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15 June 2019                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1467

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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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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 11-16 July, including participation  in
         the IARU HF World Championship.  Before and  after  the contest  he
         will concentrate on 6 metres FT8. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.
         [TNX NG3K]
CE     - The Grupo YL Zona Norte will operate special callsigns CB1SOL (from
         Iquique) and CB2SOL (from Coquimbo) on 1-7 July to mark  the  solar
         eclipse that will  occur  on  2 July.  Two teams  of  YL  operators
         (CE1RFI, CE1RFN, CE1WZM, CA1NCQ and CE2PJH, CA2BRJ, CA2GIV, CA2MEM)
         will be active on all bands. QSL for both callsigns via CA2MEM.
CE     - A multi-national team (CA1DBD, CA1FCS, CE1DN, CE3WW, I2YDX, IT9YRE,
         K9AJ, XQ1CR, XQ1FM, and XQ4CW) is planning  to be active  as  3G1DX
         from  Pajaros Rocks (SA-100,  new one for IOTA)  on  18-20 October,
         with 21-23 October as backup dates.  Plans are to have two stations
         running SSB and CW.
E4     - Janusz,  SP9FIH  (http://www.e4.dxpeditions.org/)  will  be  active
         again as E44WE  from  Palestine  starting on 6 July.  He  plans  to
         operate SSB, FT8 (Fox & Hound mode) and/or RTTY on 80 metres  (3569
         kHz, during  the last  2 weeks),  30m (10145 kHz),  20m  (14095 and
         14270 kHz) and  6m (50317 and 50124 kHz, during the first 2 weeks).
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via home call.
EA     - The Asociacion de Radioaficionados de Padron (ASORAPA) will operate
         special event station AO50MOON on 1-30 July to commemorate the 50th
         anniversary  of  the  first  manned  Moon landing.  QSL via EA1RCI,
         direct or bureau.
EA     - URE  San  Fernando  (EA7URF)  will  participate  in   the  official
         celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the  first  circumnaviga-
         tion of the Earth,  started in  1519  under the lead  of  Ferdinand
         Magellan  and  completed  in  1522  by  Juan Sebastian Elcano.  Ten
         special event stations  will be active  over the  next three years,
         each of them representing a milestone of the voyage.  The first one
         will  be  AM500SEV,  which  will  be  active  on  10-18  August  to
         memorialize the  departure  of  the  expedition  from  Sevilla  (10
         August 1519). QSL via EA7URF (bureau or direct), LoTW and eQSL.
HR     - John, AD8J will return to Dunbar Rock near Guanaja Island (NA-057),
         Honduras from 22 June to 6 July,  and  be active  holiday style  as
         AD8J/HR9.  He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres. QSL via
         LoTW, or direct to home call. [TNX DX World]
I      - Special event station IB3ALP will be active on 14-16 June  for  the
         Italian Army's Alpine  troops  reunion  that  will  take  place  at
         Tolmezzo (Udine). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via the bureau.
I      - Look for Giuseppe, IW1EGO to be active as ID9/IW1EGO  from  Vulcano
         Island (EU-017) on 20-30 June. QSL via home call.
JA     - Yasu, JA6WJL will be active again from Fukue, Goto Islands (AS-040)
         on 26-29 July.  He will operate  CW, SSB and  some RTTY  on the  HF
         bands, and will participate in the IOTA Contest along with  JA6WIF.
         QSL via JA6WJL, direct or bureau, logsearch on Club Log. [TNX NG3K]
KL     - Rick, K6VVA plans to be active as  K6VVA/KL7  from  Endicott Island
         (NA-004) from about  22 UTC on  15 July  until  about 18 UTC on  18
         July. He will operate CW and some SSB on 40, 30 and 20 metres.  The
         log will be uploaded to Club Log, but neither direct nor bureau QSL
         cards will be available.  IOTA credit  for this operation  will  be
         obtained  only  via  the  Club Log Matching  function on  the  IOTA
         website. See http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na-004 for more information,
         including direct links to K6VVA' "HRAL ATNi KN" operating procedure
         (make sure you read  and understand  it  before calling!),  the new
         "LocustExpress" system and the DXpedition News page.
LZ     - Radio Club Plovdiv (LZ1KSP) will be active as LZ19CY on 20-30 June.
         The special callsign is in remembrance of  Angel Gugov, LZ1CY,  who
         passed away on 27 June 2018.
OJ0    - DS4EOI, JE6HIB, JH4RHF and W5XU will be active as OJ0O from  Market
         Reef (EU-053)  on  17-24 August,  including  participation  in  the
         International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (17-18 August).  QSL via
         OE1ZKC.
PA     - Jan, PA2JJB will be active  as  PA6TXL  from  Texel Island (EU-038)
         from  18 July to 10 August,  including  participation  in the  IOTA
         Contest. QSL via PA2JJB.
PJ5    - Dave, W9DR will be active as PJ5/W9DR from Sint Eustatius (NA-145),
         Grid Square FK87ml, from 25 June to 2 July. He will operate SSB, CW
         and FT8 on 6 metres only. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]
SM     - SM3DMP, SM3RAB and SM3WMU will  be  active  as  SF2CW  from  Kataja
         Island (EU-192) on 1-3 July. They will operate SSB and CW with  two
         stations mainly on 30, 20, 17 and maybe some  40 metres.  This IOTA
         group has been activated twice by two separate  expeditions  (OH10X
         in February and OH8AA in March) from Inakari,  the Finnish side  of
         the border. SF2CW will operate from the Swedish part of the island,
         and will concentrate on working North America, South America,  Asia
         and Oceania. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to SM3DMP.  Updates
         will be posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/SF2CW.
UA9    - The R205NEW team set sail for Joanna Bogoslova Island  (AS-205, new
         one for IOTA) around 10 UTC (22 local time) on 11 June,  later than
         expected owing to bad weather.  Original plans were for the team to
         be QRV  for  four  days  [425DXN 1464],  but  as  the  voyage  from
         Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the island takes  about five days,  the
         activity from AS-205 is likely to be reduced by one day.  The RI0ZK
         operation from the Komandorskie Islands (AS-039) has been cancelled
UA9    - Vladimir, UA0LCZ will be active again as R66IOTA from  Popov Island
         (AS-066) on 23-31 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL
         via UA0LCZ, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
VE     - Mike, VE7ACN (https://www.ve7acn.com/) will be active as  VA7XW/VE2
         from Ile Quarry (NA-176)  from  25 July to 1 August, as  VE7ACN/VE2
         from Ile Grande Basque (NA-125) on 3-9 August,  as VE7ACN/VE9  from
         Miscou Island  (NA-068)  on  11-18 August,  and as  VE7ACN/VE2 from
         Anticosti Island (NA-077) on 21-31 August. QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
         or via home call (direct or bureau).
XW     - Bruce, 3W3B  will  be active  again as XW4XR from Laos from 26 June
         to 7 July. He will operate CW, FT8 and RTTY on 40-6 metres. QSL via
         LoTW or via E21EIC. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZK3    - Dusko ZL3WW, Adrian KO8SCA and Rob NQ7T are the "advanced installa-
         tion crew" for the 2-11 October ZK3A DXpedition to Tokelau  [425DXN
         1463]. They will be arriving a week early to begin the antenna  and
         station set ups. It is anticipated that it  will take at least  two
         days to set up all the equipment and  antennas.  Depending on their
         progress, it maybe possible that ZK3A  is on air  earlier than  the
         initial anticipated activation date of 2 October.
         The other team member are K6VHF, PY2NDX, R7KW, RW7K, SV2BFN,  UR0MC
         (Co-Leader), UR9QQ, US0KW,  UT5UY (Co-Leader), UT8IO, UX0LL, VE7NY,
         VK3FY, VK3GK and YT1AD (Team Leader).  ZK3A will be active on 160-6
         metres CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (the latter  with a  dedicated station
         running 24/7) from two operating camps. The team will also  attempt
         EME on  6 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS,  or via YT1AD; the logs
         will  be  uploaded  to   LoTW   after  six  months.   Please  visit
         https://tokelau2019.com/ for more information,  updates and  a nice
         band/mode survey.

EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Mome, Z32ZM will start his "European Tour"  at  Ham Radio
in Friedrichshafen (20-23 June), followed by brief activities  as  HB0/Z32ZM
from Liechtenstein (23-26 June) and as 3A/Z32ZM  from  Monaco  (27-29 June).
Then he will go and operate as Z68MA from Kosovo on 1-30 July (possibly into
August, if conditions on 6 metres are still good). QSLs via Club Log's OQRS.
More information  will be available  on  https://www.qrz.com/db/Z32ZM.  [TNX
Z32ZM]

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

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3D2CR ---> The Rebel DX Group  (Tack, JE1CKA and Dom, 3Z9DX) was active from
Conway Reef between 07:57 UTC on 1 June  and  12:18 UTC on 9 June.  As of 14
June, 33808 QSOs have been  uploaded  to Club Log, but  the  team  is  still
"working through some 3D2CR log issues". QSL direct only (no bureau)  exclu-
sively via Club Log's OQRS: see  https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/  under  "QSL/
ONLINE LOG INFO" for more information.  The next leg of the Rebel DX Group's
Pacific Tour is Banaba Island (T33T)  "in a month or so",  as the  catamaran
"will need some  maintenance  and repairs".  Updates  will be posted  to the
group's website above.

3Y0Z --- > "The deadline  for  requesting  a  partial  48%  refund  of  your
financial contribution to 3Y0Z has now passed (March 15, 2019)",  Bob, K4UEE
3Y0Z  Co-leader  and  Chief Financial Officer) posted  to  the  DXpedition's
qrz.com page on 11 June.  "A large number  of you reponded favorably to  the
refund option and either requested a refund, donated their refund to  either
the 3Y0Z team, NCDXF, INDEXA or GDXF (German DX Foundation). The process was
orderly and I thank you  for  your  cooperation.  These  were  very  unusual
circumstances. Any plans for the 3Y0Z team to attempt a return to Bouvet are
currently 'on hold' as we want the  Rebel DX Group  to be free  to  complete
their efforts to  activate  Bouvet.  We wish  them  good luck  and  a  safe,
successful mission".

WRTC 2022 ---> The Qualification Standings for  WRTC 2022  are available  on
http://wrtc2022.it/en/?page_id=470. Last updated with the CQ WW WPX SSB 2019
Contest claimed scores, "the Qualification Standings show unofficial  points
and rankings based on files and communications  received from  each  Contest
Organizing  Committee",  Carlo De Mari (IK1HJS)  says.  "Claimed scores,  if
available, will be considered until official scores are available.  The WRTC
2022 Organizing Committee reserves  the  right to modify  the  qualification
process to correct  errors  or  provide  clarification.  Any change  will be
announced on the WRTC 2022 website.  Questions regarding  the  qualification
standings may be submitted to qualification[@]wrtc2022.it".

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QSLs received  direct  or  through managers:  3D2AG,  3D2TS,  4E8T (OC-174),
5T2KW, 5V7EI, 5X3C, 5X3E, 6O1OO, 9LY1JM (AF-037),  9X0T, 9X0Y, 9X2AW, A35EU,
AD5A (NA-092), C5DL, C6AGU, CE8EIO, E6ET, H44MY,  KH8/OZ0J,  N7TNT (NA-065),
PJ4G, PY0F,  RI0B (AS-054,  AS-104,  AS-121),  T2AR,  TM4G (EU-048),  TO19A,
TZ4AM, UK9AA,  V63MY,  VA7XW/VE1 (NA-127),  VE3LYC/KL7 (NA-150),  VE7ACN/CK9
(NA-014), VE7ACN/VE1 (NA-081), VK4DX/p (OC-137), VP9GE, XV9JK (AS-157), XX9D
(AS-075).

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