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425 DX News #1660

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:28 am
by NP3N

25 February 2023                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1660

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3B7    - The  3B7M DXpedition team's departure  from Mauritius  has been de-
         layed owing to tropical cyclone Freddy.  They set sail on 24 Febru-
         ary, one day  later than planned,  and will extend radio operations
         until  8 March.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,  or via OK6DJ.  See
         See https://3b7m.com/ for more information.
3D2    - Wayne, N0UN  is currently active as  3D2UN  from Nadi,  on the main
         island of Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji.  He operates "from time to time
         on human modes only, with an emphasis on CW". QSL via LoTW; he also
         uploads his QSOs to Club Log.
9G     - Team 9G4X  (Zeev 4X4ZS, Haim 9G5AF,  Curt N2ZX,  George N4GRN,  Joe
         K9UR, Gregg W6IZT,  Hal W8HC,  Bob W9AP  and  Mike WB0SND)  will be
         active from  Langma, Ghana on  22-30 March,  including a  Multi-Two
         entry in the CQWW WPX Phone Contest.  Outside the contest they will
         operate five stations: three on 160-10 metres, one on 6 metres  and
         one QRV on QO-100. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via K4NHW. The
         team also looks forward to working with some of the  local amateurs
         sharing DXpeditioning and  contest operating experiences  that they
         hope will encourage the locals to pick up and continue after depar-
         ture. The 5-element antenna for six metres  will be donated  to the
         Accra Amateur Radio Club (9G2DX) for their continued use during the
         6m season.
DU     - DU2WAA is the new callsign issued to David VE3OI as of 17 February.
         Previously active as DU3DW from Angeles City (Province of Pampanga)
         and  Subic Bay (Province of Zambales),  he has moved to near Curri-
         mao, Ilocos Norte.  He is QRV on 40-10 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  OQRS
         will be available later.
EA     - Look for  EG4IF, EG1GURU, EG2GURU,  EG3GURU, EG4GURU,  EG5GURU  and
         EG7GURU  to be QRV from various SOTA locations  during March.  This
         activity  is  a tribute  to  Jose-Antonio Gurutzarri "Guru" Jauregi
         (EA2IF), an outstanding personality of the Summits On The Air  pro-
         gramme,  who passed away on  11 March 2022.  QSL cards will  not be
         provided; see https://sites.google.com/view/ea2if-memorial  for the
         certificate that will be available.
EA6    - Robert, OK2PYA  will be active  as  EA6/OK2PYA  from  various  WWFF
         (World Wide Flora & Fauna) area on Mallorca, Balearic Islands  (EU-
         004) on 1-7 March.  He will operate  CW  on 40-10 metres,  and will
         announce his operating schedule on https://wwff.co/agenda/. QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
F      - Eric, F4ENJ will be active as  TM5GI  from Groix Island (EU-048) on
         23-27 February, with main activity during the SSB leg of the "Coupe
         du REF" (REF SSB Contest, 25-26 February). QSL via the bureau.
FG     - Look for Gildas, FG/F6HMQ  and  Michel, FG/F6GWV to be active again
         from Guadeloupe (NA-102)  on 3-26 March.  They will participate  in
         the ARRL DX SSB Contest (4-5 March)  and the  CQ WW WPX SSB Contest
         (25-26 March) as TO3Z (QSL via F6HMQ). [TNX The Daily DX]
HC8    - Jim WB2REM, John K4LT  and  Bob KE2D  will be active again as  HD8M
         from  Santa Cruz,  Galapagos Islands (SA-004) on  1-11 March.  They
         will operate SSB, CW and FT8 (F/H)  on 160-6  metres.  QSL via Club
         Log's  OQRS,  or direct  to  WB2REM;  LoTW  after  six months.  See
         https://www.hd8m.com/ for the band plan and other information.
J7     - J74D (not J79UKR as he had requested and hoped for) is the callsign
         actually issued to Yuri, VE3DZ for his activity from Domica  (20-27
         February). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call.
J8     - Thomas, F4HPX will be active holiday style as J8/AG7JQ from "sever-
         al islands"  within  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  sometime  in
         March. He will operate mainly SSB,  with some FT8/FT4  "when tired"
         and maybe "a bit of automated (sorry) CW" on 40-10 metres.  QSL via
         F4HPX (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL.
LU     - Radio Club  QRM  Belgrano, LU4AAO  will be active from  25 February
         to 5 March to commemorate its  55th anniversary.  Look for activity
         on various  bands and modes.  A digital QSL and certificate will be
         available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/LU4AAO for the details.  [TNX
         LU4AAO]
PJ2    - Andy, DK5ON will be active again as PJ2/DK5ON from Curacao (SA-099)
         on 4-22 March.  He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on  160-6
         metres.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,  or via DK5ON  (direct  or
         bureau). [TNX NG3K]
PJ7    - Gary, KC9EE will be active holiday style as PJ7EE from Sint Maarten
         (NA-105) on 1-8 March. He will operate mainly CW QRP  and  possibly
         some FT8 and FT4  on 40-10 metres.  He will upload his log to  Club
         Log and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY     - Renato, PY8WW has been active as PX8D from  Mexiana Island (SA-042)
         since 18 February, and expects to remain there until 1 March. He is
         QRV on 40-6m CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL direct to home call.
T30    - Norbert, DF6FK  and  Judith, DL2ZAD  have cancelled their operation
         from Banaba [425DXN 1659] as  "after daily visits to the government
         offices,  they found  no ship  is going to T33 in the near future".
         They will remain in  Tarawa (Western Kiribati) for a while,  and be
         active as T30BB and T30BA. QSl via QSL via DF6FK, direct or bureau.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9N   - Tom, VK3FTOM  will be joining  the VK9NT team  that  will be active
         from Norfolk Island on  17-31 March [425DXN 1659].  He has also got
         his personal callsign,  VK9TOM,  which he will use starting  on  or
         around 13 March for "some QRP operating" while on the island.
VP6    - Andy, AB7FS (E51AND) has been QRV as  VP6AND  from  Pitcairn Island
         (OC-044) since the early UTC hours of 24 February.  During his two-
         day holiday style activity  he operates  SSB and slow CW  from  the
         QTH  of Meralda, VP6MW.  QSL direct to home call (no LoTW or eQSL).
ZL7    - Volker, ZL1VV has been active again as  ZL7/ZL1VV  from the Chatham
         Islands (OC-038)  since 23 February,  and will remain there until 2
         March. In his spare time he operates SSB on 20, 17, 15 and 10m. QSL
         via LoTW. [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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CY0S ---> Because of  some scheduling issues,  three operators  (K4UEE, K5YY
and N2IEN) have dropped out of the team, which now includes  Jay K4ZLE,  Lou
N2TU, Glenn W0GJ, Dan W4DKS, Murray WA4DAN, Lee WW2DX  and  two new members,
namely  Craig K9CT and John W2GD. The DXpedition to Sable Island is expected
to take place on  20-30 March  [425DXN 1659].  CY0S  is  also  on  Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/955351178705747/.

FT8WW ---> Thierry has made nearly  39,000 QSOs so far.  He has been  autho-
rized to continue  until 3 March,  then he will have to cease operations  on
the HF bands for one week.  Finally, he expects to resume activity for a few
more days. He is required to QRT ten days before the  "Marion Dufresne"  ar-
rives  to take him and  others off the island.  Depending on sea conditions,
the ship is expected to stopover at Possession Island on or around 26 March.

QSL ET3SID ---  Bob, N2OO has logs covering  only the periods  13 February-2
June 2008, and 8-13 December 2011. QSL for these dates go to Bob Schenck, PO
Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087, USA.  Sid May, ET3SID passed away in 2012,  and
all other logs are missing.

VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC ---> George, AA7JV and Mike, KN4EEI  will be operating
as /mm  from power catamaran  "Magnet"  during a two-year journey across the
Pacific.  They will be mostly on 160-40m CW and on 30-10m FT8 and CW.  Also,
they plan to operate  CW, FT8 and some SSB  from a number of  DXCC Entities.
Their first stops will be at the Marquesas Islands (OC-027) approximately on
18-25 March, the Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066, French Polynesia) approximate-
ly on 28 March-5 April, and the  Society Islands (OC-046 and OC-067,  French
Polynesia) between 10 April and 10 July.  In order  to allow QSOs  to be ac-
ceptable for DXCC credit,  they will set up on various islands using the RIB
landing craft and their Radio In a Box (RIB) stations.
In pioneering experiment sponsored by the Northern California DX Foundation,
a  remotely controlled station  will be operated on  6 metres  along the way
from hundreds of very rare grid squares: "we intend to test out the Starlink
connections  en route  using the call  KH7Z/mm  in the afternoons  when  the
vessel is in calm waters". All KH7Z/mm  QSOs will be uploaded  automatically
to LOTW after the completion of each grid.
The "Magnet"  left  Bahia Golfito, Costa Rica on  21 February. Grids will be
posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/KH7Z as they are activated.

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                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
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3B8HK       N4GNR       FM4LV       W3HNK       PJ4NG       K4BAI
3B9FR       M0OXO       FM5WD       W3HNK       SN160PS     SQ5CSW
3D2TS       M0OXO       G6XX        M0OXO       SN2M        SP2XF
3V8TD       HB9FSA      GH5DX       EB7DX       SN550E      SP2PDG
3Z1K        SP1KRF      GM5X        N3SL        SN550I      SP2GUB
3Z8GSC      SP8GSC      H44MS       DL2GAC      SN550K      SP2PTU
4A7S        XE2S        HC7AE/1     EA5GL       SN550N      SP2PGD
4D3X        W3HNK       HF15M4PSP   SP9SCI      SN550O      SP9BRP
4U1UN       HB9BOU      HH75RCH     N2OO        SN550R      SP4PND
4U9A        9A2AA       HP1XT       KU9C        SO4M        SP4MPG
4UNR        UA3DX       HP3AK       K4PWS       SP0ANT      SP3TYJ
5R8AL       G3SWH       HR5/F2JD    F6AJA       SP550K      SP2KFQ
5V23LE      F5LCX       HZ1KWT      HZ1SAR      T45FM       RW6HS
7P8SV       EA7FTR      HZ1WRD      HZ1SAR      T48K        DK1WI
7Q7CT       EA7FTR      IB1D        IK1TAZ      T88CH       JF6CHA
8P5A        HA1AG       II1CAI      IQ1NO       T88UW       JH7IPR
8P5GL       EA7FTR      II2ANT      IK2QPO      TI7W        M0URX
8P6ET       KU9C        II2S        IZ2FOS      TM1D        F6OBD
9A50RKP     9A6KX       II2V        IK2AQZ      TM1W        F5HRY
9K2KO       EC6DX       II3BRU      IN3ZWF      TM2Y        F6BEE
9Y4NWK      N2NWK       II3MNA      IQ3TS       TM3Z        F4DSK
A61DI       EA7FTR      II5ANT      IZ5BTC      TM57M       F8EFU
A61Q        EA7FTR      II8K        IZ8EPX      TM62WFF     F4GYM
A91KWT      EC6DX       IR0A        OM2FY       TM6C        F6KMB
A91SFD      EC6DX       IR1ANT      I1HYW       TM9C        F5OHM
AP2SD       EA5ZD       J42R        SV2HXV      TO4A        VE3DZ
C4W         5B4WN       J644DS      EB7DX       TR8CR       F6AJA
CB7C        CE6TTL      J72IMS      EC6DX       TT8SN       DL9USA
CR3DX       OM2VL       J74D        VE3DZ       V26DX       EB7DX
CR5O        CT7AJL      J79BH       FM5BH       V26OC       N3OC
CT9ABN      OM2VL       J8/AJ4YX    PA2LO       V31AT       K5PI
CV7S        CX7SS       JY4CI       K2AX        V31AX       M0URX
CX5UA       IK2DUW      JY5HX       E73Y        V31DJ       W0CP
D4L         IK2NCJ      KL2R        EA5GL       V31IT       M0URX
D4T         CT1FFU      KL7J        N3SL        V31MU       W0MU
D4Z         IK2NCJ      KL7RA       N4GNR       V31TP       WC0W
DQ44WCA     DF6EX       KP2B        EB7DX       V3T         WC0W
E2A         E21EIC      LN8W        LA6YEA      V55Y        DK2WH
ED3D        EA3RCB      LZ04RN      LZ1ZF       VK2HJ/VK9   EB7DX
ED3Z        EA3ICJ      LZ78ZZ      LZ1ZF       VK9CVG      M0OXO
ED7A        EA7FPG      MU5E        GU4YOX      VK9WX       M0OXO
ED7Z        EA7EQ       NL8F        N7RO        VP5K        K0PC
ED8M        EA8DIG      NP3VI       NP3MR       VP8AWU      K4MZU
ED8X        EA8DO       NP4Z        N4AO        VP9IN       EC6DX
EF1A        EA1X        OA4SS       KB6J        XF3RAM      EA5GL
EF5K        EA5DF       OC4C        OA4DX       XV9K        DJ6TF
EF6T        EA3AIR      OD5KU       EB7DX       YV7MAY      EA8MU
EF6T        EA3AIR      OE1200W     OE3WMW      YW6CQ       YV6BXN
EF7N        EA7KHB      OE20AAW     OE3DMA      Z66BCC      DL2JRM
EF8BBM      EA4BQ       OE2S        OE2GEN      Z81D        OM3JW
EG2CAI      EA2RCA      OQ95RCL     ON3AR       ZC4GR       EB7DX
EH3ANT      EA3EYO      OX7AKT      OZ1ACB      ZD7MG       DK7MG
EL2EF       N2OO        OX7AM       OZ1ACB      ZF1A        K7ZO
EX0DX       HB9DUR      OZ625E      OZ1ACB      ZF2EZ       W5SJ
EY8MM       W0VTT       P40L        WA3FRP      ZF2MJ       N6MJ
FG4KH       F1DUZ       P40N        EA7HBC      ZF2SC       KA9P
FG8OJ       M0OXO       P44W        N2MM        ZP6/N3BNA   KA2AEV
FK/M0NSI    EA5GL       P49X        W0YK        ZP6TT       IK2DUW
FK8HA       K3IRV       PA44WFF/p   PA9CW       ZP9MCE      EA5ZD
FK8HM       F5MFV       PJ4A        K4BAI       ZT1T        N4GNR

5R8XB    Marco S. Botta, Avenue du Congo 14-27, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
8P0P     Peter Cross, PO Box 7200, Rochester MN 55903, USA
8P9NX    Peter Cross, PO Box 7200, Rochester MN 55903, USA
C5C      Luc Thibaudat, 15 rue de Moiscourt, 27140 Gisors, France
CR6K     Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
         3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
ED1R     Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
         05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
J42L     Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
LX8RTTY  Andre Doffing, 9 Cite Europe, L-3834 Schifflange, Luxembourg
NP2J     Dan Flaig, PO Box 25941, Christiansted VI 00824-1941, USA
OX3LX    Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
OX5DM    Allis Andersen, Gyngemose Parkvej 11 2.th., 2860 Soeborg, Denmark
PX8D     Fabio Renato Camboim de Araujo, Passagem Ademar de Barros 68,
         Belem - PA, 66060-650, Brazil
TM0R     Jean-Louis Zabalza, 7 allee le Sous Bois, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon,
         France
TR8CA    Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V31XX    Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
V3X      Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
VP6AND   Andrew N. Duncan, 636 Mooney Street, Independence OR 97351, USA
XV9DL    Charles Gerarden, 428 Sunset Drive, Worland WY 82401, USA
ZF5T     Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA

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