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17 January 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1237
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Patrice, F5RBB and his wife Mireille, F4FRL will be active as
3A/F5RBB and 3A/F4FRL from Monaco on 18-24 January. They will
operate PSK31 and RTTY on 20 and 15 metres. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
7Q - The 7QAA DXpedition to Malawi is confirmed to take place in March
[425DXN 1216]. The large multinational team will be split into two
sub-teams: Team One will operate CW and RTTY on 11-21 March, while
Team Two will operate SSB and RTTY from 22 March to 1 April,
including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Both Team 1 and 2
will be QRV with four stations on 160-10 metres, plus 6m if
conditions allow. QSL via N7RO and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log.
Bookmark www.malawidx.org for updates and further information.
C2 - Ernoe DK2AMM, Guenter DL2AWG, Hans DL6JGN and Ron PA3EWP will be
active as C21EU (www.nauru2015.de) from Nauru (OC-031) from 25
March to 4 April. They will operate CW, SSB, and digital modes on
40-10 metres with two stations and a focus on the higher bands.
QSL via DL2AWG, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log).
DL - Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from the island of Foehr
(EU-042) on 3-11 March. He will operate CW and some SSB mainly in
his morning and evening hours. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX DL1WH]
EP - The EP6T team [425DXN 1236] has been QRV from Kish Island (AS-166)
since 16 January in the UTC afternoon. On the 17th they might be
off the air for some time while completing station setup. After
that, they will be active 24/7 with five stations until 26 January.
Updates, pictures and logsearch will be available on www.rockall.be
once the team has access to the Internet. QSL via M0URX (OQRS on
www.m0urx.com/oqrs/); bureau cards must be requested through the
OQRS, do not send any QSL to the RSGB bureau.
F - Francois, F8DVD will be active as TM60TAAF on 1, 6-8, 13-17, 19-22
and 27-28 February. The special callsign is in celebration of the
60th anniversary of the Terres Australes et Antarctiques
Francaises (the French Southern and Antarctic Territories). He
will be QRV on 40-10 metres from his home QTH in Macon, France.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch on Club
Log.
FP - Once again Eric, KV1J will be active as FP/KV1J from Miquelon
Island (NA-032) from 26 February to 10 March. Plans are to operate
mainly SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres, "generally on the highest
frequency band open favouring 12 and 10m". He will also "be
checking 6m for indications of openings". QSL via home call,
direct or bureau, LoTW and eQSL. Further information at
http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Feb15.html.
JW - Francois, F8DVD will be active as JW/F8DVD from Spitsbergen
(EU-026), Svalbard on 9-15 April. He will be QRV on the HF bands
from the JW5E club station. QSL via home call, direct or bureau,
and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX F8DVD]
KG4 - Tip N4SIA (KG4AS), Jim WB2REM (KG4HI), Bob N4PSK (KG4RQ) and Nancy
K9DIG (KG4YL) will be active from Guantanamo Bay on 6-13 February.
They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK63 and PSK31 on 160-6 metres.
QSL KG4AS direct to N4SIA, QSL KG4HI and KG4RQ direct to WB2REM
and LoTW, QSL KG4YL direct to K9DIG and LoTW.
OZ - Special callsign OU0POLIO will be in use until 31 December to
celebrate the 110th anniversary of the foundation of Rothary
International and the organization's most notable global project
aimed at the eradication of poliomyelitis around the world. QSL
via OZ1ACB, direct or bureau.
V6 - Madison, W5MJ will be active as V63MJ from Kosrae Island (OC-059),
Micronesia on 16-24 February. He will operate CW only on 160-10
metres. QSL direct to M0URX (bureau cards must be requested
through the OQRS). [TNX M0URX]
V6 - Taka, JA8COE will be active as V63CO from Falalop, Ulithi Atoll
(OC-078), Micronesia on 2-5 March. QSL via JA8COE, direct only
(logsearch and OQRS on Club Log). He has a blog at
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/takaja8coe.
T32 - Dick, AD7AF will be active as T32RL from Kiritimati/Christmas
Island (OC-024), East Kiribati from 22 January to 9 February. He
will operate CW, SSB and a little RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL
direct to home call and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The
Daily DX]
YB - Look for Din, YB8RW/p (QSL via home call, see qrz.com for the link
to Club Log's OQRS) and Sisca, YB8RXA/p (QSL via W2FB) to be
active from Mantehage Island (OC-236) on 20-24 January. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
YB - Look for YC8ROP/p to be active from Bukide Island (OC-210) on
22-24 January. QSL via W2FB. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W - Gene, WI7N will be active holiday style as WI7N/4 from Dauphin
Island (NA-213) on 26-28 January. It will be "a casual operation"
with main activity during his evening hours. QSL via WI7N, direct
or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XW - John, KB4FB is active as XW4FB from Vientiane, Laos until 12
February. QSL via home call; all contacts will be uploaded to LoTW
in March.
ZF - Col, MM0NDX will be active holiday style as ZF2CI from the Cayman
Islands (NA-016) from 25 April to 2 May. He will operate SSB only
on 160-10 metres. His main QTH will be on Grand Cayman, but he
will also be active as ZF8/ZF2CI from Little Cayman and ZF9/ZF2CI
from Cayman Brac (on 29 April and 1 May). QSL via IW7EGQ. [TNX DX
World]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> SP3CFM, SP3IPB, SP7TF, SP7VC, SQ7OYL and K2RPF will be
sailing around the Caribbean between 24 January and 14 February. They plan
to stop and be QRV from several islands:
24-26 January Martinique (NA-107) FM/home calls
27 Jan-3 Feb St. Lucia (NA-108) J6/home calls
4-5 February St. Vincent (NA-109) J8/home calls
6-7 February Grenada (NA-024) J3/home calls
7-8 February Carriacou (NA-147) J3/home calls
8-9 February Union (NA-025) J8/home calls
13-14 February Martinique (NA-107) FM/home calls
Plans are to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via
home calls. They have a website at http://expedition.sp7vc.pl/.
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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
INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid-DX Group (www.intrepid-dx.com) is
pleased to announce the recipient of the 3rd annual Intrepid Spirit Award,
made in memory of James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Kabul
Afghanistan, on 27 April 2011). This year's award goes to Dmitri Zhikharev,
RA9USU to recognize his "outstanding efforts to activate Yemen from 2012
through 2014 as 7O6T and 7O2A. Dmitri is largely responsible for fulfilling
the need for 7O contacts since 2012. Yemen is a place of much uncertainty
and danger. We recognize Dmitri's unselfish acts to activate this
challenging and much needed entity". The award will be presented at the
International DX Convention, Visalia (CA) on 18 April. [TNX N6PSE]
NEW DXER'S HANDBOOK ---> Four years ago Bryce Anderson, K7UA wrote a series
of short articles for his local DX club that came together as the "New
DXer's Handbook". The second edition, revised and updated, is now available
for free download at www.k7ua.com. It is a concise guide (41 pages and nine
chapters) that covers the various aspects of DXing; the translations into
Greek, Polish, Portuguese and Russian will be available on Bryce's website
when they are completed. [TNX K7UA]
SWODXA DX DINNER ---> The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) has
announced that "C82DX Plan, Plan, and Plan again, Murphy still makes a
visit!" will be the keynote topic for their 30th annual DX dinner. The
dinner, held in conjunction with the 2015 Dayton Hamvention, will be on
Friday, 15 May at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton. Co-leaders and CQ DX Hall
of Famers Don Greenbaum, N1DG and Tom Harrell, N4XP will be the presenters.
For more information and to order dinner tickets, please visit
www.swodxaevents.org. [TNX W8GEX]
VK0EK ---> Dave Lloyd, K3EL has been appointed as the Radio Team Leader for
the November-December expedition to Heard Island [425DXN 1236]: "Dave is
leading the radio team to define the requirements and make preparations for
the operation, and he will be the manager of the radio operations on Heard
Island". The Diablo DXers, a coalition of local San Francisco Bay Area DX
club members led by co-organizer Rich, KY6R, will carry out the QSL service
for VK0EK. The team will implement a variety of innovations, which will be
documented on the QSL and LOG pages of www.vk0ek.org in the near future.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MW, 3D2FJ, 3D2RA, 3W7CW,
4L1MA, 4O7VB, 4U1ITU, 4W/K7CO, 4W/N1YC, 5H1KR (AF-032), 5V7TH, 5W0AG, 7O2A,
9M8YY, 9Z4AM, A45XR, A71BX, B9/BY9GA, C21GC, C6ADX, C6ATS, CE0Z/UA4WHX,
CN2AA, CY0P, E30FB, E40VB, E51CDW, EG2INT (EU-134), EJ0PL (EU-007), EJ1Y
(EU-007), ER3MM, ES5JR, EW8DZ, EX/UA4WHX, EX8MLE, EY8/UA4WHX, FK8IK,
FR/OK2KG, FS/K9EL, H44S, HC8ART, HK3W, J6/DL7VOG, J79L, J87GU, JY9FC,
LU1YT, LX1EA, OZ0IL, PJ7PK (NA-247), PQ5M (SA-027), RU6DX/P (EU-185),
S01WS, S79VR, SU9VB, T30D, TM1BIG (EU-107), TY1AA, UN/UA4WHX, V5/DL3DXX,
V63CX, V6T (OC-132), VK9DLX, VK9LM, VK9NT, VK9XSP, VP5/G3SWH, VP8AIB/100,
VP8LP/100, VQ9XR, VR2XAN, VU4CB (AS-033), XR2T (SA-086), XW3DT,YB4IR/5
(OC-122), YB4IR/8 (OC-222), YB8/DL3KZA, YB8RW/p (OC-208, OC-210, OC-213,
OC-222), YB8V (OC-157), ZA/UA4WHX, ZD7DC, ZK3E, ZK3Q, ZS8C.
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Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed
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Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Direttore Responsabile
Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
Roma, Italia
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