14 December 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1493
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 14/12 C56BR: The Gambia 1492
till 14/12 L50JT: special callsign 1491
till 15/12 6V1A: Goree Island (AF-045) 1491
till 15/12 FK/DB1RUL: Grande Terre (OC-032), New Caledonia 1492
till 15/12 OR75NUTS: special callsign 1491
till 15/12 PW1F, PW7M, ZV3FF, ZV7A: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
till 15/12 TR8CR: Gabon 1481
till 15/12 ZW132GBA: special callsign 1491
till 15/12 ZW1F, ZW1TP, ZW2CNN, ZW7AER: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
till 15/12 ZW7O, ZY1A, ZY1F, ZY2GO: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
till 15/12 ZY3F, ZY4F, ZY7FF: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
till 15/12 ZY8F, ZY9F, ZZ1F: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
till 16/12 AU2JCB: special callsign 1490
till 16/12 XW4XR: Laos 1489
till 16/12 ZF2YL and ZF2LA: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1493
till 19/12 V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1490
till 20/12 4L/TA1HZ: Georgia 1489
till 20/12 A50BOC, A50BPC, A5B: Bhutan 1492
till 20/12 XT2AW: Burkina Faso 1489
till 21/12 5P8VW: Romo Island (EU-125) 1493
till 23/12 8Q7XY: Maldives (AS-013) 1490
till 25/12 OR0YAL and OR18xxx: special callsigns 1485
till 25/12 R95WURC: special callsign 1493
till 28/12 9G5GS: Ghana 1484
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 31/12 YOTA Month 1491
till 05/01/2020 HC3AGT: Ecuador 1493
till 05/01/2020 S589PMC: special callsign 1491
till 07/01/2020 OP75USA: special callsign 1492
till 01/02/2020 YR2019REV: special callsign 1491
till 08/02/2020 VP8HAL: Halley VI Reserch Station, Antarctica 1492
till 27/02/2020 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia 1481
till 03/03/2020 PA75LIMBURG: special callsign 1479
till March 2020 C5YK: The Gambia 1490
till 04/04/2020 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1491
till 06/04/2020 HS0ZME: Thailand 1488
till 30/04/2020 3Z50DVP: special callsign 1483
till May 2020 9J2MYT: Zambia 1490
till 30/06/2020 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 31/08/2020 4U25B: special callsign (Italy) 1486
14/12-08/01/2020 HS0ZNR: Thailand 1491
15/12-21/12 HC5JLT: Ecuador 1492
16/12-17/12/2020 DL250BTHVN: special callsign 1492
18/12-21/12 FK/DB1RUL: Ouvea Island (OC-033), New Caledonia 1492
20/12-01/01/2020 PY6/PP2RON: Itaparica Island (SA-023) 1492
21/12-22/12 CN19JIM: special callsign 1492
21/12-28/12 HB0/DL2SBY: Liechtenstein 1492
22/12-03/01/2020 JD1BMH: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1492
23/12-27/12 FK/DB1RUL: Ile des Pins (OC-032), New Caledonia 1492
26/12-29/12 4X20HNY: special callsign 1491
26/12-29/12 4X2XMAS and 4X3XMAS: special callsigns 1491
26/12-29/12 4X7XMAS and 4X9XMAS: special callsigns 1491
26/12-31/12 CE0Y/UR5BCP: Easter Island (SA-001) 1493
27/12-28/12 4X9R: special station 1489
31/12-02/01/2020 TF/OJ0Y and TF/MM0OKG: Iceland (EU-021) 1493
December 3D2AG/p: Rotuma (OC-060) 1491
December 4S7DLG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1490
December II4TIB: special callsign 1444
December LZ4408SPA: special callsign 1444
December PH100ADL: special callsign 1481
December Z68MA: Kosovo 1489
TBA 2019 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1487
01/01-31/12/2020 DL100BKW: special callsign 1493
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
06/01-12/01/2020 E44RU: Palestine 1493
10/01-17/01/2020 8T2G: Sagar Island (AS-153) 1493
12/01-26/01/2020 TM70TAAF: special callsign (France) 1493
30/01-13/02/2020 HU1DL: El Salvador 1489
31/01-05/02/2020 KP4/AA7CH: Vieques Island (NA-249) 1493
January 2020 3D2AG/p: Rotuma (OC-060) 1491
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
05/02-17/02/2020 E44CC: Palestine 1491
06/02-18/02/2020 5H4WZ: Pemba Island (AF-063) 1493
09/02-16/02/2020 FS/RW0CN (NA-105) and FS/VE7ACN (NA-199) 1493
21/02-05/03/2020 VP8/VP8DXU: South Orkney Islands (AN-008) 1492
05/03-15/03/2020 9J2LA: Zambia 1489
10/03-25/03/2020 W8S: Swains Island (OC-200) 1484
18/03-02/04/2020 T30ET: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati 1489
23/03-03/04/2020 TU2R: Cote d'Ivoire 1489
22/08-23/08/2020 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1482
October 2020 KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
Oct-Nov 2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1487
TBA 2020 TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad 1493
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14 December 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1493
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - OK2WM, OM4AZF, OM5MF, OM5ZW and SP9LJD will be active as 5H4WZ from
Pemba Island (AF-063), Tanzania on 6-18 February. They will operate
CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the
CQ WPX RTTY (8-9 February) and the ARRL DX CW (15-16 February)
contests. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via OM3PA. [TNX DX World]
CE0Y - Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active as CE0Y/UR5BCP from Easter Island (SA-
001) on 26-31 December. He will operate SSB, CW, FT8 & FT4 on 60-6
metres. QSL via KD7WPJ (direct or bureau); his digital QSOs will be
uploaded to LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
DL - Special callsign DL100BKW will be active throughout 2020 to mark
the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast transmission from the
Radio Station Koenigs Wusterhausen (22 December 1920), which is
regarded as the birth of statutorily regulated broadcasting in
Germany (https://100jahrerundfunk.de/english/). QSL via Club log's
OQRS; paper QSLs are not needed. A certificate will be available,
see qrz.com for information.
E4 - Russian Robinson Club's members R5EC, R7AL, RA1ZZ and RW9JZ will be
active as E44RU from near Jericho, Palestine on 6-12 January. They
will operate CW, SSB, FT8 (Fox & Hound) on 160-10 metres. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. See https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/e44ru
for more information.
F - Francois, F8DVD will be active as TM70TAAF on 12-26 January. QSL
via home call (direct or bureau), and LoTW. The special callsign
commemorates the 70th anniversary of first QSOs made on the amateur
radio bands by stations operating from the Terres Australes et
Antarctiques Francaises (the French Southern and Antarctic Lands).
The stations involved in early 1950 were FB8AX from Adelie Land
(Antarctica), FB8XX from the Kerguelen Islands and FB8ZZ from
Amsterdam Island.
HC - HC3AGT is the callsign used by Antonio, EA5RM while in Loja, Ecua-
dor. In his spare time he operates SSB and digital modes on 40-10
metres. Antonio will remain in the country until 5 January [425DXN
1489], with possible activity also from Guayaquil (HC2). QSL via
home call.
OZ - Volker, DJ8VW is active as 5P8VW from Romo Island (EU-125) until 21
December. He operates SSB, CW and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, eQSL, or via DJ8VW.
TF - Col, MM0NDX as TF/OJ0Y (QSL via EB7DX and LoTW) and Jonathan,
MM0OKG as TF/MM0OKG (QSL via LoTW) will be active from Iceland (EU-
021) from 31 December to 2 January. They will operate CW, SSB and
FT8 on 80-20 metres, and possibly on 160m. [TNX DX World]
UA9 - Special callsign R95WURC is active on 12-25 December to celebrate
the 95th anniversary of UFA Radio Club and the beginning of amateur
radio in the Republic of Bashkortostan (R9W). Also active in the
same period are R95WBZ, R95WFT, R95WGK, R95WJV, RW95WJ and RX95WN.
A certificate will be available on https://r9w.hamlog.ru/.
VU - Once again the West Bengal Radio Club will provide assistance
during the Ganga Sagar Mela on Sagar Island (AS-153). This is the
annual gathering of Hindu pilgrims to take a holy dip in the
Ganges, where the river merges with the Bay of Bengal. Expect some
activity on he HF bands as 8T2G on 10-17 January. QSL via VU2NRO.
ZF - Vicky, AE9YL as ZF2YL and Carl, K9LA as ZF2LA will be active from
the Cayman Islands (NA-016) on 13-16 December, including operation
during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX The
Daily DX]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Mike, VE7ACN will be active as KP4/AA7CH from Vieques
Island (NA-249) from 31 January to 5 February, and as FS/RW0CN from the main
island of Saint Martin (NA-105) between 9 and 16 February. He will operate
mainly CW on 80-10 metres, plus 160m if local conditions allow. Operations
from Saint Martin might include a couple of one-day side trips to Tintamarre
Island (NA-199), where he will sign FS/VE7ACN battery powered from dawn to
dusk only. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, or via VE7ACN (direct
or bureau).
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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!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The November 2019 issue is now available for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
CHAD 2020 ---> Having received "the required security clearance", Silvano,
I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team (http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/) have
announced their plans to be active from Ndjamena, Chad as TT8RR (CW, SSB and
RTTY) and TT8XX (FT8) "around mid-2020". Details are expected in due course.
Originally planned to take place in February-March 2019, the DXpedition had
to be put on hold for security reasons. [TNX I2YSB]
IDXC 2020 ---> Registration for the 71st Annual International DX Convention,
to be held on 24-26 April at the Wyndham Hotel in Visalia (CA) will open on
16 December: http://www.dxconvention.org/
RAEM CONTEST ---> The 48th RAEM Contest (http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/) will
be held on 22 December, from 00.00 UTC until 11.59 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres CW. Organized by the Russian Amateur Radio Union (SRR), this
annual event memorializes Ernst T. Krenkel (1903-1971), the legendary Arctic
explorer and radioman (callsign RAEM) on various polar stations and on the
first drifting ice station North Pole-1.
WRC-19: REGION 1 50 MHZ AMATEUR ALLOCATIONS ---> IARU has released a more
detailed report (see https://www.iaru-r1.org/) on the outcome of Agenda Item
1.1 (50 MHz) at the recent World Radiocommunication Conference in Egypt.
The IARU position was to seek a 4 MHz primary allocation in Region 1 in
common with that in other ITU regions. Proposals from administrations and
Regional Telecommunications Organisations around the world ranged from no
allocation at all to the provision of a 4 MHz primary allocation.
The table at http://www.iaru-r1.org/wiki/VHF#50-54_MHz_.286_m.29 ("Overview
of 50 MHz status in ITU Region 1") is IARU's understanding of the position
on 50 MHz allocations in Region 1 before and after WRC-19. The definitive
position is the responsibility of individual national administrations.
Provisions of the ITU Regulations, as revised by WRC-19, shall enter into
force on 1 January 2021, however administrations may make provisions to
provide 50 MHz spectrum at an earlier or later date. Unless already licensed
to do so, individual amateurs should not use the newly allocated spectrum
until their national licensing authority has given the go ahead for its use.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 5K0K (NA-033), 8R1/AH0G, 9G5AR,
9H6A, 9U3TMM, A35JT, AP2AM, BW2/JP1RIW, C21WW, C5DL, D4C, D73G (AS-148),
EA9ACD, ES3AX, EV19CYC, FK8GX, FK8HA, HD8M, HP1AVS, JI3CEY/0 (AS-206),
JT1CO, K5P (NA-089), KH0/KC0W, KH6ZM, KL7/NC6K, KL7RA, LU1DX, LY30A, N5C
(NA-082), OJ0MR, P29LL, PJ2/KY7M, PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4A, PJ4K, SN1944W, T30L (OC-
017), T42T, T88SM, TZ4AM, V26K, V47T, V6K (OC-059), VP2V/DL7VTX, VP2V/N5AQ,
VP2VEM, XT2BR, YB8UTI (OC-209), YJ0CA, ZS6CCY,
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