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04 February 2012 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1083
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5V - Franco, I1FQH will be active as 5V7V from Togo on 5-17 February.
He plans to focus on 160-30 metres. QSL via home call and LoTW.
6O - Darko, J28AA (E70A) expects to be active (callsign to be issued
upon arrival) from Hargeisa, Somaliland on 10-20 February. He
plans to be QRV on 40-10 metres, and "to teach local radio
amateurs and perhaps to establish local radio club". [TNX The
Daily DX]
A5 - Iain, G4SGX will be active as A52JF from Paro, Bhutan on 11-15
February (www.g4sgx.org/blog/). He will operate CW, SSB, PSK and
JT65 on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, eQSL and LoTW.
CT8 - OH2BH, OH2MM, OH2PM and OH8NC will soon embark on a three week
long operating stint taking them to the Azores to activate CR2A
and CR2X along with CU2KG and CU2KH in a variety of configurations
in the ARRL CW & SSB Contests, in addition to the CQWW 160M SSB
Contest. QSL CR2A and CR2X via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN]
CY9 - An international 10-man team will be active from St Paul Island
(NA-094) during the middle part of 2012. Full details are expected
in due course. [TNX DX World]
F - Francois, F8DVD will be active as TM8AAW on 10-26 February,
including the 9th Antarctic Activity Week (20-26 February). He
will operate on 40-10 metres mostly SSB from his home QTH in
Macon, France. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F8DVD]
FG - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will operate SSB and digital modes on the HF
bands from Guadeloupe (NA-102) between 9 February and 13 March.
Look for as FG/F6ITD to be QRV from Basse-Terre until 19 February,
and then from La Desirade. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
FP - Al, W6HGF will be active as FP/W6HGF from Miquelon Island (NA-032)
on 10-20 February. Operation is planned to be focused on digital,
mostly RTTY, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX RTTY contest. He
will also be active during the ARRL DX CW. QSL via W6HGF, direct
or bureau (OQRS through Club Log), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX NG3K]
FR - Stephane, F5UOW will be active as TO2R from Reunion Island from 26
March to 9 April. On 24-25 March and 10-14 April he will operate
as FR/homecall. Look for him to be QRV in his spare time on 40-10
metres CW with some SSB. QSL via F5UOW, direct or bureau. [TNX
F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
G - Special event callsign GR100MGY will be operated by members of the
Wey Valley Amateur Radio Group (www.weyvalleyarg.org.uk) in
Godalming, England on 10-15 April to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. The activity honours
the memory of the ship's chief wireless operator, Jack Phillips,
born and bred in Godalming, whose Morse distress messages led to
the saving of hundreds of lives. The callsign's suffix letters MGY
were the Titanic's radio callsign back in 1912, while the prefix
stands for Godalming Remembers. Two 400-watt stations will be on
the air on 80-10 metres CW; SSB will be used on 14 and 15 April,
when the station is open to the public (from noon to 4pm). QSLling
instructions at www.gr100mgy.org.uk [TNX G3SXW]
H4 - Noel, W1XB will be active as H44XB from the Solomon Islands on
7-28 February. He will operate holiday style mainly from
Guadalcanal (OC-047) on 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB QRP. QSL
via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
JW - Torkel, LA6VJA will be active as JW6VJA from Longyearbyen
(EU-026), Svalbard on 11 February. He is likely to work the low
bands only, as he will be in darkness all day. QSL via LA6VJA,
direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX VA3RJ]
KH2 - Take, JS6RRR plans to be active as KH2/JS6RRR from Guam (OC-026)
on 10-14 February. He plans to be QRV on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, FM
RTTY and PSK31. QSL via bureau to JS6RRR.
PZ - Ken N2ZN, Redd AI2N and Dave WJ2O will be active as PZ5RO from
Suriname on 16-21 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. QSL via
AI2N. [TNX NG3K]
T8 - Look for Takeshi, JH1WGP to be active as T88WG from Koror Island
(OC-009), Palau on 9-15 February. He plans to be QRV on 80-10
metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
T8 - Kazu, JA1IST will be active as T88ZO from Koror Island), Palau on
10-19 February. Expect him to operate CW, RTTY and SSB on the HF
bands. QSL via JA1IST (bureau preferred) and LoTW. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Members of the Palos Verdes ARC will operate as K6PV/6 from Santa
Catalina Island (NA-066) on 23-26 February. Plans are to be 160,
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m capable on SSB, CW, RTTY, and maybe PSK31.
QSL direct to K6PV. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XE - XE2AA and other nine operators will be active as XF1AA from Isla
Isabela (NA-189) on 16-21 March. They plan to operate SSB, CW and
digital modes. QSL via IT9EJW. [TNX DX Coffee]
XV - Take, JA6CNH will be active as XV2CNH from Vietnam on 10-15
February. He will be QRV on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital
modes. QSL via home call.
XW - Bruce, AA4XR (ex XW1B) will be active again from Laos for a 10-20
February. XW4XR is the new callsign issued to him, and owing to
"new rules and regulations" he can be QRV only on 40, 30 and 20
metres, at least for the time being. He plans to participate in
the ARRL DX CW Contest (18-19 February). QSL via E21EIC. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ZA - TA1HZ will be active as ZA1TC from Durres, Albania on 23-26 March,
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. He plans to concentrate on 30
metres PSK31 outside the contest. QSL via TA1HZ, drect or bureau.
[TNX TA1HZ]
AFRICA TOUR --> Luc, F5RAV will be active as 6V7T from Senegal on 24-26
February and again on 3-7 March. Between 27 February and 2 March he will be
signing C5LT from from Kololi, The Gambia. He will operate SSB and PSK.
QSL via F5RAV, direct only.
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9Q0AR ---> On 27 January, Amateur Radio examinations were administered for
21 candidates at the ARAC clubhouse in Kinshasa, Democatic Republic of
Congo. All cadidates passed, and the club "has great plans to be on the air
with their club station 9Q0AR on a regular basis". [TNX IARU Region 1]
HK0NA ---> The HK0NA team will leave Malpelo on 5 February in the
afternoon. The operating site on the top will close down on the 3rd, and
activity will continue from the site located on the east side of the
island. Plans are to have a couple of stations QRV until the last few hours.
QSL OJ0X ---> QSLing for the 2011 Market Reef, OJ0X activities is well
underway and 80% of direct QSL requests have been answered. With the
completion of this phase, over the next few weeks, the OJ0X log will be
uploaded to LoTW. [TNX OH2BN]
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. QSOs confirmed
through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for listing. Send
your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio
Pandocchi I2EOW (i2eow[@]fastwebnet.it).
VP6T ---> The VP6T Pitcairn DXpedition went QRT at 16.32 UTC on 1 February,
after 11.5 days of continuous operation and nearly 56,300 QSOs which have
all been uploaded to both ClubLog and LoTW. They closed down one day
earlier than previously announced in order to avoid the deteriorating
weather expected on the three-day sail back to Mangareva (FO).
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Jack A. Batham
(G3LNC), Alexander McKenzie Allan (GM3ZBE), Achille Pasini (I1PC, founding
member and past President of ARI Arona), Giancarlo Gotnich (I0GPY), Thomas
F. Jones (K6TS), James E. Mortensen (N2HOS), Armond M. Noble (N6WR, the
founder and publisher of WorldRadio magazine for 37 years), Sergey Vakhnin
(R8XX) and Greiss Sobhi Greiss (SU1GS), President of the Egyptian Radio
Amateurs Society for Development (ERASD).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 3D2R, 3D2SJ, 3XY1D, 4L0CR,
4L1MA, 4L4WW, 4U1UN, 5C12M, 5E50SA, 5N7M, 5N7Q, 5V7SI, 5V7TT, 5X1SF,
6W/AA1AC, 6Y5/W1UE, 7P8BA, 7Q7CE, 7U1MA, 7X3AN, 7Z1SJ, 8P0P, 8P9NX, 8Q7DV,
8R10USA, 8R1AK, 8R1PY, 9G5SI, 9H3IP, 9L5MS, 9M2/RA9LR (AS-058), 9M2IDJ,
9M6XRO, 9N7MD, 9Q6AL, A45XR, A52VM, A71CM, AL1G, BV100 (AS-102), BY1RX/4
(AS-160), C21UF, C31CT, C50C, C5A, C91JR, CN8IG, CN8KD, CO8LY, D7G,
DU1/JJ5GMJ (OC-128), DU1IST, E4X, E51MAN, E51NOU, EA6/AA5UK, EK7DX, ER4DX,
ES5Q, ET3SID, EW6DX, EX2A, EX8MLE, EY7AD, FK8IK, FO/N6JA, FP/G4EAG,
FP/KV1E, FR/DJ7RJ, GD6IA, GU4CHY, H40FN (OC-100), HB0/SP7VC, HC1MD/HC4,
HH4/K4QD, HK0GU, HK1NA, HK4CZE, HL1IWD, HL2DC, HS0ZBS, HS0ZEX, HS0ZIV,
J6/VE3CZF, J6/W0MU, J6M, JD1BLY, JI1LET/JD1, K8LEE/CY0, KC4/WA2DKJ, KC4AAA,
KG4AJ, KG4AS, KH2L, KH7B, LY5A, N0TG/CY0, N6M, NH0S, NL7Z, OD5NJ/p, OH0Z,
OH1VR/VP9, OJ0X, OX3DB, P29NI, P29TL, P43A, P49X, PJ2/K8LEE, PJ2/PA0VDV,
PJ2/WI9WI, PJ2T, PJ4/LU1FAM, PJ4/W9NJY, PJ4A, PJ4T, PJ7/K4UWH, PJ7/W4BUW,
PJ7DX, PJ7E, PV8ADI, PY2FN/p (SA-024), RA2FF, RC0F, RI1ANC, RI1FJA, S50A,
SP200BCA, ST0R, SU1SK, SU9VB, T30OU, T30YA, T32C, T8XX, TA3X, TF/K5NA,
TG9ANF, TI8AA, TR8CA, TU2T, TX8CE, TY2SI, UA0LSG, UA0ZS, UK8OM, UK9AA,
UN7QX, V25RV, V31NB, V44KAI, V51AS, V63DX, V63QQ, V63RR, V85NL, VE8EV,
VK0TH, VK4EI (OC-227), VK9CX, VK9HR, VP2ETN, VP2MTA, VP2MWG, VP2V/K6TOP,
VP2V/N3DXX, VR2EH, VR2UW, VR2XLN, W1M, WH0AU, XF1C (NA-165), XF1M (NA-078),
XT2EME, XV2RZ, YB9WZJ/p (OC-239), YJ0ANR, YJ0VK, YN2CC, YN2N, YS1JBL,
YS3/I2JIN, Z2/K0YY, Z24EA, ZA1G, ZD7JC, ZD8F, ZD8ZZ, ZF1A, ZK3OU, ZL7V,
ZS2DL.
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