Friday, January 17, 2020

425 DX Group News 1/17/20

18 January 2020                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1498

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9G     - Matteo, IZ4YGS will be active again  as 9G5GS  from  Sanzule, Ghana
         on 1-26 February. In his spare time he will operate FT8 and SSB  on
         160-20  metres.  He also plans  some  USB activity  on  the  QO-100
         Geostationary  satellite.  QSL via LoTW,  eQSL,  or direct to  home
         call; logsearch on Club Log.
9M2    - Look for 9M2SAF/p  to be active  from  Pulau Lalang Perak (AS-072),
         West Malaysia on 21-27 January. He will operate CW, SSB and digital
         Modes  on  various bands,  depending on propagation.  QSL direct to
         home call.
C5     - Russell, G5XW will be active holiday style as C5XW from  The Gambia
         starting on 28 January for ten days. He will be QRV on 40-17 metres
         SSB and hopefully some slow CW. QSL via home call (bureau). [TNX DX
         World]
CE0Z   - Nando, IT9YRE and Mike, K9AJ will be active as CB0Z from  Alejandro
         Selkirk Island  (SA-101, new one for IOTA)  on  3-5 February.  DXCC
         wise, this counts for Juan Fernandez.  They will operate SSB and CW
         on  40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres,  using vertical antennas  and two
         stations (one running 500 watts).  They might also give FT8  a try.
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS,  or via IT9YRE.  Updates will be posted to
         http://www.it9yre.it/cb0z/. [TNX IT9EJW]
DL     - DL35SDR is the  special callsign  for  the  Deutscher Amateur Radio
         Club  (DARC)  to mark  35 years  of  software-defined  radio  (SDR)
         technology throughout 2020. It also honours  Ulrich L. Rohde, DJ2LR
         (N1UL),  who  was  the  first  to  describe  the possibilities  and
         perspectives of SDR in 1985. QSL via the bureau.
E5_sc  - Don, VE7DS will be active as E51DDG  from Rarotonga (OC-013), South
         Cook Islands on 2-14 February.  He will operate  CW only on 40, 30,
         20 and 17 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via home call. [TNX NG3K]
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 25
         January to  7 February.  He will operate  CW, SSB and FT8 on  40-10
         metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to K8LJG. [TNX The Daily DX]
LX     - LX20I is the  special  callsign for  the  LX7I  contest station  in
         Eschdorf, Luxembourg to celebrate its 20th anniversary.  It will be
         used for most contests in 2020, starting a single-operator entry in
         the  CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest  (24-26 January).  QSL via LX2A.  A
         special  LX20I Award  will be available, see http://lx7i.com/lx20i/
         for information.
P4     - Lee, K3DMG will be active  again as  P4/K3DMG  from  Aruba (SA-036)
         from 17 January until the end of February.  He will operate CW  and
         digital modes. QSL via LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2    - Jeff, K8ND will be active as  PJ2ND from  Curacao (SA-099) from  18
         January to  3 February.  QSL via LoTW, or via  home call.  On 22-28
         January  he  will  be  joined  by  Jim, W8WTS,  who will be QRV  as
         PJ2/W8WTS (QSL via  LoTW,  or via home call). They will participate
         participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest as PJ2T (QSL via LoTW
         or via W3HNK). [TNX The Daily DX]
PY     - Celebrating the 86th anniversary of the  Liga de Amadores Brasilei-
         ros de Radio Emissao (LABRE, Brazil's national IARU society),  spe-
         cial callsign  ZW86LABRE  will be active between  1 February and 31
         March. QSL via PY2KP.
TA     - A large team (including TA3A, TA3AER, TA3EL, TA3LHH, UA9CDC, UR0MC,
         US2YW, UT5ECZ, UT5EL, UW8SM and UZ5DX)  will participate in the  CQ
         WW 160-Meter CW  Contest  (24-26 January)  as  TC0X  from  Bozcaada
         (AS-099). QSL via HG5DX.  The log will be uploaded to LoTW and Club
         Log.
TI9    - The website for the TI9A DXpedition to Coco's Island  [425DXN 1497]
         is up and running on  http://ti9a.info/.  Four operators  -  TI2JV,
         RA9USU, RM2D (SM6LRR) and UA3AB -  will be active  on  2-8 February
         from two operating sites  (one for CW and SSB, and one for FT8)  at
         Chatham Bay. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via UA3DX.
XE     - Celebrating  the  15th  anniversary  of  the  DXXE  Group,  special
         callsign 4A15DXXE will be active  on all bands and modes  and  from
         different locations in Mexico betweeen  20 January and 31 December.
         QSL via  LoTW only.  DXXE Group's members  in other countries  will
         join the celebrations: CO8ZZ as  T40DXXE from Cuba (20-31 January),
         EA5BB as AO15DXXE from Spain (1-15 April), EA8RM as AO15DXXE/8 from
         the Canary Islands (1-15 April), and F4GVO as  TM15DXXE from France
         (1-15 April).

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CQ MYDX SSB CONTEST ---> The first CQ Malaysia DX SSB Contest,  organized by
the  Malaysian HF DX & Contest Committee  (9MDXC),  will will be held on  25
January (from 00.00 UTC until 23.59 UTC).  Complete information can be found
on http://www.9mdxc.com/rules. [TNX 9M2CDX]

CQ WW 160-METER CW CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs around
the world  to  contact  other amateurs in  as  many  USA States  (CONUS plus
District  of  Columbia),  Canadian  provinces,  and  countries  as  possible
Utilizing  the  160m band  (see https://www.cq160.com/ for complete  rules).
This year's  event will run on  24-26 January,  from 22:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC.
Do not forget to give a look at the  Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2020.html.

IOTA BASH 2020 ---> The  16th  annual  IOTA  Bash  will  be  held  on  27-28
March at Mike's (AD5A) QTH in  Boerne, Texas.  Complete details can be found
on https://irefradio.com/iota-bash/.

TIMOR LESTE 2020 ---> The Lagunaria DX Group (http://lagunaria-dx-group.org)
is organizing a large scale DXpedition  (18 operators and up to 10 stations)
to Timor Leste (4W) in  October-November, including  "serious participation"
in  the  CQ WW DX SSB and CW  contests.  A website is  under construction at
http://timor-leste-dx.de/.

YOTA 2020 ---> The  Croatian Amateur Radio Association (HRS)  will  host the
10th edition of the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Summer Camp  in the city of
Karlovac  on  8-15 August.  This annual event  brings together  young  radio
Amateurs  from  IARU Region 1  member  societies  for  a  week , creating an
opportunity to learn all about different nationalities and cultures,  foster
international friendships and goodwill,  and learn new amateur radio skills.
Each IARU R1 member society  is invited to take part  with a team of maximum
four persons. Applications should be submitted before 16 February: see "Call
for applications: YOTA Summer Camp Croatia 2020" on https://www.iaru-r1.org/

+ SILENT KEYS + H.M. Qaboos bin Said al Said, A41AA, died on 10 January aged
79. The Arab world's  longest-serving ruler,  he was the Sultan of Oman  for
nearly fifty years. The Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) was formed
on 23 December 1972 under his patronage.
Igor Lvovich Zeldin, UR5LCV (ex UB5LCV)  passed away  on  11 January  at  66
years of age. An active DXer licensed since 1973 and former President of the
Ukrainian  Amateur  Radio League,  he authored  several books  on  technical
topics and was the IOTA Checkpoint for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
Peter Glasmacher, DK5DC died unexpectedly  on  12 January, aged 68.  A well-
known DXer  and a  DXCC Card Checker,  he was  the editor of the  monthly DX
column in "CQ DL", the official journal of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club.
He also served as  President of DARC's  District O (Westfalen-Sued)  for the
past six years.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3DA0AQ      EA5GL       FM8QR       F5EAN       PA46R       PA0RHA
3V8CB       LX1NO       GB60ATG     M0OXO       PA75LIMBURG PC9DB
3Z100BY     SP2PBM      HF28FIN     SP2FAP      PA75TT      PA7TT
4D3X        W3HNK       HF28WOSP    SP9KTK      PA800D      PI4DEC
4L9QQ       UR9QQ       HF90TPBB    SP7PGK      PJ2MAN      EC5AHA
4O4T        YU1FW       HF90TPBG    SP7PGK      R1CA/p      R1CX
4U1A        UA3DX       HF90TPCF    SP7PGK      RD0B/p      RD0B
4U1UN       HB9BOU      HF90TPCG    SP7PGK      SN100BY     SP2PBM
4U1WB       KK4HD       HI8DL       NK4Q        SP100BY     SP2PBM
5B60AHO     5B4AHO      HI8S        EA5GL       T30NH       JA0JHQ
5K6RM       HK6RM       HL2/F4AAR   6K2EJJ      T88AQ       JH6WDG
5Z4/G3AB    M0URX       HP3SS       AC2OV       T88CZ       JI3DNN
6Y5HN       EA5GL       HZ1RDS      HZ1SAR      T88DK       JA1CJA
7X2TT       EA5GL       J6/AI6LY    EA5GL       T88ED       JA3IVU
7X3WPL      7X3DL       J68GD       K9AW        T88MB       JA3AVO
8Q7BS       RX3AMY      J68HZ       K9HZ        TC5OCK      TA5FA
9A63AA      9A2AA       JY5MM       IK2DUW      TG9ADQ      VE7BV
9H3YY       DL2JRM      K3CWO       W0TG        TM10CWO     F6ENO
9Q1C        IK7UXW      KC4AAC      K7MT        TM5CWO      F5JVP
A41KJ       N4GNR       KH0/WB6Z    JF1OCQ      TM6CWO      F6CEL
C21NH       JA0JHQ      KK1CWO      W1UU        TM70TAAF    F8DVD
CP6CL       W3HNK       KL0R        N4GNR       TO7D        F6ITD
CX2AQ       EA5KB       KN8CWO      W0TG        V31AX       M0URX
DP1POL      DL1ZBO      KX4CWO      W0TG        V31YN       DJ4KW
DU1S/1      JA1PBV      LX75V       LX1JH       VK9NK       SP9FIH
DU6/PE1NSQ  EA5GL       NP2J        K8RF        VU2RBQ      DJ9RB
E44RU       R7AL        NP4A        W3HNK       W0CWO       W0TG
EG3WBD      EA3GZA      OA4/EA7TN   EA5GL       ZF2LC       W2SM
EG7CWO      EC7ABV      OD5PY       KU9C        ZF2PG       K8PGJ
EH3DK       EC3TU       OE1970WWL   OE1WWL      ZF2VH       NV9L
EM7U        UR7UT       OE4XLC      OE4RGC      ZL7DX       M0OXO
FK8GX       W3HNK       OR50AF      ON2KFJ      ZP5DNB      IK2DUW
FM4KA       ON6DP       PA10CWO     PA5V        ZW6C        PY6TV

5B60ALJ  Mike Zaskalet, P.O.Box 66791, CY-8575 Peyia, Cyprus
EA5GL    Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,
         46009 Valencia, Spain
EC5AHA   Toni Canto, C/ la Serrella 21-5, 46012 Valencia, Spain
GB200FN  John Wakefield, Oakhurst, Lower Common Road, West Wellow, Romsey,
         SO51 6BT, United Kingdom
IK7UXW   Paolo Pristipino, Via Nicolo Taccone 22, 72100 Brindisi BR, Italy
JA0JHQ   Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa,
         215-0027, Japan
JA1PBV   Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki, 315-0042, Japan
PY6TV    Robson de Almeida Silva, Caixa Postal 62, Conceicao do Coite - BA,
         48730-970, Brazil
RD0B     Valery N. Savin, P.O. Box 45, Dikson, Krasnoyarsky kray, 647340,
         Russia
VP2MDT   Duane Traver, PO Box 25, Seagrove NC 27341, USA

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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  19/01      ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016)                        1496
till  19/01      ZW6C: Tinhare Island (SA-080)                         1495
till  23/01      8Q7BS: Maldives (AS-013)                              1495
till  23/01      T88CZ, T88DK, T88DN: Koror (OC-009), Palau            1497
till  23/01      T88ED, T88EF, T88MB: Koror (OC-009), Palau            1497
till  24/01      GB0HNY, GB1HNY, GB2HNY, GB4HNY: special callsigns     1495
till  24/01      GB5HNY, GB6HNY, GB8HNY, GB9HNY: special callsigns     1495
till  26/01      TM70TAAF: special callsign (France)                   1493
till  31/01      3Z100BY, HF100BY, SN100BY, SP100BY: special callsigns 1497
till  31/01      CWOps 10th Anniversary                                1495
till  31/01      HC2JKT: Puna Island (SA-034)                          1495
till  31/01      HE2JOJ: special callsign (Switzerland)                1494
till  31/01      TO10CWO: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                          1495
till  01/02      YR2019REV: special callsign                           1491
till  03/02      GB200FN: special callsign (England)                   1496
till  04/02      TI5/W4GKR: Costa Rica                                 1497
till  08/02      VP8HAL: Halley VI Reserch Station, Antarctica         1492
till  27/02      9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia         1481
till  28/02      RST Special Event                                     1495
till  29/02      P4/K3DMG: Aruba (SA-036)                              1498
till  03/03      PA75LIMBURG: special callsign                         1479
till  09/03      FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                1497
till  31/03      R200ANT: special callsign                             1496
till  March      C5YK: The Gambia                                      1490
till  04/04      HR5/F2JD: Honduras                                    1491
till  06/04      HS0ZME: Thailand                                      1488
till  12/04      VK9NK: Norfolk Island (OC-005)                        1496
till  30/04      3Z50DVP: special callsign                             1483
till  May        9J2MYT: Zambia                                        1490
till  30/06      GB60ATG: special callsign                             1473
till  31/08      4U25B: special callsign (Italy)                       1486
till  17/12      DL250BTHVN: special callsign                          1492
till  31/12      5B60: special prefix (Cyprus)                         1494
till  31/12      8N6SHURI: special callsign                            1496
till  31/12      9A63AA: special callsign                              1497
till  31/12      DF70DARC and DP70DARC: special callsigns              1495
till  31/12      DL100BKW: special callsign                            1493
till  31/12      DL30GER: special callsign                             1494
till  31/12      DL35SDR: special callsign                             1498
till  31/12      HB40HTC and HB40HC: special callsigns (Switzerland)   1495
till  31/12      HF90TPAR, HF90TPBB, HF90TPBF: special callsigns       1495
till  31/12      HF90TPBG, HF90TPCF, HF90TPCG: special callsigns       1495
till  31/12      LX20I: special callsign                               1498
till  31/12      OE1970WWL: special callsign                           1495
till  31/12      PA75OV: special callsign                              1495
till  31/12      PA75VERON: special callsign                           1495
till  31/12      YT50SCWC: special callsign                            1496
18/01-02/02      WA4DT/HR9: Roatan Island (NA-057)                     1497
18/01-03/02      PJ2ND: Curacao (SA-099)                               1498
20/01-26/01      VO2AC, VO2AAA, VO1HP/VO2: Labrador, Zone 2            1497
20/01-31/01      T40DXXE: special callsign                             1498
20/01-31/12      4A15DXXE: special callsign                            1498
21/01-27/01      9M2SAF/p: Pulau Lalang Perak (AS-072)                 1498
21/01-27/01      IG9/S50X, IG9/S51V, IG9/S52P: Lampedusa (AF-019)      1497
21/01-27/01      IG9/S54W, IG9/S56DX, IG9/S56N: Lampedusa (AF-019)     1497
21/01-27/01      IG9/S57DX and IG9/S59A: Lampedusa (AF-019)            1497
22/01-28/01      PJ2/W8WTS: Curacao (SA-099)                           1498
24/01-26/01      TC0X: Bozcaada (AS-099)                               1498
25/01-07/02      HC1MD/2: Ecuador                                      1498
25/01-19/03      FR/F8EN: Reunion Island (AF-016)                      1497
28/01-06/02      C5XW: The Gambia                                      1498
30/01-13/02      HU1DL: El Salvador                                    1489
31/01-05/02      KP4/AA7CH: Vieques Island (NA-249)                    1493
January          II4BRN: special callsign                              1495
January          LZ1908IK: special callsign                            1496
01/02-06/02      TI9C: Coco's Island (NA-012)                          1481
01/02-26/02      9G5GS: Ghana                                          1498
01/02-29/02      II3BIA: special callsign                              1497
01/02-01/03      3Z90PZK, HF90PZK, SN90PZK: special callsigns          1497
01/02-01/03      3Z95IARU, HF95IARU, SN95IARU: special callsigns       1497
01/02-01/03      HF2020PZK and SN2020PZK: special callsigns            1497
01/02-01/03      SO90PZK, SP90PZK, SQ90PZK: special callsigns          1497
01/02-01/03      SO95IARU, SP95IARU, SQ95IARU: special callsigns       1497
01/02-31/03      ZW86LABRE: special callsign                           1498
02/02-08/02      TI9A: from Coco's Island (NA-012)                     1498
02/02-14/02      E51DDG: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1498
03/02-05/02      CB0Z: Alejandro Selkirk Island (SA-101)               1498
03/02-08/02      TO3FM: Martinique (NA-107)                            1497
03/02-17/02      TM17AAW: special callsign (France)                    1497
04/02-18/02      5I5TT and 5I4ZZ: Zanzibar Island (AF-032)             1477
04/02-25/02      V31CO: Caye Caulker (NA-073), Belize                  1497
05/02-08/02      C21AA, C21GW, C21MB, C21PF, C21VA: Nauru (OC-031)     1497
05/02-17/02      E44CC: Palestine                                      1491
06/02-18/02      5H4WZ: Pemba Island (AF-063)                          1493
07/02-12/02      4K6/TA7AOF: Azerbaijan                                1497
09/02-16/02      FS/RW0CN (NA-105) and FS/VE7ACN (NA-199)              1493
09/02-20/02      J8/WJ2O: St. Vincent                                  1497
11/02-17/02      6F3A: Isla Perez (NA-153)                             1496
21/02-05/03      VP8PJ: South Orkney Islands (AN-008)                  1496
February         II4MLB: special callsign                              1495
February         LZ34WGI: special callsign                             1496
05/03-15/03      9J2LA: Zambia                                         1489
10/03-25/03      W8S: Swains Island (OC-200)                           1484
18/03-02/04      T30ET: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati                 1489
23/03-03/04      TU2R: Cote d'Ivoire                                   1489
26/03-02/04      VP5/W2TT, VP5/AF3K, VP5P: Turks & Caicos Islands      1497
March            II4MCY: special callsign                              1495
March            LZ250KD: special callsign                             1496
01/04-15/04      AO15DXXE and AO15DXXE/8: special callsigns            1498
01/04-15/04      TM15DXXE: special callsign (France)                   1498
April            II4FTX: special callsign                              1495
April            LZ603IL: special callsign                             1496
May              II4TEA: special callsign                              1495
May              LZ177GL: special callsign                             1496
June             II4REP: special callsign                              1495
June             LZ734PA: special callsign                             1496
July             II4NBL: special callsign                              1495
July             LZ551MS: special callsign                             1496
22/08-23/08      International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend            1482
August           II4CLT: special callsign                              1495
August           LZ662MI: special callsign                             1496
September        II4PTN: special callsign                              1495
September        LZ595IP: special callsign                             1496
October          II4LGH: special callsign                              1495
October          KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030)                     1476
October          LZ1891AO: special callsign                            1496
Oct-Nov          4W: Timor Leste * by Lagunaria DX Group               1498
Oct-Nov          CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063)                           1487
November         II4RVT: special callsign                              1495
November         LZ350PI: special callsign                             1496
December         II4MDY: special callsign                              1495
December         LZ1263AN: special callsign                            1496
TBA              TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad                                 1493
TBA              R207RRC: Kosa Dvukh Pilotov (AS-207)                  1496
TBA              RI0B: Rastorguyev Island (AS-068)                     1496

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