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23 December 2017                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1390

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                    *        TO ALL  OUR READERS        *
                    * WARMEST THOUGHTS  AND BEST WISHES *
                    *     FOR  A  WONDERFUL HOLIDAY     *
                    *    AND A VERY  HAPPY NEW  YEAR    *
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

6O     - Ken, LA7GIA and Adrian, KO8SCA will be active as 6O6O from  Somalia
         on 3-16 January.  They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10
         metres  with  two  stations.  QSL  via LoTW  or  via M0OXO's  OQRS;
         logsearch on Club Log. The DXpedition will also have a humanitarian
         aspect.  100%  of  donations  received  from  individuals, clubs or
         organizations will  go  to  Medecins Sans Frontieres.  See "Doctors
         Without  Borders Fundraiser" on  http://la7gia.com/6o6o/index.html.
         [TNX KO8SCA]
8Q     - Roland, HB9VQQ will  be active  holiday  style  as  8Q7HB from  the
         Maldives (AS-013) on 22-30 December. He is likely to operate mainly
         JT65 and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via home cal; he will also upload
         his log to Club Log, LoTW and eQSL.
9Y     - Thomas, DL9OBQ will be active as 9Z4/DL9OBQ from  Trinidad (SA-011)
         from 19 December to 7 February. He will operate mainly CW on 30, 17
         and 15 metres. QSL via bureau to home call.
C5     - Forthcoming activities from The Gambia include:
         Pedro, ON7WP again as C5WP between 25 December and 1 January.  This
         time he will focus on the digital modes, with main  activity on  60
         metres JT65. QSL via ON7WP, direct only.
         Frank, ON7RU as C56RU from  26 December to 1 January.  QSL via Club
         Log's OQRS, via ON7RU and LoTW.
         Przemo, SP3PS as C5/SP3PS from  30 December to 12 January.  He will
         be QRV on 40, 20 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
DL     - Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from  Foehr Island (EU-042)
         from 22 December  to  2 January.  He will operate  CW and some  SSB
         on  the  HF bands.  QSL via  home call, direct or  bureau.  [TNX DX
         Newsletter]
EA8    - Mauro, IV3HAX will be  active  as  EA8/IV3HAX  from  Fuerteventura,
         Canary Islands (AF-004)  from  24 December  to  5 January.  He will
         operate CW, RTTY and FT8 with a focus on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via
         LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to IV3HAX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
JA     - Take, JI3DST will be active as  either  JS6RRR/6 and JI3DST/6  from
         Kita-Daito Island (AS-047) from  28 December to 9 January.  He will
         operate  SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FT8  on 80-6 metres.  QSL JS6RRR/6
         via JS6RRR, QSL JI3DST/6 via JI3DST.
VK     - Special callsign VI70HI will be active  from mainland  Australia to
         commemorate the first ANARE expedition to Heard Island in  December
         1947. Look for activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and possibly
         other  digital  modes  from 19 December  to  28 February.  QSL  via
         M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
XT     - Harald, DF2WO will be  active  again  as  XT2AW  from  Ouagadougou,
         Burkina Faso between  30 December and 18 January.  He will  operate
         CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
ZD8    - Andy, M0HLT will be working  on  Ascension Island (AF-003)  for the
         next two years. He plans to be active as ZD8AC on 40-10 metres SSB.
         QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX The Daily DX]

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

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9E1C ---> Gabriele, IK3GES (ik3ges[@]alice.it) has uploaded to LoTW the logs
for IV3OWC's activity as 9E1C from Ethiopia (some 36,000 QSO made between 23
January 1999 and 29 November 2000).

EL2DT RADIO FUND ---> Dickson, EL2DT participated in the attempt to activate
Baiyah Island (AF-111), a new IOTA, in November 2017. You can find the story
here: https://af111new.files.wordpress.com/20 ... ry-pdf.pdf.
"The outcome of the expedition was that the team  was  unsuccessful  in even
landing on the island. The financial losses were  significant  for everyone.
In addition to the money,  Dickson's primary  home  station radio  (an older
TS-50) was dunked in the sea and is a total loss".
When the  Voodoo Contest Group  left Liberia in 2012,  they donated  one  of
their Kenwood TS-930s to Dickson. "He quickly discovered that it only ran on
110/220 VAC and is a current hog.  So he acquired the TS-50 and most of  his
operating has been from battery power. Since he has no power at his home, he
must pay his neighbor to run a generator to re-charge the battery".
Bud, N7CW is now soliciting "donations  for 1 of 2  solutions  to  Dickson's
problem of getting back on the air.  He can purchase a generator  in-country
to run the 930. This option has the added benefit of providing power  to his
home at other times, however, gasoline is  expensive  and sometimes hard  to
find.  The second  alternative is  to find  or buy him  a replacement radio,
perhaps another TS-50, an IC-706,  an FT-857/897 or  something similar.  The
negative side of a  radio  is that we have  to  get  it into Liberia,  which
usually  means  finding  someone  willing  to carry  it  in  their  personal
luggage".
If you have a radio you can donate, please let Bud know (bsemon[@]gmail.com)
as soon as possible. He would prefer not to collect money  if he can find  a
radio. If you wish to donate money, he has set up a MoneyPool with PayPal at
this link: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/802uhKeOBz. [TNX N6VR]

VK IOTA POLL --- > Craig, VK5CE is planning "a range of rare  and  semi-rare
IOTA operations". He invites island chasers to visit the new VK IOTA website
(www.vkiota.wordpress.com) and take the  poll (click  on  "What VK IOTA's do
you need?") to help guide his future IOTA activations.

WRTC 2018 ---> WRTC 2018 e.V.,  host  of  the  2018  World  Radiosport  Team
Championship in  Germany, has  announced  the  65 referees (63 on site and 2
alternates) that will be monitoring the teams during the competition  (14-15
July 2018):  AA4NC, AJ9C, CE3CT, DK3GI, DL2OBF, DL7FER, DM5EE, ES5RY, G0CKV,
G4BUO, HA3NU, HB9CAT,  HB9DHG, I2WIJ,  IK1HJS, JH4RHF,  JK3GAD, K1CC,  K1RX,
K4AB, K4BAI, K7BV, K7GK, K9ZO, KC7V, KU5B, LW9EOC, LY7Z, LZ2HM,  N2GA, N2IC,
N3RD, N6AN, NF4A, NN3W, OE5OHO, OE6MBG, OH1RX, OK2FD, OZ1IKY, PA3AAV, PP5BZ,
RC0F,  RM2D,  S50R, S50XX,  S53R, S56A,  SP4Z, UA9MA,  UT7QF, VA2EW,  VA2WA,
VE3EY, VE3XB,  W0YK, W1UE,  W1VE,  W6OAT, W6PH,  YL1ZF, YL2KL, YT6W,  YT7AW,
YU1EA. A referee will be on site  at each  of the  63 competing  stations to
verify compliance with the rules and make decisions on any rule questions by
the teams.  The referees  must  be  top-level contesters  because  they must
simultaneously listen to the audio  from both  operators for  the entire  24
hours of the WRTC2018 competition. The referee application and  verification
process was managed by Ulf Ehrlich, DL5AXX. There were over 130 applications
received.   The  selection   process   considered  many  factors,  including
geographical areas,  language skills  and SO2R ability.  The final selection
was done by the Judging Committee of the WRTC 2018.

+ SILENT KEYS + World class contester  Jim Sullivan, W7EJ passed away  a few
days ago aged 64. His contest career began in 1973 and in 1989 he started to
operate outside the US. He constructed three stations in DX locations - FG5R
9M8R and CN2R (http://cn2r.net) - where he achieved  several records  in the
CQWW, WPX, RUDXC, and CQ160 DX  contests.  Besides being a  top-notch single
operator, Jim contributed to several winning multi efforts.
Ulrich Bihlmayer, DJ9KR passed away on  16 December after  a  long  illness.
"Uli  served  in  the  DARC Bandwacht  for 45 years  of  which  26 years  as
Coordinator",  IARU  Region 1  reports.  In 2005  he  was  appointed  deputy
coordinator  of the  IARU Region 1 Monitoring System.  "Together with IARUMS
coordinator  Wolfgang Hadel DK2OM,  he led a  team  that grew  from  5 to 24
members. Being  a  polyglot, Uli  specialised  in  broadcast  intruders  and
pirates on telephony.  Uli  was  presented the  IARU Region 1 medal  in 2011
before he stepped down from the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System in 2012".

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B9FR       M0OXO       D80MT       DS3EXX      OH1NAVY     OH1AJ
3G1D        XQ1FM       DM1517L     DL5AWI      P3X         5B4AMM
3G2M        CE2MVF      DM60BER     DL1BWU      PA6YOTA     M0SDV
3V8CB       LX1NO       DT23WOP     HL1IWD      PF44FF      PH0NO
3V8YOTA     M0SDV       E51DXX      AG1LE       PI40BOZ     PD3JAG
3W3B        E21EIC      ED1L        EA3AH       PJ4DX       M0URX
3W9XG       DF2XG       ED8H        EA8ARI      PT3T        PY3AA
3Z0XMAS     SP6IEQ      EG5ERC      EB5AG       PV2B        PU2VJI
3Z560SC     SP7KMX      EG8NB       EA8NB       PW5T        PP5NY
4E1ADW      9V1KG       ES9YOTA     M0SDV       R100FSB     UA3FQ
4O4A        LX1NO       ET3AA       N2OO        R100KGB     UA3FQ
4U1WB       KK4HD       EY8MM       K1BV        S500R       S53M
4X6TT       N4GNR       FK8GX       W3HNK       S510PMC     S59DCD
5B4AAB      G8CLY       FR5FC       EA7FTR      SN150MJP    SP3PGR
5B4ALG      EC5AC       G6MC        G2YL        SN20WHL     SP2TMT
5B4XMAS     IZ4AMS      GB2GM       G3UCQ       SP20ZIP     SP5ZIP
5P8VW       DJ8VW       GM5X        N3SL        TC630MECCA  TA3X
5R8UI       IZ8CCW      H2017PFO    5B4AIE      TI3/N8JAJ   K8EF
5Z4BU       EA5GL       HA60KNA     HA3KNA      TI5/N3KS    W4FS
8P9AR       DD0VR       HF0HERTZ    SP5PPA      TI7W        W4FS
8P9JB       J69Z        HF0HW       SP3PWL      TK/NZ1C     DD5ZZ
8Q7RB       GM4DLG      HF2018HNY   SP2PBM      TM0W        F2CT
9A57AX      9A5AX       HI3Y        RW6HS       TR8CA       F6CBC
9H3CW       DL5SE       HK1MW       N2OO        UE80S       UA3SLB
9H3YY       DL2JRM      HK3C        NR6M        V31MA       M0OXO
9J2BO       G3TEV       HR2DMR      KD4POJ      VK8NSB      M0URX
9K2BS       A61BK       HZ1SK       IZ8CLM      XV9NPS      JA2NPS 
9V1YC       W5UE        IY3VE       IQ3ME       XV9NPS      JA2ODB [d]
9X9PJ       N4GNR       J28ND       S57DX       YO13IPA     YO3AS
A41CK       A61BK       JY4CI       K2AX        YP0XMAS     YO9FNP
A91ND       A92AA       JY5MM       IK2DUW      YP2018HNY   YO3KPA
AC2BF/KH2   JA1OHP      KC4AAA      K1IED       YP2XMAS     YO9FNP
AT6MIT      VU3BUN      KH6YY       K2PF        YP5XMAS     YO9FNP
C5YK        ON7YK       LQ0D        EC5AC       YP9XMAS     YO9FNP
C93PA       PA5X        LY2017XMAS  LY2QT       YS1/HR2DMR  KD4POJ
CB3R        XQ3SK       LZ105PBP    LZ1ZF       YT0W        YU1JW
CE2AWW      N7RO        LZ5R        LZ1YQ       YT800YU     YU1MM
CN17JIM     EA7FTR      M3I         G3SWH       YT8A        YU1EA
CP5HK       EC5AC       MX0SNB      G3SVK       YW2LV       YV5YMA
CS2017RCL   CS0RCL      OD5KU       EB7DX       Z60YOTA     M0SDV
CV7S        CX7SS       OD5VB       EA5GL       ZF2YL       AE9YL
CX2BR       EA5GL       OF0BHU      OH0BHU      ZS9YOTA     M0SDV
D41CV       IK2NCJ      OH100FIN    OH3ZQ       ZZ2P        PY2AA

7X5FG    Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice L'Exil,
         France
CE7VPQ   Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, 22 de Mayo 274, 5790166 Quellon,
         Region de Los Lagos, Cile
FR4QT    Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
         97435 St Paul, France
H44DA    Shane Lynd, 17 Atherton Crescent, Glenden QLD 4743, Australia
WX3MAS   Christmas City ARC, 14 Gracedale Ave, Greystone Building, Nazareth,
         PA 18064-9211, USA
XR2K     Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA
ZT1T     Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
ZW5T     Marcelo Teixeira, Rua Francisco Maravalhas 246, Curitiba-PR,
         81540-360, Brazil
ZZ4X     Marcio Henrique dos Reis Lopes, Rua Oscavo Gonzaga Prata 150,
         Juiz de Fora-MG, 36033-220, Brazil

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