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16 February 2019                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1450

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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

6W     - Willy, ON4AVT will be active  gain as 6W7/ON4AVT  from Senegal from
         20 February to 30 March. He will operate PSK, CW, SSB and  possibly
         FT8 on various bands, 60 metres included. QSL via home call, bureau
         preferred. [TNX The Daily DX]
C5     - Don, G3XTT will be active as C56DF from  the Gambia on  5-12 March.
         Main activity will be during  the  RSGB Commonwealth Contest  (9-10
         March), but he hopes to do some operating also before and after the
         contest.  This will be a  CW only operation,  low power with  wires
         from a rooftop apartment. It is unlikely there will be space for 80
         or 160m antennas.  QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to  home
         call. [TNX G3XTT]
E5_sc  - Hans-Martin, DK2HM will be active as E51HMK from Rarotonga (OC-013)
         South Cook Islands on 14-22 March  (http://southcook2019.com/).  He
         will operate SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
         LoTW, eQSL, or via home call, direct or bureau.
E6     - Alex, 5B4ALX will be active as  E6ET  from  Niue (OC-040)  from  18
         March to 2 April. He will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 on 160, 60,
         40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres, and will participate in the CQ
         WPX SSB Contest (SOSB 20m LP). E6ET will operate FT8 using a  multi
         answer protocol (not to be confused  with the  "Fox & Hound" mode),
         with a focus on  20m during his day  and  40/60m during  his  night
         (7-17 UTC). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via IZ4AMS (direct or
         bureau).   See  http://www.5b4alx.cloud/e6et-niue-2019/  for   more
         information.
EM_ant - Roman, UT7UA is active for one year as EM1UA and/or EM1U  from  the
         Ukrainian "Vernadsky" Research Station located  on  Galindez Island
         (AN-006), Antarctica.  Roman's licence  is valid  until  1 February
         2020. QSL for both callsigns via UT7UA. [TNX DX World]
FG     - Gildas, F6HMQ and Michel, F6GWV will be active  again  as  FG/F6HMQ
         and FG/F6GWV from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 22 February to 10 March.
         QSL via  home  calls.  They will  participate  in  the  ARRL DX SSB
         Contest as TO3Z (QSL via F6HMQ). [TNX The Daily DX]
FK     - Arnaud, JG1XMV will be active again as FK/JG1XMV from New Caledonia
         between 23 February  and  10 March.  He will operate SSB  on  40-15
         metres from the main island of Grande Terre (OC-032),  with "a good
         chance  of spending  a few days" on  Mare Island (OC-033).  Updates
         will be posted on qrz.com under  FK/JG1XMV.  QSL via JG1XMV (direct
         or bureau), LoTW and eQSL.
HK0    - Jean, VE2FDJ will be active as 5J0JC from  Providencia (NA-049)  on
         15-27 February. He will operate SSB on 80, 40, 20 and 6 metres. QSL
         via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
HR     - Dennis, W1UE and Rudy, N2WQ are active as HQ9X  from  Roatan Island
         (NA-057) until 26 February, including participation in the  ARRL DX
         CW and the CQ WW 160-Meter SSB contests. QSL via KQ1F or W1UE. [TNX
         NG3K]
I      - A team from  ARI Modena  will  be active as  IG9MO  from  Lampedusa
         Island (AF-019) from 28 March to 2 April. They will operate on SSB,
         CW and digital modes on the HF bands,  and will participate  in the
         CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via IK4ALM. [TNX IK4RQJ]
T2     - Tony, 3D2AG is "almost confirmed"  to be active again as T2AR  from
         Funafuti, Tuvalu (OC-015)  on 22-27 February.  He plans to focus on
         the  low  bands.  QSL  direct  to  3D2AG  (see qrz.com  for  PayPal
         instructions). He does not use LoTW or Club Log.
T31    - Ron, PA3EWP  reports that the T31EU  DXpedition  to  Kanton Island,
         Central Kiribati is delayed by 24 hours due to bad weather. Now the
         Team should be leaving Tarawa (T30) on 16 February at 19 UTC.
V3     - Will, AA4NC will be active as V31NC from Belize from 21 February to
         13 March.  He will operate  CW, SSB, RTTY and  possibly FT8 on  all
         bands, and  will participate  in the  ARRL DX SSB Contest.  QSL via
         EA5GL. [TNX The Daily DX]
W      - Once again members of the Palos Verdes ARC will  operate as  K6PV/6
         from Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) on 21-24 February. Plans are to
         operate SSB, CW, and FT8 on 160-15 metres with three stations.  QSL
         via K6PV. [TNX The Daily DX]
XV     - Jacek, SP5APW will be active  as  XV9JK  from  Thu Island (AS-157),
         Vietnam on 10-16 March.  He will operate  SSB mainly on  17 and  20
         metres; in case of bad propagation, he will operate  FT8 on 40  and
         30 metres. He might be QRV as XV9JK/p from mainland Vietnam on  6-8
         March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX World]

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

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The  January 2019  issue  is  now  available   for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program  has  announced
that the 16th Antarctic Activity Week will be held on  16-24  February.  The
aim of this annual event is to promote worldwide interest in  the  Antarctic
continent. Special callsigns (QSL via operator's instructions) are  expected
to be aired during this year's AAW from the following countries:
Australia    VK2ANT
Austria      OE16AAW, OE88WAP, OE89ANT, OE90AAW
Belgium      OR16ANT
France       TM16AAW, TM16WAP, TM1ANT
Italy        II2ANT, II5ANT, IO5SP, IR18AAW, IR1ANT, IR4ANT, IV3BOVE
Netherlands  PA6ANT, PF19ANT
Poland       SP0ANT
Spain        AO1WAP
Ukraine      EM16UAP
USA          K4A, K4K, KB0ANT
Complete information on the AAW can be found on http://www.waponline.it/

ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest  is  for  W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC Entities  as  possible  on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while DX stations  (also  including
KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE amateurs  in  as  many  of  the  48
contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found  at
http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx).  This  year's  event  will be  held  on  16-17
February (00.00-23.59 UTC). Give a look at the  Announced Operations listing
maintained  by  Bill, NG3K: https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2019.html  -  good
contest to you all!

P29VCX ---> The IOTA DXpedition to Manus Island (OC-025)  came to an  abrupt
end and the P29NI activity from  Daru Island (OC-153) was cancelled  [425DXN
1449] because some of the equipment was stolen,  and what the operators  had
left "was insufficient to put a station together".  The P29VCX logs  for the
OC-025  operation  are  safe and sound, though,  and QSL  requests  will  be
processed  as soon as  the cards  are  printed.  QSL  via SM6CVX  (direct or
bureau), or email request  (with PayPal for postage) to his email address on
qrz.com. [TNX DX World]

XZ2C ---> Yuki, JH1NBN was active as XZ2C from Myanmar on 15 February. He is
allowed to operate all modes on  15, 12, 10 and 6 metres  with 25 watts.  He
might be QRV again around 23 February and at the end of March. QSL direct to
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

ZY2FM ---> The 15-17 February operation from Ilha da Moela (SA-071)  [425DXN
1449] has been cancelled owing to adverse weather conditions. [TNX PY2ZA]

YASME FOUNDATION NEWEST DIRECTOR ---> The  Board of Directors  of  The Yasme
Foundation (http://www.yasme.org/)  is  pleased  to  announce  that  it  has
elected James Brooks, 9V1YC, as the newest Yasme Foundation Director.  James
was first licensed in  the  United States  in  September 1978  but  has been
active for the last 30 years as 9V1YC in Singapore.  A BSEE graduate  of the
University  of  Texas  at  Austin, James  owns a television  post-production
company based in Singapore that produces  for  networks such  as  Discovery,
National Geographic, and HBO Asia. He has been a competitor at WRTC and  led
several  DXpeditions  to  remote  areas  of the world,  some  of  which  are
documented in a series of videos he has been making since 1997.  James is on
the  council  of  the  Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society,  a  co-
founder of the Asia-Pacific Sprint, and a member of the  CQ DX Hall of Fame.
[TNX K4ZW]

+ SILENT KEY + William M. "Buzz" Loeschman, NI5DX passed away on 12 February
aged 76. First licensed in 1978, he was an accomplished DXer and a  reliable
QSL manager for a large number of stations.  A founding member of the Island
Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF), over  the years  he operated  as  J87CQ,
V31BR, H75A (NA-209, all-time new one), V47LDX and NI5DX/p from various IOTA
and NPOTA sites.

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                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8CW       N4GNR       FM5DN       KU9C        PI4APD      PA7HPH
3D2TS       FK1TS       FM5FJ       KU9C        PI4COM      PA3CAL
3G5A        CE5JTC      FM5WD       W3HNK       PI4D        PD4RW
4U0R        UA3DX       GX4RFR      G4POF       PJ4/KU8E    K4BAI
4U1A        UA3DX       H2X         IZ4AMS      PJ4U        IK0PUL
4U73B       9A2AA       H31A        HP1AVS      PJ4Z        K4BAI
4X6TT       N4GNR       HB90CXZ     HB9CXZ      PJ7TM       K2GSJ
5H3EE       DL4ME       HB90EYP     HB9EYP      PR1M        PY1LU
5R8AL       G3SWH       HB90GPR     HP9GPR      PR50Y       PT2OP
5T2AI       N4GNR       HB90GXP     HB9GXP      PX2A        PY2VM
6Y3M        VE3NE       HB90OCR     HB9OCR      R30AFC      R1AC
7S6WRD      SK6SAQ      HB90TTK     HB9TTK      R30AFG      RU3KO
7X5KBS      M0SDV       HB90TUD     HB9TUD      R30DRA      UA4AJD
8P5A        HA1AG       HC2AO       RC5A        RI1ANX      RK1PWA
9M2TO       JA0DMV      HC5DX       W3HNK       S549APR     S51A
9V1YC       W5UE        HG100CFB    HA6OI       SK50HD      SM6FKF
9X9PJ       N4GNR       HP3AK       W4JS        SN0GKR      SP3PGR
9Y4GR       EB7DX       HZ1TT       A61BK       SN150EL     SP1KRF
A25SL       N4GNR       IA0/IZ1KHY  I1URL       SU9TK       JH6HZH
A41KJ       N4GNR       II0MG       IZ0FVH      T40SC       CO8ZZ
A41NN       A61BK       II4RGH      IQ4FE       T43MY       CO3JK
A61HA       A61BK       IO1NGM      IQ1RY    T48K        DK1WI
A91SD       A92AA       IO1NGM      IZ1LBG [d]  TM16AAW     F8DVD
A93DX       A92AA       IO5SP       IW5EFX      TO7D        F6ITD
CE2SV       N7RO        J3/G4HSO    EA5GL       TO8T        K8BKM
CN8PA       RW6HS       J73WA       ND3R        V26JO       N1KDO
CO6RD       EA5GL       J79GEA      OE3GEA      V26M        W3HNK
CR3DX       OM2VL       JD1BLY      JI5RPT      V31AT       K5PI
CR6T        CT1ESV      JD1BOW      JA0JHQ      V31DJ       W0CP
CT8/UZ5DX   HG5DX       JW1QH       LA1QH       V31FO       DH8BQA
CT9/OM2KW   OM2FY       KL7SB       N4GNR       V31IT       M0URX
CT9ABR      OZ2I        KP2M        NZ4DX       V31MF       DJ8NU
CV7S        CX7SS       L77D        LU6DC       V31UX       IK0FUX
CX5A        CX2ABC      LM450C      LA4C        V31YN       DJ4KW
CX6DZ       EA5GL       LZ391MW     LZ1KCP      V37DX       DH8BQA
DA0DIG      DH1PAL      LZ50ZF      LZ2UW       V47KA       K1KA
DR5N        DL9YAJ      LZ60KAA     LZ1KAA      V84SAA      LZ1JZ
DU1IST      JA1HGY      M7T         G3YYD       VP2MCB      WA1Z
DU1R        DU1UGZ      MX0SNB      G3SVK       VP2MKG      K5KG
EA8AH       OH1RY       NP4Z        N4AO        VP2MQX      K1QX
EA8OM       DJ1OJ       OD5VB       EA5GL       VP2MSS      K1QX
ED2C        EA2CJ       OD5ZZ       N4GNR       VP9HE       W2AF
EE5O        EA5HOX      OE2E        OE2GEN      VY0ERC      M0OXO
EF8O        DJ1OJ       OH10X       PG5M        VY0RST/VY0  K7ICE
EG2ETS      EA2RKW      OL100ZH     OK2RZ       XV9BO       DL7BO
EH5EAR      EB5IGQ      OL5DIG      OK1AR       XV9FUD      SP2GCJ
EH5FCA      EA5RKB      OL9A        OK2ZAW      XV9ZT       SP2GCJ
EH5TYF      EA5RKB      OU0POLIO    OZ1ACB      XX9D        DL4SVA
EI100YXQ    EI9FVB      OV1RR       OZ1HHH      YR0WL       YO9KPB
EM16UAP     UT1KY       P40L        WA3FRP      YS1/AA4NC   EA5GL
EM1UA       UT7UA       P40LE       K2LE        Z81D        OM3JW
EP2C        EA5GL       P40W        N2MM        ZF2IN       N6WIN
EV30AFG     EW1D        P49X        W0YK        ZF2LC       W2SM
EY8MM       K1BV        PA1MUC      DL3LUM      ZF2MJ       N6MJ
FK8CE       N4GNR       PA45TMS     PA2TMS      ZF9CW       K5GO
FM1HN       W3HNK       PA6B        PE1KL       ZP5DA       EB7DX
FM4RU       F1LNS       PI4A        PB1WB       ZP6/N3BNA   KA2AEV
FM5BH       W3HNK       PI4AMF      PA3EYC      ZW85LABRE   PT2ADM

5C5W      Julio Volpe O'Neil, Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia), Spain
9L1YXJ    Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
AO1WRD    Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
          (Barcelona), Spain
AO2WRD    Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
          (Barcelona), Spain
AO3WRD    Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
          (Barcelona), Spain
AO8WRD    Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
          (Barcelona), Spain
AO9WRD    Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
          (Barcelona), Spain
CE0YZZ    Rodrigo Hernan Escudero Navarrete, Casilla 53, 2779001 Isla de
          Pascua, Chile
DL4SVA    Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany
DU3/F4EBK Christian Mirabel, Residence Paname, 75 Boulevard Richard Lenoir,
          75011 Paris, France
ED9E      Jose Antonio Mendez Rios, C/Martin Moreno 15-1, 51002 Ceuta, Spain
JA0JHQ    Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
          Kanagawa-ken, 215-0027, Japan
LX5IGRY   Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
LZ1JZ     Tony Stefanov, P.O Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
N4GNR     Dan Cisson, 12 Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577-9388, USA
OV1CDX    Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
PG5M      Gerben A. Menting, Leemdobbe 19, 9472 ZR Zuidlaren, Netherlands
PY0F      Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
          Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
XZ2C      Yosuke Uchiyama, 924-4 Yokokawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo,
          193-0823, Japan
ZV2C      Mauricio Pitorri, Rua Verona 174, Sao Paulo - SP, 02348-050,
          Brazil
ZZ2T      Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
          Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil

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QSLs received  direct  or  through managers: 3B8/OK2ZI, 3D2AG, 4S7AB, 5W0GC,
5Z4LS, 6O1OO, 8P9AE, 9K2YM, 9Z4A, A35EU, A52ZB, C31CT, C37AC, C5FUD, C96RRC,
C98RRC, CB1H, CE0Y/RZ3FW, D73G (AS-084), EP6RRC (AS-189)ET3AA, EW8O,  EY7AD,
FH/DJ7RJ,  FK8IK,  GD3YUM, GU8FBO,  H7/R4WAA (NA-013),  HC2AO, J73WA,  J8NY,
JW7QIA, KH1/KH7Z, KH7XS, LN8W, OX3LX, OX7AM, OY9JD, PJ7AA, PY0F, PZ5K, RI0B,
S01WS,  S0S,  SV2ASP/A, T32NH,  TT8KO, TU5MH, TZ4AM,  UK9AA, VA2IDX,  VK0AI,
VP2MLB,  VP6D, VU2GSM, YJ0GC,  YN4RRC (NA-013), YS1MAE,  Z81D, ZD9CW,  ZF1A,
ZY6V (SA-019).

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