7 December 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1492
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 08/12 T88PB: Koror (OC-009), Palau 1489
till 09/12 C6AGU: Wood Cay (NA-001), Bahamas 1487
till 09/12 V6K: Kosrae (OC-059), Micronesia 1481
till 09/12 VK2IAY/4: Heron Island (OC-142) 1489
till 12/12 VY2NA/VE2: Zone 2 1491
till 13/12 C56PIS: The Gambia 1490
till 13/12 TO9W: Saint Martin (NA-105) 1489
till 14/12 C56BR: The Gambia 1492
till 14/12 L50JT: special callsign 1491
till 15/12 FK/DB1RUL: Grande Terre (OC-032), New Caledonia 1492
till 15/12 TR8CR: Gabon 1481
till 15/12 ZW132GBA: special callsign 1491
till 16/12 AU2JCB: special callsign 1490
till 16/12 XW4XR: Laos 1489
till 20/12 XT2AW: Burkina Faso 1489
till 25/12 OR0YAL and OR18xxx: special callsigns 1485
till 28/12 9G5GS: Ghana 1484
till 31/12 3Z50GR: special callsign 1483
till 31/12 8J3ICOM and 8N3ICOM: special callsigns 1476
till 31/12 9A62AA: special callsign 1452
till 31/12 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA) 1443
till 31/12 DL70AFUG: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 DL70BRD: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DM70GER: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DQ1200ASP: special callsign 1443
till 31/12 DR50DIG: special callsign 1446
till 31/12 EI100YXQ: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EI19RE: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EN185UNIV: special callsign 1458
till 31/12 FK8CJ: New Caledonia (OC-032) 1477
till 31/12 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland) 1443
till 31/12 SF50CG: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 SP60DXC: special callsign 1477
till 31/12 TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey) 1451
till 31/12 YOTA Month 1491
till 05/01/2020 HC3/EA5RM and HC2/EA5RM: Ecuador 1489
till 05/01/2020 S589PMC: special callsign 1491
till 01/02/2020 YR2019REV: special callsign 1491
till 08/02/2020 VP8HAL: Halley VI Reserch Station, Antarctica 1492
till 27/02/2020 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia 1481
till 03/03/2020 PA75LIMBURG: special callsign 1479
till March 2020 C5YK: The Gambia 1490
till 06/04/2020 HS0ZME: Thailand 1488
till 30/04/2020 3Z50DVP: special callsign 1483
till May 2020 9J2MYT: Zambia 1490
till 30/06/2020 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 31/08/2020 4U25B: special callsign (Italy) 1486
07/12-07/01/2020 OP75USA: special callsign 1492
10/12-19/12 V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1490
10/12-23/12 8Q7XY: Maldives (AS-013) 1490
11/12-20/12 A50BOC, A50BPC, A5B: Bhutan 1492
12/12-15/12 PW1F, PW7M, ZV3FF, ZV7A: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
12/12-15/12 ZW1F, ZW1TP, ZW2CNN, ZW7AER: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
12/12-15/12 ZW7O, ZY1A, ZY1F, ZY2GO: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
12/12-15/12 ZY3F, ZY4F, ZY7FF: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
12/12-15/12 ZY8F, ZY9F, ZZ1F: Brazilian Parks Weekend 1492
12/12-04/04/2020 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1491
13/12-15/12 6V1A: Goree Island (AF-045) 1491
13/12-15/12 OR75NUTS: special callsign 1491
13/12-20/12 4L/TA1HZ: Georgia 1489
14/12-08/01/2020 HS0ZNR: Thailand 1491
15/12-21/12 HC5JLT: Ecuador 1492
16/12-17/12/2020 DL250BTHVN: special callsign 1492
18/12-21/12 FK/DB1RUL: Ouvea Island (OC-033), New Caledonia 1492
20/12-01/01/2020 PY6/PP2RON: Itaparica Island (SA-023) 1492
21/12-22/12 CN19JIM: special callsign 1492
21/12-28/12 HB0/DL2SBY: Liechtenstein 1492
22/12-03/01/2020 JD1BMH: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1492
23/12-27/12 FK/DB1RUL: Ile des Pins (OC-032), New Caledonia 1492
26/12-29/12 4X20HNY: special callsign 1491
26/12-29/12 4X2XMAS and 4X3XMAS: special callsigns 1491
26/12-29/12 4X7XMAS and 4X9XMAS: special callsigns 1491
27/12-28/12 4X9R: special station 1489
December 3D2AG/p: Rotuma (OC-060) 1491
December 4S7DLG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1490
December II4TIB: special callsign 1444
December LZ4408SPA: special callsign 1444
December PH100ADL: special callsign 1481
December Z68MA: Kosovo 1489
TBA 2019 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1487
02/01-05/01/2020 TM30CDR: special callsign (France) 1486
02/01-07/01/2020 ZC4UW: UK Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus (AS-004) 1484
30/01-13/02/2020 HU1DL: El Salvador 1489
January 2020 3D2AG/p: Rotuma (OC-060) 1491
01/02-06/02/2020 TI9C: Coco's Island (NA-012) 1481
04/02-18/02/2020 5I5TT and 5I4ZZ: Zanzibar Island (AF-032) 1477
05/02-17/02/2020 E44CC: Palestine 1491
21/02-05/03/2020 VP8/VP8DXU: South Orkney Islands (AN-008) 1492
05/03-15/03/2020 9J2LA: Zambia 1489
10/03-25/03/2020 W8S: Swains Island (OC-200) 1484
18/03-02/04/2020 T30ET: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati 1489
23/03-03/04/2020 TU2R: Cote d'Ivoire 1489
22/08-23/08/2020 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1482
October 2020 KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
Oct-Nov 2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1487
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7 December 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1492
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A5 - Zorro, JH1AJT will visit Bhutan again on 11-20 December. The main
purpose of his trip is to have meetings with the Bhutan Olympic
Committee and the Bhutan Paralympic Committee for Bhutan's partici-
pation in the 2 020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. He will be
joined by Franz DJ9ZB, Champ E21EIC, Adrian KO8SCA and Max ON5UR,
who will be active as A50BOC, A50BPC and A5B on all bands CW, SSB,
FT4 and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via JH1AJT.
C5 - Carlo, ON4BR has been active as C56BR from The Gambia since 3
December, and is expected to remain there until 14 December. QSL
direct to home call.
CN - Special station CN19JIM will be active on 21-22 December from Imlil
in the High Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The callsign's suffix
stands for Journee Internationale de la Montagne (International
Mountain Day). QSL via RW6HS.
DL - Special callsign DL250BTHVN will be active from Bonn between 16
December and 17 December 2020, during the Beethoven Anniversary
Year. Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all
time, was born in Bonn on 16 December 1770. More information will
be available on https://dl250bthvn.de/.
FK - Rudi, DB1RUL will be active holiday style as FK/DB1RUL from New
Caledonia. He plans to operate mainly FT8 from two locations on
Grande Terre (OC-032) between 6 and 15 December, from Ouvea Island
(OC-033) on 18-21 December, and from Ile des Pins (OC-032) on 23-27
December. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
HB0 - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein on
21-28 December. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80-10
metres. QSL via home call (direct only, as he is no longer a member
of DARC); the log will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log. [TNX The
Daily DX]
HC - Joshua, W9HT will be active as HC5JLT from Ecuador on 15-21
December. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands
and 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 22 December to 3 January 2020. He will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80-10m, but the "top priority for this
tour is antenna maintenance" in the aftermath of two typhoons. QSL
via JD1BMH (bureau) or JG7PSJ (direct). He does not use LoTW or
PayPal. See http://jd1bmh.webcrow.jp/ for logsearch.
ON - The Bastogne based Radio Club des Ardennes (ON4RCA) will be active
as OP75USA from 7 December to 7 January 2020 to commemorate the
75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
QSL via the bureau, or direct to ON4JM; logsearch on Club Log.
PY - Participating stations in the first edition of the Brazilian Parks
Weekend (12-15 December, http://radioexpedicao.com/) include PW1F,
PW7M, ZV3FF, ZV7A, ZW1F, ZW1TP, ZW2CNN, ZW7AER, ZW7O, ZY1A, ZY1F,
ZY2GO, ZY3F, ZY4F, ZY7FF, ZY8F, ZY9F and ZZ1F.
PY - Ron, PP2RON will be active holiday style as PY6/PP2RON from Itapa-
rica Island (SA-023) from 20 December to 1 January. He will operate
SSB, CW and maybe FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX
World]
VP8_ant- Seba, SQ1SGB expects to be active as VP8HAL from Halley VI Reserch
Station, Antarctica until 8 February 2020. In his spare time he
will operate digital modes (FT8 and JT65) and SSB on 40 and 20m.
QSL via EB7DX. See https://www.qrz.com/db/SQ1SGB for updates.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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(239 pages), authored by Nodir Tursun-Zade (EY8MM) and packed with spectacu-
lar pictures. It is available for you to browse through and/or purchase at
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VP8/VP8DXU ---> Alan Cheshire (VK6CQ) has joined the South Orkney Islands
DXpedition team; he replaces WD5COV who has had to leave the project. Loaded
into a sea container, the equipmentis on its way to Chile. It is expected to
arrive at Coronel on 21 December; subsequently, the shipment will be taken
to Punta Arenas. The estimated cost of this project is 310,000-325,000 USD,
with the most expensive line items being the ship, freight and cold weather
shelters. As for fundraising, 49 clubs/foundations and over 400 individuals
have supported the project so far. "While we still have a long way to go",
the team reports, "we continue to make progress towards our goal of the
radio team paying 50% of the project cost with sponsorships paying the
remainder". The next major milestones include finalizing the radio operating
schedule and assigning team member responsibilities for camp setup, radio
and antenna installation. Read the latest Press Release (#8, 3 December) on
https://sorkney.com/.
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3W3B E21EIC EA8/OL1A OK1CW OR2M ON4IA
3Z0X SP5MXZ ED5O EA5URS OZ0TX DL7AT
3Z50DVP SP6DVP ED5R EA5SR OZ1AA OZ1ACB
3Z50GR SP9GR EF8O DJ1OJ P33W UA3DX
4E1A 9V1KG EF8P EA8DA P40W N2MM
4S7DLG M0OXO EG1HMT EA1OK PA19XMAS PD9Z
4U1UN HB9BOU EH2EUS EA2TP PC19MC PA0FAW
4V1WWV W3HNK EL2DT EL2FM PJ4A K4BAI
4X6FR 4X6OM EP4HR IK2RZQ R110M RZ5D
5B4AGU LZ1MS ER4A ER1FF R1941MB R2DX
5P3KP DL3KP EW5A EW6W R2019DX RQ7L
5T5PA PA5X FK8GX W3HNK SK3W SM5CCT
6V7A F6BEE FR4PV F1UIJ SN3A SP3GEM
8P5A HA1AG FW/M0JHQ JA0JHQ T88HF JF1GHX
9A440KA 9A1CVW GJ4YOX GU4YOX T88PB JA0JHQ
9A62AA 9A2AA HI3CC W2CCW TK0C S50C
9H3TX DL5XAT HI8CQ RW6HS TM5CQ F4FRG
9J2BO G3TEV HK1MW N2OO TM75LSA F4KIP
9J2MYT IZ3KVD HK1N EA5KB TO9W W9ILY
9M2MRS PA0RRS HK7AAG EA5GL TT8SN DL9USA
9M2TO JA0DMV HP1XT KU9C UE29DX RQ7L
9Q6BB W3HNK HP3SS AC2OV UN9L LZ1YE
A25DBB HB9DBB HQ9M W3HNK UP4L UN7LZ
A35JP JA0RQV HR9/N3AD W3HNK V31MA M0OXO
A44A A47RS HS0ZAR K3ZO V6K JA1XGI
A71EM M0OXO HS0ZLN HB9BXQ VK2IAY/4 G0UIH
A91UAE A92AA HS0ZMI G3AB VO2AC VE3FU
AU2JCB VU2DSI HZ48UAE HZ1SAR VP2ETE W3HNK
B4T BA4TB IB9T IT9TQH VP2MDM K2DM
BV0ME BU2EQ IH9/OL3R OK1VWK VP2VWW AA7V
BY1CW BA4EG II4TIB IQ4FE VP5M K4QPL
C31CT EA3QS IO6A IZ6BRJ WH7M K1YR
C4XMAS IZ4AMS IR2L IW2LLH XR1D XQ1FM
C56PIS SA6PIS IR2Q IK2PFL XT2AW M0OXO
C6AXK HB9LBA IS0/LZ5F LZ1ZF XV9DXB EB7DX
CE3CT EA5KB J68SL WF2S XV9NPS JA2NPS [b]
CM2XN EB7DX KC4USV K7MT XV9NPS JA2ODB [d]
CN8KD EA5XX LN8W LA9VDA XW4XR E21EIC
CO6RD EA5GL LO5D LU8EOT YP2XMAS YO2MSB
CO8ZZ DK1WI LX7I LX2A YP3XMAS YO2MSB
CR2X OH2BH LY2019XMAS LY2QT YP4XMAS YO2MSB
CR3DX OM2VL LZ4408SPA LZ1KCP YP5XMAS YO2MSB
CR3W DL5AXX LZ50ZF LZ2UW YP8XMAS YO2MSB
CR3X K2PF MD4K G3NKC YW5F W4DTA
CR5E CT1ILT MJ0X M0RTI YW5R YV5EN
DP0GVN DL5EBE MU2K GU8ITE Z3B Z37CEF
DU1IST JA1HGY NP2J K8RF ZF2MJ N6MJ
DV8/KH7EA SP3SUX OC3CS OA4O ZF2QT VE3SQT
E2X E20GMY OD5ZZ N4GNR ZM1A ZL3CW
E7CW E73ESP OE3XMA OE1DIA ZP5DA EB7DX
EA6/EI6DX RA3R OH0R OH2PM ZS1OPB N4GNR
EA8/IK1PMR HB9FKK OH0Z W0MM ZS6CCY K3IRV
EA8/OK5D OK1DTP OH5Z OH5LIZ ZZ50Y PT2OP
6Y6Y Lester B. Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser WV 26726, USA
9G5GS Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
C56BR Carlo Houben, Koebaan 73, 3600 Genk, Belgium
CX6VM Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
EG5ERC Manolo Sanchez Perez, Apartado Postal 173, 03660 Novelda (Alicante)
Spain
EI0R Declan Craig, 167 Saint James's Road, Dublin 12, D12 W6T4, Ireland
EL2FM Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
FR4NT Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
FR4SC Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
GU4CHY Dick Allisette, Lilyvale House, Rue des Houmets, Castel, Guernsey,
GY5 7XZ, United Kingdom
HB0A Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
Liechtenstein
HB9BOU Herbert Aeby, Route du Moulin 1, 1782 Belfaux, Switzerland
HG1S MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27,
9027, Hungary
IZ3KVD Giorgio Laconi, Via Perine 4, 31020 Villorba TV, Italy
JA0JHQ Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa,
215-0027, Japan
JA1XGI Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 350-0043,
Japan
KH7B Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleaire Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
LT1F Karlos Luis Bruno, Calle Espana 1115, S2000DBW, Rosario, Argentina
OH9SCL Anssi Puuronen, Kemijoen itapuolentie 1577, FI-97110 Rautiosaari,
Finland
OY9JD Jon Dam, Undi Kerjum 7, FO-100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
PY0FR Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
T6A Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
W4DTA Esteban J. Romagni, 263 Cross Point Cove, Collierville TN 38017,
USA
XE2X Jorge F. Rios Alvarado, 116 E Coma Ave, PMB #426, Hidalgo TX 78557,
USA
XP3A Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
New Zealand
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Rotuma DXpedition news
"Sailing to Rotuma is now confirmed for the 14th of December, with start of operations around the 17th of December.Because of the need to take drums of diesel fuel, a heavy-duty generator, and other equipment flying is not an option.
Focus will be on low bands including 160m, 80m and 60m, with QRO when required. There will be NO internet access during the expedition; FT8 logs will be uploaded to Club-Log AFTER the expedition and CW/SSB/RTTY contacts will be recorded on paper logs as customary for this OP.
Efforts are being made now to source a backup generator, fuel and pack antennas / gear ready for the end of the month. Please note that as this is a one-op expedition, the station may not be QRV all the time. Efforts will be made to be active at local SR/SS and known opening times to EU, NA, SA, OC and AS. The Southern Es 6m season has officially begun, and there will be much 6m activation as well from Rotuma.
Beware of pirates impersonating the Rotuma expedition, especially in EU!
QSL Information: Via 3D2AG, using PayPal to email address
(nyeurt@gmail.com) (preferred, safer)/ direct for CW/SSB/RTTY and ClubLog's
OQRS (FT8/Digimodes only). No LoTW unless OQRS made first and ADIF file
sent (expedition uses paper logs for CW).
Donations welcome to assist with generator and fuel procurement for low bands QRO operation."
Antoine, 3D2AG
EDITOR'S NOTE: For more details, updates, and operating schedule and
frequencies, watch the QRZ.com at: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/3D2AG/P
OPDX