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23 November 2013                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin 
                                   No 1177 
                         =========================== 
                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S *** 
                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  **** 
                         =========================== 
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH 
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW 

EA8    - Look  for   Andrea,  EA8/IK1PMR  (www.ik1pmr.com)   and   Claudia, 
         EA8/PA3LEO to be active  from  Tenerife,  Canary  Islands  (AF-004) 
         from 26 November to 7 January 2014. They will operate CW, RTTY  and 
         SSB on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via  home  calls,  direct  or 
         bureau. [TNX NG3K] 
J6     - The Buddies in the Caribbean DXpedition  group,  which  specializes 
         in 100 watt or less low power radios  and  the  Buddipole  portable 
         antenna systems, will be active  from  St  Lucia  (NA-108)  on  1-9 
         December. There will be fixed operations  (160-10  metres  CW,  SSB 
         and digital modes), as well as  portable  operations  from  various 
         points on the island. The operators will be W3FF (J68FF),  J6/AA4W, 
         J6/K3JDB, J6/N9AW, J6/NM4T, J6/W4QO,  J6/W5EXJ  and  J6/W6HFP.  QSL 
         via home calls and LoTW. [TNX N9AW] 
JA     - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS to  be  active  as  JA4GXS/6  from  Hateruma 
         Island (AS-024) on 5-6 December and from Yonaguni  Island  (AS-024) 
         on 8-9 December. he will operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20, 17,  and 
         15 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] 
OD     - To  celebrate  the  70th  anniversary  of  Lebanon's  independence, 
         Lebanese stations may use the special prefix OD70 until the end  of 
         November. [TNX Daily DX] 
PY     - Jose, PU5IKE will be  active  as  ZW5AAA  from  Ilha  dos  Remedios 
         (SA-027) on 7-8 December. He plans to operate  SSB  on  10  metres. 
         QSL via home call (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. 
S9     - John IK5BCM, Beppe IK5CBE and John IK5CRH will be  active  as  S9TF 
         from Principe Island (AF-044) on  1-12  February  2014.  They  will 
         have three stations with amplifiers,  one  5-band  Spiderbeam,  two 
         6-band verticals and wire dipoles for 40 and  80  metres.  QSL  via 
         IK5CRH, direct or bureau, plus LoTW and  eQSL.  Logsearch  on  Club 
         Log. They have a website at http://gmiross.wix.com/principe-is-2014 
T30    - Ted, JF1CCH (T30TS, mainly CW with some SSB  and  RTTY)  and  Kazu, 
         JA1FUF (T30KN, mainly PSK31 and RTTY) will be active  from  Tarawa, 
         Western Kiribati (OC-017) from 28  November  to  4  December.  They 
         plan to be QRV on 40-10 metres running 100 watts into dipoles.  QSL 
         via home calls, direct or bureau, and eQSL. [TNX NG3K] 
T32    - Tim, NL8F will be active as T32TM from Kiritimati/Christmas  Island 
         (OC-024) from 27 November to 4 December, when he will be joined  by 
         other operators (David  AH6HY,  Dick  N7RO,  Paula  NX1P  and  Dean 
         KW7XX). A second  station  will  be  set  up  and  operations  will 
         continue until 10 December  using  the  callsign  T32RC.  Suggested 
         frequencies are: 
         CW   1825 3525 7025 10110 14025 18072 21025 24892 28025 kHz 
         SSB  1840 3790 7085   -   14190 18140 21295 24945 28440 kHz 
         RTTY 1838 3588 7040 10140 14080 18102 21092 24920 28082 kHz 
         On Top Band, T32RC will participate in  the  ARRL 160 Meter Contest 
         (6-8 December), outside  the contest  they will concentrate on  the 
         working the rest of the world. QSL T32TM  via  K8NA.  QSL T32RC via 
         N7RO (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW. Further information can  be found 
         at http://t32-2013.com/ 
TY     - Wim, ON6DX was not able to collect his TY  licence  [425DXN  1176], 
         as  the  building  where  Benin's  Transitory  Authority  for   the 
         Regulation of Posts and Telecommunications is located  was  damaged 
         by a fire that broke out in the night between  7  and  8  November. 
         Wim has had to make a new application, which he says "is  going  to 
         take or two weeks (Africa time)". For the time being, Wim is  still 
         active as 5V7TH from Togo. 
UR     - Special Ukrainian stations  EM110RAEM  (QSL  via UT7UT),  EN110RAEM 
         (QSL via UT5UIA) and EO110RAEM (QSL via US5ID) will  be  active  on 
         1-31 December to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth  of 
         Ernst T. Krenkel (RAEM). [TNX UT7UT] 
V6     - Haru,  JA1XGI  will  be  active  as  V63XG   from  Chuuk  (OC-011), 
         Micronesia on 4-12 December. He will be QRV on  160-10  metres  CW, 
         SSB and RTTY, with a focus on Europe on  the  low  bands.  He  will 
         participate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (6-8 December).  QSL  via 
         home call, direct  or  bureau  (logsearch  and  OQRS  on  Clublog). 
         Further information at http://island.geocities.jp/v63xg/index.htm 
VP8    - Mick, G1EUZ will be active as  VP8BTU  from  the  Falkland  Islands 
         (SA-002) between 25 November and 25 May 2014.  QSL  via  home  call 
         and LoTW. 
VU     - Special callsign AU2JCB will be in  use  from  22  November  to  10 
         December t celebrate the birthdate of Indian  physicist  and  radio 
         pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose. Look for  activity  on  3710,  7040, 
         7150, 14220, 14250, 14310, 21280, 21310, 21350, 28545,  28510  kHz, 
         plus 6 and 10m FM on 50800, 51500 and  29700  kHz.  QSL  direct  to 
         VU2DSI. [TNX NG3K] 
VU7    - The VU7AG DXpedition  from  Agatti,  Lakshadweep  Islands  (AS-011) 
         [425DXN 1176] started on 20 November around 12.55 UTC on 12  metres 
         SSB. W4VKU, VU2ABS and VU2RCT will be joined by VU2NKS  and  VU2NXM 
         on 23  November,  and  by  VU2PAI  and  VU3DMP  on  the  26th.  The 
         remaining operators will follow for the last week of activity. 
         The correct frequency plans are as follows: 
         CW     1824 3524 7024 10104 14024 18074 21024 24894 28024 
         SSB      -  3680 7095   -   14180 18145 21280 24945 28480 
         RTTY     -  3584 7044 10142 14084 18104 21084 24922 28084 
         The pilots now include KH6CG (Chief Pilot + Asia & Oceania),  DF2RG 
         (Europe), N1UK (NA East Coast), KY6R (NA  West  Coast)  and  LU1FAM 
         (Central and South America). You can get in  touch  with  them  via 
         the Contact page on the expedition's  website.  There  is  also  an 
         e-Pilot (a contact form for DXers to write  to  the  island  team). 
         The propagation page now includes custom propagation charts  thanks 
         to K6TU. QSL via W4VKU (logsearch and OQRS for  direct  and  bureau 
         cards on Club Log), and LoTW approximately  six  months  after  the 
         conclusion of the DXpedition. Bookmark www.vu7ag.info  for  further 
         information and updates. 
W      - Mike, N1OKL will  be  active  holiday  style  from  Dauphin  Island 
         (NA-213) on 24-29 November. He will operate SSB and RTTY.  QSL  via 
         home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rgsbiota.org] 
Z8     - During the contest weekend, the Z81X team will have  two  dedicated 
         stations with a focus on 80 and 40m SSB and the still  much  needed 
         30, 17 and 12m. The CQ WW DX CW contest will see  the  team  making 
         three single-band entries: Z81R by OH2PM on 10m  (QSL  via  OH2BH), 
         Z81X by OH0XX on 15m (QSL via OH0XX) and  Z81Z  by  DL3DXX  on  40m 
         (QSL via K4ZW). However, "as these efforts are  only  semi-serious, 
         you shouldn't be surprised to see one of the Z8s  appear  on  other 
         bands as well". Site teardown will start on 25  November,  and  the 
         team will be heading home on the 26th. [TNX OH2BN] 

CQ WW DX CW  CONTEST  --->  The  following  stations  have  announced  their 
participation in this year's event (23-24 November): 
ZONE   CALL          CATEGORY     COUNTRY              QSL VIA 
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02     VC2R          SO           Canada               LoTW/VE2IM 
03     VB7A                       Canada               VA7DZ 
05     VP9I          M/S LP       Bermuda              LoTW/WW3S 
07     HQ2W          SOAB LP      Honduras             KD4POJ 
07     V31YB         SO           Belize               K7YB 
07     YN2CC         SO LP        Nicaragua            LoTW/AJ9C 
08     6Y7W          M/?          Jamaica              UA8DX 
08     8P5A          SOAB HP      Barbados             LoTW/NN1N 
08     C6AKQ         SOSB 80m     Bahamas              N4BP 
08     C6AUM         SOSB 40m     Bahamas              K4RUM 
08     C6AZZ         SOSB         Bahamas              KQ8Z 
08     FJ/VA3RA      SOSB 10m     St Barthelemy        VE3IKV 
08     FS/K9EL       SOAB HP      St Martin            K9EL 
08     FS/WJ2O       SOAB LP      St Martin            N2ZN 
08     HI/K8MR       SOAB QRP     Dominican Rep.       K8MR 
08     HI3A          M/?          Dominican Republic   LoTW/ON4IQ 
08     J34J          M/?          Grenada              LoTW/JA1HGY 
08     J73A          M/?          Dominica             KU9C 
08     J87GU                      St Vincent           DL7VOG 
08     J88HL         SO           St Vincent           SP3CYY 
08     KP2B          SOAB LP      Virgin Isls          NP3O 
08     KP2M          M/S          Virgin Isls          LoTW/AI4U 
08     NP2P          SOAB         Virgin Isls          LoTW 
08     NP3X          SOSB 15m     Puerto Rico          NP3O 
08     NP4A          SOSB 80m     Puerto Rico          W3HNK 
08     NP4Z          SOAB         Puerto Rico          LoTW/N4AO 
08     PJ7W          M/?          St Maarten           W2LK 
08     TO7A          SOAB HP      Martinique           UT5UGR 
08     V25A          SO           Antigua              KG2A 
08     V26K          SOAB LP      Antigua              LoTW/AA3B 
08     V47T          SOAB HP      St Kitts             W2RQ 
08     V49J          SOAB LP      St Kitts             LoTW/W5JON 
08     VP2MMM        SOAB HP      Montserrat           W3HNK 
08     VP2V/N3DXX    SOAB         British Virgin Isls  NR6M 
08     ZF1A          M/S          Cayman Isls          LoTW/K6AM 
09     9Y4W          SOSB 20m     Trinidad & Tobago    DL4MDO 
09     FY5FY         SOSB 15m LP  French Guiana        FY5FY 
09     FY5KE         SOSB 10m HP  French Guiana        LoTW 
09     HK1MK         SO           Colombia             DL6IAK 
09     HK1NA         M/M          Colombia             LoTW/K6IPM 
09     P40F          SOAB         Aruba                UA3DX 
09     P40W                       Aruba                LoTW/N2MM 
09     PJ2T          M/M          Curacao              LoTW/W3HNK 
09     PJ4A          M/2          Bonaire              K4BAI 
09     PJ4Q          M/2          Bonaire              W4PA 
10     HC1WDT        M/S          Ecuador              LoTW/N0AT 
10     HD2T          SOAB HP      Ecuador              VE3DZ 
10     HC2TWA        SOSB LP      Ecuador              R4WAA 
10     OC4CW         M/?          Peru                 LoTW/N7CW 
11     PY0FF         SO           Fernando de Noronha  W9VA 
11     ZP9MCE        SOAB LP      Paraguay             EA5ZD 
13     CW0A          SOSB 10m     Uruguay              HB9IBG or W4/CX1EK 
13     CW5W          SOSB 10m     Uruguay              CX6VM 
13     LP5D          M/S          Argentina            AC7DX 
13     LU1DZ         M/S          Argentina            LU1DZ 
14     ED6A          M/M          Balearic Isls        LoTW/DJ2MX 
14     EF6B          SOAB         Balearic Isls        LoTW 
14     EF7X          M/S          Spain                EA7PP 
14     GD6IA         SOAB HP      Isle of Man          GD6IA 
14     GJ2A          SOAB HP      Jersey Isl           LoTW 
14     GU4CHY        SOSB 10m     Guernsey             GU4CHY 
14     GU4YOX        SO HP        Guernsey             LoTW/GU4YOX 
14     GZ3F          SOAB         Shetland Isls        GM4FDM 
14     HB9CA         M/2          Switzerland          LoTW/HB9FMU 
14     LX7I          M/2          Luxembourg           LoTW/LX2A 
14     MZ5B          SOSB 80m     Shetland Isls        LoTW/G3TXF 
14     SJ2W          M/S          Sweden               LoTW 
14     SP8R          M/2          Poland               SP8YB 
14     TM1A          M/M          France               F6KOP 
14     TM5CD                      France               F8KGS 
15     9A1P          M/S          Croatia              9A2RD 
15     9H3TX         M/2          Malta                LotW/DL5XAT 
15     E7DX          M/S          Bosnia-Herzegovina   E77E 
15     ES9C          M/M          Estonia              LoTW 
15     II1A          M/2          Italy                IK1SPR 
15     II9P          M/?          Sicily               LoTW/IT9CHU 
15     IW9FRA        M/S          Sicily               IW9FRA 
15     LY7A          M/M          Lithuania            LoTW/LY2ZO 
15     OH0V          SO           Aland Isls           LoTW 
15     OH0Z          SOAB HP      Aland Isls           W0MM 
15     OH5Z          M/S          Finland              LoTW 
15     YU5R          M/2          Serbia               LoTW 
15     Z6/S56A       SOAB LP      Kosovo               S56A 
15     Z60WW         SOSB 15m     Kosovo               OH2BH 
16     UA3R          M/S          EU Russia            LoTW/RN3RQ 
20     4X2M          SOSB 20m     Israel               LoTW/4X4DZ 
20     P3F           M/2          Cyprus               LoTW/M0URX 
20     P3N           M/S          Cyprus               RW3RN 
20     P3Z           SOSB         Cyprus               LoTW/5B4AFM 
20     TC0A          M/2          Turkey               TA2TX or LZ1NK 
21     4L0A          M/?          Georgia              LoTW/EA7FTR 
21     4L8A          SOSB 15m     Georgia              K1BV 
22     S21ZBB        M/2          Bangladesh           IK2VUC 
22     VU2PTT        SOAB HP      India                LoTW 
24     B4TB          M/S HP       China                BA4TB 
26     3W1T          SOSB 10m HP  Vietnam              RW6HS 
26     HS0ZAR        M/?          Thailand             K3ZO 
27     AH0BT         M/2          Mariana Isls         LoTW/7L1FPU 
27     AH0K          M/2          Mariana Isls         OH6GDX 
27     AH2R          M/S          Guam                 LoTW/JH7QXJ 
27     NH2DX         SOSB 15m HP  Guam                 NH2DX 
27     NH2T          SOAB HP      Guam                 LoTW/W2YC 
27     V63ZF         SOSB         Micronesia           JA7ZF 
27     V6A           SOAB         Micronesia           JA7HMZ 
28     9M6NA         SOAB HP      East Malaysia        JE1JKL 
28     9M8DX         SO           East Malaysia        SP5UAF 
29     VK6LW         SOAB         Australia            VK6IR 
31     KH7M                       Hawaii               qrz.com 
32     3D2R          M/?          Rotuma               YT1AD 
32     N8A           M/2          American Samoa       ZL3CW 
32     TX8B          M/?          New Caledonia        FK8DD 
33     3V8BB         SOAB         Tunisia              LoTW/LX1NO 
33     5C5T          M/S          Morocco              EA5YU 
33     CN2AA         M/S          Morocco              LoTW/UA2FM 
33     CN2R          SOSB 15m     Morocco              W7EJ 
33     CN2YM         SOAB LP      Morocco              LoTW/DL3YM 
33     CR3E          SOAB         Madeira Isl          W3HNK 
33     CR3L          M/2          Madeira              DJ6QT 
33     CT9/R9DX      SOSB 10m LP  Madeira Isl          R9DX 
33     EF8O          SOAB         Canary Isls          DJ1OJ 
33     EF8S          SOSB         Canary Isls          OH2BYS 
33     EF8U          SOAB         Canary Isls          LoTW 
33     EF8X          SOAB         Canary Isls          W2GR 
33     EF9O          SOAB HP      Ceuta & Melilla      LoTW/EA5BM 
33     IG9W          SOSB 40m HP  African Italy        IZ1GAR 
33     IH9B          SOSB 80m HP  African Italy        IK2ILH 
33     IH9YMC        SOSB         African Italy        eQSL 
34     Z81R          SOSB 10m     South Sudan          OH2BH 
34     Z81X          SOSB 15m     South Sudan          OH0XX 
34     Z81Z          SOSB 40m     South Sudan          K4ZW 
35     D4C           M/M          Cape Verde           IZ4DPV 
35     XT2FCJ                     Burkina Faso         OK6DJ 
36     9J3A          SOAB LP      Zambia               LoTW/S57S 
36     9X0NH         SOSB         Rwanda               G3RWF 
36     9X0XA         SOSB         Rwanda               G3SWH 
36     ZD8M          SOSB 40m     Ascension Isl        LoTW/G0CKV 
36     ZD8W          SOSB 15m     Ascension Isl        W6NV 
36     ZD8X          SOSB 10m     Ascension Isl        OH2KI 
38     3DA0ET        M/2          Swaziland            N7RO 
38     V5/DJ4SO                   Namibia              DJ4SO 
38     ZS4TX         SOSB 15m     South Africa         LoTW 
39     3B8/UU5WW     SO           Mauritius Isl        K2PF 
40     XP2I          SO LP        Greenland            LoTW/OZ1BII 
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing  maintained 
by Bill, NG3K at www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2013.html - good contest to you all! 

                         =========================== 
                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S *** 
                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... **** 
                         =========================== 
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH 
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW 

9Q ---> On 11  November,  after  three  years  of  negotiations,  the  local 
Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications  officially  authorized 
the Amateur Radio Association of the Democratic Republic of Congo (ARAC)  to 
use 9Q0AR (club station callsign) and 9Q0HQ (special event  callsign).  [TNX 
DX World] 

DXCC NEWS ---> ZS8C  and  ZS8Z  (Prince  Edward  &  Marion  Islans,  current 
operations for 2013 through May 2014) have been approved  for  DXCC  credit. 
"Two student  hams  are  expected  to  join  in  upon  completion  of  their 
licensing, which will make it four (4) operators. I'll update this  approval 
when I have more information". [TNX NC1L] 

+ SILENT KEYS + Nerio Baratta, IK4MRH passed away  about  three  weeks  ago. 
Emigrated to  Thailand  for  more  than  twenty  years,  he  was  active  as 
HS0/IK4MRH from Phuket Island (AS-053). Back in 1997  he  also  participated 
in the first IOTA operation (HS9AL) from Koh Tarutao (AS-126). [TNX I4LCK] 
Stew Woodward, K4SMX, passed away on 16 November at 65  years  of  age.  "He 
was a member of the famous 1979 1S1DX expedition, which  attempted  to  land 
on Amboyna Cay in the Spratly Islands and was fired upon by military  forces 
there" [TNX The Daily DX] 

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QSLs received direct or  through  managers:  3B8CF,  3B8DB,  3D2MP,  4S7YSG, 
4X19MG, 5N7M, 5U5U, 5Z4/EA4ATI, 8P5A, 8Q7CF, 9H1SP,  9M2TO,  9M4CC,  9M6XRO, 
9X0ZM, A52IVU, C37AC, CE2MVF, CN2XN, CO6LC, CQ9D (AF-046),  DS4DRE/4,  E73W, 
EP3SMH, ES5QD, EU7A,  FO/KH0PR  (OC-114),  G100RSGB,  GW100RSGB,  HL1/VO1AU, 
JG8NQJ/JD1,  JT1DA,  JT5DX,  JW7QIA,  KG4KL,  KG4WV,  LY77A,  M5B,  OE100HO, 
OH1NAVY,  OJ0R,  OY/DL3UB,  OY9R,  PJ2/DM3HZN,   PJ2/G3TXF,    PJ6A,  RA2FF, 
SV8/DL7UCX,  SV9/SV2FPU  (EU-187),  T48K,  T77LA,  TL0A,  TT8/US3EZ,  TT8TT, 
TU5DF, UN5J, V31RL, V63PR, V73NS, VK9NI, VP2V/W9DR, VU3RWP,  X21YC,  XW0YJY, 
XW1YC, XZ1Z, YN2PX, Z24EA, ZA/UA4WHX, ZD7FT, ZD7LP, ZF2MM. 

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