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25 March 2023                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1664
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3A     - Look for 3A8AB  to be active from  Monaco on  1-30 April.  QSL  via
         LoTW.  The special callsign commemorates the  100th anniversary  of
         the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy,
         F8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO  (28 November 1923).  Leon Deloy  (1894-
         1969)  died in Monaco  and  bequeathed his fortune  to a number  of
         local charities and philanthropic foundations.
3D2    - Dom, 3Z9DX will be active again as 3D2AJT  from Nadi,  Fiji Islands
         on  23-31 March.  The  callsign  is in memory  of  the  late  Yasuo
         "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, who passed away on 23 March 2022. QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS.
D4     - Timo, OH1NOA will be active holiday style as D4NA  from  Sal Island
         (AF-086), Cape Verde between 30 March and 6 April.  He will operate
         mainly CW and SSB on 40-10m,  with plans to be QRV from a couple of
         World Wide Flora & Fauna sites.  QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS,  or
         direct to OH1NOA.
DL     - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day,  DARC special  event  callsign
         DA23WARD will be active from 21 March to 18 April. All QSOs will be
         confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards via DL2VFR.
FH     - Dom, F4IFF will be active as FH/F4IFF from Mayotte (AF-027) on  1-8
         April.  He will operate SSB and FT8  on  80-10 metres  ("I will run
         simultaneously FT8 and SSB to maximize the number of contacts",  he
         says). QSL via EB7DX and logsearch on Club Log.
FO     - FO/AA7JV went QRT from the Marquesas Islands on 20 March  at  16.10
         UTC. Mike, KN4EEI and George  operated from Anaho Bay, on the north
         side of Nuku Hiva.  They put on the beach  two RIB (Radio In a Box)
         stations and two antennas;  due to software issues  they worked  CW
         and SSB, and only made a handful of FT8 QSOs.  "Low band conditions
         were poor,  made worse  by the  difficult geography  of  the  bay",
         George says, but "we seemed to have very good signals on  30 and 10
         metres, and good on 40 and 20".  This was the first operation where
         the RIBs were used in an actual DXpedition.
         The "Magnet"  is now going  to  the  Tuamotu Archipelago  (OC-066),
         French Polynesia,  where  Mike  and George  expect to be QRV  again
         as FO/AA7JV starting around 27 March until around 5 April.  QSL via
         HA7RY and LoTW.
FO0/C  - The Perseverance DX Group is organizing a DXpedition to  Clipperton
         Island (NA-011).  The current schedule is for a team of experienced
         operators  (namely DJ9RR, HA0NAR,  K3EL, K5GS,  KE4KY, N6WM,  N6XG,
         N7QT, PY2PT, W1SRD, W7XU and ZL3CW) to be QRV as TX5S from 18 Janu-
         ary to 2 February 2024.  They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 on
         160-6 metres  with up to  eight stations.  QSL  via  M0URX's  OQRS.
         Bookmark https://clip.pdxg.net/ for more information and updates.
         Now designated a  protected environmental reserve,  visits to Clip-
         perton  require a  lengthy and detailed  application  process.  The
         latest major DXpeditions took place in 2013 (TX5K), 2008 (TX5C) and
         2000 (FO0AAA).
         The Perseverance DX Group (https://wp.pdxg.net/) has conducted five
         DXpeditions  and  logged over 340,000 QSOs  since its formation ten
         years ago:  VK9MT (Mellish Reef 2014),  TX3X (Chesterfield  Islands
         2015), VP6D (Ducie Island 2018),  VP8PJ (South Orkney Islands 2020)
         and TX5N (Austral Islands 2022).
ON     - Celebrating  World Amateur Radio Day,  UBA  special  event  station
         OT23WARD will be active from various locations on  1-30 April.  QSL
         via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL.  A certificate  will be available,
         the details will be published on https://www.qrz.com/db/OT23WARD.
OZ     - EDR special callsign 5P0WARD will be active on 11-25 April in cele-
         bration of  World Amateur Radio Day.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW
         and eQSL, or via OZ1ACB. See https://www.qrz.com/db/5p0ward for the
         award.
T30    - The T30UN operation from  West Kiribati (OC-017)  [425DXN 1663]  is
         now set to start during the first week of April,  in order to avoid
         clashing with concurrent DXpeditions, especially on FT8.  Plans are
         to be QRV for about five weeks on 160-6 metres with one CW station,
         one SSB station and seven FT8 stations. It will possible to see two
         FT8 stations  on the same band  at the same time  (one operating on
         the standard frequency,  and the other operating F/H on a different
         frequency).  See https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup for updates.
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
VK     - VI10VKFF is the special callsign  celebrating the  10th anniversary
         of the  World Wide Flora  &  Fauna (WWFF)  programme  in  Australia
         (https://www.wwffaustralia.com/).  It will be used from  Australian
         Parks  until the end of 2023.  QSL via LoTW,  eQSL,  or via  VK5PAS
         (direct or bureau).
VU     - Look for AU40NRO to be active from 1 April to 30 June  to celebrate
         The  40th anniversary  of  the  National Institute of Amateur Radio
         (NIAR). QSL via VU2NRO.
Z8     - Dia, YI1DZ has been back to Juba, South Sudan since  13 March,  and
         expects to remain there until 22 April. He operates SSB and FT8  as
         Z81D in his  spare time.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW,  or via
         OM3JW. [TNX The Daily DX]

CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST --->  The following stations are expected to take part
in this year's event (25-26 March):
Call        Category          Country               QSL    
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3A/IK1TTD   SO                Monaco                IK1TTD     
3G2K        SO                Chile                 LoTW       
5B/HA5PP    SOAB              Cyprus                HA5PP      
5K300EA                       Colombia              LoTW       
9G4X        M/2               Ghana                 LoTW/K4NHW 
AT3K        M/M               India                 LoTW/VU2XE 
CL0C        M/2 LP            Cuba                  LoTW       
CQ3W        SOAB              Madeira               LoTW       
D4DX        SOAB              Cape Verde            LoTW/E73Y  
HD1A        M/M               Ecuador               LoTW/HC1QRC
HQ2E        SO                Honduras              LoTW/M0OXO 
LG5LG       M/?               Norway                LA7TIA     
NH7T        M/M               Hawaii                NH7T       
P3N                           Cyprus                LoTW/RW3RN 
PJ2T        M/M               Curacao               LoTW/W3HNK 
PJ4K        SO                Bonaire               KU9C       
PJ4R                          Bonaire               LoTW/WD9DZV
PR2R                          Brazil                LoTW/PY2ERA
PT1W                          Brazil                PY1FJ      
TC3J        SOSB 80m          Turkey                LoTW/TA3J  
TI0RC       M/M               Costa Rica            LoTW       
TO1Q        SOSB 10m          Guadeloupe            LoTW/F1ULQ 
TO3Z                          Guadeloupe            F6HMQ      
TO7O        SOAB              Martinique            LoTW/EA1BP 
V26EI                         Antigua               LoTW/M0OXO 
V26K        SOAB HP           Antigua               LoTW/AA3B  
VC2W        SO                Canada                LoTW       
VC3T        SO                Canada                LoTW       
VC6X        SO                Canada                LoTW       
VF1T        SO HP             Canada                LoTW       
VG2Z        SO                Canada                LoTW       
VJ9N                          Norfolk Island        LoTW/M0OX  
VP5P        M/?               Turks & Caicos Isls   LoTW/N2OO  
ZX7E        SO                Brazil                LoTW/PT7BI 
ZZ2A        SOSB 10m          Brazil                LoTW       
Complete rules can be found at https://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm.

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

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The February 2023 issue  is available for download
at https://www.425dxn.org/. [TNX IZ3EBA]

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The  Spring 2023 issue (#138) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html).  Highlights include "The CW Receiving
Machine" by Ralph Fedor (K0IR), as well as trip reports of  S21DX (Dhal Char
Island, AS-140, December 2022), PJ2Y Youth DX Adventure (July 2022) and TN8K
(Congo, January 2023).

IOTA DINNER ---> After three years of "virtual dinners"  because of the pan-
demic, the Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be held on 21  April
in conjunction  with the  74th International DX Convention.  The IOTA Dinner
is not included in the main Convention registration, and there is a separate
registration and fee for it.  Registration for this event  ends on  7 April:
https://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-iota.html. [TNX WC6DX]

QSL VIA DL6KVA ---> The QSL cards for the 3Y0J team members' operations from
the "Marama"   (AB5EB/mm,   DL6KVA/mm,   KO7SS/mm,   KO8SCA/mm,   LA7GIA/mm,
LA7THA/mm, LB1QI/mm, LB5GI/mm, N0FW/mm, NP4G/mm, VE3LYC/mm, WD5COV/mm)  will
be handled by DL6KVA. They made 5,588 QSOs from the boat,  and will indicate
which grid  they were in  for each QSO.  The logs will be uploaded  to  Club
Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX]

TX5XG: CANCELLED --- > "Due to unforeseen circumstances", JA1XGI says,  "the
activity of TX5XG is suspended".  Haru expected to be QRV  from the  Austral
Islands on 12-19 April [425DXN 1663].

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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
===================================================================
3C3CA       TA2OM       EH5VEF      EA5URV      LZ23ROJ     LZ1YE
3V8CB       LX1NO       EP6DSP      WA3FRP      OD5TX       IZ8CLM
3V8SS       LX1NO       FG4KH       F1DUZ       OL750HOL    OK1MR
4U1GSC      9A2AA       FO/AA7JV    HA7RY       OY1DZ       F5CWU
4U1UN       HB9BOU      FS4WBS      IZ1MHY      P40L        WA3FRP
4U1WB       KK4HD       FY4JI       EA5GL       PB23AMF     PA0RSM
5H6PJ       VU2BGC      H25A        LZ3SM       PJ2MAN      EC5AHA
5Z4PA       M0URX       HF550MK     SP9PLK      PJ4/KK9A    WD9DZV
6Y5FS       G4BWP       HF6FIRAC    SP6IEQ      PJ4EL       M0URX
6Y5HM       EA5GL       HH75RCH     N2OO        PJ4K        KU9C
7Z1LR       EC6DX       HI0LT       EB7DX       PJ4RF       EA5GL
8P9XX       VE2AED      HS0ZJF      ON4AFU      PJ4SON      M0URX
8S80AA      SK5AA       HS0ZMY      EA5GL       PR2R        PY2ERA
9G4X        K4NHW       II0AQN      IQ0MA       PR5Y        PP5IP
9G5AF       EA5GL       II0BPL      IQ0FB       PV2K        EA5GL
9K2JJ       EA5GL       II0FRO      IQ0FN       PY5ZHP      SP7CVW
9K2NO       EC6DX       II0LAT      IQ0LT       R2023BA     R1II
9K2OD       EC6DX       II0RMC      IQ0RM       RI41POL     RN3RQ
9K2YD       EC6DX       II1VM       IQ1VM       S76P        S79JKN
9K2YM       EA5KB       II2BRS      IQ2CJ       SN0OSA      SP2TMT
9N7NQ       JA7NQQ      II2MIL      IQ2MI       SN0RUN      SP5PPK
9X5RU       R7AL        II2VNG      IQ2VA       TF3VG       LZ1JZ
A44A        EC6DX       II3AVI      IV3EHH      TG9ADM      EA5GL
A61HA       A61BK       II3BLN      IQ3CR       TM0CR       F6FMT
A61QQ       A61BK       II3IST      IQ3TR       TM100SGDF   F5SDD
A61R        EC6DX       II4PNF      IQ4AX       TO1Q        F1ULQ
A61ZX       IZ8CLM      II5MSC      IQ5MS       UN8LWZ      RW6HS
A62A        EA7FTR      II5PIS      IK5WOB      UP0L        DL8KAC
A65CW       DL2RMC      II7BRI      IQ7PU       V26OC       N3OC
A71AE       EC6DX       II7LEG      IQ7AF       V31CO       W0YBS
A71BX       EA7FTR      II8RCL      IQ8RC       V31HB       F4IXC
A71VV       M0OXO       II8REG      IQ8LD       V31MA       M0OXO
A71XX       EC6DX       II8VVL      IW8PQ       V51WH       DK2WH
A73A        M0OXO       II9CMS      IQ9RG       VI10VKFF    VK5PAS
A92EE       EC6DX       II9CTF      IQ9DE       VK9NT       M0OXO
AP2FLY      IK2DUW      II9CVT      IQ9VH       VP2ETE      W3HNK
AP2HA       JA1WIO      II9PAB      IQ9BH       VP2MDX      W2APF
AP2IN       IK2DUW      II9SIG      IQ9BF       VP5/AF3K    N2OO
AP2TN       N4BAA       IO5LUT      IQ5LU       VP5/W2TT    N2OO
AZ1D        EC6DX       J68KC       WA4PGM      VP6MW       W0VTT
CE4MBH      IZ1MHX      JG8NQJ/JD1  JA8CJY   XZ2B        JH3SIF
CN3W        YL2GM       JG8NQJ/JD1  JG8NQJ   Z21ML       N4GNR
CX7CO       EA5GL       JY5MM       IK2DUW      ZF2CA       G4CWH
CY0S        WA4DAN      KG4NE       NM7H        ZF2RJ       NF3R
D4DX        E73Y        LY11LY      LY2QT       ZS9Z        ZS1OIN
D4K         IZ4DPV      LY33A       LY5A        ZV5N        PP5KW
DF100TA     DL4CQ       LZ110AP     LZ1ZF       ZY1T        PY1VA

5W0RS    Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
A61AS    Maria Tina Muller, P.O. Box 18-130, 014770 Bucharest 1, Romania
CN2DXF   Adam Gladysz, Witkiewicza 22/17, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
CT9ABO   Jozef Lang, Obrancov Mieru 344, 059 34 Spisska Teplica,
         Slovak Republic
D67AA    Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura Machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma,
         371-0811, Japan
FR4KR    Francois Barbier, 5 bis La Marrerie, 50500 St Andre de Bohon,
         France
HC3RJ    Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
         03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HV5PUL   Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM. Italy
JH3SIF   Kiichiro Onishi, 3-19 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo,
         654-0142, Japan
PJ2ND    Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
V55AF    Mike Alberts, PO. Box 31410, Pionierspark, 10023, Namibia
WA4DAN   Murray Adams, PO Box 45, Farmville NC 27828-0045, USA
YJ0CA    Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia

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