21 December 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1494
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* TO ALL OUR READERS *
* WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES *
* FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY *
* AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR *
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5B - Celebrating the 60th anniversary since the proclamation of the
Republic of Cyprus, all members of CARS (Cyprus Amateur Radio
Society, https://www.cyhams.org/wp/) members are allowed to replace
their current prefix with 5B60 from 1 January until 31 December
2020. For instance, 5B4AIF will be active as 5B60AIF, 5B4AIX as
5B60AIX, 5B4ALJ as 5B60ALJ, 5B4ALX as 5B60ALX, 5B4AMR as 5B60AMR,
5B4AMT as 5B60AMT. See qrz.com for QSLing instructions.
7X - Three members of the Association des Radio Amateurs Tunisiens
(3V1B/KG5OUE, 3V8CB and 3V8SS/KF5EYY) will join five members of
Amateurs Radio Algeriens (7X2RO, 7X2TT/M0NPT, 7X3TL, 7X5FG and
7X5QB) and be active as 7X7X from 28 December to 2 January. They
will operate CW, SSB and FT8 with a focus on 160 and 80 metres
using "decent antennas for TX and RX". Expect 7X7X to be using Club
Log's Live Streams (https://clublog.org/livestreams.php). QSL via
LoTW, or direct to Ben Lagha, 18 rue Louis Aragon, 26200 Montelimar
France.
CO - The Radio Club de Caibarien will be active again as T46W on 29-31
December 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 80-10 metres CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
DL - Volker, DL1WH will be active holiday style as DL1WH/p from Borkum
Island (EU-047) on 21-31 December. He will operate CW and some SSB
on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, bureau or direct.
DL - Yannick, DK1YH and others will be active as DL30GER from 31 Decem-
ber 2019 until 31 December 2020 to celebrate the 30th anniversary
of the German reunification process. QSL via the bureau, eQSL, or
direct to DK1YH.
HB9 - The Association des Radioamateurs de la Cote (HB9HI) will operate
special event station HE2JOJ on 1-31 January to mark the 3rd
edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games (Jeux Olympiques de la
Jeunesse) to be hosted by Lausanne. QSL via HB9HI (direct or
bureau). A certificate will be available - complete information can
be found on http://www.hb9hi.ch/he2joj. The Youth Olympic Games, an
international multi-sport event organized by the International
Olympic Committee, aim at bringing together talented young athletes
aged 15-18 from around the world.
Z8 - Diya, YI1DZ has been back in Juba, South Sudan since 13 December,
and will remain there for "at least six months". In his spare time
he will be active as Z81D on 80-10 metres SSB, FT8 and maybe FT4.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via OM3JW. He does not use LoTW. [TNX
The Daily DX]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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!
9Q6BB QRT ---> Fernando, 9Q6BB (EA4BB) has dismantled his station and left
the Democratic Republic of Congo. Between 1 November 2016 and 18 December
2019 he made 26,451 QSOs, all confirmed through LoTW and eQSL. Traditional
QSL cards go via W3HNK.
OQRS HINTS & TIPS ---> Tim, M0URX has added a page on his website to explain
how to use his Online QSL Request System: go to https://www.m0urx.com/ and
find "OQRS Hints & Tips" in the dropdown menu under "How to QSL". This is
the same system used by M0OXO: "an integrated on-line bespoke Log Search,
OQRS and QSL Manager application", which "offers useful tools for DXers and
Dxpeditions, and strongly supports the QSL manager workload automating the
most time consuming QSLing processes".
RAEM CONTEST (CORRECTION) ---> The 48th RAEM Contest will be held on 29 (not
22) December, from 00.00 UTC until 11.59 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m CW
(see http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/ for complete information). 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.
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8CW N4GNR DL250BTHVN DL7DSW OR75USA ON4GDV
3V8SF LX1NO DQ600UNI DL5KVV PA82AD PA3EFR
4L8A K1BV DR50DIG DH1PAL PJ2/KF4DX DL8NU
4U1XMAS UA3DX EA9KB EA7FTR PJ2T W3HNK
4Y1A UA3DX EH2WFF EA2BV PZ5JW EA5GL
5P8VW DJ8VW EN185UNIV UT8UF R95WJV RA9WJV
5W1SA JA1DXA EN75NPU UR5NJW R95WURC RV9WB
8P2K KU9C GB0XMS M0TVU RW95WJ RW9WJ
8Q7MA LY5W HC0T RC5A RX95WN RX9WN
8Q7XY DF3XY HC2AO RC5A SN50PBW SP1JRF
8S3C SK4AO HC3AGT EA5RM TM4TLT F4KIP
9A01GPPVC 9A5WW HC5EG EA5GL TR8CR F6AJA
9A525Z 9A2DM HF2020HNY SP2PBM UK8ZC RW6HS
9G5RV DL8MEZ HF80NMW SP6PWW UN7AB DL8KAC
9K60UAEND 9K2RA HH2MK EB7DX V31AX/p M0URX
9K71QND 9K2RA HR5/F2JD F6AJA V31PS M0SDV
9K91BND 9K2RA HS0ZJF ON4AFU V47JA W5JON
9N1AA N4GNR HS0ZME SM6NT V51WH DK2WH
9V1YC W5UE HS0ZNR VK2BY V73NS W3HNK
A50BOC JH1AJT HZ48BHR HZ1SAR VO1AA VO1HE
A5B JH1AJT KH6/AH2Y HL1IWD XT2HB F5MVB
A60BHR A62A KL7J N3SL YL/ES6TZ YL2GN
A61Q EA7FTR L55D LU5DF YP2020HNY YO3KPA
A75GR M0OXO LT5X LU8XW YP30LLZ YO2LLZ
A91ND A92AA LT7D EA5GL YP30MKL YO2MKL
AP2MKB EB7DX LU1ZV LU4DXU YP9XMAS YO9RIJ
CM3EFM RW6HS LU4ZS LU4DXU Z68MA Z32ZM
CO2RQ EC6DX OA4SS KB6J Z81B IZ0EGA
CS2019RCL CS0RCL OD5TX W4JS ZF2YL AE9YL
CS2CTM CT7ABF OD5ZF IZ8CLM ZF9CW K5GO
CV7S CX7SS OG60IPA OH4MDY ZS3Y N4GNR
CX1T IK2DUW OP75USA ON4JM ZW7AER PY7BR
CX9AU EA5GL OR50BFS ON2KFJ ZY1F PP1KV
D2EB IZ3ETU OR75NUTS ON5UB ZY3F PS8RV
AO2XMA Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
(Barcelona), Spain
AO3XMA Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
(Barcelona), Spain
AO8XMA Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
(Barcelona), Spain
DL7DSW Dirk Schulz-Wachler, Steinstr. 4, 53175 Bonn, Germany
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa,
255-0003, Japan
LU4DXU Enrique Ledo, Calle Caracas 2664, B1640DHL, Martinez, Argentina
PR67TOO Moises Cordeiro Muniz, Rua Taruma 391, Toledo - PR, 85909-460,
Brazil
SP9YFF Jan Cieslik, Ul. Szmaragdowa 7/V/10, 41-943 Piekary Slaskie, Poland
ZY4F Alex Sandro Sousa Alfenas, Rua Dona Osmira Muniz 500,
Caratinga - MG, 35300-138, Brazil
ZY8F Fernando Batista Paes Landim, Rua Apolo XI 4984, Teresina - PI,
64058-310, Brazil
21 December 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1494
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 21/12 5P8VW: Romo Island (EU-125) 1493
till 21/12 FK/DB1RUL: Ouvea Island (OC-033), New Caledonia 1492
till 21/12 HC5JLT: Ecuador 1492
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 01/01/2020 PY6/PP2RON: Itaparica Island (SA-023) 1492
till 05/01/2020 HC3AGT: Ecuador 1493
till 05/01/2020 S589PMC: special callsign 1491
till 07/01/2020 OP75USA: special callsign 1492
till 08/01/2020 HS0ZNR: Thailand 1491
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
till 17/12/2020 DL250BTHVN: special callsign 1492
21/12-22/12 CN19JIM: special callsign 1492
21/12-28/12 HB0/DL2SBY: Liechtenstein 1492
21/12-31/12 DL1WH/p: Borkum Island (EU-047) 1494
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
28/12-02/02/2020 7X7X: Algeria 1494
29/12-31/12 T46W: special callsign 1494
31/12-02/01/2020 TF/OJ0Y: Iceland (EU-021) 1493
31/12-31/12/2020 DL30GER: special callsign 1494
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
01/01-31/01/2020 HE2JOJ: special callsign (Switzerland) 1494
01/01-31/12/2020 5B60: special prefix (Cyprus) 1494
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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