4 May 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1722
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A2 - Remo, HB9SHD will be active "casual holiday style" while touring
Botswana between 30 April and 13 May. The callsign issued by the
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority is A255HD (Alpha Two
Five Five Hotel Delta). He will be QRV on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres
SSB and maybe FT8. Paper QSL cards will not be available.
A9 - Special event station A91WTIS will be active on 11-17 May to cele-
brate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (17 May).
QSL via EC6DX. WTISD marks the founding of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), and its purpose is to help raise
awareness about the global innovation gap, promote digital inclu-
sion, and spur action to close the digital divide.
BY - Ten stations (B0CRA, B1CRA, B2CRA, B3CRA, B4CRA, B5CRA, B6CRA,
B7CRA, B8CRA and B9CRA) from across the country will be active on
3-5 May (60 hours) for this year's "5.5 China Amateur Radio Festi-
val" on air event, organized by the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club
(CRAC). See http://www.crac.org.cn/55 for logsearch and the awards.
QSL via LoTW, or direct to CRAC, PO Box 100029-73, 100029 Beijing,
P.R. China
CN - In celebration of the 21st birthday of Prince Moulay Hassan, the
heir apparent to the Moroccan throne, special callsign CN21HM will
be active on 8-12 May. QSL direct to CN8RAH.
CP - Members of the Yaguarete DX Group (LU1FM, LU2JCW, LU3FR, LU6FOV,
LU7HN, LU7MT, LU8YD and LU9FHF) will be active as CP7DX from
Tarija, Bolivia on 11-19 May. They will operate SSB, CW, FT8 (F/H)
on 160-6 metres, as well as SSB and FM via LEO satellites. See
https://jvp-antenas.com.ar/cp7dx/ for more information. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS, or direct to LU1FM.
F - Team TM24U (Kurt ON5DZ, Luc ON7KZ, Geert ON7USB and Francis ON8AZ)
will be active from Saint Nicolas Island (EU-094) on 5-10 May. They
will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 60-10 metres. QSOs will be uploaded
to Club Log. See https://tm24u.be/ for more information.
GI - Once again the North West Group ARC (MN0NWG) is running special
event station GB0AEL between 5 and 31 May to commemorate the an-
niversary of Amelia Earhart's transatlantic flight. QSL via MI0HOZ
(direct or bureau). On 20-21 May 1932, Earhart became the first
woman to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic, leaving Harbor
Grace on Newfoundland (Canada), and landing 15 hours later near
Londonderry (Northern Ireland).
I - The United Nations Global Service Centre ARC (4U1GSC) in Brindisi
is active as 4U29MAY until 31 May. QSL via 9A2AA. The special call-
sign promotes the International Day of UN Peacekeepers (29 May).
DXCC wise, it counts for Italy.
PY - Gus, PT2ADM is QRV as ZW30AS until 31 May. Look or activity on 80-6
metres digital and SSB. QSL via LoTW, or via PT2ADM (bureau and
direct). This special callsign honours Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian
Formula 1 driver, on the 30th anniversary of his death during the
1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
SM - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as SM3/DL2VFR from Alnon Island (EU-087)
on 8-11 May, and as SM2/DL2VFR from Holmon Island (EU-135) on 11-
14 May. He will operate CW and some SSB. He might also be QRV as
SM5/DL2VFR from IOTA group EU-084 on 15 or 16 May. QSL via home
call; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.
V4 - Tim, N5TCH will be active holiday style as V4/N5TCH from St Kitts
(NA-104) on 10-17 May. Most likely he will be QRV during his early
morning hours. QSL via LoTW; paper cards will not be available.
ZL - On 22 May 1924 Ivan O'Meara (2AC) in Gisborne, New Zealand made the
first trans-Pacific contact with Carlos Braggio (CB8) near Buenos
Aires, Argentina on 130 metres, setting a world record distance of
just over 10,000 km. To commemorate this historic milestone, the
Gisborne Branch of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmit-
ters (NZART) will be using the special callsign ZL100AC throughout
the month of May.
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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
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
3D2CCC ---> The DX Rebel Group's DXpedition to Conway Reef began on 28 April
at around 05.30 UTC. To date, over 50,000 QSOs have been made, but Internet
access for uploading QSOs to Club Log is very limited. The 2-man team will
continue to run all the stations until the diesel fuel supply for the
generators is exhausted. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Updates are posted to
https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Seventeen different galleries include 22,080 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2014-23), 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].
ROTUMA 2024 ---> The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group (PIDXG) has announced
that Gregg W6IZT, Hal W8HC, Nathan K4NHW, and other three operators TBA will
be active from Rotuma Island (OC-060) from 15 November to 4 December. "Pre-
liminary plans call for the team to operate locally with 3 stations in addi-
tion to 2 of Gregg's NexGenRiBs (remote radio systems) that proved success-
ful during the recent CB0ZEW DXpedition". Necessary permits, licenses and
accomodation have been secured and confirmed. Details will follow in due
course.
+ SILENT KEY + Richard A. "Dick" Ross, K2MGA passed away on 27 April, aged
84. He had been Publisher of "CQ" magazine since 1979, and was its Editor in
the 1960s. As President of CQ Communications, Inc., he was also publisher of
a variety of other magazines, including "Popular Communications", "CQ VHF"
and "WorldRadio Online". In addition, he oversaw the production and publica-
tion of CQ books and calendars, the CQ Video Library, and more. In 2010, he
was given the Dayton Hamvention's Special Achievement Award.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B8CW N4GNR IY5PIS IK5WOB RP79AF UA6AGE
3V8CB LX1NO IY6GM IK6VXO RP79AZ RC9A
4O9KOM EB7DX IY7GMB IK7XNF RP79CTS R2BFL
4U29MAY 9A2AA IY7M IZ7XNB RP79CWD RN3RQ
5P4MG DJ4MG J88BTI EA5GL RP79FA RO3F
5P5LI ON6EF JD1BMH JD1BMH RP79GA RX6LQH
5Q5W DL2SWW JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d] RP79GD RA6ADQ
5Z4VJ M0URX JD1BQP JD1BQP RP79KF RW4NW
6D2QRP XE2M JD1BQP JP1IHD [d] RP79LDD UA1F
6F0SM XE2AU LS5H EA5GL RP79ML RQ7L
8A145KAR N2OO LT6M EC6DX RP79P RK9LWA
8A145NI N2OO LZ44IZ LZ1KCP RP79RF RA9YON
8A145RA N2OO LZ79ZZ LZ1ZF RP79RGA RK9CYA
8A145TI N2OO NP2DX EB7DX RP79T R2PT
AM175DD EC1DD NP2X KU9C RP79TF UA4YE
AO175FMJ EA1FMJ OD5ET EB7DX RP79TT R9CX
AO175HLH EA1HLH OD5KU EB7DX RP79UR UA9CKP
AO575GPC EA5GPC OD5QB YO3FRI RP79X RD8X
AO575JMW EA5JMW OD5TX IZ8CLM RP79ZK RN3RQ
AO575N EA5N OD5VB IZ8CLM RP79ZKS RU3T
AO675VQ EA6VQ OD5YA IZ8CLM SN0MARCONI SP2FVN
AO875BM EA8BM OD5ZZ N4GNR T5/IT9HRK IU5RPJ
C91CCY K3IRV OE24M OE1YPP TM17FFF F4GFE
DM5041MK DB2AD OH0M/p OH6KZP TM17IO F4BYB
EG2SPA EA2RCF OJ0/LA1UW EA5GL TM5OIS F5KRH
EG5LTO EA5ITJ OJ0T EA5GL V31MA M0OXO
EP4HR IK2RZQ OT24EPIC ON8APC V49T AA4RF
EV79K EW8BQ OV6EF ON6EF VP8VK GM3ITN
EV79M EW1W OV9M DF9TM VP8VPC VP8LP
EV80OB EW4A OX3LX OZ0J VP8WA M0OXO
GB2IMD GW4TTA OZ0ROM DK1VK XU7GNY DL4WK
GB6WW MM0DFV PA75HS PH1LMR YI1YY IK2DUW
GB9SOS MW0USK PA75JOC PD1RIK YI3WHR IK2DUW
HB9W HB9DKZ PA75KOC PC2Y YI9WPZ IK2DUW
HV9TVM IK0PHU PA75NAVO PA1FZH YN9H EA5GL
II4SEAS IQ4FE PE75NATO PA3DSB YQ75MSCC YO2KBQ
IY0GA IS0JMA PG75NAVO PA3DII ZW1F PY1TB
IY0IMD IZ0QPO PI45IPARC PI4IPA ZW2A PP5AA
IY0M I0IJ PJ2/W4IPC EB7DX ZW8A PS8HF
IY0MMR IQ0RM PJ4MM M0URX ZX7I PT7BI
IY0TC IQ0CV PT1K EA7FTR ZX7O PT7BI
IY1TO IW1FGZ PT5J PP5JR ZY5A PP5EI
IY4FGM I4KMW PV2K EA5GL ZZ5K PP5RT
5Z4GO Markus Meyer, Roemerstrasse 6, 4148 Pfeffingen, Switzerland
7Q6M Don Jones, 3130 Wisconsin Ave NW #723, Washington DC 20016, USA
B#CRA Chinese Radio Amateurs Club, PO Box 100029-73, 100029 Beijing,
P.R. China
CW1GM Lupo Bano Negreira, Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
EI150IMD Sean Byrne, Corries, Muine Bheag, Co. Carlow, R21 RD21, Ireland
II9IABJ Andrea Angelillis, Corso Sicilia 24, 95040 Motta Sant'Anastasia CT
Italy
JG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi,
982-0826, Japan
JP1IHD Koutarou Watanabe, 1-942-27 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo,
187-0032, Japan
KM1CC Barbara Dougan, 20 Madison Drive, East Sandwich MA 02537, USA
LT7Y Gustavo A. Gerbaudo, Calle San Luis 1145, Q8300ASS, Neuquen,
Argentina
NL7RR/KH9 Thomas F, Mayhan, P.O. Box 2387, Homer AK 99603, USA
OA2/PY3ZY Marcelo Cadaval, Rua Ana Pernigotti 377, Bolaxa, Rio Grande - RS,
96217-010, Brazil
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
PX2T Roberto Zunta, Rua Joao Baruel 161,Sao Paulo - SP,03972-040,Brazil
PX4M Marcos Rodrigues da Silva, Rua Dona Zulmira Pereira da Silva 601,
Governador Valadares - MG, 35030-140, Brazil
PX5M Rodrigo Goncalves, Rua Alfonso Nicolao Bornhofen 163, Blumenau-SC,
89032-452, Brazil
PZ5TW Fabio Renato Camboim de Araujo, Passagem Ademar de Barros 68,
Belem - PA, 66060-650, Brazil
S21AF Antonio Cannataro, Via Don Minzoni 18, 87040 Marano Marchesato CS,
Italy
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
VO1IMD SONRA, PO Box 8441 STN A, St. John's NL A1B 3N9, Canada
WH0B Akio Tagami, 6 Kumi, Tomioka, Oita-shi, Oita, 870-0947, Japan
XW4KV Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand, 17350 Port d'Envaux, France
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra NSW 2074, Australia
ZW2WSP J. Roberto Leonel, Avenida Andorinha 182, Monte Mor - SP,
13197-428, Brazil
ZZ1M Aldir Blanc da Silva, Rua Luisa Lyrio do Vale 155, Macae - RJ,
27923-080, Brazil
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