26 October 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1486
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 25/10 F4GYM/p and F4FCE/p: Grande Ile de Chausey (EU-039) 1483
till 25/10 JS6UEA: Okinawa Islands (AS-017) * by DJ4EL 1484
till 25/10 PY0F: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 1483
till 26/10 3W9KW: Vietnam 1484
till 26/10 5T5PA and 5T2KW: Mauritania 1485
till 26/10 CQ9A: Madeira (AF-014) 1484
till 27/10 PS36OKT: special callsign 1481
till 27/10 VP2MSW: Montserrat (NA-103) 1485
till 28/10 3W9A: Vietnam 1485
till 28/10 5H3MB: Tanzania 1479
till 28/10 9M6NA: Labuan Island (OC-133), East Malaysia 1483
till 28/10 FM/JF2QNM and TO1J: Martinique (NA-107) 1481
till 28/10 HR9/N3AD: NA-057 (Honduras) 1485
till 28/10 VK9NC: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
till 29/10 5K0K: San Andres (NA-033) 1484
till 29/10 FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1483
till 29/10 J6/AA4FL: St. Lucia (NA-108) 1484
till 29/10 P40W: Aruba (SA-036) 1483
till 29/10 PZ5K: Suriname 1484
till 29/10 S79CI and S79W: Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles 1483
till 29/10 V47AA, V4/AA4VT, V4/N4SF, V4/W4GE: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1485
till 30/10 V31CT, V31MM, V31NY, V31ST, V31ZZ: Belize 1485
till 30/10 VE1AWW/CY0: Sable Island (NA-063) 1486
till 30/10 YJ0CA: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu 1485
till 31/10 5J500LDV, 5J500L, 5J500D, 5J500V: special callsigns 1483
till 31/10 P4/PA7DA: Aruba (SA-036) 1484
till 31/10 PA350RB: special callsign 1482
till 31/10 S79ZM: Seychelles (AF-024) 1485
till 31/10 VU7RI: Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) 1459
till October VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1431
till October ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica 1431
till 01/11 3W9QR: Vietnam 1481
till 01/11 OX1AA, OX3LX, OX5DM, OX7AKT, OX7AM: Greenland (NA-018)1484
till 01/11 VP6R: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1484
till 02/11 D68CCC: Comoro Islands (AF-007) 1483
till 02/11 PD5MVH/p and PD38EU: Ameland Island (EU-038) 1486
till 02/11 PJ7PL: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1484
till 04/11 FH/DJ7RJ: Mayotte (AF-027) 1481
till 04/11 VK9NE: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
till 10/11 AU19HFI: special callsign 1483
till 17/11 TM500LV: special callsign (France) 1465
till 18/11 ZD8SC: Ascension Island (AF-003) 1485
till 19/11 6O1OO: Somalia 1486
till 30/11 OL75CARBON: special callsign 1480
till 30/11 PA100KLM: special callsign 1483
till 30/11 PH100KLM: special callsign 1476
till 02/12 IB2LV: special callsign 1477
till 15/12 TR8CR: Gabon 1481
till 31/12 3Z50GR: special callsign 1483
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 03/03/2020 PA75LIMBURG: special callsign 1479
till 30/04/2020 3Z50DVP: special callsign 1483
till 30/06/2020 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 31/08/2020 4U25B: special callsign (Italy) 1486
25/10-30/10 FO/F6BCW: Huahine (OC-067), French Polynesia 1486
25/10-25/12 OR0YAL and OR18xxx: special callsigns 1485
26/10-27/10 JA4GXS/0: Sado Island (AS-206) 1484
26/10-27/10 OX7A: Greenland (NA-018) 1484
26/10-27/10 SU8X: Egypt 1485
26/10-27/10 TC0F: Bozcaada (AS-099), Turkey 1485
26/10-27/10 TM20CI: special callsign (France) 1483
26/10-27/10 TM30CDR: special callsign (France) 1486
26/10-27/10 V3M: Belize 1485
26/10-29/10 CO0CB: special event station 1486
27/10-09/11 HC1MD/2: Ecuador 1486
28/10-04/11 VK9NG: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
28/10-08/11 II0IGB: special callsign 1486
28/10-22/11 SU8WRC: special callsign 1485
October 9J2MYT: Zambia 1483
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
01/11-03/11 XR7PNAA: Alerce Andino National Park 1485
01/11-11/11 TM20CI: special callsign (France) 1483
01/11-12/11 CN44MS: special callsign 1485
01/11-30/11 IR3MD: special callsign 1486
02/11-04/11 JK3ZXK/2: Suga Island (AS-206) 1484
02/11-06/11 VA2IDX/p: Anticosti Island (NA-077) 1486
02/11-17/11 TM33EUDX: special callsign (France) 1486
04/11-05/11 FO/F6BCW: Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 1486
04/11-07/11 YJ0RRC: Gaua Island (OC-104), Vanuatu 1457
04/11-16/11 9X2AW: Rwanda 1485
06/11-10/11 PA100PCGG: special callsign 1479
06/11-17/11 TX7T: Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 1484
07/11-18/11 OH0UA: Aland Islands (EU-002) 1485
08/11-13/11 YJ0RRC: Tongoa Island (OC-111), Vanuatu 1457
09/11-06/12 VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008) 1485
10/11-30/11 8Q7XR: Maldives (AS-013) 1485
10/11-30/11 CP1XRM: Bolivia 1483
12/11-25/11 5R8VX and 5R8KU: Nosy Be (AF-057), Madagascar 1485
12/11-29/11 VK9CZ: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1459
14/11-20/11 YJ0FWA: Efate Island (OC-035), Vanuatu 1457
14/11-28/11 H40KT and H40TT: Pigeon Island (OC-065), Temotu 1486
16/11-24/11 TM30CDR: special callsign (France) 1486
16/11-27/11 9G5W: Ghana 1469
16/11-28/11 5H3UA and 5H3EME: Zanzibar (AF-032), Tanzania 1485
18/11-25/11 HR9/N3AD: NA-057 (Honduras) 1485
19/11-25/11 FO/F6BCW: Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 1486
23/11-24/11 TC0F: Bozcaada (AS-099), Turkey 1485
23/11-24/11 TM20CI: special callsign (France) 1483
23/11-27/11 FW/M0JHQ: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1485
26/11-28/12 9G5GS: Ghana 1484
30/11-01/12 TM30CDR: special callsign (France) 1486
November DL33EUDXF: special callsign 1486
November FK/F4HPX: New Caledonia (OC-032 and OC-033) 1486
November II4VAL: special callsign 1444
November JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
November LA33EUDXF: special callsign 1486
November LZ365BM: special callsign 1444
November PA33EUDXF, PB33EUDXF, PC33EUDXF: special callsigns 1486
November PD33EUDXF, PE33EUDXF, PF33EUDXF: special callsigns 1486
November PG33EUDXF, PH33EUDXF, PI33EUDXF: special callsigns 1486
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
02/01-05/01/2020 TM30CDR: special callsign (France) 1486
02/01-07/01/2020 ZC4UW: UK Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus (AS-004) 1484
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) 1485
10/03-25/03/2020 W8S: Swains Island (OC-200) 1484
March 2020 9J2LA: Zambia 1463
22/08-23/08/2020 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1482
05/10-12/10/2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1463
October 2020 KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
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26 October 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1486
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6O - Ali, EP3CQ has been back in Mogadishu, Somalia since 22 October for
four weeks. In his spare time he will be active as 6O1OO on 80-6
metres SSB and FT8. QSL direct to Ali Solhjoo, Schnackenburgstr. 3,
12159 Berlin, Germany.
CO - Special event station CO0CB will be active on 26-29 October from
Cayo Bariay, where Christopher Columbus made landfall in Cuba on 28
October 1492. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres
SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via LoTW, or direct to CO8NDZ.
CY0 - Alan, VE1AWW was briefly active as VE1AWW/CY0 from Sable Island
(NA-063) on 24 October. He plans to be again QRV at "irregular
times" until 29 or 30 October, mainly on 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL
via home call.
F - Celebrating the 30th anniversary since the UN General assembly
adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (20 November
1989), French special callsign TM30CDR will be active on 26-27
October, between 16-24 November, 30 November, 1 December and 2-5
January 2020. Look for activity on the HF bands SSB, CW and FT8.
QSL via the bureau to buro to F6KUQ.
FK - Thomas, F4HPX will be active holiday style as FK/F4HPX from Noumea,
New Caledonia (OC-032) starting on 3 November. He plans to use
"quite extensively FT4 for the first time", as well as SSB and
"maybe a bit of automated CW". A side trip to Ile des Pins (OC-033)
is also being planned. QSL via F4HPX (direct or bureau), Club Log,
LoTW and eQSL.
FO - Didier, F6BCW will be active as FO/F6BCW from Huahine (OC-067),
French Polynesia on 25-30 October. He will operate CW only on 80-10
metres. He will then move to Hiva Oa (Marquesas Islands), where he
expects to be QRV on 40 and 20 metres again as FO/F6BCW on 4-5
November and on 19-25 November. In between, he will be one of the
TX7T DXpedition operators. QSL FO/F6BCW direct to Didier Cadot, 180
rue du Moulin de la Coudre, 71440 Tronchy, France.
H40 - Grant K1ZW (H40KT) and Rob N7QT (H40TT) will be active from Pigeon
Island (OC-065), Temotu Province on 14-28 November. They will
operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres with two stations
and a focus on the low bands "following the sun". They hope to use
H40TT from both stations, and - if time permits - to use H40KT
during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Planned frequencies are:
CW 1826.5 3523 - 7023 10105 14023 18069 21023 24891 28023
SSB - 3785 - 7090 - 14185 18130 21285 24955 28485
RTTY - - - 7045 10142 14080 18100 21080 24910 28080
FT8 1836 3567 5357 7056 10131 14090 18095 21091 24911 28091
QSL via M0URX's OQRS (direct or bureau), or direct only to Tim
Beaumont, 83 Limbrick Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9EX, United Kingdom.
[TNX K5GS]
HC - Rick, NE8Z will be active again as HC1MD/2 from the lighthouse at
Capay on Hill, in the Santa Elena province of Ecuador, from 27
October to 9 November. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40, 30,
20 and 17m. QSL via LoTW, or direct to K8LJG.
I - The 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club will be active as 4U25B from 24
October until 31 August 2020 to mark the 25th anniversary of the
United Nations Logistics Base (since 2010 known as UN Global
Service Center) in Brindisi DXCC wise, it counts for Italy. QSL via
9A2AA.
I - Members of the Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club (INORC) will oper-
ate CW only as II0IGB from 28 October to 8 November. QSL via the
bureau. A certificate will be available; full information can be
found on https://www.qrz.com/db/ii0igb. The special callsign memo-
rializes Giuseppe Biagi, the radioman whose distress calls played a
pivotal role in rescuing the survivors the airship "Italia". Born
in 1897, Biagi passed away on 1 November 1965.
I - Once again special callsign IR3MD will be in use by ARI Rovereto on
1-30 November. The suffix stands for Maria Dolens, the mighty bell
casted after World War I to commemorate the fallen in all wars. QSL
via IN3MDR; information on the award can be found on qrz.com.
PA - Marcel, PD5MVH has been active as PD5MVH/p from Ameland Island (EU-
038) since 19 October, and will remain there until 2 November. He
operates QRP, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
PD38EU. QSLs via PD5MVH, direct or bureau.
PA - Celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the European DX Foundation,
special callsigns PA33EUDXF, PB33EUDXF, PC33EUDXF, PD33EUDXF,
PE33EUDXF, PF33EUDXF, PG33EUDXF, PH33EUDXF and PI33EUDXF will be
activated during the month of November by EUDXF Dutch members.
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via PA1AW. See
http://www.eudxf.eu/ for information about the "33 EUDXF Award".
Also taking part in the celebrations will be DL33EUDXF from Ger-
many, LA33EUDXF from Norway, TM33EUDX from France (2-17 November)
and possibly other special callsigns.
VE - Eric, VA2IDX will be active as VA2IDX/p from Anticosti Island (NA-
077) on 2-6 November. He will operate CW QRP and possibly SSB on 40
and 20 metres around 20-02 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 October):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
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04 CF3M SOAB Canada LoTW/VE3LA
05 VA2UR M/S Canada LoTW
05 VP9I Bermuda LoTW/WW3S
07 5K0K San Andres LoTW/OK6DJ
07 HR9/N3AD SOAB Honduras W3HNK
07 TI7W M/S Costa Rica LoTW/W4FS
07 V3M Belize LoTW/WB2REM
08 8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
08 8P2K SOSB 40m Barbados LoTW/KU9C
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/HA1AG
08 FG4KH SO Guadeloupe LoTW/F1DUZ
08 J68MD M/S St Lucia N2HIW
08 KP2M M/2 US Virgin Isls LoTW
08 KP3Z SOAB LP Puerto Rico LoTW
08 NP2P SO US Virgin Isls LoTW
08 PJ7PL SO LP Sint Maarten N2HX
08 T42T M/? Cuba LoTW/WB2REM
08 TO1J SOAB Martinique LoTW/JF2QNM
08 V26B M/M Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/KA2AEV
08 V47T SOAB St Kitts & Nevis LotW/W2RQ
08 V49V M/2 St Kitts & Nevis LoTW/AA4V
08 VP2MSW SOAB HP Montserrat LoTW/K3SW
08 VP5W M/S Turks & Caicos Isls LoTW/KD3TB
08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Isls LoTW/K6AM
08 ZF9CW SOAB HP Cayman Isls LoTW/K5GO
09 FY5KE M/S French Guiana LoTW
09 P40T SOAB Aruba VE3DZ
09 P40W SOAB Aruba LoTW/N2MM
09 PJ2T M/M Curacao LoTW/W3HNK
09 PJ4K M/M Bonaire KU9C
09 PZ5K M/? Suriname LoTW/G3NKC
10 HC0E M/M Ecuador HC1QRC
10 HC5D SOAB HP Ecuador DL8UD
11 PS4L M/S Brazil LoTW
11 PT5J SOAB Brazil PP5JR
11 PY0F M/? Fernando de Noronha LoTW/PY7RP
11 ZW5B M/M Brazil K3IRV
11 ZZ3ZZ M/S Brazil LoTW
12 CB1H M/? Chile LoTW
13 CV9I Uruguay CX4AD
14 CR2L SOAB Azores LoTW/OE2GEN
14 CR5T M/2 Portugal LoTW
14 EE3X SO QRP Spain EA3KX
14 EE5T M/2 Spain LoTW
14 G9P SO England M0NCG
14 HB9A M/S Switzerland HB9OCR
14 HB9H M/? Switzerland HB9CXZ
14 MD1E Isle of Man LoTW/M0OXO
14 MD1U Isle of Man LoTW/M0OXO
14 MD4K SOAB Isle of Man LoTW/G3NKC
14 PD38EU SO QRP Netherlands PD5MVH
15 3Z6O SO LP Poland LoTW
15 4U1A M/? Vienna Int'l Centre UA3DX
15 9H6A M/? Malta LoTW/9H1XT
15 ES9C M/S Estonia ES5RY
15 IO5O M/S Italy LoTW/IK5RLP
15 IO8T SOAB Italy N6TJ
15 LY4ZF SOSB 40m Lithuania YL1ZF
15 OH0V SO Aland Isls LoTW
15 OH0W M/S Aland Isls OH2BH
15 OH5Z M/S Finland LoTW
15 YT5A M/M Serbia YT1AD
17 RK9AX SOAB HP AS Russia UA9APA
20 P3F SO Cyprus LoTW/M0URX
20 TC0F M/S Turkey TA2BN
21 4L/LY4ZZ SOSB 160m Georgia LoTW/LY4ZZ
21 4L0A SOSB 40m Georgia LoTW
21 4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia EA7FTR
21 4L9M SOSB 80m Georgia LoTW/R3XA
21 9K2K SOAB HP Kuwait LoTW/EC6DX
21 A44A M/M Oman LoTW
21 A92AA SOAB Bahrain LoTW/A92AA
24 B7P M/? China LoTW/BA4EG
24 BV2A/3 Taiwan BV2A
26 3W9A SO Vietnam LoTW
26 3W9QR SO Vietnam JJ1DQR
26 E20AX M/2 Thailand LoTW
26 E2A SOAB HP Thailand LoTW
26 HS0ZOJ SOSB 20m Thailand LoTW/F4BKV
26 HS8LVC SOSB 20m Thailand LoTW
27 AH2R M/S Guam LoTW
28 7A2A M/? Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX
28 9M6NA SOAB HP East Malayasia LoTW
28 V85RH SO Brunei LoTW
31 KH6J M/M Hawaii LoTW
31 KH7M Hawaii qrz.com
32 VK9NC SOSB 40m Norfolk Island SP7VC
32 VK9NE SO Norfolk Island SP7VC
32 VP6R M/M Pitcairn Island K9CT
32 YJ0CA SO Vanuatu VK2YUS
32 ZM4T M/2 HP New Zealand LoTW
33 3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
33 CN3A M/M Morocco LoTW/IK2OHG
33 EA8DDS SO QRP Canary Isls EA8DDS
33 ED8W M/? Canary Isls LoTW/EA8DO
33 EF8R M/? Canary Isls LoTW/EB7DX
33 EF9Z SO Ceuta & Melilla LoTW/EA5KB
33 IH9P SOSB 15m AF Italy OL5Y
33 IH9YMC SOSB AF Italy LoTW
34 SU8X M/? Egypt OH2BH
35 6W1RY M/2 Senegal LoTW/F5VHJ
35 D4C M/? Cape Verde LoTW
39 S79W SOSB Seychelles SP9FIH
40 OX7A M/? Greenland LoTW/OZ1ACB
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2019.html - good contest to
you all!
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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!
ARRL NEW ONLINE FORUMS ---> Three new online forums, hosted by Groups.io,
have been opened where all radio amateurs - ARRL members and non-members
alike - can discuss issues and topics in two-way conversation with ARRL
leadership. "Aimed at enhancing communication among ARRL leadership, staff,
members, and prospective members, in a manner that enables timely updates
and collegial discussion", the new groups are:
* ARRL-Contesting moderated by Dennis Egan, W1UE, ARRL Contest Advisory
Committee Chairman
* ARRL-Awards moderated by Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, ARRL Radiosport and Field
Services Manager
* ARRL-IARU moderated by Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, IARU Secretary
For more information see "ARRL Creates New Online Groups for Members to
Communicate with Leadership" on http://www.arrl.org/news.
CLUB LOG GATEWAY ---> There is a new Club Log tool available for users
(DXpedition teams and single operators alike) of Win-Test, N1MM and DXLog to
upload to Club Log efficiently and reliably in real-time. The Club Log
Gateway is a small command-line tool that is designed to run on a Windows,
Mac or Linux computer. It stores a record of the QSO (including handling
edits and deletes) in a database file that is sent periodically to Club Log.
This is achieved in near real-time, including via slow connections such as
satellite phones, using an extremely efficient and lightweight protocol that
saves over 90% of the normal o verheads of ADIF uploads. This means that
real-time uploads are realistic, and not too hard to achieve. The payload is
about 500 bytes for 35 QSOs. Using the gateway, you can push QSOs into Club
Log within a few seconds. Full details and download links are here:
https://clublog.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/3000093504
IARU: TWO NEW MEMBER SOCIETIES ---> The IARU member-societies have voted to
admit The Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) and the Seychelles Amateur
Radio Association (SARA) to membership. SARS (https://arsr.sa/en/) was
founded on 25 June 2018 and is legally registered/recognized to represent
the the amateurs of Saudi Arabia. As of January 2019 there were 66 members
out of a total of 479 licensed radio amateurs in the country. SARA was
founded in December 2018 and was registered with the Seychelles government
on 31 December. SARA has six members, two of whom are licensed. It is
believed that there are four licensed amateurs in Seychelles, a number that
SARA hopes to increase. Saudi Arabia and Seychelles are located in ITU
Region 1 which also corresponds to IARU Region 1. Their IARU membership
became effective on 9 October 2019 upon completion of the voting procedure
set out in the IARU Constitution. [Source: iaru.org]
NCDXF & CLUB LOG ---> The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has
awarded a grant of $4,000 to Club Log to support their capital needs for
important IT system upgrades to move their system into the future. Michael,
G7VJR, recently reached out to NCDXF with an inquiry for interest in support
that triggered an immediate and overwhelming response from every NCDXF
Director.
Following NCDXF's action, Michael is quoted: "For some time now, I've been
anxious to provide a more resilient way to run Club Log. With 70,000 active
users, and most significant expeditions depending upon it, it's vital to
keep Club Log working around the clock - but until now the expense has been
prohibitive. Club Log depends on donations for its running costs, but to
fund a capital project like this takes the financial backing of a foundation
that takes the lead and supports expeditions and DX-related projects at a
really high level. NCDXF has made an extraordinary grant to Club Log, giving
me an opportunity to unlock all the work that I need to do in this area.
Many thanks to the foundation and its members for this tremendous boost to
Club Log. The newly-upgraded servers will launch in early 2020".
NCDXF fully supports the Club Log mission and its dedicated team of
volunteers that is creating an i nvaluable service to the DXing community.
[TNX AA7A]
QSL VIA K7MT ---> Effective 18 Octobr 2019, Bill Erhardt (K7MT) is the QSL
Manager for KC4AAA (Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station), KC4AAC (Palmer
Station on Anvers Island, AN-012) and KC4USV (McMurdo Station on Ross
Island, AN-011). The former QSL manager (Larry Skilton, K1IED) passed away
on 2 June 2018. N2OO, W1GD and the QSL Manager's Society were able to
recover the logs and blank cards from Larry's family, and to pass them along
to K7MT. More information, including the dates of activities for which logs
are available, can be found on the QRZ pages for each Antarctic call. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
SABLE ISLAND 2020 ---> On 20 October Murray, WA4DAN went on a reconnaissance
trip to Sable Island to meet with the on-island Parks Canada staff to work
out details for the 2020 DXpedition [425DXN 1463]. He also set up a station
and worked 200 stations in 31 countries in a brief propagation test as
CY0/WA4DAN on 14200 kHz. The day after he met with the Parks Canada Sable
Island manager in Halifax to determine the size of the DXpedition team and
the eaxct dates for the operation. Details will be published on a CY0 web-
site to be launched soon.
VP6R ---> As of 01.00 UTC on 25 October, the VP6R DXpedition to Pitcairn
Island had approximately 47,000 contacts in the log. "Late yesterday we were
hit with a tropical storm with torrential rain and gale force plus winds",
the team reported on 25 October. "We had several antennas come down, but
they are repairable and will be back up when it is safe to go outside".
They "have been working a lot of FT8 on all the bands (except 160m so far)
and find that this 'weak' signal mode is putting a lot of new and unique
callsigns into the log, proving that this mode is valuable for a great
many". VP6R operates FT8 "Fox & Hound" mode, which means that you
1. MUST use WSJT-X version 2.1.0 (any other version is incompatibile!)
2. MUST be in F/H mode
3. MUST be in SPLIT mode (in WSJT-X program, not your radio)
4. MUST set your transmit frequency above 1000 Hz
"When conditions are good and everyone has FT8 set up properly", the team
says, "we have seen peak rates over 1000 contacts/hour and often sustained
rates of 400 contacts/hour from a single station! And, yes, it is possible
for one person to operate two stations at once. We do it often.
We will be on 160m (1.836 MHz) with FT8 F/H starting 00.00 UTC on 29
October. Depending upon success, we might spend additional time in that mode
on 160m".
VP6R will shout down temporarily at about 22 UTC on 25 October to prepare
for the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. They will be in the Multi/Multi category on
all bands. After the contest they will be back in "DXpedition mode" until 31
October.
As for QSLing, the QSL manager for the VP6R is Craig, K9CT, and the address
for direct mail QSLing is: The Pitcairn Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 73,
Elmwood IL 61529, USA. The preferred method of QSLing, however, is via Club
Log's OQRS, which will be activated only when the final log has been
uploaded. Donors will get early LoTW upload.
WRC-19 ---> The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 is due to open in
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 28 October. The meeting, which lasts four weeks,
will be attended by three thousand delegates from most of the countries
around the world, and will discuss and agree changes to the ITU Radio
Regulations.
IARU and its member-societies will be there, representing the amateur and
amateur satellite services with a team of 14 people from 10 countries. Of
particular interest to IARU are the positions on five Agenda Items (AI):
- AI 1.1, to allocate spectrum in the 50-54 MHz Region in Region 1 to the
amateur service
- AI 1.13, to consider new spectrum of International Mobile Telecommunica-
cations, which potentially might impact amateur spectrum at around 47 GHz
- AI 1.16, which could impact the 5 GHz amateur spectrum
- AI 9.1.6 on Wireless Power Transmission, where harmonics of WPT systems
can impact the MF/HF radio spectrum
- AI 10, where it is possible that future agenda items at WRC-23 could
impact the amateur service, including the 1240-1300 MHz band.
This meeting is the culmination of four years'work by IARU in ITU and re-
gional telecommunications organizations to protect and enhance amateur
service frequency allocations. The IARU team will provide updates as the
Conference progresses. The WRC has a wide-ranging agenda of which the
amateur issues are but a small part. [Source: iaru.org]
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3W9QR JJ1DQR EG1FPL EA1OK PA6JAM PD5CW
3Z50DVP SP6DVP EG5MCC EA5RCK PA6TJARDA PD3AR
4D3X W3HNK EH3WRC EA3ZK PC50DIG PA2TMS
4E1A 9V1KG EI0NMMI EI6AL PH100KLM PA3DVA
4O7TC UA3TCJ EN75NPU UR5NJW PJ2/KF4DX DL8NU
4U25B 9A2AA EO65QRC UR4QZZ PJ7PL N2HX
4U2U UA3DX EP2LMA EA5GL PY5/LU9ESD EB7DX
4U73B 9A2AA FG4KH F1DUZ RX4AB RW6HS
4X6FR 4X6OM FH/DL9HAL M0OXO S79CI SP6CIK
5B4ALX IZ4AMS FS4WBS IZ1MHY S79W SP9FIH
5J500D HK3VHZ HC5D DL8UD S79ZM OK1FZM
5J500L HK3VHZ HI8K W2CCW SN2JOTA SP2ZIE
5J500LDV HK3VHZ HL07NWPF HL5BJU ST2BSS ST2M
5J500V HK3VHZ HL9BSA HL4ZFA SU8JOTA SM5AQD
5K0K OK6DJ HR9/N3AD W3HNK SW44M DK2PZ
5T2KW PA2KW HZ1SBS HZ1HN T88HS JA6KYU
5T5PA PA5X IB2LV I2MYF T88RH JR6DRH
5W0FY M0OXO IB8SRT IK8IPL TG9ADQ EC6DX
5W0GK M0OXO IB9BP IT9KXK V26B KA2AEV
6W1RW F6BEE II0BP IW0GOA V26OC N3OC
6W1RY F5VHJ II3MQP IN3EYI V26RA K3RA
8P5A HA1AG II4JOTA IZ4UFB V31AX M0URX
9A8VI/p OE4VIE II9BP IT9ZEO V31CT WB2REM
9H3RS DM7XX IK2SGL/OA9 IK6BFH V31MM WB2REM
9H3YY DL2JRM J68GD K9AW V31NY WB2REM
9H9XX DL2JRM J68HZ K9HZ V31ST W4SJT
9M4SJT 9M2TDX J79WTA HB9MFM V31ZZ WB2REM
A21TX ZS4TX JS6UEA DJ4EL V47AA AA4V
A25SL N4GNR JW6VDA OH6VDA V47JA W5JON
A41KJ N4GNR JW7QIA LA7QIA V47NT W2RQ
A60JOTA A61BK JY5HX E73Y VE1AWW/CY0 VE1AWW
CE2SV N7RO KH7XX EB7DX VK8NSB M0URX
CO7IG RW6HS LX9S HB9AOF VK9NC SP7VC
CQ9A EA1AP NP2J K8RF VK9NE SP7VC
CR2Y DH7WW OD5VB EA5GL VP2ETE W3HNK
CR6JAM CT1DSV OH0W OH2BH VP2MSW K3SW
CS21TS CT7ABF OL75CARBON OK2PXJ VP6R K9CT
CT9ABN OM2VL OO19TRUDO ON4TRC VR2CC VR2XRW
CT9ABO OM3GI OR75CLM ON6HC VU7RI M0KRI
CX4DI EA5GL OX1AA OZ1ACB XU7AKP IW3SNW
D44EA OK7JR OX3LX OZ0J YJ8RN NZ4DX
D4Z IK2NCJ OX5DM OZ1ACB ZD8SC WB4GHY
D68CCC IK2VUC OX7AKT OZ1ACB ZF2IN N6WIN
DU1AI JN3VQM OX7AM OZ1ACB ZF2LZ NN1C
DU6/PE1NSQ EA5GL P29LL EA7FTR ZF2MJ N6MJ
DX9EVM DU9CA P40T VE3DZ ZF2WW K6JO
EA8/TF3CW LX1NO P40W N2MM ZV100GP PY2AA
3DA0BP Vincent Molloy, P.O Box 328, Mhlambanyatsi, H115, Eswatini
5W0NA Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA
7X2JV Liliana Aspelin, Hertig Karlsgatan 21B lgh 1201,
SE-682 30 Filipstad, Sweden
9H6BPS Marconi Amateur Radio Circle, Att. Steven Fenech, Triq L-Anzjani,
L-Imtarfa, MTF 1510, Malta
9H9JAM Ivan Privitera, 20 Aurora, Triq Normandy, Pembroke, PBK 1624,
Malta
9H9SGM Mosta Scouts Group, 55 Dun Edgar Salamone, Triq it-Torri,
Il-Mosta, MST 3500, Malta
CE7VPQ Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, 22 de Mayo 274, 5790166 Quellon,
Region de Los Lagos, Chile
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
IB9MY Emanuele Sergi, Via Manzoni 8, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
IK2VUC Giuliano Mondini, Ufficio Busto Arsizio, Casella Postale 10,
21052 Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
KH0/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
M0KRI Shabu Ramakrishnan, 125 Falconwood Road, Croydon, CR0 9BF,
United Kingdom
MD0RMU Akira Murayama, 248-4 Naka Nocho, Ise-shi, Mie, 516-0034, Japan
OK1FZM Martin Zabransky, Jihozapadni II/10, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic
OK6DJ David Beran, Dolni Kamenice 55, 34562 Holysov, Czech Republic
OY6JAM Skotafylki Sigmunds Brestissonar, Postboks 3082, FO-110 Torshavn,
Faroe Islands
T88SM Hakata Amateur Radio Association, P.O.Box 232, Hakatakita Post
Office, Fukuoka, 812-8799, Japan
V47AA Stephen Reichlyn, 14 Seahorse Court, Isle of Palms SC 29451, USA
V51SCOUT Scouts of Namibia, PO Box 6436, Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia
VP6R The Pitcairn Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 73, Elmwood IL 61529,
USA
WB4GHY Steve R. Coleman, 822 S Waco St, Van Alstyne TX 75495, USA
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZA/IK2RLM Marco Corridore, Vicolo del Toro 4, 20060 Cassina de' Pecchi MI,
Italy
ZB2FFG Jonathan Saccone, 1st/4th (MMHO) Gibraltar Scout Group,
Wellington Front, GX11 1AA, Gibraltar
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