27 June 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1521
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 27/06 OZ/DG5LAC: Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171) 1519
till 28/06 AM500ISJ: special callsign 1519
till 28/06 GB125NT: special callsign (England) 1520
till 30/06 9V1STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
till 30/06 AT20SH: special callsign 1513
till 30/06 AT2SHW: special callsign 1519
till 30/06 AT2TNX: special callsign 1513
till 30/06 CO200SMP: special callsign 1518
till 30/06 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 30/06 OE30MAGICBAND: special callsign 1514
till 30/06 OE50MHZ: special callsign 1512
till 30/06 VE2SPEED: special callsign 1517
till 01/07 EM100ALK, EM100LK, EO100A: special callsigns 1515
till 03/07 OH#PYSYKOTONA: special callsigns 1510
till 04/07 JW7QIA: Spitsbergen (EU-026), Svalbard 1520
till 06/07 VI2020STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 06/07 VI20SH: special callsign 1513
till 08/07 5B4STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 08/07 OH#STAYHOME: special callsigns 1510
till 11/07 AT2SON: special callsign 1516
till 14/07 AT2HWC: special callsign 1519
till 14/07 AT9FC: special callsign 1519
till 14/07 CB2HOME: special callsign 1513
till 15/07 E2STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
till 20/07 IO6STAY: special callsign 1512
till 23/07 AT2SHI: special callsign 1513
till 26/07 4A60A, 4A60C, 4A60E, 4A60F, 4A60I: special callsigns 1508
till 26/07 4A60M, 4A60N, 4A60O, 4A60S, 4A60X: special callsigns 1508
till 26/07 AT2GOK: special callsign 1513
till 26/07 AU2COV: special callsign 1513
till 26/07 AU2IAG: special callsign 1513
till 27/07 5JSTAYHOME: special callsign 1515
till 28/07 AT9SS: special callsign 1513
till 31/07 AT2SH: special callsign 1515
till 01/08 AT2THC: special callsign 1514
till 07/08 AU2CVD: special callsign 1519
till 08/08 GB100RS: special callsign (England) 1518
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 19/08 AT2SAH: special callsign 1519
till 31/08 4U25B: special callsign (Italy) 1486
till 31/08 AU2STH: special callsign 1513
till 31/08 VI250COOK: special callsign 1511
till 31/08 VI50AWS: special callsign 1508
till 09/09 AU2FC: special callsign 1519
till 15/09 YO1STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
till 15/09 YO19STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 02/10 DM30RSV: special callsign 1505
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 VI110WIA: special callsign 1518
till 31/12 VK20HOME: special callsign 1518
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
27/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
29/06 CQ8F: Formigas Islands (EU-003) 1521
June A60CH: special callsign 1519
June II4REP: special callsign 1495
June LZ734PA: special callsign 1496
June TC7STAY: special callsign 1518
01/07-08/07 GB13COL: special callsign (England) 1521
01/07-08/07 K2A, K2B, K2C, K2D, K2E: 13 Colonies Special Event 1521
01/07-08/07 K2F, K2G, K2H, K2I, K2J: 13 Colonies Special Event 1521
01/07-08/07 K2K, K2L, K2M: 13 Colonies Special Event 1521
01/07-11/07 EA6/DK5ON: Balearic Islands (EU-004) 1521
01/07-28/07 GB100GKU: special callsign (England) 1521
01/07-30/07 YJ40IND: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 9K8FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 A60FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 A91FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 DL0SOP: special callsign 1520
01/07-31/07 DQ8FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 HZ8FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 LR8FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 LX8FTDM: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 OE20FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 OZ4SOP: Bornholm Island (EU-030) 1520
01/07-31/07 SU8FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 YP8FTDMC and YQ6FTDMC: special callsigns 1521
01/07-31/07 ZL6FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/07 ZW8FTDMC: special callsign 1521
01/07-31/12 II2EMCA: special callsign 1515
01/07-30/06/2021 DL73TXL: special callsign 1521
04/07-05/07 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
06/07 3A/IW1RBI: Monaco 1521
11/07-12/07 8N1HQ, 8N2HQ, 8N6HQ, 8N8HQ: IARU HF World Championship1520
11/07-12/07 EF4HQ: IARU HF World Championship 1520
11/07-19/07 UE45SA: special callsign 1503
13/07-18/07 VK5KI: Kangaroo Island (OC-139) 1518
18/07-31/07 9A/S50X, 9A/S52P, 9A/S53Z: Palagruza Islands (EU-090) 1521
18/07-31/07 9A/S58MU, 9A/DM7AA: Palagruza Islands (EU-090) 1521
18/07-01/08 II0ICEH: special callsign 1521
25/07-26/07 9A20A: Palagruza Islands (EU-090) 1521
22/07 TM5ISY: special callsign (France) 1517
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
09/08-06/09 GB100RS: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1518
10/08-17/08 TO5T: St Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 1503
22/08 TM5ISY: special callsign (France) 1517
22/08-23/08 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1519
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
06/09-03/10 GB100RS: special callsign (Wales) 1518
09/09-18/09 K4D: Dog Island (NA-085) 1516
15/09-30/09 XR0YSP: Easter Island (SA-001) 1507
22/09-06/10 FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032) 1516
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
04/10-17/10 GB100RS: special callsign (Scotland) 1518
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 1520
December II4MDY: special callsign 1495
December LZ1263AN: special callsign 1496
January 2021 3X: Kassa Island (AF-051), Guinea 1519
February 2021 4V5H: Haiti and NA-149 1519
June 2021 KL7RRC/p (NA-070) and KL7RRC (NA-039) 1521
September 2021 JX0X: Jan Mayen (EU-022) 1521
TBA 2021 RI0Q: Bol'shoy Begichev Island (AS-152) 1521
TBA 2021 W8S: Swains Island (OC-200) 1520
TBA FW/KC0W: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1515
TBA ZL9: Campbell Island (OC-037) 1515
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27 June 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1521
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Ennio, IW1RBI will be active as 3A/IW1RBI from Monaco on 6 July. He
will operate SSB and FT8 on 30-6 metres. QSL via home call.
9A - Look for 9A/S50X, 9A/S52P, 9A/S53Z, 9A/S58MU, 9A/DM7AA and 9A3SM to
be active from the Palagruza Islands (EU-090) on 18-31 July. They
plan to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres from the main island, as
well as from a couple of smaller islands nearby. On 25-26 July they
will use the special callsign 9A20A. The QSL manager for all call-
signs will be S58MU (direct or bureau); the logs will be uploaded
to LoTW and eQSL.
CT8 - Bruno CS8ABG, Paulo CU2CO and Marco CU7BC will be active as CQ8F
from the Formigas Islands (EU-003), Azores on 29 June. They will
operate CW (3544, 7024, 14044, 18084, 21044, 24894 and 28044 kHz)
and SSB (3744, 7144, 14244, 18144, 21244, 24944 and 28444 kHz)
approximately from 8 UTC to 19 UTC. QSL via LoTW.
DL - DARC's local branch D13 (Maerkisches Viertel) will operate special
callsign DL73TXL from 1 July until 30 June 2021 to say goodbye to
Berlin-Tegel Airport (IATA code TXL), the main international
airport of Berlin, which is expected to close permanently in early
November. Along with Gatow and Tempelhof, it played a pivotal role
during the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949), organized by the Western
Allies to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin.
EA6 - Andy, DK5ON will be active again as EA6/DK5ON from Mallorca, Balea-
ric Islands (EU-004) on 1-11 July. He will operate SSB, CW, RTTY
and FT8/FT4 on 40-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via
home call (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
G - GB13COL is the special callsign for the Durham District and Amateur
Radio Society to participate in the "13 Colonies Special Event"
(from 13 UTC on 1 July until 4 UTC on 8 July) as a "bonus station".
QSL via eQSL, or direct to G0VLF.
G - Larry, G4HLN will be active as GB100GKU on 1-28 July to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the long-range maritime radio service in
the United Kingdom. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands. QSL
via the bureau. GKU was the callsign of the first long-range
maritime radio station in the UK, opened in 1920 from a site at
Devizes, Wiltshire. It operated on long-wave frequencies and mainly
worked the transatlantic liners.
I - Members of the Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club (www.inorc.it) will
be active as II0ICEH from 18 July to 1 August. They will operate
only CW. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. A
certificate will be available; see https://www.qrz.com/db/II0ICEH
for information. ICEH was the callsign of the Italian ocean liner
"Andrea Doria", most famous for her sinking on 26 July 1956, after
the Swedish MS "Stockholm" collided with her off the coast of
Nantucket, Massachusetts. [TNX IN3MDR]
W - The following stations will be active during the 12th annual "13
Colonies Special Event", which will be held from 13 UTC on 1 July
until 4 UTC on 8 July: K2A (New York), K2B (Virginia), K2C (Rhode
Island), K2D (Connecticut), K2E (Delaware), K2F (Maryland), K2G
(Georgia), K2H (Massachusetts), K2I (New Jersey), K2J (North
Carolina), K2K (New Hampshire), K2L (South Carolina), and K2M
(Pennsylvania), plus "bonus station" WM3PEN from Philadelphia (the
city where the US independence was declared). Information about the
award programme can be found on http://www.13colonies.us/.
YJ - Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the inde-
pendent Republic of Vanuatu, special event callsign YJ40IND will be
active on 1-30 July. The operators will be Rod YJ8RN (FT8), Estelle
YJ8ED (SSB) and Colin YJ8CW (CW). They will be QRV in their spare
time, mostly around 6-10 UTC, with more activity during the week-
ends. QSL route TBA. [TNX The Daily DX]
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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!
FT8DMC ANNIVERSARY ---> Several special event callsigns are expected to be
activated between 1 and 31 July to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the FT8
Digital Mode Club: 9K8FTDMC (Kuwait), A60FTDMC (United Arab Emirates),
A91FTDMC (Bahrain), DQ8FTDMC (Germany), HZ8FTDMC (Saudi Arabia), II8FTDM
(Italy), LR8FTDMC (Argentina), LX8FTDM (Luxembourg), OD5FTDMC (Lebanon),
OE20FTDMC (Austria), RO3FTDM (Russia), SU8FTDMC (Egypt), TK8FTDM (Corsica),
TM8FTDM (France), TO8FTDM (Guadeloupe), YP8FTDMC and YQ6FTDMC (Romania),
ZL6FTDMC (New Zealand), ZW8FTDMC (Brazil). See https://www.ft8dmc.eu for
information about the FTDMC Anniversary Award.
HAM RADIONLINE ---> The 45th Ham Radio Friedrichshafen has been cancelled
owing to the COVID-19 crisis,and has been replaced by an online event packed
with presentations (https://www.darc.de/nachrichten/veranstaltungen/#c9487).
The DX Forum, hosted by Enrico Stumpf-Siering (DL2VFR) will take place on 27
June from 17 to 19 UTC on the Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club's YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/DARCHAMRADIO.
IOTA CONTEST 2020: REMINDER ---> In line with "Stay at Home" guidance, to
minimise the impact of COVID-19, the IOTA Contest 2020 will be exclusively
for single operators using their home stations: only "Single Operator Fixed
Island" stations, and "Single Operator Fixed World" stations will be
eligible to enter. The RSGB will not be awarding trophies this year, but
downloadable certificates will be available to winners. The IOTA Contest
will be held from 12 UTC on 25 July until 11:59 UTC on 26 July. Complete
rules can be found on https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2020/riota.shtml.
JX0X 2021 ---> Ken LA7GIA, Mats RM2D, Dima RA9USU and Dominik R4BE (DL5EBE)
plan to be active as JX0X from Jan Mayen (EU-022) for two weeks in late
September 2021. This will be an all band, all mode DXpedition, with a focus
on 160-30 metres CW and digital modes. More information is expected in due
course. [TNX The Daily DX]
KL7RRC 2021 ---> The the Russian Robinson Club's IOTA DXpedition to Alaska
has been rescheduled for June 2021. Plans were for KL7RRC/p to be active
from Kiska Island (NA-070) and KL7RRC to be active from Adak Island (NA-039)
in September [425DXN 1515]. Bookmark https://www.na-234.com/ for updates.
RI0Q 2021 ---> Igor, UA9KDF and the RT9K team plan to be active as RI0Q from
Bol'shoy Begichev Island (AS-152) sometime between 1 February and 30 April
2021. More information is expected in due course.
WSJT-X 2.2.2 ---> The latest release of WSJT-X has been available since 22
June. WSJT-X 2.2.2 is a bug-fix release, mainly to incorporate the new RAC
section PE (Prince Edward Island) into the FT8/FT4/MSK144 Contest Mode
messages for ARRL Field Day.
Stations intending to operate in Field Day (FD) are urged to upgrade to this
release, otherwise "you cannot set your section to PE, and of equal impor-
tance you cannot decode contest messages from stations who are operating
from PE without this upgrade".
If you want to make sure to have the latest list of default working frequen-
cies, go to File -> Settings -> Frequencies, right-click in the Working Fre-
quencies list, and select Reset.
See the Release Notes and the updated User Guide on the website below. Up-
grading from earlier versions of WSJT-X should be be seamless. There is no
need to uninstall a previous version or move any files. Links to instal-
lation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are available on
http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html.
YASME SUPPORTING GRANT TO RBN ---> The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foun-
dation (http://www.yasme.org/) has made a supporting grant to establish Re-
verse Beacon Network (RBN) nodes in Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The project
will be carried out by youth in the ARA (Amateurs Radio Algeriens) and ARAT
(Association des Radio Amateurs Tunisiens) radio clubs. The build out of
these nodes will increase RBN presence in Africa for both the amateur and
scientific communities. The Reverse Beacon Network is a network of global
Software Defined Radio (SDR) receivers, monitoring amateur radio bands
and reporting CW, RTTY, and FT8 signals to a central database at
http://www.reversebeacon.net/. [TNX K4ZW]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MA, 3W1T, 3W2LI, 4A2L (NA-135),
4U1UN, 6F3A (NA-153), 6V7A, 9J2LA, 9M6NA, 9Q1C, A50BOC, C5YK, CN2JF, CN8KD,
CT3MD, EA7/DJ4EL (EU-143), EA9/DL2JRM, EX0QR, H44MS, HF2020PZK, HP2DFA,
KH0/KC0W, KL7HBK, LY300GAON, NP3VI (NA-249), OG55W, SM1ALH (EU-020), T6AA,
TM8C (EU-159), TR8CA, VP2VB, VP8PJ (AN-008), VR2XYL, XV1X, ZD7BG, ZD7DL,
ZD7FT.
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