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27 March 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 986
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B8 - Mart, DL6UAA will be active again as 3B8MM from Mauritius Island
(AF-049) starting on 4 April for three weeks. He will operate
mainly CW on 160-10 metres, with some SSB and digital modes. QSL
via DL6UAA, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9K - The Kuwait Amateur Radio Society will be active as 9K2F from
Failaka Island (AS-118) on 1-5 April. QSL via 9K2HN. [TNX DX World]
C3 - Ten C35 stations (C35CA, C35DR, C35HI, C35JM, C35KC, C35LM, C35MO,
C35PR, C35SG and C35US) and ten C36 stations (C36AR, C36AT, C36BO,
C36CT, C36JI, C36JS, C36MF, C36PP, C36RP and C36VM) will be active
on 1-30 April to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Andorra's IARU
society (Unio de Radioaficionats Andorrans). Information on the
relevant award can be found at ura30anys.blogspot.com [TNX F5NQL]
CT8 - For the first time, the Azores Islands will be active under the
callsign CQ8X (QSL via OH2BH) in this weekend's WPX Contest. The
operators (CU2CE, CU2DX, DL6LAU, N6RC, OH1TV, OH2BH, OH2UA, OH6KN,
OH6RM and OH8NC) might also put another station on as CR2X (QSL
via OH2BH). [TNX OH2BH]
DL - Dan, DL5SE is going on an island & lighthouse tour on 26-29 March.
He plans to operate CW only from a few IOTA and/or German Islands
Award locations, as well as from lighthouses on the Baltic Sea
coast. QSL via bureau. [TNX DL5SE]
FR - Ced, F4EGZ active as FR/F4EGZ from Reunion Island (AF-016) between
25 March and 19 April. He will operate on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 6
metres, and take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
GM - MM0DGR/p will operate CW, SSB and BPSK63 on 40-10 metres from Den
of Airlie National Nature Reserve on 27 March, including some
activity during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via MM0DFV. Further
information is available at gmff.org [TNX MM0DFV]
HK - HK3OVP and HK3OCH will be active as 5K7SNC from the Sierra Nevada
Mountain Range, Colombia on 1-2 April. Look for them around 7140
kHz. QSL via HK3OCH, direc or bureau and LoTW.
I - Special station II0SPQR will be active 1-30 April to celebrate the
2763rd anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QSL via IK0QNZ.
[TNX IK0ZCW]
OZ - Look for Ben, OZ/DO1BEN and his wife Barbara, OZ/DO1IQ will be
active again from Lolland Island (EU-029) on 2-9 April. They will
operate on the HF bands SSB with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home
calls. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PA - Anneke, PB7XYL will be active as PB88XYL on 3-30 April. This will
be the first activity by the WOTA Club (Women On The Air,
wotaclub2010.blogspot.com). QSL via PB7XYL, direct or bureau. [TNX
VA3RJ]
PY - Araucaria DX Group's contest station ZW5B will participate in the
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as PY5GA, as a tribute to their "major
elmer" Olavo Scherrer (PY5GA). Olavo passed away on 21 March at 88
years of age. [TNX PY5EG]
T32 - The Line Islands DXpedition team started operations from Malden
Island (OC-279) at 00.22 UTC on 25 March. T32MI is QRV with three
stations, as "extreme temperature and high winds have limited
setting up more antennas and a fourth station". They plan one more
night of operation from Malden, and then head for Caroline Island
(T32CI, OC-281). QSL via SM6CAS. [TNX t32line.webnode.com]
VE - According to the latest update at qrz.com, Cezar, VE3LYC (VY0V)
arrived in Thunder Bay on 25 March and was scheduled "to fly
north" on the 26th. For the trip to East Pen Island (NA-231)
[425DXN 975] he has retained the services of two local guides. They
will load all the camping gear on sleds towed by snowmobiles, and
the travel to the island should take around ten hours under good
weather conditions. Outside temperature is expected to be -20C or
even lower. "This is a rather difficult project", Cezar says,
which "may have to be aborted if safety concerns dictate it".
YI - Eric, KG4GYS says he will be active as YI9GYS from Tikrit, Iraq
"for the next several months". He operates SSB on 20 and 17
metres. QSL via home call.
YI - Announced frequencies for the 2-11 April YI9PSE expedition to Iraq
[425DXN 973] are as follows:
CW 1824, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894, 28024 kHz
SSB 1845, 3780, 7065/7180, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 kHz
RTTY 7035, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24920, 28080 kHz
Thirteen operators (AH6HY, FM5CD, JH4RHF, K1LZ, K3LP, K3VN, N2WB,
N6OX, N6PSE, W5KDJ, W0UCE, YI1UNH and YT1AD) will be active with
five stations, four amplifiers and a wide range of antennas. It
will be possible to follow YI9PSE via Twitter (twitter.com/yi9pse).
QSL via N6NKT. QSLling policy and further information, including
on-line logs and propagation predictions, can be found at
yi9pse.com
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (27-28 March):
Call Category DXCC QSL
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3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia IZ8CCW
4L3A M/2 Georgia LY4A
4V4JR Haiti K4QD
5D5A M/S Morocco I2WIJ
8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
BX5AA SOAB HP Taiwan BX5AA
C4I M/? Cyprus LZ2HM
CN2BC SOAB LP Morocco DL7BC
CO8LY SOSB 15m LP Cuba EA7ADH
CO8TW SOSB 20m LP Cuba HB9SVT
CQ3L SOAB Madeira DJ6QT
CQ8X M/? Azores OH2BH
CR1M SO Azores SP5ES
CR1Z SO Azores SP5UAF
CR2X M/? Azores OH2BH
CR3A M/? Madeira Isl CT3EE
E20AS M/S Thailand HS1CKC
E51COF SO South Cook Isls K8NA
E51USA SO South Cook Isls E51CG
EB8AH M/? Canary Isls
EE2W M/S Spain EB2BXL
EJ6DX M/S Ireland RX3RC
EJ8GQB Ireland ON4EI
FR/F4EGZ SO LP Reunion Isl
GW9T M/? Wales GW6NLP
H22H SOAB QRP Cyprus 5B4MF
HQ2T SOAB Honduras W3HNK
HQ2W MO Honduras HR2DMR
IF9A M/? Italy (Sicily) IT9ATF
JU1DX M/S Mongolia qrz.com
JY5CC SOAB Jordan JY5CC
KH0UA SOAB HP Rookie Mariana Isls JF1UCV
KP3Z SOAB Puerto Rico N4AO
L21D SO Argentina LU7DSY
LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A
NH7A SOAB HP Hawaii F5VHJ
OG0Z SOSB 15m Aland Isls W0MM
OH0Z SOSB 20m Aland Isls W0MM
OH8X SO Finland OH2UA
OL80OK M/2 Czech Republic OK1DRQ
OY6A M/S Faroe Isls
P3N M/S Cyprus RW3RN
P40LY Aruba KB6NAN
P41M SOAB Aruba DK1MM
P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y
PJ2/OH1VR SOSB 15m LP Neth. Antilles OH1VR
PJ2T M/2 Neth. Antilles N9AG
PJ4L Bonaire OK7MT
PY5GA M/M Brazil K3IRV
S65Q Singapore 9V1QQ
ST2AR SOAB Sudan S53R
SZ1TEIA M/S Greece
T70A SOSB 80m San Marino
T77GO SOSB 20m San Marino
TF1CW SOSB 40m Iceland LX1NO
TG9IRP SO Guatemala IK2ILH
TM5W M/S France F5KIN
TO7A SOAB Martinique UT5UGR
V85ZX SOSB 20m LP Brunei V85ZX
VC6R Canada VE6SV
VC7C M/? Canada VE7NA
VP50V SOAB Turks & Caicos W5CW
WH0/WH7ZJ SOSB 10m LP Mariana Isls JF1VGZ
XR1A M/? Chile XQ1IDM
XR6T M/S Chile CE3FED
YE0X M/? Indonesia qrz.com
ZC4T M/S Cyprus UK SBA ZC4T
ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing
maintained by Bill, NG3K at ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2010.html - good contest to
you all!
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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
2ND PHASE DX SUMMIT ---> The "2nd phase DX Summit" will be made available
to limited Beta testers for Easter. If you wish to be one, please e-mail
Radio Arcala (oh8x@sral.fi). [TNX OH2BH]
HB9 & HB0 POSTAL RATES ---> Postal rates in Switzerland will rise on 1
April. The new prices for standard letter items up to 20 grams are as
follows:
Europe Economy CHF 1.30 Other countries Economy CHF 1.60
Priority CHF 1.40 Priority CHF 1.90
A Mail Calculator on-line service is provided by Swiss Post (poste.ch).
Please note that the same rates apply to Liechtenstein, as postal services
in that Principality are operated by Swiss Post, under the terms of an
agreement between the two countries. 1 IRC covers Economy postage for a
standard letter item up to 20 grams to anywhere in the world. At the
current exchange rate, 1 USD is +/- 1.05 CHF, and 1 EUR is +/- 1.45 CHF.
[TNX HB9DKZ]
K4M ---> The K4M (Midway Atoll 2009, 44 minutes) DVD, produced by James
Brooks, 9V1YC is now available; purchase information can be found at
dxvideos.com
QSL D44AC ---> Mario, IK3HHX says he is receiving direct and bureau card
requests for D44AC, but he is not his QSL manager. He can confirm only QSOs
made between 21 March and 2 April 2002, when D44AC was operated by 4L5A.
Otherwise cards should be sent diret to Carlos Pulu, P.O. Box 398, Mindelo,
Sao Vicente, Cape Verde.
QSL VQ9LA ---> Starting 15 April 2010, the new QSL route will be via N0QM:
Larry Arneson, 705 Rhodes Ave, Grandview, MO 64030, USA. Larry will be
departing Diego Garcia in December, and he wants the mail going in the
right direction prior to that. All QSL cards sent to the FPO Box will be
honoured up to December 2010. [TNX VQ9LA]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Kenneth M. Miller
(K6IR), William "Bill" W. Loucks (VE3AR) and Joe T. Pinella (WA9VGY).
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******* QSL ROUTES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8GT RX3DD E51COF K8NA P40YL AI6YL
3Z0RADIO SP9SX E74A K2PF P41M DK1MM
4J0WFF 4J5T E79D E77E P49MR VE3MR
4J3M DL7EDH EJ8GQB ON4EI PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV
4J9M DL7EDH EM20UCC UT7UJ PJ4L OK7MT
4L3A LY4A EN1IFF UR3IBV PW5G PP5VB
4L4CC RV1CC EP3PK IK2DUW PX2T PY2DN
4L8A K1BV ER4KAA RA4LW R1ANB RN1ON
4L9QQ UR9QQ ES2MC W3HNK R1ANP RW1AI
4S7HSG 9K2HS ES5FDX UA3FDX S520AKR S59AKR
4S7LF OZ6ZV EX2U IK2QPR S79GM GM4FDM
5C2J IK7JWX EX7MK IK2QPR SE800M SM6VVT
5C2L I8LWL FM/KL7WA UT5UGR SG0M/P SA0AQT
5C2Q IK2GPQ FM1HN NI5DX SN80PZK SP5PPA
5C2SG IZ7ATN FM5WD W3HNK SN85IARU SP4OZ
5C2W IK2DUW GB0SP M0DOL SO80PZK SP7PCA
5C2Y IK8GPY GB5SPD MN0AKU SQ85IARU SP3MGM
5P5CW DL5SE HA125HHOT HA6MW ST2AR S53R
6W2SC HA3AUI HC2SL EA5KB T32AJ K9AJ
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HC7AE EA7FTR T32MI SM6CAS
8N3I JI3DNN HF100ZHP SP6ZDA T6AF WA2EWE
8Q7NC F6BGC HF200FC SP9HTY T6AG EA3GHZ
8Q7QQ HB9QQ HF30PGZ SP3PGZ TC18M TA1HZ
8Q7QX DL3OCH HF680TAR SP9PTA TC2010PSG TA1HZ
9A500AA 9A2AA HF720S SP3FGQ TF2CT EA7FTR
9M6JC NI5DX HF80PZK SP5PSL TG9IRP IK2ILH
9M6TMT NI5DX HF85IARU SP9YGD TG9NX N4FKZ
9M6XRO M0URX HK1KYR EA5KB TI3/W7RI AI4U
A33A K6HFA HQ2T W3HNK TN5SN IZ1BZV
A41KJ NI5DX HR2/NP3D W3HNK TO5SM F6BFH
A61AS YO3FRI HZ1PS IZ8CLM TR8CA F6CBC
A65BM W4JS II9ICF IT9MRM UA0AV W3HNK
A71CT EA7FTR IR1C IK1APO UE0QDA/P RN0QQ
A71CV A71AN J28KO F6DKI UE6MCA RA6LW
A71EL A71AN J38CW G3VCQ V21NC XE1TNC
A71EM EA7FTR J38SW G3VCQ V21ZG DL7AFS
BA5HAM IK2DUW J79VO VE1TRI V26AO RV1CC
C31CT EA3QS J79XBI SM0XBI VP8DNA M0PCB
CE9/R1ANF RK1PWA J88DR G3TBK VQ9ZZ N1ZZZ
CN2R W7EJ JD1BNA JL1UTS VX3S VE3NNG
CO3JN EB7DX JT1GCW 6K2GCW W4/VG3RA VE3IKV
CR1M SP5ES K1HP/KH0 JE2EHP XV2RZ OH4MDY
CR1Z SP5UAF KL7J N3SL YB8BYL EA7FTR
CX2AQ EA5KB LX30AK LX1CC YB8EXL EA7FTR
CX7CO WB3CDX LX8RTTY LX1DA YP1WFF YO6EZ
D2CQ CT1IUA LY20W LY5W YS3CW I2JIN
D2EB IZ3ETU LZ180FT LZ2VP Z21BB W3HNK
D2QMN RZ3EC MC0SHL M0URX Z21FO K3IRV
D44TD CT1EKF MM0DGR/p MM0DFV Z22JE K3IRV
DA0GLH DL2VFR OD5TE K3IRV Z23MS UA3DX
DA0HEL DF6QC OL10AMPER OK1DRQ ZF2UL K3UL
DF0SAX DL3DXX OX3XR OZ3PZ ZL4TY VK4DXA
DF0WFF DL2VFR P29CS M0URX ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV
DQ750UEM DL2VC P40LY KB6NAN ZY7C PT7WA
4J5T Natig Gasimov, P.O. Box 86, AZ 1000 Baku, Azerbaijan
5R8AL Alain Loiseau, P.O. Box 9008, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar
F6BFH Alain Duchauchoy, 21 Rue de la Republique, 76420 Bihorel, France
GM4FDM Tom Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Johnstone, PA5 9AD, United
Kingdom
I2JIN Roberto Torri, Via I Maggio 40, 22038 Tavernerio CO, Italy
K6HFA Hubert R Clark, 545 W Vassar Ave, Fresno, CA 93705, USA
OH4MDY Reijo Laitinen, Mantytie 13, 76940 Nenonpelto, Finland
RA6LW Alan Biryukov, P.O.Box 17, Taganrog, 347900, Russia
RX3DD Alexey V. Averkin, P.O. Box 6, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moskovskaya obl.,
142600, Russia
SM6CAS Nils Persson, P.O Box 66, SE-296 21 Ahus, Sweden
VK4DXA Ray Crawford, 53 Moore Street, Kingaroy QLD 4610, Australia
XU7AAA Hiroo Yonezuka, DD153 Huang Sathi, Vientiane, Laos
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