2 May 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1513
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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 cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.
PERIOD CALL REF
till 06/05 VC2STAYHOM: special callsign 1509
till 07/05 CQ82AS: special callsign (Flores Island, EU-089) 1511
till 09/05 8A1HOME: special callsign 1510
till 10/05 4X75V and 4Z75V: special callsigns 1513
till 10/05 GB6SAH: special callsign (England) 1511
till 10/05 OZ75MAY: special callsign 1507
till 10/05 PA75ASN: special callsign 1507
till 10/05 PC6STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 10/05 VC3STAYHOM: special callsign 1510
till 10/05 VE9HOME: special callsign 1510
till 11/05 GB4VVV: special callsign (England) 1513
till 11/05 GB9WYH: special callsign (England) 1511
till 12/05 GB9NHS: special callsign (England) 1511
till 13/05 ZW8THANKS: special callsign 1511
till 14/05 GB1CCW: special callsign (England) 1513
till 15/05 9G5GS: Ghana 1509
till 15/05 HG20ST, HG20AY, HG20AT, HG20HO, HG20ME: special calls 1511
till 15/05 OE1STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
till 16/05 GB0KYD: special callsign (England) 1512
till 17/05 GB1HSC: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1512
till 17/05 GB2SH: special callsign (England) 1512
till 18/05 GB0EDH: special callsign (England) 1512
till 19/05 8C2WFH: special callsign (Indonesia) 1511
till 19/05 ZW5STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 22/05 GB6NHS: special callsign (England) 1511
till 25/05 TC1STAYHOME: special callsign 1508
till 25/05 XN1BOA: special callsign 1511
till 26/05 GB8NHS: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1509
till 28/05 GB0GIG: special callsign (Wales) 1513
till 28/05 GB1KEY: special callsign (Wales) 1513
till 28/05 GB5SAH: special callsign (England) 1513
till 28/05 GB75VED: special callsign (England) 1511
till 28/05 GB75VET: special callsign (England) 1513
till 29/05 TC19MED: special callsign 1511
till 31/05 8J1ITU: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 AU2STH: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 E7STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 31/05 EM30UCC: special callsign 1499
till 31/05 GB1945PE, GB1945PJ, GB75PEACE: special callsigns 1511
till 31/05 HL40GDM and D73M: special callsigns 1512
till 31/05 IO3RT and IO3AF: special callsigns 1502
till 31/05 K2H/xxx: New York State Heroes special event 1512
till 31/05 LI8MAI: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 PA75FREE, PB75FREE, PC75FREE, PD75FREE: special calls 1505
till 31/05 PA75FREEDOM and PD75FREEDOM: special callsigns 1505
till 31/05 PE75FREE, PF75FREE, PG75FREE, PH75FREE: special calls 1505
till 31/05 SN0KURP: special callsign 1509
till 31/05 SN100KW: special callsign 1508
till 31/05 ZW75FEB: special callsign 1509
till 20/06 CF, CG, CH, CI: special prefixes (Canada) 1512
till 23/06 TC3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
till 30/06 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 30/06 OE50MHZ: special callsign 1512
till 03/07 OH#PYSYKOTONA: special callsigns 1510
till 06/07 VI20SH: special callsign 1513
till 06/07 VI2020STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 08/07 5B4STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 08/07 OH#STAYHOME: special callsigns 1510
till 14/07 CB2HOME: special callsign 1513
till 20/07 IO6STAY: special callsign 1512
till 26/07 4A60A, 4A60C, 4A60E, 4A60F, 4A60I: special callsigns 1508
till 26/07 4A60M, 4A60N, 4A60O, 4A60S, 4A60X: special callsigns 1508
till 28/07 AT9SS: special callsign 1513
till 12/08 4X2BESAFE: special callsign 1512
till 31/08 4U25B: special callsign (Italy) 1486
till 31/08 VI250COOK: special callsign 1511
till 31/08 VI50AWS: special callsign 1508
till 15/09 YO1STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
till 15/09 YO19STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 02/10 DM30RSV: special callsign 1505
till 17/10 VI110WIA: special callsign 1511
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 LN1V: special callsign 1511
till 31/12 LX20I: special callsign 1498
till 31/12 LZ50BFRA: special callsign 1512
till 31/12 OE1970WWL: special callsign 1495
till 31/12 OE25: special prefix 1504
till 31/12 OL30DXC: special callsign 1507
till 31/12 OL700CO, OL700DKO, OL700LTV: special callsigns 1508
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 8J1RL: East Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica 1512
till 31/01/2021 DA2025C: special callsign 1500
till 04/04/2021 PE75BORNE: special callsign 1511
till 22/04/2021 8J17CALL: special callsign 1512
02/05-03/05 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
02/05-09/05 EV75: special callsigns (Belarus) 1512
02/05-09/05 RP75: special callsigns 1512
02/05-09/05 UP75E, UP75D, UP75A: special callsigns 1513
02/05-09/05 UP75P, UP75O, UP75B: special callsigns 1513
02/05-09/05 UP75POBEDA: special callsign 1513
03/05-24/05 GB2SHS: special callsign (England) 1513
04/05-10/05 9A1CHRIS: special callsign 1513
06/05-12/05 GU75LIB: special callsign (Guernsey) 1513
07/05-10/05 SV2RSG/A: Mount Athos 1513
from 07/05 GB75VEC: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1513
08/05-09/05 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
08/05-06/06 CF2T: special callsign 1513
09/05-11/05 JA4GXS/6: Amami O Island (AS-023) 1503
10/05-17/05 A91WTIS: special callsign 1513
15/05-31/05 GB2CCW: special callsign (England) 1513
from 21/05 PC19STAYSAFE: special callsign 1513
23/05-24/05 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
30/05-31/05 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
May 3G2HOME: special callsign 1512
May 4J0STAYHOME and 4K0STAYHOME: special callsigns 1511
May 4U1UN: United Nations HQ 1511
May 4U2STAYHOME: Vienna International Centre (Austria) 1512
May 5H3DX: Tanzania 1510
May 5W19STAYSAFE: special callsign 1512
May 6Y6STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May 9K9STAYHOME:special callsign 1509
May A60SH/#: special "StayHome" callsigns 1509
May AT20SH: special callsign 1513
May AT2SHI: special callsign 1513
May AT2TNX: special callsign 1513
May CB3SH: special callsign 1511
May CB3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May CQ8STAYHOME: special callsign (Azores) 1511
May CR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May CV7STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May DX0STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May EH7STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May GB0CCW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB1COR: special callsign (Shetland Isls, Scotland) 1510
May GB4KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB5KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB5NHS: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1509
May GB9CLD: special callsign (England) 1511
May GB9KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May HA0HOME: special callsign 1512
May HA0STAY: special callsign 1512
May HA127STAY: special callsign 1512
May HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1509
May HZ1STAYHOME: special callsign 1509
May II4TEA: special callsign 1495
May II9SH: special callsign 1511
May LZ177GL: special callsign 1496
May OD50SH: special callsign 1512
May OD5STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May ON4HEROES: special callsign 1511
May ON4STAYSTRONG: special callsign 1511
May OO7STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OP2STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OP6STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OQ1HOPE: special callsign 1511
May OQ4ANGELS: special callsign 1511
May OR20STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May OR4LIFE: special callsign 1512
May OR4STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OR7LIFE: special callsign 1512
May OR8STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OS0STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OT20LIFE: special callsign 1511
May OT20STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May OT2STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May OT4HOPE: special callsign 1511
May OT4LIFE: special callsign 1511
May OT6STAYSAFE: special callsign 1510
May OT7STAYSAFE: special callsign 1511
May OZ7STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May PE6STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May PR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May SZ3STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May T33T: Banaba Island (OC-018) 1506
May VK9NK: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1508
May XR3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May Z30STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May Z39STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May Z60STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
06/06-07/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
06/06-07/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
06/06-20/06 TM80CDG: special callsign (France) 1499
10/06-15/06 KL7RRC/p: Kiska Island (NA-070) 1507
13/06-14/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
17/06-19/06 KL7RRC: Adak Island (NA-039) 1507
18/06-21/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
21/06-22/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
27/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
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
July II4NBL: special callsign 1495
July LZ551MS: special callsign 1496
01/08-02/08 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
01/08-31/08 GB1945PE, GB1945PJ, GB75PEACE: special callsigns 1511
10/08-17/08 TO5T: St Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 1503
22/08-23/08 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1482
27/08-07/09 XR0YHM: Easter Island (SA-001) 1511
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
28/09-17/10 E6AM: Niue (OC-040) 1511
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
19/10-28/10 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1503
19/10-02/11 A35GC: Tonga (OC-049) 1511
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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2 May 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1513
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - Special callsigns 4X75V and 4Z75V will be active from Israel on 1-
10 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War
II. QSL via 4X6ZM and logsearch on Club Log; all QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau.
9A - Radio Klub Grada Zaboka (9A0Z) & friends will be active as 9A1CHRIS
on 4-10 May to honour the memory of Kresimir "Chris" Kovarik, 9A5K
(8 May 1974 - 27 February 2019). A special QSL card will be down-
loadable on http://www.9a0z.com/. Past President of the Croatian
Amateur Radio Association (HRS) and Vice Chairman of the IARU Re-
gion 1 HF Committee, Chris was the author of DXlog.net and a com-
petitor in three World Radiosport Team Championships (2006, 2014
and 2018). In 2019 he was inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of
Fame.
A9 - Special event station A91WTIS will be active on 10-17 May to cele-
brate World Telecommunication & Information Society Day (17 May).
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via A92AA. The purpose of World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day is to help raise
awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and
other information and communication technologies can bring to
societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital
divide.
G - From England, special callsigns commemorating the end of World War
II in Europe include GB4VVV run by G0SFJ on 27 April-11 May (the
suffix is the distinctive dit-dit-dit-dah used by the BBC in its
foreign language programmes to occupied Europe, QSL via eQSL only)
and GB75VET run by M0IRU on 1-28 May (QSL via M0IRU and LoTW).
GI - GB75VEC is the special callsign for the Grey Point Fort Amateur
Radio Society to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in
Europe. Activity will take place from MI0MOD's QTH in Lisburn,
Northern Ireland, starting on 7 May. See qrz.com for QSL instruc-
tions
GU - The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society will run special event station
GU75LIB on 6-12 May to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation
of Guernsey from occupying forces during World War II. QSL via the
bureau, or direct to GU8ITE. [TNX GU0SUP]
JA - Once again the ITU Association of Japan's Amateur Radio Club will
operate special event station 8J1ITU from 30 April to 31 May to
celebrate the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
(17 May) and the creation of the International Telecommunication
Union. QSL via the JARL bureau and eQSL.
LA - Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in
Europe (8 May 1945), Hugo, LA5YJ will be active as LI8MAI on 1-31
May. QSL via LA5YJ.
SV/A - Monk Iakovos, based at the Koutloumousiou Monastery on Mount Athos,
is expected to be active again as SV2RSG/A on 7-10 May. He will
operate SSB and CW on 20m. QSL direct to Monk Iakovos Kutlumusian,
Holy Monastery Koutloumousiou, 630 86 Karyes, Greece
UN - Commemorating the end of World War II, special callsigns UP75P,
UP75O, UP75B, UP75E, UP75D, UP75A and UP75POBEDA will be active
from Kazakhstan on 2-9 May during the Memorial Pobeda-75 ("pobeda"
is Russian for "victory"). QSLs via LoTW and eQSL. Two certificates
will be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/UP75POBEDA for
information.
VE - Gilles, VA2EW (VE2TZT) will be active as CF2T between 8 May and 6
June to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War
II. Main activity will be during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via
LoTW.
VU - Special COVID-19 stations from India include AT2SHI (QSL via eQSL,
or direct to VU2UUU), AT2TNX (QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to
VU2KWJ), AT20SH (QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to VU2HIT),
AT9SS (QSL via VU2NSL and LoTW) and AU2STH (QSL direct to VU2JAU).
Additionally, providing assistance to the local governments are
AU2COV and AU2IAG from Kolkata (West Bengal), as well as AT2GOK
from Bengaluru (Karnataka).
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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!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The April 2020 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
CONTEST UNIVERSITY 2020 ---> The Dayton event has been cancelled, but CTU
2020 will still take place on 14 May. It will be held online free of charge
via Zoom, starting at 12.45 UTC (08.45 EDT). Registration is now open on
https://www.contestuniversity.com/. CTU 2020 will end at 22 UTC (18 EDT)
with the presentation of this year's CQ Contest Hall of Fame. The webinar
will be recorded and archived.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 17,850 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2010-19), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php . [TNX F6AJA].
STAY AT HOME ---> Further special callsigns joining the Stay Home campaign
and/or showing support for health care professionals and other key workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic include:
Callsign DXCC QSL
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6Y6STAYHOME Jamaica EA5GL (direct)
AT20SH India VU2HIT (direct) or Club Log's OQRS
AT2SHI India VU2UUU (direct)
AT2TNX India VU2KWJ (direct) or Club Log's OQRS
AT9SS India LoTW/VU2NSL 29/04-28/07
AU2STH India VU2JAU (direct) till 31/05
CB2HOME Chile LoTW only till 14/07
EH7STAYHOME Spain LoTW/EB7DX
GB0GIG Wales bureau 01/05-28/05
GB1CCW England eQSL 01/05-14/05
GB1KEY Wales see qrz.com 01/05-28/05
GB2CCW England eQSL 15/05-31/05
GB2SHS England eQSL 03/05-24/05
GB5SAH England LoTW/G4XEX 01/05-28/05
OZ7STAYHOME Denmark LoTW/OZ7DK
PC19STAYSAFE Netherlands PA7HPH from 21/05
VI20SH Australia LoTW and eQSL till 06/07
YO1STAYHOME Romania LoTW and eQSL till 15/09
+ SILENT KEYS + Bill O'Kain (K4LTA) passed away on 28 April. Born in 1931
and first licenced in 1956 as KN4LTA, he was a member of the First Class CW
Operators' Club (FOC) and was very active in many contests. Bill and his
wife Ruby (K4UPS) enjoyed several trips to the Caribbean since 1980 (J37BO,
J38A, J6LTA, J70A, J74Z).
Herbert L. Schoenbohm (KV4FZ) became a Silent Key on 29 April aged 84. First
licenced in 1954 as W0VXO, in 1968 he moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Herb
was one of the pioneers in Top Band DXing, and was the third (tied with
W8LRL) to gain DXCC on 160 metres back in 1977.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3W9CI (AS-162), 4J3DJ, 5H4WZ (AF-
063), 5P1KZX, 9N7AM, C6AGU (NA-001), C91CCY, CB0Z (SA-101), CP6/DK7PE, D2EB,
GM7O (EU-123), H1UDL, HP1RN, HU1DL, HZ1DG, SU8WRC, SU8X, TA0/RM0F (AS-201),
TC0F (AS-099), TO7DL (AF-016), VP2VB, YU1ZZ, ZD7W.
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