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425 DX Group News 6 Dec 2019

7 December 2019                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1492

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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  08/12      T88PB: Koror (OC-009), Palau                          1489
till  09/12      C6AGU: Wood Cay (NA-001), Bahamas                     1487
till  09/12      V6K: Kosrae (OC-059), Micronesia                      1481
till  09/12      VK2IAY/4: Heron Island (OC-142)                       1489
till  12/12      VY2NA/VE2: Zone 2                                     1491
till  13/12      C56PIS: The Gambia                                    1490
till  13/12      TO9W: Saint Martin (NA-105)                           1489
till  14/12      C56BR: The Gambia                                     1492
till  14/12      L50JT: special callsign                               1491
till  15/12      FK/DB1RUL: Grande Terre (OC-032), New Caledonia       1492
till  15/12      TR8CR: Gabon                                          1481
till  15/12      ZW132GBA: special callsign                            1491
till  16/12      AU2JCB: special callsign                              1490
till  16/12      XW4XR: Laos                                           1489
till  20/12      XT2AW: Burkina Faso                                   1489
till  25/12      OR0YAL and OR18xxx: special callsigns                 1485
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 HC3/EA5RM and HC2/EA5RM: Ecuador                      1489
till  05/01/2020 S589PMC: special callsign                             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  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
07/12-07/01/2020 OP75USA: special callsign                             1492
10/12-19/12      V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104)                             1490
10/12-23/12      8Q7XY: Maldives (AS-013)                              1490
11/12-20/12      A50BOC, A50BPC, A5B: Bhutan                           1492
12/12-15/12      PW1F, PW7M, ZV3FF, ZV7A: Brazilian Parks Weekend      1492
12/12-15/12      ZW1F, ZW1TP, ZW2CNN, ZW7AER: Brazilian Parks Weekend  1492
12/12-15/12      ZW7O, ZY1A, ZY1F, ZY2GO: Brazilian Parks Weekend      1492
12/12-15/12      ZY3F, ZY4F, ZY7FF: Brazilian Parks Weekend            1492
12/12-15/12      ZY8F, ZY9F, ZZ1F: Brazilian Parks Weekend             1492
12/12-04/04/2020 HR5/F2JD: Honduras                                    1491
13/12-15/12      6V1A: Goree Island (AF-045)                           1491
13/12-15/12      OR75NUTS: special callsign                            1491
13/12-20/12      4L/TA1HZ: Georgia                                     1489
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
27/12-28/12      4X9R: special station                                 1489
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
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
30/01-13/02/2020 HU1DL: El Salvador                                    1489
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
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

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7 December 2019                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1492

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

A5     - Zorro, JH1AJT will visit Bhutan again on  11-20 December.  The main
         purpose of  his trip is  to have meetings  with the  Bhutan Olympic
         Committee and the Bhutan Paralympic Committee for Bhutan's partici-
         pation in the 2 020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.  He will be
         joined by Franz DJ9ZB, Champ E21EIC, Adrian KO8SCA  and  Max ON5UR,
         who will be active as A50BOC, A50BPC and A5B  on all bands CW, SSB,
         FT4 and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via JH1AJT.
C5     - Carlo, ON4BR  has been active  as  C56BR  from  The Gambia  since 3
         December, and is expected  to remain there  until 14 December.  QSL
         direct to home call.
CN     - Special station CN19JIM will be active on 21-22 December from Imlil
         in the High Atlas mountain range of Morocco.  The callsign's suffix
         stands  for  Journee  Internationale de la Montagne  (International
         Mountain Day). QSL via RW6HS.
DL     - Special callsign  DL250BTHVN  will be active  from Bonn between  16
         December  and  17 December 2020, during  the  Beethoven Anniversary
         Year.  Ludwig van Beethoven,  one of the greatest composers  of all
         time,  was born in Bonn on 16 December 1770.  More information will
         be available on https://dl250bthvn.de/.
FK     - Rudi, DB1RUL  will be active  holiday style  as FK/DB1RUL  from New
         Caledonia.  He plans  to operate mainly  FT8 from two locations  on
         Grande Terre (OC-032) between 6 and 15 December,  from Ouvea Island
         (OC-033) on 18-21 December, and from Ile des Pins (OC-032) on 23-27
         December. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
HB0    - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein  on
         21-28 December. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on  80-10
         metres. QSL via home call (direct only, as he is no longer a member
         of DARC); the log will be uploaded  to LoTW and Club Log.  [TNX The
         Daily DX]
HC     - Joshua, W9HT  will  be active  as  HC5JLT  from  Ecuador  on  15-21
         December. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands
         and 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as  JD1BMH from  Chichijima
         (AS-031),  Ogasawara from  22 December  to 3 January 2020.  He will
         operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80-10m, but the  "top priority for this
         tour is antenna maintenance" in the aftermath of two typhoons.  QSL
         via JD1BMH (bureau)  or  JG7PSJ (direct).  He does not use  LoTW or
         PayPal. See http://jd1bmh.webcrow.jp/ for logsearch.
ON     - The Bastogne based Radio Club des Ardennes (ON4RCA)  will be active
         as  OP75USA from  7 December to 7 January 2020  to commemorate  the
         75th anniversary  of the  Battle of the Bulge during  World War II.
         QSL via the bureau, or direct to ON4JM; logsearch on Club Log.
PY     - Participating stations in the first edition of the  Brazilian Parks
         Weekend (12-15 December, http://radioexpedicao.com/) include  PW1F,
         PW7M, ZV3FF,  ZV7A, ZW1F, ZW1TP, ZW2CNN,  ZW7AER, ZW7O, ZY1A, ZY1F,
         ZY2GO, ZY3F, ZY4F, ZY7FF, ZY8F, ZY9F and ZZ1F.
PY     - Ron, PP2RON will be active holiday style as PY6/PP2RON  from Itapa-
         rica Island (SA-023) from 20 December to 1 January. He will operate
         SSB, CW and maybe FT8  on 80-6 metres.  QSL via home call.  [TNX DX
         World]
VP8_ant- Seba, SQ1SGB expects to be active as VP8HAL from  Halley VI Reserch
         Station, Antarctica  until 8 February 2020.  In his  spare time  he
         will operate  digital modes (FT8 and JT65) and SSB  on  40 and 20m.
         QSL via EB7DX. See https://www.qrz.com/db/SQ1SGB for updates.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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PITCAIRN ISLAND ---> The recent VP6R Dxpedition is now a gorgeous photo book
(239 pages), authored by Nodir Tursun-Zade (EY8MM) and packed with spectacu-
lar pictures.  It is available for you to browse through  and/or purchase at
https://www.blurb.com/b/9820054-vp6r-expedition-to-pitcairn-island.

VP8/VP8DXU ---> Alan Cheshire (VK6CQ)  has joined  the  South Orkney Islands
DXpedition team; he replaces WD5COV who has had to leave the project. Loaded
into a sea container, the equipmentis on its way to Chile. It is expected to
arrive at Coronel on  21 December; subsequently,  the shipment will be taken
to Punta Arenas. The estimated cost of this project is  310,000-325,000 USD,
with the most expensive line items being the ship, freight and  cold weather
shelters.  As for fundraising, 49 clubs/foundations and over 400 individuals
have supported  the project  so far. "While we still have a long way to go",
the team reports,  "we continue  to make progress  towards  our goal of  the
radio team  paying  50%  of the project cost  with  sponsorships paying  the
remainder". The next major milestones include finalizing the radio operating
schedule and  assigning team member responsibilities  for camp setup,  radio
and antenna installation.  Read the latest Press Release (#8, 3 December) on
https://sorkney.com/.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3W3B        E21EIC      EA8/OL1A    OK1CW       OR2M        ON4IA
3Z0X        SP5MXZ      ED5O        EA5URS      OZ0TX       DL7AT
3Z50DVP     SP6DVP      ED5R        EA5SR       OZ1AA       OZ1ACB
3Z50GR      SP9GR       EF8O        DJ1OJ       P33W        UA3DX
4E1A        9V1KG       EF8P        EA8DA       P40W        N2MM
4S7DLG      M0OXO       EG1HMT      EA1OK       PA19XMAS    PD9Z
4U1UN       HB9BOU      EH2EUS      EA2TP       PC19MC      PA0FAW
4V1WWV      W3HNK       EL2DT       EL2FM       PJ4A        K4BAI
4X6FR       4X6OM       EP4HR       IK2RZQ      R110M       RZ5D
5B4AGU      LZ1MS       ER4A        ER1FF       R1941MB     R2DX
5P3KP       DL3KP       EW5A        EW6W        R2019DX     RQ7L
5T5PA       PA5X        FK8GX       W3HNK       SK3W        SM5CCT
6V7A        F6BEE       FR4PV       F1UIJ       SN3A        SP3GEM
8P5A        HA1AG       FW/M0JHQ    JA0JHQ      T88HF       JF1GHX
9A440KA     9A1CVW      GJ4YOX      GU4YOX      T88PB       JA0JHQ
9A62AA      9A2AA       HI3CC       W2CCW       TK0C        S50C
9H3TX       DL5XAT      HI8CQ       RW6HS       TM5CQ       F4FRG
9J2BO       G3TEV       HK1MW       N2OO        TM75LSA     F4KIP
9J2MYT      IZ3KVD      HK1N        EA5KB       TO9W        W9ILY
9M2MRS      PA0RRS      HK7AAG      EA5GL       TT8SN       DL9USA
9M2TO       JA0DMV      HP1XT       KU9C        UE29DX      RQ7L
9Q6BB       W3HNK       HP3SS       AC2OV       UN9L        LZ1YE
A25DBB      HB9DBB      HQ9M        W3HNK       UP4L        UN7LZ
A35JP       JA0RQV      HR9/N3AD    W3HNK       V31MA       M0OXO
A44A        A47RS       HS0ZAR      K3ZO        V6K         JA1XGI
A71EM       M0OXO       HS0ZLN      HB9BXQ      VK2IAY/4    G0UIH
A91UAE      A92AA       HS0ZMI      G3AB        VO2AC       VE3FU
AU2JCB      VU2DSI      HZ48UAE     HZ1SAR      VP2ETE      W3HNK
B4T         BA4TB       IB9T        IT9TQH      VP2MDM      K2DM
BV0ME       BU2EQ       IH9/OL3R    OK1VWK      VP2VWW      AA7V
BY1CW       BA4EG       II4TIB      IQ4FE       VP5M        K4QPL
C31CT       EA3QS       IO6A        IZ6BRJ      WH7M        K1YR
C4XMAS      IZ4AMS      IR2L        IW2LLH      XR1D        XQ1FM
C56PIS      SA6PIS      IR2Q        IK2PFL      XT2AW       M0OXO
C6AXK       HB9LBA      IS0/LZ5F    LZ1ZF       XV9DXB      EB7DX
CE3CT       EA5KB       J68SL       WF2S        XV9NPS      JA2NPS [b]
CM2XN       EB7DX       KC4USV      K7MT        XV9NPS      JA2ODB [d]
CN8KD       EA5XX       LN8W        LA9VDA      XW4XR       E21EIC
CO6RD       EA5GL       LO5D        LU8EOT      YP2XMAS     YO2MSB
CO8ZZ       DK1WI       LX7I        LX2A        YP3XMAS     YO2MSB
CR2X        OH2BH       LY2019XMAS  LY2QT       YP4XMAS     YO2MSB
CR3DX       OM2VL       LZ4408SPA   LZ1KCP      YP5XMAS     YO2MSB
CR3W        DL5AXX      LZ50ZF      LZ2UW       YP8XMAS     YO2MSB
CR3X        K2PF        MD4K        G3NKC       YW5F        W4DTA
CR5E        CT1ILT      MJ0X        M0RTI       YW5R        YV5EN
DP0GVN      DL5EBE      MU2K        GU8ITE      Z3B         Z37CEF
DU1IST      JA1HGY      NP2J        K8RF        ZF2MJ       N6MJ
DV8/KH7EA   SP3SUX      OC3CS       OA4O        ZF2QT       VE3SQT
E2X         E20GMY      OD5ZZ       N4GNR       ZM1A        ZL3CW
E7CW        E73ESP      OE3XMA      OE1DIA      ZP5DA       EB7DX
EA6/EI6DX   RA3R        OH0R        OH2PM       ZS1OPB      N4GNR
EA8/IK1PMR  HB9FKK      OH0Z        W0MM        ZS6CCY      K3IRV
EA8/OK5D    OK1DTP      OH5Z        OH5LIZ      ZZ50Y       PT2OP

6Y6Y     Lester B. Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser WV 26726, USA
9G5GS    Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
C56BR    Carlo Houben, Koebaan 73, 3600 Genk, Belgium
CX6VM    Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
         Cerro Largo, Uruguay
EG5ERC   Manolo Sanchez Perez, Apartado Postal 173, 03660 Novelda (Alicante)
         Spain
EI0R     Declan Craig, 167 Saint James's Road, Dublin 12, D12 W6T4, Ireland
EL2FM    Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
FR4NT    Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
         29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
FR4SC    Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
         29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
GU4CHY   Dick Allisette, Lilyvale House, Rue des Houmets, Castel, Guernsey,
         GY5 7XZ, United Kingdom
HB0A     Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
         Liechtenstein
HB9BOU   Herbert Aeby, Route du Moulin 1, 1782 Belfaux, Switzerland
HG1S     MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27,
         9027, Hungary
IZ3KVD   Giorgio Laconi, Via Perine 4, 31020 Villorba TV, Italy
JA0JHQ   Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa,
         215-0027, Japan
JA1XGI   Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 350-0043,
         Japan
KH7B     Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleaire Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
LT1F     Karlos Luis Bruno, Calle Espana 1115, S2000DBW, Rosario, Argentina
OH9SCL   Anssi Puuronen, Kemijoen itapuolentie 1577, FI-97110 Rautiosaari,
         Finland
OY9JD    Jon Dam, Undi Kerjum 7, FO-100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
PY0FR    Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
         Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
T6A      Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
W4DTA    Esteban J. Romagni, 263 Cross Point Cove, Collierville TN 38017,
         USA
XE2X     Jorge F. Rios Alvarado, 116 E Coma Ave, PMB #426, Hidalgo TX 78557,
         USA
XP3A     Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
ZM4T     Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
         New Zealand

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