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425 DX News #1661

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:33 pm
by NP3N

4 March 2023                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1661

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4X     - Special event stations 4X01I and 4X02I will be active from Moa (WWL
         KM70nm,  Holyland Square J31BS)  and  Kasra  (WWL KM70nn,  Holyland
         Square H31BS), respectively, on 10-11 March. Both sites are located
         in the World Heritage-designated area of the "Incense Route and the
         Desert Cities  in the Negev".  QSLs  via  4X6ZM, and  logserach  on
         https://www.iarc.org/incense/.  The Incense Trade Route  was an an-
         cient network  of major land  and  sea trading routes  linking  the
         Mediterranean world  with eastern and southern sources of  incense,
         spices and other luxury goods.
9G     - Alan, G3XAQ will be active again as 9G5XA from Ghana from 28 Febru-
         ary to 14 March.  He operates CW only,  and his main focus  will be
         the  RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest  (11-12 March). QSL via LoTW,
         or direct only to G3SWH (OQRS on https://www.g3swh.org.uk/).
9U     - Vlad, 9U4WX (OK2WX) went QRT on 1 March at 05.42 UTC,  after 27,822
         QSOs (see https://www.mdxc.support/9u4wx/log-search/  for logsearch
         and statistics). Elvira, 9U5R (IV3FSG) will remain in Burundi until
         7 March, operating SSB and FT8 (also on 6 metres, if conditions are
         right). Logsearch and statistics on https://www.ik2duw.it/9u5r.html
D4     - Luca, HB9OBD will be active holiday style as D44KIT from Sal Island
         (AF-086), Cape Verde from  8 March to 5 April.  He will operate SSB
         and FT8 on  40, 20, 15 and 10 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  eQSL,  or via
         EB7DX.
D6     - Hiro, JF1OCQ will be active as D67AA from the  Comoro Islands  (AF-
         007) on 10-22 March.  He will operate SSB, CW, FT8 (F/H) and FT4 on
         160-10 metres (see https://www.qrz.com/db/D67AA for the band plan).
         QSL via LoTW (preferred)  or  direct to JF1OCQ;  he will upload his
         log also to Club Log and other platforms.
FO/M   - The "Magnet" [425DXN 1660] is heading to the Marquesas Islands (OC-
         027), where  she is expected  to arrive  around 18 March  and  stay
         until 30 March.  Plans are for  George, AA7JV and  Mike, KN4EEI "to
         put ashore a small DXpedition with three stations":  one full power
         station will be operated locally on  160-10 metres CW and SSB;  two
         100-watt stations  will be operated remotely  on  80-6 metres  FT8.
         Bookmark https://www.qrz.com/db/AA7JV for updates.
FT/W   - The  QO-100 equipment that  Thierry, FT8WW was using is broken,  so
         there will be no more satellite activity.  As for the HF bands,  he
         will have to cease operations on 5 March for one week. He will then
         resume activity on 13 March  for a few more days,  until around  16
         March. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
GI     - GB1PAT  and  GB2PAT are  the special callsigns  for  members of the
         Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club  (MN0GKL)  to use on  1-28  March  to
         celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.  QSLs via LoTW only.  Three certifi-
         cates will be available  for making contact with both callsigns  on
         different bands, see https://www.qrz.com/db/GB1PAT.
GM     - Special event station GB5SC  will be active on  4-6 March  to cele-
         brate the 100th anniversary since  BBC broadcasting in Scotland of-
         ficially began (6 March 1923). QSL via operator's instructions.
HI     - Loma del Toro DX Club's members will be active as  HI0LT  from Isla
         Cabras (NA-122) on 12-19 March. They will operate CW, SSB and digi-
         tal modes  (RTTY, FT8, FT4, Q65)  on 160-10  and 2 metres.  QSL via
         EB7DX.
HP     - Look for Phil, VA3QR to be active holiday style as HP9/VA3QR (1-10
         March), HP3/VA3QR (11-20 March) and HP1/VA3QR (21-30 March)  while
         visiting Panama.  He will operate SSB and various digital modes on
         80-10 metres. QSL via home call;  he will upload his logs  to LoTW
         and Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
HV     - HV1CN will be QRV again  from Vatican Radio's headquarters  for the
         International Marconi Day.  Look for activity on 22 April from 7 to
         13 UTC.  QSL via IQ0CV, bureau or direct.  Vatican Radio, the offi-
         cial broadcasting service of Vatican City,  was established in 1931
         by Guglielmo Marconi.
JA     - Moto, JA1GZV will be active again as  JS6UKY/6 from  Okinawa Island
         (AS-017) on 2-8 March. He operates CW on 40-15 metres.  QSL via the
         bureau, eQSL, or direct to JA1GZV. [TNX DX World]
JD1_oga- Look  for  JD1BOI (QSL via JI1LET and LoTW)  and  JD1BON  (QSL  via
         JA1UII and LoTW)  to be active from  Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara
         on 9-24 March.  They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes  (RTTY,
         FT8, FT4) on 160-6 metres.
J8     - Thomas, F4HPX will be active holiday style as J8/AG7JQ from "sever-
         al islands"  within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 7-14 March.
         He will operate mainly SSB, with some FT8/FT4  and  maybe some com-
         puter aided CW on  40-10 metres.  QSL via F4HPX (direct or bureau),
         LoTW and eQSL.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ expects  to be back to the  weather station on  Minami
         Torishima  (OC-073)  around 15 March,  his QSL manager reports.  He
         will remain there for two months,  and will be active as JG8NQJ/JD1
         in his limited spare time. He operates mainly CW with some FT8. QSL
         via JA8CJY (direct), JG8NQJ (bureau) and LoTW.
TZ     - Ulmar, DK1CE has been active again as TZ1CE from Mali since 25 Feb-
         ruary, and will remain there until 16 March. He operates mainly FT8
         and SSB on various bands (60 metres excluded). "On FT8, DX stations
         outside of EU have precedence at all times", he says, and adds that
         he does not operate  Fox & Hound  because  "based on my experience,
         there is not advantage". QSL via DK1CE  (all QSOs will be confirmed
         automatically via the bureau); he will upload his log to  LoTW  and
         Club Log.
V2     - Members of the EI DX Group  (namely  EI2II,  EI2JD,  EI2KM,  EI4BZ,
         EI4HH, EI4L, EI5GM, EI5IX, EI6FR, EI9FBB and EI9HQ)  will be active
         as V26EI from Antigua (NA-100) from 24 March to 2 April.  They will
         operate CW, SSB and digital modes on all bands (hopefully including
         60 and 6 metres) with up to four stations. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and
         LoTW. See http://v26ei.eidxg.com/ for updates.
V4     - Pete, G0TLE will be active again as V4/G0TLE from St Kitts (NA-104)
         on 5-17 March. He will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres CW and
         SSB. QSL direct to home call;  he will upload his log to both  LoTW
         and Club Log.
VE     - Pierre, VK3KTB will be active again as VY0ERC from the  Eureka Ama-
         teur Radio Club station  on  Ellesmere Island (NA-008)  between  15
         March and 12 April.  In his spare time he will operate SSB, FT8 and
         CW on 20, 15, 10, 17 and 12 metres (maybe also on 40 metres and via
         satellite). QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5    - John, N9EAJ will be active as VP5/N9EAJ from Grand Turk Island (NA-
         003) on  9-22 March.  Activity will be mainly on SSB  with some CW,
         and  he also plans  to be QRV  from the  Columbus Landfall National
         Park for POTA.  QSL via home call;  he will upload his log to  Club
         Log and possibly to LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
XE     - Special callsign 4B0T will be used  until the end of June.  "As its
         name implies,  it is a semi-automated station or  bot that uses the
         WSJT-Z program",  Ramon XE1KK says.  "The goal of the experiment is
         to test different scripts of the program while pointing the antenna
         in unusual directions and at different times".  4B0T will primarily
         operate on 10 and 12 metres FT4, and on 6 metres FT8.  QSL via LoTW
         only.
XU     - Tom, DL7BO has been active as XU7GNY from Cambodia  since 27 Febru-
         ary and will remain there until 9 March.  He operates mainly FT8 on
         80-6 metres. QSL via DJ6TF, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log. [TNX DX World]

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

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ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is  for  W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC Entities  as  possible  on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while DX stations  (also  including
KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE amateurs  in  as  many  of  the  48
contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found  at
https://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx).  This year's  event will be held on 4-5 March
(00.00-23.59 UTC).

IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The 2023 Honour Roll  and  Annual Listings  have  been
posted on the  IOTA  website https://iota-world.org/: click  on  PERFORMANCE
LISTINGS  in the  dropdown menu under  PROGRAMME INFORMATION.  They show the
position as of 31 January 2023.
The Honour Roll  lists  the  stations  with  a  checked  score  equalling or
exceeding 50% of the  total of  numbered  IOTA groups, excluding those  with
provisional  numbers, at the time  of preparation.  The Annual Listing lists
the stations with a checked score of 100 or more  IOTA groups but  less than
the qualifying threshold for entry into the Honour Roll.
IOTA rules limit inclusion  in the listings to  those participants  who have
updated  their scores  at least once in the preceding five years (i.e. since
February 2018) and have opted to have their scores published.
"The Honor Roll and Annual Listing includes a total of  1511 entries,  while
36 chasers chose to not be listed, compared to 1158 and 26 in 2022",  Roger,
G3KMA and Cezar, VE3LYC observe.  "There are 239 record-holders  with scores
of 1000 or more IOTA groups, and 559 with scores of at least 750 groups, the
number required for the IOTA Plaque of Excellence. Scores at the top show 64
record-holders breaking through the 1100 mark  and  20 of them  within 10 of
the top score  of 1132  out of 1136 groups  activated to date.  The  VHF/UHF
listing includes now 36 entries, a 50% increase compared to 2020". Congratu-
lations to all who have joined the IOTA family or updated in the last year".

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated. Seventeen different galleries include 21,163 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2013-22), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and  TAAF  (Terres Australes  et  Antarctiques  Francaises),  amateur  radio
"globetrotters",  the various  French  DXCC island Entities  in the  Pacific
Ocean,  the Indian Ocean  and  the Americas (1945-1969), pre-1945 countries,
French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC.
Your participation  is welcome: http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php.
[TNX F6AJA].

QSL SV2ASP/A ---> Monk Chariton  has  the  last two logbooks  for  the  late
SV2ASP/A, covering the period from 1 January 2015 until  Monk Apollo's death
(5 May 2019).  QSL  requests  can be mailed to:  Monk Chariton,  Docheiariou
Monastery, 630 87 Agion Oros, Greece. [TNX The Daily DX]

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QSLs received  direct  or  through  managers:  3A/G4PVM,  3B8/F6HMQ,  3D2AG,
3D2AG/p, 3DA0AQ, 3X1A, 5D5D,  5E2E, 7Q6M, 7X4LV, 8P2K, 8Q7PR,  8Q7TD, 9K2NO,
9N7AA,  A35GC,  A44A, CE6TK,  D44KS, D4D, ET3AA, FT8WW, HI3T, J28MD, JD1BMH,
JW0A, KG6JDX, KP2B, P29RO,  PZ5MA, S21DX (AS-140),  S79/DL2SBY, T88WA, TO3Z,
VK9CM, VK9DX, VU2GSM, XV9BPO, Z62NS, ZC4GR, ZD7MY.

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