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4 May 2019                                                A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1461

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3D2    - Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active (callsign TBA) from Viti Levu (OC-016),
         Fiji on 11-16 May. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-12 metres.  QSL
         via KD7WPJ or LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
3W     - Tom, DL7BO will be active again as  XV9BO  from  Mui Ne, Vietnam on
         13-19 May.  He will operate sporadically on the  HF bands  SSB, CW,
         RTTY and FT8. QSL via LoTW or DL7BO. [TNX The Daily DX]
8Q     - Nobu, JA0JHQ (8Q7NH) and  Ted, JA7XBG (8Q7XB)  will be active  from
         the Maldives (AS-013)  on  7-10 May.  QSLs via LoTW (preferred)  or
         direct to home calls.
CP     - Lance, W7GJ will be active as CP1GJ  from  Copacabana (WWL FH53kt),
         Bolivia on 7-16 May.  This will be a 6m EME DXpedition: "I urge you
         to gain experience with JT65A", he says, "and especially review the
         QSO procedure that  I use most effectively  on  these DXpeditions".
         When "not aimed up at the moon", he adds,  "I very  well may be  on
         SSB or FT8 mode. For FT8, I will be using  50.313 MHz".  QSL direct
         only  to  home  call.   See  http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/  for
         planned operating schedules and other information.
DU     - Dindo, DU1UD will be active as  DU1UD/8 from  Mapun Island (OC-105)
         starting on 2 May for a couple of weeks. When time permits, he will
         operate CW on 40-15ms.  This is a "dangerous part  of  the  world",
         Dindo's  QSL manager says,  and  "safety will  always be paramount.
         Bear this in mind if he suddenly disappears  off frequency  without
         Warning". QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.  Please refrain from working  Dindo
         more than once (even on different bands); he will try and send  his
         log to M0OXO daily  (https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php)  for
         IOTA chasers to check.
EX     - Special callsign EX26Y will be active on 7-15 May to celebrate  the
         26th anniversary of the Amateur Radio Union of the  Kyrgyz Republic
         (http://qrzex.com/). Look for activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and
         digital modes. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct to EX7DI.
F      - The Association des Radioamateurs des Cotes d'Armor will be  active
         as  TM1MOON  on  4-5 May.  The  special  callsign  marks  the  50th
         anniversary of the  first manned mission  to land on the Moon,  and
         will be active again in June (8-9 and 15-16), July (6-7, 13-14  and
         19-21) and September (7-8). QSL via F4EUG. [TNX F8REF]
F     -  Members of the Institut  pour le  Developpement des Radiocommunica-
         tions par  l'Enseignement (IDRE) and the Castres  DX  Gang will  be
         active again as TM5FI from  Ratonneau Island (EU-095) on  7-14 May.
         QSL via F5XX, direct or bureau; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX F8REF]
F      - ARI Sanremo will be active as F/IQ1SM on 12 May from the Cabanon at
         Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, one of Le Corbusier's buildings inscribed on
         the UNESCO World Heritage List. Information on  the  World Heritage
         Sites Award can be found on http://www.whsa.info/. [TNX I1UWF]
FO,FO/A- Oliver, W6NV will be active as FO/W6NV from Tahiti (OC-046), French
         Polynesia on  19-21 July,  and  as  TX2A  from  Raivavae  (OC-114),
         Austral Islands on 23-29 July (including participation in the  IOTA
         Contest). QSL via W6NV and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
FR     - Thomas, F4HPX will be active again as FR/F4HPX from  Reunion Island
         (AF-016) between  mid-May and early June.  He will operate SSB, FT8
         and maybe some CW on 40-15 metres  from different locations  around
         the island. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct
         or bureau).
GD     - The Camb-Hams (http://dx.camb-hams.com) will be active as  GT3PYE/p
         From  the  Isle of Man  (EU-116)  on  4-10 May.  A  large group  of
         operators will be QRV  with multiple stations  on the HF bands,  as
         well as on 6, 4 and 2m, and satellites. There will be some SOTA and
         WAB activity as well. QSL via LoTW;  paper cards  will be available
         only via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX G3ZAY]
GJ     - The Ynomy DX Group will be active as MJ/PG8M/p and MJ/PH0NO/p  from
         6-8 different nature reserves on  Jersey Island (EU-013)  on  11-12
         May.  Plans  are  to operate  SSB and  CW on  80-2 metres  with two
         stations. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the  bureau;
         direct  cards  should  be  requested through  Club Log's OQRS.  See
         http://www.ynomy.nl for more information.
HS     - The  Radio Amateur Society  of  Thailand  will  run  special  event
         station HS10KING on all bands  and modes from  1 May to 31 July  to
         celebrate the coronation of King Rama X. All QSOs will be confirmed
         automatically via the bureau.
JA     - Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/1 from Hachijo-jima (AS-043)
         on 11-13 May.  He  will operate CW, SSB  and  FT8  on 40, 30 and 20
         metres. [TNX DX World]
JW     - Look for Christian, EA3NT and Col, MM0NDX to be active as  JW/EA3NT
         and JW/OJ0Y  from  Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard  on  12-16 June.
         They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes "on whatever bands  are
         open", and will upload their logs to Club Log. [TNX DX World]
KL     - Subject to obtaining permissions from the US Coast Guard and the US
         Fish & Wildlife Service, plans are for KL7RRC/p  to be active  from
         Sledge  Island  (NA-210)  [425DXN 1459]  between  25 August  and  3
         September. Current team members are Mike AD5A, Yuri UA9OBA and Yuri
         N3QQ.  They will operate CW, SSB and  FT8  on 40-6 metres.  QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS or via N7RO.
LA     - Look for Ric LA/DL2VFR, Friedrich LA/DL4BBH and Klaus LA/DL7UXG  to
         be active from the  Vesteralen Islands (EU-033) on  27-31 May,  and
         from the  Lofoten Islands (EU-076) on  1-5 June.  They will operate
         CW, SSB  and  FT8.  QSL via home calls,  Club Log  and  eQSL.  [TNX
         DL2VFR]
LX     - Amateur radio operators from  France,  Luxembourg,  the Netherlands
         and Germany have hold a meeting in Luxembourg since 1969.  Look for
         special event call  LX8SAR  to be aired during  this  year's event,
         which will take place on 10-12 May at  Weicherdange.  All QSOs will
         be confirmed via the bureau.
OH0    - Juha, OH5CW and the OH5C group  will be active again as  OG0C  from
         Kokar (square KO09), Aland Islands (EU-002) on 22-28 May. They will
         operate  CW,  SSB, FT8, FT4 and MSK144  on  160-2 metres,  and will
         participate  in  the  CQ WW WPX CW Contest.  QSL via LoTW,  via the
         bureau, or direct to OH5CW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX NG3K]
OM     - Special event stations OM2019IIHF and OM83IHWC will be active on 1-
         31 May for the  83rd  Ice Hockey World Championship  to be held  in
         Slovakia.  QSLs  via  Club Log's OQRS,  or  via  OM2FY  (bureau  or
         direct).  See http://awards.szr.sk/index_eng.html  for  information
         about the awards issued for working these stations.
PA     - Tony, PD1TV and Henry, PA4HM will be active as PH229XXI from 11 May
         to 4 June for the annual "Wings and Wheels" event held at Hoogeveen
         Airfield.  They  will operate  SSB  on  the  HF bands.  QSL via the
         bureau, or direct to PA4HM.
PA     - Bernard PB7Z,  Mark  PD0ME  and  Jelle PD5JFK  will  be  active  as
         PD19MILL from 'de Eendracht' in Gieterveen for the Mills On The Air
         event   on  11-12  May  (see   http://www.pd6mill.com/   for   more
         information).  All QSOs will be  confirmed  automatically  via  the
         bureau, LoTW and eQSL; direct cards via PD7BZ.
PA     - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical
         Union,  three  Dutch  special  event stations  will  be  active  as
         follows:
         25 May-16 June PA100IAU Tivoli Astronomical Observatory, Oudenbosch
         15 June-7 July PB100IAU Leiden Astronomical Observatory
         6-28 July      PC100IAU Louwman Museum, The Hague
         See qrz.com for more information and QSL routes.
S9     - A team of seven (EA1ACP, EA1DVY, EA5BJ, EA5EL,  EA7FTR,  EB7DX  and
         S92HP) will be active as S9A from Sao Tome (AF-023)  on  6-18 June.
         They will operate CW, SSB and FT8  on the HF bands.  QSL via EB7DX;
         logsearch on Club Log.
SV     - Jacques, F6HMJ will be active as SV8/F6HMJ from Ios Island (EU-067)
         on 14-28 May. He will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres.  [TNX Les
         Nouvelles DX]
UA     - Pavel R2DX, Yuri R2DY and Eugeni RW3FB will be active as RI1OB from
         Bolshoy Solovetsky Island (EU-066) on 2-8 May. Plans are to operate
         CW, SSB and digital modes  on 80-10 metres  with two stations.  QSL
         via Club Log's OQRS, or via R2DX (direct or bureau).
UA     - A team of five  (R3BY, R6AW, R7LP, RU5D and RX6CM)  will  be active
         either as R3RRC/6 and  with personal callsigns from  the  Lebyazh'i
         Islands (EU-180) on 17-20 May.  They plan to operate SSB and CW  on
         40-10 metres with two stations. QSL R3RRC/6 via Club Log's OQRS, or
         via RZ3EC. [TNX qrz.ru]
UA9    - 1-7 June are the new dates for the  Russian Robinson Club's  R26RRC
         DXpedition to Paramushir Island (AS-204, new one for IOTA)  [425DXN
         1458]. Four operators (Vasily R7AL, Vladimir RK8A, Igor UA3EDQ  and
         Albert UB9WLJ) will  be active  on  40, 30, 20 and 17 metres  using
         VDAs, verticals  and  two  600-watt power amplifiers.  QSL via Club
         Log's OQRS.
V3     - Josep, EA3AKY will be active as V31AK from Belize on 23-28 May.  He
         will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest on all bands;  outside
         the contest he will concentrate on 6 metres FT8. [TNX EA3AKY]
V6     - Haru, JA1XGI  will be active as  V6K  from  Kosrae Island (OC-059),
         Micronesia on 17-24 June. He will operate CW, RTTY and FT8 on 40-10
         metres.  See http://v6k.client.jp/ for his band plan.  QSL via Club
         Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.

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

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INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Spring 2019 edition (#125)  of the  International
DX Association's  Newsletter  (INDEXA)   is now   available for download  at
http://www.indexa.org/newsletters.html.  It contains the complete report  by
Don Greenbaum, N1DG on the Baker Island (KH1/KH7Z) DXpedition which occurred
in June-July 2018. [TNX K8YC]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  16,940 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2009-18), the  62  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, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and 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 1969), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

REBELS ON THE MOVE ---> The  Rebel DX Group  (https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/)
announced on  30 April  that  "the  Rebel Team is  on the way to their  next
DXpedition locations.  From hours on an airplane to days on  the high seas".
One possible destination might be Banaba Island (T33T).

SA-082 ---> On 1 May HK1E, HK1MUI,  HK1Q  and  HK2SM  were active  for a few
hours from  Punta Aguja Island  (SA-082).  "This trip was just a very  short
recon", Thierry (HK2SM) says, and adds that they "will be back sometime this
month", possibly  "with a special call"  and  "at very  short notice".  [TNX
VK8NSB]

SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS 2020 ---> Ken, NG2H  and  Dave, WD5COV  have joined the
radio team,  which now consists of 14 operators.  The Northern California DX
Foundation's significant grant of  USD 30,000 will help cover  the estimated
project cost of USD 325,000.  The fundraising drive began in mid-March,  and
"in just a short time we've received donations from 19 clubs/foundations and
over 130 individuals",  the team reported  on  28 April.  They "look forward
to  receiving  support  from   the  global  DX  community"  -  please  visit
https://sorkney.com/ and  consider  making a donation.  Several team members
will attend upcoming  ham radio events,  including  Dayton Hamvention (17-19
May), Dallas Ham-Com (7-8 June), Ham Radio Friedrichshafen (21-23 June)  and
the Pacific Northwest DX Convention (9-11 August).

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QSLs received  direct  or  through managers:  5X3C,  5X3E,  9LY1JM (AF-037),
A52IC, AP2AM,  CE8EIO, D2EB,  E51WL, FG/F6HMQ, HD8M,  JT1BV,  JT1CO,  P29VCX
(OC-025), PY0F, RI0B, T31EU, TA3AIK, TO3Z,  UK9AA, UN3M, V84SAA,  VK4/JA8COE
(OC-138), VP8LP, VP9/AA1AC, XX9D (AS-075), Z81D, ZA1EM, ZD7BG.

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