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425 DX News #1463

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 9:53 am
by NP3N
18 May 2019                                               A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1463

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4L     - Jun, JH4RHF expects to be QRV as 4L9S from Tbilisi, Georgia from 25
         May to 2 June. He plans to operate mostly CW on the HF bands in his
         spare time. QSL via OE1ZKC. [TNX The Daily DX]
5W     - 5W0H is the callsign issued to the Uruguay DX Group's DXpedition to
         Upolu, Samoa (OC-097) [425DXN 1457].  Two additional operators have
         joined the team, which now includes CX2AM, CX3AN, CX3DDB, CX4CR and
         CX8FB. They will operate mainly CW and SSB on 80-6 metres with  two
         stations on 1-10 June. QSL via EB7DX. [TNX CX3AN]
8Q     - Gil, IZ2DLV will be active holiday style as 8Q7GB from the Maldives
         (AS-013) on 6-18 August.  He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on  80-15
          metres. QSL via LoTW. [TNX IZ2DLV]
9G     - Matteo, IZ4YGS will be active again  as 9G5GS  from  Sanzule, Ghana
         from 7 June to 2 July. In his spare time, typically between  21 and
         00 UTC, he will operate FT8 and SSB on 160-6m  (Fox & Hound mode on
         3567, 7056, 10131 and 14090 kHz). QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct  to
         home call; logsearch on Club Log.
CY9    - 31 July to 7 August are the new dates for the CY9C DXpedition to St
         Paul Island (NA-094) [425DXN 1451].  Seven operators (AA4NC, K5DHY,
         N2IEN, VA3QR, W4DKS, WA4DAN and WW2DX) will be active on  all bands
         and modes, including EME. QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS  or direct
         to WA4DAN. See http://cy9c.com for more information.
EA     - A team of eight (EA1AJV, EA1AOQ,  EA1BNF,  EA1FBU,  EA1IQM,  EA1UY,
         EB1ADD and EC1DD) will  be active  as  AN1WHS  from  Salvora Island
         (EU-077) on 24-26 May. They will operate SSB, CW and  digital modes
         on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via EC1DD and LoTW;  the log will
         be uploaded to Club Log.
F      - The Club Radioamateurs de Lanester (F6KPQ) will be active as TM2FLO
         from the submarine "Flore" at Lorient (http://la-flore.fr)  between
         27 May and 10 June, particularly  during  the  Museum Ships Weekend
         (1-2 June). Eight operators will be active on the  HF bands CW, SSB
         and digital modes. QSL via F6KPQ (bureau or direct) and LoTW.  [TNX
         F8REF]
F      - The Radio Club de Granville  will operate special callsign  TM75GRV
         on 3-6 June for the 75th anniversary of  D-Day,  and again  from 29
         July to 3 August  for  the  75th annivesary  of  the  liberation of
         Granville. QSL via F5KAQ. [TNX F8REF]
G      - Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the  D-Day landings,  the Royal
         Naval Amateur Radio Society's  London  Group (GB2RN)  will  operate
         special event station GB75DDAY on 1-28 June. QSL via the bureau, or
         direct to G0TOC.
GJ     - ON4KZ, ON5DZ, ON5HC, ON7PQ and ON8AZ  will be active  as  MJ/OQ7A/p
         from Les Minquiers (EU-099) on  25-31 May.  They will operate  SSB,
         CW, and digital modes on 80-10 metres.  All QSOs will be  confirmed
         automatically via the bureau, direct cards via ON8AZ;  logsearch on
         Club Log. See http://www.eu099.be/ for more information.
HB9    - Radio Club Locarno will operate special callsign  HB10WCA  on  1-30
         June for the 10th anniversary of the World Castles Award programme.
         QSL via HB9FBI, direct or bureau.
KL     - Henry, NL0H  will  be active  as  NL0H/p  from  St. Lawrence Island
         (NA-040) on 17-19 May. This is a business trip, and he will be  QRV
         as much as  propagation  conditions  and  his workload  will allow.
         Plans are to operate SSB and FT8 on 20 metres, and FT8 on 30m.  "He
         will work on his CW",  VE3LYC says,  "and being  only  20 years old
         right now, I am sure that  he  will improve to the point  of  being
         able to work a pile-up before long". QSL direct to NL0H.
OH0    - Timo, OH1NOA (http://thehamradio.com) will be active from the Aland
         Islands (EU-002) between 30 May and 2 June. He plans to operate  as
         OH0NOA/p from eight different references for  the  World Wide Flora
         and Fauna programme;  he may also  be QRV as  OH0NOA from  a  fixed
         location in local evenings, focusing on FT8. QSL via OH1NOA, direct
         or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
PA     - The Marine Radio Amateur Club (http://www.marac-radio.nl/)  will be
         active   as  PI4MRC  from  the   Royal  Netherlands  Navy's  former
         minesweeper "Hoogeveen"  during  the  Museum Ships Weekend  on  1-2
         June. QSL via PD2PN. [TNX PA3CNI]
S7     - Laci, HA7JTR will be active holiday style  as  S79HA  from  Praslin
         Island (AF-024),  Seychelles on 22-29 May.  He will operate CW  and
         some SSB, with a focus  on the low bands.  QSL via LoTW,  eQSL,  or
         direct to HA7JTR. [TNX NG3K]
SV5    - Wolf, DL3DRN will be active as SV5/DL3DRN  from  Rhodes, Dodecanese
         (EU-001) from 25 May to 14 June.  He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY.
         QSL via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
TG     - Dwight, VE7BV will be active again as TG9BBV from Guatemala between
         20 May and 12 June.  He will operate CW,  with some SSB and FT8, on
         80, 40, 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres.  QSL via VE7BV (direct or bureau)
         and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5    - Look for VP5/K2SX, VP5/K4BAI, VP5/K4QPL and  VP5/KK4R  to be active
         from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002)  between  21 May and 3
         June. See qrz.com for individual QSL routes.  They will participate
         in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as  VP5M  (QSL  via LoTW or  direct  to
         K4QPL). [TNX The Daily DX]
W      - Bruce, K5TEN will be active again as K4D  from  Dog Island (NA-085)
         on 2-14 June.  He will operate SSB and FT8 on  40-6 metres. QSL via
         home call; he will upload his log to LoTW, eQSL and Club Log.
XE     - Radioclub Cancun and Radioaficionados Yucatecos  will be active  as
         6E6RM on 17-26 May during the 6th edition of the Rally Maya Mexico.
         They will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 40, 20, 10 and 6 metres. QSL
         via the bureau.
YO     - Special callsign YR19PFS is  active between  15 May and 15 June  to
         mark Pope Francis' visit to Romania. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,
         eQSL, or via YO6KNE.
ZK3    - ZK3A (not ZK3X, as previously announced) is the  callsign  for  the
         DXpedition to Tokelau [425DXN 1444]  that will take place  on  2-11
         October.  Current team members include  YT1AD (Team Leader),  UT5UY
         (Co-Leader), UR0MC (Co-Leader), KO8SCA, N7QT,  PY2NDX, R7KW,  RW7K,
         SV2BFN, US0KW, UT8IO, UX0LL, VE7NY, VK3FN, VK3FY, WD5COV and ZL3WW.
         Up to six stations will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and  FT8  on  160-6m.
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via YT1AD; the logs will be uploaded to
         LoTW after six months.  Bookmark https://tokelau2019.com/  for more
         information and updates.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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

CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME ---> The CQ  Amateur  Radio  Hall of Fame  was
established in  January 2001 to  recognize  individuals - radio amateurs  or
not - who significantly affected  the  course of  Amateur Radio, as  well as
radio amateurs who have made  significant  contributions  either to  amateur
radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on  our
planet. This year's inductees are:
- John Attaway, Sr., K4IIF (SK), served for more than  20 years  as  CQ's DX
  Editor, proposing the establishment  of  the  CQ DX Hall of Fame  in 1967.
  Professionally, John was  a  chemist  who spent  26 years  as  Director of
  Scientific Research for the Florida Department of Citrus,  where he worked
  to improve the quality  of  Florida  orange juice.  He served  on  several
  industry committees and was named to  the  Florida Citrus Hall of Fame  in
  2001.
- Dave Bernstein, AA6YQ, author of the DXLab software  suite,  which  he has
  placed in the  public  domain,  and  provided  behind-the-scenes  help  in
  integrating  the  ARRL's  Logbook  of  the  World  software  with  outside
  programs.
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2JTX, Director of the International Telecommunica-
  tion Union (ITU) Telecommunication Development Bureau and the  first woman
  ever to hold a senior elected position in the ITU.
- Predescu Florin Cristian, YO0CNU,  founder of  Europe's  Youngsters On The
  Air (YOTA) program to encourage young people to become hams and be  active
  on the air.
- Ellen White, W1YL, the grand dame of DXing,  served as  the  ARRL's Deputy
  Communications Manager, was QST magazine's DX editor, recorded QST on tape
  for the Library of Congress's  talking  book  program  for  the  visually-
  impaired, and was instrumental in the founding of Murphy's Marauders  (the
  predecessor  of  today's  Yankee  Clipper Contest Club)  and  the  Florida
  Contest Group. She was also recently awarded  Russia's  E.T. Krenkel Medal
  for outstanding global contributions to amateur radio.
This year's inductions bring the total number of members of  the  CQ Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame to 326.
New members are also being inducted into the CQ DX  and  CQ Contest Halls of
Fame at the respective  Dayton DX and  Contest dinners.  Their names will be
announced separately.

CZECH POHOTOVOSTNI TEST ---> Agenda  Item  1.1  for  the  2019  World  Radio
Communications Conference (WRC) invites the WRC to consider an allocation of
the frequency band 50-54 MHz  to the amateur service in Region 1.  The Czech
regulator CTO is investigating if theoretical study results match  real life
situations. An initial trial took place under flat propagation conditions on
28 February 2019 in the  Czech Republic.  One of the objectives  of the test
was to verify that military and amateur radio stations could co-exist in the
50 MHz band.
A second test when enhanced propagation conditions are more likely  to occur
will take place in  the  Sporadic E season  on  13 June 2019.  The worldwide
amateur community is invited to participate  in this second  50 MHz activity
day, called Pohotovostni test or P-test.  Complete information can be  found
on the IARU Region 1's website:
https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/vhfuh ... ostni-test

EUCW ---> The European CW Association (https://www.eucw.org/) celebrates its
40th anniversary in 2019.  Its  objective  is  "to form  an  association  of
independent European amateur radio CW clubs,  which,  "using the Association
as  a  platform,   may  exchange  ideas  and  information,  arrange  various
activities involving mutual participation, and generally co-operate for  the
benefit of amateur radio CW operation".  It has been joined by more than  30
clubs from  Austria,  Belgium,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  France,  Germany,
Greece, Hungary,  Italy,  Netherlands,  North Macedonia,  Poland,  Portugal,
Russia, Scandinavia,  Spain, Switzerland,  Ukraine and  the  United Kingdom.
Current Chairman and new Chairman elect are Alessandro Santucci (I5SKK)  and
Michele Carlone (IZ2FME) respectively.

K7Y ---> Mike, K9AJ and  Bruce, KD6WW made  2,770 QSOs  during  their recent
activity as K7Y from Khantaak Island, in the Yakutat County Group  of Alaska
(NA-250, new one for IOTA). The logs have been uploaded to  Club Log and the
OQRS has been enabled (https://clublog.org/logsearch/K7Y). Traditional cards
go to K9AJ. The Club Log Matching function will be enabled at a later date.

SABLE ISLAND 2020 ---> 5-12 October  are  the  dates  for  next year's  CY0C
DXpedition  to  Sable Island  (NA-063)  [425DXN 1456].  Current team members
include AA4NC, K4UEE, K4ZLE, K5DHY, N2IEN, N2TU, WA4DAN and WW2DX. Plans are
to operate  on  all bands  and  modes.  Sable Island  is  no  longer  easily
"permitted" for amateur radio DXpeditions, as the policies have changed with
the change in administration. The team has been granted a  one time  special
use permit, and this operation might be the last one for a very long time. 

ZAMBIA 2020 ---> Rune, LA7THA and others are planning to be active as  9J2LA
(requested callsign)  from  Zambia in  early March 2020.  The team  includes
veterans from Z2LA and 7P8LB, as well as a couple of new members  (LB8DC and
LA3MHA). They plan to operate CW and FT8 on the lower bands, and CW, SSB and
FT8 on the higher bands. QSL via M0OXO.  More information is expected in due
course. [TNX M0OXO]

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QSLs received direct or  through managers:  3D2AG,  4O/E73A,  5R8UI,  5V7EI,
5X3C, 5X3E, 6W/IV3FSG,  7P8LB, 9G2DX, 9LY1JM (AF-037),  A52ZB, A5A,  BV0HAM,
C5SP, CN2AA, CN2CO,  CT9/DL5WS, DU7ET,  FK8CP, FP5AC,  GU3HFN,  HL4/JA8COE/5
(AS-081), JT5DX, NL8F, OA1F, OF9X, RI0B (AS-104 and AS-121), RI0BC (AS-042),
RW1AI/9 (AS-042),  S79AA, SF50CG, T31EU (OC-043), TG9AHM, TG9AJR,  TI5/N3KS,
TI7W, UA2F, V84SAA, VK4DX/p (OC-137), XT2SZZ, XX9D (AS-075), Z81D, ZA1EM.

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