In his spare time he will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-
         10 metres. QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX The Daily DX]
OA     - Special callsign OC19IARU will be active  from  27 September  to  6
         October on the occasion of the XX General Assembly of IARU Region 2
         to be held in Lima, Peru. Activity will take place on various bands
         and modes from the Radio Club Peruano's HQ (OA4O).  A commemorative
         certificate will be available;  see https://www.qrz.com/db/OC19IARU
         for information.
PA     - PI4ADL,  the  Club Station  at  the National  Aviation  Theme  Park
         "Aviodrome" in Lelystad, will be active  as  PH100ADL  on  October-
         December to celebrate the centenary  of the commercial aviation  in
         the Netherlands. Look for activity on the HF bands SSB and CW.  QSL
         via the bureau.
PY     - Special callsign PS36OKT  will celebrate the  36th edition  of  the
         Oktoberfest of Blumenau (9-27 October), the biggest German festival
         in the Americas.  Look for activity  on all bands  CW, SSB and FT8.
         QSL via PY2GTA (direct) or PY2AA (bureau).
SV5    - Wolf, DL3DRN will be active again as SV5/DL3DRN from  Rhodes Island
         (EU-001),  Dodecanese  from  20 September  to  10 October.  He will
         operate CW, SSB and RTTY  on all bands.  QSL via LoTW,  or via home
         call (direct or bureau).
TI9    - Mark, XE1B and Frank, HK5OKY plan to be active as TI9C from  Coco's
         Island (NA-012) in early  February 2020.  The "Okeanos Aggressor I"
         will depart Puntarenas on 30 January, and return on 9 February. The
         voyage  to  the  island  will take  36-48 hours  depending  on  sea
         conditions. Plans are to operate SSB only on 160-6 metres with  two
         stations for about seven days starting on 1 February.  QSL via Club
         Log's OQRS, or via XE1B (direct only); the logs will be uploaded to
         LoTW  after six months.  See  https://www.qrz.com/db/ti9c  for more
         information.
TR     - Roland, F8EN will be active again  as  TR8CR  from Gabon  from late
         September or more likely early October  until 15 December.  He will
         operate  only CW.  QSL via F6AJA  (direct or bureau);  logsearch on
         http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/voirlogs.php. [TNX F6AJA]
V6     - Haru, JA1XGI will be active  again  as  V6K  from  Kosrae (OC-059),
         Micronesia on 2-9 December, including participation in the ARRL 160
         Meter Contest. He will operate CW, RTTY  and FT8 on  160-20 metres,
         with a focus on 160 and 80m CW.  See http://v6k.client.jp/ for  his
         band plan. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.
VP2V   - Jeff, K5WE (VP2VEM) and Bill, N5AQ (VP2V/N5AQ) will be active  from
         the  British Virgin Islands  (NA-023)  on  4-13 October.  They will
         operate mainly CW with some RTTY, FT8, FT4 and SSB on 160-10m.  QSL
         via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home calls.
YJ     - Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active as YJ0BCP from Efate (OC-035),  Vanuatu
         on 3-10 October. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-6 metres. He
         says "QSL  via  KD7WPJ  for  CW  and  SSB contacts,  LoTW  for  FT8
         contacts". [TNX NG3K]

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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C21WW ---> After  operating  as  T30L  from  Tarawa, West Kiribati  on  5-13
September (13,644 QSOs), the Latvian team [425DXN 1474]  has been active  as
C21WW from Nauru since 15 September.  They will have to go QRT earlier  then
planned,  as  they  "got news  from  Nauru Airlines  that  our  flight  back
scheduled for September 25th  has been cancelled".  They will be leaving  on
the 24th, which means that the antennas will be dismantled on  23 September.
See http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/ for updates.

DX-WORLD RADIO CLUB ---> G5DX is the callsign issued to  the  DX-World Radio
Club, which was formed  on  18 September 2019.  Expect  operators  from  the
various DXCC Entities of  the  United Kingdom to  enhance  and  use the club
callsign with  the  appropriate  Regional Secondary Locator:  GC5DX (Wales),
GH5DX  (Jersey),  GN5DX (Northern Ireland),  GP5DX (Guernsey),  GS5DX (Scot-
land), GT5DX (Isle of Man) and  GX5DX (England).  The QSL manager for all UK
G*5DX callsigns is EB7DX.  QSOs will be regularly uploaded to LoTW and  Club
Log.  See https://dx-world.net/dx-world-radio-club/ for more information and
future plans.

IOTA CONTEST ---> The results of the 2019 RSGB IOTA Contest (27-28 July) are
now available on the RSGB Contest Committee's  "HF Contests and News"  page:
https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/

USKA 90 ---> To celebrate the 90th anniversary of Switzerland's  IARU member
Society (USKA), HB9 and HB3 stations are allowed to change their prefixes to
HB90 and HB30 respectively  from  1 January until  31 December 2019  [425DXN
1443]. See https://www.uska.ch/uska-90-award/ for information on the USKA 90
Award Programme. [TNX HB9OCR]

ZK3A ---> The advance team  consisting  of  Dusko ZL3WW,  Adrian KO8SCA  and
Robert N7QT are ready  to depart  by this weekend  bound for Tokelau,  where
they expect to arrive on 25 September. The rest of the team will follow, and
be active on 1-11 October with five stations on 160-6 metres  CW,  SSB,  FT8
and RTTY, plus 6m EME (JT65A).  See https://tokelau2019.com/frequencies  for
the band plan.
The Pilot Team  consists  of  VK3FN (Oceania & Chief Pilot),  E21EIC (Asia),
N2AJ (North America), PY2YP (South America Pilot), SV2GWY (Europe) and  V51B
(Africa).  See the  "Team"  page on the  DXpedition's  website  for  contact
information.  ZK3A will be using Live Streams,  Club Log's  new feature that
provides a console view of QSOs being logged in real-time,  including a  map
showing the location of the QSOs: https://clublog.org/livestream/zk3a
QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau),  or direct  to  YT1AD.  The logs
will be uploaded to LoTW 6 months after the DXpedition.  A Log Check Request
Form  (see https://tokelau2019.com/qsl-information)  will  be available  for
Busted Call  or  Not in Log  situations;  direct email requests  will not be
accepted.

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QSLs  received direct  or  through  managers:  1A0C,  3B9VB,  6M6M (AS-105),
6W/IK5BSC, 9U4RI, 9V1YC,  CE2/CX1EK,  CU3HN,  D41CV,  E31A,  E51WL,  ES2TT/0
(EU-034) , FH/UA4WHX,  HR9/AD8J (NA-057),  JA3AOP (AS-117),  JT5DX ,  PZ5RA,
RI1ANX, RI1OM (EU-119), S70VB,  SM0CXS (EU-084),  SU9VB, TX2A,  TZ4AM, V85T,
VP8CTR, XR0ZRC (SA-005), XR1RRC (SA-069), Z81D.

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                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
                      Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
                                Roma, Italia

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