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425 DX News #1385

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:18 pm
by NP3N
18 November 2017                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1385
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3W     - Tom, KC0W will be active as 3W9CW [425DXN 1379] from Con Son Island
         (AS-130) on 16-28 November. He will operate CW only on 80-6 metres.
         QSL via home call (direct only) and logsearch on Club Log.  He does
         not use LoTW.
4O     - Ark, UA4CC will be active again as 4O7CC from Montenegro  on  23-30
         November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Before and
         after the contest he will operate  CW, SSB and  digital  modes (FT8
         included) on all bands. QSL via LoTW or home call. [TNX UA4CC]
4S7    - Takayuki, JI1SHQ has moved to Colombo, Sri Lanka in  late June  and
         soon he will be  active as 4S7TNG.  He will operate CW on 30 and 20
         metres. QSL via JI1SHQ (bureau).
5T     - Fawaz, A92AA and Obaid, A61M will be active as  5T1A and 5T1R  from
         Nouakchott, Mauritania between  20 November  and 20 December.  QSLs
         via A92AA. On 1-7 December  they  will be  joined  by  Ahmed, 5T2AI
         (9K2AI) and be active as  5T5TI (https://5t5ti.blogspot.com/)  from
         Tidra Island (AF-050).  They  will  operate  SSB and FT8  on  40-10
         meters.  QSL via NI5DX (direct only), plus LoTW;  logsearch on Club
         Log.
5V     - John, N9MDH is active as 5V1JE from Lome, Togo until around the end
         of May 2018. He operates digital modes and some SSB on 80-10m, with
         a focus on 30 and 20 metres.  Plans are to upload  the log to LoTW.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
5X     - Andy, DL3YM will  participate in  the  CQ WW DX CW Contest as  5X8B
         from Uganda, probably in the SOAB LP category. QSL via LoTW or home
         call (direct only, as he will confirm  all  QSOs automatically  via
         the bureau). [TNX DX World]
EA     - A team of eight (EA1DFP,  EA1ET,  EA1RG,  EA2DLX,  EA2DXW,  EA2ELB,
         EA2RC and EA2VE) will be active "on several HF bands" as EG1ET from
         Salvora Island (EU-077) on 18-19 November. QSL via EA1ET.
FK     - Look for FK/JR3RIU to be active holiday style from New Caledonia on
         24-26 November. He will operate CW on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres  and
         will be active during  the  CQ WW DX CW Contest.  QSL via LoTW,  or
         direct only to JR3RIU. [TNX DX World]
FY     - Hartwig, DL7BC will be active as FY/DL7BC/p from French Guiana from
         26 November to 7 December. He will operate from the QTH  of  Bruno,
         FY4VA (DH1BL) near Cayenne.  QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or  via
         home call (direct or bureau).
HK     - Martin, LU9EFO and Camilo, HK3TU have postponed their expedition to
         IOTA  groups  SA-040  and SA-093 [425DXN 1382]  until  sometime  in
         February 2018. [TNX DX World]
JA     - Nag, JA7GAX will be active as JA7GAX/6 from Kuro Island (AS-024) on
         23-28 November. He will operate CW only on the HF bands and 6m. QSL
         via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
JA     - Take, JI3DST will be active as  either  JS6RRR  and  JI3DST/6  from
         Miyako Island (AS-079) on 23-28 November.  He will operate SSB, CW,
         RTTY and JT65 on the HF bands. QSL JS6RRR via JS6RRR,  QSL JI3DST/6
         via JI3DST. [TNX JI3DST]
PZ     - Four members (AA7A, G4FON, G4IRN and KY7M) of  the  Voodoo  Contest
         Group (http://voodoocontestgroup.com/) will be active as  PZ5V from
         Suriname on 19-28 November, including an entry in  the  CQ WW DX CW
         Contest. QSL via M0URX's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
V2     - Bud, AA3B will be active again as  V26K  from  Antigua (NA-100)  on
         22-27 November.  Main  activity  will  be  during  the  CQ WW DX CW
         Contest; outside the contest  he  might  give  RTTY a try.  QSL via
         LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL or  via  AA3B (direct or bureau).  [TNX
         The Daily DX]
VE     - The Halifax Explosion  was a  maritime  disaster  in  Halifax, Nova
         Scotia  on  6 December 1917.  The  blast  devastated  the  Richmond
         district of Halifax, killing  2000 people  and  injuring more  than
         9000. Commemorating those tragic events,  the Halifax ARC  has been
         issued the special call CK100VDA for the period 2-10 December.  All
         QSOs  will  be  confirmed  automatically via  the  bureau and LoTW;
         direct cards should be sent to VA1YL.
VU     - Datta, VU2DSI will be  active  as AU2JCB  from  23 November  to  11
         December to celebrate the birthdate of Indian  physicist and  radio
         pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose.  Look for activity on 80, 40, 20, 15
         and 10 metres. QSL via VU2DSI (direct). [TNX NG3K]
XE     - XE1AY,  XE1SGW,  XE1SOV,  XE1SPM (YL operator), XE1SRD  and  XE2IUK
         expect to be active again as XF2L from Isla de Lobos (NA-221)  from
         30 November to 3 December.  QSL  direct  to XE1SOV  (or use PayPal:
         details on qrz.com);  logsearch on the  Grupo Puebla DX's  website:
         http://puebladx.org/spcall/XF2L_log.php.
XW     - Ken, K4ZW will be active again as XW4ZW from Vientiane, Laos on 3-8
         December. He will focus  on  the low bands.  QSL via  LoTW or K1SE;
         logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB     - Amir, YB9IPY will be active as YB9IPT/p from Lombok Island (OC-150)
         on 20-24 November. He will operate SSB on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL
         via IK2DUW. Logs will be uploaded to Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZC4    - Adrian, G0KOM  will  be  active  as  ZC4MK  from  Avdimou Beach, UK
         Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus on 5-12 December. QSL via home call,
         Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.

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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
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3C0L & 3C1L --- > Yuris, YL2GM and Kaspars, YL3AIW have uploaded to Club Log
the last part of their 3C1L log, which now contains  43,612 QSOs with 14,811
unique calls. About 1400 QSOs were made  on  9-10 October, the rest from  27
October to 12 November.  While on  Bioko  Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea
they operated CW (77,41%),  SSB (17,83%) and RTTY (4,76%).  On 13-25 October
they were active as 3C0L from Annobon Island (AF-039). They made 32,447 QSOs
with 11,783 uniques on CW (79,87%) and SSB (20,13%). QSL for both operations
via ClubLog's OQRS (direct or bureau),  or direct to  YL2GN;  email requests
for bureau cards can be sent to yl2gn[@]lral.lv.  The logs will be  uploaded
to LoTW in six months' time.

425 DX NEWS  MAGAZINE ---> The  October 2017  issue  is  now  available  for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

5L3BI --- > The 5L3BI team are now able to  share  the  actual  difficulties
they encountered during their attempt of activating  Baiyah Island (AF-111):
"Had we failed? Yes.  Had we escaped without any injuries or harm? Yes.  Did
we make the right decision?  Yes.  Will we attempt it again in  the  future?
No", they say, because "after experiencing and witnessing so much  of  local
customs, none of the team are prepared to put themselves into this situation
again".  The full  story  is  well  worth  a  reading, and can be  found  on
https://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads ... ry-pdf.pdf.
"We are ever so thankful to those DX Groups, Foundations and individuals who
have already requested for us to keep their donations and to use towards the
expense of this project.  We also invite anyone who has made a donation  and
would like it  returned  to please contact  us  (dxer59[@]gmail.com) in  the
first instance so we can make arrangements to repay it as soon as possible".

QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that "the backlog of all  outstanding
direct  QSL  requests  for  Joe, G3MRC's  numerous  callsigns (7Q7BP,  5X1P,
9Q5MRC,  9U5MRC, C91MR,  C91MR/3,  C93MR,  C96MR,  C97MR,  G3MRC,  G3MRC/C9,
G3MRC/9Q5, 9X5/G3MRC, Z38/G3MRC, 5H/9Q5MRC and ZB2/G3MRC) have now all  been
processed and mailed. Some of the logs are still on paper  and  I am working
on digitising them with a view to uploading them  to  Club Log,  LoTW and my
own web site (www.g3swh.org.uk). This will probably take a few  more weeks".
Joe's RSGB  membership  lapsed  at  the  time  of  his  passing  (May 2017).
Consequently, as the RSGB QSL bureau will not process outgoing cards for non
members, paper QSLs  for  these  stations are  only  available  direct  with
adequate return or via the OQRS on Phil's website above.

QSL VIA SM4VPZ ---> Lily, SM4VPZ is the QSL manager for 5X1JM,  7R7R,  7U9C,
7X2JV, 7X2WEK, 7Y9GH, 7Y9LI, 7Y9OU, 7Y9SE, 7Y9TH and 9N7ZK.  QSL direct only
(Liliana  Aspelin,  Hertig  Karlsgatan 21B  lgh 1201,  SE-682 30  Filipstad,
Sweden), as she does not use the bureau. See qrz.com for PayPal details.

VK9AR --- > Mike AB5EB (CW), Mike AD5A (CW) and  Craig VK5CE (SSB)  operated
as VK9AR (https://ashmorereef.wordpress.com/) from Ashmore Reef (OC-216) for
two days and a half, and logged 8173 QSOs with Asia (50%), Europe (33%)  and
North  America  (13%).  On  the  return  journey  to  Broome, there  was  an
opportunity for the bird researchers they were travelling with to do a quick
visit to Browse Island (OC-234). The IOTA team "had no choice of the arrival
/departure time or length of stay" on the  island, but  "made the effort  to
get it on the air with 2 stations  for  as long as we could".  720 QSOs were
logged on 20 and 17 metres between 21.31 UTC on 11 November and 00.40 UTC on
12 November. Unfortunately is was too late in the local morning  for Europe,
and "only some got in the log". Logsearch and OQRS for VK9AR and VK9AR/6 are
now available on Club Log.  Both the  operations have been approved for IOTA
credit.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4V1G, 5A1AL, 5A5A,  9V1YC,  A25BE,
A61Q, AL3/AA7CH (NA-042), B7/BD7IHN (AS-094), CP6CL, D2EB,  HD2RRC (SA-034),
HD2RRC/4 (SA-033),  NL6/AA7CH (NA-157),  R24RRC (AS-044 and AS-114),  R71RRC
(AS-071),  RI0C (AS-069),  RI0LI (AS-022),  RI1ON (EU-066),  S9YY,   ST100S,
TZ4AM, TZ4PR, V63YL (OC-010), V6J (OC-226),  V73NS (OC-028), VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ,
VP5/W5CW, XT2AW, ZD7BR, ZF1A.

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