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23 November 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1177
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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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!
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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
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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