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22 December 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1442

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                    *        TO ALL  OUR READERS        *
                    * WARMEST THOUGHTS  AND BEST WISHES *
                    *     FOR  A  WONDERFUL HOLIDAY     *
                    *    AND A VERY  HAPPY NEW  YEAR    *
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DL     - Special event stations DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU, DF13MUC, DF13PAR
         and DF13STO will be active from 1 January to 30 June  to  celebrate
         the 100th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Junkers F 13, the
         world's first all-metal passenger aircraft that opened a new era in
         the history of aviation.  All QSOs will be  confirmed automatically
         via the bureau.  A website  where  to find  information  about  the
         event and the award is under construction at http://juf13.de/. [TNX
         DM2TO]
FO     - Hiro, JI1JKW Hiro will be active as FO/JI1JKW from  Fakarava Atoll,
         Tuamotu Islands (OC-066),  French Polynesia  on 23-26 December.  He
         plans to operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call,
         direct or bureau. [TNX JE1LFX]
HI     - Holger, DK1FY will be active as  HI6/DK1FY/p from  Lake Enriquillo,
         Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 18 December  until  19 January. He
         will operate mainly CW, SSB and maybe digital modes on 40-10m.  QSL
         via home call. [TNX NG3K]
HL     - DS3EXX/4 and DS3HWS/4 will be active from Shinji Island (AS-060) on
         22-24 December. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 160-10 metres.
         FT8 Fox & Hound  announced frequencies are 1825, 3545, 7070, 10130,
         14090, 18090,  21090,  24910  and  28090 kHz.  QSLs via DS3EXX  and
         logsearch on Club Log.
HP     - Victor, HP1AVS and others will be active as H31A from  1 January to
         15 August 2019  in  celebration of  the  500th anniversary  of  the
         founding of Panama La Vieja. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB,
         RTTY, FT8 and some PSK31. QSL via LoTW or via HP1AVS.
OE     - The Marine Funker Club Austria  (http://www.marinefunker.at/)  will
         be active as OE120MF  on  21-23 December  to commemorate the  120th
         anniversary of  the  first wireless  telegraphy trials between  two
         Austro-Hungarian Navy's ships (21 December 1898). QSL via OE6XMF.
OH     - Once again Santa Radio, OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas) will be  active
         to promote the Christmas spirit on the radio spectrum. The Hunt for
         Santa Claus will start on 21 December at 18.00 UTC, and will end on
         31 December at  24.00 UTC.  This year the radio operations  will be
         led by the "younger elves" - including Niko OH5CZ (18), Otava OH3OT
         (16), Arttu OH2FB (15) and others from their age group -  while the
         "regular elves" will be substituting. The youngsters will give a 2-
         Letter  X-report  (e.g.  "59 XN"  for  Niko),  the  more   seasoned
         operators  will give  a  3-letter report  (e.g. 59 RAI  for  Raimo,
         OH2BCI). Work OF9X on as many bands and modes as possible, and work
         as many elves as  possible to gain points.  More information can be
         found at https://www.qrz.com/db/of9x. QSL via OH2BH and  Club Log's
         OQRS.  This year OF9X has  partnered with the  Norwegian  Worldview
         International Foundation (http://www.wif.care/)  in  its mission to
         restore the mangrove forests in Asia. All Club Log donations of 10,
         25  or  100 US dollars  will result  in the planting  of  10/25/100
         mangrove trees in the dedicated Santa Claus section  at  WIF's Thor
         Heyerdahl Climate Park in Myanmar. [TNX OH2BH]
W      - Rich, WA5LFD will be active from  North Padre Island (NA-092)  from
         27 December to 14 February.  He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL
         via LoTW, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3Y0I ---> "We've just completed our  50-day  long training  and  preparation
period prior to our DXpedition to Amateur Radio's 'Mount Everest': 3Y0I from
Bouvet Island", the team reported on 20 December.  "We approach our goals in
small steps,  but yet we're always moving forward", they say.  Plans  are to
land using "zodiac type high power boats"; once ashore,  the "equipment will
be transported up the glacier with professional alpine gear".  The equipment
includes four generators, four transceivers, four power amplifiers, three 2-
element  multiband Yagis,  three 8-band verticals,  sloper and two verticals
for 80 and 160m. For the time being, the team continues "preparations of our
expedition vessel for this demanding trip".  Read  the complete  release  on
https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/bouvet-update/

3Y0Z: REFUNDS --> "We are pleased that we can now offer refunds to all those
that helped support the  2018 Bouvet DXpedition (3Y0Z)",  K4UEE posted on 15
December.  "This  will begin  early  in  January 2019.  Please QRX  for  the
official  press release  with details,  your options and  instructions.  All
contributors (DX Foundations, DX Clubs,  the DXpedition Team and  Individual
DXers)  will  be  treated  equally  with  the same percentage (%)  of  their
contribution available to them. For those of you that do not want any  money
back, you will have other options. We believe you will be pleased as between
45-50% refund will be available".

CQ DX MARATHON ---> The  CQ  DX  Marathon  is  a  year-long  DX  hunt,  with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of  countries
("entities") and  CQ zones during  the  calendar year.  The deadline for log
submission - either online (new!) or by email - for the 2018 DX Marathon  is
5  January  2019  at  23.59 UTC.  Complete  instructions  can  be  found  at
http://www.dxmarathon.com/Submission/20 ... on2018.htm.

IDXC 2019 ---> Registration for the 70th Annual International DX Convention,
to be held on 12-14 April at the  Visalia Convention Center in Visalia (CA),
is now open: http://dxconvention.com/index.html.

LOTW MILESTONE: ONE BILLION QSOS ---> As of 21 December, some  1,000,400,000
QSO records have been entered into  ARRL's Logbook of The World system.  The
1,000,000,000th record was uploaded by 7X3WPL  on 19 December  at  23:32 UTC
for a  20m SSB QSO  with  IW1DQS  that took place  on 28 December 2016.  The
upload resulted in a match (QSL). One billion QSOs represent  a  significant
milestone, but a more important statistic may be the nearly 188 million QSOs
confirmed  via  LoTW since 2003.  Today,  75% of all  DXCC applications  are
filed via  LoTW,  which  accounts  for  86%  of  confirmations applied.  See
www.arrl.org/news/arrl-s-logbook-of-the ... so-records.

RAEM CONTEST ---> The 47th RAEM Contest  (http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/)  will
be held on 23 December, from 00.00 UTC until 11.59 UTC, on 80,  40,  20,  15
and 10 metres CW. Organized by  he  Russian Amateur Radio Union (SRR),  this
annual event memorializes Ernst T. Krenkel (1903-1971), the legendary Arctic
explorer and radioman (callsign RAEM) on various polar stations  and  on the
first drifting ice station North Pole-1.

TX0M & TX0A ---> Adrian, KO8SCA and Cezar, VE3LYC logged 7,513 QSOs as  TX0M
from Morane Atoll (OC-297) on 6-10 December,  and  5,133 QSOs as  TX0A  from
Maria Est Atoll (OC-113) on 12-16 December.  The logs have been uploaded  to
Club Log, and the OQRS for both callsigns will be activated in due course.

YOTA 2019 ---> The  Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs  (BFRA)  will host
the 9th edition of the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Camp near Sofia on 11-17
August.  This annual event  brings together  young radio amateurs  from IARU
Region 1 member societies for a week,  creating an opportunity  to learn all
about different nationalities and cultures, foster international friendships
and goodwill, and learn new amateur radio skills. Should your member society
be interested  to participate,  applications  should  be submitted before  1
February 2019.  See  "Call for application:  Youngsters On The Air  Bulgaria
2019" on https://www.ham-yota.com/ or https://www.iaru-r1.org/.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B9FR       M0OXO       E51DWC      OK1DWC      PF2018WOR   PA0MBD
3Z0XMAS     SP6IEQ      E770NKSB    E79Q        PJ4DX       M0URX
4E1CVB/4    JA1PBV      EG40CE      EA5KB       PR2E        PY2AA
4K28MAY     4K4K        EH5TYF      EA5RKB      PT3T        PY3AA
4K9W        DL6KVA      EI100MCV    EI6AL       PZ5JW       EA5GL
4L1FL       EA7FTR      EL2EF       N2OO        R115RAEM    R4AS
4L1MA       ON4RU       EM1111U     US7UU       RI0BC       RW1AI
4L1R        W3HNK       EM25QFF     UT3QZ       RI1ANC      RN1ON
4L5P        UT7QF       EP4HR       IK2RZQ      RI1ANL      RN1ON
4S7KKG      DC0KK       FG8OJ       F4AVX       RI1ANM      RX3ABI
4U1WB       KK4HD       FM5BH       W3HNK       RZ4AZ       RW6HS
4U1XMAS     UA3DX       GB2GM       G3UCQ       S510SOTA    S50AAA
5B4ALG      EC6DX       HF100PW     SP3PGR      SK50AJ      SM5CBN
5P8VW/p     DJ8VW       HG18CEJ     HA3JO       SN1918WAR   SP5AXL
5R8AL       G3SWH       HG480UD     HA0NAR      SO750W      SP6CES
5R8UI       IZ8CCW      HH2MK       EB7DX       ST2NRD      ST2M
5W1SA       JA1DXA      HP3SS       AC2OV       TM4TLT      F4KIP
7S75AA      SK5AA    HS0ZNR      VK2BY       TM66BLM     F6KBR
7S75AA      SM5FUG [d]  J62DX       EB7DX       TR8CR       F6AJA
9A1WFF      9A2MF       JD1BMH      JD1BMH   TT8FC       EA3GWK
9A36W       9A6W        JD1BMH      JG7PSJ [d]  TX0A        VE3LYC
9J2BO       G3TEV       KH2L        W3HNK       UE17DRW     RK4CYW
9V1EA       EA5GL       KL7SB       NI5DX       UN9GD       DL8KAC
9V1YC       W5UE        KT3Q/2      DF8DX       V31AX       M0URX
A65DR       N4GNR       OD5YA       IZ8CLM      V31MA       M0OXO
A91ND       A92AA       OD5ZF       IZ8CLM      VK0AI       VK5MQ
C31CT       EA3QS       OD5ZZ       NI5DX       YP7XMAS     YO2MSB
CN18JIM     EA7FTR      OL100BOB    OK2BOB      YP8XMAS     YO2MSB
CO2RQ       EC6DX       OM75TESLA   OM3KHT      YR1918BB    YO8AXP
CP4BT       DJ2BW       OM777CS     OM0CS       YU100WWI    YU1SRS
CP5HK       EC6DX       OP0PPY      ON7LX       Z21LS       DE1ZHB
CT9/NZ1C    DD5ZZ       P49MR       VE3MR       Z66DH       M0SDV
CX5DNT      ON5NT       PF2018DOK   PA0MBD      Z81D        OM3JW
DM900ZWI    DM5JBN      PF2018FRA   PA0MBD      ZF2LA       K9LA
DU1S/9      JA1PBV      PF2018HIN   PA0MBD      ZF2YL       AE9YL
E20AX       E21EIC      PF2018SNK   PA0MBD      ZW2F        PY2LCD

5C5W     Julio Volpe O'Neil, Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia), Spain
7X5FG    Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice L'Exil,
         France
A22LL    Schalk Van Vuuren, PO Box 144, Oudtshoorn, 6620, South Africa
CN2JF    Jean-Pierre Francois, 5 Lieu dit Les Treilleys, 33240 Verac, France
HV0A     Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
JA1PBV   Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 315-0042, Japan
KG4AY    SSG David E. Peck Jr, PSC 201 Box 780, APO AE 09522, USA
M0SDV    Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
N4T      Ham Radio World Club, PO Box 351087, Palm Coast FL 32135, USA
OM3JW    Stefan Horecky, Mlynska 2, 900 31 Stupava, Slovak Republic
OZ30EU   Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
PY2LCD   Billy Heinz Dorsch, Rua Willis Roberto Banks 1119, Sao Paulo - SP,
         05128-000, Brazil
VE3LYC   Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VK5MQ    Norbert Trupp, PO Box 1359, Mount Gambier SA 5290, Australia
ZT1T     Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa

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