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425 DX News #1369

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:00 pm
by NP3N
29 July 2017                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1369
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4O     - Gianluca, IK4LZH and Teresa, IU4ICT will be active as 4O/IK4LZH and
         4O/IU4ICT from Montenegro on 6-15 August.  They will operate SSB on
         40  and  20 metres.  QSLs  via  LoTW,  eQSL  or via IK4LZH  (bureau
         preferred). [TNX IK4LZH]
9X     - Alan, KE4TA has been in Kigali, Rwanda since late May [425DXN 1359]
         and hopes to be QRV as 9X0TA in a couple of weeks.  He will stay in
         Rwanda for the next three years. QSL via  N4GNR (direct)  and LoTW.
         See http://www.rwandadx.com/ for updates.
ES     - Pasi, OH2MZB and Simo, OH2HAN will be active as ES0HAM from Hiiumaa
         Island (EU-034) on  17-21 August.  They  will operate mainly  RTTY,
         with some SSB. QSL via OH2HAN, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
F      - The TM5VI operation from ile Vierge (EU-105) [425DXN 1367] has been
         cancelled. Plans were for  three  operators to  participate in this
         weekend's IOTA Contest. [TNX F6AJA]
G      - Commemorating five decades  of  offshore  radio  broadcasting,  the
         Martello Tower Group (http://www.martellotowergroup.com/gb5rc.html)
         will be active  again as GB5RC  on  3-7 August.  They will run  two
         stations mainly on  80, 40 and 20 metres.  Activity will take place
         from the  MV Ross Revenge, home  of  Radio Caroline,  moored in the
         Blackwater  estuary  near  Bradwell-on-Sea (Essex).  QSL via  GB5RC
         (bureau) or G6NHU (direct).
G      - Special event  station  GB17YOTA  will  be  active  during  the 7th
         edition of Youngsters  On  The Air (https://www.ham-yota.com)  that
         will take  place at  Gilwell Park, England  on 5-12 August. QSL via
         operator's instructions.
G      - GB8YA will be a "Youngsters Activity" event to  be  run during  the
         same week as the YOTA camp (5-12 August).  This event has no direct
         connection to the Youngsters On The Air programme, but is "to allow
         young people who are not able to go to YOTA camp this year a chance
         to get on air".  QSL via LoTW and logsearch on Club Log. Paper QSLs
         will not be issued, unless there is a "reasonable demand".
GJ     - Paul, G4PVM will be active  holiday  style  as  GJ4PVM from  Jersey
         (EU-013) on 5-11 August.QSL via LoTW and eQSL only;  he will upload
         his log to  Club Log for IOTA credit,  but he does not plan to have
         any QSL cards printed.
HC8    - Geoff, G8OFQ will be working  again as  a  volunteer  at  the Giant
         Tortoise  Breeding  Center  on  Isla  Isabela,  Galapagos  (SA-004)
         between 1 August and 31 October.  Apparently he will be  mostly QRV
         /mm from his yacht (the "Blue Aurora")  moored in  Puerto Villamil.
         QSL direct only. He will upload his logs to LoTW and Club Log. [TNX
         The Daily DX]
JD1_oga- Koji, JI1LET,  will  be  active  again as  JD1BOI  from  Chichijima
         (AS-031), Ogasawara  on 3-13 August.  He will  operate  CW, SSB and
         RTTY  on  the  HF bands  and  6 metres.  QSL via JI1LET, direct  or
         bureau.
KL     - Mikhail, VE7ACN [425DXN 1361] now expects to be active as AL3/AA7CH
         from Hinchinbrook Island (NA-042) on  9-15 August, and as NL6/AA7CH
         from Kayak Island (NA-157) on 18-28 August. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
         (preferred), or via VE7ACN (direct or bureau); he will also  upload
         his logs to LoTW. See https://www.ve7acn.com/ for more information.
SM     - Kjell, SM4DDS will be  active  as  SM4DDS/3  from  Hogbonden Island
         (EU-087) and lighthouse on  2-5 August.  He will operate CW and SSB
         on 80-6 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via  home call (direct
         or bureau). [TNX SM4DDS]
SV     - Berkin, TA3J will be active as SV8/TA3J from Lesvos Island (EU-049)
         on 14-17 August.  He will be QRV on the HF bands and 6 metres.  QSL
         via TA3J. [TNX TA3J]
TI     - This year the Dave Kalter Memorial "Youth DX Adventure"  will see a
         team consisting of three teenagers, three parents  and  two leaders
         be  active  from  TI5/WA8NJR's QTH in  Rio Jesus, Costa Rica on 3-7
         August.  Look for TI5/AB8YK,  TI5/KD8VRX,  TI5/KD8YVJ,  TI5/KG5HVO,
         TI5/N8OXC, TI5/N8VAR  and  TI5/WA8CCS to  operate SSB, CW, PSK  and
         RTTY on the HF bands  with two stations.  QSL via home calls.  More
         information on http://qsl.net/n6jrl/. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA     - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is  running  until 31
         December.  Special callsigns  to  be  active  next month  are R870K
         (01-20 August) and R1382M (21-31 August). Detailed  information  on
         the event and the award programme at www.moscow870.com.
VE     - VE9IU is the new callsign issued to Mike, KI1U. He is now active as
         CG9IU (for the 150th anniversary of Canada) from Grand Manan Island
         (NA-014) [425DXN 1367] until 30 July.  QSL via KI1U. [TNX The Daily
         DX]
VK9    - Peter VK3FN, Chris VK3FY,  Lee VK3GK,  Luke VK3HJ,  Tony VK3TZ  and
         David K3LP will be active as  VK9XI from  Christmas Island (OC-002)
         on  2-10 October  and  as  VK9CI from  the  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
         (OC-003) on  10-17 October [425DXN 1345].  They will operate CW and
         SSB  on 160-10 metres, and  RTTY on 40-17m.  QSL  via M0OXO's  OQRS
         (www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/)  and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. The website
         for the operation is at http://christmascocos2017.vkdxg.com/.
VU     - VU3NPI and several other operators (VU2DEV, VU2GTI, VU2RCT, VU3DEW,
         VU3EDG, VU3ESV, VU3GDS, VU3SXH, VU3YPP, VU3ZLS and VU3ZNG) plan  to
         be active from the  St Mary Isles  (AS-096) from  30 September to 1
         October. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W      - Members of the  Old Barney ARC will be  active  as  N2OB  from 'Old
         Barney', the Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island (NA-111) on 5
         August (rain date 6 August) from  about  13 UTC to 21 UTC.  QSL via
         N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB     - YB67JTG is a special callsign commemorating the 67th anniversary of
         Jawa Tengah, the Indonesian province  of Central Java.  Activity on
         the HF bands is expected to  take place  on 20-27 August, including
         operations  from  the  Borobodur Central Java Amateur Radio  Fair's
         premises (http://bcjarf2017.com/). QSL via operator's instructions.
ZS     - ZS9V (http://zs9v.org.za/) will be active again from  Robben Island
         (AF-064)  on  9-13 August.  This  year's  operators  (ZS1A,  ZS1AN,
         ZS1ANF, ZS1V, ZS1VDV and ZS6A) plan to operate SSB and CW with  two
         stations. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS;  traditional QSLs  direct  only  to
         M0OXO. [TNX DX World]

RSGB  IOTA  CONTEST  --->  The  following  stations  have   announced  their
participation in this year's event (from 12 UTC on 29 July through 12 UTC on
the 30th) from qualifying islands. For lastest additions please  give a look
at https://www.rsgbiota.org, and at the announced operation list  maintained
by Bill, NG3K (http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2017.html). Complete details  on
the  IOTA Contest  can be  found  on the  RSGB Contest Committee's  website:
http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2017/riota.shtml.

Ref.No.     Call/Ops    Island               QSL VIA
----------------------------------------------------
AF-004      EA8AQV      Gran Canaria         EA8AQV
AF-004      EA8CNR      Gran Canaria         EA8CNR
AF-014      CR3G        Madeira              G3TXF
AF-024      S79NH       Praslin              JA0JHQ
AS-008      JI3DST/1    Shikine              JI3DST
AS-018      RA0FF       Sakhalin             RA0FF
AS-032      JE6HCL/6    Tanega               JE6HCL
AS-040      JA6WJL      Fukue                JA6WJL
AS-053      HS8HEX      Phuket               HS8HEX
AS-066      R66IOTA     Popov                UA0LCZ
AS-107      E2X         Si Chang             E20GMY
AS-125      E2T         Chang                E21IZC
AS-126      HS8JCV/P    Lipe                 HS8JCV
AS-136      BG4TMC      Chongming            BG4TMC
AS-137      B5C         Qingbang             BA4TB
AS-138      BG5UDN      Pingtan              M0OXO
AS-145      HS3NBR/p    Maeo                 HS3NBR
AS-150      BY4JN       Lingshan             BI4IIZ
AS-158      B2W         Changshan            BA1GA
EU-001      SX5R        Rhodes               SV5DKL
EU-002      OH0X        Brando               OH2TA
EU-004      AM625VQ     Mallorca             EA6VQ
EU-004      EA6/DK5ON   Mallorca             DK5ON
EU-005      G4F         Great Britain        G4AFJ
EU-005      G6XX        Great Britain
EU-008      GM2T        Tiree                GM4UYZ
EU-008      GM4U/p      Jura                 G4SGX
EU-008      GM7A        Lismore              GM7WCO
EU-010      GM4AGG/p    Vatersay             GM4AGG
EU-010      GM7V        Benbecula            N3SL
EU-013      GJ2A        Jersey
EU-015      J49A        Crete                SV9GPV
EU-016      9A/OM6NM    Korcula              OM2FY
EU-016      9A0AA       Vis                  S59A
EU-016      9A8DV       Drvenik Veli         IK6VXO
EU-020      SM0MDG/1    Gotland
EU-024      IS0/G4DJX   Sardinia             G4DJX
EU-024      IS0/OM8A    Sardinia             OM2VL
EU-025      IO9Z        Sicily               IT9DSZ
EU-025      IT9MUO      Sicily               IT9MUO
EU-025      IT9RZU      Sicily               IT9RZU
EU-028      IN3EQD/IA5  Elba                 IN3EQD
EU-029      OZ2PBS      Sjaelland            OZ2PBS
EU-029      OZ8SW       Sjaelland            OZ8SW
EU-034      ES0DJ       Muhu                 ES2DJ
EU-034      ES0IA       Kassaar              ES0IA
EU-034      ES0V        Saaremaa             ES3VI
EU-038      PA10TA      Texel                PA2TMS
EU-038      PA38EU      Terschelling         PH9GFB
EU-038      PA5X/p      Ameland              PA5X
EU-042      DG5LAC/p    Hooge                DG5LAC
EU-042      DM5JBN/p    Sylt                 DM5JBN
EU-047      DJ7MH/p     Spiekeroog
EU-049      SZ8LES      Lesvos               SZ8LES
EU-054      IF9A        Favignana            IT9PPG
EU-056      LA/OK1DBS   Flemsoya             OK1DBS
EU-056      LA/OL7X     Flemsoya             OK1XC
EU-057      DF5A        Ruegen               DL9GMN
EU-057      DL5KUD      Ruegen               DL5KUD
EU-057      DO1TOM      Hiddensee            DO1TOM
EU-057      DO7ES       Ruegen               DO7ES
EU-061      LA7XK       Spjaeroy             LA7XK
EU-067      SV0XAF      Paros                HB9EBC
EU-075      SV8/SV1PMQ  Aigina               SV1PMQ
EU-075      SX8B        Salamina             SV1PMR
EU-083      IP1T        Tino                 I1ANP
EU-084      SM0S        Orno                 SM5BAX
EU-088      5P7LSO      Laeso                OZ1KZX
EU-089      CR2V        Flores               HB9CRV
EU-091      IO7TA       Pedagna Grande       IZ8EGM
EU-092      GM1J        Tanera Mor           MM0BQI
EU-093      EA5HPX/p    Tabarca              EA5HPX
EU-096      OF1TD       Korpo                OH1TD
EU-101      OH/SM0W     Berggrund            SM0W
EU-114      GU3HFN/p    Guernsey             GU8ITE
EU-114      MU0HTJ      Guernsey             2M0SQL
EU-116      MD/OO4O     Man                  ON4APU
EU-120      G0IVR/p     Lundy                G4GBP
EU-120      G4ALE/p     Wight                G3VYI
EU-120      G5XV        Wight
EU-120      G6LD        Holy Lindisfarne     G0BWB
EU-120      GB9IOW      Wight                ON3UN
EU-121      EI/ON6QR    Tory                 ON6QR
EU-121      EJ3HB       Bere                 M0OXO
EU-121      EJ5GM       Bere                 M0OXO
EU-121      EJ8KO       Arranmore            G0SYP
EU-123      MM0TFU/p    Arran                MM0TFU
EU-123      MM1E        Great Cumbrae        MM0GOR
EU-123      MM3T        Bute
EU-124      GW6W        Holy                 GW0ETF
EU-125      OZ/DF2SD    Fano                 DF2SD
EU-126      OH8AA       Selkasarvi           OH8AA
EU-127      DJ6OI/p     Helgoland            DJ6OI
EU-127      DR0F        Neuwerk              DM4DL
EU-128      DK5AX/p     Fehmarn              DK5AX
EU-129      DL0KWH/p    Usedom               Club Log
EU-129      DL5KVV/p    Usedom               DL5KVV
EU-129      DL6DQW/p    Usedom               DL6DQW
EU-130      II3Y        S.Maria di Barbana   IV3OSC
EU-131      IW3HVB/p    Fisolo               IW3HVB
EU-131      IZ3NXC/p    Pellestrina          IK3GES
EU-132      SN0RX       Wolin                SP8BXL
EU-132      SP7VC/1     Wolin                SP7VC
EU-136      9A8CV       Krk                  S53V
EU-140      OG5A        Nuokot               OH5AD
EU-140      OH5TS       Kuorsalo             OH5TS
EU-145      CR5CW       Culatra              CT7ACG
EU-146      PA5TT       Schouwen Duiveland   PA5TT
EU-165      IM0/I0PNM   San Pietro           I0PNM
EU-170      9A/IV3AZV   Pag                  IV3AZV
EU-170      9A/OM2ZZ    Pag                  OM2FY
EU-172      5P5CW       Langeland            DL5SE
EU-172      OZ/DJ4MF    Hjarno               DJ4MF
EU-172      OZ/DL2JRM   Hjarno               DL2JRM
EU-172      OZ/DL8MF    Samso                DL8MF
EU-172      OZ9V/p      Aro                  OZ9V
EU-177      SM5CKV/p    Harstena             M0OXO
EU-178      ES0GP       Manilaid             ES8GP
EU-179      UR1G        Kalanchakskiye
EU-185      RU6DX/p     Sudzhuk              RU6DX
NA-026      N2GC        Long                 N2GC
NA-029      VY2TT       Prince Edward        K6LA
NA-034      W2DEN/4     Lido                 W2DEN
NA-036      VC7A        Vancouver            VE7CXZ
NA-055      K1IMI       Little Deer          N4CW
NA-055      W2IY        Mt. Desert           W2IY
NA-058      KU8E/p      Jekyll               KU8E
NA-065      N3QQ/p      Whidbey              N7RO
NA-067      NR3X/4      Pea                  N4YDU
NA-067      W4KAZ       Great                W4KAZ
NA-068      VE2VIA/VE9  Lameque              VE2VIA
NA-083      K4P         Chincoteague         N3JS
NA-085      KN4Y/4      St. George           KN4Y
NA-092      KF5VDX      Padre                KF5VDX
NA-104      V47JA       St. Kitts            W5JON
NA-110      AA4V        Palms                AA4V
NA-111      AG2J        Seven Mile Beach     AG2J
NA-111      W2KV/2      Long Beach           W2KV
NA-126      VC1G        Bon Portage          VA1YL
NA-128      CF2NDX      Orleans              VE2TLH
NA-128      CG2I        Coudres              VE2EBK
NA-143      K5KUA/5     Galveston            K5KUA
NA-213      KI4GGJ/p    Dauphin              KI4GGJ
NA-213      KS4YT/p     Dauphin              KS4YT
NA-213      KV4T/p      Dauphin              KV4T
OC-016      3D2SE       Viti Levu            ZL3TE
SA-036      P40X        Aruba                DL8UD
SA-046      PW7I        Itamaraca            PY7RP
SA-060      PX8I        Itarana              PY8WW
SA-072      ZY8D        Canarias             PS8RV

The IOTA SWL Contest has been picked up by the Radioascolto SWL Club, and it
will run in parallel with the IOTA Contest. Complete details can be found at
http://www.radioascolto.org/swl/  or  from  the  IOTA  SWL  Contest  Manager
(iw1qla[@]tin.it). Good luck to you all!

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

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

2017 CQ WW RULES --- > A few updates have been made to the rules, "effective
for the 2017 CQWW SSB and CW weekends. Full rules will be published soon. In
addition to the updates, the thought process behind each update is included.
We hope this will provide  some insight into  the reasons for  the updates":
see http://cqww.com/blog/2017-cqww-rules-up ... ouncement/.

IAAW 2017 --- > The 4th International  Air Ambulance Week will take place on
9-17  September.  The  event  is primarily  intended  to  help  support  and
generate  donations  for  flying medical  services a round  the  world.  See
http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IAW/index.htm for complete information.

NEW IOTA WEBSITE ---> "IOTA Ltd's IT Group  has  worked  tirelessly  on  the
development of  the  new  IOTA  administration software  and  the  new  IOTA
website", Johan  PA3EXX  reported  on  23  July.  "One  of  the  significant
developments was the implementation of paperless QSLing through QSO matching
via Club Log. This part has been  available  to  the  IOTA community  on the
existing IOTA system since July 2016.  The process of adding operations that
are valid for  IOTA  has  been on-going, resulting  in very  large number of
credits being given. 
We are targeting  the  launch  of  the  new  IT system for  early September.
Software developers should be  aware that  this  may affect any  application
using data from www.rsgbiota.org since this website will  be  taken offline.
Please contact us at info[@]iota-world.org if your  software uses  data from
www.rsgbiota.org  and you want to have access  to  this kind of  data in the
future".

RI0C ---> Activity from Iony Island (AS-069) started on 25 July around 7 UTC
reportedly with only three operators running 100 watts.  After going through
many trials and tribulations, RI0C went QRT some 48 hours later.

VOACAP DIY ---> "VOACAP Online now has an option to offer  do-it-yourself HF
propagation predictions, suitable for the  websites of  DXpeditions (and for
other needs, too). Just embed a small snippet of code in your HTML codebase,
and you are  set  to go.  It's free": http://www.voacap.com/diy-charts.html.
[TNX DX World]

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QSLs received direct or through  managers:  3DA0FA,  3W9DQ,  3W9FU (AS-157),
5A1AL,  5R8SV,  8P9AL,  A35JP/p  (OC-123),  A5A,  AP2AM,  C6ALY,  DU2/JA1PBV
(OC-092), E20HHK/p (AS-145, AS-125 and AS-126),  EK7DX, FO/JI1JKW,  GB13COL,
HD2RRC (SA-034), HD2RRC/4 (SA-033), IS0/OM8A, J88PI (NA-025),  JW2US, JY9FC,
LB1AH/p (EU-055), OY/MM0ZBH, PJ6/OH1VR, RT9K/9 (AS-005), SF7YT,  TN5E, TU7C,
TZ4AM, UK9AA, VK5CE/7 (OC-233), VP8LP, VU4YC, ZF1EJ, ZV2CV.

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