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09 May 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1253
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W - The website for the 3W3MD DXpedition to Vietnam [425DXN 1251] is
now up and running at www.mdxc.org/3w3md/. A very large multi-
national team will be active on all bands and modes from 31 October
to 10 November. QSL via IK2VUC, direct or bureau, and eventually
LoTW.
5B - 5B70VE is the special callsign that members of Pafos Radio Club
(5B4PRC) will use in May to celebrate the 70th anniversary of VE
Day and the end of World War II. QSL via 5B4AHO. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
5U - Christian, F4WBN will be active again as 5U5U from Niger from 30
May to 16 June. In his spare time he will operate SSB and some
RTTY on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call (direct). [TNX DX World]
5Z - The Italian DXpedition Team (Silvano I2YSB, Vinicio IK2CIO, Angelo
IK2CKR, Marcello IK2DIA and Stefano IK2HKT) will be active as 5Z0L
on 21-31 May. They will operate CW (3530, 7025, 10115, 14030,
18068, 21030, 24893 and 28030 kHz), SSB (14270, 18155, 21310,
24975 and 28420 kHz) and RTTY (14083 kHz) with three stations; a
special emphasis will be put on 6 metres (50102 CW and 50123 SSB),
as this band was opened to amateur radio just a few weeks ago. The
team will leave their 5-element antenna to Daniel, 5Z4/EA4ATI for
him to continue activity on 6 metres after the end of the
expedition. QSL via I2YSB. Further information, logsearch, QSLling
details and OQRS for direct cards at www.i2ysb.com/idt. The pilot
stations are IK7JWY and (for 6m) IK0FTA; a dedicated forum is on
www.hamradioweb.org. [TNX IK7JWY]
9A - Once again Jan, PA4JJ will be active holiday style as 9A/PA4JJ
from Croatia beyween 30 May and 30 June. Expect him to operate
mainly digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on
Club Log), and LoTW. [TNX PA4JJ]
9N - BA4TB and BD4TR are members of the Chinese rescue team deployed in
Nepal after the earthquake. In their spare time they are active as
9N7TB and 9N7TR on the HF bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX DX World]
C5 - Alan, G3XAQ will be active holiday style as C56XA from The Gambia
from 16 May to 4 June. He will operate CW on the HF bands, and
will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via G3SWH. [TNX
NG3K]
CX - Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the International Telecommuni-
cation Union, two special callsigns will be active from Uruguay on
15-30 May: CW150ITU by Radio Club Uruguayo (QSL via CX1AA, direct
or bureau), and CX150ITU by Radiogrupo Sur (QSL via CX2ABC, direct
only).
D4 - Jos, PA3FYC will be active holiday style as D44TCA from Boa Vista
(AF-086), Cape Verde on 10-22 May. QSL via PA3FYC. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
DL - Mario, DJ7MH will be active as DJ7MH/p from Baltrum Island
(EU-047) on 22-24 May. He will operate QRP CW on 40, 30 and 20
metres. QSL via home call, eQSL and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
E5 - Doug, W6HB as E51DLD and Brad, W0VFT as E51VFT will be active from
Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 17-23 May. They will be
QRV on 160-10 metres from the shacks of E51AND and E51JD. QSL via
homecalls. [TNX DX World]
E6 - E6NK (op. JA2AAU), E6SS (op. JA2LSS), E6TE (op. JA2ATE) and E6ZS
(op. JA2ZS) will be active from Niue (OC-040) on 15-25 May. They
will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres. QSL via
operator's instructions. [TNX The Daily DX]
FG - Iain, G4SGX will be active as FG/G4SGX from Guadeloupe (NA-11102)
on 13-19 May. He will operate mainly CW and possibly some digital
mode on 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau,
and LoTW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
FM - Martin, OK1FUA (OL5Y) will be active as TO5Y from Martinique
(NA-107) from 22 May to 1 June, including an entry in the CQ WW
WPX CW Contest. [TNX NG3K]
GJ - Look for MJ/ON1CH, MJ/ON6EF and MJ/ON6VJ to be active from Jersey
(EU-013) on 14-18 May. They will operate SSB on the HF bands and 6
metres. Eddy, ON6EF also expects to be QRV as MU/ON6EF/p from Sark
Island (EU-114), Guernsey for one day. QSL via home calls, direct
or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
I - Look for IH9/IK4ALM and IH9/IZ4WJA to be active from Pantelleria
(AF-018) on 9-15 May. They will operate SSB, CW (QRS), RTTY and
PSK 63 on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls.
I - Special event station IR6ANA will be active from L'Aquila on 15-17
May for the 88th national reunion of the Italian Army's Alpine
troops. QSL via IK6DEN. Also active will be IZ1BWB as IZ1CCK/6
from the Alpine Brigade 'Taurinense' station.
I - Lucky, IZ7EVZ will be active as IL7/IZ7EVZ from the Tremiti
Islands (EU-050) from 28 May to 1 June. He will be QRV on 40-6
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7EVZ]
KC4 - Mike, KD5GLX is now at Palmer Station on Anvers Island (AN-012),
Antarctica and plans "to be quite active on the bands" as KC4AAC
until late October. QSL direct to K1IED. [TNX DX World]
OX - Michael, OZ1KZX has plans to be active as OX/5P1KZX from Nuuk,
Greenland (NA-018) on 15 May for about ten days. In his spare time
he will operate digital modes on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via
LoTW and eQSL; paper cards will not be available. Updates will be
posted to http://www.qrz.com/db/OX/5P1KZX.
OZ - EDR, Denmark's IARU society, will use special callsign OZ150ITU on
17 May to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the International
Telecommunication Union. Activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres CW, SSB and digital modes will take place from several
different locations around Denmark; each station will have "a
unique secondary suffix" and be QRV as OZ150ITU/##, with the
number ranging from 10 to 99. All of the QSOs will be uploaded
WITHOUT the /## to LoTW, eQSL and Club Log. Paper QSL cards via
OZ0J, direct or bureau (please use the OQRS provided by Club Log).
See http://www.qrz.com/db/oz150itu for information on the award.
OZ - Thomas, DL7UZO will be active as 5P9Z/p from Romo Island (EU-125)
on 23-31 May. He will operate mainly RTTY and CW. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log). [TNX rsgbiota.org]
P4 - Peter (VK3FN) as P40FN, Chris (VK3FY) as P40FY and David (K3LP) as
P40DC will be active from Aruba (SA-036) on 19-26 May. They will
be QRV on the HF bands from the late Carl Cook's (P49V) QTH. QSL
via M0OXO, preferably through his OQRS on www.m0oxo.com.
PY0F - Ville, PY2ZEA (OH1MM) will be active again as PW0F from Fernando
de Noronha (SA-003) on 12-20 May. He will operate CW and SSB on
40-10 metres ("80 and 160 not certain due to limited space and
high noise level"). QSL via OH2BH (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW.
[TNX NG3K]
SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active as SW8WW from Thasos Island (EU-174)
from 29 May to 8 June. QSL via HA0HW, direct or bureau, preferably
through the OQRS provided by Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
UA - On 7 May 1895 radio pioneer Aleksandr S. Popov gave a public
demonstration of the receiving apparatus he had developed.
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of Popov's accomplishments,
special callsigns R120A, R120D, R120E, R120K, R120L, R120N, R120O,
R120P, R120R, R120S, R120V and R120AP are active until 31 May. QSL
routes and details on the award programme can be found at
http://hambook.ru/en/.
UA - Special callsign UE110L will be used on 11-31 May to celebrate the
110th anniversary of the birth of Russian novelist Mikhail A.
Sholokhov, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. QSL via
RQ7L, direct or bureau. [TNX R7NB]
YB - Din, YB8RW is continuing his IOTA DXpedition Tour. So far YB8RW/p
operated from the islands of Geser (OC-070) on 19 April, Watubela
(OC-273) on 20-23 April, Bingkudu (Penyu Islands, OC-274) on 29
April-2 May and Babar (OC-271) on 6-8 May. His next stop will be
Moa Island (OC-246), reportedly starting on 9 May during the local
morning hours. QSL via YB8RW; see qrz.com for the direct links to
Club Log's OQRS.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
NEW IOTA CHECKPOINTS APPOINTED ---> RSGB IOTA Management is pleased to
announce the appointment with effect from 9 May 2015 of two new checkpoints
to cover the central East European countries previously covered by Alex
HA7UW (SK). George Szabadkay, HA5WA (geos[@]upcmail.hu) has agreed to take
on checkpoint duties for Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia.
Augustyn Wawrzynek, SP6BOW (sp6bow[@]poczta.onet.pl) has agreed to accept a
similar task for Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Their mailing
addresses are OK in QRZ.com. We welcome George and Augustyn to the team and
look forward to an increase in IOTA awareness in their areas. IOTA
Participants in these countries, please note your new checkpoint. [TNX
G3KMA]
OQRS WEBSITE ---> Has developed "a very simple, easy and convenient" OQRS
website for "small DXpeditions, holiday types, casual operations, etc" that
might like to offer an OQRS for direct cards "without some of the
complications": www.QSLNOW.com. "You are invited to check this out, and if
you're interested in more, contact me by email (rrowe61[@]sbcglobal.net)".
[TNX N4AA]
PY0NY ---> This is Godoi, PY4NY, was granted special permission to operate
as PY0NY from Fernando de Noronha on 2-9 May. QSL via home call (Janio de
Souza Godoi, Rua Bom Jesus da Penha 659 BL 47 Ap. 1103, Santa Terezinha,
Belo Horizonte - MG, 31365-190, Brazil), eQSL and LoTW.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
web site has been updated. Fifteen different galleries include 12,810 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-14), the 61 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, Antarctic bases & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques
Francaises), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean,
the Indian Ocean and the Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries,
French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by
DXCC. Your participation is encouraged: www.LesNouvellesdx.fr. [TNX F6AJA]
US ISLANDS ---> "One-Day Getaway" [425DXN 1245] is a US Islands (USI)
Awards Program's new operating activity that will take place on 9 May (from
00.00 UTC through 23.59 UTC). More than 70 islands have been registered for
activation, including the following IOTA groups: NA-055 (N1QLL), NA-058
(K8CQ), NA-079 (KG4DRP), NA-083 (N3JS), NA-099 (WP4I), NA-106 (KP2XX),
NA-112 (N2COP), NA-140 (KA3UNQ), NA-142 (KC4ERT) and NA-213 (KK4BJV).
Complete information on the event and the US Islands Program can be found
on www.usislands.org. [TNX NS4J]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0C, 3B8CF, 3B9DX, 3B9FR, 3W2JK
(AS-130), 3XM6JR, 4S7VG, 5H1ES, 5V7JH, 5W0JY, 5W0KJ, 5Z4/DF3FS, 7X3FG,
9Q0HQ, A45XR, BA7CK (AS-143), C31KC, C91RF, CE0Y/LA5UF, D44AC, DU3/YL3JM
(OC-244), E20HHK/p (AS-145), E2X, EU1A, EX2V, FJ/NN2DX, FJ/WW2DX, FK8CP,
FP/KV1J, FT4TA, FW5JJ, HB0/HA7JTR, HC2OGT/8, HC8/K7ST, HH2/PY3SB, HS1JNB,
HS3XVP, HS7BHK, HZ1DG, J69DS, JG8NQJ/JD1, JI3DST/6 (AS-049), JY9FC, K1N
(NA-098), KP2M, LA2S (EU-062), OX3LX (NA-220), P29VIM, P40CX, PY0F/PP1CZ,
RI1ANT, S01WS, T6MB, TF2MSN, TG9AHM, TG9NX, TI5/KL9A, TY1AA, UK8FAI, UN6LN,
UN7QX, V31AT, V73NS, VK7NSE (OC-195), VP2MEL, VP8DOZ (AN-007), VP8DXU
(SA-002), VP8LP, VR2UU, VU2NKS, VU2UR, VU4CB, VU4KV, XF1M (NA-078), XW3DT,
XW4XR, YB200T (OC-150), YB4IR/7 (OC-252 and OC-269), YB8RW/3 (OC-250),
YC8ROP, YL2BJ, Z35T, Z81B, ZB2R, ZD8D, ZD8N, ZD9ZS.
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