21 March 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1507
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be postponed or cancelled at any time and
without notice.
CE0Y - Subject to the lifting of the current travel restrictions, a Polish
team (SP3CYY, SP3GEM, SP6EQZ, SP6IXF, SP9FOW and SP9RCL) will be
active as XR0YSP from Easter Island (SA-001) on 15-30 September.
They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS (preferred), or via SP6IXF. The logs will be uploaded to
LoTW and eQSL within six months after the DXpedition ends. See
http://xr0ysp.dxing.pl/ for more information.
KL - Yuri N3QQ, Vyacheslav OK8AU, Yuri UA9OBA and maybe a couple of
other operators expect to be active as KL7RRC/p from Kiska Island
(NA-070) on 10-15 June, and as KL7RRC from Adak Island (NA-039) on
17-19 June. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 (Fox & Hound) with
three stations. QSL via N7RO. Bookmark https://www.na-234.com/ for
updates.
OK - Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Czechoslovak DX Club,
special callsign OL30DXC will be active on all bands and modes from
now until 31 December. A special QSL card will be sent automatical-
ly via the bureau; direct cards go via OK2PXJ.
OZ - Special callsign OZ75MAY will be active on all bands and modes on
1-10 May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War
II in Denmark (5 May 1945). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL,
or via OZ1ACB. A special award will be available for working
OZ75MAY/p and OZ75MAY/xx using different suffix extensions; see
https://oz75may.oz0j.dk/ for information.
PA - Special event station PA75ASN will be active from 1 April to 10 May
to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the city
of Assen during World War II. QSL via the bureau (preferred), or
direct to PA0VCC.
S5 - Radioclub Slovenska Bistrica (S59FOP) will be active as S50EARTH in
April for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. QSL via eQSL only.
Established in 1970, Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around
the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental
protection.
SU - Tom, DL2RMC is currently active as SU9TH from Cairo, Egypt at least
until the end of April. He operates FT8/FT4 ("but also CW and SSB
during weekends in operating events") on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres.
QSL via DL2RMC; he will upoload his log to Club Log, LoTW and eQSL.
[TNX The Daily DX]
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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
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
COVID-19 PANDEMIC ---> Travel restrictions, self-isolation requirements as
well as general health and safety issues arising from the coronavirus
pandemic are affecting quite a number of operations and amateur radio
events, which have been cut short, postponed or cancelled.
HS0ZME curtailed on 15 March 425DXN 1488
3B8XF curtailed on 16 March 1505
PJ7AA curtailed on 20 March 1502
PJ2/DK5ON 15-31 March postponed to March 2021 1503
VP2V/K0NR 16-24 March cancelled 1506
VP2V/KB9DPF 16-24 March cancelled 1506
XR8RRC/p 19-21 March cancelled 1501
CE0Y/VE7ACN 19-30 March cancelled 1505
VU4R 20-31 March postponed until further notice 1503
TU2R 23 March-3 April postponed until later in the year 1489
FM/EA1BP 24-31 March cancelled 1503
CP6/R7AL 24 March-6 April cancelled 1506
CP6/RK8A 24 March-6 April cancelled 1506
CP6/RW9JZ 24 March-6 April cancelled 1506
CP6/RZ3K 24 March-6 April cancelled 1506
ZF2PG 25-30 March cancelled 1505
ZC4MK 26 March-1 April cancelled 1505
VP5/W2TT 26 March-2 April cancelled 1497
VP5/AF3K 26 March-2 April cancelled 1497
VP5P 28-29 March cancelled 1497
TO7BP 28-29 March cancelled 1503
XW4XR 30 March-12 April cancelled 1506
4V5H 9-15 May postponed until later in the year 1503
V62P May postponed until further notice 1503
V62S May postponed until further notice 1503
Other cancelled operations include PZ5G (IOTA DXpedition by DJ4EL to SA-092,
planned for April), and a large scale DXpedition to the Chesterfield Islands
(planned for October and postponed until sometime in 2021).
Among the cancelled events are the 2020 Hamvention (15-17 May) and its
related dinners and associated events, two YOTA sub-regional camps (Balkans
On The Air planned for 3-6 April in Serbia and Nordics On The Air planned
for 10-13 April in Norway), the CQ WPX SSB Contest Youth Contest Program in
Croatia, and the 17th IARU HST World Championship (planned for 20-24 August
in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).
IOTA DXPEDITION POSTPONED ---> Cezar, VE3LYC and Adrian, KO8SCA expected to
be active as V62P from Polap Atoll (OC-155), and as V62S from Satawal Atoll
(OC-299, new one for IOTA) during the first half of May [425DXN 1503]. "The
Federal travel restrictions to Micronesia have been lifted", VE3LYC reported
on 15 March, "but the states and even island communities can issue their own
restrictions as they consider fit. This results in a rather fluid situation,
which can change with very short notice. In view of this, our expedition
plan is postponed until such a time when it can materialize". Updates will
be posted to https://v6iota.weebly.com/.
RI0B ---> The team reached Rastorguyev Island (AS-068) on 16 March, but an
unexpected storm prevented them from starting operations until the 18th.
Amid aurora conditions, temperatures well below the freezing point and
further gale force winds, they will be QRV until the local evening of 21
March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; the log will be uploaded after the end of
the DXpedition.
RSGB CONTEST RULES CHANGES ---> As a result of the UK government's recent
advice on social distancing, the RSGB HF Contest and VHF Contest Committees
have decided that, with immediate effect and until the end of June 2020,
they will no longer accept multi-operator contest entries for any RSGB
Contest. Single operator entries from shared stations will also not be
accepted, unless the station is being shared by family members living at the
same postal address. In early June they will decide if the IOTA Contest and
other events can go ahead as planned. See https://www.rsgbcc.org/cv19.shtml
for the complete announcement.
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QSLs received direct or through managers:3D2AG, 3D2AG/p, 3W1T, 4S7VG, 4U1A,
5H3UA (AF-032), 5I4ZZ (AF-032), 5I5TT (AF-032), 5T5PA, 9H1BT, 9K2GS,
9M2SAF/p (AS-072), 9V1YC, CN2JF, DU1S/1 (OC-120), FO/W5MJ, HI3Y, HU1DL,
JI3DST/1 (AS-008), JI3DST/5 (AS-200), OA4/EA7TN, OM0M, OM3EY, PY0F, RU5D/6
(EU-180), SU9JG, T30GC, T6A, T6AA, TC0F (AS-099), V47T, VP5K, YJ0RRC (OC-104
and OC-111),YP0H (EU-183), Z32KF, Z68M, Z68MA, ZC4UW, ZF1A, ZK3A, ZP9MCE,
ZW6C (SA-080).
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21 March 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1507
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be postponed or cancelled at any time and
without notice.
PERIOD CALL REF
till 21/03 5H3DX and 5H3AX: Tanzania 1502
till 21/03 8Q7NC: Maldives (AS-013) 1503
till 21/03 RI0B: Rastorguyev Island (AS-068) 1507
till 22/03 K1B, K1C, K1H, K1J: Maine Bicentennial special event 1505
till 22/03 K1K, K1L, K1O, K1P: Maine Bicentennial special event 1505
till 22/03 K1P, K1S, K1W, K1Y: Maine Bicentennial special event 1505
till 23/03 6E3MAYA: special callsign 1506
till 23/03 JA8COE/0: Sado Island (AS-206) 1505
till 25/03 V31GX: Belize 1505
till 28/03 VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008) 1499
till 29/03 DA0HEL and DL0IH: EU-127 1505
till 31/03 R200ANT: special callsign 1496
till 31/03 ZW86LABRE: special callsign 1498
till March C5YK: The Gambia 1490
till 01/04 CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014) 1504
till 01/04 HC5: Ecuador * by DL8UD 1506
till 04/04 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1491
till 09/04 8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021) 1503
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 30/04 SU9TH: Egypt 1507
till 31/05 EM30UCC: special callsign 1499
till 31/05 IO3RT and IO3AF: special callsigns 1502
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 DL250BEETH: 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 OE25: special prefix 1504
till 31/12 OL30DXC: special callsign 1507
till 31/12 PA75OV: special callsign 1495
till 31/12 PA75VERON: special callsign 1495
till 31/12 S500E: special callsign 1505
till 31/12 YT50SCWC: special callsign 1496
till 31/12 ZS95SARL: special callsign 1499
till 31/01/2021 DA2025C: special callsign 1500
22/03-01/04 YJ0CA: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu 1506
24/03-02/10 DM30RSV: special callsign 1505
27/03-30/03 GD6DX, GD5YTT, GD2TT, GT0SP: Isle of Man (EU-116) 1506
27/03-30/03 Z66Y: Kosovo 1506
March 9Q5XA: Ghana 1505
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
01/04-30/04 ZW60DF: special callsign 1505
01/04-10/05 PA75ASN: special callsign 1507
03/04-10/04 R207RRC: Kosa Dvukh Pilotov (AS-207) 1502
16/04 OX80HM: special callsign 1501
16/04 OZ80HM: special callsign 1501
16/04 OZ80QUEEN: special callsign 1505
25/04 IY0CG: International Marconi Day 1505
April 3D2DOM: OC-156 and OC-121 1506
April II4FTX: special callsign 1495
April LZ603IL: special callsign 1496
April S50EARTH: special callsign 1507
01/05-03/05 IP1A: Palmaria Island (not IOTA) 1505
01/05-10/05 OZ75MAY: special callsign 1507
01/05-31/05 PA75FREE, PB75FREE, PC75FREE, PD75FREE: special calls 1505
01/05-31/05 PE75FREE, PF75FREE, PG75FREE, PH75FREE: special calls 1505
01/05-31/05 PA75FREEDOM and PD75FREEDOM: special callsigns 1505
02/05-03/05 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
09/05-11/05 JA4GXS/6: Amami O Island (AS-023) 1503
16/05-23/05 TM5IB: ile de Batz (EU-105) 1499
May II4TEA: special callsign 1495
May LZ177GL: special callsign 1496
May T33T: Banaba Island (OC-018) 1506
06/06-07/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
06/06-20/06 TM80CDG: special callsign (France) 1499
10/06-15/06 KL7RRC/p: Kiska Island (NA-070) 1507
17/06-19/06 KL7RRC: Adak Island (NA-039) 1507
21/06-22/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
30/06-14/07 FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032) 1501
June II4REP: special callsign 1495
June LZ734PA: special callsign 1496
June T22T: Tuvalu (OC-015) 1506
04/07-05/07 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
11/07-19/07 UE45SA: special callsign 1503
22/07-28/07 VK5KI: Kangaroo Island (OC-139) 1499
July II4NBL: special callsign 1495
July LZ551MS: special callsign 1496
01/08-02/08 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
10/08-17/08 TO5T: St Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 1503
22/08-23/08 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1482
August II4CLT: special callsign 1495
August LZ662MI: special callsign 1496
05/09-06/09 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
15/09-30/09 XR0YSP: Easter Island (SA-001) 1507
23/09-06/10 W8S: Swains Island (OC-200) 1504
29/09-12/10 TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad 1505
September 7Q7AO: Malawi 1503
September II4PTN: special callsign 1495
September LZ595IP: special callsign 1496
03/10-04/10 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
11/10-08/11 4W: Timor Leste * by Lagunaria DX Group 1505
19/10-28/10 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1503
October II4LGH: special callsign 1495
October KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
October LZ1891AO: special callsign 1496
October T30ET: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati 1504
07/11-08/11 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
November II4RVT: special callsign 1495
November LZ350PI: special callsign 1496
December 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1503
December II4MDY: special callsign 1495
December LZ1263AN: special callsign 1496
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