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425 DX News #1459

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:55 am
by NP3N
20 April 2019                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1459

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9M6    - Saty, JE1JKL  will be active  again  as  9M6NA  from  Labuan Island
         (OC-133), East Malaysia  on 23-28 May,  including participation  in
         the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. Outside the contest he will focus  on  6m
         FT8 (50313 and 50323 kHz, and  Fox & Hound mode on 50318 kHz).  QSL
         via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. [TNX NG3K]
CE     - Mike, DL2OE has been touring South America  since  late March,  and
         will be visiting "various places in LU, CE and CX" until 31 May. So
         far he was QRV as LU/DL2OE and CE8/DL2OE from both sides of  Tierra
         del Fuego (SA-008), and as  CE7/DL2OE from  Chiloe Island (SA-018).
         He has been active as CE7/DL2OE from  a  San Pedro Island  since 18
         April, an reportedly he will remain there over the  Easter weekend.
         QSL via home call;  he will upload his logs to  LoTW  and  Club Log
         when is back home.
CO     - Celebrating its  first anniversary, T43A - the  Grupo  Especial  de
         Expediciones y Concursos - will  be  QRV  on  16-20 May.  Look  for
         activity  on  80-10  metres  SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8.  QSL  via RW6HS
         (direct) and LoTW.
EL     - Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team will be active  from
         Liberia from  28 September to 11 October.  Announced callsigns  are
         A82X  (for CW and SSB) and A82Z (for digital modes). QSL via I2YSB.
         Bookmark http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ for updates. [TNX I2YSB]
F      - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active again as TM6ILE  from  Groix Island
         (EU-048) from 27 April to 4 May. He will operate CW only.  All QSOs
         will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.  [TNX Les Nouvelles
         DX]
F      - Members of the F6KOP Radio Club (namely F4EYQ, F4FCE, F4GYM,  F5NQL
         and F6DVH) will participate in  the  IOTA Contest  (27-28 July)  as
         TM5S from Sein Island (EU-068).  QSL via F5MFV  (direct or bureau),
         or Club Log, eQSL or LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
FO     - Rich, KE1B and  Anna, W6NN will be active  as FO/KE1B  from  French
         Polynesia in late Apri-early May.  Their first stop will be  Moorea
         (OC-046) on  22-27 April,  followed by  Bora Bora (OC-067) from  27
         April  through 2 May.  They  will mainly be  QRV on  20 metres  FT8
         running QRP. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL or  via home call.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
GD     - Hiro  JF1OSL as MD0HWX,  Toru JH0CJH as MD0ITP, and  Shin JR1NHD as
         MD0IUX will be active holiday style from  the  Isle of Man (EU-116)
         from 27 April to 1 May. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes
         on 40-10 metres.  QSL MD0ITP  via  JH0CJH  (direct or bureau);  QSL
         MD0IUX  via  JJ2VLY (direct only).  Plans are to upload the logs to
         LoTW and Club Log.
GJ     - A team of eight Belgian operators  will be active  as  GJ6EFW  from
         Jersey Island (EU-013)  from  30 April to 5 May.  They will operate
         mainly SSB with some CW and FT8  on the HF bands and 6 metres.  QSL
         via ON6EF (direct or bureau) and eQSL; they will not use LoTW.
I      - Italian stations participating in this year's International Marconi
         Day  (27 April)  include  IY0GA  (from Sardinia),  IY0IMD,  IY0ORP,
         IY0TC, IY1MR, IY1SM, IY1SP, IY4FGM, IY5PIS, IY6GM and IY7M. QSL via
         operator's instructions. [TNX IS0JMA]
J7     - Thomas, SM0CXU (SM2U) and  Tore, SM0DZB (SM0T)  will  be active  as
         J79U  and  J79TA respectively from Dominica (NA-101)  on  7-15 May.
         QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX M0OXO]
J8     - Brian, GW4DVB  will  be  active again  as  J88PI  from  Palm Island
         (NA-025) on  7-14 May.  He hopes  "to work SSB,  FT8, SSTV  and  if
         anyone is willing to give it a go  CW as well".  QSL via home call,
         direct only (PayPal information on https://www.g4dvb.co.uk/).
KL     - The Russian Robinson Club is organizing a DXpedition  to take place
         from Sledge Island (NA-210) in late  August-early September.  Plans
         are for a team of  4-6 operators to be active as KL7RRC/p on  40-6m
         for 5-7 days. Details are expected in due course. [TNX qrz.ru]
LX     - Members of the GMDX Group (https://www.gmdx.org.uk/) will be active
         as  LX/GM0OBX  from  Luxembourg  from  25 May to 1 June.  The  team
         (GM0OBX, MM0JZB, MM0OBT, MM0OKG and MM0VPY)  will operate  SSB, CW,
         FT8 and RTTY on 40-6 metres  with  three stations.  QSL via M0OXO's
         OQRS and LoTW. [TNX M0OXO]
OE     - Austrian special  event  station  OE19M  will be  active  on  26-28
         April. This is an official International Marconi  Day  station  and
         contacts made on 27 April will count for the  IMD  Award.  QSL  via
         OE1WHC (bureau) or direct to DokuFunk, OE19M, An  den  Steinfeldern
         4A, 1230 Wien, Austria.
OJ0    - Pasi, OH3WS will be active again as OJ0W from  Market Reef (EU-053)
         between 27 April and 4 May.  Activity will be limited to his  spare
         time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
OK     - Special callsign OL75CLAY marks the 75th anniversary  of  Operation
         Clay, executed during World War II in  the  Protectorate of Bohemia
         and Moravia  by  Czech  paratroopers trained  in England.  Activity
         started  on  12 April  and  will continue  until  31 July.  QSL via
         OK2PXJ.
SV9    - Sepp, OH1VR will be active as SV9/OH1VR from Crete (EU-015) from 25
         April to 1 May. Activity will be on  80-10 metres  using mostly  CW
         with some SSB. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9C   - Chris, GM3WOJ and Keith GM4YXI will be active again as  VK9CZ  from
         the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) on  12-29 November.  They will
         operate SSB, CW and FT8 ("we will run a third station on FT8 for as
         many  hours  per day as possible,  using MSHV, JTDX or WSJT-X")  on
         160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. The
         logs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log;  traditional  QSL cards
         via N3SL.  See http://www.vk9cz2019.com/  for more information  and
         updates.
VU7    - Shabu, M0KRI and other two operators expect  to be active as  VU7RI
         from the Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) on  19-31 October.  Plans are
         to operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 6 metres.  QSL
         via M0KRI, Club Log's OQRS  and LoTW.  Bookmark  https://vu7ri.com/
         for updates.
W      - The  Long Island CW Club (W2LCW)  and  the  Great South Bay Amateur
         Radio Club (W2GSB)  will participate  in the  International Marconi
         Day (27 April) from  the  Lewis Pond Marina, Babylon (NY).  Marconi
         had a training school in 1901 near by and the house is still  there
         today. [TNX WB2UZE]
ZA     - Mike, DF8AN will be active as ZA/DF8AN from Albania on 18-22 April.
         He will operate mainly CW and FT8 on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL
         via home call  (direct or bureau);  he does not use LoTW.  [TNX The
         Daily DX]

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3Y0I ---> "The entire 3Y0I Bouvet Team is home and all are resting after the
Rebel attempt at Bouvet", they posted to https://www.rebeldxgroup.com on  18
April.  "Our license is renewed,  our equipment stored in  Cape Town",  they
add, and "we're already making plans for Bouvet in the Fall".

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

INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur  Club,
the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur  radio  event  held
annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It  is
not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs  around  the  world  to  make
contacts with historic Marconi sites  using  HF  communications  techniques.
This year's event will be held  on 27 April, from  00.00  UTC  to 23.59 UTC.
Details, including information on the Award Certificates and the listing  of
participating stations, can be found at http://gx4crc.com/.

INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid-DX Group is pleased to announce that
Kenneth Opskar, LA7GIA is the recipient of this year's Intrepid Spirit Award
for his "outstanding efforts to activate Malawi (7Q7GIA),  Comoros (D67GIA),
Equatorial Guinea (3C7A),  Central  African Republic (TL8AO),  Congo (TN5E),
Somalia (6O6O) and Chad (TT8KO)".  The Intrepid-DX Group  recognizes  "Ken's
unselfish acts to activate  these challenging  and  much needed entities  on
behalf of a grateful Global DX Community", and acknowledges his  "pursuit of
operating excellence in making these difficult activations".  Made in memory
of James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Kabul,  Afghanistan, on 27 April
2011), the Intrepid Spirit Award "is intended to recognize  and honor  those
individuals  or teams  that  boldly activate rare  entities where their  own
personal safety is secondary to their pursuit of providing  contacts to  the
DX Community".

J20DX --- > Col, MM0NDX and Jonathan, MM0OKG reported on 16 April that their
"radio  equipment  was  impounded  by   customs  at   the   Djibouti-Ambouli
International  Airport  upon arrival",  despite  the  fact  that  the  third
operator (Christian, EA3NT/J20NT)  had cleared customs  "smoothly"  two days
earlier. On 17 April, being  still unable  to retrieve their bags,  the team
decided to cancel their planned activity from  Sept-Freres (AF-059)  "due to
time constraints", and  to  use  Christian's  equipment  from  Moucha Island
(AF-053).
On 18 April "at 0700 local  we  departed  the  mainland  for  the  40 minute
crossing  to  Moucha Island",  they  posted  to  the   DXpedition's  website
(https://j20dx.com/news/).  "We identified  an  excellent location for radio
upon arrival and immediately  assembled  a  15m VDA  and  17m & 20m vertical
dipoles.  Our intention  was  to  add more antennas as  the  day progressed.
Literally 5 minutes before the first CQ from AF-053 we received a phone-call
from National Security saying signatures were needed for  the  authorization
letter to permit us  to collect our  impounded gear.  This same letter would
also allow us to depart Djibouti without anymore issues at  airport customs.
However, we had to return to the mainland to get the letter.  The weekend is
Friday and Saturday here in Djibouti meaning this would likely  be our final
chance of  obtaining  the  important  authorization letter prior to  heading
home. Before we had even started, teardown begun.  Yes, we left the island 2
hours after arriving.  AF-053 is now also cancelled.  Upon returning  to the
mainland  we  headed straight  to the  National Security  offices.  Yes, you
guessed it - no  authorized letter  to be seen.  We had basically  been told
fake news. We've now had enough of this country and look forward  to heading
home".

QSL VIA M0OXO ---> In addition  to  TL8AO (November 2016),  TN5E (May 2017),
6O6O (January 2018)  and  TT8KO (October 2018),  M0OXO  is  taking over  the
QSLling duties for  LA7GIA's past expeditions  to  Malawi (7Q7GIA, June 2014
and  February 2015),  Comoros Islands  (D67GIA,  September 2015)  and  Bioko
Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea (3C7A, March 2016).  QSL via M0OXO's OQRS
for direct and bureau cards (https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php).

VP6D ---> Gene, K5GS  reports  that  "as announced  at  the International DX
Convention, Visalia on 14 April, the entire  VP6D log  has been uploaded  to
LoTW. Please direct any questions about your QSOs to Tim, M0URX".

XR1RRC ---> The IOTA expedition to Santa Maria Island (SA-069) [425DXN 1458]
made 3,900 QSOs on 7-10 April; the log has been uploaded to Club Log and the
OQRS has been  enabled:  https://clublog.org/logsearch/XR1RRC_SA069.  Please
contact R7AL (rv6ali[@]yandex[dot]ru) for any log issue.  QSL via Club Log's
OQRS (preferred); those who want to go direct in  a  traditional way  should
mail their request  to  EU7A (maildrop):  Andrey N. Teterukov,  P.O. Box 13,
212030  Mogilev-30,  Belarus.  Club Log's  IOTA Matching  function  will  be
enabled after one month for those who request  a direct card,  and after one
year for all others.

+ SILENT KEY + Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL passed away on 15 April at  88
years of age. "A passionate  amateur radio operator and  ionospheric physics
researcher, Owen  inspired  the  amateur radio community  to reach  for  the
stars.  His multi-decade vision to bring  amateur radio with him as part  of
his journey in  space  was  realized  in  1983 on  the  STS-9  Space Shuttle
Columbia  mission, where hams  the  world over for  the  first time heard  a
fellow ham call  CQ  from space". The  complete obituary  can  be  found  on
https://www.ariss.org/.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 5A0YL, 5T2AI, 5W0GC, 9J2BO, 9Q6BB,
9X4XX, A52IC, A5A,  AP2NK,  C5YK,  CE0Y/NP4G, CM2MA,  CP6CL,  DU3LA,  ES5RR,
ET3AA, FM5FJ,  HD8M,  JD1BMH,  JW4PUA,  KL7RA,  KV4FZ,  OD5ZZ,  OH0Z,  OH10X
(EU-192), OX/OZ1LXJ, OX7AM, P29VCX (OC-025), PJ4/NE9U, PJ4P,  RI0B,  RI1ANL,
RI1ANO, SV9RGI, UN7G,  V31GX,  VK4/JA8COE (OC-138),  XR208C, XT2SZZ,  YJ0GC,
ZB2CM, ZY6C (SA-023).

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