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425 DX News #1375

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:03 am
by NP3N
9 September 2017                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1375
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

7X     - Rodrigo, EA7JX will be active as 7U1X from Djelfa, Algeria on 18-25
         September, including  a  SOAB entry  in the CQ WW RTTY Contest.  He
         will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via
         Club  Log's  OQRS,  or  via  home  call  (direct  or  bureau).  See
         http://www.7u1x.com/ for more information.
8P     - Look for  8P9KZ (CW and SSB),  8P9RN (CW and SSB) and  8P9SL (RTTY,
         PSK  and JT65, plus some  CW and SSB) to  be active  from  Barbados
         (NA-021) on 17-25 October.  They will  be QRV on 80-10 metres.  QSL
         via Club Log's OQRS or via home calls:  8P9KZ via W2KKZ,  8P9RN via
         WB2YQH, 8P9SL via WF2S (also via LoTW). [TNX WB2YQH]
9U     - The 9U4M team has added FT8 to their operating modes.  A very large
         team  will  be  active  from Burundi  with  five  stations on  6-17
         November  [425DXN 1360].  The website  for  the  DXpedition  is  on
         http://www.mdxc.org/9u4m/. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]
CN     - Tev, TA1HZ (CN2HZ) and Golkem, TA7AZC (CN2ZC) have been active from
         Ksar es Sghir, Morocco  since 6 September,  and will  remain  there
         until the 13th.  They will participate  in  the  WAE DX SSB Contest
         (9-10 September).  QSL CN2HZ via LoTW or LZ3HI;  QSL CN2ZC via LoTW
         or TA7AZC. [TNX NG3K]
DL & EA- Club station DL0ESA will be active on 8-10 September  to  celebrate
         the 50th anniversary of the European Space Agency-Operations Centre
         (ESOC) in  Darmstadt, Germany.  In addition, EG1ESA  will be active
         the Cebreros Satellite Tracking Station in Spain  from 18 September
         to 5 October.  QSL for both callsigns preferably via LoTW and eQSL,
         or via DL0ESA (direct  or  bureau).  Information on  the  ESA Radio
         Award can be found  at  https://sites.google.com/site/esahamradio/.
         [TNX DX Coffee]
F      - Fabien, F4GYM will be active as F4GYM/p  from  Sein Island (EU-068)
         on 5-8 October. He will operate SSB, PSK, RTTY and some CW on 80-10
         metres. QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, or via  F4GYM (direct or bureau).
         [TNX rsgbiota.org]
GM     - The "59 Degrees North Amateur Radio Group" (MM0ORK) will be  active
         as GB5TAM from the H.M.S. Tern Naval Air Station Museum  at  Twatt,
         Orkney Islands (EU-009) on 16-17 September. QSL direct to MM5DWW.
HC     - Grecia,  YV1YL  and  Julio,  YV1KK  are  active  "sporadically"  as
         YV1YL/HC1 and YV1KK/HC1  from  Quito, Ecuador until December.  QSLs
         via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via OH0XX (direct or bureau).
I      - Aurelio, IZ8EGM and  Pasquale, IK0JAY Pasquale  will be  active  as
         IB0C from the islands of Ventotene  and  Santo Stefano  (both count
         for IOTA group EU-045) on 22-24 September.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS
         (direct or bureau) or via IZ8EGM (direct).
JA     - Look for JA4GXS/6 to be active from Kami Koshiki (AS-037)  on 24-25
         September.  He will operate CW and SSB on  40, 30, 20 and 17 metres
         QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
JD1_oga- Take, JA1UII will be active again  as JD1BON  from Chichijima  (AS-
         031), Ogasawara on 21-30 September, including an entry in the CQ WW
         DX RTTY Contest.  All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via  the
         bureau and LoTW; direct cards go to JA1UII.
JW     - Jozef, OM6TC will be active as JW/OM6TC from Longyearbyen (EU-026),
         Svalbard on 15-20 September.  He will operate CW and SSB on the  HF
         bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
KH9    - Terry, K7ASU is active in spare time as K7ASU/KH9 from  Wake Island
         (OC-053) until 17 September.  He runs 50 watts into a  vertical and
         operates  QRS CW  on 40 and  20  metres, but  "operating is  not  a
         priority".  QSL direct to home call, and  hopefully via LoTW.  [TNX
         The Daily DX]
OH0    - Wolfgang DK2DO, Rainer DL1ZBO and Peter DL5FF will be active  again
         as OH0JWL from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 19-25 September.  They
         will operate CW on 80-10 metres, and  will also participate in  the
         CQ WW DX RTTY Contest.  QSL via DK2DO (CW)  or DL5FF (RTTY), bureau
         or direct.
ON     - Special event station OP36CLM will be active between 16 October and
         15 November.  The suffix stands for  Canadian Liberation March, the
         annual event that celebrates the liberation of the  Belgian town of
         Knokke on 1 November 1944.  QSL via ON3AIM, direct or bureau.  More
         information on the activity and the relevant award can be found  on
         https://www.qrz.com/db/op36clm. [TNX ON4RO]
OZ     - Look for Tom, DL4VM to be active as  OZ/DL4VM  from  Vendsyssel-Thy
         (EU-171) from 15 September to 7 October.  He will be QRV on 40  and
         20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OZ     - Look  for  OZ/DH8WW,  OZ/DJ2AS,  OZ/DL1AQU,  OZ/DL2AMT,  OZ/DL3ARK,
         OZ/DL4AMK and OZ/DL5ASE to be active  from  Fano Island (EU-125) on
         23-30 September. [TNX DX Newsletter]
PY0F   - Leo, PP1CZ will  be active  again  as  PY0F/PP1CZ from  Fernando de
         Noronha (SA-003) on 22-27 September. He will operate mainly CW with
         some SSB and digital modes (RTTY, JT65, FT8) on 80-10 metres,  plus
         160m if conditions allow. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or direct only to
         PP1CZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ4    - Ant, MW0JZE will be active as PJ4/MW0JZE  from  Bonaire (SA-006) on
         15-30  September.   He will  operate  SSB, RTTY and FT8,  and  will
         participate  in the  CQ WW DX RTTY Contest.  QSL via M0OXO's  OQRS.
         [TNX M0OXO]
SM     - Stefan, DF8HS  will  be  active  as  SM7/DF8HS  from  Oland  Island
         (EU-037) on 16-30 September.  QSL via home call,  bureau preferred.
         [TNX rsgbiota.org]
V2     - Bud, AA3B will be active again as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on 14-
         19 September.  He will operate CW, and maybe RTTY and FT8.  QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via AA3B (direct or bureau).  [TNX The
         Daily DX]
VP8_ssh- Sebastian, SQ1SGB is active  until  23 October  as HF0ARC,  the new
         callsign for the  Polish  Antarctic  Station "Henryk Arctowski"  on
         King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). QSL for this activity
         via SQ1SGB (direct).
W      - Wey, K8EAB has been active as  K4G from  St. George Island (NA-085)
         since  6  September,  and will  remain  there  until the  11th (but
         "duration of operation very unsure due to the approach of hurricane
         Irma").  QSL via Club Log for electronic IOTA credit,  or direct to
         K8EAB.
W      - Commemorating the  16th anniversary of 9/11, WA2NYC will  be active
         on 8-12 September on  or  around  28450, 21350, 14265 and 7220 kHz.
         QSL direct or via LoTW.
W      - Steve, KJ4KKI will be active  from  Dauphin Island (NA-213)  on 2-5
         October.  He is likely to be QRV on 20 and 40 metres.  QSL via home
         call and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
Z2     - David, G4NRT will be active as Z21NRT from  Zimbabwe between  9 and
         29 September.  He  will operate  SSB,  CW and  digital modes  (PSK,
         JT65/9 and FT8)  on  80-6 metres.  QSL via G4NRT (direct) and LoTW.
         [TNX The Daily DX]

SCOTTISH ISLANDS TOUR ---> G4LTH  has plans  to be active as  GM4LTH/p  from
Hirta (EU-059) on 15-16 September and Rona (EU-010) on 17-18 September, with
side  trips  to  the  Flannan Isles (EU-118)  on  16 September,  Sula  Sgeir
(EU-010) o n 17 September and the  Shiant Islands (EU-112)  on 18 September.
All  activations  are "very  weather dependant".  QSL direct to G4LTH.  [TNX
rsgbiota.org]

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

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7Y94I ---> The 1-10 September DXpedition to Rachgoun Island (AF-094) [425DXN
1373] has been postponed "due to an authorization delay request being filled
by the  Algerian Coast Guard".  The new dates will be  announced  as soon as
known. [TNX The Daily DX]

IOTA NEWS ---> "In preparation to  moving IOTA  to its  new website",  G3KMA
announced on 4 September,  "we have with immediate effect  instituted a stop
on the submission of all applications to  checkpoints from users.  We expect
to launch the new website in the next two weeks. We regret the inconvenience
but that is the earliest that service can resume".

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated. Seventeen different galleries include 14,993 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2004-16), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

T6/IZ1CCK ---> Salvatore  Bonomolo, IZ1BWB  reports   that   his   T6/IZ1CCK
operation from  Afghanistan  has been  approved  for DXCC credit.  Currently
located in Herat with  NATO's Resolute Support Mission TAAC West,  Salvatore
is the trustee  of  IZ1CCK,  the  callsign  issued  to  the  Alpine  Brigade
'Taurinense'.

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QSLs received direct or through managers:  3D2AG/p (OC-060),  4JF1EU,  5U5R,
7X4AN, A35JP/p,  B7CRA (AS-143),  BA7IO (AS-129),  C21BN,  CN3A,  DU2/JA1PBV
(OC-092), DU6/JA1PBV (OC-125), DZ4C (OC-202), E44WE, E51LYC (OC-098), EW6DX,
FH/DJ9RR, FT3YL (AN-017), GM2T (EU-008), HD2RRC (SA-034), HD2RRC/4 (SA-033),
HG2DX,  HH2AA,  HH8/N3BNA,  IS0/OM8A,  JI3DST/1 (AS-008),  JY9FC,  KH0/KW2X,
KH7XS, LU4CJM/Z (AN-010),  OJ0JR,  OY/DL3UB,  S79NH,  TE8DX (NA-116),  TM5FL
(EU-095), TM7U (EU-094), V6J (OC-226), VU7KP, WH7W, YI0MTU, YV5IUA.

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