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425 DX News #1477

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:55 am
by NP3N
24 August 2019                                            A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1477

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5H     - Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team have announced plans
         to be active as  5I5TT (CW, SSB and RTTY)  and  5I4ZZ (FT8 and FT4)
         from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) on  4-18 February 2020.  They will be
         QRV on 160-10 metres  with five stations.  QSL via I2YSB.  Bookmark
         http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ for updates.
6O     - 14-28 September are the dates for LA7GIA's  DXpedition  to  Somalia
         [425DXN 1472]. Ken will be active as 6O7O on 160-10 metres CW, with
         some SSB and FT8 limited to one or two bands.  He will focus on the
         low bands and  on  working  North America.  "I have some additional
         security related expenses like armored car,  armed guards etc",  he
         says. "If you would like to contribute to  protecting  the low band
         antennas from being stolen, cut or moved", you can donate by  going
         to  https://www.la7gia.com/.   QSL  via  M0OXO's  OQRS  and   LoTW;
         logsearch  will be also provided  by  Club Log.  Make sure you read
         Ken's "QSO & QSL Policy" detailed on his website.
9G     - Chip, KB1QU will be active as 9G5QU from Ghana  on  8-21 September.
         In his spare time he will operate  CW, FT8, FT4 and some SSB on 40,
         30 and 20 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to N4GNR.
D4     - Harald, DF2WO  will  be  active  again  as  D44TWO  from  Sao Tiago
         (AF-005), Cape Verde from 29 September to 13 October.  "He has been
         working hard in the last few months getting his  Satellite  station
         working", M0OXO reports, "and is now confident he will use it  from
         Cabo Verde. He will be using an Icom 7300,  2 transverters  with  3
         watts output on ES-Hail using the  QO-100 Geostationary Satellite".
         QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
E5_sc  - Fred, DH5FS will be active as  E51SFS  from  Rarotonga (OC-013)  on
         8-16 September and from Aitutaki (OC-083) on 20-25 September.  DXCC
         wise,  both count  for  the  South Cook Islands.  QSL via ome call,
         direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
ES     - Eddie,  ES2TT  will  be  active  as  ES2TT/0  from  Saaremaa Island
         (EU-034) on 24-26 August.  He will operate CW and SSB on 20 metres,
         battery powered. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
F      - Christophe, F4GTB will be active as either TM44WFF  and  F4GTB/p on
         2-18 September.  He will operate CW, SSB, PSK63 and FT8  on  40, 30
         and 20 metres from several Flora & Fauna sites  in  Departement 48.
         QSL  via  home call  (bureau or direct),  eQSL  and LoTW.  Complete
         information about the France Flora Fauna programme can be found  at
         https://www.france-flora-fauna.fr/.
F      - Special event call  TM41CDXC will be  active on 13-27 September for
         the 41st Convention of the Clipperton DX Club (http://wp.cdxc.org/)
         to be held at Mejannes-le-Clap (Gard) on  27-29 September.  QSL via
         F5CWU (OQRS on http://www.f5cwu.net/oqrs/). [TNX F6AJA]
F      - Thierry, F6CUK  will be active as  F6CUK/p  from  Sainte-Marguerite
         Island (EU-058) between the late morning on 5 October and  the mid-
         afternoon on 6 October. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 20 and 40
         metres.  QSL  via  Club Log's  OQRS,  or  via home call (direct  or
         bureau). [TNX F6CUK]
FK     - Jan, F6EYB  will be active  as  FK8CJ  from  Noumea,  New Caledonia
         (OC-032) starting around  29 August  until the end of the year.  He
         will be QRV mainly on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via LoTW, eQSL,  or
         via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
FO/M   - Members of the CAN-AM DXpedition Group (namely F6BCW, K4UEE,  K5PI,
         VA7DX, VE7KW, W5MJ, W5RF and W5SJ) will be active as TX7T from Hiva
         Oa, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 6-17 November [425DXN 1458]. They
         will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (Fox & Hound)  on  160-6 metres.
         QSL via M0URX's OQRS  and LoTW.  See  http://www.marquesas2019.com/
         for more information, band plan included.
FP     - DK1BT, DL4WK, DL6SAK,  DL7DF,  DL7UFR,  SP3CYY and  SP3DOI  will be
         active  as  TO80SP  from  Ile-aux-Marins,  St. Pierre  et  Miquelon
         (NA-032) on  2-14 October.  They will operate CW, SSB  and  digital
         modes on 160-10 metres with three stations.  QSL via DL7DF  (direct
         or bureau) and LoTW  "within 6 months  after  the DXpedition".  See
         http://www.dl7df.com/fp/ for logsearch and OQRS.
I      - Commemorating the  500th anniversary  of the death  of  Leonardo da
         Vinci, ARI Vigevano will be active as IB2LV between 30 August and 2
         December.  Leonardo  worked in  Vigevano  for  his patron  Ludovico
         Sforza, and special event station IB2LV/p  will be activated  on 1,
         15 and 22 September from sites strongly related  to his work there.
         QSL via I2MYF, bureau or direct.  A certificate will  be available,
         see https://www.qrz.com/db/ib2lv for the details. [TNX IK2AVH]
JA     - Shige, JR7DXE will be active again as JR7DXE/7 from Oshima (AS-206)
         on 24-25 August. He will run 50 watts, and will operate CW, SSB and
         FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX JN6RZM]
LZ     - Dmitry, R2ATP will travel along the Bulgarian coastline to activate
         several lighthouses and Bulgarian Flora Fauna sites as  LZ/R2ATP/mm
         on 1-24 September.  He will be QRV on 40 and 20 metres.  QSL direct
         to  R2ATP.   See  https://www.qrz.com/db/r2atp   for  his   planned
         itinerary, which includes the island of  Sveta Anastasiya  (EU-181)
         on 18-19 September. [TNX NG3K]
OX     - Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active in his spare time as OX3LX from Upernavik
         Island (NA-134) from 22 August to 5 September.  QSL via OZ0J,  Club
         Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
PA     - Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Operation Market  Garden  and
         the liberation  of  the  Dutch  city  of  Nijmegen,  special  event
         station  PA75OMG (http://www.pa75omg.nl)  will be  active on  13-22
         September. QSL via operator's instructions.
SP     - Special event station SP60DXC  is active  on  all bands  and  modes
         until the end of the year to celebrate the  60th anniversary of the
         SP DX Club (http://www.spdxc.org/).  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,
         or via SP7DQR.
UA9    - R0LS, RW0LZ and R0MZ will be active as R0LS/p from Karamzin Island,
         near Rikorda Island (AS-066) in the Peter the Great Gulf between 10
         UTC on 24 until around 2 UTC on the 25th. They will operate CW, SSB
         and FT8 on 40, 30, 20 and 17m. QSl via R0LS, direct or bureau. [TNX
         qrz.ru]
VE     - Look for Pierre, VE2GT to be active as VE2GT/150 from  Ile du Havre
         (NA-176) for a couple of hours  (+/- 13.30-15.30 UTC)  on 1 Septem-
         ber. QSL for this operation via EA5GL. [TNX DX World]
VE     - Alessandro, VE7ADA  will be active  as  VE7ADA/1  from  IOTA groups
         NA-010 and possibily also NA-081 on 1-7 September.  He will operate
         SSB on  40-10 metres. QSL via home call, bureau or direct.  [TNX DX
         World]
W      - The  Northern  Colorado  Amateur Radio Club  will  operate  special
         event station WW0WWV  from  28 September to 2 October  to mark  the
         100th anniversary of the time and frequency standard station (WWV),
         the  oldest  continuously  operating  radio station  in  the world.
         Operations will take place from the WWV site near Fort Collins (CO)
         with four stations on multiple bands  CW, SSB and digital modes.  A
         trial run of WW0WWV will be conducted on 24-25 August. QSL via Club
         Logs' OQRS  and  oTW, or  direct  to  WWV Amateur Radio Club,  1713
         Ridgewood Rd, Fort Collins CO 80526, USA.
YB     - ORARI HQ will run special event station 8A74RI from  28 August to 1
         September  to celebrate  the  74th anniversary of  the  Republic of
         Indonesia's independence. QSL via the bureau and LoTW.  In addition
         to the HQ station,  expect the special callsign to be used from the
         various  Indonesian  provinces/call areas  as  8A74RI/1,  8A74RI/2,
         8A74RI/3,   8A74RI/4,  8A74RI/5,   8A74RI/6,  8A74RI/7,   8A74RI/8,
         8A74RI/9 and 8A74RI/0.
YJ     - Ron, YJ8RN is working and casual  operating  from  various  Vanuatu
         islands. On 8-14 August he was on  Mere Lava (OC-104),  followed by
         Gaua Island (Santa Maria, OC-104) until 19 August,  and  Loh Island
         (OC-110) until the 26th.  He will then  go to  Sola  on  Vanua Lava
         (OC-104) until 1 September. QSL via NZ4DX. [TNX The Daily DX]

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

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4D0B ---> Ken, G3OCA is receiving many  QSL cards  from Japan  for  contacts
made with 4D0B in 2018. "I operated as 4D2B in 2003", Ken says,  "but I have
no knowledge of 4D0B in  2018,  and I cannot  afford  to keep sending  these
cards back to the operator".

GOOGLE EARTH ---> Francesco, IV3TMM has prepared the KMZ files  for  showing
CQ and ITU zones on Google Earth, and  made them available  for download  on
https://g7vjr.org/.
Vincent, F4BKV has updated the KMZ file containing all IOTA groups including
the six new ones.  The new version  (iota-v-3.kmz)  can be  downloaded  from
https://iota-world.org/  (click on "Downloads"  in the drop-down menu  under
"Programme Information").

NA-211 ---> The K7TRI  IOTA  DXpedition  to  Tillamook Rock  (6-9 September)
[425DXN 1475] is  quite  an  expensive project.  "We are very far  from  our
intended  support target", Cezar VE3LYC  posted  to the expedition's website
(https://k7tri.weebly.com)on 16 August.  "Please help us defray some of  the
huge costs associated with  this  project  by considering  a donation  -  we
really do need all the support that IOTA chasers and  DXers are willing  and
able to offer!"

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QSLs received direct or through managers:  9Y4/OK2ZI,  CU2AK,  CW5W,  CX6VM,
DF3DEJU, EA9ACF, FH/UA4WHX,  GU8FBO, HK1NA (SA-082),  HP1WW,  II7P (EU-091),
JA5QYR  (AS-200),  JG7PSJ/7  (AS-206),  JO1CRA/7  (AS-206),   JW/EA3NT,  K7Y
(NA-250),  LX1JX, OD5TX, OH8X,  R3RRC/6 (EU-180),  RI1OB (EU-066), SV2ASP/A,
T2AR, V6K (OC-059), VP8EME, XR0ZRC (SA-005), XR1RRC (SA-069), XV1X, YV1KK.

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