425 DX News #1850
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2026 12:22 pm
17 October 2026 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1850
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Initially active from Nadi (OC-016) [425DXN 1849], on 13 October
Hans-Martin, 3D2HM moved to the Yasawa Islands (OC-156). He will
return to Nadi on 18 October, and remain there 22 October. QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
3DA0 - LA9GY and his HF radio have arrived in Piggs Peak, eSwatini, but
his antenna and coax were left behind. He is currently on standby
to see if the gear gets forwarded to eSwatini or if he will need to
travel back to South Africa to retrieve it himself. Morten expects
to be active as 3DA0GY until 2 November [425DXN 1849]. Updates will
be posted to https://wagnild.net/la9gy/undersider/3da0gy.htm.
5W - Ryan, AG4ZP plans to be active holiday style as 5W0ZP (requested
callsign) from Samoa on 19-29 October. He will operate QRP on 40-10
metres FT8/FT4 with possibly some CW. [TNX The Daily DX]
5Z - Reto, 5Z4GO will be active as 5Z4GO/p from Wasini Island (AF-067),
Kenya on 28-30 October. He will run 10 watts and operate CW on 20-
10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to Markus Meyer, Roemerstrasse
6, 4148 Pfeffingen, Switzerland. [TNX The Daily DX]
7P - Wolfgang, HB9CCS will be active in his spare time as 7P8EA from
Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho from 26 October to 25 November. He plans to be
QRV daily from 04.00 to 06.00 UTC on 20 metres CW, and from 15.00
to 18.00 UTC on 10 and 15 metres SSB and CW. He might also be
active on 17 and 12 metres. QSL via home call.
7X - Members of Amateurs Radio Algeriens (ARA) and REF-83 will be active
as 7T5E from the coastal site of Cap Sigli on 16-18 October. Plans
are to operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 with 4-5 stations on various
bands, 6 metres included (but not on QO-100). QSL via operator's
instructions.
CT9 - Once again Helmut, DF7EE will be active as CT9/DF7EE from Madeira
(AF-014) on 20-27 October. He will operate SSB and FT8 on various
bands, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as CQ3W.
QSL for both callsigns only via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.
J7 - Fred, DH5FS will be active as J79FS from Dominica (NA-101) between
15 and 27 October. He will participate in both the Worked All Ger-
Many (WAG, 17-18 October) and CQ WW DX SSB contests. QSL via DH5FS;
QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log.
J8 - Brian, GW4DVB will be active again as J88PI from Bequia Island (NA-
025), St. Vincent and the Grenadines on 17-24 October. He will op-
erate SSB, SSTV, FT8/FT4, plus CW ("by special request only") on
40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres. QSL direct to home call (see
https://www.g4dvb.co.uk/ for PayPal information).
LU - Carlos Alberto Almiron (LU7DSY) passed away on 21 March. He was a
distinguished journalist, a founding member of the Grupo DX Bahia
Blanca (LU3DXG), an accomplished DXer, and a leading promoter of
island and lighthouse operations. To honour his lifetime of dedica-
tion to amateur radio and the lasting connections he forged across
the global ham community, special event stations LR7DSY and LT7DSY
will be active from 20 October through 3 November. Joining the
tribute will be several other "DSY" special callsigns, including
CB2DSY, CB3DSY, CB7DSY, CB8DSY (Chile), CV7DSY (Uruguay), EH1DSY
(Spain), EH6DSY (Balearic Islands), HI7DSY (Dominican Republic),
HQ2HDSY (Honduras), and PW2DSY (Brazil), as well as K7D from Puerto
Rico, and K7S and K7Y from the US. A commemorative certificate will
be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/LR7DSY for information.
T8 - T88CZ (QSL via JI3DNN , possibly also LoTW and Club Log's OQRS),
T88DK (QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to JA1CJA), T88ED
(QSL via LoTW or direct to JA3IVU), and T88MB (QSL via LoTW, Club
Log's OQRS, or direct to JA3AVO) will operate on various modes and
bands from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 21-29 October.
V2 - Team V26JJ (namely JA3FHL, JA3PJL, JH3UHG, JJ2RCJ and JA0JHQ) will
be active from Antigua (NA-100) from 30 October to 6 November. They
will operate FT8 (MSHV), CW and SSB on 160-10 metres with up to 3-4
stations. See https://oba.to/V26JJ/ for more information. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS, or direct to JJ2RCJ.
V6 - Masa, JM1LBO will be active as V63SC from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micro-
nesia on 22-26 October [425DXN 1849]. He has also obtained the spe-
cial callsign V640FSM, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of
the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia (3 November
1986).
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
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!
INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Fall 2026 issue (#150) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include "Message from the
President" by Otis Vicens (NP4G), "N6PSE visits the Tokyo Ham Fair 2026",
"QRN from the Treasurer", "3X3A from Guinea to the CQ DX Hall of Fame" by
Elvira Simoncini (IV3FSG).
QSL TR8CA ---> Alain regrets to announce that Jean, F6CBC can no longer man-
age TR8CA QSL cards due to health reasons. Consequently, do not send direct
QSL cards to Jean, nor any money via PayPal, as Alain cannot access it to
reply. Furthermore, please refrain from sending QSL requests to Gabon, as
the mail is unreliable and Alain does not have paper cards available there.
For the time being, QSOs with TR8CA will be confirmed exclusively via LoTW,
eQSL, and QRZ.
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* QSL ROUTES *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8HE M0OXO C91CCY N2OO LZ936BA LZ1KCP
3B8HK N4GNR CX6TU EA7FTR OD5ZZ N4GNR
3D2HM DK2HM D2ACE EA7FTR PA44WFF/p PA9CW
3G1DX CE1KR DL50SOL DL1DBB PD00DOG PD0YL
3V8LL IT9TQH EG46PPA EA1AUM PQ5TA PS8RV
3Z75HSC SP3LPR EH7DLH EA7DA PV5N PP5AA
4L8A M0OXO FK8HC EA7FTR R80SAA UA3S
4X6TT N4GNR FM4TI EA5GL S79VU N4GNR
4X80VF 4X1VF FM5DN KU9C SJ9WL LA7TIA
5B4AMX LZ3SM H49A DK8ZZ SU8JOTA N2OO
5W1SA JA1DXA HF37KJP SQ2WKJ TF/PD9DX M0URX
5Z4VJ M0URX HH2JR N2OO TM00B F4WBU
7P8GE DL7UFR HP3AK K4PWS TM17FFF F4GFE
8P5A HA1AG HS0ZQY F4LQA TM960H F5NWL
9A69AA 9A2AA HZ1IX EC6DX V26XU N2ZN
9G1SD AB0GC JW5X LA5X V47FWX M0URX
9H6C IU8HEP JW6VM LA6VM V85NPV LZ3HI
9J2BO EA5GL JW9DL LA9DL VE2CSI M0URX
9J2FI DL1RTL LG5LG LA7TIA VP2MAW DL8ALU
A2NEW EA7FTR LX9S HB9AOF VU2ABE AB1F
AO500LJN EA2URI LZ75HSC LZ2JE XV9R EA5GL
5Z4FV Samuel M. Harner Jr, 893 Narvon Rd, Narvon PA 17555, USA
9H6SGM Mosta Scout Group, 55 Dun Edgar Salamone, Triq It-Torri, Il-Mosta,
MST 3501, Malta
CN2LW Ludovic Wiesner, Helvetie 26, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
DK8ZZ Zrinko Zibert, Rothweg 1, 55494 Erbach, Germany
DL7UFR Frank Rutter, Hallberger Zeile 14, 12437 Berlin, Germany
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
SP1956HA Klub Krotkofalowow, os. Armii Krajowej 100, 61-381 Poznan, Poland
V73KW Don C. Roberson, PSC 701 Box 1063, APO, AP 96555, USA
YU65AEC Milan Pavlica, Svetozara Markovica 36, 25250 Odzaci, Serbia
ZW5K Renato Muniz, Rua Fides Deeke 250, Blumenau-SC, 89030-210, Brazil
ZY7F Carlos Moreira, Caixa Postal 6692, Fortaleza - CE, 60822-970,
Brazil
****************************************************************************
425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: https://www.425dxn.org/
****************************************************************************
425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin
edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH
Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed
in part or full provided that
"425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit
Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([email protected])
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
****************************************************************************
Direttore Responsabile
Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
Roma, Italia
****************************************************************************