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425 DX News #1401

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:26 pm
by NP3N
10 March 2018                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1401

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3B8    - Mart, DL6UAA will be active  again as 3B8MM  from  Mauritius Island
         (AF-049) from 27 March to 11 April.  He will operate mainly CW  and
         digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau,
         and LoTW. Logsearch on http://3b8mm.host4free.de/search.html.
3C0    - YL1ZF, YL2GM and YL2KL were not able to fly to Annobon on  6  March
         [425DXN 1400], and remained  active  as  3C3W  from Luba  on  Bioko
         Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea  until 6 UTC on 9 March  (30,323
         QSOs).  Tickets  wer  bought to Annobon for  10 March,  with return
         flight on the 24th.  When there, they will be signing 3C0W.  Please
         note  that contacts made  with 3C0W on 2 March  around  0040Z-0140Z
         (7019 kHz)  and  on  3 March  around  1220Z-1320Z (21029 kHz)  were
         actually made  with 3C3W.  The  confusion originated from a  "wrong
         CW  macro".  Bookmark  http://www.lral.lv/3c0w_3c3w/index.html  for
         updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau), or via YL2GN.
6W     - Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as 6W/IV3FSG from Senegal starting on
         9 March.  Usually she operates SSB and digital modes  in her  spare
         time. QSL via IK3GES and logsearch on Club Log. [TNX IK3GES]
9Y     - Rich, KE1B and Anna, W6NN will be active as  9Y4/KE1B and  9Y4/W6NN
         from Tobago (SA-009) on 19-31 March, including activity during  the
         CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.  They will be QRV on  40-10 metres.  QSL via
         home calls (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL; logsearch and OQRS on
         Club Log.
A5     - Zorro JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST and Champ E21EIC will  be active again  as
         A5A from Bhutan  on 14-18 March.  Activity will be on  160-6 metres
         CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch  and OQRS  on Club
         Log.  [TNX DX World]
DL     - A large group of operators will be active as DA0HEL from  Helgoland
         Island  (EU-127)  on  8-18 March.  They will  operate  SSB,  CW and
         digital modes on 160-17 metres. They might be active also as  DL0IH
         from nearby Helgoland Duene. QSLs via DF6QC, direct or bureau. [TNX
         DX Newsletter]
EI     - Olivier, ON4EI will be active again as EI8GQB from Fethard, Ireland
         (EU-115) on 18-28 March using  an  hybrid  wind-solar power  system
         from his caravan.  He will participate in the  CQ WW DX SSB Contest
         as EI7T (the Tipperary Radio Club's special call, as he cannot  use
         EI1A any longer).  QSL  EI8GQB  via  LoTW or via  PA3249 (direct or
         bureau), QSL EI7T via LoTW. See www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB.
GI     - GB1SPD, GB5SPD and GB9SPD are threes  special callsigns  that  will
         celebrate St Patrick's Day from Northern Ireland.  The St Patrick's
         Day on the air event will run from  12 UTC on 16 March until 12 UTC
         on 18 March. See http://stpatrickaward.webs.com/ for details.
GJ     - Kazu, M0CFW will be  active  again  from  Jersey (EU-013) on  16-18
         March. He will participate  in the  Russian DX Contest  (from 12.00
         UTC on  17 March  to  11.59 UTC on the 18th)  as MJ5Z;  outside the
         contest he will be QRV as MJ0CFW. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.
         [TNX NG3K]
HS     - HS8JCV and other operators  will be active  as  HS8JCV/p from  Lipe
         Island (AS-126) from 29 March to 2 April.  QSL via HS8JCV.  [TNX DX
         World]
J6     - Steve, WF2S as  J68SL  (mainly FT8)  and  Ralph, K1ZZI as  J6/K1ZZI
         (mainly CW) will be active from  Gros Islet, St. Lucia (NA-108)  on
         13-22 March.  QSLs  via  LoTW  or  home calls;  J68SL will be  also
         available via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX]
OE     - Celebrating the  100th anniversary since  the  proclamation of  the
         Republic of Austria,  OE amateurs may replace their current  prefix
         with OE100 from 11 March to 13 November. For instance, OE1SGU  will
         be active as OE100SGU,  OE3DMB as OE100DMB,  OE4VIE as OE100VIE and
         OE8AIR as OE100AIR. See qrz.com for QSLling instructions.
PJ4    - 20-year-old  Philipp, DK6SP  and  17-year-old Jamie, M0SDV will  be
         active as  PJ4/DK6SP  and  PJ4/M0SDV  from  PJ4DX's QTH on  Bonaire
         (SA-006) from 16 March to 2 April. They will operate mainly CW  and
         SSB with some digital modes on  160-6 metres, and will  participate
         in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as PJ4V (QSL via M0URX's OQRS) along with
         PJ4DX, PJ4KY and PJ4NX. During their stay on Bonaire there is  also
         a trip  planned  to  another DXCC in  the  Caribbean.  QSL via home
         calls. [TNX DX World]
PJ4    - John, KK9A will be active  as PJ4/KK9A from Bonaire on 19-23 March.
         He will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres, and  will  participate
         in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as PJ4R. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX NG3K]
PJ5    - Look for  PJ5/SP2FUD,  PJ5/SP2GCJ and  PJ5/SP9FIH to be active from
         Sint Eustatius (NA-145) on 12-28 March.  They will operate SSB, CW,
         RTTY, PSK and FT8 (probably DXpedition mode), and will  participate
         in the  CQ WW WPX SSB Contest  as PJ5F, PJ5T and PJ5Z. QSL via Club
         Log's OQRS (preferred),  or via home calls.  Expect  updates to  be
         posted to http://pj5.dxpeditions.org.
SM     - Jef, DD2CW and  Dirk, ON3UN  will be  active  from SI9AM  (the King
         Chulalongkorn  Memorial  Amateur  Radio Society, www.si9am.com)  in
         Ragunda  on  20-26 March,  including an  entry  in  the  CQ WPX SSB
         Contest QSL via SM3FJF, direct or bureau.
T2     - Tony, 3D2AG will be  active  again as  T2AR  from  Tuvalu  (OC-015)
         tentatively on 1-8 April. In his free time  he will operate SSB, CW
         and  digital modes (RTTY, JT65, FT8).  QSL direct to 3D2AG;  PayPal
         instructions on https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag.  He does not use LoTW
         or Club Log.
VK9L   - Chris VK3QB, Brenton VK3YB and Luke VK3HJ  will be active as  VK9LI
         from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) on 11-18 May.  They will operate CW,
         SSB and FT8 on 160-17 metres.  QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or via
         VK2CA.
VP2E   - Jim, WB2REM will be  active as  VP2EGO  from  Anguilla (NA-022)  on
         17-24 March.  He will operate  SSB, CW and FT8.  QSL via Club Log's
         OQRS, or direct to WB2REM. [TNX The Daily DX]
XE     - Celebrating  the  spring  equinox,  which was  important  in  Mayan
         culture, a group of operators will  be active again as  6E3MAYA  on
         17-21  March from  different  archaeological  sites in the  Mexican
         states of Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas and Quintana Roo. The
         activity   will  be  on  80-6 metres  SSB, CW, digital  modes   and
         satellite. QSL via XE3N and LoTW. [TNX XE3N]
XT     - Harald, DF2WO will be  active  again  as  XT2AW  from  Ouagadougou,
         Burkina Faso from 19 March to 15 April. He will operate CW, SSB and
         digital modes  (especially FT8)  on 160-10 metres.  QSL via M0OXO's
         OQRS and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
Z6     - A Czech team (OK1BOA, OK1CRM, OK1FCJ,  OK1GK, OK2ZA,  OK2ZC,  OK2ZI
         and OK6DJ, plus OK1GK, OK2ZC and OK2ZI) will be active as Z66D from
         Kosovo between 14 and 22 April. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and
         FT8.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL  or via  OK6DJ (direct or
         bureau). See https://www.qrz.com/db/Z66D for QSLling policy.
ZF     - Look for  ZF2NR (QSL via LoTW or K0NR)  and  ZF2PF (QSL via LoTW or
         KB9DPF) to be active  from  the  Cayman Islands (NA-016)  on  10-17
         March.  They will operate  SSB and FT8 on 40-10 metres and  some FM
         satellites. [TNX The Daily DX]

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3Y0Z ---> "The 3Y0Z team members are safely home", Bob, K4UEE reported on  5
March.  "We have been home  about  two weeks now, after  31 days aboard  our
vessel M/V Betanzos.
We  have  been  to  Bouvet  Island,  and  as  a  result,  we have  a  better
appreciation for the challenges we face.  It is a dark, dismal and dangerous
place. Yet, when the sun shines, it is magnificent.
The most difficult thing to reflect upon is the final day offshore, when  we
saw the  island, crystal clear  in  calm winds, less than  a mile away.  The
conditions were  perfect for our  first  reconnaissance flight and  possible
landing  of  men  and  camp  infrastructure.  But, during the violent  night
before, the Captain had made the decision to abort.  In retrospect, his call
was  clairvoyant.  The mechanical,  propulsion  failure  on  the  ship  that
occurred  would have  brought  disaster, if it resulted  in some  of our men
being stranded ashore.
We are sure you are wondering  what happens now?  Well, we are not the  kind
f people to give up. The same thing happened when we were trying to activate
Peter I in 2005.  We came back the following year and with DAP's (the vessel
owner) help, we got it done.
We are optimistic about a fair settlement and a resulting refund of some  of
our money paid  to  DAP for this  recent  attempt to  activate Bouvet.  That
money, and what  we still have  in the bank  will  allow us to begin  making
plans to try again.
We have begun the difficult task of looking for a suitable vessel, and would
hope to go back to Bouvet in  the next year or two.  Obviously, we will keep
you informed.
Thank you for the hundreds of favorable  and  encouraging comments from  our
financial  supporters  and  sponsors.  No one has  asked  for  any of  their
contributions back, and, in fact, many have  offered additional support  for
the next chapter in this book.  We are hopeful that  those of  you who  have
invested in this project will see fit to 'roll over' your financial  support
to the next attempt.
So, if we can pull all  the moving  parts together,  we are going to try  it
again. Hopefully, this time, with a different outcome".

CASS AWARD ---> The annual  Cass Awards  (http://www.cassaward.com/)  honour
the wisdom  and  spirit  of  Cass WA6AUD (SK) and  encourage DXpeditions  to
maximize the number of  DXers worked with a  Plaque for the  single-operator
DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns within 2 weeks or less,  and
a  Plaque  for  the  "unlimited"  DXpedition  that  works  the  most  unique
callsigns.
The 2017 Single-Operator Cass Award has been won by  Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH:
"By  working  10,087  unique  stations  during  his  one-man  DXpedition  to
Palestine as E44WE, Janusz demonstrated an outstanding effort to log as many
DXers as possible".

CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest  Most Wanted List, generated  on
8 March,  is  available  at  https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php.  The
information is derived  from   QSOs  uploaded  to  Club Log (currently 483.9
million log entries available for analysis) and, to  improve  quality,  only
QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are  considered to be worked.  The most wanted
charts are rebuilt once per month, on average. The top 10 Entities are:
1.   P5    DPRK (NORTH KOREA)          6.   KH1   BAKER HOWLAND ISLANDS
2.   3Y/B  BOUVET ISLAND               7.   BV9P  PRATAS ISLAND
3.   FT5/W CROZET ISLAND               8.   KH7K  KURE ISLAND
4.   CE0X  SAN FELIX ISLANDS           9.   KH3   JOHNSTON ISLAND
5.   BS7H  SCARBOROUGH REEF            10.  VK0M  MACQUARIE ISLAND

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  15,566 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2008-17), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 81st edition of the  Commonwealth  (BERU)
Contest (https://berucontest.wordpress.com)  will be held  on  10-11  March,
from 10 UTC to 10 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres  CW.  Only  operators
located within the United Kingdom and Crown  Dependencies,  Commonwealth  or
British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter.

VK5MAV/9 ---> Andy, VK5MAV  will  be  active  as  VK5MAV/9  from  Cato  Reef
(OC-265), Australia on 11-16 April [425DXN 1399].  A propagation  prediction
tool has been added to http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition/  as a  guidance
for island chasers and Andy himself alike.

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QSLs  received  direct  or  through  managers:  3B9FR,  3C0L (AF-039),  3C1L
(AF-010), 3W9CW, 5B4AGN, 6O6O, 6Y0HM, 7X5KBS, 9G5W, 9U4M, BV1EK, C21VE, C81G
(AF-061), D2EB, E31A, GW3YDX, HK0/OZ1AA, J28PJ, J5T (AF-020),  J68GD, JT5DX,
OY1OF, P29LL, P29VXG (OC-008), PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4A, PS0F, RI1F (EU-190),  S01WS,
SU9JG, T88PB,  TK/S57C,  TR8CA,  TY2AC,  VK8NSB, VP2MDG,  VR2/KC0W,  VU2USA,
VY0ERC (NA-008), XW4XR, Z21LS, ZC4A.

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