30 May 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1517
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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 31/05 3Z100KW: special callsign 1515
till 31/05 8J1ITU: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 AM40LAR: special callsign 1515
till 31/05 AU2STH: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 E7STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 31/05 EH8DDC: special callsign (Canary Islands) 1516
till 31/05 EM30UCC: special callsign 1499
till 31/05 GB1945PE, GB1945PJ, GB75PEACE: special callsigns 1511
till 31/05 GB2CCW: special callsign (England) 1513
till 31/05 GB2HOM: special callsign (England) 1514
till 31/05 GB9KS: special callsign (England) 1514
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 LY56BC: special callsign 1516
till 31/05 OL901AA, OL901AB, OL901AF: special callsigns 1515
till 31/05 OL901AH, OL902AC, OL902AG: special callsigns 1515
till 31/05 OL90CAV, OL90CRK, OL90KVAC: special callsigns 1515
till 31/05 OL90ROH, OL90SKEC, OL90SVAZARM: special callsigns 1515
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 WW0WWV: 100 Years of WWV Broadcasts 1514
till 31/05 ZW75FEB: special callsign 1509
till 02/06 GB4DLS: special callsign (England) 1515
till 06/06 CF2T: special callsign 1513
till 08/06 TM80DYN: special callsign (France) 1517
till 15/06 4U9STAYHOME: special callsign (Italy) 1515
till 15/06 ZW5STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 20/06 CF, CG, CH, CI: special prefixes (Canada) 1512
till 23/06 TC3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
till 30/06 9V1STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
till 30/06 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 30/06 OE30MAGICBAND: special callsign 1514
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 15/07 E2STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
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 27/07 5JSTAYHOME: special callsign 1515
till 28/07 AT9SS: special callsign 1513
till 01/08 AT2THC: special callsign 1514
till 12/08 4X2BESAFE: special callsign 1512
till 15/08 9M4STAYHOME: special callsign (W/E Malaysia) 1514
till 15/08 9M4DUDUKRUMAH: special callsign (W/E Malaysia) 1514
till 15/08 9M4COVID19: special callsign (W/E Malaysia) 1514
till 18/08 AT0II: special callsign 1516
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 II3STAY: special callsign 1515
till 31/12 JU85UIA: special event station 1516
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 ZS1820S: special callsign 1515
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
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 5W1STAYSAFE: special callsign 1512
May 5Z4STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
May 6Y6STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May 9K9STAYHOME:special callsign 1509
May A60NMT/#: special callsigns 1515
May A60SH/#: special "StayHome" callsigns 1509
May AT20SH: special callsign 1513
May AT2SH: special callsign 1515
May AT2SHI: special callsign 1513
May AT2SON: special callsign 1516
May AT2TNX: special callsign 1513
May CB3SH: special callsign 1511
May CB3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May CQ8STAYHOME: special callsign (Azores) 1511
May CQ8THANKS: special callsign (Azores) 1514
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 GB0FLW: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB1COR: special callsign (Shetland Isls, Scotland) 1510
May GB1VED: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB2VE: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB4KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB5KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB5NHS: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1509
May GB5VEP: special callsign (Wales) 1514
May GB6VED: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB75VEC: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1513
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 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 PC19STAYSAFE: special callsign 1513
May PE6STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May PR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May SZ3STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May TM1SAFE: special callsign (France) 1516
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
01/06-12/06 GB2CDK: special callsign (Englnd) 1517
01/06-30/06 VE2SPEED: special callsign 1517
01/06-01/07 EM100ALK, EM100LK, EO100A: special callsigns 1515
02/06-27/06 KL7/KC1KUG: Fire Island (NA-158) 1516
03/06-06/06 TM50PSG: special callsign (France) 1517
03/06-10/06 W2W: D-Day commemoration 1517
05/06-14/10 TM5ISY: special callsign (France) 1517
06/06-07/06 COVID-19 Radio Communication Event 1517
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
07/06-19/06 DL1WH/p: Sylt Island (EU-042) 1517
12/06-14/06 KD7WPJ/6: Santa Rosa Island (NA-144) 1517
13/06-14/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
16/06-20/06 TM50PSG: special callsign (France) 1517
18/06-21/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
21/06-22/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
27/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
June II4REP: special callsign 1495
June KG4MA: Guantanamo Bay 1517
June LZ734PA: special callsign 1496
01/07-31/12 II2EMCA: special callsign 1515
04/07-05/07 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
11/07-19/07 UE45SA: special callsign 1503
23/07-28/07 TM50PSG: special callsign (France) 1517
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
05/09-10/09 KL7RRC/p: Kiska Island (NA-070) 1515
09/09-18/09 K4D: Dog Island (NA-085) 1516
11/09-18/09 KL7RRC: Adak Island (NA-039) 1515
15/09-30/09 XR0YSP: Easter Island (SA-001) 1507
22/09-06/10 FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032) 1516
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 II4PTN: special callsign 1495
September LZ595IP: special callsign 1496
03/10-04/10 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
17/10-26/10 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1517
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 1514
December II4MDY: special callsign 1495
December LZ1263AN: special callsign 1496
TBA FW/KC0W: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1515
TBA ZL9: Campbell Island (OC-037) 1515
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30 May 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1517
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DL - Volker, DL1WH will be active holiday style as DL1WH/p from Sylt
Island (EU-042) on 7-19 June. He will operate mainly CW with some
SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL1WH]
F - The Radio Club "Jean Bart" of Dunkirk (F6KMB) will be active as
TM80DYN from 25 May to 8 June. QSL via F6KMB. The special callsign
commemorates the 80th anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the evacua-
tion of 338,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of
Dunkirk during World War II.
F - Michel, F8GGZ will be active as TM50PSG on 3-6 and 16-20 June, and
again on 23-28 July. The special callsign is in celebration of the
50th anniversary of Paris Saint-Germain F.C., the most successful
French professional football (soccer) club in history.
F - Mado, F1EOY and others will be active as TM5ISY on 5 and 13 June,
and at various other times until 14 October. The special callsign
is in memory of Carine Dubois, F5ISY, who passed away on 3 November
2019. QSL via F1EOY.
G - Look for GB2CDK to be active on 1-12 June to mark the 150th an-
niversary since the death of Charles Dickens (9 June 1870), the
greatest novelist of the Victorian era whose works are still widely
read today. QSL via operator's instructions.
KG4 - Miguel, W1SRR will be stationed at Guantanamo Bay "for a minimum of
9 months from June 2020 to March 2021", and in his spare time will
be QRV as KG4MA. He will operate SSB and digital modes on the HF
bands and especially 6 metres; he is learning CW and plans to give
that mode a try. QSL route to be announced. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Although the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Montreal has been cancelled,
Jean, VE2JCW will be active as VE2SPEED between 1 and 30 June. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to VE2JCW.
W - The Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics Museum in Balti-
more (MD) (http://www.k3nem.org/) will be active as W2W in commmem-
oration of the anniversary of D-Day and the role of electronics in
World War 2. Primary operation will be on 6-7 June, with additional
operation possible on 3-5 and 8-10 June as operator a vailability
permits. QSL direct to K3NEM.
W - Oleh, KD7WPJ, will be active from Santa Rosa Island (NA-144) on 12-
14 June. He will operate FT8, FT4, MSK144, CW and SSB on 40m-70cm.
QSL via home call. [TNX KD7WPJ]
CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (30-31 May):
Call Category Country QSL
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3G2M Chile LoTW
3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
4A7T Mexico XE2T
4L2M SOSB 80m Georgia EA7FTR
4L8A SOSB 20m HP Georgia LoTW/M0OXO
5Q6EE SOAB LP Denmark LoTW/OZ2I
8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
BI4WXD M/2 China BI4SCC
CF2T SO Canada LoTW
CG3T Canada LoTW/VE3DZ
DA2C SOSB 20m Germany bureau
E2A SOAB HP Thailand LoTW
F6KOP SOSB 20m HP France LoTW/F5GSJ
HH2AA SO LP Haiti LoTW
HI3Y M/S LP Dominican Republic LoTW
KH0W SO Mariana Isls KC0W
KP4EJ M/S Puerto Rico LoTW/KP4EJ
LX20I Luxembourg LX2A
LY88A SOSB 160m HP Lithuania LY5AA
OH0Z M/S Aland Islands LoTW/W0MM
OY1CT SOAB Faroe Islands OY1CT
TI7W SOAB HP Costa Rica LoTW/W4FS
VX3X SOAB LP Canada VE3IKV
WP2DX SO LP Virgin Islands LoTW
XL2Z SOAB LP Canada LoTW
ZM1A SOAB HP New Zealand LoTW
ZM4T SOAB HP New Zealand LoTW
ZP9MCE SOSB 160m Paraguay LoTW
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2020.html - good contest to
you all!
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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!
COVID-19 COMMUNICATION EVENT ---> The UN HQ station 4U1UN will be QRV on 6
and 7 June in support of the global STAYHOME movement. Also active will be
its sister stations 4U1GSC from Italy (operated as 4U9STAYHOME) and 4U1A
from Austria (operated as 4U2STAYHOME), as well as special event station
W2I/STAYHOME (headed by N2RJ and W2IRT, and activated on SSB, CW and FT8
simultaneously). The COVID-19 Radio Communication Event [425DXN 1516] is
endorsed by IARU President Tim Ellam (VE6SH), and under the patronage of
Pekka Haavisto, Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs. The rules for the
event can be found on http://ko8sca.com/rules.pdf. Complete information
about the associated award and certificate programme can be found on
http://ko8sca.com/awards.pdf. [TNX OH2BH]
DXCC YEARBOOK ---> The 2019 ARRL DXCC Yearbook, which includes the Clinton
B. DeSoto Challenge top scorers and the Annual Listing, is available for
viewing and/or downloading on http://www.arrl.org/dxcc. The Annual Listing
of DXCC membership contains the callsigns and credited totals for new awards
and endorsements during the calendar year period from 1 January through 31
December 2019. The DXCC Honor Roll includes those who are within 9 Entities
of the "current" Entity count for Mixed, Phone, CW and Digital modes. As of
31 December 2019, there were 340 Entities on the DXCC List, and entry level
DXCC Honor Roll was achieved at 331. In order to appear in this Annual List,
you must have made a submission during the 2019 calendar year, and an active
award total must have increased by at least one point. All active Honor Roll
members appear automatically, regardless of a submission.
INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Spring 2020 issue (#129) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). This issue reports on the September
2019 DXpedition to Western Kiribati (T30L) and Nauru (C21WW) conducted by
the Latvian team of YL2GM, YL1ZF, YL2KA and YL3JA.
IOTA DXPEDITIONER OF THE YEAR ---> The second Island Radio Expedition Foun-
dation's (IREF) "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" Award was presented on the
Ham Nation podcast on 27 May. The three awardees are Mikhail Zavarukhin
VE7ACN (1st place), Vasily V. Pinchuk R7AL (2nd) and Vladimir P. Angeli RK8A
(3rd). The award is for encouraging "expeditioners, through friendly compe-
tition, to activate islands that won't necessarily meet IREF funding guide-
lines but are needed by many of the newer chasers". Complete details can be
found at https://irefradio.com/activator-award/.
QSL E44CC ---> All direct OQRS and direct mail requests for E44CC (February
2020) have been processed, and the QSL cards will be mailed soon; bureau
requests are yet to be done. There is no backlog for 7P8C, 9LY1JM, F6KOP,
F6KOP/p, TM1A, TM9A and TY7C. [TNX F5NQL]
QSL EP6DSP ---> Russ, WA3FRP is the QSL manager for EP6DSP, a newly licenced
operator from Dezful, Iran. Russ accepts direct and bureau cards for all
QSOs from March 2020 onwards. [TNX WA3FRP]
SABLE ISLAND 2020 ---> "Many have asked about the impact COVID-19 could have
to the Sable Island DXpedition scheduled for 17-26 October", the team posted
on http://cy0dxpedition.net/. "We are routinely in contact with Parks Canada
and cautiously optimistic for October at this time. Certainly, matters can
change quickly. However, if the DXpedition schedule is delayed due to COVID-
19 regulations, we have been assured by Parks Canada that they will work
with us to reschedule the DXpedition. The team has been polled, and all
agree that they will be able to comply to revised dates. Currently the
border between Canada and USA is closed until 21 June. Shortly after that
date, we hope to have a firm decision for October assuming no additional
regulations for travel, etc are placed into effect". [TNX N0TG]
WSJT-X 2.2.0-RC3 ---> A third candidate release of WSJT-X 2.2.0 has been
available for beta testing (not for long-term general use) since 29 May. The
General Availability (GA) release will likely be made in the first week of
June. A detailed list of program changes since the RC1 release can be found
here: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt. Note that
the WSJT-X development team - "on a trial basis, and in response to numerous
suggestions from around the world" - has also added a second set of suggest-
ed dial frequencies for FT8 on 40, 30, 20 and 6 metres (7071, 10133, 14071
and 50310 kHz) to be used when the conventional sub-bands seem "too full".
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/W6XD, 5H4WZ (AF-063), 5I4ZZ,
5I5TT, 9Q1C,A91ARS, A92AA, A92FF, C6AGU, CB0Z (SA-101), CO8LY, D2EB, D68CCC,
EL2DT, FO/F6BCW, H33K, HU1DL, KC4USV, SV2JAO, T30GC, TG9ANF, TO7DL (AF-016),
TU5PCT, UN9GD, V26B, V85T, V85TL, VP2VB, VP8PJ (AN-008).
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Roma, Italia
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