425 DX News #1781
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 11:52 am
21 June 2025 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1781
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
E4 - Michal, OM2DX has announced plans for a DXpedition to the West
Bank, Palestine sometime this year. The callsign will be E44OM.
"Dates set, Team forming, License in hands, Preparations ongoing...
need to wait till the situation gets stabilized", he posted to
https://www.facebook.com/e44om/ on 12 June.
EZ - David, DL7ZM (OE6NZM) has been active again as EZ/DL7ZM from
Turkmenistan since 14-15 June, and expects to remain QRV sporadi-
cally until 21 June. He has been granted permission to operate CW
and SSB on 6 and 10 metres (50110, 28020, 28550 +/- 5 kHz). This
not a DXpedition, but a research and education project on propaga-
tion. "I assume, this activity will finally be accepted by ARRL",
he says, "as I have a full licence with call sign, frequencies,
etc". QSL to David Pommerenke, Paul Anton Keller Weg 30/2, 8075
Hart bei Graz, Austria. See https://www.qrz.com/db/DL7ZM for up-
dates.
HI - HI99RCD is the special callsign for Radio Club Dominicano (HI8RCD,
officially founded on 12 June 1926) to celebrate its 99th anniver-
sary from 31 May to 30 June. QSOs will be confirmed by email and
via QRZ Logbook.
J7 - Laurent, FM5BH will be active as J79BH from Dominica (NA-101) on
25-29 June. He will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS, or direct to FM5BH. [TNX NG3K]
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 26 June to 4 July. He will operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 40-10m. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau), or direct to JG7PSJ.
Logsearch on https://ss381094.stars.ne.jp/jd1bmh/; he does not use
LoTW or PayPal. [TNX The Daily DX]
KP4 - NP4AD, KP3JAC, WP3B, and maybe others will be active as KP4NET from
Vieques Island aka Isla Nena (NA-249) on 27-29 June. The will
operate outdoors on batteries and solar panels, with main activity
on 40, 20 and 10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, and QRZ
Logbook. [TNX The Daily DX]
OH0 - Kimmo, OH3DJP, will be active holiday style as OH0/OH3DJP from the
Aland Islands (EU-002) from 24 June to 1 July. Activity will be on
various bands, possibly including 6 metres, using 50 watts or less.
QSL via the bureau; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.
[TNX The Daily DX]
OK - Martin, OL5Y (OK1FUA) and Vaclav, OL9R (OK6RA) are "very happy to
have made it to WRTC 2026", and will be using the special callsign
OL26WRTC during 2025 and 2026 " as a celebration and promotion" of
that event. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to OK6RA. The 10th
World Radio Sport Team Championship (https://www.wrtc2026.org) will
take place in England on 8-13 July 2026.
SP - Special callsign SN92LOT will be active on 1-31 July to commemorate
the 92nd anniversary of the ill fated flight of Lithuanian pilots
Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. On 15 July 1933 they attempted
a nonstop flight from New York City to Kaunas in a small airplane
named "Lituanica". After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they crashed
on 17 July when they were only 650km short of their final destina-
tion. QSL via SP1PMY.
VE - Pierre, VK3KTB will be active again as VY0ERC from the Eureka
Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island (NA-008) between 26
June and 24 July. He operates SSB, CW and FT8 on various bands
when time permits. He plans to operate as VY0RAC during the RAC
Canada Day Contest (1 July). QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
W - The following stations will be active during the 17th annual "13
Colonies Special Event", which will be held from 13 UTC on 1 July
until 4 UTC on 8 July: K2A (New York), K2B (Virginia), K2C (Rhode
Island), K2D (Connecticut), K2E (Delaware), K2F (Maryland), K2G
(Georgia), K2H (Massachusetts), K2I (New Jersey), K2J (North
Carolina), K2K (New Hampshire), K2L (South Carolina), and K2M
(Pennsylvania), plus 'bonus stations' WM3PEN from Philadelphia (the
city where the US independence was declared), GB13COL from England
(QSL direct, see qrz.com for instructions) and TM13COL from France
(QSL via F5OGL). Information about the award programme can be found
on http://www.13colonies.us/.
YJ - "Due to my haste when changing bands to 60m at sunset, the PA has
been damaged and 6m EME is cancelled", Bob, YJ0RS (ZL1RS) says. He
will leave Vanuatu one week earlier than planned [425DXN 1779], and
will be QRV "barefoot" on 6m FT8 (50313 kHz) and 10m FT8 (28074
kHz) until 22 June.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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KH7AL/KH9 ---> Allen, has announced his operating schedule for the next few
Days (https://kh7al.site/kh9-upcoming-activity/):
22 June 16:30-19:00 UTC 17m FT8 Super Fox, 18095 kHz if available
23 June 01:30-05:00 UTC 15m CW
25 June 16:30-19:00 UTC 20m FT8 Super Fox, 14091 kHz if available
30 June 07:00-09:00 UTC 30m CW
03 July 07:00-11:00 UTC 20m SSB
04 July 07:00-09:00 UTC 17m SSB
Allen will continue his spare time operations from Wake Island until the end
of July. He expects to return to KH9 in early September.
YASME: THE FRYING PAN TOWER PROJECT ---> The Board of Directors of the Yasme
Foundation has announced a grant to Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE and Nathan Wood,
K4NHW, "to support the establishment of a remote-control HF station on the
Frying Pan Tower platform in North Carolina (https://fptower.org).
The intent of establishing the station is to encourage young amateurs to
operate from an interesting location with good propagation. The platform is
also located in FM13 which is mostly water and highly sought-after for grid-
based operating awards.
While Yasme's grant will help establish the station, additional support
will be needed from the ham community to perform maintenance in the salt
environment and keep the station on the air. The operators have established
a GoFundMe account for individual donations:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/frying-pan-t ... hf-project".
ZS8W ---> The website for the ZS8W DXpediton to Marion Island is back up:
https://www.lral.lv/zs8w/index.html. The operation has been approved for
DXCC credit, and the LoTW certificate has been obtained. A full LoTW upload
will be on 15 August.
+ SILENT KEYS + Marek Kraszula, SP3GVX died on 11 June, aged 70. Back in
1996-97, 1999-2000, 2004-05 and 2007-08 he was a wintering crew member at
the Henryk Arctowski Station on King George Island (South Shetlands), and
was active as HF0POL. In 2002-03 he wintered at the Polish Polar Station in
Hornsund, Spitsbergen (Svalbard), where he operated as JW0HU.
One day later, on 12 June, another Antarctic veteran passed away: Pavlo P.
Budanov, UX2HO, aged 65. In 1997-98, 2001-02 and 2004-05, while wintering at
the Akademik Vernadsky Station on Galindez Island (AN-006), he was active as
EM1HO and distributed nearly 115,000 QSOs.
Wolfgang Hadel, DK2OM passed away on 17 June at the age of 79. "He was one
of the most dedicated and distinguished guardians of the amateur radio
frequency spectrum, championing the protection of amateur radio bands with
expertise, perseverance and passion for decades", Tom Kamp, DF5JL writes.
"With technical sensitivity and an almost detective-like intuition, he iden-
tified sources of interference, such as over-the-horizon radars, military
data links, illegal stations and poorly suppressed switching power supplies.
His well-founded reports were feared not by radio amateurs, but by those
responsible for unauthorised transmissions, which he documented and reported
with meticulous precision. He stopped numerous international disturbances on
his own initiative, often within a few days". [https://www.iaru-r1.org]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4S7SPG, 7Z1VD, 8Q7EF, 8Q7PR, D84C
(AS-084), DT0IP (AS-080 and AS-148), E51BQ, E6RS, EI7M, FK4UJ, GB80MAN,
HD8G, HV5PUL, ID9/IQ9BF (EU-017), JT1CO, KH0/EA8DBM, KH2/EA8DBM, KP2B,
LY2025A, LY425KS, OY/4X6TT, OY1OF, PJ2ND, PZ5IP (SA-092), RI1K (EU-147),
S01WS, S21ABK, T31TT, T32TT, T88UM, T88UW, TT8SN, TY5FR, V73WW, VK80MAN,
VP2VI, VP5E, VP6MR,VP6RD, XV9T, XW4KV, Z61DX, ZL/VE6TC, ZS8BB, ZS8W.
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