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425 DX News #1476

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:52 pm
by NP3N
17 August 2019                                            A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1476

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9M     - Fifteen special event stations located in various  Malaysian states
         and federal  territories  will celebrate  the  62nd anniversary  of
         Malaysia's  independence  (31 August 1957)  from  30  August  to  1
         September.   Active  from  West Malaysia  will be  9M62MA,  9M62MB,
         9M62MC,  9M62MD, 9M62MJ,  9M62MK, 9M62MM,  9M62MN, 9M62MP,  9M62MR,
         9M62MT, 9M62MW and 9M62MY. Active from East Malaysia will be 9M62MQ
         (Sarawak) and 9M62MS (Sabah).  QSL via  operator's instructions.  A
         certificate will be  available  from  the  Malaysian DX and Contest
         Group's website (http://www.9mdxc.com/cq9m).
EA     - AO7RL will be active from the  Mesa de Roldan Lighthouse  on  17-18
         August.  The  location  falls  within  rare  grid square IM96,  and
         activity will focus on the VHF/UHF bands  (50 MHz, 144 MHz, 432 MHz
         and 1.2 GHz) using Phone, CW and FT8 via TR, MS, EME and satellite.
         A dedicated HF station will also be QRV.  QSL via the bureau, LotW,
         eQSL or direct to EA7KP.
EA     - Special event callsigns  EG1SDC-EG9SDC  and  EH1SDC-EH9SDC  will be
         activated on 1-15 September to commemorate Day of Asturias and  the
         principality's  patron saint,  popularly  known as  the  Santina de
         Covadonga. This is the 35th edition of the 'SDC' special event. QSL
         for all callsigns via EA1AUM (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. See
         http://santina.dxfun.com/ for more information.
EL     - 30 September-11 October are the dates for  the  Italian  DXpedition
         Team's  operation  from  Liberia  [425DXN 1459].  Eleven  operators
         (I1FQH,  I1HJT,  I2PJA,  I2YSB,  IK2CIO,  IK2CKR,  IK2DIA,  IK2HKT,
         IK2RZP, IZ2XAF and JA3USA) will be active as A82X (CW and SSB)  and
         A82Z (RTTY and FT8) with five stations on 160-10 metres. QSL direct
         to  I2YSB.  See  http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/  for  more  information,
         including band plans, real-time logsearch and OQRS for direct QSLs.
EX     - A polish team (SP6CIK, SP6OJK, SP9FIH, SP9FOW,  SP9TCE  and SP9HVW)
         will be active as EX6QP from the southern shore of  Lake Issyk-Kul,
         Kyrgyzstan on 2-15 September.  They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY  and
         FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via SP6OJK. [TNX NG3K]
HL     - Han, DS2GOO will be active holiday style as  DS2GOO/3  from  Sapshi
         Island  (AS-080)  on  24-26 August.  QSL via home call,  direct  or
         bureau. [TNX HL1VAU]
I      - Look for IY7M to be active on 18 August  from the premises  of  the
         lighthouse at Punta San Cataldo (Bari).  This activity commemorates
         the 115th anniversary of the first public service of wireless tele-
         graphy established by the Marconi Company across the  Adriatic Sea,
         and the 150th anniversary of the lighthouse.  QSL via IZ7XNB.  [TNX
         IS0JMA]
I      - ARI Scandicci, IQ5BL will be active  from  24 August to 1 September
         during the  32nd Italian Para-Archery Championships.  All QSOs will
         be confirmed automatically via  the bureau.  This special  activity
         has been endorsed by FITARCO,  the Italian Archery Federation. [TNX
         IZ5FSA]
J6     - Bill, K9HZ will be active again  as  J68HZ  from  St Lucia (NA-108)
         from 23 August to 4 October.  He operates CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY  on
         160-2 metres, and plans to be QRV daily  between 20 and 6 UTC.  QSL
         via LoTW (preferred), eQSL, or direct to K9HZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA     - Special callsigns 8J3ICOM (from Kyoto) and  8N3ICOM  (portable from
         various locations) are active until 31 December.  The suffix stands
         for  International COuncil of Museums  (ICOM),  whose  25th General
         Conference is to be held  in  Kyoto  on  1-7 September.  Created in
         1946, ICOM is a worldwide organisation committed  to promoting  and
         Protecting  natural  and  cultural  heritage.   All  QSOs  will  be
         confirmed automatically via the bureau; the log for 8J3ICOM will be
         uploaded to LoTW.  Direct cards  should be requested  through  Club
         Log's OQRS, or mailed to JARL Kyoto (P.O. Box 21, Mukomachi, Kyoto,
         617-8691, Japan). A certificate will be availbale, more information
         can be found on http://www.khn.co.jp/~shibu/icom2019/icom_e.htm.
KH8    - Atsu, 5W1SA is active again as KH8C from Tutuila (OC-045), American
         Samoa until 25 August.  He  operates  mainly  FT8  and  FT4  "after
         sunset" on weekdays and "full time" during  the  weekends.  QSL via
         LoTW, or via JF1OCQ.
OJ0    - Taking part in  Market Reef's  golden jubilee celebrations, JH4RHF,
         JE6HIB, DS4EOI and OM5RW (with on-site support by Henri OH3JR/OJ0JR
         and Pertti OG2M/OJ0MR) will be active as OJ0O on 17-24 August.  QSL
         via Club Log's OQRS.  Another OJ0 operation, led again by Henri, is
         expected to take place on  19-28 September,  with participation  in
         the CW leg of the Scandinavian Activity Contest.  This will include
         dismantling  the  permanent  antennas  and  taking  back  the  used
         equipment. [TNX OH2BH]
PA     - Special callsigns PA75OSB (15 August-30 September) and PA75SODS (26
         August-22 September)  will  be  activated  to  commemorate the 75th
         anniversary of Operation Switchback and  the  Battle of the Scheldt
         (Slag Om De Schelde) during  World War II.  QSL  PA75OSB  via  PC4C
         (direct or bureau);  QSL PA75SODS  via  PI4ZWN (bureau)  or  PA3GEO
         (direct).
PA     - Arie, PD0ARI will  be active  as  PD538RNI  from  28 August  to  25
         September. His love for radio started in the early seventies  while
         listening to Radio Veronica  (which transmitted on 538 metres)  and
         Radio  Northsea  International (RNI).  When  the  Dutch  government
         passed its anti-pirate legislation, both offshore stations  had  to
         close down on 31 August 1974. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
PA     - Special callsign PH100KLM will be activayed from  1 September to 30
         November to mark the centenary of KLM, the flag carrier airline  of
         the Netherlands and the oldest airline in the world still operating
         under its original name. QSL via the bureau to PA3DVA.
TA     - Special callsign  TC113PTR  will be activated  on  31 August  and 1
         September  to  memorialize  the  opening  of  the  first   wireless
         telegraph station in the Ottoman Empire, established at Patara near
         Gelemis (Antalya) on 31 August 1906. QSL via TA4E.
YO     - Dan, YO9FNP will be active again as YO9KXF/p from  Fericirii Island
         (EU-191) on  16-19  August.  He will operate  mainly CW  with  some
         SSB and  FT8  on  40  and  20 metres.  QSL direct  to  YO9FNP  (see
         https://www.qrz.com/db/YO9KXF/p for  PayPal instructions).  [TNX DX
         World]
Z8     - Diya, YI1DZ has returned to Juba, South Sudan and hopes  to be  QRV
         again as Z81D by 17 August. He operates SSB and FT8 on 80-10m.  His
         contract in South Sudan runs  to  10 October.  QSL  via  Club Log's
         OQRS, or via OM3JW. He does not use LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]

BALTIC WAY 30 ---> On 23 August 1989  hundreds of thousands people formed  a
human chain spanning  across  Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,  demanding  the
reestablishment of the independence of the Baltic States.  Commemorating the
30th anniversary of the "Baltic Way", memorial stations ES30WAY, LY30WAY and
YL30WAY will be active  on  19-25 August.  This  is a joint project  of  the
amateur radio  societies  of  Estonia (Eesti Raadioamatooride Uhing,  ERAU),
Lithuania (Lietuvos Radijo Megeju Draugija, LRMD) and Latvia (Latvijas Radio
Amatieru Liga, LRAL). QSLs via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL. A certificate
will be available; see http://lrmd.lt/30WAY for instructions.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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HAPPY 150! ---> 2019 marks the 150th anniversary  of the birth  (2 September
1869) of Hiram Percy Maxim (W1AW),  first president  and  cofounder  of  the
ARRL, and the League is again holding  an operating event  to celebrate  his
legacy.  This operating event is  open  to  all amateurs, and  the  goal  is
straightforward: find stations operating in the event, many adding "/150" to
their  call signs,  and  contact  as  many a s  possible  during  the  9-day
celebration, from 31 August to 8 September.  W1AW and all  ARRL members  are
eligible and will append /150 to their  call sign  during  this event  (this
includes DX Stations who are ARRL members, who may operate  as  callsign/150
if  permitted  by  the  regulations  of  their  country   of  license).  See
http://www.arrl.org/hpm150-birthday-celebration for complete information.  A
dedicated  logging  programme  developed  by  Scott Davis,  N3FJP   can   be
downloaded for free: http://www.n3fjp.com/hpmaxim.html

IOTA:  TRANSFER  OF  CREDITS  FROM AS-117  TO  AS-206 --- > "All old AS-117
credits issued for operations from islands which now belong to  AS-206 have
been transferred to AS-206.
Additionally, old AS-117 operations from islands  now  within  AS-206  which
have logs at Club Log enabled for QSO matching, as well as old  IOTA Contest
logs which fall in this category have been appropriately amended  to be used
toward AS-206 credits.  Please  direct any  questions you may have  on  this
topic to info[@]iota-world.org"  [VE3LYC, https://iota-world.org/,  8 August
2019]

IOTA:  TRANSFER  OF  OLD  AS-025,  EU-019, AND EU-133 CREDITS --- > "All old
credits issued for operations from islands which used to be at one time part
of these island groups  but are  now  within  AS-204,  EU-190,  and  EU-117,
respectively, have been transferred. In case the respective chasers  already
had credits for the latter groups, their original credits were revoked.
EU-117 and EU-133 have been re-organized after  Malyy Visotsky Is.  lost its
DXCC status in 2012, but the credit transfer was postponed until now.
Old operations from the above island groups  which  have  logs  at  Club Log
enabled for QSO matching, as well as old  IOTA Contest logs which fall  into
this category have been appropriately amended to continue to be used  toward
IOTA credits.  Please direct  any questions  you  may have on this topic  to
info[@]iota-world.org" [VE3LYC, https://iota-world.org/, 14 August 2019]

MIDWAY ISLAND 2020 ---> Ron, KH6DV has announced that "for a number of  very
good reasons" the February 2020 KH6VV/KH4 DXpedition to Midway [425DXN 1474]
has been postponed. "Some of the things we are working on will take a number
of months - one will take 4 or 5 by  itself.  We  could postpone  for just a
couple months but then  we  would be operating  during  the summer with  its
associated terrible conditions.  We have decided to plan for  the first  two
weeks in October 2020". [TNX DX World]

QSL R63RRC ---> The logs  for  the  IOTA DXpedition  to  Popigay-Ary Island,
AS-063 (15,265 QSOs logged between 24 July and 3 August) have been posted to
Club Log and the OQRS has been enabled: https://clublog.org/logsearch/R63RRC
Those who do not use Club Log should  go direct  and mail  their request  to
EU7A  (maildrop):  Andrey  N. Teterukov,  P.O.  Box 13,  212030  Mogilev-30,
Belarus.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8CW       N4GNR       E73M        E73Y        P3N         RW3RN
3V8CB       LX1NO       EA6/EA3HSO  N4GNR       PA75OSB     PC4C
3Z1919PS    SP9PNB      ED2FPA      EA2RCA      PJ4/AH2P    EA4AK
4K6N        RW6HS       EF1A        EA1XT       PJ4DX       M0URX
4L2M        EA7FTR      EF2A        EA2OT       PJ7TM       K2GSJ
4S7YSG      JA2SWH      EF5Y        LoTW        R105WWS     RV3YR
4X/KL7SB    N4GNR       EG7FPM      EA7RCM      RA1ALA/8    RA1ALA
4X6FR       4X6OM       EG7SCC      EA7HBC      RK30DR      R1II
4Z4AK       4Z5MU       EH3FPT      EA3RCY      SE7M        SM7GUY
5B4AMX      LZ3SM       EM44T       DH5FS       SK7BORE     SK7DX
5E6A        EA7FTR      EN60KSR     UT1KY       SL1HF       SM7EXE
5R8PX       IK2DUW      EX8NR       RW6HS       SN0ARCO     SP9KJU
5R8UI       IZ8CCW      F/OE6MBG    EB7DX       SN0RUN      SP5PPK
6W1TA       F5PRU       FK8CE       N4GNR       SN1919PS    SP9KDU
7S2W        SM2EKM      FK8GX       W3HNK       SN2B        SP3CGK
8Q7GB       IZ2DLV      H31A        HP1AVS      SN75PW      SP5ZIP
9A01GPPVC   9A5WW       H44MS       DL2GAC      SN75W       SP7IWA
9G5AR       N4GNR       HC5DX       W3HNK       SN7Q        SP7GIQ
9J2BO       G3TEV       HF1919PS    SP9ZHR      SN86LOT     SP1PMY
9K2BS       EC6DX       HG0FLOYD    HA5GY       SO1944W     SP5PSL
9N1AA       N4GNR       HH2JR       W3HNK       SQ1919PS    SP9PKM
9Q6BB       W3HNK       HK3C        M0URX       SW9AA       LZ1PM
9V1YC       W5UE        HK7AAG      EA5GL       SZ6P        SV1BJW
A91FTDMC    A92AA       HL74V       6K0MF       T45FM       RW6HS
AM500SEV    EA7URF      HO1D        HP1RCP      T88US       JF1OCQ
C37AC       EA3QS       II8FTDM     IK8YFU      TM0BSM      DK5OPA
C37FF       C37URA      IR2Q        IK2PFL      TM14FAJ     F5KHP
C37NL       C37URA      IR8D        IZ8JAI      TM230RF     F4DTO
C91CCY      K3IRV       KH8C        JF1OCQ      TM25GC      F5KMY
CB3DIA      CE3GCA      LG80T       LA2T        TM500LV     F1IOZ
CN2KW       ON4KWT      LX75V       LX1JH       TM75DP      F4AHJ
CN8KD       EA5XX       LX8FTDM     LX1TI       TM75LM      PA2JWN
CP5HK       EC6DX       LY783SUN    LY4TB       TM8FTDM     F1ULQ
CR3EE       OZ2I        LZ19YOTA    LZ1BJ       TO8FTDM     F1ULQ
CR3W        DL5AXX      LZ50ZF      LZ2UW       VK2IA       DK2BJ
CS5SUB      CS5NRA      LZ5R        LZ1YQ       VK8ZJZ      EB7DX
CT9ABR      OZ2I        OD5ET       EB7DX       VY0ERC      M0OXO
CX2BR       EA5GL       OD5FTDMC    K3IRV       VY2ZM       EA7HBC
DA0FONTANE  DK6AN       OE19FTDMC   OE1SGU      W2T         N2OO
DK100WDWR   DL7USC      OH0UDG      M0OXO       YO15IPA     YO3AS
DK100WDWR   DL7USC      OL88YL      HB9FPM      ZL6FTDMC    F1ULQ
DQ600UNI    DL5KVV      OM8A        OM2VL       ZS9V        M0OXO
DU1IST      JA1HGY      ON75PPA     ON6WL       ZV50Y       PT2OP
E2A         E21EIC      P33W        UA3DX       ZW8T        PS8HF

7X4AN    Mohamed Boukhiar, Apartado Postal 30133, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
9L1YXJ   Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
CQ0ODX   Oeste DX Gang Associacao, Rua do Moinho 3, Seixal,
         2530-267 Lourinha, Portugal
EG8CAN   Apartado Postal 112, San Cristobal de La Laguna,
         Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38200 Spain
EG8HKT   Apartado Postal 178, San Cristobal de La Laguna,
         Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38200 Spain
EL2BG    I.Richmond W.K. Harding, 6141 Clifton Avenue Ext, Jacksonville,
         FL 32211, USA
GB5RO    David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay by Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NS,
         United Kingdom
JF1OCQ   Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma,
         371-0811, Japan
RA1ALA   Mikhail B. Lipin, Novokolomyazhsky prospekt 11-630,
         Sankt-Peterburg, 197375, Russia
TO5M     Christopher Hillier, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
         NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
ZD7BG    Gilbert Legg, PO Box 157, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, St. Helena Island,
         South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7DL    Daniel Leo, PO Box 97, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, St. Helena Island,
         South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7FT    Peter Constantine, PO Box 33, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ,
         St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7GWM   Garry Mercury, Dairy Farm Cottage, Longwood, STHL 1ZZ,
         St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7JC    John Cranfield, PO Box 229, Waterfall View, The Briars, STHL 1ZZ,
         St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7MY    Barrie Williams, PO Box 107, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ,
         St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7VC    Bruce R. Salt, PO Box 5, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, St. Helena Island,
         South Atlantic Ocean
ZY160CAT Adriano Gomes, Caixa Postal 182, Catalao - GO, 75701-970, Brazil

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