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425 DX Group News 8 Feb 2018

8 February 2020                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1501

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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  08/02      TI9A: Coco's Island (NA-012)                          1500
till  08/02      TO3FM: Martinique (NA-107)                            1497
till  10/02      C21AA, C21GW, C21MB, C21PF, C21VA: Nauru (OC-031)     1500
till  11/02      V31VP: Belize                                         1499
till  12/02      4K6/TA7AOF: Azerbaijan                                1497
till  13/02      HU1DL: El Salvador                                    1489
till  13/02      ZC4RH: UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus              1500
till  14/02      E51DDG: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1498
till  17/02      E44CC: Palestine                                      1491
till  17/02      TM17AAW: special callsign (France)                    1497
till  18/02      5H4WZ: Pemba Island (AF-063)                          1499
till  18/02      5I5TT and 5I4ZZ: Zanzibar Island (AF-032)             1498
till  18/02      PY0FF: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003)                   1500
till  19/02      PJ2/DL9NBJ: Curacao (SA-099)                          1501
till  20/02      TZ1CW: Mali                                           1501
till  21/02      PJ5/KG9N: Sint Eustatius (NA-145)                     1499
till  25/02      N1DC/4: Hutchinson Island (NA-141)                    1501
till  25/02      V31CO: Caye Caulker (NA-073), Belize                  1497
till  26/02      9G5GS: Ghana                                          1498
till  27/02      9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia         1481
till  28/02      RST Special Event                                     1495
till  29/02      9K59NLD: special callsign                             1499
till  29/02      II3BIA: special callsign                              1497
till  29/02      P4/K3DMG: Aruba (SA-036)                              1498
till  01/03      3Z90PZK, HF90PZK, SN90PZK: special callsigns          1497
till  01/03      3Z95IARU, HF95IARU, SN95IARU: special callsigns       1497
till  01/03      HF2020PZK and SN2020PZK: special callsigns            1497
till  01/03      SO90PZK, SP90PZK, SQ90PZK: special callsigns          1497
till  01/03      SO95IARU, SP95IARU, SQ95IARU: special callsigns       1497
till  03/03      PA75LIMBURG: special callsign                         1479
till  09/03      FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                1497
till  19/03      FR/F8EN: Reunion Island (AF-016)                      1497
till  28/03      VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008)                     1499
till  31/03      R200ANT: special callsign                             1496
till  31/03      ZW86LABRE: special callsign                           1498
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  20/04      H44MS: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands              1499
till  30/04      3Z50DVP: special callsign                             1483
till  31/05      EM30UCC: special callsign                             1499
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      4A15DXXE: special callsign                            1498
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      DL2020R: special callsign                             1500
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
till  31/12      ZS95SARL: special callsign                            1499
till  31/01/2021 DA2025C: special callsign                             1500
08/02-11/02      PJ7/PB2T (Sint Maarten) or FS/PB2T (St. Martin)       1500
08/02-20/02      N1TRK/6Y: Jamaica (NA-097)                            1501
08/02-22/02      PJ4/NE9U: Bonaire (SA-006)                            1499
08/02-31/12      DL250BEETH: special callsign                          1500
09/02-16/02      FS/RW0CN (NA-105) and FS/VE7ACN (NA-199)              1493
09/02-16/02      9N7AM: Nepal                                          1501
09/02-20/02      J8/WJ2O: St. Vincent                                  1497
10/02-17/02      Antarctic Activity Week                               1501
10/02-17/02      TI7/G3WPH, TI7/G4IRN, TI7/KY7M, TI7W: Costa Rica      1499
10/02-24/02      V31DJ and V31DK: Belize                               1501
11/02-17/02      6F3A: Isla Perez (NA-153)                             1496
11/02-17/02      P44W: Aruba (SA-036)                                  1501
11/02-17/02      VP2MEP: Montserrat (NA-103)                           1500
11/02-20/02      V31KO and V3O: Belize                                 1500
11/02-23/02      VE3VSM/HR9: Roatan Island (NA-057)                    1500
12/02-16/02      TX4N and TX4VK from: Tahiti, French Polynesia         1500
12/02-17/02      V47NT and V47T: St. Kitts (NA-104)                    1501
12/02-17/02      VP5/AC0W, VP5/K0PC, VP5K: Providenciales (NA-002)     1500
12/02-18/02      KP2/ND3F: Virgin Islands (NA-106)                     1501
13/02            7S6WRD: special callsign                              1501
13/02-19/02      V4/W3WH and V4/K3VX: St. Kitts (NA-104)               1501
13/02-20/02      3W2MAE: Vietnam                                       1500
14/02-16/02      American Lighthouses Weekend                          1501
14/02-16/02      T45FM: Punta Maya Lighthouse                          1501
14/02-23/02      ZF2AN: Cayman Islands (NA-016)                        1501
15/02-16/02      TO4A: Martinique (NA-107)                             1501
15/02-16/02      XR7FPC: Chiloe Island (SA-018)                        1499
15/02-22/02      FJ/N2IEN, FJ/W2RE: St. Barthelemy (NA-146)            1499
15/02-22/02      FJ/WW1X, FJ/WW2DX: St. Barthelemy (NA-146)            1499
16/02-16/03      5H3DX: Tanzania                                       1501
18/02-20/02      ZL/AA4NC and ZL/AA4VK: New Zealand                    1500
19/02-24/02      8Q7HK: Maldives (AS-013)                              1501
20/02-04/03      TI5/W1USN and TI5/AA1M: Costa Rica                    1501
21/02-23/02      KP3RE: Culebra Island (NA-249)                        1499
21/02-23/02      VK9NR and VK9NN: Norfolk Island                       1500
21/02-05/03      VP8PJ: South Orkney Islands (AN-008)                  1501
21/02-08/03      FG/F6HMQ, FG/F6GWV, TO3Z: Guadeloupe (NA-102)         1501
23/02-01/03      C6AAN: Bahamas                                        1501
24/02-27/02      VK/AA4NC and VK/AA4VK: Australia                      1500
24/02-29/02      TU5PCT: Cote d'Ivoire                                 1499
25/02-05/03      JD1BON and JD1BPH: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara     1501
28/02-29/02      P29NC and P29VK: Papua New Guinea                     1500
February         4A2L: Isla del Carmen (NA-135)                        1501
February         II4MLB: special callsign                              1495
February         LZ34WGI: special callsign                             1496
February         OX3LX: Aasiaat Island (NA-134), Greenland             1501
February         RI1ANC: Vostok Station, Antarctica                    1500
February-March   NL0H/p: St. Lawrence Island (NA-040)                  1500
01/03-02/03      H44NC and H44VK: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands         1500
03/03-05/03      YJ0NC and YJ0VK: Vanuatu                              1500
05/03-15/03      9J2LA: Zambia                                         1489
06/03-10/03      3D2AA and 3D2VK: Fiji                                 1500
07/03-13/03      V26FP: Antigua (NA-100)                               1501
10/03-25/03      W8S: Swains Island (OC-200)                           1484
12/03-16/03      XR8RRC: Wellington Island (SA-032)                    1501
18/03-02/04      T30ET: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati                 1489
19/03-21/03      XR8RRC/p: Riesco Island (SA-091)                      1501
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
March            RI0B: Rastorguyev Island (AS-068)                     1499
01/04-15/04      AO15DXXE and AO15DXXE/8: special callsigns            1498
01/04-15/04      TM15DXXE: special callsign (France)                   1498
16/04            OX80HM: special callsign                              1501
16/04            OZ80HM: special callsign                              1501
17/04-25/04      DU2/SP5APW: Calayan Island (OC-092)                   1501
April            II4FTX: special callsign                              1495
April            LZ603IL: special callsign                             1496
16/05-23/05      TM5IB: ile de Batz (EU-105)                           1499
May              II4TEA: special callsign                              1495
May              LZ177GL: special callsign                             1496
06/06-20/06      TM80CDG: special callsign (France)                    1499
30/06-14/07      FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032)                     1501
June             II4REP: special callsign                              1495
June             LZ734PA: special callsign                             1496
22/07-28/07      VK5KI: Kangaroo Island (OC-139)                       1499
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

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8 February 2020                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1501

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5H     - Chas, NK8O  will be  active  again as  5H3DX  from  Zinga, Tanzania
         between 16 February and 16 March. In his spare time he will operate
         CW, PSK31,  FT8  and  possibly SSB  on  40-10 metres.  QSL via NK8O
         (direct only,  see qrz.com for instructions),  LoTW and eQSL.  [TNX
         The Daily DX]
6Y     - Rob, N1TRK will be active holiday style  as N1TRK/6Y  from  Jamaica
         (NA-097) on 8-20 February. He will operate mainly FT8 with some SSB
         on 40, 20, 17 and 10 metres. QSL via LoTW.
8Q     - Hiro, JG1SXP will be active as 8Q7HK from the  Maldives (AS-013) on
         19-24 February.  He will operate  FT8,  CW  and  some SSB on  80-15
         metres, possibly also on 160 metres  depending on local conditions.
         QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.
9N     - Yuris, YL2GM and Eugene, EA5EL will be active as  9N7AM  from Nepal
         on 9-16 February.  They will operate  CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8  (Fox &
         Hound mode) on 160-10 metres with two stations.  QSL via Club Log's
         OQRS  (direct and bureau), or  direct to  YL2GN.  The logs  will be
         uploaded to LoTW  six months  after the end of the expedition.  See
         http://www.lral.lv/9n7am/ for more information.
CE     - Vasily R7AL,  Vlad RK8A,  Leo RW9JZ,  Igor UA3EDQ,  and  Slav OK8AU
         (RW8A) will be active as XR8RRC from  Villa Puerto Eden, Wellington
         Island (SA-032) on  12-16 March.  They plan to operate CW, SSB  and
         FT8 (Fox & Hound mode)  on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres.  Depending
         on local conditions,  they might also  go and  operate as  XR8RRC/p
         from  Riesco Island (SA-091)  for up to 48 hours between  19 and 21
         March.  QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (preferred);  those who do not use
         Club Log should go direct and mail their request to EU7A (maildrop:
         Andrey N. Teterukov, P.O. Box 13, 212030 Mogilev-30, Belarus).  See
         https://rv6ali.wixsite.com/patagonia2020 for more information.
CO     - Once again special station T45FM will be QRV from the lighthouse at
         Punta Maya on 14-16 February  for the American Lighthouses Weekend.
         Expect activity  on 160-10 metres  SSB, CW and FT8.  QSL via RW6HS.
         [TNX RW6HS]
DU     - Jacek, SP5APW, will be active  as  DU2/SP5APW  from  Calayan Island
         (OC-092) on 17-25 April. He will operate SSB and FT8/FT4  on the HF
         bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via home call.
FG     - Gildas, FG/F6HMQ  and  Michel, FG/F6GWV will be active as TO3Z from
         Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 21 February to 8 March, including an entry
         in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via F6HMQ. [TNX NG3K]
FP     - Once again  Eric, KV1J will  be  active as  FP/KV1J  from  Miquelon
         Island (NA-032) from 30 June to 14 July, including activity  during
         the  DL-DX RTTY Contest and the  IARU HF World Championship.  Plans
         are  to operate  SSB, RTTY, FT8, FT4 and  some CW  on  80-6 metres,
         "generally on the highest  frequency band open" with a focus on 6m.
         Activity on 160 metres will be limited.  QSL via home call  (direct
         or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. Logsearch on Club Log.  More information
         and updates on http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July20.html.
FM     - Yuri, VE3DZ will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as TO4A from
         Martinique (NA-107). QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
JD1_oga- Look for  JD1BON  (QSL via JA1UII  and LoTW)  and  JD1BPH (QSL  via
         JH1HHC and  LoTW)  to be active  again  from  Chichijima  (AS-031),
         Ogasawara from  25 February to 5 March.  They will operate CW, SSB,
         RTTY and FT8 on 160-6 metres.
KP2    - Brian, ND3F  will be active  as  KP2/ND3F  from  St. Croix,  Virgin
         Islands (NA-106) on 12-18 February,  including an entry in the ARRL
         DX CW Contest. QSL via EA5GL.
OX     - Bo, OZ1DJJ  will be active again in  his spare time as  OX3LX  from
         Aasiaat Island  (NA-134)  starting on 13 February  for  a couple of
         weeks. He might also take a side trip to Disko Island (NA-134)  for
         1-2 days. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via OZ0J.
OZ     - Special callsigns OZ80HM and OX80HM (from Greenland) will be active
         on 16 April to celebrate the 80th birthday of  H.M. Queen Margrethe
         II. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via OZ1ACB. A special award will be
         available for  working  OZ80HM/xx  and  OX80HM/xx  using  different
         suffix extensions;  see https://www.qrz.com/db/OZ80HM  for informa-
         tion.
P4     - John, W2GD will be active as  P44W  from  Aruba (SA-036)  on  11-17
         February. He will operate mainly CW, with some focus on 160, 30, 17
         and 12 metres, and will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest.  QSL
         via LoTW, or direct to N2MM. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2    - Thilo, DL9NBJ is active again as PJ2/DL9NBJ  from  Curacao (SA-099)
         until 19 February. He operates CW, SSB and FT8.  QSL via Club Log's
         OQRS only.
SM     - Celebrating World Radio Day, special callsign 7S6WRD will be active
         again from the Grimeton Radio Station (https://grimeton.org/) on 13
         February.  QSL via the bureau,  or direct to SK6SAQ.  Built in  the
         early Twenties,  the Grimeton Radio Station  has been inscribed  on
         the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2004.
TI     - Mike, TI5/W1USN  and  Bob, TI5/AA1M will be active from  Costa Rica
         from 20 February to 4 March.  They will operate CW, SSB and FT8  on
         160-10 metres,  and also  "hope to do some FM satellite".  QSLs via
         LoTW, or via home calls (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
TL     - Fernando, EA4BB has been QRT as 9Q6BB since 18 December 2019. On 16
         February  he will move  to the  Central African Republic,  where he
         should remain  for a few months  and  hopefully be active as  TL8BB
         (requested callsign). [TNX The Daily DX]
TZ     - Ulmar, DK1CE is active as TZ1CE  from the QTH of  TZ4AM in  Bamako,
         Mali until around 20 February. He operates mainly CW, with some FT8
         and possibly SSB.  QSL via DK1CE, direct or bureau. He does not use
         LoTW.
V2     - Flavio, IW2NEF will be active as  V26FP  from  Antigua (NA-100)  on
         7-13 March. He will operate SSB and FT8  on  40-10 metres.  QSL via
         LoTW, or direct to IK2DUW.
V3     - Walt, W0CP as V31DJ (CW) and his wife  Mary Kay, K0ZV as V31DK (SSB
         and FT8) will be active from  Placencia, Belize on  10-24 February.
         They will be QRV on 80-10 metres.  QSLs via Club Log's OQRS,  LoTW,
         or via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
V4     - Andy, N2NT will be QRV as V47NT from  St. Kitts (NA-104)  on  12-17
         February, with main activity as V47T during the ARRL DX CW Contest.
         QSL via W2RQ. [TNX NG3K]
V4     - Bill, V4/W3WH  and  Larry, V4/K3VX  will be active  from  St. Kitts
         13-19 February. They will operate CW and some SSB on 160-10 metres,
         with "some intensive operation" during the ARRL DX CW Contest. [TNX
         The Daily DX]
V6     - Sho, JA7HMZ has cancelled his 14-21 February  V63DX & V6A  activity
         from Micronesia [425DXN #1499]  owing to the Corona Virus outbreak.
         [TNX NG3K]
W      - Rick, N1DC is active holiday style as N1DC/4 from Hutchinson Island
         (NA-141) until 25 February.  He operates CW, FT8 and SSB  on 40, 30
         and 20 metres.  QSL direct to home call,  and LoTW.  [TNX The Daily
         DX]
XE     - The team that is expected to operate as 6F3A  from  Isla Perez (NA-
         153) on  11-17 February [425DXN 1496]  will stay  for one night  on
         Isla del Carmen (NA-135), and hopefully be active  "for some hours"
         as 4A2L.  They plan to operate CW and FT8 (Fox & Hound mode) on 40,
         30 and 20 metres; if conditions are good,  they may also be QRV  on
         17 and 12 metres, and do some SSB.  QSL via XE1SY  (see qrz.com for
         Paypal instructions)

CARIBBEAN TRIP ---> Mike, DF8AN  will  be active  as  ZF2AN from the  Cayman
Islands on 14-23 February, and as C6AAN the Bahamas  from 23 February  to  1
March.  He will operate CW, RTTY, FT8  (Fox & Hound on 7045, 10142 and 14090
only if there are too many callers) and other digital modes, and will try to
be QRV on all bands (160-6 metres). QSL via DF8AN, direct or bureau. He does
not use Club Log or LoTW.

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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
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ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program  has  announced
that the 17th Antarctic Activity Week will be held on  10-17  February.  The
aim of this annual event is to promote worldwide interest in  the  Antarctic
continent. Special callsigns (QSL via operator's instructions) are  expected
to be aired during this year's AAW from the following countries:
Austria      OE17AAW, OE88WAP, OE89ANT, OE90AAW
France       TM17AAW
Italy        II2ANT, II3BOVE, II5ANT, IR1ANT, IR1SP
Netherlands  PA6ANT, PF88ANT
Russia       R200ANT
Ukraine      EM200ANT, EN200ANT
USA          K4A, K4C
Complete information on the AAW can be found on http://www.waponline.it/.

LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND ---> The 12th  American Lighthouses Weekend  will be held
on 14-16  February.  Details, including a listing of participating stations,
can be found on http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar/.

NCDXF NEWSLETTER ---> The Northern California DX  Foundation's  Winter  2020
Newsletter is now available at  https://www.ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html.
It includes articles  on VU7RI (Lakshadweeps, October 2019) and T30L & C21WW
(Western Kiribati and Nauru, September 2019).

SAINT PETERSBURG ISLANDS AWARD ---> Often  called  the  Venice of the North,
the city of  Sankt-Peterburg is  built on a  large number of islands  inter-
spersed with canals.  The "Saint Petersburg Islands" award programme is  for
contacting stations operating from  33 different islands - complete informa-
tion can be found on https://spbislands.ru/index_en.php. [TNX UA1ANA]

SJDXA ---> The South Jersey DX Association's  (http://www.sjdxa.org/)  offi-
cers for 2020  are  Bob Schenck N2OO (President),  Steve Sullivan KZ2I (Vice
President), Jim Neufell, K2GMT (Secretary) and Bob Pantazes, W2ARP (Treasur-
er). [TNX N2OO]

VP8PJ ---> "The  project  is  on  schedule",  the  VP8PJ team  reported on 2
February in their  Press Release #11.  Team members  will begin arriving  in
Punta Arenas on  9 February.  The "Braveheart"  is scheduled  to depart  for
Signy Island,  South Orkneys (AN-008)  on  15 February.  Shortly before  she
leaves Punta Arenas,  the Garmin inReach personal locator will be activated.
You will be able to follow her journey during the estimated six days at  sea
to and from  the  island  by  going  to  https://sorkney.com/  (click on the
"Follow Braveheart" tab).
* BAND PLAN: it can be found on the  DXpedition's website  (click "Operating
  Plan"  in the  dropdown menu  under the  "Island Operations"  tab). Unless
  otherwise announced  by the operator,  all radio operations will be split.
  FT8 will use Fox/Hound mode on all bands except 60m.
* PROPAGATION: Stu, K6TU  has made available his  "Propagation As a Service"
  tool at no cost to you.  Accessed from the DXpedition's website  (click on
  the "K6TU Propagation Tools"  tab),  the tool is configured  with  VP8PJ's
  station and antenna specifications;  all you have to do is  to enter  your
  Maidenhead Locator  and  your  antenna configuration,  and  the tool  will
  generate your customized propagation charts.
* REFLECTOR: it is available at  Groups.io  (https://groups.io/g/VP8PJ)  for
  you to provide thoughtful and helpful information to the team (no requests
  for  log checks, busted calls, not in log, or schedules).  The pilots will
  monitor the reflector and summarize pertinent information by region.  They
  will still perform their normal functions, though, so feel free to contact
  your regional pilot as found on https://sorkney.com/pilot-team/ should you
  wish not to post to the reflector.
* LOG SEARCH: assuming a stable satellite connection,  QSOs will be uploaded
  to the log server in near real-time.  You can monitor logging activity  at
  https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/logsearch.php?dxcallsign=VP8PJ.  The OQRS  will
  be available within  ten days after  the  team leaves the island,  as they
  need time  to validate  the logs.  The  QSL manager (M0URX)  will work  on
  Busted Calls and Not in Log issues after the log is validated.  Please use
  the form on Tim's OQRS site, and do not send e-mails.
* FUNDRAISING: 55  clubs/foundations, over  600  individual  donors  and  73
  Premier Sponsors  have supported  the project so far.  Early donors (those
  who donate before  15 February)  will receive  their  LoTW confirmation(s)
  usually within 24 hours of the contact(s).  All other donors  will receive
  their LoTW confirmation(s) when OQRS opens.
  All donations are appreciated and will help offset the project's estimated
  cost of about 310,000 USD.  "With the 'Braveheart'  and freight bills paid
  and  the equipment  in Chile",  the team says,  "our last remaining  major
  expenses are shipping the equipment back home, generator fuel , port fees,
  general surcharges, fuel surcharge and a few smaller but still significant
  expense items. It's not unusual for unexpected fees  and  other charges to
  materialize so we remain vigilant with the budget management". [TNX K5GS]

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QSLs  received  direct  or  through  managers:  3B8M,  4S7VG,  4U1UN,  5H3CA
(AF-054),  5H3RRC  (AF-054),  5N7Q,   5Z4/G3AB,  B7/BD7IHN  (AS-131),   BO0M
(AS-113),  C31CT,  C56DF,  D2EB, D68CCC, DL3DUE/P (EU-057), E51SFS (OC-083),
FK8CE, FO/W5MJ, H40TT (OC-065),  HC2AO, JD1BMH, JF7MTO/JD1 (AS-030),  OD5ZZ,
OJ0O, OX7AM, PJ5/SP6IXF, PJ5/SP6WQZ, PZ5W, RD0B/P (AS-005),  S79CI (AF-024),
SV9CVY, T30GC, TK/S57C, TO9W,  TR8CR,  TT8SN,  TX7T (OC-027),  V73NS,  VK9CZ
(OC-003), VP2MDT, VP8LP, VU2GSM, YB8RW,  YP0F (EU-191), YS1RR, ZD7MY,  ZD7W,
ZK3A (OC-048),

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